The Miami Hurricanes, who once appeared to be a near-lock for the College Football Playoff, are not playing for a national title. Instead, they will play in the Pop-Tarts Bowl in Orlando. That bowl berth against Iowa State is a let-down for fans with dreams of a sixth national title in their minds, as well as players hoping to compete for a championship. However, Miami’s trip to Orlando and the lead-up to it are still crucial periods for the Hurricanes for multiple reasons. First, it’s a chance for the program to achieve something it has not done in more than two decades: win 11 games. Although the 11th win won’t get them closer to a championship, it is a good sign of the program’s progress over Mario Cristobal’s tenure. It would also end UM’s five-game losing streak in bowls. “We’re not satisfied,” Cristobal said. “We want to win every single game. We won 10. We were close on the other two, but close isn’t good enough. We want progress. We’re hungry and driven to get better, and so that’s what our focus is on: to improving as a football program, to getting better, to moving into the postseason with an opportunity against a great football team like this and putting our best on the field.” There are signs the Hurricanes will show up at close to full strength for the bowl game. Running back Damien Martinez announced he was going to play, and star quarterback Cam Ward said in a video call posted on social media that he intends to play, as well. “We’re trying to win our first bowl game in 20 years,” Ward said in the video, mistaking the length of UM’s long bowl losing streak. “We’re going hard.” Playing in the bowl game also provides the opportunity for the Hurricanes to get in several practices between now and the game. That means Miami can develop its young players and prepare them for next season during both the practices and the bowl game itself. “It’s extremely valuable,” Cristobal said. “You really don’t have many opportunities throughout the course of the year — time is limited more and more each season with your student-athletes. I want to state this and be very clear: it’s very important, it’s ultra-important for the University of Miami to continue to develop and grow and progress by stressing the importance of offseason opportunities ... You learn a lot about your team and learn a lot about your people and your program when you head to the postseason.” Of course, there are potential negatives. Players can get hurt; Mark Fletcher Jr. suffered a foot injury in the Pinstripe Bowl last year that cost him all of spring practice. A poor performance can also potentially set the tone for next season, like how Florida State, fresh off a playoff snub last year, suffered a devastating loss against Georgia in the Orange Bowl and went on to a dismal 2-10 season this year. “This is the ending of ’24 and the beginning of ’25,” Cristobal said. “This is the last opportunity to be on the field and carry some momentum into the offseason. So it is, in essence, it is the most important game because it’s the next game. “There’s a lot of excitement in the form of opportunity for our guys. Our guys love to play football. The chance to play one more time with this special group — this is a special group of guys now. They’ve worked hard to really change the trajectory of the University of Miami, and they want to continue to elevate the status and the culture at the University of Miami. So certainly a ton to play for.” ____ Get local news delivered to your inbox!All the trimmingsHUTCHMED (China) Limited ( LON:HCM – Get Free Report )’s share price passed below its 200-day moving average during trading on Friday . The stock has a 200-day moving average of GBX 279.53 ($3.52) and traded as low as GBX 227 ($2.86). HUTCHMED shares last traded at GBX 232 ($2.92), with a volume of 59,463 shares changing hands. HUTCHMED Price Performance The firm has a market capitalization of £1.98 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of -5,800.00 and a beta of 0.76. The company has a quick ratio of 2.97, a current ratio of 2.81 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 11.78. The stock’s 50 day moving average price is GBX 273.70 and its two-hundred day moving average price is GBX 279.53. 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On a frigid Thursday evening at Banner Hospice of Northern Colorado’s memorial garden, Madison Tapper sat directly next to a luminary that represents the light of her life. Her recently departed grandmother. Tapper, among many family members and friends, came to honor the 350 lives lost in hospice between Dec. 1, 2023, to Dec. 1, 2024, at “Lights of Life,” Thursday evening at the memorial garden located at Summit View Medical Commons in Greeley. At the Luminary Walk Thru and Special Holiday Lighting, the memorial garden path, lit up from beginning to end with 350 luminaries, filled with loved ones sharing stories, hugging, taking pictures and quietly paying their respects to previous hospice patients. Bereavement Coordinator Julie Miller said attendance at the “memorable” event each year shows the impact that hospice has on the community. “It’s just nice to take a special moment to remember the ones that aren’t physically with us anymore, especially around the holidays,” attendee Shanna Martinez said. The commemorative opportunity has been an annual event for decades in the community, Miller said. This year was the first time it was hosted at the memorial garden. The Banner Hospice of Northern Colorado landed on this decision because Miller and her team wanted to highlight their office’s move, planned for Febuary, from the 19th Street location to Summit View Medical Commons. Although the event changes often, such as moving locations, the biggest change happened when COVID-19 hit. The pandemic drove the event outdoors to follow social distancing guidelines. But Miller thinks this was for the best because it gives attendees a chance to wander through the memorial as they wish — embracing and mourning together or coming for a quiet reflection alone. No matter how people grieve, Miller has a meaningful experience each year getting to catch up, outside of the hospice setting, with families she has worked with over the past year, such as Tapper. The two shared a cordial hug and discussed how the luminary of Tapper’s grandmother, Edith Serafin, shined bright — as she did during her life. Serafin became a mother to Tapper, who lost her mom at 6 months old. “She was a strong, independent woman,” Tapper said. “She taught me to be that type of person. So that’s why I’m here.” Like Tapper, Trennea Harrod attended the luminary walk to celebrate the lives of two family members who passed away, her aunt and uncle. This event marked the first celebration of life that brought Harrod’s entire family together. Miller said that’s what the event is all about, coming together. Tapper felt comforted to see that others dealing with the same grief as her, making her feel less alone during the tough time. “It’s all about connection,” Miller said. “When people come here, they don’t have to feel so alone. It’s not just one luminary, it’s many.”

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NoneBy REBECCA SANTANA WASHINGTON (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump has promised to end birthright citizenship as soon as he gets into office to make good on campaign promises aiming to restrict immigration and redefining what it means to be American. But any efforts to halt the policy would face steep legal hurdles. Birthright citizenship means anyone born in the United States automatically becomes an American citizen. It’s been in place for decades and applies to children born to someone in the country illegally or in the U.S. on a tourist or student visa who plans to return to their home country. It’s not the practice of every country, and Trump and his supporters have argued that the system is being abused and that there should be tougher standards for becoming an American citizen. But others say this is a right enshrined in the 14th Amendment to the Constitution, it would be extremely difficult to overturn and even if it’s possible, it’s a bad idea. Here’s a look at birthright citizenship, what Trump has said about it and the prospects for ending it: During an interview Sunday on NBC’s “Meet the Press” Trump said he “absolutely” planned to halt birthright citizenship once in office. “We’re going to end that because it’s ridiculous,” he said. Trump and other opponents of birthright citizenship have argued that it creates an incentive for people to come to the U.S. illegally or take part in “birth tourism,” in which pregnant women enter the U.S. specifically to give birth so their children can have citizenship before returning to their home countries. “Simply crossing the border and having a child should not entitle anyone to citizenship,” said Eric Ruark, director of research for NumbersUSA, which argues for reducing immigration. The organization supports changes that would require at least one parent to be a permanent legal resident or a U.S. citizen for their children to automatically get citizenship. Others have argued that ending birthright citizenship would profoundly damage the country. “One of our big benefits is that people born here are citizens, are not an illegal underclass. There’s better assimilation and integration of immigrants and their children because of birthright citizenship,” said Alex Nowrasteh, vice president for economic and social policy studies at the pro-immigration Cato Institute. In 2019, the Migration Policy Institute estimated that 5.5 million children under age 18 lived with at least one parent in the country illegally in 2019, representing 7% of the U.S. child population. The vast majority of those children were U.S. citizens. The nonpartisan think tank said during Trump’s campaign for president in 2015 that the number of people in the country illegally would “balloon” if birthright citizenship were repealed, creating “a self-perpetuating class that would be excluded from social membership for generations.” In the aftermath of the Civil War, Congress ratified the 14th Amendment in July 1868. That amendment assured citizenship for all, including Black people. “All persons born or naturalized in the United States and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside,” the 14th Amendment says. “No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States.” But the 14th Amendment didn’t always translate to everyone being afforded birthright citizenship. For example, it wasn’t until 1924 that Congress finally granted citizenship to all Native Americans born in the U.S. A key case in the history of birthright citizenship came in 1898, when the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that Wong Kim Ark, born in San Francisco to Chinese immigrants, was a U.S. citizen because he was born in the states. The federal government had tried to deny him reentry into the county after a trip abroad on grounds he wasn’t a citizen under the Chinese Exclusion Act. But some have argued that the 1898 case clearly applied to children born of parents who are both legal immigrants to America but that it’s less clear whether it applies to children born to parents without legal status or, for example, who come for a short-term like a tourist visa. “That is the leading case on this. In fact, it’s the only case on this,” said Andrew Arthur, a fellow at the Center for Immigration Studies, which supports immigration restrictions. “It’s a lot more of an open legal question than most people think.” Some proponents of immigration restrictions have argued the words “subject to the jurisdiction thereof” in the 14th Amendment allows the U.S. to deny citizenship to babies born to those in the country illegally. Trump himself used that language in his 2023 announcement that he would aim to end birthright citizenship if reelected. Trump wasn’t clear in his Sunday interview how he aims to end birthright citizenship. Asked how he could get around the 14th Amendment with an executive action, Trump said: “Well, we’re going to have to get it changed. We’ll maybe have to go back to the people. But we have to end it.” Pressed further on whether he’d use an executive order, Trump said “if we can, through executive action.” He gave a lot more details in a 2023 post on his campaign website . In it, he said he would issue an executive order the first day of his presidency, making it clear that federal agencies “require that at least one parent be a U.S. citizen or lawful permanent resident for their future children to become automatic U.S. citizens.” Related Articles National Politics | Trump has flip-flopped on abortion policy. His appointees may offer clues to what happens next National Politics | Honor after exoneration: Port Chicago sailors’ fight for justice isn’t over National Politics | In promising to shake up Washington, Trump is in a class of his own National Politics | Election Day has long passed. In some states, legislatures are working to undermine the results National Politics | Trump taps his attorney Alina Habba to serve as counselor to the president Trump wrote that the executive order would make clear that children of people in the U.S. illegally “should not be issued passports, Social Security numbers, or be eligible for certain taxpayer funded welfare benefits.” This would almost certainly end up in litigation. Nowrasteh from the Cato Institute said the law is clear that birthright citizenship can’t be ended by executive order but that Trump may be inclined to take a shot anyway through the courts. “I don’t take his statements very seriously. He has been saying things like this for almost a decade,” Nowrasteh said. “He didn’t do anything to further this agenda when he was president before. The law and judges are near uniformly opposed to his legal theory that the children of illegal immigrants born in the United States are not citizens.” Trump could steer Congress to pass a law to end birthright citizenship but would still face a legal challenge that it violates the Constitution. Associated Press reporter Elliot Spagat in San Diego contributed to this report.Three climbers missing on New Zealand peak believed dead: police

South Korean president avoids impeachment attempt over short-lived martial lawFORT WORTH, Texas — Although Fort Worth Mayor Mattie Parker gives the new city manager finalist the thumbs up, the selection process is coming under fire by one of her fellow council members. After a national search, in Parker’s opinion, Jay Chapa is what Fort Worth needs. “So excited to welcome Jay Chapa as our solo finalist," said Mayor Parker. “Everyone is entitled to their opinion and their feelings about the process. This process was transparent. We had buy-in from every single member of the council. It is no any different from a sweep search across this country.” But Councilman Chris Nettles has a different opinion saying Chapa was the pick all along calling the process flawed. “This process did not have an independent source from this process, did not allow community engagement. This process has been rushed and poured down our throats," Nettles said. Chris Nettles has been serving on the Fort Worth City Council since he was elected in May 2021. Representing District 8, Nettles is known for his advocacy on issues such as public safety, economic development, and infrastructure improvements. He ran unopposed for re-election in 2023 and has been a vocal leader in his district. The annual budget for the City of Fort Worth for the year 2025 was recently approved by the city council totaling $2.79 billion. Under the current City Manager, David Cook, Fort Worth managed to maintain the same tax rate. The new budget includes increased funding for the fire department and police department, hiring more 911 operators, and adding more school resource officers. David Cook announced he is retiring in February 2025 after being the longest-running City Manager in Fort Worth history . When Jay Chapa served as Fort Worth's Deputy City Manager, he oversaw several departments including Economic Development, Finance, Human Resources, and Public Events. He also managed the city’s Police Department playing a pivotal role in the controversial firing of f ormer police chief Joel Fitzgerald . Eventually, the city settled with Fitzgerald paying him $5 million in damages. Chapa’s fingerprints are on big city projects like the development of Dickies Arena. After leaving the city he provided consulting to help Fort Worth land the multi-million-dollar contract for the Texas A&M University downtown campus. “Jay will work with our legal department to cut ties with any client where there might be some kind of perceived issue there," said Mayor Parker. Most council members are expected to support Chapa during an official vote on Tuesday, December 10. Mayor Parker and other council members believe Chapa will eventually win over Nettles’ full support. Fort Worth Councilman Michael Crain began serving on the Fort Worth City Council as the representative for District 3 in 2021. He is now in his second term after being reelected in 2023. Crain focuses on communication, public safety, infrastructure, and fiscal responsibility in his role. Just like Nettles, Crain is often seen at many community events in his district. He paid close attention to the process as well for selecting the next City Manager. “Six months from now, Chris and other council names that might be negative about it, we will find that Jay is top-notch," said Michael Crain. If hired, Chapa would make history, becoming the city’s first-ever Hispanic City Manager. Related Articles 'It makes us more competitive.' | Fort Worth Police get big pay raises with new labor contract Dallas names four semifinalists for city manager job Fort Worth poised to replace its longest-serving city manager with first Hispanic city manager

Franklin Resources Inc. boosted its holdings in shares of Cinemark Holdings, Inc. ( NYSE:CNK – Free Report ) by 6.8% during the third quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 56,757 shares of the company’s stock after purchasing an additional 3,632 shares during the quarter. Franklin Resources Inc.’s holdings in Cinemark were worth $1,651,000 as of its most recent SEC filing. A number of other hedge funds also recently bought and sold shares of the business. Arizona State Retirement System raised its stake in Cinemark by 1.8% during the second quarter. Arizona State Retirement System now owns 30,636 shares of the company’s stock valued at $662,000 after purchasing an additional 556 shares in the last quarter. Natixis Advisors LLC raised its stake in shares of Cinemark by 2.9% in the third quarter. Natixis Advisors LLC now owns 20,638 shares of the company’s stock valued at $575,000 after acquiring an additional 583 shares during the period. Point72 Asia Singapore Pte. Ltd. raised its stake in shares of Cinemark by 38.7% in the second quarter. Point72 Asia Singapore Pte. Ltd. now owns 3,145 shares of the company’s stock valued at $68,000 after acquiring an additional 877 shares during the period. GAMMA Investing LLC raised its stake in shares of Cinemark by 106.1% in the third quarter. GAMMA Investing LLC now owns 2,020 shares of the company’s stock valued at $56,000 after acquiring an additional 1,040 shares during the period. Finally, Quarry LP raised its stake in shares of Cinemark by 714.8% in the third quarter. Quarry LP now owns 1,491 shares of the company’s stock valued at $42,000 after acquiring an additional 1,308 shares during the period. Insiders Place Their Bets In other news, insider Valmir Fernandes sold 25,000 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, November 12th. The shares were sold at an average price of $32.68, for a total value of $817,000.00. Following the sale, the insider now directly owns 179,729 shares in the company, valued at approximately $5,873,543.72. This trade represents a 12.21 % decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through this hyperlink . 2.30% of the stock is owned by company insiders. Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth Get Our Latest Research Report on Cinemark Cinemark Stock Up 1.3 % Shares of Cinemark stock opened at $30.95 on Friday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 3.46, a current ratio of 0.98 and a quick ratio of 0.96. Cinemark Holdings, Inc. has a 1 year low of $13.19 and a 1 year high of $36.28. The firm’s 50-day moving average is $31.80 and its two-hundred day moving average is $27.31. The stock has a market cap of $3.79 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 19.97, a PEG ratio of 1.66 and a beta of 2.38. Cinemark ( NYSE:CNK – Get Free Report ) last issued its earnings results on Thursday, October 31st. The company reported $1.19 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.58 by $0.61. Cinemark had a net margin of 8.36% and a return on equity of 60.21%. The company had revenue of $921.80 million for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $894.90 million. During the same period in the prior year, the business earned $0.61 EPS. The firm’s quarterly revenue was up 5.4% on a year-over-year basis. As a group, research analysts expect that Cinemark Holdings, Inc. will post 2 earnings per share for the current fiscal year. About Cinemark ( Free Report ) Cinemark Holdings, Inc, together with its subsidiaries, engages in the motion picture exhibition business. As of February 16, 2024, it operated 501 theatres with 5,719 screens in 42 states and 13 countries in South and Central America. Cinemark Holdings, Inc was founded in 1984 and is headquartered in Plano, Texas. Recommended Stories Want to see what other hedge funds are holding CNK? Visit HoldingsChannel.com to get the latest 13F filings and insider trades for Cinemark Holdings, Inc. ( NYSE:CNK – Free Report ). Receive News & Ratings for Cinemark Daily - Enter your email address below to receive a concise daily summary of the latest news and analysts' ratings for Cinemark and related companies with MarketBeat.com's FREE daily email newsletter .

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