Macom technology director Charles Bland sells $311,208 in stockGlobal stocks mostly rose Thursday following strong earnings from artificial intelligence leader Nvidia as bitcoin prices zoomed near $100,000 and oil prices rose. Nvidia itself had a volatile day, finishing modestly higher after several reversals. The chip company reported a whopping $19 billion in profits, although investors wondered if its current rate of stupendous growth is sustainable. Javascript is required for you to be able to read premium content. Please enable it in your browser settings.Advisors Asset Management Inc. lowered its stake in Hawaiian Electric Industries, Inc. ( NYSE:HE – Free Report ) by 50.0% during the 3rd quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 11,322 shares of the utilities provider’s stock after selling 11,301 shares during the period. Advisors Asset Management Inc.’s holdings in Hawaiian Electric Industries were worth $110,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period. Other hedge funds have also added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Abich Financial Wealth Management LLC raised its position in shares of Hawaiian Electric Industries by 54.4% in the 1st quarter. Abich Financial Wealth Management LLC now owns 3,226 shares of the utilities provider’s stock worth $36,000 after acquiring an additional 1,137 shares in the last quarter. KBC Group NV grew its stake in Hawaiian Electric Industries by 34.8% in the third quarter. KBC Group NV now owns 3,956 shares of the utilities provider’s stock worth $38,000 after purchasing an additional 1,021 shares during the period. UMB Bank n.a. bought a new position in Hawaiian Electric Industries in the third quarter worth $42,000. Quest Partners LLC raised its holdings in Hawaiian Electric Industries by 126.1% in the third quarter. Quest Partners LLC now owns 7,983 shares of the utilities provider’s stock worth $77,000 after purchasing an additional 4,453 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Signaturefd LLC lifted its position in Hawaiian Electric Industries by 30.8% during the second quarter. Signaturefd LLC now owns 8,437 shares of the utilities provider’s stock valued at $76,000 after buying an additional 1,986 shares during the period. 59.91% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors. Hawaiian Electric Industries Trading Down 1.2 % NYSE HE opened at $10.41 on Friday. Hawaiian Electric Industries, Inc. has a 12 month low of $7.61 and a 12 month high of $18.19. The company has a current ratio of 0.18, a quick ratio of 0.18 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.80. The stock’s fifty day moving average price is $10.12 and its 200-day moving average price is $11.16. The stock has a market cap of $1.79 billion, a P/E ratio of -0.88 and a beta of 0.53. Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth A number of research firms have recently weighed in on HE. StockNews.com downgraded shares of Hawaiian Electric Industries from a “hold” rating to a “sell” rating in a research report on Friday, October 4th. Evercore ISI cut their price objective on shares of Hawaiian Electric Industries from $11.00 to $10.00 and set an “in-line” rating on the stock in a report on Tuesday, November 19th. Finally, Wells Fargo & Company decreased their target price on shares of Hawaiian Electric Industries from $14.00 to $11.50 and set an “equal weight” rating for the company in a research note on Monday, September 30th. View Our Latest Stock Report on HE About Hawaiian Electric Industries ( Free Report ) Hawaiian Electric Industries, Inc, together with its subsidiaries, engages in the electric utility businesses in the United States. It operates in three segments: Electric Utility, Bank, and Other. The Electric Utility segment engages in the production, purchase, transmission, distribution, and sale of electricity in the islands of Oahu, Hawaii, Maui, Lanai, and Molokai. Further Reading Five stocks we like better than Hawaiian Electric Industries 3 Warren Buffett Stocks to Buy Now The Latest 13F Filings Are In: See Where Big Money Is Flowing The Basics of Support and Resistance 3 Penny Stocks Ready to Break Out in 2025 What Does a Stock Split Mean? FMC, Mosaic, Nutrien: Top Agricultural Stocks With Big Potential Want to see what other hedge funds are holding HE? Visit HoldingsChannel.com to get the latest 13F filings and insider trades for Hawaiian Electric Industries, Inc. ( NYSE:HE – Free Report ). Receive News & Ratings for Hawaiian Electric Industries Daily - Enter your email address below to receive a concise daily summary of the latest news and analysts' ratings for Hawaiian Electric Industries and related companies with MarketBeat.com's FREE daily email newsletter .
SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Dylan Hayman scored 23 points as Incarnate Word beat Our Lady of the Lake 93-69 on Sunday night. Hayman also had five rebounds for the Cardinals (6-5). Davion Bailey shot 6 for 11 (6 for 10 from 3-point range) and 4 of 5 from the free-throw line to add 22 points. Harrison Reede had 14 points and shot 4 for 8 from beyond the arc and 2 of 3 from the free-throw line. Daniel Smith led the way for the Saints with 13 points. Our Lady of the Lake, a member of the NAIA, also got 11 points from Arthur Celestin. Tommie Law had 11 points. The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar . For copyright information, check with the distributor of this item, Data Skrive.
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AP Business SummaryBrief at 4:48 a.m. ESTNoneAlgert Global LLC acquired a new stake in shares of Grindr Inc. ( NYSE:GRND – Free Report ) in the third quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The institutional investor acquired 69,610 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $830,000. Several other large investors have also modified their holdings of the stock. nVerses Capital LLC purchased a new stake in shares of Grindr during the third quarter valued at $27,000. Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD lifted its stake in Grindr by 16.5% during the first quarter. Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD now owns 11,796 shares of the company’s stock valued at $120,000 after buying an additional 1,667 shares in the last quarter. Point72 DIFC Ltd acquired a new position in shares of Grindr in the second quarter worth about $136,000. Quest Partners LLC increased its position in shares of Grindr by 9,055.0% in the second quarter. Quest Partners LLC now owns 12,817 shares of the company’s stock worth $157,000 after acquiring an additional 12,677 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Point72 Asia Singapore Pte. Ltd. acquired a new stake in shares of Grindr during the second quarter valued at approximately $189,000. 7.22% of the stock is owned by institutional investors. Grindr Stock Performance Grindr stock opened at $15.09 on Friday. Grindr Inc. has a twelve month low of $6.62 and a twelve month high of $15.44. The firm has a market cap of $2.67 billion, a PE ratio of -43.11 and a beta of 0.33. The firm’s 50 day moving average price is $13.39 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $11.87. Wall Street Analyst Weigh In Get Our Latest Analysis on Grindr Insider Transactions at Grindr In related news, CFO Vandana Mehta-Krantz sold 60,776 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, November 13th. The stock was sold at an average price of $14.29, for a total value of $868,489.04. Following the completion of the sale, the chief financial officer now owns 722,126 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $10,319,180.54. The trade was a 7.76 % decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which can be accessed through this link . Also, Director James Fu Bin Lu sold 195,600 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, November 13th. The stock was sold at an average price of $14.39, for a total value of $2,814,684.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the director now owns 34,977,181 shares in the company, valued at $503,321,634.59. This represents a 0.56 % decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here . Over the last ninety days, insiders have sold 296,549 shares of company stock valued at $4,195,896. 76.40% of the stock is owned by insiders. Grindr Company Profile ( Free Report ) Grindr Inc operates social network and dating application for the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) communities worldwide. Its platform enables LGBTQ people to find and engage with each other, share content and experiences, and express themselves. The company offers ad-supported service and a premium subscription version. Further Reading Want to see what other hedge funds are holding GRND? Visit HoldingsChannel.com to get the latest 13F filings and insider trades for Grindr Inc. ( NYSE:GRND – Free Report ). Receive News & Ratings for Grindr Daily - Enter your email address below to receive a concise daily summary of the latest news and analysts' ratings for Grindr and related companies with MarketBeat.com's FREE daily email newsletter .Updated 2025 NFL Draft Order After Sunday's Week 14 Results
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DAYTON, Ohio (AP) — Brandon Noel had 23 points in Wright State's 70-57 win over Air Force on Saturday night. Noel added three steals for the Raiders (5-4). Alex Huibregste scored 20 points while going 7 of 10 (6 for 7 from 3-point range) and added six rebounds. Michael Imariagbe had 14 points and shot 6 of 6 from the field and 2 for 3 from the line. Wesley Celichowski led the way for the Falcons (2-6) with 15 points. Ethan Taylor added 11 points for Air Force. ___ The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar .
The BBC allowed Gregg Wallace to continue on Masterchef despite him quitting another Beeb show over inappropriate behaviour. Wallace has stepped back from BBC MasterChef this week, amid allegations of misconduct. Now it has emerged Gregg stepped back from Inside the Factory when he infuriated staff there by joking about their weight while filming a segment on how chocolate bar Aero was made. A source said: “He upset some of the female workers by joking along the lines of ‘working in a chocolate factory is the reason you’re fat’. It really upset them.” Wallace quit the show in the wake of the controversy but still worked on MasterChef, which he judges alongside John Torode. The BBC said it would be inappropriate to comment on anything that could form part of an investigation. READ MORE Urgent 'stay at home' warning issued over nasty bug 'sweeping all age groups' BBC News reported last week that the 2018 internal investigation probed allegations of “sexual jokes” and other sexualised language that reportedly made colleagues “feel uncomfortable” and concluded that aspects of Wallace’s behaviour had been “unacceptable and unprofessional”. The presenter Kirsty Wark told BBC News Wallace had told stories and jokes of a “sexualised nature” when she was a Celebrity MasterChef contestant in 2011. Rod Stewart claimed Wallace had “humiliated” his wife, Penny Lancaster, on the show in 2021. On Thursday, MasterChef’s production company, Banijay UK, said it had launched an investigation after the BBC made the company aware that it had received complaints and that Wallace is “committed to fully cooperating throughout the process”. The company said “it is appropriate to conduct an immediate external review to fully and impartially investigate” and that anyone with issues or concerns could contact speakup@banijayuk.com in confidence. In October, Wallace posted a denial of claims, saying: “I didn’t say anything sexual.” And this week he has thanked fans for their support via his social channels.South32 shares in 2025: Here's what to expectGlobal stocks mostly rose Thursday following strong earnings from artificial intelligence leader Nvidia as bitcoin prices zoomed near $100,000 and oil prices rose. Nvidia itself had a volatile day, finishing modestly higher after several reversals. The chip company reported a whopping $19 billion in profits, although investors wondered if its current rate of stupendous growth is sustainable. But stocks rose as a "relief trade" after the Nvidia report, said Briefing.com analyst Patrick O'Hare, who noted that investors had feared a disappointing Nvidia announcement would spark a tech sell-off. All three major US indices rose, led by the Dow, which won more than one percent. The pickup on US markets also helped European bourses shake off early weakness. O'Hare called Thursday's rally a "broad-based move," noting nine of 11 US sectors rose and adding that investors are hopeful about a year-end rally. But worsening tensions between Russia and Ukraine also loom as a risk. Russian President Vladimir Putin said Thursday that the conflict in Ukraine had characteristics of a "global" war and did not rule out strikes on Western countries. Putin spoke out after a day of frayed nerves, with Russia test-firing a new generation intermediate-range missile at Ukraine. Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky branded the strike a major ramping up of the "scale and brutality" of the war by a "crazy neighbor", while Kyiv's main backer the United States said that Russia was to blame for escalating the conflict "at every turn". The tension helped push oil prices up around two percent and played a role in lifting natural gas prices to their highest level in a year. The dollar also continued to push higher, boosted by the falling odds of further Federal Reserve interest rate cuts, as well as the greenback's status as a haven currency. But the day's most impressive action may have been bitcoin, which soared above $99,000. The cryptocurrency has been lifted by expectations that Donald Trump, spurred by cryptocurrency cheerleader Elon Musk, will bring it further into everyday use upon re-entering the White House in January. "Will Americans be able to use crypto to pay their taxes in the future? There is a bigger possibility of this happening now than before the election," said Kathleen Brooks, research director at XTB. In Asia, shares in Indian conglomerate Adani Group tanked after US prosecutors charged its owner Gautam Adani with handing out more than $250 million in bribes for key contracts. Flagship operation Adani Enterprises dived almost 20 percent, while several of its subsidiaries -- from coal to media businesses -- lost 10 to 20 percent. Among other companies, Google parent Alphabet tumbled 4.6 percent after the Justice Department asked a federal court to order Google to sell its widely used Chrome browser in a major antitrust crackdown. DOJ also asked the court to ban deals for Google to be the default search engine on smartphones and prevent it from exploiting its Android mobile operating system. 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Transformative technology for the coordinated improvement of agricultural yieldsA lack of rules to help keep aging drivers — and you — safer on the streets causes serious, even fatal, consequences, Scripps News Cleveland found in a recent investigative report. So-called "mature drivers" (55+) were the most common variable in Ohio motor vehicle crashes over the last six years. State records show mature drivers were involved in 525,290 crashes between Jan. 1, 2019, and Nov. 12, 2024. The number of crashes involving mature drivers was higher than youth-related crashes and speed-related crashes. Despite those numbers, Ohio and other states have no special provisions to ensure older drivers are safe behind the wheel. Ignoring the risk "We really, as a society, mostly ignore it," said Sharona Hoffman , Case Western Reserve University, School of Law, and author of "Aging with a Plan: How a Little Thought Today Can Vastly Improve Your Tomorrow," which provides resources to help middle-aged and older adults deal with all aspects of aging, including driving. "There is not a good legal framework that tries to identify unsafe driving and address it," she said. Ohio is one of 13 states that does not have any regulations aimed at aging drivers on the roadways, according to the Governors Highway Safety Association. Other states have only enacted minor provisions, including more frequent license renewals and vision tests and requiring drivers to renew their licenses in person instead of by mail. Nevada and Washington D.C. require a doctor's note for drivers over 70. Only Illinois requires drivers to take another road test after they turn 75. Hoffman said driving decisions are mostly left to families. "Doctors often don’t get involved in that and so it’s up to families, and that can be extremely difficult," she said. Hoffman said older drivers often "don't want to hear they are a hazard," and families are often reluctant to engage in difficult conversations with loved ones about driving. At the same time, more older Americans are driving. The most recent Federal Highway Administration estimate is that there are over 34 million licensed drivers who are 70 or older in the U.S. 'If I wasn't there...' Even serious incidents can have little or no impact on an aging driver's license. Over the summer, Newburgh Heights Patrol Officer Russ Veverka was working his regular overnight shift on Interstate 77 when one car caught his attention. The driver was headed northbound in the southbound lane. At the same time, several vehicles were approaching from the opposite direction. "The one thing I’m not going to have is another vehicle hit head-on with another vehicle in front of me," he said. "I don’t think I could handle that at all." So from a grassy knoll near the Harvard Avenue bridge, Officer Veverka activated his overhead lights and drove onto the highway, blocking a lane. The driver saw him and stopped. The driver turned out to be a 65-year-old man who had been reported as a missing endangered adult earlier that day. A 4-year-old relative was standing in the backseat with no restraints. "Seeing that, my heart wanted to drop," Veverka said. The driver appeared confused and kept saying he was on Interstate 480. He had been driving around with the little boy for hours. After stopping the wrong-way driver, Veverka submitted form 2308 to the Ohio Bureau of Motor Vehicles to request the driver take a road test. "That's the best we can do right now," Veverka said. But when Scripps News Cleveland reached out to the driver's wife, she told us nothing had changed. She said her husband is still driving, including picking up the 4-year-old boy from daycare. Jackson Township tragedy "We all have family members that we think, 'Eh, maybe they shouldn't be driving," said Jackson Township Fire Chief Tim Berczik. His department recently started outreach efforts to older drivers after reviewing the city's crashes over the last year. He found mature drivers were involved in eight fatalities in the city of approximately 44,000 residents, including a crash that killed a 69-year-old grandfather in October. Berczik said an 81-year-old woman crashed into Angello's 2 Go pizza shop when she accidentally hit the gas pedal instead of the brake pedal in her car. His staff is now showing older drivers how to stay safer in their vehicles, including proper seat and mirror placement. They also encourage anyone with concerns to be retested. "We're not talking in any way about, 'We need to take car keys away from senior folks,'" he said. "Make it a group decision that maybe we don't drive as much." He said mature drivers can limit the distances they drive, stop driving at night, or stick to familiar areas to keep themselves and others safer on the roads. 'Life is for the young..." Handing over your keys carries its own consequences. "We live in a society where our autonomy often depends on driving," Hoffman said. "They won’t be able to go to doctor’s appointments as easily, and they can become socially isolated, which is catastrophic for anyone, but especially older people." "If you are lonely, if you are not engaging with other people, that is a sure recipe for cognitive decline and other physical and mental health problems," she said. In a recent law review article, "Patient Autonomy, Public Safety, and Drivers with Cognitive Decline ," Hoffman and her co-author recommended doctors be required to send patients diagnosed with cognitive decline and other conditions for road tests. Right now, medical professionals are only encouraged to notify the Ohio Bureau of Motor Vehicles about their concerns about a patient's driving. However, Scripps News Cleveland found only 18% of those drivers lost their licenses. Hoffman also said law enforcement officers should be trained to identify cognitive decline and report problem drivers. "I've had relatives who've driven into mailboxes, lamp posts, and parked cars and each time they have just gotten a warning or a ticket," she said. 76-year-old Brook Park resident Rose Ramsey said she isn't as confident in her driving skills as she used to be. "Once in a blue moon, I kind of forget the route that I was going," she said. "I'm planning on going a certain place and then I just kind of have to let the car lead the way." When she is worried about taking the wheel, she relies on her husband of 56 years, Kenneth. "I have my own chauffeur," she said. She supports requiring drivers to be retested as they get older. "John Q. Public and myself needs to be safe," she said. Ramsey said she knows that means she and her husband will eventually have to give up their own car keys. She admits it will not be easy. "I know it would be very difficult for us and yet I do understand that time is coming," she said. "Life is for the young, isn't it?" What should you do? If you're concerned about a loved one's driving abilities, Hoffman and Berczik both recommend the following: This story was originally published by Sarah Buduson at Scripps News Cleveland .ASHEVILLE, N.C. (AP) — Josh Banks scored 21 points as UNC Asheville beat Western Carolina 78-61 on Saturday. Banks added five rebounds for the Bulldogs (6-4). Jordan Marsh added 18 points while going 5 of 12 from the floor, including 2 for 3 from 3-point range, and 6 for 8 from the line while they also had five rebounds and five steals. Kameron Taylor shot 4 of 6 from the field and 5 for 5 from the line to finish with 13 points. Marcus Kell finished with 11 points for the Catamounts (3-6). Vernon Collins added 10 points for Western Carolina. Fischer Brown finished with eight points. These two teams both play Tuesday. UNC Asheville hosts North Florida and Western Carolina visits Tennessee. The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar .
College Football Playoff's first 12-team bracket is set with Oregon No. 1 and SMU in, Alabama outRUTH SUNDERLAND: Labour must listen to business Before election, Reeves and Starmer went on charm offensive with business They still insist they want to unleash growth Labour needs to ditch the naïve socialist beliefs about economy By RUTH SUNDERLAND FOR THE DAILY MAIL Updated: 16:53 EST, 8 December 2024 e-mail 1 View comments Every minister's nightmare is to be upstaged in front of the media by an angry member of the public. Most people have never heard of James Murray from the Treasury, who is one of Rachel Reeves' henchmen. He was sent out last week to plug Labour's supposedly wondrous plans to overhaul business rates, by charging big warehouses more – though unless and until the proposals become reality, small retailers face bigger bills. Murray may have been expecting a smoothly choreographed PR tour, chatting to Labour-friendly shop owners when he was wheeled round Darlington, where the Treasury has a northern outpost, a few days ago. He was soon brought down to earth by Jane and Frederic Robineau, who own a popular patisserie in the town. They told him small business owners are 'crying around their kitchen tables' trying to figure out how to cope with big rises in National Insurance and the minimum wage. Fingers on the pulse: PM Keir Starmer with Chancellor Rachel Reeves The minister was perhaps fortunate the media had not turned out en masse to witness his humiliation, as the two-and-a-half train journey from London to County Durham seemed to have deterred most. But if his boss Reeves and her boss Sir Keir Starmer do not want to listen to the Robineaus, perhaps they might pay heed to Sir Rocco Forte, who also runs a family business, albeit a much larger one. Forte, as the Mail on Sunday revealed yesterday, has left the country. His departure for Rome was accompanied by a vitriolic parting shot at Labour. Although Forte says he has quit Britain primarily because his business interests are now mainly in Italy, he accuses Reeves of a 'disastrous budget' and dragging us back to the 1970s. He knows many others, he says, who are leaving too. RELATED ARTICLES Previous 1 Next Cake shop owners lash out at Chancellor's right-hand man... I'm so angry, I want to ban Rachel Reeves from my grocer... Share this article Share HOW THIS IS MONEY CAN HELP How to choose the best (and cheapest) stocks and shares Isa and the right DIY investing account The Budget, coupled with the relentless gloom emanating from Reeves and Starmer on the economy, has flattened entrepreneurs. Optimism among business leaders has fallen almost as low as the record depths plumbed at the start of Covid, according to the Institute of Directors. In other words, Labour is almost as bad for business sentiment as a deadly global pandemic. Not a good look. Read More Half of bosses 'to cut jobs and raise prices' after Labour's £25bn NI raid on employers Before the election, Reeves and Starmer went on a charm offensive with business. They still insist they want to unleash growth, and Reeves has put forward plans such as creating local authority pension megafunds, which she claims could unlock £80billion of investment in UK infrastructure, along with reforms to boost competitiveness in financial services. In themselves these ideas are sensible, but they are totally out of tune with the divisive, punitive and fearful atmosphere Starmer and Reeves have created, where entrepreneurs and families have been made to feel their only value to the government is as cash cows to be milked for tax. Individuals like Angela Rayner and colourfully-coiffed former transport secretary Louise Haigh come across as overgrown student protesters rather than mature politicians. This does nothing to burnish the international credentials of UK PLC, at a time when we ought to look like a more stable business environment than the crisis-hit France and Germany. Labour needs to ditch the naïve socialist belief that the only part of the economy that matters is the public sector and start listening to the wealth creators. The hostility towards business is adding daily to the pall of negativity. Time to grow up and govern. 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After a thrilling double-overtime win over Fresno State, California Baptist makes the nearly 2,500-mile trip to Orlando to face Central Florida on Sunday. The Lancers (5-3) capped their time at the Acrisure Holiday Invitational in Palm Springs, Calif., with an 86-81 victory over the Bulldogs on Wednesday. That followed a last-second, 79-77 loss to SMU the day before. Dominique Daniels Jr. played 45 minutes against Fresno State and led California Baptist with 29 points. He paces the Lancers with 20.3 points per game, while Kendal Coleman averages 15.1 points and is shooting 59.7 percent form the floor. However, coach Rick Croy's team has struggled from 3-point range, shooting just 30.7 percent entering its first true road game this season. UCF (5-2) is coming off of an 84-76 win over Milwaukee last Wednesday despite being outrebounded 41-31. The Knights were helped by the heroics of senior guard Darius Johnson, who had 28 points as he shot a career-best 8-for-10 from beyond the arc. "Darius was terrific," UCF coach Johnny Dawkins said. "He's so comfortable in his leadership role now, he's leading our team and running the show, and our new players are becoming more comfortable playing with him. He's been a rock for us this season, and you love to see it out of a senior point guard." "I had an extraordinary night shooting the ball from three," Johnson said. "I rarely think that would happen again, but it's great. I know my teammates are going to have nights like that as well." Johnson is among the nation's leaders in minutes per game (36.6) and is shooting a team-high 50 percent from 3-point range (23 of 46). He, along with his fellow guard Jordan Ivy-Curry, are each averaging 16.9 points to lead UCF. The Knights opened the season with an impressive win over Texas A&M, now No. 20 in the AP poll, but lost both games at last weekend's Greenbrier Tip-Off, including a triple-overtime defeat against LSU on Sunday. UCF has not reached the NCAA Tournament since 2018-19. This will be the first meeting between the Knights and the Lancers, who will each have time off afterwards. UCF won't play until Dec. 8 against Tarleton State, while California Baptist is idle until its Dec. 11 game at San Diego State. --Field Level MediaLouis-Jacques scores 17, Colgate defeats Vermont 65-60
Blue Mountain Humane Society Bissell Pet Foundation is partnering with Blue Mountain Humane Society for the annual Holiday Hope event. The nationwide event’s focus is to empty animal shelters across the country and provide pets with a permanent home. From Sunday, Dec. 1, to Tuesday, Dec. 17, all adoptions at the Blue Mountain Humane Society, 7 E. George St., are $50 or less. For more information about the empty-the-shelter efforts, visit bissellpetfoundation.org/programs/empty-the-shelters . Fort Walla Walla Museum The Fort Walla Walla Museum has announced its new exhibit, which opened Friday, Nov. 29. It features the Pacific Theater during World War II and is meant to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the end of the war. The exhibit titled “Capturing the Pacific” also will focus on Walla Walla’s connection to the war including advancements made during the 1940s that are still around today, such as the transformation of the Walla Walla Regional Airport. The Museum is open 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. daily. Marcus Whitman Hotel and Conference Center An official for the Marcus Whitman Hotel & Conference Center has announced a new general manager will oversee the historic hotel. Justin Robbins previously served as the general manager of Sage Lodge in Pray, Mont. The official said the hotel's former general manager, Ted Hawksford, stepped down from his role to be closer to family. Key Technology Key Technology , a Walla Walla-based company and a member of Duravant's food sorting and handling solutions group, announced on Thursday, Nov. 21, the release of a new conveyor belt for raw poultry processing and packaging. In a news release, Jack Lee, the Duravant group president of food sorting and handling solutions, said, “By replacing traditional belt conveyors with vibratory systems, we're also helping processors improve food safety and prevent costly product recalls.” For more information about the company and its machinery, visit key.net .Russell Vought, one of the chief architects of Project 2025 — a conservative blueprint for the next presidency — is no fan of the federal government that President-elect Donald Trump will soon lead. He believes “woke” civil servants and “so-called expert authorities” wield illegitimate power to block conservative White House directives from deep within federal agencies, and wants Trump to “bend or break” that bureaucracy to his will, he wrote in the second chapter of the Project 2025 playbook. Vought is a vocal proponent of a plan known as Schedule F, under which Trump would fire thousands of career civil servants with extensive experience in their fields and replace them with his own political loyalists, and of Christian nationalism, which would see American governance aligned with Christian teachings. Both are core tenets of Project 2025. Throughout his campaign, Trump adamantly disavowed Project 2025, even though its policies overlapped with his and some of its authors worked in his first administration. He castigated anyone who suggested the blueprint, which polls showed was deeply unpopular among voters, represented his aims for the presidency. But last week, the president-elect nominated Vought to lead the Office of Management and Budget, which oversees the White House budget and its policy agenda across the federal government. Trump called Vought, who held the same role during his first term, an “aggressive cost cutter and deregulator” who “knows exactly how to dismantle the Deep State and end Weaponized Government.” The nomination was one of several Trump has made since his election that have called into question his claims on the campaign trail that Project 2025 was not his playbook and held no sway over him or his plans for a second term. He selected Tom Homan, a Project 2025 contributor and former visiting fellow at the Heritage Foundation, the conservative organization behind the blueprint, as his “border czar.” Trump named Stephen Miller, an immigration hard-liner also linked to Project 2025, as his deputy chief of staff for policy. Both also served in the first Trump administration. He also named Brendan Carr to serve on the Federal Communications Commission. Carr wrote a chapter of Project 2025 on the FCC, which regulates U.S. internet access and TV and radio networks, and has echoed Trump’s claims that news broadcasters have engaged in political bias against Trump. Trump named John Ratcliffe as his pick for CIA director and Pete Hoekstra as ambassador to Canada. Both are Project 2025 contributors. It has also been reported that the Trump transition team is filling lower-level government spots using a Project 2025 database of conservative candidates. During the campaign Trump said that he knew “nothing about” Project 2025 and that he found some of its ideas “absolutely ridiculous and abysmal.” In response to news in July that Project 2025’s director, Paul Dans, was leaving his post, Trump campaign managers Chris LaCivita and Susie Wiles — whom the president-elect has since named his chief of staff — issued a statement saying that “reports of Project 2025’s demise would be greatly welcomed.” Asked about Trump’s selection of several people with Project 2025 connections to serve in his administration, Trump transition spokeswoman Karoline Leavitt responded with a statement, saying Trump “never had anything to do with Project 2025.” “This has always been a lie pushed by the Democrats and the legacy media, but clearly the American people did not buy it because they overwhelmingly voted for President Trump to implement the promises that he made on the campaign trail,” Leavitt wrote. “All of President Trump’s cabinet nominees and appointments are whole-heartedly committed to President Trump’s agenda, not the agenda of outside groups.” Leavitt too has ties to Project 2025, having appeared in a training video for it. In addition to calling for much greater power in the hands of the president, Project 2025 calls for less federal intervention in certain areas — including through the elimination of the Department of Education. It calls for much stricter immigration enforcement and mass deportations — a policy priority of Trump’s as well — and rails against environmental protections, calling for the demolition of key environmental agencies such as the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the National Weather Service. It calls for tougher restrictions on abortion and for the federal government to collect data on women who seek an abortion, and backs a slew of measures that would strip rights from LGBTQ+ people. For Trump’s critics, his selections make it clear that his disavowal of the conservative playbook was nothing more than a campaign ploy to pacify voters who viewed the plan as too far to the right. It’s an argument many were making before the election as well. “There are many of us who tried to sound the alarm bell before the election,” when voters still had the power to keep such a plan from coming to fruition, said Ben Olinsky, senior vice president of structural reform and governance at the liberal Center for American Progress. Now, he said, he expects many of the more “draconian pieces” of Project 2025 to start being implemented given the nominees Trump has put forward. That includes Vought’s plan to eviscerate the career civil service, the core of American government, by doing away with merit-based staffing in favor of loyalty-based appointments, Olinsky said. “We know what happened before there was a merit-based civil service. There was cronyism in American government, and we can look back through history and see that kind of graft and cronyism,” Olinsky said. Filling the government with Trump loyalists will clear the way for more policies of Project 2025 to be implemented without resistance, Olinsky said. Olinsky said the Supreme Court and the Republican-controlled House have already proved they are not willing to stand up to Trump. There are “still some institutionalists” in the Senate — soon to be controlled by Republicans, as well — who could leverage their power to push back, he said, but it is not clear that they will. Incoming Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., has signaled that he may be willing to do so: According to reports from his home state, he said at a local Chamber of Commerce event Tuesday that all presidents try to push policy through executive action, and that Congress “sometimes will have to put the brakes on.” In the end, Olinsky said, real resistance might come only once Americans start realizing that Trump’s new government, stripped of all of its experts, is failing them in serious ways. “They do care about their Social Security checks being delivered. They do care about the nation being defended properly. They care that, when they turn on the faucet, they will drink water that won’t sicken them and their kids,” Olinsky said. “And that’s what requires expertise.” ©2024 Los Angeles Times. Visit latimes.com. Distributed by Tribune Content Agency, LLC.
New Delhi [India], November 30 (ANI): Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on Saturday emphasised that the 21st century belongs to India, with youth as the torchbearers of innovation and agents of change driving the nation's growth story. Birla was addressing the 27th Annual Convocation of Manav Rachna University held today (Saturday). Also Read | Maharashtra Chief Minister Swearing-In Ceremony To Be Held on December 5: Mahayuti 2.0 Government to Take Oath in PM Narendra Modi’s Presence at Azad Maidan in Mumbai. He highlighted the immense energy, innovative capabilities, and transformative potential of the youth, stating that these qualities are essential for addressing the challenges of the present era. Pointing to India's rising stature on the global stage, Birla remarked that the nation is poised for greatness, with its young generation leading this transformation. Discussing India's advancements in innovation and technology, the Speaker observed that Indians are spearheading groundbreaking initiatives worldwide across various fields. He reiterated that the 21st century is India's century, with its youth driving a global innovation revolution. Also Read | Surat Police Arrest Bangladeshi National With Multiple Fake Documents, Had Illegally Entered India 7 Years Ago. Birla also underlined India's rich heritage of knowledge, capability, and culture, describing it as the foundation of a brighter future. He praised the enduring philosophy of Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam--the world as one family--and lauded the leadership of Indians globally in areas such as technology, innovation, and professions like Chartered Accountancy, which contribute to excellence across industries. Stressing the critical role of democracy in India's growth, Birla asserted that open dialogue and discussion are central to the nation's progress. Reflecting on the 75th year of India's Constitution, he reaffirmed the nation's unwavering commitment to constitutional values, which have guided its success. Citing the example of former President Dr APJ Abdul Kalam, who overcame humble beginnings to excel in education, technology, and leadership, Birla urged students to harness their energy and determination to make a positive impact on the world, embodying the spirit of perseverance and resolve. Congratulating the graduating students, Birla acknowledged their accomplishments and bright futures. He commended the university's role in equipping students with not only academic knowledge but also the resilience to address challenges both domestically and globally. He applauded the university's faculty for their dedicated efforts in providing a holistic education and extended his gratitude to all staff members, recognising their vital contributions to the students' success. Birla emphasised that each effort, no matter how small, played a part in the students' achievements celebrated today. The Lok Sabha Speaker encouraged the students to embrace their roles as agents of change, urging them to venture into the world with confidence, conviction, and determination to shape a better future. (ANI) (This is an unedited and auto-generated story from Syndicated News feed, LatestLY Staff may not have modified or edited the content body)
