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NEW YORK (AP) — A number of President-elect Donald Trump 's most prominent Cabinet picks and appointees have been targeted by bomb threats and “swatting attacks," Trump's transition team said Wednesday. The FBI said it was investigating. “Last night and this morning, several of President Trump’s Cabinet nominees and Administration appointees were targeted in violent, unAmerican threats to their lives and those who live with them," Trump transition spokesperson Karoline Leavitt said in a statement. The attacks ranged from bomb threats to swatting, in which attackers initiate an emergency law enforcement response against a target victim under false pretenses, she said. The tactic has become a popular one in recent years. Leavitt said law enforcement and other authorities acted quickly to ensure the safety of those who were targeted and Trump and his transition team are grateful. Among those targeted were New York Rep. Elise Stefanik, Trump’s pick to serve as the next ambassador to the United Nations ; Matt Gaetz, Trump’s initial pick to serve as attorney general ; Oregon Rep. Lori Chavez-DeRemer, whom Trump chose to lead the Department of Labor , and former New York congressman Lee Zeldin, who has been tapped to lead the Environmental Protection Agency. Law enforcement officials are also looking into whether Susie Wiles, Trump’s incoming chief of staff, and Pam Bondi, the former Florida attorney general whom Trump has chosen as Gaetz’s replacement, and other incoming administration officials were also victims — as well as how each was targeted, according to a law enforcement official who spoke on condition of anonymity as the investigation continues. Wiles and Bondi did not immediately respond to requests for comment. The FBI said in a statement that it was “aware of numerous bomb threats and swatting incidents targeting incoming administration nominees and appointees" and was investigating with its law enforcement partners. White House spokesperson Saloni Sharma said President Joe Biden had been briefed and the White House is in touch with federal law enforcement and Trump's transition team. Biden “continues to monitor the situation closely," Sharma said, adding the president and his administration “condemn threats of political violence.” Stefanik's office said that, on Wednesday morning, she, her husband, and their 3-year-old son were driving home from Washington for Thanksgiving when they were informed of a bomb threat to their residence in Saratoga County. Police swept Stefanik’s home on Wednesday morning in response to the bomb threat but did not locate any explosive devices, New York State Police said. Zeldin said in a social media post that he and his family had also been threatened. “A pipe bomb threat targeting me and my family at our home today was sent in with a pro-Palestinian themed message,” he wrote on X . “My family and I were not home at the time and are safe." In Florida, the Okaloosa County sheriff’s office said on Facebook that it “received notification of a bomb threat referencing former Congressman Matt Gaetz’s supposed mailbox at a home in the Niceville area" Wednesday. While a family member resides at the address, the office said, Gaetz “is NOT a resident.” No threatening devices were found. Gaetz was Trump’s initial pick to serve as attorney general, but he withdrew from consideration after allegations that he paid women for sex and slept with underage women. Gaetz has vehemently denied any wrongdoing, and a Justice Department investigation into sex trafficking allegations ended with no charges against him. The threats follow a political campaign marked by disturbing and unprecedented violence. In July, a gunman opened fire at a Trump rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, grazing the then-candidate in the ear with a bullet and killing one of his supporters. The Secret Service later thwarted a subsequent assassination attempt at Trump's West Palm Beach, Florida, golf course when an agent spotted the barrel of a gun poking through a perimeter fence while Trump was golfing. Trump was also the subject of an Iranian murder-for-hire plot , with a man saying he had been tasked with planning the assassination of the Republican president-elect. Also this week, authorities arrested a man they say posted videos on social media threatening to kill Trump, according to court documents. In one video posted on Nov. 13, Manuel Tamayo-Torres threatened to shoot the former president while holding what appeared to be an AR-15 style rifle, authorities said Among the other videos he posted was one from an arena in Glendale, Arizona on Aug. 23, the same day Trump held a campaign rally there, according to court papers. An attorney for Tamayo-Torres did not immediately respond to a request for comment Wednesday. Public figures across the political spectrum have been targeted in recent years by hoax bomb threats and false reports of shootings at their homes. About a year ago the FBI responded to an uptick in such incidents at the homes of public officials, state capitols and courthouses across the country around the holidays. Many were locked down and evacuated in early January after receiving bomb threats. No explosives were found and no one was hurt. Some of those targeted last year were Georgia Lt. Gov. Burt Jones, Boston Mayor Michelle Wu and Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost. The judges overseeing the civil fraud case against Trump in New York and the criminal election interference case against him in Washington were both targeted earlier this year. Justice Department special counsel Jack Smith, who recently abandoned the two criminal cases he brought against Trump, was also the subject of a fake emergency call on Christmas Day last year. Earlier this year, schools, government buildings and the homes of city officials in Springfield, Ohio, received a string of hoax bomb threats after Trump falsely accused members of Springfield’s Haitian community of abducting and eating cats and dogs. And in 2022, a slew of historically Black colleges and universities nationwide were targeted with dozens of bomb threats, with the vast majority arriving during the celebration of Black History Month. The U.S. Capitol Police said in a statement Wednesday that anytime a member of Congress is the victim of a swatting' incident, “we work closely with our local and federal law enforcement partners.” The force declined to provide further details, in part to “minimize the risk of copy-cats.” Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson called the threats “dangerous and unhinged.” “This year, there was not just one but TWO assassination attempts on President Trump," he wrote on X . “Now some of his Cabinet nominees and their families are facing bomb threats.” He added: “It is not who we are in America.” ___ Richer reported from Washington. Associated Press writers Colleen Long and Eric Tucker in Washington, Scott Bauer in Madison, Wisconsin, and Anthony Izaguirre in Albany, New York, contributed to this report.When Katja Vogt considers a Jaguar, she pictures a British-made car purring confidently along the Italian coastline — a vision of familiarity that conveys "that dreaming, longing feeling we all love." She's not sure what to think about Jaguar now after the 89-year-old company announced a radical rebranding that featured loud colors and androgynous people — but no cars. Jaguar, the company says, will now be JaGUar. It will produce only electric vehicles beginning in 2026. Bad attention is good attention, Jaguar execs would appear to believe. The car brand has prompted mockery online for posting a glitzy ad without a single car in it. Say goodbye to British racing green, Cotswold Blue and black. Its colors are henceforth electric pink, red and yellow, according to a video that sparked backlash online. Its mission statement: "Create exuberance. Live vivid. Delete ordinary. Break moulds." "Intrigued?" @Jaguar posted on social media. "Weird and unsettled" is more like it, Vogt wrote on Instagram. "Especially now, with the world feeling so dystopian," the Cyprus-based brand designer wrote, "a heritage brand like Jaguar should be conveying feelings of safety, stability, and maybe a hint of rebellion — the kind that shakes things up in a good way, not in a way that unsettles." Our brands, ourselves Jaguar was one of several iconic companies that announced significant rebrandings in recent weeks, upending a series of commercial — and cultural — landmarks by which many modern human beings sort one another, carve out identities and recognize the world around them. Campbell's, the 155-year-old American icon that artist Andy Warhol immortalized in pop culture decades ago, is ready for a new, soupless name. Comcast's corporate reorganization means there will soon be two television networks with "NBC" in their name — CNBC and MSNBC — that will no longer have any corporate connection to NBC News, a U.S. legacy news outlet. CNBC One could even argue the United States itself is rebranding with the election of former President Donald Trump and Republican majorities in the House and Senate. Unlike Trump's first election in 2016, he won the popular vote in what many called a national referendum on American identity. Are we, then, the sum total of our consumer decisions — what we buy, where we travel and whom we elect? Certainly, it's a question for those privileged enough to be able to afford such choices. Volumes of research in the art and science of branding — from "brandr," an old Norse word for burning symbols into the hides of livestock — say those factors do contribute to the modern sense of identity. So rebranding, especially of heritage names, can be a deeply felt affront to consumers. "It can feel like the brand is turning its back on everything that it stood for — and therefore it feels like it's turning its back on us, the people who subscribe to that idea or ideology," said Ali Marmaduke, strategy director with the Amsterdam-based Brand Potential. He said cultural tension — polarization — is surging over politics, wars in Russia and the Mideast, the environment, public health and more, creating what Marmaduke said is known as a "polycrisis": the idea that there are several massive crises converging that feel scary and complex. Campbell's soups "People are understandably freaked out by that," he said. "So we are looking for something that will help us navigate this changing, threatening world that we face." Trump's "Make America Great Again" qualifies. So did President Joe Biden's "Build Back Better" slogan. Campbell's soup itself — "Mmm Mmm Good" — isn't going anywhere, CEO Mark Clouse said. The company's new name, Campbell's Co., will reflect "the full breadth of our portfolio," which includes brands like Prego pasta sauce and Goldfish crackers. What is Jaguar? None of the recent activity around heritage brands sparked a backlash as ferocious as Jaguar's. The company stood as a pillar of tradition-loving British identity since World War II. The famous "leaper" cat Jaguar logo is pictured in 2019 at the Auto show in Paris, France. Jaguar said its approach to the rebrand was rooted in the philosophy of its founder, Sir William Lyons, to "copy nothing." What it's calling "the new Jaguar" will overhaul everything from the font of its name to the positioning of it's famous "leaper" cat. "Exuberant modernism" will "define all aspects of the new Jaguar world," according to the news release. The approach is thought to be aimed at selling fewer cars at a six-figure price point to a more diverse customer base. The reaction ranged from bewilderment to hostility. Memes sprouted up likening the video to the Teletubbies, a Benetton ad and — perhaps predictably — a bow to "woke" culture as the blowback intersected with politics. The business news you need Get the latest local business news delivered FREE to your inbox weekly.Raimon Land Plc (RML) plans to include its flagship One City Centre (OCC) property in central Bangkok, valued at 14.8 billion baht, in a real estate investment trust (REIT) as part of its strategy to enhance long-term financial stability. The SET-listed luxury property developer is also preparing to issue new debentures or secure loans from leading financial institutions while expediting the sale of completed real estate inventory to enhance cash flow, said chief financial officer Sorrapong Mamuang. The OCC building, which has an occupancy rate of nearly 80% at present, has attracted significant interest from domestic and international investors. RML is in advanced negotiations with five major investors and expects to finalise the REIT conversion by next year. "With the OCC building as a key component of our strategy, we are on track to achieve profitability and strengthen our financial position. Our pipeline of new project launches, coupled with the successful execution of our turnaround strategy, positions RML for sustainable growth and long-term stability," he said. Mr Sorrapong also clarified points raised by the Stock Exchange of Thailand regarding the company's third-quarter financial statements, saying every investment decision is carefully evaluated for risk and long-term value. "RML reaffirms that all operations adhere to legal and regulatory requirements and emphasise that the investments pose no negative impact on its financial standing," he said. RML has allocated pre-development funds to support a new mixed-use project scheduled to be launched in the first quarter of 2025. These temporary funds are held with a trusted executive and serve to reassure the landowner of RML's readiness to invest while minimising investment risk. Previous management decided in 2019 that RML should secure land for a condominium in Sukhumvit. Following a re-evaluation by the current management and development constraints, the company decided to set aside an impairment provision to reflect the project's adjusted valuation. Terms are being negotiated and a resolution is expected by the first quarter of 2025. In 2022, RML invested in convertible notes of Nautilus Data Technologies, a US-based data centre company that is preparing for a Nasdaq launch within two years. While some shareholders have committed additional funds, RML is carefully evaluating its next steps, ensuring all decisions align with shareholder interests and long-term financial objectives, he said. RML has also signed a joint venture agreement for a villa project to be launched in the first quarter of 2025. The project is being adjusted to comply with new legal requirements in Phuket while both RML and its partners remain committed due to its strong business potential. "We are confident that our investments will not only ensure financial stability but also create growth opportunities for the future," said Mr Sorrapong.

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When Katja Vogt considers a Jaguar, she pictures a British-made car purring confidently along the Italian coastline — a vision of familiarity that conveys "that dreaming, longing feeling we all love." She's not sure what to think about Jaguar now after the 89-year-old company announced a radical rebranding that featured loud colors and androgynous people — but no cars. Jaguar, the company says, will now be JaGUar. It will produce only electric vehicles beginning in 2026. Bad attention is good attention, Jaguar execs would appear to believe. The car brand has prompted mockery online for posting a glitzy ad without a single car in it. Say goodbye to British racing green, Cotswold Blue and black. Its colors are henceforth electric pink, red and yellow, according to a video that sparked backlash online. Its mission statement: "Create exuberance. Live vivid. Delete ordinary. Break moulds." "Intrigued?" @Jaguar posted on social media. "Weird and unsettled" is more like it, Vogt wrote on Instagram. "Especially now, with the world feeling so dystopian," the Cyprus-based brand designer wrote, "a heritage brand like Jaguar should be conveying feelings of safety, stability, and maybe a hint of rebellion — the kind that shakes things up in a good way, not in a way that unsettles." Jaguar was one of several iconic companies that announced significant rebrandings in recent weeks, upending a series of commercial — and cultural — landmarks by which many modern human beings sort one another, carve out identities and recognize the world around them. Campbell's, the 155-year-old American icon that artist Andy Warhol immortalized in pop culture decades ago, is ready for a new, soupless name. Comcast's corporate reorganization means there will soon be two television networks with "NBC" in their name — CNBC and MSNBC — that will no longer have any corporate connection to NBC News, a U.S. legacy news outlet. One could even argue the United States itself is rebranding with the election of former President Donald Trump and Republican majorities in the House and Senate. Unlike Trump's first election in 2016, he won the popular vote in what many called a national referendum on American identity. Are we, then, the sum total of our consumer decisions — what we buy, where we travel and whom we elect? Certainly, it's a question for those privileged enough to be able to afford such choices. Volumes of research in the art and science of branding — from "brandr," an old Norse word for burning symbols into the hides of livestock — say those factors do contribute to the modern sense of identity. So rebranding, especially of heritage names, can be a deeply felt affront to consumers. "It can feel like the brand is turning its back on everything that it stood for — and therefore it feels like it's turning its back on us, the people who subscribe to that idea or ideology," said Ali Marmaduke, strategy director with the Amsterdam-based Brand Potential. He said cultural tension — polarization — is surging over politics, wars in Russia and the Mideast, the environment, public health and more, creating what Marmaduke said is known as a "polycrisis": the idea that there are several massive crises converging that feel scary and complex. Campbell's soups "People are understandably freaked out by that," he said. "So we are looking for something that will help us navigate this changing, threatening world that we face." Trump's "Make America Great Again" qualifies. So did President Joe Biden's "Build Back Better" slogan. Campbell's soup itself — "Mmm Mmm Good" — isn't going anywhere, CEO Mark Clouse said. The company's new name, Campbell's Co., will reflect "the full breadth of our portfolio," which includes brands like Prego pasta sauce and Goldfish crackers. None of the recent activity around heritage brands sparked a backlash as ferocious as Jaguar's. The company stood as a pillar of tradition-loving British identity since World War II. The famous "leaper" cat Jaguar logo is pictured in 2019 at the Auto show in Paris, France. Jaguar said its approach to the rebrand was rooted in the philosophy of its founder, Sir William Lyons, to "copy nothing." What it's calling "the new Jaguar" will overhaul everything from the font of its name to the positioning of it's famous "leaper" cat. "Exuberant modernism" will "define all aspects of the new Jaguar world," according to the news release. The approach is thought to be aimed at selling fewer cars at a six-figure price point to a more diverse customer base. The reaction ranged from bewilderment to hostility. Memes sprouted up likening the video to the Teletubbies, a Benetton ad and — perhaps predictably — a bow to "woke" culture as the blowback intersected with politics. Get the latest local business news delivered FREE to your inbox weekly.

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AP News Summary at 6:54 p.m. ESTShe's not sure what to think about Jaguar now after the 89-year-old company announced a radical rebranding that featured loud colors and androgynous people — but no cars. Jaguar, the company says, will now be JaGUar. It will produce only electric vehicles beginning in 2026. Say goodbye to British racing green, Cotswold Blue and black. Its colors are henceforth electric pink, red and yellow, according to a video that sparked backlash online. Its mission statement: "Create exuberance. Live vivid. Delete ordinary. Break moulds." "Intrigued?" @Jaguar posted on social media. "Weird and unsettled" is more like it, Vogt wrote on Instagram. "Especially now, with the world feeling so dystopian," the Cyprus-based brand designer wrote, "a heritage brand like Jaguar should be conveying feelings of safety, stability, and maybe a hint of rebellion — the kind that shakes things up in a good way, not in a way that unsettles." Our brands, ourselves Jaguar was one of several iconic companies that announced significant rebrandings in recent weeks, upending a series of commercial — and cultural — landmarks by which many modern human beings sort one another, carve out identities and recognize the world around them. Campbell's, the 155-year-old American icon that artist Andy Warhol immortalized in pop culture decades ago, is ready for a new, soupless name. Comcast's corporate reorganization means there will soon be two television networks with "NBC" in their name — CNBC and MSNBC — that will no longer have any corporate connection to NBC News, a U.S. legacy news outlet. One could even argue the United States itself is rebranding with the election of former President Donald Trump and Republican majorities in the House and Senate. Unlike Trump's first election in 2016, he won the popular vote in what many called a national referendum on American identity. Are we, then, the sum total of our consumer decisions — what we buy, where we travel and whom we elect? Certainly, it's a question for those privileged enough to be able to afford such choices. Volumes of research in the art and science of branding — from "brandr," an old Norse word for burning symbols into the hides of livestock — say those factors do contribute to the modern sense of identity. So rebranding, especially of heritage names, can be a deeply felt affront to consumers. "It can feel like the brand is turning its back on everything that it stood for — and therefore it feels like it's turning its back on us, the people who subscribe to that idea or ideology," said Ali Marmaduke, strategy director with the Amsterdam-based Brand Potential. He said cultural tension — polarization — is surging over politics, wars in Russia and the Mideast, the environment, public health and more, creating what Marmaduke said is known as a "polycrisis": the idea that there are several massive crises converging that feel scary and complex. "People are understandably freaked out by that," he said. "So we are looking for something that will help us navigate this changing, threatening world that we face." Trump's "Make America Great Again" qualifies. So did President Joe Biden's "Build Back Better" slogan. Campbell's soup itself — "Mmm Mmm Good" — isn't going anywhere, CEO Mark Clouse said. The company's new name, Campbell's Co., will reflect "the full breadth of our portfolio," which includes brands like Prego pasta sauce and Goldfish crackers. What is Jaguar? None of the recent activity around heritage brands sparked a backlash as ferocious as Jaguar's. The company stood as a pillar of tradition-loving British identity since World War II. Jaguar said its approach to the rebrand was rooted in the philosophy of its founder, Sir William Lyons, to "copy nothing." What it's calling "the new Jaguar" will overhaul everything from the font of its name to the positioning of it's famous "leaper" cat. "Exuberant modernism" will "define all aspects of the new Jaguar world," according to the news release. The approach is thought to be aimed at selling fewer cars at a six-figure price point to a more diverse customer base. The reaction ranged from bewilderment to hostility. Memes sprouted up likening the video to the Teletubbies, a Benetton ad and — perhaps predictably — a bow to "woke" culture as the blowback intersected with politics.

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Watts scores 20, Washington State takes down Boise State 74-69When Katja Vogt considers a Jaguar, she pictures a British-made car purring confidently along the Italian coastline — a vision of familiarity that conveys "that dreaming, longing feeling we all love." She's not sure what to think about Jaguar now after the 89-year-old company announced a radical rebranding that featured loud colors and androgynous people — but no cars. Jaguar, the company says, will now be JaGUar. It will produce only electric vehicles beginning in 2026. Bad attention is good attention, Jaguar execs would appear to believe. The car brand has prompted mockery online for posting a glitzy ad without a single car in it. Jaguar Say goodbye to British racing green, Cotswold Blue and black. Its colors are henceforth electric pink, red and yellow, according to a video that sparked backlash online. Its mission statement: "Create exuberance. Live vivid. Delete ordinary. Break moulds." "Intrigued?" @Jaguar posted on social media. "Weird and unsettled" is more like it, Vogt wrote on Instagram. "Especially now, with the world feeling so dystopian," the Cyprus-based brand designer wrote, "a heritage brand like Jaguar should be conveying feelings of safety, stability, and maybe a hint of rebellion — the kind that shakes things up in a good way, not in a way that unsettles." Jaguar was one of several iconic companies that announced significant rebrandings in recent weeks, upending a series of commercial — and cultural — landmarks by which many modern human beings sort one another, carve out identities and recognize the world around them. Campbell's, the 155-year-old American icon that artist Andy Warhol immortalized in pop culture decades ago, is ready for a new, soupless name. Comcast's corporate reorganization means there will soon be two television networks with "NBC" in their name — CNBC and MSNBC — that will no longer have any corporate connection to NBC News, a U.S. legacy news outlet. CNBC Richard Drew, Associated Press One could even argue the United States itself is rebranding with the election of former President Donald Trump and Republican majorities in the House and Senate. Unlike Trump's first election in 2016, he won the popular vote in what many called a national referendum on American identity. Are we, then, the sum total of our consumer decisions — what we buy, where we travel and whom we elect? Listen now and subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | Spotify | Stitcher | RSS Feed | SoundStack | All Of Our Podcasts Certainly, it's a question for those privileged enough to be able to afford such choices. Volumes of research in the art and science of branding — from "brandr," an old Norse word for burning symbols into the hides of livestock — say those factors do contribute to the modern sense of identity. So rebranding, especially of heritage names, can be a deeply felt affront to consumers. "It can feel like the brand is turning its back on everything that it stood for — and therefore it feels like it's turning its back on us, the people who subscribe to that idea or ideology," said Ali Marmaduke, strategy director with the Amsterdam-based Brand Potential. He said cultural tension — polarization — is surging over politics, wars in Russia and the Mideast, the environment, public health and more, creating what Marmaduke said is known as a "polycrisis": the idea that there are several massive crises converging that feel scary and complex. Campbell's soups Ross D. Franklin, Associated Press "People are understandably freaked out by that," he said. "So we are looking for something that will help us navigate this changing, threatening world that we face." Trump's "Make America Great Again" qualifies. So did President Joe Biden's "Build Back Better" slogan. Campbell's soup itself — "Mmm Mmm Good" — isn't going anywhere, CEO Mark Clouse said. The company's new name, Campbell's Co., will reflect "the full breadth of our portfolio," which includes brands like Prego pasta sauce and Goldfish crackers. None of the recent activity around heritage brands sparked a backlash as ferocious as Jaguar's. The company stood as a pillar of tradition-loving British identity since World War II. The famous "leaper" cat Jaguar logo is pictured in 2019 at the Auto show in Paris, France. Christophe Ena, Associated Press Jaguar said its approach to the rebrand was rooted in the philosophy of its founder, Sir William Lyons, to "copy nothing." What it's calling "the new Jaguar" will overhaul everything from the font of its name to the positioning of it's famous "leaper" cat. "Exuberant modernism" will "define all aspects of the new Jaguar world," according to the news release. The approach is thought to be aimed at selling fewer cars at a six-figure price point to a more diverse customer base. The reaction ranged from bewilderment to hostility. Memes sprouted up likening the video to the Teletubbies, a Benetton ad and — perhaps predictably — a bow to "woke" culture as the blowback intersected with politics.

Ubisoft stock jumps again as Tencent and Guillemot negotiate buyoutHUNTSVILLE, Ala. (AP) — Paul Zilinskas put up 32 points as IU Indianapolis beat Alabama A&M 88-83 on Monday. Zilinskas shot 11 for 20 (5 for 10 from 3-point range) and 5 of 5 from the free-throw line for the Jaguars (3-5). Jarvis Walker scored 13 points while going 3 of 9 from the floor, including 2 for 5 from 3-point range, and 5 for 7 from the line. Timaris Brown and Sean Craight both added 11 points. Darius Ford led the Bulldogs (4-4) in scoring, finishing with 20 points, six rebounds, seven assists and two steals. Anthony Bryant added 17 points for Alabama A&M. Chad Moodie also had 16 points and three blocks. The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar .

HANOI: The resurgence of green, social and sustainable bonds in Vietnam is a notable highlight in 2024, as the market evolves with more diverse bond issuances. Since the start of the year, four green bond issuances have been recorded, marking renewed activity in this segment. A recent report by FiinRatings, on the primary bond market for October 2024, revealed a significant slowdown in bond issuance value compared with the previous month. Total issuance reached 33 trillion dong across 38 transactions, representing a 41.4% decrease month-on-month, but a slight 1.6% increase year-on-year. This marked the lowest monthly issuance value since July, attributed largely to reduced activity among credit institutions, traditionally the primary issuers in the market. In September, these institutions accelerated bond issuances to meet regulatory safety ratios for the State Bank of Vietnam’s third-quarter requirements. Cumulatively, the total bond issuance for the first 10 months of the year reached 348 trillion dong, up 60% over last year. While credit institutions continued to dominate the market with a 58% share of total issuance in October, their proportion has declined significantly from over 80% in previous months. This shift reflects the growing participation of non-financial corporations, such as VinFast, Vinhomes and Vietjet, which issued bonds worth six trillion dong, two trillion dong and two trillion dong, respectively, during the month. Bond repurchase activities also saw notable trends, with 17.5 trillion dong in corporate bonds repurchased in October, down 14.5% from the prior month. Non-financial corporations doubled their repurchase values, though banks still accounted for 72% of the total. As of Nov 20, four green bond issuances valued at 6.87 trillion dong were completed under the International Capital Market Association’s Green Bond Principles. These accounted for 2% of the total market issuances during the period. Notably, an October issuance of one trillion dong by IDI International Development and Investment Corp, a seafood sector player, marked the first green bond from a non-financial corporation. This issuance, guaranteed by GuarantCo, underscores the growing role of international organisations in supporting Vietnam’s green finance initiatives. Since 2016, Vietnam has issued US$1.1bil in green, social and sustainable bonds, a modest figure compared to neighbouring markets like Thailand and Malaysia, where such instruments constitute up to 7% of the total bond market activity. Vietnam’s share remains at 1.8%, highlighting the need for further development in this segment. The recent uptick in green bond issuances signals positive momentum, bolstered by a foundational legal framework and market participants’ voluntary compliance. The country is currently drafting a classification framework for green bonds and green credit, which is expected to formalise and expand the segment. However, challenges remain. The requirements of the draft amendments to Securities Law, which emphasise secured assets or credit guarantees, could impact supply if enacted without accommodating international credit guarantees. Current market success stories, such as bonds backed by international entities like the Asian Development Bank’s Credit Guarantee and Investment Facility and the Private Infrastructure Development Group’s GuarantCo, demonstrate the potential for growth if regulatory adjustments are inclusive. Nevertheless, FinnRatings believes that recent green bond transactions have been progressively enhancing the quality of goods in the corporate bond market. — Viet Nam News/ANNNorth Macedonian political party calls for ban on social media content that incites 'self-destructive behavior'Overhauls of 'heritage brands' raise the question: How important are our products to our identities?

Textify Analytics (CEO Chirag Jain) announced its participation in “COMEUP Stars 2024,” part of the global startup festival COMEUP 2024. COMEUP Stars 2024 will feature 50 innovative startups in a competitive IR pitching session called “Startup Valley.” Participants include 30 companies in the Rookie League, 10 in the Runners League, and 10 selected from the Rocket League, which is based on recommendations from the COMEUP House and the advisory committee. The finalists represent 13 countries, including South Korea, the United States, the Netherlands, Sweden, Denmark, India, and Türkiye, showcasing COMEUP’s global scale. Textify Analytics is revolutionizing how users discover and understand data visualizations through its AI-powered search engine. The company hosts the world’s largest chart search engine, with a database exceeding 500,000 charts, all meticulously indexed and growing to meet user demands. By leveraging cutting-edge AI algorithms, the platform allows users to search for specific charts and graphs through natural language queries, eliminating the complexity of manual searches. Its intuitive interface makes it accessible to many users, including researchers, educators, businesses, and data enthusiasts. The company will showcase its innovative platform at COMEUP 2024, emphasizing its ability to solve users’ critical data analysis challenges. Textify Analytics simplifies finding specific data visualizations, interpreting complex information, and saving valuable time in decision-making. The platform provides users with accurate search results and actionable insights that enhance data-driven storytelling. With its growing database, the platform supports professionals in quickly identifying relevant visualizations, enabling better presentations and streamlined research processes. In addition to its technological strengths, Textify Analytics is committed to broadening its reach and impact. The company plans to integrate its solutions into widely used productivity tools such as Microsoft PowerPoint and Google Sheets, empowering users to incorporate high-quality data visualizations seamlessly into their workflows. This strategic approach aligns with Textify Analytics’ mission to make data-driven insights accessible and actionable for all. The company’s success is evident in its achievements, including participation in the prestigious K-Startup Grand Challenge as part of the 2022 cohort and recognition as the runner-up in the Big Think 2022 competition hosted by the Seoul Metropolitan Government. Backed by AngelList, Textify Analytics continues to innovate and redefine the global data visualization landscape. Currently serving over 25,000 monthly users, Textify Analytics has also formed strategic partnerships with 10 B2B clients, providing tailored solutions to meet diverse business needs. The company plans to double its customer base next year and actively pursues global expansion. Its entry into the Korean market through collaborations with Ed-Tech startups demonstrates its focus on localized solutions and strengthening its presence in new regions. The company views COMEUP 2024 as a pivotal opportunity to enhance its visibility in the Korean market, forge valuable connections with investors and partners, and establish itself as a leader in data visualization search. By participating in this prestigious event, Textify Analytics aims to highlight the transformative potential of its platform and attract key stakeholders who share its vision for the future. COMEUP 2024 will occur on December 11–12 at Coex in Seoul, featuring innovative startups and investors from over 40 countries. This year’s theme, “Innovation Beyond Borders,” highlights startups’ roles in driving global innovation across boundaries of nations and technology. The event will feature conferences, pitching sessions, and exhibitions focusing on deep tech, inbound innovation, and SIS (Sustainable Innovation by Startup).HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (AP) — Paul Zilinskas put up 32 points as IU Indianapolis beat Alabama A&M 88-83 on Monday. Zilinskas shot 11 for 20 (5 for 10 from 3-point range) and 5 of 5 from the free-throw line for the Jaguars (3-5). Jarvis Walker scored 13 points while going 3 of 9 from the floor, including 2 for 5 from 3-point range, and 5 for 7 from the line. Timaris Brown and Sean Craight both added 11 points. Darius Ford led the Bulldogs (4-4) in scoring, finishing with 20 points, six rebounds, seven assists and two steals. Anthony Bryant added 17 points for Alabama A&M. Chad Moodie also had 16 points and three blocks. The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar .

BOCA RATON, Fla. , Dec. 17, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Boca Woods Country Club is thrilled to announce the grand opening of its newly redesigned Woods golf course. This momentous occasion took place on Sunday, December 8th at 12:00 PM , with a celebration and ribbon cutting ceremony marking the culmination of a remarkable $9M transformation that has captivated the attention of golf enthusiasts far and wide. More than 450 Members and distinguished guests from industry and government joined the Club for the ribbon cutting ceremony, cocktails and hors d' oeuvres. Attendees included PGA Junior Club Members standing aside past Club Presidents, sharing a commitment to excellence demonstrated by the investment to fully renovate the Woods Course. The ceremony concluded with the presentation of a lifetime Boca Woods Country Club Membership accepted by Rees Jones . The outcome of this extensive renovation: a formidable championship golf course, meticulously designed by the renowned Rees Jones and delivered through the craftsmanship of LaBar Golf. Stretching to a maximum yardage of 7,043 yards, the course boasts key risk/reward decisions for the experienced golfer while offering better playable options for those less experienced. Some key highlights of the renovation include: " The Woods course is now a true championship layout, playing to a maximum yardage of 7,043 yards." Said Jeff Gullett , Director of Golf. He continued, " Rees Jones has incorporated a combination of green complexes and bunkering that will test every golfer's ability. We are confident that our Members will be delighted with the results." The Woods golf course offers an inspired blend of challenging greens and strategically placed bunkers, promising to test the mettle of even the most seasoned golfers. The harmonious fusion of design elements guarantees a truly exceptional and unforgettable round of golf. What truly distinguishes the Woods course is its serene and secluded setting. Nestled away from the luxury homes that dot the community, the course immerses players in the tranquility of South Florida's nature, offering a respite from the hustle and bustle of everyday life. " Bryce Swanson and I are pleased that the Woods Course at Boca Woods is reopening on time and on budget. The redesign of the golf course enhances the course's playability, strategy, and variety. The remodeled golf course will provide an enjoyable and thought-provoking experience for the Members and their guests on a continuing basis. It has been a pleasure to work with all involved in this project," said Rees Jones . This renovation is particularly significant due to Boca Woods' unique position in the golfing world. With 36 holes of championship golf and a limited Membership of only 590 golfers, Boca Woods provides an unparalleled level of exclusivity and access. The newly renovated Woods course further solidifies the club's reputation as a golfer's paradise, offering a rare combination of world-class amenities and a close-knit community of passionate enthusiasts. " It is amazing to witness the evolution taking place at this Club." Says David Sweet, General Manager/ COO. He continues, "In the last four years, Members have supported the development of modern amenities: a new Clubhouse with state-of-the-art virtual meeting spaces, a sports and wellness complex that offers 10,000 sq ft of fitness, modern racquet sports facilities including lights for night play, and now this championship course developed in partnership with the best names in the business. Rees has left his mark on Boca Woods, and the Club's future is bright!" Central to the course's allure is the masterful touch of Rees Jones , whose design philosophy seamlessly integrates the natural beauty of the surroundings with the strategic demands of the game. The result is a golfing experience that is both visually captivating and intellectually stimulating. "The Rees Jones' update to our Woods Course is inspirational. Coupled with renovations designed by Kipp Schulties on the Lakes Course, we offer a small community of players a wide range of golfing opportunities. As President of Boca Woods, I am proud of what we accomplished and the time frame we worked within. We listened to our players: men and women, scratch players and weekenders... the result is 36 holes of magnificent golf course architecture that challenges the best and offers playable options for every level. Our demographics say it all (reference the generations photo), and there are tee boxes for every player at every age to enjoy. Boca Woods is setting the standard" said Howard Mittleman , Board President for Boca Woods Country Club. The renovation of the Woods golf course represents a substantial investment in elevating the club's amenities, ensuring Members have exceptional golf experiences. The comprehensive project followed a $14.5M building and facilities renovation. For more information on the new Woods golf course or to inquire about membership opportunities, please visit bocawoodscc.com . The Club foresees many future investments, including the installation of TopTracer (technology owned and used by Top Golf Entertainment Group) on the driving range, sharing information about every shot for Members through fully integrated technology inclusive of ballistics scopes delivering multiple data points for every shot. About Boca Woods Country Club Boca Woods Country Club is an established residential country club community located in Boca Raton, Florida . Membership at Boca Woods offers extraordinary value in a golf community that features two championship golf courses and all the amenities that private country club living has to offer. Boca Woods Country Club is dedicated to providing a residential country club lifestyle featuring a community and club culture characterized by friendliness, civility and respect for its members and staff in an overall setting of refinement and casual elegance. Media Contact: membership@bocawoodscc.com View original content to download multimedia: https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/grand-opening-of-the-rees-jones-woods-golf-course-announced-at-boca-woods-country-club-302334242.html SOURCE Boca Woods Country Club

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NoneShares of Moderna, Inc. ( NASDAQ:MRNA – Get Free Report ) have been given a consensus rating of “Hold” by the twenty-two research firms that are currently covering the stock, Marketbeat.com reports. Three research analysts have rated the stock with a sell recommendation, thirteen have issued a hold recommendation, five have assigned a buy recommendation and one has assigned a strong buy recommendation to the company. The average 12-month target price among brokers that have updated their coverage on the stock in the last year is $84.00. MRNA has been the topic of a number of recent analyst reports. Oppenheimer downgraded shares of Moderna from an “outperform” rating to a “market perform” rating in a research note on Friday, September 13th. Leerink Partners dropped their price objective on shares of Moderna from $60.00 to $48.00 and set an “underperform” rating for the company in a report on Tuesday, September 17th. Needham & Company LLC reissued a “hold” rating on shares of Moderna in a research note on Friday, November 8th. TD Cowen dropped their price target on Moderna from $70.00 to $60.00 and set a “hold” rating for the company in a research note on Friday, September 13th. Finally, Royal Bank of Canada reiterated a “sector perform” rating and set a $75.00 price objective on shares of Moderna in a research report on Thursday, September 19th. Check Out Our Latest Research Report on MRNA Insider Transactions at Moderna Hedge Funds Weigh In On Moderna Several hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in MRNA. State Street Corp boosted its holdings in Moderna by 12.1% in the third quarter. State Street Corp now owns 16,847,212 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,125,899,000 after acquiring an additional 1,823,276 shares in the last quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC lifted its position in shares of Moderna by 2.6% in the 3rd quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 7,069,580 shares of the company’s stock worth $470,670,000 after purchasing an additional 178,115 shares during the period. Wellington Management Group LLP boosted its stake in shares of Moderna by 21.0% during the 3rd quarter. Wellington Management Group LLP now owns 5,224,685 shares of the company’s stock valued at $349,166,000 after purchasing an additional 906,114 shares in the last quarter. UBS AM a distinct business unit of UBS ASSET MANAGEMENT AMERICAS LLC increased its position in shares of Moderna by 0.5% during the third quarter. UBS AM a distinct business unit of UBS ASSET MANAGEMENT AMERICAS LLC now owns 3,890,812 shares of the company’s stock valued at $260,023,000 after buying an additional 19,819 shares during the period. Finally, Capital World Investors raised its stake in Moderna by 0.5% in the first quarter. Capital World Investors now owns 3,648,117 shares of the company’s stock worth $388,743,000 after buying an additional 18,728 shares in the last quarter. 75.33% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors. Moderna Stock Up 7.5 % MRNA opened at $41.11 on Monday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.05, a current ratio of 4.39 and a quick ratio of 4.20. Moderna has a one year low of $35.80 and a one year high of $170.47. The firm has a market capitalization of $15.82 billion, a P/E ratio of -7.06 and a beta of 1.69. The company has a fifty day moving average price of $55.50 and a 200-day moving average price of $94.65. Moderna ( NASDAQ:MRNA – Get Free Report ) last announced its earnings results on Thursday, November 7th. The company reported $0.03 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of ($1.89) by $1.92. The business had revenue of $1.90 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.25 billion. Moderna had a negative return on equity of 17.68% and a negative net margin of 43.77%. The company’s quarterly revenue was up 3.8% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the company earned ($1.39) EPS. Equities research analysts expect that Moderna will post -9.44 earnings per share for the current fiscal year. About Moderna ( Get Free Report Moderna, Inc, a biotechnology company, discovers, develops, and commercializes messenger RNA therapeutics and vaccines for the treatment of infectious diseases, immuno-oncology, rare diseases, autoimmune, and cardiovascular diseases in the United States, Europe, and internationally. Its respiratory vaccines include COVID-19, influenza, and respiratory syncytial virus, spikevax, and hMPV/PIV3 vaccines; latent vaccines comprise cytomegalovirus, epstein-barr virus, herpes simplex virus, varicella zoster virus, and human immunodeficiency virus vaccines; public health vaccines consists of Zika, Nipah, Mpox vaccines; and infectious diseases vaccines, such as lyme and norovirus vaccines. Read More Receive News & Ratings for Moderna Daily - Enter your email address below to receive a concise daily summary of the latest news and analysts' ratings for Moderna and related companies with MarketBeat.com's FREE daily email newsletter .

( MENAFN - EIN Presswire) Asset Servicing Global market Report 2024 - Market Size, Trends, And Global Forecast 2024-2033 The Business Research Company's Early Year-End Sale! Get up to 30% off detailed market research reports-for a limited time only! LONDON, GREATER LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM, December 18, 2024 /EINPresswire / -- The Business Research Company's Early Year-End Sale! Get up to 30% off detailed market research reports-limited time only! The global asset servicing market offers vast prospects. Patterns indicate strong growth in recent years, positioned to rise from $1303.24 billion in 2023 to $1397.61 billion in 2024 at a compound annual growth rate CAGR of 7.2%. The prevalent growth can be traced back to the rise of client-centric solutions, market volatility, and economic shifts, coupled with the amplified demand for specialized services and the rapid globalization of markets. What does the future envision for the asset servicing market? The asset servicing sector is set to witness robust growth in the next few years. Projections show an escalation to $1859.64 billion in 2028 at a compound annual growth rate CAGR of 7.4%. Adaptation to market volatility, the emergence of more client-centric solutions, enhanced risk management and cybersecurity, along with global economic trends and ESG environmental, social, governance integration, are all catalysts steering this growth in the forecast period. Major trends to watch out for include the transition to digital services, regulatory changes, market expansion, demand for ESG integration, cost efficiency, and operational streamlining. Access your free sample report here: What are the key drivers pushing forward the asset servicing market? A key protagonist in propelling this market growth forward is the increasing retiree population. People aged 65 and over, often require robust asset servicing solutions to manage their assets and support their retirement. For instance, the United States Census Bureau reveals that the number of individuals over the age of 65 will reach 80.8 million by 2040 and 94.7 million by 2060. This demographic shift underscores an upward trajectory for the asset servicing market. Delve deeper into the asset servicing market via our detailed report: Who are the leading players within the asset servicing market? The asset servicing market features a host of major corporations such as JPMorgan Chase & Co., Wells Fargo Asset Management, Citigroup Inc., HSBC Holdings plc, Morgan Stanley Wealth Management, The Goldman Sachs Group Inc., UBS Group AG, PNC Financial Services Group Inc., Charles Schwab Corporation, National Australia Bank Limited, BlackRock Inc., Mellon Investments Corporation, and others. These entities continue to evolve, driving the industry's growth. What's the future of innovation in the asset servicing market? Emerging trends reflect innovative product development infused with advanced technologies like autonomous asset management that aims to enhance customer satisfaction and loyalty. Autonomous asset management leverages AI and ML for autonomous decision-making and portfolio management, as embodied by UK-based Arabesque AI's AutoCIO-a cost-efficient, highly customizable solution dedicated to delivering sustainable investment strategies to clients. How is the asset servicing market segmented? The asset servicing market encapsulates multiple segments: 1 By Service: Fund Services, Custody and Accounting, Outsourcing Services, Securities Lending 2 By Enterprise Size: Large Enterprises, Medium and Small Enterprises 3 By End User: Capital Markets, Wealth Management Firms What's the regional outlook of the asset servicing market? North America captured the largest share of the asset servicing market in 2023, closely followed by Western Europe. 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On a rainy afternoon during a typically busy time of day, the U.S. Bank on Carmel Rancho Lane in Carmel was robbed. It was approximately 3:35pm on Monday, Dec. 16 when Monterey County Sheriff’s deputies responded to a report that three suspects, all believed to be males, had just robbed the bank, according to the Monterey County Sheriff's Office. One of the suspects was reported to be armed with a handgun, and the suspects were seen fleeing in a gray-colored Honda Civic, or similar type vehicle, with an undisclosed amount of money. No one was hurt during the robbery, according to the Sheriff’s Office. “At this point, we have not received any further information that clarifies direction of travel or a license plate,” Commander Andy Rosas says. He adds that because the incident occurred during a busy time at the shopping center, he hopes it will lead to more information about the suspects as their investigation continues. More from this section “There's a lot of cars out there that have in-car cameras. What we're hoping is that anybody that was in that area, go back and check your cameras and see if you've got anything that shows a vehicle, maybe other people that were involved, the license plate,” Rosas says. “With the advancements in technology, we know there's cameras out there. Somebody had to capture something.” The U.S. Bank branch is situated in a heavily trafficked area between two other banks—Chase Bank and Fremont Bank—as well as next to a couple of thrift stores, and adjacent to Carmel Stone Imports. A sign on the front of the door reads "This U.S. Bank is temporarily closed and will reopen soon." The nearest U.S. Bank is located at 1400 Munras Ave. in Monterey. In October 2021, there was another bank robbery at the Chase Bank next door, according to multiple news sources at the time and local workers in neighboring shops. “When I went outside I just remember seeing the FBI and Sheriff’s officers everywhere; it was like something out of a movie,” says Pamela, who works nearby and would speak only using her first name. “This stuff never happens here.” Anyone with information about the robbery can reach out anonymously. The Monterey County Sheriff’s Office is asking anyone who was in the area at the time of the incident and may have seen something to call Detective Rodrigo Lopez at 253-6050 or Detective Sergeant Nicholas Kennedy at 597-1228.WILMINGTON, N.C. (AP) — Donovan Newby had 16 points in UNC Wilmington's 76-61 victory over Appalachian State on Saturday night. Newby also added six assists for the Seahawks (5-2). Nolan Hodge added 15 points while shooting 6 for 10, including 2 for 5 from beyond the arc and had six rebounds. Harlan Obioha had 12 points and shot 5 of 5 from the field and 2 of 5 from the free-throw line. The Mountaineers (5-3) were led in scoring by CJ Huntley, who finished with 17 points. Jalil Beaubrun added 16 points and 11 rebounds for Appalachian State. Alonzo Dodd had 11 points. UNC Wilmington took the lead with 15:43 left in the first half and did not relinquish it. The score was 44-33 at halftime, with Hodge racking up 15 points. The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar .

House and Senate Democrats moved Monday to redirect more than half a billion dollars headed for the state’s long-term savings account and instead use it to close a budget gap and fund some additional spending. Lawmakers surfaced and quickly approved their final plan ( H 5132 ) for closing the state’s financial books on fiscal 2024, sending it to Gov. Maura Healey’s desk minutes before Beacon Hill budget-writers formally kicked off the process of planning for fiscal 2026. The newly approved “closeout” budget has a $701.2 million bottom line, with a projected net cost to the state of $133.6 million after federal reimbursements, according to a House Ways and Means Committee official. The proposed appropriations address accounts underfunded in the annual budget and fill a fiscal 2024 budget gap that materialized in part due to non-income surtax revenue collections that didn’t hit projections, leaving a shortfall of about $233 million. Legislative Democrats moved Monday to bridge the shortfall and fund some spending by using more than half a billion dollars that would have otherwise flowed into a state savings account. Each year, capital gains tax revenues above a certain level are split up with 90% deposited into the state’s “rainy day” stabilization fund, 5% used to fund pensions, and 5% used for other post-retirement benefits. The new spending bill would dramatically change that formula on a one-time basis. It would steer 85% of excess capital gains — about $502 million — to the general fund, and direct only 5% or $29.5 million to the stabilization fund, according to the House Ways and Means official. Pensions and other post-retirement benefits would each receive the same 5% as the traditional formula. That’s a shift from the approach the House and Senate first sought to take. The original House bill directed 47% of excess capital gains revenue to the General Fund and 43% to the stabilization fund. The original Senate bill sought to use 15% of excess capital gains revenue for the General Fund, and would have steered higher shares toward pensions and other post-retirement benefits. Healey proposed navigating the gap by using surtax collections that surpassed projections to backfill education- and transportation-related spending in fiscal 2024, freeing up originally appropriated dollars to plug the hole. But Healey also agreed to use capital gains tax collections as a similar type of backstop in the current cycle. The fiscal 2025 budget she signed in July allows the state to divert up to $375 million in excess capital gains tax revenue from the rainy-day pipeline and instead use it to balance the books for the cycle that runs from July 1, 2024 to June 30, 2025. After previously drawing scrutiny from ratings agencies for dipping into the rainy day fund, Beacon Hill in recent years has worked to build up a sizable nest egg and resisted calls to spend its more than $8 billion balance. A House Ways and Means committee official said the funding shuffle will also allow about $162 million to be swept into the Student Opportunity Act reserve fund, which helps pay for increases in K-12 state aid outlined in a 2019 law, bringing its balance to about $460 million. Spending in the bill would flow to a range of areas, including $7.3 million for the Residential Assistance for Families in Transition program, $8.7 million for the state’s universal school meals program, and $2.5 million to cover start-up costs for online Lottery games. The vast majority of the spending, about $565 million, would go to MassHealth. Senate Democrats previously estimated that line item would carry a $0 net cost to the state after federal reimbursements. Healey will get 10 days to review the bill. Lawmakers were once again weeks late on completing the closeout budget, at least according to deadlines written into statute. The state comptroller by law is supposed to file a key financial report by Oct. 31, but cannot do so until the governor signs into law a closeout budget. Lawmakers have made a habit in recent years of blowing past that date and delaying the comptroller’s work as a result. Michlewitz and Rodrigues have completed a closeout budget before Oct. 31 only once in their six cycles as Ways and Means Committee chairs. Alison Kuznitz and Sam Drysdale contributed reporting.None

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The legal industry is shifting towards technology-driven solutions, with law firms seeking tools to streamline operations and improve outcomes. In response to this demand, Dapo Babarinde, a Nigerian tech entrepreneur, has developed Advocatify, a legal tech platform designed to enhance case and contract management. Built on WordPress enterprise technology, Advocatify enables legal professionals to optimise workflows, track cases, and strengthen client relationships. It combines an intuitive interface with predictive analytics to support efficiency and informed decision-making. One of the platform’s standout features is the Advanced Lead Scoring System, which assesses case leads and identifies those with the highest potential value. This allows firms to focus their efforts on leads likely to deliver the best outcomes, improving resource allocation. Advocatify also includes tools to analyse cases for potential conflicts of interest, a feature critical for firms handling complex legal matters. Additionally, it provides automated reminders for deadlines and due diligence checks, helping firms stay organised while reducing administrative hurdles. Read also: How Technology is changing the Legal Sector- Part I The platform integrates seamlessly with widely used productivity tools, including Google Calendar, Slack, Notion, Google Docs, and Microsoft Office Suite. This enables legal teams to manage tasks, collaborate, and communicate on a single platform. Dapo Babarinde, the founder of Advocatify, has built a reputation for creating tech solutions tailored to industry needs. Through Helith Digital, his software development company, he has been at the forefront of digital transformation for businesses, including law firms. Babarinde stated that Advocatify bridges the gap between case management and strategic decision-making. He explained, “Technology is the key to unlocking new levels of efficiency in businesses. Every minute saved and every insight provided translates to more sustainable practices for firms and better outcomes for clients.” Although newly launched, Advocatify is already in use by several law firms in Lagos. Early adoption highlights the potential for growth as firms explore ways to simplify operations and deliver better results for clients. Advocatify aims to meet the needs of both boutique and large law firms. By providing predictive insights and centralising workflows, it positions legal teams to tackle challenges more effectively.Tanya Oxtoby's eyes on bigger picture for NI as she targets brave and bold display in Norway

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ESTERO, Fla. (AP) — Sydney Shaw scored 20 points and made four 3-pointers, JJ Quinerly added 14 points and No. 12 West Virginia handed Boise State its first loss, 82-47 on Saturday in the Gulf Coast Showcase. West Virginia advances to the championship game on Sunday, while Boise State plays for third place. The Mountaineers have started 8-0 in back-to-back seasons after last year's 11-0 beginning. Quinerly also had three steals to help West Virginia reach double figures in that category in every game this season. The Mountaineers also forced 20-plus turnovers for the eighth straight game. Boise State was held to just six points in the first and third quarters. West Virginia went on two 10-0 runs in the first quarter to build a 16-point lead. The Mountaineers led by double figures the rest of the way. It was 45-23 at halftime then Quinerly scored four straight points to begin a 9-0 run that ended in a 32-point lead. Freshman Jordan Thomas, coming off her first career double-double, had 10 points and six rebounds for West Virginia. Elodie Lalotte scored 11 points for Boise State (7-1). Teryn Gardner addd 10. West Virginia was coming off an 89-54 victory over High Point on Friday to begin the tournament. The Mountaineers led by as many as 39 points and forced 22 turnovers in that one. ___ Get poll alerts and updates on the AP Top 25 throughout the season. Sign up here . AP women’s college basketball: https://apnews.com/hub/ap-top-25-womens-college-basketball-poll and https://apnews.com/hub/womens-college-basketball

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Our soccer writers bring you the latest transfers of the League of Ireland off-season. Sunday, December 8 Derry City have secured the services of midfielder Adam O'Reilly until the end of the 2026 season. The Cork native had interest from around the league and did spend time training with Leyton Orient but positive discussions with Tiernan Lynch influenced his decision to stay put with the Brandywell club. Lynch is also trying to keep midfielder Will Patching who is likely to make a decision on his future in the coming week. It was anticipated that Patching would move on but he has spoken with the new boss about extending his stay. Sligo Rovers are considering a move for midfielder Evan McLaughlin whose future is up in the air after turning down a contract offer from Cork City. The 22-year-old had been in talks with the Leesiders about staying after impressing in their First Division title win and being voted onto the team of the season but he now looks set to move on due to a difference of opinion on terms. However, interested clubs will have to pay a fee as McLaughlin is under the age of 23 and was retained by City. Sligo Rovers are exploring the possibility. Dundalk have added experienced defender Conor O'Keeffe to their expanding panel with the securing of a First Division licence allowing manager Ciaran Kilduff to recruit players with a knowledge of that level. O'Keefe joins from Galway United where he dropped out of favour last term. Dundalk have signed midfielder Harry Groome from Bray and striker Dean Ebbe from Athlone Town with Kilduff working off a competitive budget for the division. The Lilywhites have also sealed a deal to bring in promising attacker Gbemi Arubi from Waterford. Versatile Drogheda player Luke Heeney is understood to be a target. Waterford's new recruit Matty Smith says his decision to return to the club was influenced by Keith Long's repeated attempts to sign him. The Scot started his League of Ireland journey at Waterford in 2020, but moved on to St Patrick's Athletic, Derry City and Shelbourne where he contributed to title success under Damien Duff before being told he could go. Long tried to sign Smith when he was Bohemians manager. "He's been onto me probably since I've come here," said Smith, "Over the past four years he's been trying to sign me. After meeting with him, I can't wait to get going." – DMcD Friday, December 6 Shamrock Rovers: The Hoops are set to make another bid to sign Darragh Burns on a permanent basis after an initial offer to MK Dons was rejected, writes Daniel McDonnell. Burns has made a good impression on loan with the Hoops this year and Rovers want to tie the 22-year-old down for the long term. His contract with the League Two side expires this summer, and there are no indications that he has a future there so Rovers are keen to get the deal done – especially as there is likely to be a reasonable level of squad turnover the winter. Their European campaign is set to continue into February and they technically only have the facility to make three changes to their squad list for the playoff round. Burns has been involved throughout their run so keeping him would be a bonus. Celtic striker Johnny Kenny has starred during his loan spell, but he’s understood to be keen on trying his luck in England while the out of contract Neil Farrugia is expected to have offers from overseas to consider after the game with Chelsea on December 19. St Patrick’s Athletic have made a strong play to sign Sean Hoare whose deal is also up and his fellow defender Sean Kavanagh is also likely to move on after playing a peripheral role this term. Shelbourne and Bohemians are both interested in the 30-year-old. Richie Towell has no future with the Hoops after reacting badly to being an unused sub in October’s league win over Shelbourne. His next destination is unclear; it’s understood he has spoken with Bohemians and St Patrick’s Athletic but both of those clubs are reasonably well stocked in the midfield department. Wednesday December 4 Derry City Derry City boss Tiernan Lynch says the club have put their best foot forward in their pursuit Gavin Whyte, as well as in their attempts to resign Adam O’Reilly and Brian Maher. The Candystripes are also interested in signing former Northern Ireland international Shane Fergsuon, with Lynch admitting the 33-year-old is a player who ticks all the boxes for him. Last month the Irish Independent reported that Derry had made a strong push to attract Northern Ireland midfielder Whyte, who is currently a free agent after departing Portsmouth in August. “Is Gavin someone I’d love to bring to Derry City? One million percent,” Lynch told Drive105. “He’s a kid I know really well and who I had at a really young age. He’s hugely talented. Getting him now is another challenge. As a club we feel like we’ve put our best foot forward and we’ll see where it takes us.” Asked about the club’s interest in 57-times capped Ferguson, who is without a club having left Rotherham last summer, Lynch added: “Is he someone we admire as a footballer? Absolutely. “Is he someone who ticks all the boxes as a person, the experience he has? One million percent. Is he a Derry player? The answer is no and until he is there’s very little I can do about that With the club also hoping to convince goalkeeper Maher and midfielder O’Reilly to stay at the Brandywell for the 2025 campaign, Lynch said: “The club has put their best foot forward and they are players we definitely want to keep.” City also have confirmed the signing of goalkeeper Arlo Doherty on an initial 18-month deal. The 21-year-old cut his teeth at the academies of Manchester City, Norwich and Leicester before he was released by the latter last summer. Capped for Ireland up to U-19 level, Doherty has now committed his future to the Candysripes having been training with the club since September. “I’m very ambitious and I’m very proud of my Irish heritage. I have a lot of hard work to do but I’m ready,” said Doherty, whose grandparents hail from Dublin and Limerick. “I want to be here beyond 2025 and in helping Derry City, I also hope to use my time here to help push me into the Ireland U-21 set up as well. It’s a challenge, I can’t wait to start.” St Patrick’s Athletic Jason McClelland has committed his future to St Patrick’s Athletic, penning a contract extension to remain at Richmond Park for a sixth year. The 27-year-old has made 128 appearances for the Inchicore club to date although he found starts hard to come by last term with just five in the league. "Jason has been an integral part of St Patrick's Athletic for the last five seasons, so we're pleased that he's agreed to extend his stay with us,” said Saints boss Stephen Kenny. “He has an extremely high level of professionalism, his attitude to training is always first class and he is a brilliant team-mate.” Shelbourne: Shels have confirmed that winger Rayhaan Tulloch will remain at the club for the 2025 campaign. As reported by the Irish Independent last week, the Englishman was absent from a list of retained players last month but was expected to agree a deal to remain at Tolka Park for the Reds' title defence. The 23-year-old scored a crucial winner in their penultimate league game against Drogheda United. Bohemians: Bohs academy product Nickson Okosun has earned a move to Championship side Watford, it has been confirmed. The 18-year-old rose through the ranks at Bohs after arriving from St Kevin’s making his senior debut in 2023 and signing his first professional contract that same year. The Ireland U-19 cap made 12 senior appearances for the Dalymount Park club, and will now join Watford on January 1. Irish players on the Hornets’ books include senior cap Festy Ebosele (on loan from Udinese) and U-21 star Rocco Vata. Tuesday December 3 Shamrock Rovers: The Hoops are in advanced negotiations to complete a deal for goalkeeper Ed McGinty and are also keen on resurrecting the career of Danny Grant . We revealed last month that the Hoops had targeted Sligo Rovers favourite McGinty to strengthen their goalkeeping department. He spent the 2024 season back on loan at the Showgrounds with the club where he made his name before earning a move to Oxford that hasn't gone to plan, with the Scottish born stopper surplus to requirements. It's understood that Rovers and Oxford have worked out a deal in principle but personal terms need to be agreed before the 25-year-old opts to continue his career in Tallaght. Meanwhile, Rovers have made a move to try and sign Grant after his release from Bohemians. The 24-year-old failed to make an impact in his second stint at Bohs after relocating from Huddersfield in the summer of 2023. Grant was voted PFAI Player of the Year in 2020 before leaving for England but a serious hamstring issue severely hindered his progress. He was made one of the highest earners at Dalymount when they saw off competition from elsewhere to bring the winger back to Phibsborough but he struggled to capture his previous form. It was expected that Grant would look at options outside of Dublin when champions Shelbourne passed up the opportunity to pursue a deal, but Rovers have now entered the picture, believing that they can get the best out of the Dubliner. They may be left short in the attacking midfield department with the out of contract Neil Farrugia exploring the idea of going overseas at the end of this calendar year. St Patrick's Athletic: The Saints have confirmed the signing of midfielder Barry Baggley from Fleetwood Town. Last month, the Independent reported that Stephen Kenny was very keen on Baggley who impressed on loan with Fleetwood's sister club Waterford last term. The Saints have moved assertively to negotiate a permanent deal with Fleetwood for a player who has been capped with Northern Ireland through the age groups. Baggley (22) has signed a long term deal. "I think the type of football Stephen plays will suit me," he said. News of the deal could be good news for Derry City. They want to retain Adam O'Reilly who was on the radar of Pat's but fell behind Baggley in the pecking order of targets. Sligo Rovers: John Russell has added to his squad for 2025 by recruiting Jad Hakiki from Dundalk on a two year deal. Hakiki joined Dundalk from Shelbourne midway through the season just gone but the Lilywhites' relegation from the top flight opened up the possibility that he would be able to move on. Hakiki has signed a two year deal at The Showgrounds. "He has bags of ability," said Russell, who has already rated the Ireland U-21 international. "He's able to carry the ball and beat players which is exactly the type of player we need.” Bohemians: James Talbot will spend a seventh season at Dalymount Park as the goalkeeper has signed up for the 2025 campaign. The 27-year-old took a temporary step back from football prior to the 2024 season to deal with mental health challenges, before returning to the Bohs squad at the end of last March. The Dubliner’s only two appearances of last season came in the final two games as Bohs finished in eighth. Monday, December 2 Derry City: The Candystripes have confirmed the departure of another experienced squad member with Ciaran Coll opting to reunite with former City boss Declan Devine at Glentoran. Coll had just completed his sixth season at the Brandywell, with injury ruling him out of run-in and the FAI Cup final. Earlier today, new Derry boss Tiernan Lynch confirmed our report from last week on the club's interest in free agent Gavin Whyte. However, he added that reported competition from Shamrock Rovers could be a difficulty. "Gavin is someone I've worked with before and have a good relationship with," Lynch told the Derry Journal. "He's someone we would love to try and bring to Derry City. Whether we can get him, whether we can lure him here or can get into that rat race because apparently Rovers are also very interested and I think if you can see the type of money Rovers are throwing around, it might come down to finance."- Daniel McDonnell Romal Palmer has penned a new two-year contract at St Patrick’s Athletic and hailed the impact Stephen Kenny has made in building up his confidence at Richmond Park. The midfielder arrived in Inchicore last February on loan from Turkish side Goztepe and appeared 25 times for the Saints across 2024. The 26-year-old netted two key goals in their Conference League qualifying campaign against Vaduz and Sabah, but missed their play-off second-leg defeat to Istanbul Basaksehir with a knee injury in late August. He returned from injury for the final stages of the Premier Division season and helped St Pat’s close out the campaign with a remarkable run of nine successive wins as Kenny’s side finished third and clinched European qualification for 2025. After committing his future to the club, the ex-Manchester City youth player admitted the move was a “no-brainer” for him. "It feels amazing, signing a new deal has been in the works for a while now. It was a no-brainer for me really,” said Wigan native Palmer. "Stephen Kenny coming in helped me a lot, confidence wise and building me up and I feel like that’s what I need at this point of my career, to get back playing games and try to be the best version of myself. I feel like I can do that at St Pat's." “He's a brilliant midfield player, with a high level of technical ability, combined with a really strong work ethic. If he can stay fit, Romal can have a real impact on the season ahead," added Saints boss Kenny. – SOC Friday, November 29 Cork City: As Cork City prepare for their return to the Premier Division for 2025, the Leesiders have announced the signing of left-back Benny Couto this evening. Couto (21) cut his teeth at Oldham Athletic, rising through the ranks at the National League club before he made 28 appearances for their first team. The Lisbon native joined Ashton United last August but his time at the non-league side, who play in the seventh tier, was short lived as has now opted for a fresh start in the League of Ireland. “Benny is a very exciting young player and is someone that I’m very pleased to have on board. He is a player with massive potential, and despite his age, brings experience from the English Football League which is exactly what we are looking for,” said Cork boss Tim Clancy. Sligo Rovers: Striker Cian Kavanagh has today departed St Patrick’s Athletic and signed a two-year deal with Sligo Rovers, the club has confirmed. The Baldoyle man (21) returned home after a spell in Scotland in 2021 and spent time at Waterford and Derry City before arriving at Richmond Park last January. But he found starts hard to come by at the Saints last term, making just two in the league in 2024 with his 15 other appearances all coming off the bench as he sat behind Aidan Keena and Mason Melia in the pecking order in Inchicore. "I want to be on the team sheet every week,” said Kavanagh, who officially joins John Russell’s side on December 1. “That's going to come down to me putting in a good pre-season and performing day in, day out. I want to score as many goals as I can and hopefully we'll finish in a high position. "After I met with John, he told me about his plans for Rovers for the next few years and how things have been run here, it was a no-brainer for me. I felt straight away how much he wanted to bring me here and that he believes in me and that's what I need right now." – Sean O’Connor Drogheda United: FAI Cup champions Drogheda United have confirmed that midfielders Warren Davis and Steve Zishim Bawa and defensive duo James Bolger and Aaron Harper-Bailey will all remain at Weavers Park for the 2025 Premier Division season. Wednesday, November 27 Drogheda United have paid tribute to their captain Gary Deegan this evening as the 37-year-old departs the Louth club. Having signed from Shelbourne in 2021, the Dubliner made 134 appearances for Drogheda in total with his final display coming in their FAI Cup triumph over Derry City at Lansdowne Road earlier this month. “I want to thank Gary from the bottom of my heart for his four seasons with the club, in particular the last three years since I became manager and made him club captain,” said Drogheda manager Kevin Doherty, as the midfielder departs following the expiration of his contract. “He is an example to every player with his work ethic and the dedication he brings, showing what it takes to be a successful professional footballer. I wish him nothing but success in the future.” Tuesday, November 26 Derry City: Derry have made a strong push to sign Northern Ireland international Gavin Whyte who is a free agent after his recent departure from Portsmouth, writes Daniel McDonnell. The 28-year-old has interest from clubs on both sides of the border as he considers the next move with a weekend interview indicating that the 30-times capped attacking midfielder is open to playing his football on this island. New Derry boss Tiernan Lynch is looking to make a splash in the transfer market after the departure of key players from the dressing room – including skipper Patrick McEleney – and the Candystripes are willing to make the Belfast native a high earner. But they face strong competition for his signature from multiple Irish League clubs with Shamrock Rovers also monitoring the situation. Whyte had a long association with Crusaders in his youth before earning a move to Oxford United. Cardiff paid a seven figure fee for his services, but it didn’t quite work out with loan spells at Hull and back at Oxford functioning as the bridge to a move to Portsmouth last summer. He departed the club by mutual consent in August, citing family reasons. Lynch needs fresh bodies as he presides over a dressing room overhaul but there remains confidence around the club that goalkeeper Brian Maher and midfielder Adam O’Reilly can be persuaded to stick around. Derry sources believe that Maher will stay put unless an overseas option emerges, while midfielder O’Reilly has long standing interest from his former club St Patrick’s Athletic but it’s understood that Stephen Kenny is exploring other options in that position. Fleetwood midfielder Barry Baggley is a Saints target after impressing on loan with Waterford and it’s possible that remaining with Derry will be the best option on the table for O’Reilly. St Pat’s: Pat’s confirmed on Monday night that centre half Tom Grivosti has signed a new two year deal with the club. His partnership with Joe Redmond was central to the resurgence under Kenny in the second half of the season. The Saints are still keen on the versatile Sean Hoare, who is out of contract with Shamrock Rovers and taking time to consider his options. He started his senior career with the Saints before Kenny brought him to Dundalk. Saints have the under-contract Conor Keeley and Luke Turner as defensive back-up but Drogheda want to bring Keeley back to Weaver’s Park, while Cork City are one of a number of clubs tracking Turner’s situation. City confirmed the capture of Alex Nolan from the Saints yesterday; he had a longer-term deal on the table from Sligo Rovers but opted for the Leesiders. The First Division champions are also believed to be close to bringing in a goalkeeper from Europe. The retirement of Dave Webster has made the recruitment of a centre half a high priority for Drogheda who are also admirers of Dundalk’s Mayowa Animasahun. Dundalk captain John Mountney is expected to sign for Bohemians after confirming the end of his stay with the Oriel Park club as they enter a new era under Ciaran Kilduff. Monday, November 25 St Patrick’s Athletic: The Saints have confirmed that defender Tom Grivosti has penned a new two-year deal with the Inchicore club. “Tom has shown immense character having been a full calendar year out injured, to have the fortitude to go through that and come back into the team and play at a very high level is exceptional,” said Saints boss Stephen Kenny. “Tom defends with real intelligence and his decision making is excellent. He is extremely calm and decisive in possession so we're really pleased that he has signed a new contract.” – SOC Cork City: The Rebels have bolstered their squad ahead of their return to the top-flight next season, with 21-year-old winger Alex Nolan arriving from St Pat’s. “Alex is a very exciting young winger who has been in high demand, so we’re delighted to get this deal done,” said City boss Tim Clancy. “Although he is still a very young player, he has been a part of a Cup winning side and has featured in a European campaign, so he knows the standards that are expected as we return to the Premier Division.” – SOC Waterford FC: The Blues have announced the signing of midfielder Sam Glenfield on a multi-year deal this evening. The 19-year-old joined the Blues on loan from sister club Fleetwood Town last summer and having impressed during that stint at the RSC, the Belfast native has now joined the Premier Division club on a permanent basis as Keith Long continues to build his squad for the 2025 campaign. Sam Glenfield of Waterford “Sam is a player who is an extremely important member of our squad – a player who we really only saw a snapshot of what he can really be last year,” said Long of Glenfield, who has been capped at Under-19 level for Northern Ireland. – SOC Friday November 22 St Patrick’s Athletic: Axel Sjoberg has signed a new deal with the Saints. The Swedish full-back enjoyed a successful end to last season under manager Stephen Kenny after overcoming a series of injuries. The 24-year-old has now put pen to paper on a new deal in what will be his third season at Richmond Park. The defender has played 33 times for St Pat’s and is excited to get going again next season. He said: “It’s great news, I’ve signed a new deal with St Pat’s and I’m really looking forward to the new season as we hope to continue on from how we finished last season. "We have built a great team and a strong environment for all the players and the connection with the fans too. We had a good European campaign in 2024 and I hope we will next year as well, we want to keep going and have a great year together.” – AF Shelbourne: ​The Reds have also shored up their defence for the 2025 season with a new deal for full-back Seán Gannon. Gannon won the 11th league title of his career last season with Shels but he has opted for another push for honours next term as he follows the lead of teammates like Mark Coyle and Seán Boyd by extending his contract. – AF Thursday November 21 Shelbourne: Shels defender Tyreke Wilson has committed his future to the club, signing a multi-year deal after appearing in all but two games across their title-winning campaign last term. And midfielder JJ Lunney has today signed a new deal to keep him at Tolka Park until 2027. "It means the world to sign back with Shels. Tolka is home for me and I'm thrilled to sign back for 2025," he said. Two more of Damien Duff's men have also committed their futures to the club with Harry Wood and Paddy Barrett penning new deals this evening, the latter signing a multi-year contract. This evening, Shelbourne captain Mark Coyle also penned a new long-term deal with the champions while forward Evan Caffrey has signed for the 2025 campaign too. – SOC Wednesday November 20 Shelbourne: Shelbourne striker Sean Boyd insists the club’s 2024 league triumph should be the standard, as he penned a new deal at Tolka Park today. The 26-year-old played a crucial role in the Reds’ title run-in with three goals in their final three games to help Damien Duff’s men clinch a first Premier Division title since 2006. The Dubliner enjoyed a purple patch in May too, hitting five goals in six games, while he also picked up the Soccer Writers Ireland Player of the Month award for October. “Thrilled to be at this club for another year,” said Boyd this evening. “It’s been an amazing journey from when the gaffer took over three years ago to now. Last year was special but that should be the standard for the club. See you all in Tolka next season. Up the Reds.” Goalkeeper Conor Kearns has also committed his future to Tolka Park this evening, having helped the club to the best defensive record last season. "I've loved every minute of my time at Shels since coming here and continuing that journey was a no-brainer," said the 26-year-old, who won the joint golden glove (along with Galway's Brendan Clarke) last term keeping 16 clean sheets in 36 games. "Last year was a special one that will live long in the memory of everyone involved at the club. But there's plenty more work to be done to continue the rise that has taken place over the last couple of years." – SOC Friday November 15 Shelbourne: The Reds have announced the exit of three members of their title winning squad, including long serving defender Shane Griffin and Scottish striker Matty Smith, a keynote signing in Damien Duff's first season in charge. Dean Williams has also left Tolka Park after his contract expired, a well-travelled striker who made minimal impact this term. Griffin was one of Duff's first signing at Shels, but the left-sided defender made just 12 league appearances this term. Smith was signed on loan from Derry in 2022 before the move was made permanent, and he was involved in some big moments this year, playing a starring role in a 2-0 win away to Shamrock Rovers in May. However, he did struggle for goals, scoring just twice in 30 appearances with 12 of those outings coming off the bench. His final outing for Shels showcased the good and the bad with Smith scoring a brilliant equaliser in the thrilling Tolka Park derby with St Patrick's Athletic only to get sent off for a petulant stamp in the aftermath of the Saints bagging a late winner. Duff made no excuses for it and Smith played no part in the rest of the season, serving a three-game ban before he was an unused sub in the decider in Derry. – DMcD Galway United: The Tribesmen have confirmed that Greg Cunningham is sticking around for the 2025 season. The former Irish international impressed upon his return home in the summer before his campaign was cut short by a late tackle in the costly 1-1 draw with Dundalk. Garry Buckley, Jimmy Keohane and Bobby Burns have also extended their contracts. Sligo Rovers: The Bit O’ Red have suffered with departures in the off-season but local centre-half John Mahon has penned a new two-year deal. Mahon has thanked the club for showing faith in him with a new contract even though he missed most of the 2024 season through injury. “It feels great to get the deal across the line”, Mahon says. “John (Russell) has shown huge faith in me in offering me a deal for next season and I want to repay that faith.” Cobh Ramblers: The Cork side are looking for a new manager after announcing the departure of Gary Hunt. The club have recently been taken over by USA-based group FC32. Wednesday November 13 Waterford FC: Former Ireland international Andy Boyle admits it was a tough decision to leave crisis club Dundalk as he completed his move to Waterford which guarantees him top flight football for next season. The 33-year-old won eight major trophies in his two spells with Dundalk, but with that club condemned to an uncertain future due to their financial situation and have been relegated, he needed to move on and Waterford boss Keith Long has swooped for the Dubliner, adding to his squad in a week when the Blues released eight members of the 2024 squad. – AF Monday November 11 St Patrick’s Athletic: New Saints signing Simon Power admits the chance to work under his former Ireland Under-21 boss Stephen Kenny was a major factor in his decision to sign a two-year contract at Richmond Park. The 26-year-old winger arrives in Inchicore from Sligo Rovers where he scored four times in 19 appearances across an injury-hit campaign. – SOC

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TEHRAN – The Iranian ambassador to Iraq has reaffirmed Tehran's commitment to supporting its neighbor in the face of potential terrorist threats, particularly if Iraq’s sovereignty or its holy sites are endangered. Mohammad Kazem Al-e Sadeq, Iran's ambassador in Baghdad, highlighted Iraq's robust security capabilities during an interview with Baghdad Al-Youm. He praised Iraq’s military readiness, noting the significant role played by the Iraqi Army, Iraq’s Hashd al-Sha’abi (Popular Mobilization Units), and other security forces in maintaining national stability. “Iraq possesses a comprehensive range of security and military forces capable of confronting the most dangerous terrorist and armed groups. With the presence of the army, the PMU, and counter-terrorism forces, there is no reason for concern,” Al-e Sadeq stated confidently. However, the ambassador warned that if terrorist groups target Iraq’s cities or its religious sanctities, the situation would demand immediate and decisive action. “Defending Iraq and its sanctities is both a duty and an obligation. Iran will take all necessary steps to support Iraq in such a scenario,” he said. Al-e Sadeq also reiterated Iran's broader commitment to Iraq's unity, sovereignty, and territorial integrity, emphasizing the importance of collaboration to combat any threats posed by terrorism. “Iran will never allow terrorism to attack Iraq. Together with the Iraqi people, we will confront these threats,” he added, referencing Iran’s past statements advocating for Iraq’s stability and unity. In addition, the ambassador expressed concern about the escalating situation along Iraq’s shared border with Syria. He noted that Baghdad has intensified efforts to secure its border in response to recent developments in Syria, where armed groups have gained influence and undermined governmental authority. “The situation along the borders has raised concerns, and Iraq is now working to bolster its defenses against any potential spillover from the Syrian conflict,” Al-e Sadeq explained.

NEW YORK , Dec. 9, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Report with market evolution powered by AI - The global movie production market size is estimated to grow by USD 56.11 billion from 2024-2028, according to Technavio. The market is estimated to grow at a CAGR of 10.76% during the forecast period. Growing popularity of global box office is driving market growth, with a trend towards increased focus on digital movie screens. However, growing threat of piracy poses a challenge. Key market players include A24 Films LLC, Amazon.com Inc., Annapurna Productions LLC, Anonymous Content, Comcast Corp., Dalian Wanda Group, Dharma Productions Pvt. Ltd., Eros International Media Ltd., Lions Gate Entertainment Corp., Paramount Global, RatPac Entertainment LLC, Red Chillies Entertainments Pvt. Ltd., Sony Group Corp., Storyteller Distribution Co. LLC, Technicolor Creative Studios SA, The Walt Disney Co., UltraV Holdings LLC, Village Roadshow Ltd., Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc., and Yash Raj Films Pvt. Ltd.. Key insights into market evolution with AI-powered analysis. Explore trends, segmentation, and growth drivers- View Free Sample PDF Market Driver The global movie production market is experiencing significant growth due to the rise in digital movie screens worldwide. Consumers' increasing disposable income and preference for exceptional movie experiences have led to increased investments in digital theaters. Digital Cinema Packages (DCPs), which include all necessary digital data for movie projection, have replaced traditional film prints. DCPs offer benefits such as easier transportation, better image and sound quality, and reliability. The growing number of digital movie screens will directly contribute to the market's expansion during the forecast period. The movie production market is thriving with new trends and technologies. Commerical films, documentaries, and short movies are in high demand. Movies are now being produced using innovative methods such as virtual reality and 3D movies. Online platforms are playing a significant role in movie distribution. Producers are using social media and other digital marketing strategies to promote their movies. Movies are being shot in various locations around the world. The use of cinemascope and high definition cameras is common. The movie industry is also focusing on sustainability by using eco-friendly production methods. The future of movie production looks promising with advancements in technology and changing consumer preferences. Request Sample of our comprehensive report now to stay ahead in the AI-driven market evolution! Market Challenges The film industry faces a significant challenge with the rise of movie piracy, an unlawful act involving the unauthorized distribution of copyrighted movies or TV shows. This issue is particularly prevalent with the growth of online movie ticket booking services, providing a convenient platform for accessing pirated content. Consequences include decreased industry revenue, discouragement of high-quality content investment, and potential long-term decline in film diversity. To combat piracy, stronger copyright enforcement, advanced digital rights management, and public awareness campaigns are essential. Collaboration among industry stakeholders is crucial to ensure fair compensation for content creators and maintain the movie production market's growth. The movie production market faces several challenges in today's dynamic business environment. Movies and music are interconnected, with production companies requiring both to create engaging content. The cost of production is a significant challenge, with the need to invest in high-quality equipment and talent. Distribution is another hurdle, as companies must navigate various platforms to reach audiences. The digital age brings new opportunities but also increased competition. Producers must adapt to new technologies and consumer preferences while maintaining creative integrity. Additionally, regulatory issues and intellectual property rights add complexity to the production process. Overall, movie production companies must balance creativity, cost, and competition to succeed in this market. Discover how AI is revolutionizing market trends- Get your access now! Segment Overview This movie production market report extensively covers market segmentation by 1.1 English 1.2 French 1.3 Spanish 1.4 Mandarin 1.5 Others 2.1 Drama 2.2 Action 2.3 Comedy 2.4 Thriller and others 3.1 North America 3.2 Europe 3.3 APAC 3.4 Middle East and Africa 3.5 South America 1.1 English- The English movie production market is experiencing significant growth due to advancements in technology. Key players like Warner Bros and Walt Disney are leading the way, with extensive film libraries and new direct-to-consumer platforms. Disney's collection includes over 5,500 movies and 30 television shows. In addition, Disney's Fox brands offer a range of scripted, reality, and documentary content. Innovations such as 360-degree videos and virtual reality are emerging trends, providing experiences for audiences worldwide. These technologies are driving the market forward, offering new opportunities for English filmmakers. Download a Sample of our comprehensive report today to discover how AI-driven innovations are reshaping competitive dynamics Research Analysis In the dynamic and evolving movie production market, traditional theaters continue to thrive alongside innovative modes of watching. The emergence of 3D films and virtual reality (VR) technology has revolutionized the cinematic experience. IPTV and digital newspapers provide access to the latest news and reviews, while DTH and digital cable offer a wide range of channels, including general entertainment movies and international content from China , Japan , India , the Philippines , Vietnam , Australia , and more. Streaming platforms and online streaming services have further disrupted the industry, making it possible to watch TV shows and movies at one's convenience. Production houses play a crucial role in the creation of this content, with creative writing and music being essential components. Squid Games and other popular productions have captured global attention, highlighting the market's endless potential for innovation and entertainment. Market Research Overview The Movie Production Market encompasses various elements including films, TV shows, and streaming platforms. Movies and TV series are created through a complex process involving scriptwriting, casting, filming, editing, and distribution. Three-day films, documentaries, and reality shows are popular genres in this market. Movies and TV formats are produced using moving pictures and sound. The market is driven by consumer preferences, technological advancements, and industry trends. Streaming platforms have disrupted traditional distribution methods, leading to a shift towards digital content consumption. Movies and TV productions require significant investments in resources and manpower. Strategic planning, marketing, and innovation are crucial for success in this competitive industry. Millions of people worldwide enjoy movies and TV shows as a form of entertainment and relaxation. Table of Contents: 1 Executive Summary 2 Market Landscape 3 Market Sizing 4 Historic Market Size 5 Five Forces Analysis 6 Market Segmentation Language English French Spanish Mandarin Others Genre Drama Action Comedy Thriller And Others Geography North America Europe APAC Middle East And Africa South America 7 Customer Landscape 8 Geographic Landscape 9 Drivers, Challenges, and Trends 10 Company Landscape 11 Company Analysis 12 Appendix About Technavio Technavio is a leading global technology research and advisory company. Their research and analysis focuses on emerging market trends and provides actionable insights to help businesses identify market opportunities and develop effective strategies to optimize their market positions. With over 500 specialized analysts, Technavio's report library consists of more than 17,000 reports and counting, covering 800 technologies, spanning across 50 countries. Their client base consists of enterprises of all sizes, including more than 100 Fortune 500 companies. This growing client base relies on Technavio's comprehensive coverage, extensive research, and actionable market insights to identify opportunities in existing and potential markets and assess their competitive positions within changing market scenarios. Contacts Technavio Research Jesse Maida Media & Marketing Executive US: +1 844 364 1100 UK: +44 203 893 3200 Email: [email protected] Website: www.technavio.com/ SOURCE TechnavioEconomic Freedom Fighters (EFF) leader Julius Malema claimed the red berets has been infiltrated by double agents, with former founding members being turned and captured ahead of the national elective conference in December. Malema was addressing the Gauteng Provincial General Assembly in the East Rand on Sunday. The EFF leader’s embattled party has been hit with a leadership exodus, with big names, including Floyd Shivambu, Mzwanele Manyi, Busisiwe Mkhwebane and Dali Mpofu, crossing over to former president Jacob Zuma’s uMkhonto weSizwe (MK) party with more departures rumoured. Watch Julius Malema comments on the departure of former EFF members, On Sunday, EFF founding member Alfred Motsi was the latest red berets leader to make the move, returning to his spiritual MK home. ALSO READ: WATCH: ‘I can’t be threatened by Zuma, he’s inviting me for a fight’ – Malema ‘Infiltration’ Malema told delegates that they must guard against “infiltration, individualism and maintain revolutionary discipline.” He said the “orchestrated organizational decay in KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) before the May 29 elections, constitutes a “clear example of infiltration.” Malema warned that factionalism, disunity and disloyalty will not be tolerated ahead of the party’s third National People’s Assembly (NPA) to be held in Johannesburg next month. “The EFF has most recently experienced dangerous levels of infiltration, because this infiltration has been perpetuated by founders of this movement who were converted into sleeper agents and double agents, who sat amongst us but reported elsewhere “The people who have left this organization have not only led this infiltration and betrayal, but even had the audacity to prescribe to us how we must perceive and respond to their infiltration. To defect from the organization you founded, in favour of an organization that has just recently surpassed your own organization in elections, is opportunism,” Malema said. ALSO READ: EFF refutes ‘fake news’ about Malema’s actions and ongoing uncertainties EFF under pressure Malema said the EFF was put under pressure by those who left the party. “The leadership standing in front of you today, were put under immense pressure by those who have left us behind, to write petitions to the ANC and ostensibly the “GNU”, for inclusion in their compromised government, which is led by the descendants of settler colonialists and white supremacists. “We were pressured to do so because there was a strong desire for positions, at the expense of our principles of anti-racism and the return of the land,” Malema said, Malema told delegate they are the “shield that will protect the integrity of EFF” Protecting the EFF Malema emphasised that it is the sworn duty of members to stand up and protect and “defend the revolution” when the EFF and its leadership are “unfairly attacked” in public or in private. “This movement and its leadership are the custodians of the revolution. The fact that we are heading third national assembly, does not mean that we no longer have a leadership, that anarchy must prevail. “Until the electoral committee dissolves the central command team...this organisation remains led and this leadership will guide you throughout this process alongside your provincial leaders.,” Malema said. Swipe and Zuma and Ramaphosa Malema said there is “no old person, referring to uMkhonto weSizwe party (MK) leader Jacob Zuma who is going to unite black people in South Africa.” “Only the EFF can unite black people in South Africa. How do you say you can unite people when you are 82 years old, having failed to unite them for the past 82 years... you think you can do it now?” No capitulation Malema said the EFF is not going to capitulate to Zuma. “We are not going to sell the future generation for the dreams of an 82-year-old man who is corrupt to the core. We are going to fight corruption under Jacob Zuma and even after Zuma. “Zuma is corrupt; we were not misled about the corruption of Zuma. Cyril Ramaphosa is corrupt, we were not misled about the corruption of Cyril Ramaphosa. And we don’t just talk about fighting corruption – we will be on the streets on Tuesday to fight Phala Phala,” Malema said. The EFF will hold its elective conference from the 13th to the 15th of December at Nasrec, in Johannesburg. ALSO READ: MK party ‘not ashamed’ of any leaders including Zuma – Shivambu [VIDEO]

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Anti-Defamation League CEO Jonathan Greenblatt called on President-elect to work to further combat following the release of a study finding labor discrimination against Israeli and Jewish Americans. In an on Tuesday, Greenblatt outlined the study that found Jewish American job candidates have almost a 25% more difficult chance of receiving positive first responses from prospective employers than Americans with Western European backgrounds. Israeli Americans were at an even bigger disadvantage, needing to send 39% more applications to receive the same number of positive responses as their Western European counterparts. The field experiment, sponsored by the ADL, studied 3,000 inquiries into administrative assistant job openings across the country differing based on the name used, either sounding Jewish, Israeli, or Western European as well as changing the resume to reflect a Jewish, Israeli, or Western European background. "This data is significant because we're on the cusp of a new political administration in Washington, and we're seeing the results of unaddressed antisemitism," Greenblatt said. "We hope that the Trump administration, specifically the Trump labor department, will take action to stop this once and for all." Trump's pick for labor secretary, U.S. Rep. , R-Ore., has a record of supporting bipartisan bills to address antisemitism, including introducing a bill to protect Jewish students on college campuses in the wake of protests to the Israel-Hamas war. Harassment, violence and derogatory rhetoric targeting Jewish people have risen in the wake of the Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas attacks on Israel and the . A staunch supporter of Israel during his first term as president, in 2019, he signed an that encouraged the application of Title VI of the 1964 Civil Rights Act to antisemitic activity. In 2020, Trump's administration brokered the Abraham Accords, normalizing relations in the Middle East between Israel, the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain. This year, he campaigned on his continued allyship with Israel despite criticism of the . But Trump's record of supporting the long-time allied nation does not come without conflicting commentary and associations related to Jewish people. Just one month before, Trump said during an that Jewish Americans who vote Democratic in the coming election should "have their head examined." Just weeks before the presidential election, Trump's former chief of staff, John Kelly, Trump said that "Hitler did some good things" and showed admiration for the German dictator who was responsible for the systematic killing of 6 million Jewish people and millions of others. Greenblatt said he was "optimistic" that Trump would "step up in his new second term and take additional steps and demonstrate that antisemitism is un-American." Trump-Vance transition spokesman Kush Desai wrote in a statement that the president-elect is committed to fighting discrimination. "President Trump has repeatedly and unequivocally condemned antisemitism in all forms, both on the campaign trail and during his first administration," Desai said. "He will continue to take a stand against antisemitism and other forms of bigotry to be the president of ALL Americans and unify the country through success." To combat the discrimination found in the ADL study, vice president of the ADL's Center of Antisemitism Research Matt Williams told USA TODAY that violations of workplace practice laws need to be enforced. "It's going to be about incentivizing following existing rules," he said. "There are a lot of things on the books already that are not being enforced when it comes to issues like ." But discrimination against the Jewish community goes beyond religion, Williams said, with many people facing prejudice over their ethnic and cultural practices as well. Encouraging the Labor Department under Trump to incentivize industries and corporations to teach about the Jewish experience as a whole in the workplace, he said, could be a valuable tool in combating prejudice. As for what a new administration can do to combat antisemitism, not all are optimistic. "It feels like in the (Biden administration), no matter how much they’ve done to encourage (diversity, equity and inclusion work), Jews are still not being included in that by workplaces,” said Steven Phillips, co-founder of Jewish ERGs, a group partnered with Clal - The National Jewish Center for Learning and Leadership that's supportive of corporations having employee resource groups for Jewish people. Trump has been clear about the future of in his second administration: it's unwanted. Initiatives focused on fostering diversity and inclusivity in the workplace have received major backlash from conservatives in recent years as being divisive and discriminatory because they support workers who are LGBTQ+ and people of color. Spokesman and incoming head of communications told USA TODAY last month that “President Trump has been very clear about ending the woke DEI garbage infecting this country." Former Amazon employee Phillips started the company's first Jewish employee resource group to build community within the workplace and said the ADL study just confirmed what he already thought: Antisemitism is pervasive across the labor market, even before you get the job. Phillips said he's unsure if halting DEI efforts would have a negative impact on Jewish workers "when we’re so inconsistently included already."

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It’s a big and bitter surprise to discover that Marielle Heller’s new film, “Nightbitch,” is, for the most part, excruciating to watch. Heller made two of the best movies of recent years, “ Can You Ever Forgive Me? ” and “ A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood ,” yet this new one has few of their virtues. Those films are energized by a sense of sincere and fervent curiosity. Heller seemingly can’t get enough of her main characters; she observes and listens to them with the tenacity of an investigative journalist, and creates a visual style to match their wide-ranging discourse. In “Nightbitch,” Heller gives the impression of knowing exactly what she wants to say, with the result that she turns her characters into mouthpieces and films them with little sense of discovery. Coming from such a probing director, the new work is a disappointment, and yet there’s something diagnostically very interesting about the movie’s failings. “Nightbitch,” based on a novel by Rachel Yoder , centers on a family of three in a comfortable suburb. The family members are unnamed; Amy Adams stars as an artist and former gallery employee who now stays home with her toddler son, whom she calls Baby. Her husband (Scoot McNairy) has a job that requires long hours and frequent travel; he mentions writing reports in a hotel room late at night, but that’s as much as is divulged. (In the novel, he’s an engineer, they live in a “small Midwestern town,” and she used to run a community-based gallery, but the characters are likewise unnamed.) Baby is a poor sleeper, so the mother has to tend to him day and night while also running the household. She seems to have no friends; she grudgingly brings Baby to the local library for a “Book Babies” parent-and-child reading and sing-along session, but she has only contempt for the other suburban mommies, whom she considers unintellectual, unstylish, uninspired, unamusing. Isolated and exhausted, the mother is frustrated, and miserable. In social situations, she feels pressure to wax lyrical about the joys of motherhood, even as she fantasizes about speaking her mind or lashing out physically. But the mother doesn’t snap; instead, at night, she turns into a dog. She finds herself growing sharp incisors, unexpected fur, a tail, and six extra nipples, and developing a heightened sense of smell, cravings for meat, an urge to hunt small animals, and an irresistible attractiveness to the neighborhood’s stray dogs. (She also refers to herself as Nightbitch, as in the novel.) At first, Nightbitch assumes she’s dreaming, but then she awakens to discover that she has killed a rabbit—and then the family’s cat. The first hint of an aesthetic problem with “Nightbitch” is when Adams’s character calls her toddler “Baby.” Soon it became obvious that the main characters’ namelessness is not just a question of omission—plenty of secondary and incidental characters are named—but a part of a deliberate choice to de-characterize. For instance, there’s no indication of the couple’s interests. They don’t talk except about basic practicalities; he plays a video game (which one?); the couple sit and watch something on TV (what?); when she’s home with Baby, there’s no radio on, no podcast, no music playing, nothing that suggests any trace of identity. She is reduced to her function as a mother and, occasionally, as a wife. That’s the point, of course: stripped by her unending domestic duties of everything that makes her who she is, Nightbitch undergoes a feral transformation as her suppressed rage erupts. But that’s an elevator pitch, not an experience. The film’s premise is rendered abstract, mapped out with a quasi-mathematical rigor that merely elides the specifics on which the drama depends. It’s as if the story were plotted on a graph, with one axis labelled “money” and another one labelled “communication.” Early on, Nightbitch tries to tell her husband about her frustrations and her desire to change things around by getting a part-time job. He shuts her down with the declaration that “you know, the math doesn’t totally add up”—that she’d earn less than child care would cost. But what are those numbers? And what are the other relevant numbers? How much does he make? How expensive is their comfortably big house? How much do they owe, and what are their savings? Presumably, if he were earning enough to pay for day care or a babysitter, “Nightbitch” would be a very short movie. Lack of money is an underlying stress that the film leaves unexpressed and unexplored. It’s telling, therefore, that there isn’t any other purchase or payment in the movie that appears to cause a shadow of a doubt or a second thought. Even when—spoiler alert—a change in the couple’s circumstances entails a sharp increase in expenses, it’s neither discussed nor sweated over. It’s no problem at all. The movie’s silences about money are matched by wider-ranging silences, which concern the other axis—communication—on which the story is graphed. Nightbitch repeatedly makes clear that the decision to leave her gallery job and her artistic calling and to stay home with Baby was her own—that she was eager to do it. What’s unclear is the couple’s decision to leave the city and move to the suburbs, what they anticipated the financial consequences to be, what their other options were, what experiences and desires prompted Nightbitch to make this choice. She also accuses her husband of having accepted her choice too rapidly, when pushing back would have affirmed the importance of her career and her art. What are their politics? What made them think that they’d find happiness in the suburbs? Nightbitch, it’s understood, grew up outside the city, and her mother—an accomplished singer who gave up her own career to raise children— also underwent something like the nocturnal transformations that Nightbitch now experiences. Has she ever discussed this with her husband? Why does she have no friends to talk with, no one to take into her confidence? She does have her grad-school art-world friends, whom she sees again after a long absence and who, she discovers, are assholes in whom she couldn’t confide at all. Not only do Nightbitch and her husband not talk much now; they seemingly didn’t talk much before Baby came along. They give the impression of having met for the first time on the set when Heller first called “Action.” There’s no loam of shared experience, no sense of a shared life, nothing between them but the silences on which the story depends, and without which, again, the drama would quickly be resolved. There isn’t even much in the way of canine experience—a director who imagined these characters in subjective detail would also have made much more of Nightbitch’s feral adventures. In this regard, as in many others, Heller’s adaptation has bowdlerized Yoder’s novel. (For example, if the movie had dramatized the book’s dénouement, it would likely have rivalled “The Substance” for gonzo spectacle.) The silences of “Nightbitch” regarding money and the blanks regarding inner lives and shared lives make the movie an empty and contrived experience. This a surprise, not only because Heller’s two previous works were so alert and engaged but because the topic of the new one turns out to be one in which she feels a personal stake. I learned about this only by reading my colleague Emily Nussbaum’s recent Profile of Heller , in which Heller speaks about her experience staying home with her young children, while her partner, the filmmaker Jorma Taccone, went on working. At the core of the film’s artistic failings is a paradox—of a deep personal investment and a frozen artistic involvement. The inherent conflict of Nightbitch’s misery and her husband’s practical-minded indifference is a poignant and fruitful subject for a movie, a classic premise for a melancholy melodrama. But the sweetening of the story and the effacing of its details suggest unease and ambivalence about its personal aspects. Directors of great marital melodramas either haven’t had such worries or else have been more at ease with the autobiographical aspects of their art. Nothing suggests that Douglas Sirk was reporting on his home life in “ There’s Always Tomorrow ”; everyone understood that Ingmar Bergman, directing his partner Liv Ullmann, was doing something of the sort in “Scenes from a Marriage.” As for Ida Lupino, she directed an extraordinary marital melodramas, “ The Bigamist ,” from 1953, in which she and Joan Fontaine co-starred as a man’s two wives—soon after, Lupino had divorced Collier Young, the movie’s screenwriter and co-producer, and Fontaine had married him. 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SMU feeling good heading into ACC opener against VirginiaEagles receivers Smith and Brown complain about vanishing pass offense during winning streakTOMS RIVER, N.J. (AP) — Gov. Phil Murphy has asked the Biden administration to put more resources into an investigation of mysterious drone sightings that have been reported in New Jersey and nearby states. Murphy, a Democrat, made the request in a letter Thursday, noting that state and local law enforcement remain “hamstrung” by existing laws and policies in their efforts to successfully counteract any nefarious activity of unmanned aircraft. He posted a copy of the letter on the social media platform X . “This leaves action surrounding the (drones) squarely on the shoulders of the federal government,” Murphy said. “More federal resources are needed to understand what is behind this activity.” Murphy and other officials have repeatedly stressed that there is no evidence that the aircraft pose a national security or a public safety threat, or have a foreign nexus. The Pentagon also has said they are not U.S. military drones. The drones have drawn intense public concern and curiosity since residents first reported seeing them last month. Assemblywoman Dawn Fantasia said from four to 180 aircraft have been reported to authorities since Nov. 18, appearing from dusk till 11 p.m. The flying objects have been spotted near the Picatinny Arsenal, a U.S. military research and manufacturing facility, and over President-elect Donald Trump’s golf course in Bedminster, but the number of reported sightings has grown greatly since then. Drones were also spotted in Pennsylvania, New York, Connecticut and other parts of the Mid-Atlantic region. The FBI, Federal Aviation Administration and other state and federal agencies involved in the investigation have not corroborated any of the reported sightings with electronic detection, and reviews of available images appear to show many of the reported drones are actually manned aircraft. They also say there have been no confirmed sightings in restricted air space. It’s also possible that a single drone has been seen and reported more than once, officials said. Some federal lawmakers have called on the military to “shoot down” the drones. The drones also appear to avoid detection by traditional methods such as helicopter and radio, according to a state lawmaker who was briefed by the Department of Homeland Security. In one case, a medevac helicopter was unable to pick up a seriously injured car accident victim in Branchburg Township in Somerset County late last month due to drones hovering near the planned landing zone, according to NJ.com. The FAA said Thursday that it does not have a report on this incident. Drones are legal in New Jersey for recreational and commercial use but are subject to local and FAA regulations and flight restrictions. Operators must be FAA certified. Witnesses say the drones they think they have seen in New Jersey appear to be larger than those typically used by hobbyists.

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Thousands of Syrians gathered in Damascus’ main square and a historic mosque for the first Muslim Friday prayers since former President Bashar Assad was overthrown , a major symbolic moment for the country’s dramatic change of power. The rebels are now working to establish security and start a political transition after seizing the capital on Sunday. U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken made an unannounced visit to Iraq on Friday, pressing ahead with efforts to unify Middle East nations in support of a peaceful political transition in Syria. It’s part of Blinken’s 12th trip to the Mideast since the Israel-Hamas war erupted last year in Gaza but his first after Assad was ousted. The U.S. is also making a renewed push for an ceasefire in Gaza, where the war has plunged more than 2 million Palestinians into a severe humanitarian crisis. Israel’s war against Hamas has killed over 44,800 Palestinians in Gaza, more than half of them women and children, according to the Gaza Health Ministry, which does not say how many were combatants. The Israeli military says it has killed over 17,000 militants, without providing evidence. The October 2023 attack by Hamas in southern Israel that sparked the war killed some 1,200 people, mostly civilians, and around 250 others were taken hostage. Some 100 hostages are still inside Gaza, at least a third of whom are believed to be dead. Here's the latest: WASHINGTON — The U.S. military has transported out of Syria an American who disappeared seven months ago into former President Bashar Assad’s notorious prison system and was among the thousands released this week by rebels, a U.S. official said Friday. Travis Timmerman was flown out of Syria on a U.S. military helicopter, according to a U.S. official who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss an ongoing operation. Timmerman, 29, told The Associated Press he had gone to Syria on a Christian pilgrimage and was not ill-treated while in Palestine Branch, a notorious detention facility operated by Syrian intelligence. He said he was freed by “the liberators who came into the prison and knocked the door down (of his cell) with a hammer.” Timmerman said he was released Monday morning alongside a young Syrian man and 70 female prisoners, some of whom had their children with them. He had been held separately from Syrian and other Arab prisoners and said he didn’t know of any other Americans held in the facility. — By Lolita C. Baldor THE HAGUE, Netherlands — A Dutch court on Friday rejected a bid from human rights groups to block weapons exports to Israel and trading with the occupied territories, after finding there were sufficient checks already in place to comply with international law. The ten organizations told The Hague District Court last month that they thought the Netherlands was in violation of the 1948 Genocide Convention, drawn up following World War II, by continuing to sell weapons to Israel more than a year into the conflict in Gaza. “The government uses my own tax money, that I pay, to kill my own family. I’ve lost 18 members of my own family,” Ahmed Abofoul, a legal adviser for the pro-Palestinian organization Al-Haq, one of the groups involved in the lawsuit, told the court during a hearing in November . The court ruling said that “it is not up to the interim relief judge to order the state to reconsider government policy. That is primarily a political responsibility.” Lawyers for the government argued it wasn’t up to a judge to decide foreign policy for the Netherlands. The activist groups pointed to several emergency orders from another court, the International Court of Justice, as confirming the obligation to stop weapons sales. In January, the top U.N. court said it was plausible Palestinians were being deprived of some rights protected under the Genocide Convention. The coalition said it will review the court’s ruling and is considering an appeal. CAIRO — Israeli attacks in and around a hospital in northern Gaza wounded three medical staff overnight into Friday and caused damage to the isolated medical facility, according to its director. Dr. Hossam Abu Safiya said Israeli quadcopter drones carrying explosives deliberately targeted the emergency and reception area of Kamal Adwan Hospital, where one doctor was wounded for a third time. Abu Safiya said “relentless” drone and artillery strikes throughout the night exploded “alarmingly close” to the hospital, heavily damaging nearby buildings and destroying most of the water tanks on the hospital’s roof and blowing out doors and windows. Kamal Adwan Hospital in the town of Beit Lahiya has been hit multiple times over the past two months since Israel launched a fierce military operation against Hamas in northern Gaza. The Israeli military did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the strikes. “We demand international protection for the hospital and its staff,” Abu Safiya said in a statement released via the U.K.-based aid group Medical Aid for Palestinians, “as well as the entry of delegations with surgical expertise, medical supplies, and essential medications to ensure we can adequately serve the people we are treating.” Abu Safiya said there were 72 wounded patients at the hospital, one of the few medical facilities left in northern Gaza. He said he expected Israeli forces would allow a World Health Organization aid convoy to bring supplies to the hospital on Friday or Saturday, as well as a team of doctors from Indonesia. Israel has allowed almost no humanitarian or medical aid to enter the three besieged communities in northern Gaza — Beit Lahiya, Beit Hanoun and the urban Jabaliya refugee camp — and ordered tens of thousands to flee to nearby Gaza City. Israeli officials have said the three communities are mostly deserted, but the United Nations humanitarian office said Tuesday it believes around 65,000 to 75,000 people are still there, with little access to food, water, electricity or health care. Experts have warned that the north may be experiencing famine . BAGHDAD — U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken made an unannounced stop in Iraq on Friday on his latest visit to the Middle East aimed at stabilizing the situation in Syria to prevent further regional turmoil. Blinken met in Baghdad with Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed al-Sudani as part of the hastily arranged trip, his 12th to the region since the Israel-Hamas war erupted last year but his first since the weekend ouster of Syrian strongman Bashar Assad. Blinken has already been to Jordan and Turkey on his current tour and will return to the Jordanian city of Aqaba for meetings on Saturday with Arab foreign ministers, Turkey’s foreign minister and the United Nations special envoy for Syria, the U.N. said. Blinken will try to unify support for an inclusive post-Assad transition that does not allow the Islamic State group to take advantage of the political vacuum in Syria and secures suspected chemical weapons stocks. In Baghdad, Blinken underscored “U.S. commitment to the U.S.-Iraq strategic partnership and to Iraq’s security, stability, and sovereignty,” the State Department said. “He will also discuss regional security opportunities and challenges, as well as enduring U.S. support for engagement with all communities in Syria to establish an inclusive transition,” it said in a statement. His trip comes as the Biden administration winds down with just over a month left before President-elect Donald Trump takes office. Trump has been highly critical of Biden’s approach to the Middle East and skeptical of the U.S. military presence in both Iraq and Syria. The U.S. and Iraq agreed in September to wrap up U.S.-led military operations against the Islamic State group in Iraq next year, although Assad’s ouster and the potential for the group taking advantage of a political vacuum in Syria could complicate the timing of the withdrawal, according to American officials. DAMASCUS — The kingdom of Bahrain sent a message Friday to Ahmad al-Sharaa, formerly known as Abu Mohammed al-Golani, the leader of the insurgency that toppled Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. It said Bahrain is “fully prepared to consult with you continuously and to provide support in regional and international organizations to achieve what is in the interest of the brotherly Syrian people.” It added, “We look forward to Syria regaining its authentic role in the Arab League.” Bahrain is the current head of the Arab summit. Syria was readmitted to the Arab League last year after 12 years of ostracization. It is still unclear how the international community will deal officially with the new interim government in Syria. JERUSALEM - Israel’s defense minister told troops to prepare to remain through the winter months on the peak of Mount Hermon, Syria’s highest point, located in a swath of southern Syria that Israeli troops moved into after the fall of Damascus to insurgents. The comments by Defense Minister Israel Katz signaled that the military will extend its occupation of the zone along the border, which Israel says it seized to create a buffer zone. In a statement Friday, Katz said that holding the peak was of major importance for Israel’s security and that it would be necessary to build facilities there to sustain troops through the winter. The summit of Mount Hermon, the highest peak on the eastern Mediterranean coast at 2,814 meters (9,232 feet), gives a commanding view over the plains of southern Syria. It also positions Israeli troops about 40 kilometers (25 miles) from the center of Damascus. The mount is divided between the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights, Lebanon and Syria. Only the United States recognizes Israel’s control of the Golan Heights. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Thursday that Israeli troops would remain in the zone until another force across the border in Syria could guarantee security. Israeli troops moved into the zone -– set as a demilitarized area inside Syrian territory under truce deals that ended the 1973 Mideast war -- after the regime of Bashar al-Assad fell last weekend. ANKARA, Turkey -- U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Friday there was “broad agreement” between Turkey and the United States on what they would like to see in Syria following the ouster of President Bashar Assad. “There’s broad agreement on what we would like to see going forward, starting with the interim government in Syria, one that is inclusive and non-sectarian and one that protects the rights of minorities and women” and does not “pose any kind of threat to any of Syria’s neighbors,” Blinken said in joint statements with Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan. The insurgent groups that toppled Assad in Syria have not made clear their policy or stance on Israel, whose military in recent days has bombed sites all over the country, saying it is trying to prevent weapons from falling into extremist hands. Blinken also said it was crucial to keep the Islamic State group under control. “We also discussed the imperative of continuing the efforts to keep ISIS down. Our countries worked very hard and gave a lot over many years to ensure the elimination of the territorial caliphate of ISIS to ensure that that threat doesn’t rear its head again,” Blinken said. The Turkish foreign minister said the two discussed ways of establishing prosperity in Syria and ending terrorism in the country. “Our priority is establishing stability in Syria as soon as possible, preventing terrorism from gaining ground, and ensuring that IS and the PKK aren’t dominant,” Fidan said, in a reference to the banned Kurdistan Workers Party. Blinken said: “We’re very focused on Syria, very focused on the opportunity that now is before us and before the Syrian people to move from out from under the shackles of Bashar al-Assad to a different and better future for the Syrian people, one that the Syrian people decide for themselves.” Blinken and Fidan said they had also discussed a ceasefire for Gaza. “We’ve seen in the last couple of weeks more encouraging signs that (a ceasefire) is possible,” Blinken said. Blinken, who is making his 12th trip to the Mideast since the Israel-Hamas war erupted last year but first since the weekend ouster of Assad, met with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan late Thursday. The outgoing Biden administration is particularly concerned that a power vacuum in Syria could exacerbate already heightened tensions in the region, which is already wracked by multiple conflicts, and create conditions for the Islamic State group to regain territory and influence. Later Friday, Blinken is to return to Jordan for meetings on Saturday with Arab foreign ministers and senior officials from the European Union, the Arab League and the United Nations. ANKARA, Turkey -- Turkey has appointed a temporary charge d’affaires to reopen its embassy in Syria, Turkey’s state-run news agency reported. The Turkish Embassy in Damascus had suspended operations in 2012 due to the escalating security problems during the Syrian civil war and embassy staff and their families were recalled to Turkey. The Anadolu Agency said late Thursday that Turkey appointed Burhan Koroglu, its ambassador in Mauritania, to the post. UNITED NATIONS- – Two U.N. aid convoys were violently attacked in Gaza, making it virtually impossible for humanitarian agencies to operate without putting staff and civilians at risk, the U.N. food agency says. On Wednesday, a 70-truck convoy from Kerem Shalom was waiting for personnel to safeguard the food and other aid destined for central Gaza when there were reported attacks by Israeli forces in the nearby humanitarian zone, the U.N. World Food Program said Thursday. More than 50 people are now estimated to have died in the attacks, including civilians and local security personnel who had been expected to ensure the convoy’s safety, WFP said. The Rome-based agency said the convoy was forced to proceed from Kerem Shalom to central Gaza without any security arrangements, using the Philadelphi corridor, an Israeli-controlled route that had been recently approved and successfully utilized twice. On the way, WFP said, conflict and insecurity led to a loss of communication with the convoy for more than 12 hours. ”Eventually, the trucks were found but all food and aid supplies were looted,” the U.N. agency said. In a second incident, Israeli soldiers approached a WFP convoy moving out of the Kissufim crossing into central Gaza, fired warning shots, conducted extensive security checks, and temporarily detained drivers and staff, the agency said. “As the trucks were delayed, four out of the five trucks were lost to violent armed looting,” WFP said. UNITED NATIONS – The United Nations chief has a message for Israel: Stop the attacks on Syria. Secretary-General António Guterres is particularly concerned about several hundred Israeli airstrikes on several Syrian locations and stresses “the urgent need to de-escalate violence on all fronts throughout the country," U.N. spokesman Stephane Dujarric told reporters Thursday. The Israeli military said Tuesday it carried out more than 350 strikes in Syria over the previous 48 hours, hitting “most of the strategic weapons stockpiles” in the country to stop them from falling into the hands of extremists. Israel also acknowledged pushing into a buffer zone inside Syria following last week’s overthrow of President Bashar Assad. The buffer zone was established after Israel seized the Golan Heights from Syria in the 1973 war. Dujarric said Guterres condemns all actions violating the 1974 ceasefire agreement between the two countries that remain in force. And the U.N. chief calls on the parties to uphold the agreement and end “all unauthorized presence in the area of separation” and refrain from any action undermining the ceasefire and stability in the Golan Heights, the spokesman said.Saints assistant Todd Grantham to become defensive coordinator at Oklahoma State

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Lewis scores 21, Marist beats Binghamton 69-51Stock market today: Wall Street gains ground as it heads for a winning weekUS budget airlines are struggling. Will pursuing premium passengers solve their problems? DALLAS (AP) — Delta and United Airlines have become the most profitable U.S. airlines by targeting premium customers while also winning a significant share of budget travelers. That is squeezing smaller low-fare carriers like Spirit Airlines, which filed for bankruptcy protection on Monday. Some travel industry experts think Spirit’s troubles indicate less-wealthy passengers will have fewer choices and higher prices. Other discount airlines are on better financial footing but also are lagging far behind the full-service airlines when it comes to recovering from the COVID-19 pandemic. Most industry experts think Frontier and other so-called ultra-low-cost carriers will fill the vacuum if Spirit shrinks, and that there's still plenty of competition to prevent prices from spiking. Bitcoin ticks closer to $100,000 in extended surge following US elections NEW YORK (AP) — Bitcoin is jumping again, setting another new high above $99,000 overnight. The cryptocurrency has been shattering records almost daily since the U.S. presidential election, and has rocketed more than 40% higher in just two weeks. It's now at the doorstep of $100,000. Cryptocurrencies and related investments like crypto exchange-traded funds have rallied because the incoming Trump administration is expected to be more “crypto-friendly.” Still, as with everything in the volatile cryptoverse, the future is hard to predict. And while some are bullish, other experts continue to warn of investment risks. Australia rejects Elon Musk's claim that it plans to control access to the internet MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — An Australian Cabinet minister has rejected X Corp. owner Elon Musk’s allegation that the government intends to control all Australians' access to the internet through legislation that would ban young children from social media. Treasurer Jim Chalmers said on Friday that Musk’s criticism was “unsurprising” after the government introduced legislation to Parliament that would fine platforms including X up to $133 million for allowing children under 16 to hold social media accounts. The spat continues months of open hostility between the Australian government and the tech billionaire over regulators’ efforts to reduce public harm from social media. Parliament could pass the legislation as soon as next week. Oil company Phillips 66 faces federal charges related to alleged Clean Water Act violations LOS ANGELES (AP) — Oil company Phillips 66 has been federally indicted in connection with alleged violations of the Clean Water Act in California. The Texas-based company is accused of discharging hundreds of thousands of gallons of industrial wastewater containing excessive amounts of oil and grease. The U.S. Department of Justice announced the indictment on Thursday. Phillips is charged with two counts of negligently violating the Clean Water Act and four counts of knowingly violating the Clean Water Act. An arraignment date has not been set. A spokesperson for the company said it was cooperating with prosecutors. US regulators seek to break up Google, forcing Chrome sale as part of monopoly punishment U.S. regulators want a federal judge to break up Google to prevent the company from continuing to squash competition through its dominant search engine after a court found it had maintained an abusive monopoly over the past decade. The proposed breakup floated in a 23-page document filed late Wednesday by the U.S. Justice Department calls for Google to sell its industry-leading Chrome web browser and impose restrictions designed to prevent Android from favoring its search engine. Regulators also want to ban Google from forging multibillion-dollar deals to lock in its dominant search engine as the default option on Apple’s iPhone and other devices. What you need to know about the proposed measures designed to curb Google's search monopoly U.S. regulators are proposing aggressive measures to restore competition to the online search market after a federal judge ruled that Google maintained an illegal monopoly. The sweeping set of recommendations filed late Wednesday could radically alter Google’s business. Regulators want Google to sell off its industry-leading Chrome web browser. They outlined a range of behavioral measures such as prohibiting Google from using search results to favor its own services such as YouTube, and forcing it to license search index data to its rivals. They're not going as far as to demand Google spin off Android, but are leaving that door open if the remedies don't work. Stock market today: Wall Street gains ground as it heads for a winning week Stocks gained ground on Wall Street, keeping the market on track for its fifth gain in a row. The S&P 500 was up 0.3% in afternoon trading Friday. The Dow Jones Industrial Average climbed 352 points and the Nasdaq composite rose 0.1%. Retailers had some of the biggest gains. Gap soared after reporting quarterly results that easily beat analysts' estimates. EchoStar fell after DirecTV called of its purchase of that company's Dish Network unit. European markets were mostly higher and Asian markets ended mixed. Treasury yields held relatively steady in the bond market. Crude oil prices gained ground. Apple and Google face UK investigation into mobile browser dominance LONDON (AP) — A British watchdog says Apple and Google aren't giving consumers a genuine choice of mobile web browsers. The watchdog's report Friday recommends they face an investigation under new U.K. digital rules taking effect next year. The Competition and Markets Authority took aim at Apple, saying the iPhone maker’s tactics hold back innovation by stopping rivals from giving users new features like faster webpage loading. The CMA’s report also found that Apple and Google manipulate the choices given to mobile phone users to make their own browsers “the clearest or easiest option.” Apple said it disagreed with the findings. German auto supplier Bosch to cut 5,500 jobs in further sign of carmakers' woes FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — Germany's technology and services company Bosch is cutting its automotive division workforce by as many as 5,500 jobs in the next several years, in another sign of the headwinds hitting the German and global auto industries. The company cited stagnating global auto sales, too much factory capacity in the auto industry compared to sales prospects and a slower than expected transition to electric-powered, software-controlled vehicles. Some 3,500 of the job reductions would come before the end of 2027 and would hit the part of the company that develops driver assistance and automated driving technologies. About half those job reductions would be at locations in Germany. At least 15 people are sick in Minnesota from ground beef tied to E. coli recall U.S. health officials say at least 15 people in Minnesota have been sickened by E. coli poisoning tied to a national recall of more than 160,000 pounds of potentially tainted ground beef. Detroit-based Wolverine Packing Co. recalled the meat this week after Minnesota state agriculture officials reported multiple illnesses and found that a sample of the product tested positive for E. coli O157:H7, which can cause life-threatening infections. Symptoms of E. coli poisoning include fever, vomiting, diarrhea and signs of dehydration.

US stocks fell on Tuesday, with the Dow on track to log its biggest losing streak in 46 years. The Dow Jones Industrial Average ( ^DJI ) slid roughly 0.8% in afternoon trade, coming off an eighth straight day of losses for the blue-chip index. The last 9-day losing streak for the Dow was Feb. 1978. Prior to that, the index suffered an 11-day losing streak in 1974 and another in 1971. The other major indexes dropped in tandem on Tuesday with the benchmark S&P 500 ( ^GSPC ) falling around 0.5%, while the Nasdaq Composite ( ^IXIC ) lost about 0.4% after the tech-heavy index closed at a record high on Monday. Fed policymakers kicked off their final gathering of the year earlier in the trading day, amid almost total conviction that a 0.25% rate cut is coming on Wednesday. Some on Wall Street suspect it could be the last cut for some time, as inflation proves persistent . Given that, the focus is on clues to the path of rates next year — and in January, in particular. In the meantime, investors assessed a November reading on retail sales for insight into the health of the consumer and the economy. Sales rose 0.7%, faster than the 0.6% month-on-month gain expected, amid strong holiday spending. Eyes are also on Nvidia ( NVDA ), down more than 10% from its November record close. The chip giant's shares fell around 2% in afternoon trade. Elsewhere, bitcoin ( BTC-USD ) prices extended their rally to briefly break above $108,000 a token. Prices retreated to just above $106,500 a coin. The Dow Jones Industrial Average ( ^DJI ) is on pace for its longest losing streak in 46 years. The blue-chip index slid about 0.8% by afternoon trade on Tuesday, coming off an eighth straight day of losses . The last 9-day losing streak for the Dow was Feb. 1978. Before that, the index suffered an 11-day losing streak in 1974 and another in 1971. UnitedHealth Group ( UNH ) was the biggest loser within the Dow, falling over 3%. Goldman Sachs ( GS ), Salesforce ( CRM ), and Nvidia ( NVDA ) followed, each down about 2%. Nvidia ( NVDA ) stock recovered from earlier losses but still traded down over 1% Tuesday as investors grew cautious the AI spending that fueled its rise could ease or spread to rivals. Shares of the AI chipmaker have fallen over 10% since reaching a record closing high of $148.88 in early November. Yahoo Finance's Laura Bratton reports: Nvidia made a swift ascent to the top, from a graphics card company primarily used for video games to the world’s leading supplier of AI chips, as Big Tech goes all-in on generative artificial intelligence. In 2024, it traded places with Apple ( AAPL ) as the world’s most valuable company, and in early November, it replaced the once-dominant Intel ( INTC ) in the Dow Jones Industrial Average ( ^DJI ). Wedbush analyst Dan Ives said in a note last week he expects Nvidia’s market cap to surpass $4 trillion in 2025. But following its record close in November, Nvidia shares began to fall after commentary from Microsoft ( MSFT ) and Google ( GOOG ) indicated that their AI spending will grow at a slower pace in the future. Rumors of overheating with its latest Blackwell AI servers stoked fears of further delays to the production ramp up, sending shares down even more . Even Nvidia’s most recent blowout earnings report , which surpassed bullish analysts’ already-high expectations , did little to help the stock's trajectory. Adding to Nvidia’s troubles, China’s competition authority last week said it has launched an antitrust probe into Nvidia’s $7 billion acquisition of networking technology company Mellanox. Meanwhile, the competition is heating up with names like Amazon ( AMZN ) and Broadcom ( AVGO ) developing and rolling out their own respective chips. Read more here. Bitcoin ( BTC-USD ) prices surged to another record on Tuesday, briefly touching above $108,000 early Tuesday before retreating to just around $107,000 by mid-afternoon. The largest cryptocurrency by market value has enjoyed a sizable rally following Donald Trump's presidential win, rising over 50% since that time. Trump's win pushed bitcoin prices to all-time highs in the immediate aftermath of the election, with the administration viewed as generally more friendly to the alternative asset class. In July, Trump attended a bitcoin conference in Nashville and has since pledged to usher in more supportive regulation . His promises also included appointing a crypto Presidential Advisory Council and firing current SEC Chair Gary Gensler, who announced he would step down on Jan. 20. Despite bitcoin's moves to the upside on Tuesday, other smaller cryptocurrencies and crypto-adjacent names moved lower. Ethereum ( ETH-USD ) fell about 1% to trade above $3,900 a coin. Meanwhile, shares of MicroStrategy ( MSTR ), which owns nearly 280,000 bitcoins, dropped around 4%. The company recently announced the purchase of an additional 51,780 bitcoins for $4.6 billion. MicroStrategy now holds $16.5 billion worth of bitcoin. Coinbase ( COIN ), which allows crypto trading on its platform, saw shares fall roughly 1%. Bank of America's latest fund manager's survey could be summed in up three words from BofA investment strategist Michael Hartnett: "super-bullish sentiment." Respondents are bullish about US stocks, flashing the largest percentage of respondents overweight US equities on record. They're bullish about equities in general, with global risk appetite at a three-year high and investors' allocation to cash sitting at a three-year low. And they're increasingly bullish that the global economy won't enter recession in 2025. Just 6% of respondents said they see a "hard landing" — where higher rates help tip the economy into an outright downturn — in the next 12 months. This marked the lowest number of respondents to call for a hard landing in six months. This reflects the broad consensus on Wall Street that, at least in the US, above-trend growth is largely expected in 2025. But as we wrote in Tuesday's Morning Brief , when everyone's on one side of an argument, it often raises eyebrows from strategists and economists. "My concern dial has gone up a little bit," Renaissance Macro's head of economics Neil Dutta wrote in a note to clients on Tuesday morning. "Two years ago, back in 2022, I recall the consensus was largely on the recession train for the coming year (I took the other side) even though labor markets were fine and homebuilding stocks were outperforming despite rate hikes. "Today, the consensus is fairly sanguine on growth next year. However, labor markets have been cooling and homebuilding stocks are presently underperforming despite rate cuts. I see myself on the more cautious side of the consensus at present." Telsa ( TSLA ) — now less than $100 billion away from eclipsing the market cap of Facebook owner Meta ( META ) — continued to enjoy a massive rally on Tuesday. Shares of the EV maker rose as much as 4.5%, boosting its market cap to around $1.54 trillion. The uptick in the stock price comes after Mizuho upgraded the company to Outperform from Neutral with a price target of $515 a share, up from the prior $230. The firm cited a looser regulatory framework as a tailwind for shares in 2025 following Donald Trump's presidential win. Musk, a close ally of Trump, will co-head the new "Department of Government Efficiency" in the president-elect's second term. Meta, which has a market cap of about $1.57 trillion, fell nearly 1% in late morning trade. Nvidia ( NVDA ) stock continued to slide on Tuesday after shares fell more than 10% from a November record close. The chip giant's stock dropped nearly 3% in early trade before bouncing off of its session lows. The moves echoed a decline across all three major indexes, which have taken a breather as investors debate what could happen to the US economy in 2025. "This rally, which has been really dramatic since July, is starting to look a little bit vulnerable," James Demmert, chief investment officer at Main Street Research, told Yahoo Finance's Morning Brief . "So going into 2025, I think investors should start to prepare themselves emotionally for a normal correction of 8% to 12% in markets," he cautioned. Demmert, who said the Federal Reserve "is probably already at the neutral rate" and likely won't need to cut interest rates much more from here, also touched on market breadth in the new year after the rapid rise in mega-cap Big Tech stocks. According to the latest Bank of America Fund Manager Survey, "long Magnificent 7 is considered the most crowded trade," per 57% of surveyed investors. "It's been such a Mag 7 market," Demmert said. "In 2025, we think those stocks do well, but other stuff will also do well or better" amid more attractive valuations and AI-driven use cases, which are expected to fuel earnings. Homebuilder confidence was flat in December from the previous month and came in lower than analyst estimates amid uncertainty over how quickly mortgage rates will decline. The National Association of Home Builders (NAHB)/Wells Fargo Housing Market Index stayed at 46 in December, lower than economists’ estimates of 47, per Bloomberg data. Any reading under 50 indicates more builders view conditions as poor rather than good. “While builders are expressing concerns that high interest rates, elevated construction costs and a lack of buildable lots continue to act as headwinds, they are also anticipating future regulatory relief in the aftermath of the election,” NAHB chairman Carl Harris, a custom home builder from Wichita, Kan., said in a press statement. “This is reflected in the fact that future sales expectations have increased to a nearly three-year high.” Mortgage rates have dropped for the last three consecutive weeks, with the average 30-year mortgage rate holding at 6.6%, according to Freddie Mac. There’s a growing expectation that the Federal Reserve will cut the federal funds rate by 25 basis points at the conclusion of its meeting on Wednesday. The decrease has already been baked into current mortgage interest rates, so housing experts don’t expect mortgage rates to drop further. NAHB chief economist Robert Dietz wrote, "Concerns over inflation risks in 2025 will keep long-term interest rates, like mortgage rates, near current levels with mortgage rates remaining above 6%.” US stocks fell on Tuesday as investors look ahead to the start of the last Federal Reserve policy meeting of the year, with all bets pointing to a 25 basis point interest rate cut. The Dow Jones Industrial Average ( ^DJI ) slid roughly 0.5%, coming off an eighth straight day of losses for the blue-chip index. The benchmark S&P 500 ( ^GSPC ) and tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite ( ^IXIC ) also lost about 0.5%. The Nasdaq closed at a record high on Monday. November retail sales grew at a faster pace than Wall Street analysts had expected, reflecting continued resilience in the American consumer and indicating that the holiday shopping season in the US is off to a strong start. Retail sales rose 0.7% in November. Economists had expected a 0.6% rise in spending, according to Bloomberg data. Meanwhile, retail sales in October were revised up to a 0.5% increase from a prior reading that showed a 0.4% increase in the month, according to Census Bureau data . A 2.4% month-over-month increase in motor vehicle and auto parts sales, as well as a 1.8% increase in online sales, drove the gains. November sales, excluding auto and gas, rose 0.2%, below consensus estimates for a 0.4% increase. The control group in Tuesday's release, which excludes several volatile categories and factors into the Gross Domestic Product reading for the quarter, increased by 0.4%, in line with estimates. Read more here. Economic data: Retail sales (November); Retail sales excluding auto and gas month-over-month (November); Industrial production (November); NAHB housing market index (December) Earnings: No notable earnings. Here are some of the biggest stories you may have missed overnight and early this morning: What could go wrong with Wall Street's 2025 consensus? 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3 Good Things About BlackBerry Q3 Earnings (Rating Upgrade)Bills Coaching Staff, Special Teams Grades at Week 12 ByeOTTAWA — The union representing rank-and-file Mounties is welcoming a federal plan to spend $1.3 billion to bolster border security and ensure the integrity of the immigration system. In its fall economic update Monday, the Liberal government said it would invest in cutting-edge technology for law enforcement, so that only people who are eligible to remain in Canada do so. The money, to be spread over six fiscal years, is earmarked for the RCMP, Public Safety Canada, the Canada Border Services Agency and the cyberspies at the Communications Security Establishment. RCMP members enforce laws between official points of entry and investigate criminal activities related to the border. National Police Federation president Brian Sauvé says members have been protecting the border with limited resources, and the new money will allow them to continue delivering on their mandate. Public Safety Minister Dominic LeBlanc is expected to join other ministers this afternoon to provide more details on the plan. This report by The Canadian Press was first published Dec. 17, 2024. Jim Bronskill, The Canadian Press

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National Grid Electricity Distribution (NGED) will inspect Newport homes and businesses this week. The visits are part of a safety inspection programme to check service termination points, also known as cut-outs, are working properly. These points are where the main incoming electricity service cable and fuse are located, usually near the electricity meter. The inspections will be visual only, with no disassembly or power supply interruptions. NGED plans to carry out 400,000 such inspections annually across South Wales, the Midlands, and the South West over the next 20 years. Richard Brady, NGED’s policy engineer heading the inspection programme, said: "The UK is recognised internationally as having one of the most resilient and safe energy systems and this inspection programme underlines our commitment to the highest safety standards. "Inspectors will visually examine cut-outs to check they are working as they should, taking photos and notes for our records. "In the unlikely event of a defective cut-out being found, NGED engineers will be sent to carry out repairs at no cost to the customer." The visits will also help confirm what types of low-carbon technologies, such as electric vehicle chargers and solar panels, are connected to the network. This information will aid future planning for load growth on the network. Mr Brady added: "These are important safety visits but we understand they could be inconvenient for customers and apologise in advance if this is the case." The inspectors, from a company called Calisen, will be clearly identifiable as working for NGED and will have ID and authorisation to enter properties.Inventus Mining Corp. ( CVE:IVS – Get Free Report )’s share price was down 21.1% on Friday . The company traded as low as C$0.08 and last traded at C$0.08. Approximately 118,000 shares were traded during mid-day trading, an increase of 26% from the average daily volume of 93,681 shares. The stock had previously closed at C$0.10. Inventus Mining Price Performance The stock has a fifty day simple moving average of C$0.06 and a 200-day simple moving average of C$0.05. The company has a market capitalization of C$12.60 million, a PE ratio of -7.00 and a beta of 0.83. The company has a current ratio of 1.44, a quick ratio of 0.07 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 41.50. Insider Buying and Selling In related news, Director Glen Alexander Milne purchased 577,000 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, November 19th. The shares were purchased at an average cost of C$0.06 per share, for a total transaction of C$31,735.00. Insiders acquired a total of 1,952,000 shares of company stock worth $99,235 over the last 90 days. 31.70% of the stock is owned by insiders. Inventus Mining Company Profile Inventus Mining Corp. engages in the acquisition, exploration, and development of mineral properties in Canada. The company explores for gold and base metals. It holds 100% interests in the Pardo Paleoplacer gold project covering an area of 3.8 square kilometers block of mineral leases and 180 square kilometers of mineral claims; and Sudbury 2.0 project totaling an area of 240 square kilometers of mineral claims located in Sudbury Mining Division, Ontario. Featured Stories Receive News & Ratings for Inventus Mining Daily - Enter your email address below to receive a concise daily summary of the latest news and analysts' ratings for Inventus Mining and related companies with MarketBeat.com's FREE daily email newsletter .

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BATON ROUGE, La. -- Louisiana’s GOP-dominated legislature passed tax cuts on personal and corporate income on Friday in exchange for a statewide sales tax increase, a mixed bag of success for Gov. Jeff Landry, whose original tax revision plans faced mounting resistance from lawmakers and lobbyists amid hard fiscal realities . The final passage of the bulk of Landry's proposed measures winds down a special legislative session called Nov. 6 by the governor and his allies. They said their purpose was to make the state’s tax code more business friendly, bring jobs and reverse trends of outward migration from the state. It was the third special legislative session called by Landry, a Republican, since he assumed office in January. The package of legislation includes a permanent $2,000 raise for teachers and doubles standard deductions for residents aged 65 and older. It raises the state sales tax to 5%, while granting Landry’s wish for lower personal and corporate income tax rates. It repeals the 0.275% corporate franchise tax, a levy on businesses operating on the state worth more than $500 million in annual revenue. The state's new corporate income tax rate will be a flat 5.5%, reducing the highest tier from 7.5%. Landry had wanted a 3.5% flat rate. Lawmakers approved a flat 3% individual income tax rate and nearly tripled the standard deduction for individuals. Previously, the personal income tax rate had stood at 4.25% for individuals earning $50,000 or more. “What I’m very confident in is that everyone’s going to have more money in their pocket at the end of the day with the personal income tax reductions,” said Republican Rep. Julie Emerson, who spearheaded legislation to flatten the income tax rate. With the personal income tax reductions reducing annual revenue by $1.3 billion, Landry’s original plan had called for applying sales taxes to dozens of services like car-washing, dog-grooming and lobbying. He also sought to eliminate large tax incentives for the restoration of historic buildings and the film industry. Those proposals were defeated, leading to a bigger sales tax hike than Landry initially proposed. Louisiana already had the highest combined state and average local sales tax in the country at 9.56%, according to the Tax Foundation, a think tank favored by conservatives. ___ Associated Press writer Kevin McGill contributed to this report. ___ _____ Brook is a corps member for The Associated Press/Report for America Statehouse News Initiative. Report for America is a nonprofit national service program that places journalists in local newsrooms to report on undercovered issues. Follow Brook on the social platform X: @jack_brook96Christopher Nolan’s Next Film Is Based on ‘The Odyssey’

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HUMBOLDT, Tenn. (AP) — A Tennessee man was convicted Thursday of killing two men and wounding a third in a shooting at a high school basketball game three years ago. Jadon Hardiman, 21, was found guilty in Gibson County of charges including second-degree murder, attempted murder, aggravated assault and weapons offenses, district attorney Frederick Agee said in a statement. He faces up to 76 years in prison at sentencing in April. Hardiman, of Jackson, attended a basketball game between Humboldt and North Side high schools on Nov. 30, 2021. Then 18, Hardiman entered the Humboldt gymnasium's crowded concession area and pulled a semi-automatic .40 caliber handgun, prosecutors said. He fired three shots at Justin Pankey, a 21-year-old former Humboldt basketball player. Pankey was hit one time and died within seconds, Agee said. A second bullet hit Xavier Clifton, a former North Side student and basketball player, who was standing in the concession line. Clifton was shot in the neck and paralyzed. He died in March 2022. A third shot struck another man in the back of the head. He survived. “Many people were placed in fear of imminent bodily injury by Hardiman’s shooting, as shown by video footage of their fleeing into the gym, into bathrooms, and other areas of the school,” Agee said. Hardiman ran away and drove to Jackson, disposing of the murder weapon along the way, the district attorney said. The U.S. Marshals Service contacted his family, and he was arrested the next day. Agee said the shooting "frightened every adult, student, and child present, who were only there to support their team and enjoy a good game.”Religare Enterprises Ltd (REL) has confirmed that its material subsidiary, Religare Broking Ltd (RBL), has received approval from the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) for a change in management, shareholding, and control. SEBI granted the approval on December 23, 2024, following RBL's application for the proposed changes. This announcement follows REL's update on December 10, 2024, when it disclosed that the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) had granted the Burman family permission to increase its stake in the company. Both the Burman family and the Religare Group are required to consolidate their non-banking financial companies (NBFCs) under a unified structure by March 31, 2026. However, RBI had not approved the appointment of four proposed directors, asking the company to submit the names of the proposed directors along with a board resolution, after confirming their “fit and proper” status. Forensic Investigation into Funds Misappropriation In a separate development, REL provided an update on the forensic investigation into allegations of siphoning-off funds by the company’s former promoters. The final report of the investigation has been completed and was presented to the company’s Board of Directors. In a filing with the National Stock Exchange (NSE) and BSE on December 24, 2024, REL stated, “A copy of the report has been forwarded to the Board of Directors for taking note of the findings.” Given the severity of some of the findings, the company has also shared the report with the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) and the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) for further review and action. These steps reflect REL's ongoing commitment to improving governance and addressing significant concerns regarding its financial operations.\ Shares of Religare ended 0.4% lower at ₹307.90 on Tuesday, ahead of the announcement about the change in ownership. Also Read : BPCL wins bid for 150 MW solar PV project, to spend ₹756.45 crore over two years

Louise Redknapp rocks vampy £1.3k Victoria Beckham outfit and sheer bodysuitLGRD and Cooperatives Adviser Asif Mahmud Sajeeb Bhuiyan talks to local journalists in Dinajpur on Tuesday (December 24). The impatience that is going on over next elections is disrupting the government's reform activities, said LGRD and Cooperatives Adviser Asif Mahmud Sajeeb Bhuiyan on Tuesday (December 24). "This is creating obstacles to reforms programmes taken by the present interim government," he said while talking to local journalists after distributing winter clothes among the needy at Kaharol upazila in Dinajpur district and exchanging views with upazila-level officials. He said, "We will appeal to political parties to cooperate with each reform commission by giving their opinions as the reform process will be completed based on their opinions. This will realize the hopes and aspirations of the people's mass uprising." The adviser said, "I am not a member of the anti-discrimination student movement now, I am serving as an advisor to the current interim government. It is not possible for me to say what political decisions or what the anti-discrimination student movement is doing." He said the interim government has given a timeline, elections will be held between the end of 2025 and mid-2026. However, it completely depends on the reform process. "The reform commissions have already been in place. Discussions will be held with the political parties on the reports of the reform commissions. And after implementing the reform work, we will go to the elections," the adviser said. Dinajpur Deputy Commissioner Md Rafiqul Islam and Superintendent of Police Md Nazmul Hasan, Deputy Secretary to the Adviser Md Abul Hossain, Kaharol Upazila Nirbahi Officer Md Aminul Islam and anti-discrimination student leaders were present, among others.EDITOR'S NOTE: On Football analyzes the biggest topics in the NFL from week to week. No one wants to see any player take a vicious hit like the one that knocked Trevor Lawrence out of the game. It’s easy to agree on that point. Eliminating violent shots is the hard part. The NFL has instituted several rules to protect quarterbacks but football is a physical sport and players have to react instantly and make split-second decisions going at high speeds so injuries keep occurring. Lawrence was carted off the field in the first half of Jacksonville’s 23-20 loss to Houston on Sunday after Azeez Al-Shaair leveled the defenseless quarterback with a forearm to the facemask. The late hit put Lawrence in the fencing position — both fists clenched — and he stayed on the ground for several minutes, while a brawl ensued. Lawrence didn’t require hospitalization for his concussion but it’s unknown when he’ll return. People are also reading... ‘I don’t care who’s played': Nebraska’s Dana Holgorsen on personnel changes at tight end Search warrants lead to arrest of man in narcotics investigation Blue Springs family to host 2025 Cattleman's Ball They fell in love with Beatrice. So they opened a store in downtown. At the courthouse, Nov. 30, 2024 La Segoviana finds new home in Court Street Plaza Hospice foundation helps with extra support At the courthouse, Nov. 23, 2024 Fall Farmers Market and Brunch planned for Saturday Board of Supervisors denies permit for Filley telecom tower 'The Message' religious sect sprouts destructive groups across globe Dale G. Lunsford Shatel: Emotions are still simmering, but Nebraska delivered the bottom line for 2024 — a bowl game Spreading kindness one butterfly at a time Black Friday starts a busy weekend of serving customers “Thank you to everyone who has reached out/been praying for me,” Lawrence wrote on X. “I’m home and feeling better. Means a lot, thank you all.” Al-Shaair was ejected from the game and faces a fine and potential suspension after his latest unsportsmanlike penalty. The Texans' linebacker was flagged and later fined $11,255 for a late hit out of bounds on Titans running back Tony Pollard last week. He was fined earlier this year after he punched Bears running back Roschon Johnson on the sideline in Week 2. That occurred during a scuffle that started after his hard shot on quarterback Caleb Williams near the sideline that wasn’t flagged. Jacksonville Jaguars quarterback Trevor Lawrence slides in front of Houston Texans linebacker Azeez Al-Shaair during the first half of a game on Sunday in Jacksonville, Fla. Lawrence was injured on the play. Al-Shaair once got away with grabbing Tom Brady by the throat on a pass rush in a game between the 49ers and Buccaneers. Outraged Jaguars players called Al-Shaair’s hit “dirty” and Texans coach DeMeco Ryans made it known he didn’t condone it. “It’s not what we’re coaching,” Ryans said. “Want to be smart in everything we do and not hurt the team, get a penalty there. Have to be smarter when the quarterback is going down. Unfortunate play. Not representative of who Azeez is. He’s a smart player, really great leader for us. We felt his presence not being there. His loss really affected us on the defensive side. Just not what we’re coaching. Didn’t want to see the melee and all the aftermath. That’s not what we’re about. Not representative of us. I’ll talk to Azeez, address him personally, and we’ll move forward from it.” Fox Sports color analyst Daryl Johnston, a former fullback for the Dallas Cowboys, didn’t hold back his criticism, calling it a “cheap shot.” “It’s everything you’re not supposed to do,” Johnston said. “Everything. You’ll see this in slow motion and Azeez Al-Shaair does everything you’re trying to prevent in this situation. It’s reckless. It’s disrespectful. There’s an honor that you give to your opponent on the football field and you respect him. And there’s opportunities to be physical and give big hits and play this game in that manner. And there’s other times when there’s a respect that you grant to your opponent.” Some former NFL quarterbacks blasted Al-Shaair on social media. “There is no place in the game of football for dirty hits like this one,” Robert Griffin III wrote on X. Chase Daniel called it “one of the dirtiest hits” he’s ever seen on a quarterback. Jacksonville Jaguars tight end Evan Engram, right, jumps on Houston Texans linebacker Azeez Al-Shaair after his late hit on quarterback Trevor Lawrence, bottom, during the first half of a game on Sunday in Jacksonville, Fla. Even defensive players struggled to defend Al-Shaair. “That was uncalled for,” Hall of Fame defensive lineman Michael Strahan said on Fox’s studio show while fellow Hall of Famer Howie Long agreed. But the play also sparked debate about the quarterback slide. Lawrence slid feet first, which signals that he’s giving himself up on the play. The NFL rulebook states: “A defender must pull up when a runner begins a feet-first slide.” But defensive players aren’t automatically penalized if they make contact with a sliding quarterback if they already committed and the contact is unavoidable. The rules state it’s a foul when “the defender makes forcible contact into the head or neck area of the runner with the helmet, shoulder, or forearm, or commits some other act that is unnecessary roughness.” Al-Shaair did that so he was penalized and will face other repercussions. Still, given the hard-hitting nature of the sport, it won’t be the last time this happens. Here are the 10 best NFL rookie quarterbacks since 1960 Caleb Williams is the most anticipated NFL rookie When Caleb Williams took the field for the Chicago Bears' first regular season game against the Tennessee Titans, the anticipation for the rookie's debut game—possibly the most ever—was on full display. Despite a tough debut for the quarterback, the Bears secured a 24-17 win, a notable feat for the rookie. The victory made Williams the first #1 overall pick with a Week 1 win in over 20 years. Going forward this season, Williams is expected to eclipse C.J. Stroud's record-breaking 2023 rookie campaign with the Houston Texans. However, Stroud's success is an anomaly. Drafting a successful quarterback, especially one who is effective right away, is difficult. When teams have a high first-round draft pick, and they're coming off an unsuccessful few seasons, it's assumed that they will use their first pick on a quarterback . That player will assume the title of "the face of the franchise" and will get the central attention, win or lose. To see which quarterbacks have faced that challenge and triumphed, ATS.io compiled a ranking of the 10 best rookie quarterbacks since 1960 using data from StatHead . Rookies were defined as players who are in their first season of professional football and have not been on the roster of another professional team. Quarterbacks were ranked according to adjusted net yards per pass attempt, which quantifies efficient passing skill. Ties were broken using passer rating. Only rookie quarterbacks with at least 10 games played and 200 total passing attempts were considered. Since 1967, 130 quarterbacks have been drafted in the first round. Of those drafted, only 61 have won a playoff game as a starter, according to The Athletic, which used data from NFL Research . The biggest reason this success rate is not guaranteed is because there are differences between college and pro offensive systems. In the collegiate game, the ball is snapped at different points on the field, passing windows are wider, and defenders and linemen are not as quick, making the adjustment to the pro level more difficult. NFL scouts and general managers are gambling on what skills can be transferable and how long those adjustments might take, which is why some teams prefer redshirt quarterbacks to ease the transition. However, just because a team may not want to use their first-round pick on a quarterback, doesn't mean they can't find a diamond in the rough later in the draft. Think about Tom Brady, Russell Wilson, and Dak Prescott, all of which were not first-round picks, but have gone on to make a name for themselves in the NFL. #10. Gardner Minshew (2019) - Adjusted net yards per pass attempt: 6.44 - Passer rating: 91.2 - Season stats: 3,271 yards, 21 touchdowns, 6 interceptions Coming out of college, Gardner Minshew was not a highly sought-after quarterback for NFL teams. He was drafted in the sixth round of the 2019 draft—a draft that was headlined by Kyler Murray, Dwayne Haskins, and Daniel Jones. Nonetheless, Minshew's rookie season with the Jacksonville Jaguars was filled with many accomplishments. He won Rookie of the Week seven times despite not winning NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year. Minshew also had the highest passer rating of any rookie quarterback that started in 2019. #9. Baker Mayfield (2018) - Adjusted net yards per pass attempt: 6.77 - Passer rating: 93.7 - Season stats: 3,725 yards, 27 touchdowns, 14 interceptions Pressure was high for Baker Mayfield as the first overall pick in the 2018 draft. When he joined the Cleveland Browns, there was an expectation that once the team figured out the quarterback position, it could be playoff-ready. After trading for Jarvis Landry, a young wide receiver from the Miami Dolphins, in the offseason, the Browns were on their way. Mayfield's rookie season was filled with many firsts, and the Landry-Mayfield connection filled the stat sheet. Mayfield set the record for most passing touchdowns by a rookie quarterback in 2019 with 27 surpassing prior marks from Payton Manning and Russell Wilson. #8. Justin Herbert (2020) - Adjusted net yards per pass attempt: 6.84 - Passer rating: 98.3 - Season stats: 4,336 yards, 31 touchdowns, 10 interceptions Justin Herbert was the third quarterback selected in the 2020 NFL draft behind Joe Burrow and Tua Tagovailoa. As the No. 6 overall pick, expectations were high, but there was also an assumption that it would be a few years before Herbert's development would take shape. Then, Chargers starting quarterback Tyrod Taylor was accidentally punctured in the lung by a team doctor administering a painkiller before the second game of the season, and it wasn't clear what Taylor's status would be moving forward. When Herbert was given the nod to start minutes before the game, fans didn't know what to expect. Herbert shocked viewers when he threw for over 300 yards and only one interception in that game. He continued his strong rookie showing throughout the season and went on to win NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year. #7. Ben Roethlisberger (2004) - Adjusted net yards per pass attempt: 6.93 - Passer rating: 98.1 - Season stats: 2,621 yards, 17 touchdowns, 11 interceptions Ben Roethlisberger was the third quarterback selected in his draft class behind the likes of Eli Manning and Philip Rivers—though fans wouldn't have been able to tell. From the moment Roethlisberger was called up by the Pittsburgh Steelers to play in his first game—Week 2 against the Baltimore Ravens—it was clear he had a special arm, gaining the nickname "Golden Arm." While the next several games were bumpy for Steelers fans, it was clear that Roethlisberger was the future of the franchise. The Steelers had a solid running game and its receiving core, led by Hines Ward, was one of the best in the league . Once Roethlisberger gained his footing a few games in, he was unstoppable. He led Pittsburgh to its best record ever: 15-1. He also started the season on an eight-game winning streak, becoming the first rookie to do so. Additionally, Roethlisberger became the first quarterback to win AP Offensive Rookie of the Year. #6. Matt Ryan (2008) - Adjusted net yards per pass attempt: 7.01 - Passer rating: 87.7 - Season stats: 3,440 yards, 16 touchdowns, 11 interceptions As the No. 3 overall pick in the 2008 NFL draft, there were high expectations on Matt Ryan's shoulders heading to the Atlanta Falcons. The Falcons were coming off back-to-back losing seasons and off-the-field legal troubles with its starting quarterback Michael Vick overshadowing the team's play. Ryan was expected to pick up the pieces. He did that immediately, leading the Falcons to an 11-5 record in his rookie season and becoming the clear favorite for NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year halfway through the season, which he went on to win. The tag team of Ryan and running back Michael Turner was one of the best offensive forces in the sport that season. #5. Russell Wilson (2012) - Adjusted net yards per pass attempt: 7.01 - Passer rating: 100 - Season stats: 3,118 yards, 26 touchdowns, 10 interceptions Russell Wilson was drafted in the third round of the 2012 NFL Draft by the Seattle Seahawks. Considering Robert Griffin III and Andrew Luck headlined the NFL Draft that year, it was not believed that Wilson would be a starter come Week 1, but that quickly changed. Going into the 2012 NFL Draft, Tarvaris Jackson was the Seattle Seahawks' starting quarterback, and the team signed NFL veteran quarterback Matt Flynn as an insurance policy on the injury-prone Jackson . It was assumed in the short term that either Jackson or Flynn would lead the franchise. Once training camp arrived, however, the Seahawks' quarterback position was uncertain. Jackson was traded to the Buffalo Bills, and Flynn was underwhelming at camp, forcing Head Coach Pete Carroll to take a gamble on his rookie quarterback, Wilson, in Week 1. Carroll, nor Wilson, ever looked back. Wilson was one of the best passing quarterbacks that season. He led the Seahawks to an 11-5 record and went on to win NFL Rookie of the Year. #4. Dan Marino (1983) - Adjusted net yards per pass attempt: 7.39 - Passer rating: 96 - Season stats: 2,210 yards, 20 touchdowns, 6 interceptions When Dan Marino was drafted by the Miami Dolphins in 1983, the NFL looked very different. Running the ball was the name of the game. The quarterback would either run the football himself at the line of scrimmage or hand it off to the running back, and the offensive linemen would claw and push the pile forward as the runner powered his legs. It was not a pretty sight. However, Marino took a different approach, throwing the ball with a unique quick release for that era. He led the Dolphins to a 9-1 record after replacing David Woodley midway through his rookie season, ending with a 12-4 record. He went on to win Rookie of the Year and was the first rookie to start a Pro Bowl. #3. C.J. Stroud (2023) - Adjusted net yards per pass attempt: 7.47 - Passer rating: 100.8 - Season stats: 4,108 yards, 23 touchdowns, 5 interceptions When C.J. Stroud was drafted No. 2 by the Houston Texans last year, there were a lot of questions, not about his ability, but about the organization that he would be playing for. The Texans were coming off of a 3-13-1 season in 2022, finishing with the worst record in the league, and a lot of volatility in its front office. The team fired its head coach and a top executive before the draft. Weeks later, the team hired former Texans linebacker DeMeco Ryans as its next head coach. While Ryans is a defensive-minded coach, Stroud was seen as a key ingredient to the team's success since Ryans hired his coaching staff around the quarterback. Stroud led the NFL in yards and TD-to-interception ratio during his rookie season, which is an efficiency statistic considering he didn't get his first interception until his sixth regular-season game against the New Orleans Saints. While Stroud was a part of the league MVP conversation for most of the season, he didn't ultimately win the title. However, he was named 2023 NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year, and his rookie season is seen as one of the best in NFL history. #2. Robert Griffin III (2012) - Adjusted net yards per pass attempt: 7.47 - Passer rating: 102.4 - Season stats: 3,200 yards, 20 touchdowns, 5 interceptions Leading into the 2012 draft, it wasn't a matter of whether Washington would pick a quarterback, it was a matter of who. After several seasons of mediocre quarterback play and losing seasons from the likes of Jason Campbell, Donovan McNabb, and Rex Grossman, it was time for a new face to lead the offense. At No. 2, Washington selected Robert Griffin III making him the second quarterback selected in the 2012 NFL draft behind Andrew Luck. Griffin started his rookie year campaign with one of the best performances football fans have ever seen. He completed 19 of his 26 pass attempts for 320 yards and 2 touchdowns, beating the New Orleans Saints. That game earned him the highest passer rating by a rookie ever, 158.3. He now shares that record with Kirk Cousins and Marcus Mariota. Griffin III went on to win NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year in 2012. #1. Dak Prescott (2016) - Adjusted net yards per pass attempt: 7.86 - Passer rating: 104.9 - Season stats: 3,667 yards, 23 touchdowns, 4 interceptions Dak Prescott is statistically the best rookie quarterback ever, racking up the best passer rating as a rookie. After losing his first game, he led the Cowboys on an 11-game winning streak. That season, he led the team to its fourth-best season ever with a 13-3 record. Prescott was the 2016 NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year and became the first NFL quarterback to be drafted in the fourth round or later to start all 16 regular season games. Data reporting by Karim Noorani. Story editing by Shanna Kelly. Additional editing by Kelly Glass. Copy editing by Robert Wickwire. Photo selection by Clarese Moller. This story originally appeared on ATS.io and was produced and distributed in partnership with Stacker Studio. Get local news delivered to your inbox!

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How Is The Market Feeling About Reinsurance Gr?CNH announces Global Leadership Team changesSHENZHEN, China, Dec. 24, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- EVDANCE, a trusted name in electric vehicle (EV) charging solutions, is proud to announce its 5th anniversary and the successful completion of a significant brand upgrade. To celebrate this milestone, EVDANCE is launching an exciting Mega Sale, offering exclusive deals to its valued customers. Exclusive Anniversary Offers From December 10 to December 31, EVDANCE invites all EV enthusiasts to visit its enhanced website at https://evdances.com/ and take advantage of the following special promotions: SITEWIDE 25% OFF – Use Code: EVD1228 60% OFF Tesla to J1772 Adapters – Use Code: EVDA60P 30% OFF EV Extension Cables – Use Code: EVDE30D These exclusive deals reflect EVDANCE's gratitude for the trust and support it has received over the past five years. Pick one of these three amazing discounts—the one that gives you the best value. 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Guided by a mission to make EV charging seamless, efficient, and accessible, the brand introduces an enhanced website( https://evdances.com ) with improved navigation, detailed product information, and a more intuitive shopping experience—making it easier than ever for customers to discover cutting-edge solutions. This milestone reflects EVDANCE's dedication to staying ahead in the rapidly advancing EV market while continuing its focus on quality, sustainability, and customer satisfaction. With these improvements, the brand reaffirms its commitment to driving sustainable mobility for a greener future. About EVDANCE Founded in 2019 by a team of visionary engineers and environmental enthusiasts, EVDANCE was born out of a passion for solving the challenges of EV charging. Frustrated with the limitations of existing infrastructure, the team set out to create innovative, intelligent, and reliable solutions that elevate the EV ownership experience. 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AUSTIN, Texas — Cecile Richards, the daughter of former Texas Gov. Ann Richards, is the latest recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom. On Wednesday, President Joe Biden awarded the Medal of Freedom to Richards, a longtime abortion rights activist who served as the president of Planned Parenthood from 2006 until 2018. During Wednesday's ceremony, Biden praised Richards, saying she has “led some of our Nation’s most important civil rights causes — to lift up the dignity of workers, defend and advance women’s reproductive rights and equality and mobilize Americans to exercise their power to vote.” "Such an honor representing abortion rights and the need for health care for all," Richards said in a post on the social media platform X . "@POTUS and @FLOTUS, thank you for all you’ve done to support women’s health and rights. Here’s to the work ahead!" Richards was born in Waco and attended St. Stephen's Episcopal in Austin. During her time at Planned Parenthood, Richards worked to increase access to affordable reproductive health care nationwide and helped push the Democratic Party to embrace abortion rights as a cornerstone political issue. After leaving Planned Parenthood, Richards co-founded Supermajority, an organization that focuses on gender equality. She also co-chairs the super PAC American Bridge 21st Century, which focuses on opposition research against Republican candidates. Richards was diagnosed with glioblastoma, a rare form of brain cancer, in 2023. People with the condition are expected to live for only up to a year and a half after being diagnosed.San Jose, CA (San José Spotlight) Don't miss a story. Get San José Spotlight headlines delivered to your inbox. Following a red wave that swept much of the country, a second Donald Trump presidency will usher significant changes in the nation and Silicon Valley. More than 28% of Santa Clara County voters this month cast a ballot for Trump -- up from 25% in the presidential election in 2020 and 20% the New York billionaire won his first time on the presidential ticket in 2016. Now, as he prepares to become the 47th president of the United States, Silicon Valley is bracing for shifts in the economy, tech and innovation policies, women's reproductive rights, housing and more. Economy Inflation is expected to rise under Trump, multiple experts said. Trump wants to implement tariffs of up to 20% on all goods, with increased tariffs of up to 100% on products coming from China. That means consumers' wallets could take the hit. U.S. companies will raise costs because the threat of competition will diminish. Some of Trump's economic policy ideas include eliminating federal taxes on tips and Social Security payments in an effort to help low-income families, though it is unclear how he'll fund those initiatives. Tariffs could increase the cost of doing business in Silicon Valley, cause countries to retaliate and disrupt supply chains, Kenneth Schultz, a political science professor at Stanford University, said. "In general, Silicon Valley companies have benefited from an open trading system," Schultz told San José Spotlight. "If Trump carries out his promises, that system is at risk of fraying. There is also a chance that the business community and Congress will push back if he tries to impose broad-based tariffs." An analysis by the National Retail Federation predicts the cost of apparel could spike by 12% to 20%, under new tariffs. "When costs go up like that, inflation goes up," retired San Jose State political science professor Larry Gerston said. "Which is another addition to cost for the consumer through the interest the consumer pays on housing, automobiles, credit cards -- almost everything." Tech and innovation Some Silicon Valley corporations, however, stand to benefit from tariffs. During a speech at the Economic Club of New York, Trump pledged to reduce taxes on businesses down to 15%. In 2017, Trump slashed taxes on corporations from 35% to 21%, where it currently stands. "I think the companies are hopeful that the tariffs will go up to protect the chip businesses and hardware that is produced in Silicon Valley and other places by companies owned here," Gerston said. Trump's return to the White House could mean a deregulation of cryptocurrency and artificial intelligence, and a strengthening of antitrust laws, Joint Venture Silicon Valley CEO Russell Hancock said. During Trump's first term, the U.S. Justice Department filed an antitrust lawsuit against Google accusing it of monopolizing the online search market. "We'll probably see AI unfold now without any particular controls," Hancock told San José Spotlight. "People in Silicon Valley were clamoring for control, monitoring and regulation." Trump has appointed two tech leaders, billionaires Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy, to head a Department of Government Efficiency. This advisory group will make recommendations for reducing government spending and regulations. Musk has said he wants to slash $2 trillion from the federal budget. Trump pledged getting rid of President Joe Biden's AI executive order that set standards for safety, security and protection of Americans' privacy. "Right now the international floor for AI regulation is being set," Brittan Heller, an international law professor at Stanford University, told San José Spotlight. "By focusing on "government efficiency" and other red herrings, the Trump administration will miss out on an opportunity to meaningfully represent America's best interests, as the rest of the world is not disengaging." Ahmad Thomas, CEO of Silicon Valley Leadership Group, said California's role in shaping the policies related to the innovation economy is more important than ever. "Our work to advance responsible AI, catalyze investments in clean energy and frontier technologies, support innovative housing solutions and promote widespread economic growth and business dynamism remains central to our mission," he said. Women's rights Women's reproductive rights were a cornerstone of the presidential race between Trump and Democratic nominee Kamala Harris. Trump has taken credit for overturning Roe v. Wade, the Supreme Court case that protected abortion rights federally. Eliminating federal abortions rights allowed states to enact their own state-level bans. California law gives women the right to have an abortion before viability, the point in which a fetus can survive outside of the womb. Trump has said he will not sign a federal abortion ban and said the issue should be left up to the states. Dianna Zamora-Marroquin, spokesperson for Planned Parenthood Mar Monte in San Jose, still worries Trump's second presidency poses more of a threat to women's rights than his first. "Since Roe v. Wade was overturned in 2022 -- as a result of Trump's appointment of three very conservative justices to the U.S. Supreme Court -- nearly half the states in the country have virtually eliminated access to abortion," Zamora-Marroquin told San José Spotlight. "But that is not enough for the extreme-conservative policymakers who drafted Project 2025, a proposed blueprint for the new Trump administration. Some have called for ending Medicaid reimbursement -- "defunding" -- any health care organizations that provide abortion care." Immigration The threat of mass deportations supported by Trump have stoked fear and unrest in Silicon Valley's vast immigrant community. More than 40% of Santa Clara County's population is made up of immigrants. Out of the 765,800 immigrants living in the county, 134,100 are undocumented. Trump has entertained declaring a national emergency and using military resources to deport people. In 2021, immigrants in Santa Clara County paid more than $15 billion in federal taxes and nearly $7 billion in state and local taxes, according to the American Immigration Council. San Jose Police Chief Paul Joseph reiterated his department will not "initiate any action to determine a person's immigration status." Santa Clara County is a sanctuary county, which means officials do not notify U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents when undocumented individuals are released from incarceration. Immigrants in the DACA program, which protects them from deportation if they arrived as a child prior to 2007, are also in limbo. During Trump's first term, he sought to eliminate the Obama-era policy. In an interview with the New York Times last year, he vowed to end the program if reelected. Deporting undocumented immigrants in Silicon Valley could lead to an increase in labor costs, consumer prices and a loss of tax revenue for the region. "Imagine the upheaval to the people that would be pulled out of their communities, out of their families, as well as the economic (upheaval)," retired San Jose State University professor Scott Myers-Lipton told San José Spotlight. Trump may also decrease legal immigration for highly skilled workers who hold H1B visas, Shultz said. "(They are) an important part of this region's economy," Schultz said. "It is possible that there will be a struggle between Trump's Silicon Valley backers and his restrictionist advisors, like Stephen Miller, over this issue." Housing Trump wants to lower mortgage rates and increase housing supply. According to Freddie Mac, affordability continues to be an obstacle for potential home buyers with mortgage rates higher than they were pre-pandemic. Research from CBRE, a real-estate services company, found the average monthly mortgage payment exceeded rent by 38%, a trend that could continue for at least five years. Academics worry deportations could increase housing construction costs and cause delays. Immigrants comprise 45% of the construction workforce in the county, and undocumented immigrants make up 13%. In California, there are 240,000 undocumented immigrants working in construction. "What happens at the federal level is always important for the type of housing policy and the type of housing funding that we see here locally," Regina Williams, CEO of nonprofit SV@Home , told San José Spotlight. The organization advocates for more affordable housing in Silicon Valley. "Over the past few decades, housing funding has dried up and been reduced, and the funding that comes from HUD is not the significant amount of funding that it once was." During Trump's first presidency, he proposed cutting affordable housing programs and reducing the budget of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. Congress largely disregarded his proposals, even increasing the department's budget to help low-income families. But that could change with Republicans having complete control of the House and Senate. Foreign affairs Trump wants to end the war in Ukraine, bring peace to the Middle East and put America first. Trump has signaled he wants the ongoing Israel-Hamas war to end and for Israel to destroy Hamas. In his previous term, Trump offered broad support to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. He also was sympathetic to Russian President Vladimir Putin and called for NATO allies to step up their military spending. That may continue in his upcoming term, Shultz said. "(Trump) will likely give Netanyahu even more of a free hand than Biden has to dictate terms in Gaza, the West Bank and Lebanon," Schultz said. Trump has chosen Florida Rep. Matt Waltz to be his national security advisor, former Rep. Tulsi Gabbard for director of national intelligence and Florida Sen. Marco Rubio as his secretary of state. In the past, Rubio has advocated for a more hawkish approach toward China and Cuba, but has recently aligned his stance more closely with Trump's isolationist approach. "This group of nominees indicates a strong future potential for instability in American governance," Heller said. "Investors and foreign governments alike will react to this volatility, as factors like enforcement and composition of laws, continuation of foreign aid and alliances, and the aggressiveness of American interests will be unclear." This story is provided as a service of the Institute for Nonprofit News’ On the Ground news wire. The Institute for Nonprofit News (INN) is a network of more than 475 independent, nonprofit newsrooms serving communities throughout the US, Canada, and globally. 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Pentagon says East Coast drone sightings not a threatDubai Culture and Arts Authority (Dubai Culture) has launched the open call for the second ‘MENA Creatives Bootcamp – AI & Innovation Edition,’ organised in collaboration with Google. The programme aims to support creative community members, enhance their skills, and empower them to leverage technology and AI solutions to advance their creative projects. It also focuses on boosting digital presence and encouraging experiential learning. This initiative reflects Dubai Culture’s commitment to strengthening the cultural and creative industries, positioning Dubai as a global centre for culture, an incubator for creativity, and a thriving hub for talent. The Authority has invited all creatives in UAE and MENA region to register for the bootcamp, with applications open until to 10 January, 2025. Spaces are limited to gain access to the four-day event, which offers participants opportunities to network, collaborate with outstanding talent and gain tailored one-on-one mentorship from Google’s AI experts. Google’s office in Dubai will host the bootcamp activities, while Al Quoz Creative Zone will host the last day with a specialised programme covering innovation, digital art and artificial intelligence. Shaima Rashed Al Suwaidi, Director of the Marketing & Corporate Communication Department at Dubai Culture, affirmed the significance of the ‘MENA Creatives Bootcamp – AI & Innovation Edition’ and its role in fostering innovation and encouraging the harnessing of digital tools, in line with the UAE National Innovation Strategy, saying: “Through this bootcamp, Dubai Culture seeks to open new horizons for creatives and provide them with access to experts, tools and knowledge to explore technology and advanced AI applications that can be applied to their creative practices and projects. These applications possess unique capabilities in content creation and generating original ideas for their projects, contributing to Dubai’s global leadership as one of the most future-ready cities in the world.” The first edition of the ‘MENA Creatives Bootcamp – Sustainability Edition’ aligned with the UAE Year of Sustainability as well as the hosting of COP 28 and succeeded in attracting over 88 applications from creatives locally and regionally. Of these, 21 creatives from 10 countries were selected to join the bootcamp, guided by 41 mentors and specialists across various fields. The programme also featured one-on-one mentoring sessions led by 19 Google experts, as well as a wide range of workshops and sessions on achieving sustainability and discovering eco-friendly design practices. To register in the bootcamp, visit . Follow Emirates 24|7 on

Whether you like them or loathe them, the holiday period has an association with Christmas songs. The worst offenders are variants of pop or rock music encased in saccharine melodies with a gooey centre of banal lyrics. Could artificial intelligence do any better? What would an AI generated Christmas song be like? And would you stream it? The answers are here (links to the resultant email appear at the end of this article). Some tunes you may be grooving to could already be semi-AI generated since recent reports reveal that over a third of musicians are now using artificial intelligence to aid their profession. In turn, major labels are turning to AI to help manage costs and to keep ahead of the competition (the stark warning is, as reported by The Guardian , to “adapt or die”), since some have predicted that AI will cut music industry incomes by 25 percent by 2028 . At the same time, artists steeped in the traditional songwriting tradition have expressed concerns over AI’s ability to mimic original works. This means to some that AI generated songs should be labelled as such; to others, there should be some redistribution of income since AI songs can only be conceived by an AI evaluating previous songs created by a human. There is also the question: can AI-generated music truly match the quality of original releases? The company AIPRM , in seeking to offer a view on the question, analysed popular and recent Christmas songs, identifying trends and commonalities. The AI analysed songs that appeared on the 2023 Official Christmas Charts and new releases from Spotify, where tracks had been ranked based on recency and popularity using SortYourMusic.com . The Christmas songs were generated using the AI platform Suno.com . What are the tracks like? “Christmas Love” AI’s interpretation of UK Christmas hits blends romantic and reflective lyrics with smooth pop and jazz influences. This offering was inspired by UK 2023 Christmas charts. The outcome is a combination of modern production, string and bass orchestration, and swinging rhythms creates a sophisticated yet festive vibe, capturing both the joy and introspective moments of the holiday season. Here is a sample of the lyrics: [Verse] Snow is falling bright Candles flicker light Warmth in every heart Christmas joy so tight [Verse 2] Lights all twinkle bright Memories ignite Stories by the fire Love’s our true desire [Chorus] Christmas love oh Christmas love Every heart filled from above Peace and joy just like a dove Christmas love oh Christmas love “Under the Mistletoe Glow” AI’s analysis of recent Christmas hits, with lyrics focused on personal reflection, celebration, and holiday cheer, alongside modern production with electronic beats and traditional sounds like chimes, were used to create a second tune. This toe-tapping offering was inspired by recent Christmas releases (2022-2024). The outcome is a blend of introspective and upbeat themes captures a fresh, festive vibe for the season. This is an except of the lyrical wonder: [Verse] Snowflakes softly twirl from clouds of dreams Under lights that shimmer like streams Hearts aglow with warmth so bright In this spellbound winter night [Verse 2] Cinnamon and pine embrace the air Joyful songs fill every square Footsteps crunch on crystal ground Love and cheer in every sound [Chorus] Under the mistletoe glow Where love and joy both flow Hold me tight and never let go Together in this holiday show The songs, whether fun or ghastly, suggest that rather than just mimicking existing music styles and structures, AI algorithms are creating more original forms of music that might resonate with audiences. MP3 audio files of the AI Christmas tunes can be found here . Now, what’s in store for Christmas 2025? Dr. Tim Sandle is Digital Journal's Editor-at-Large for science news.Tim specializes in science, technology, environmental, business, and health journalism. He is additionally a practising microbiologist; and an author. He is also interested in history, politics and current affairs.

WASHINGTON (AP) — A ninth U.S. telecoms firm has been confirmed to have been hacked as part of a that gave officials in access to private texts and phone conversations of an unknown number of Americans, a top White House official said Friday. Biden administration officials said , as well as dozens of nations, had been affected by the Chinese hacking blitz known as Salt Typhoon. But Anne Neuberger, the deputy national security adviser for cyber and emerging technologies, told reporters Friday that a ninth victim had been identified after the administration released guidance to companies about how to hunt for Chinese culprits in their networks. The update from Neuberger is the latest development in a massive hacking operation that has alarmed national security officials, exposed cybersecurity vulnerabilities in the private sector and laid bare China’s hacking sophistication. The hackers compromised the networks of telecommunications companies to obtain customer call records and gain access to the private communications of “a limited number of individuals.” Though the FBI has not publicly identified any of the victims, officials believe senior U.S. government officials and prominent political figures are among those whose whose communications were accessed. Neuberger said officials did not yet have a precise sense how many Americans overall were affected by Salt Typhoon, in part because the Chinese were careful about their techniques, but a “large number” were in the Washington-Virginia area. Officials believe the goal of the hackers was to identify who owned the phones and, if they were “government targets of interest,” spy on their texts and phone calls, she said. The FBI said most of the people targeted by the hackers are “primarily involved in government or political activity.” Neuberger said the episode highlighted the need for required cybersecurity practices in the telecommunications industry, something the Federal Communications Commission is to take up at a meeting next month. “We know that voluntary cyber security practices are inadequate to protect against China, Russia and Iran hacking of our critical infrastructure,” she said. The Chinese government has denied responsibility for the hacking.When Evans announced his retirement from the role of Captain America after the emotional conclusion of "Avengers: Endgame," many believed it was the end of an era. However, the recent announcement of his return in "Avengers 5" has reignited excitement among fans and sparked speculation about what this means for the future of the MCU.The match started off with both players displaying solid form, exchanging frame wins to keep the scoreline close. As the tension mounted with each frame, the pressure was palpable in the arena as fans eagerly anticipated the outcome of the closely contested battle. Zhang Anda, known for his tactical prowess and precision in his shots, used his experience to maintain his composure and focus throughout the match.

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Jane Moore reveals surprising fact about I’m A Celebrity stars’ daily routine – and how they know the show is liveIt all started when Xiaohua expressed her concerns about her waning popularity and the impact it was having on her career. Feeling overwhelmed and unsure of how to navigate this new phase in her professional life, she confided in Xiang Zao, who has always been a pillar of support for her. In a surprising turn of events, Xiang Zao, who is known for his skills as a hairdresser in addition to his acting abilities, offered to give Xiaohua a haircut to help boost her confidence and morale.

OpenAI’s legal battle with Elon Musk reveals internal turmoil over avoiding AI ‘dictatorship’Ben Davies is the latest to fall into that category, with the Welsh international initially primed to return for Sunday’s visit of Wolves but no longer available. Davies suffered a setback in training this week, which means Spurs could be without a fit centre-back after Radu Dragusin was forced off in the latter stages of Thursday’s 1-0 loss at Nottingham Forest with an ankle issue. Ange with a team news update ahead of Wolves on Sunday 🗣️ pic.twitter.com/0EiYh4TP8j — Tottenham Hotspur (@SpursOfficial) December 27, 2024 Postecoglou is already without first-choice central defenders Cristian Romero and Micky van de Ven after both failed to make it through their comeback fixture against Chelsea on December 7. “Yeah, that’s been our major problem this year. Guys who are coming back from injury rather than us losing players as such,” Postecoglou said. “We’re looking at those things and why they’re happening. It’s certainly happened too often this year where guys have come back and they’re the ones who are missing. “I think just about all of them, apart from Vic (Guglielmo Vicario), are recurrences of an injury. “Even with Romero, it was a different injury but it’s still a guy coming back, so it’s something we’re looking at.” There could be good news on the horizon with attackers Mikey Moore and Richarlison expected to return to training next week. A post shared by Richarlison (@richarlison) Richarlison suffered his own setback in November when his short-lived return after a calf issue was cut short when he injured the same area against Aston Villa. Moore, meanwhile, has been sidelined by a virus for the best part of two months but the 17-year-old could provide a much-needed spark in the new year when Newcastle visit on January 4. Postecoglou said: “Him and Richy are in the final phases. Next week they can start training. We’ve got a bit of a gap before the Newcastle game. “The plan is Mikey and Richy come back into first-team training next week.” Anticipated returns for Moore and Richarlison will fail to help Postecoglou against Wolves, with makeshift centre-back Archie Gray potentially set to partner up with fellow midfielder Yves Bissouma if Dragusin cannot recover. Pressed on the issue of fixture scheduling, with Spurs definitely missing eight players for Sunday’s fixture, Postecoglou said: “It is challenging. “All clubs are going to have to get their heads around it and authorities are going to have to get their heads around it. “One of two things need to happen: either you somehow change the fixture schedule, which doesn’t seem feasible, or you allow clubs bigger squads. Then you have other issues with that, as well. “The attrition rate you’re seeing and it’s not just us. We’re going through a particularly badly moment. Newcastle went through it last year and it affected them pretty badly. They were obviously in the Champions League as well and probably didn’t have the squad to cope with it. “It hits certain clubs at different times and is probably becoming more prevalent, and for all of us it’s a challenge as to how we navigate this process to keep our players healthy. “It’s not just a physical thing, it’s a mental thing. For us it’s been constant since August and we’re not even halfway through the year. And they’re not going to get a break now, so these things we’re constantly assessing.”

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This Friday, University of Montana students who are wrapping up their college career at the end of this semester will walk across the stage at winter commencement, a large UM celebration. On Monday night in the University Center, UM’s LGBTQ+ student group, Lambda Alliance, gathered for a smaller, more intimate celebration of commencement. Lavender Graduation is a long-standing UM tradition. It celebrates queer student graduates in a separate ceremony, acknowledging their unique challenges and celebrating community. This semester, only one student graduated at the event: River Watson, the Lambda secretary. They received a laminated certificate, a sachet of dried lavender, and a rainbow braided cord slung around their neck. “When I moved to Montana, I was really scared because I didn’t know what the politics would be like. I didn’t know what kind of acceptance I would find here,” Lambda President Parker Mickel said. But then Mickel found Watson in a terrible English class, and felt safe and seen with someone like them. Watson would go on to help even more queer UM students feel safe and seen by teaming up with Mickel and Nicole Service to take over as the executive team of Lambda at a time when it didn’t have one and had basically no presence on campus. According to Devin Carpenter, Lambda’s adviser, Watson was a major reason that Lavender Graduation happened at all last spring. “They have been able to continue to make spaces of community and belonging despite some really long odds,” Carpenter said. Watson is a psychology major from Missoula who hopes to be a school psychologist, and is heading to grad school next. They said they found a lot of support and community at the University of Montana, and also got to know more about their own identity. “A lot of it was meeting people who also had this experience but were further along in the journey,” Watson said. Watson will be going to the larger winter commencement this weekend. But Lavender Graduation is a chance to celebrate with their peers who share their experiences. “There’s a lot of family obligations with commencement,” Watson pointed out. This means that graduates who aren’t fully out to their families can’t be their authentic selves at commencement. Mickel also found a broader community at UM. “I’ve found a lot of wonderfully supportive staff members, faculty members,” they said. “But it hasn’t been everyone.” According to those present, Lavender Graduation also acknowledges the unique challenges that queer students face on the path to graduation. For instance, deadnames (a person's name before transition) are still used in the university records systems, many buildings don’t have gender-neutral bathrooms, and Mickel said they were often misgendered during class. That’s on top of larger systems of discrimination still faced by queer people at large. “Community, I think, is one of the most important things for queer survival,” Mickel said. By the time Mickel graduates this spring, a new executive team will be elected. Though Watson will remain at UM for grad school, they plan on letting the undergrads take the lead at Lambda. But both say that they hope to help make sure Lavender Graduation takes place next semester, to give UM’s queer students a way to celebrate their community as they take their next steps.

AJ Events and Productions based in the USA is extensively promoting Sri Lanka as a MICE and wedding destination helping to increase arrivals and most importantly bring in more FOREX to the country. The mentor behind this initiative Andrew Keith Bates, Director, AJ Events & Productions (Pvt) Ltd, said that the first they have already hosted many MICE events and the heat event for 2024 would be held at ITC Colombo. Pix by Sudath Nishantha “This is the InfoTech global leadership summit which will bring around 150 guests from all over the world. The event will be held for two days and many of the guests will stay back, joined by their families and friends and travel round the country.” Earlier we hosted the Johnson & Johnson Summit (A landmark corporate event showcasing innovation and collaboration), TVS Credit Event (A dynamic gathering focusing on financial services), L&T Global Summit (A multinational summit fostering business growth and strategic discussions), STN Conclave (A prestigious networking platform for professionals) and General Electric Healthcare India Event (A specialized event emphasizing advancements in healthcare technology). He said that for the first two months of 2025 two more such events would be held in Colombo bringing in more than 750 visitors. “We are also planning to host a major diplomatic event, bringing together international leaders for meaningful dialogue. we aim to organize an exclusive event featuring a leading Indian artist to create a unique cultural experience.” He said that Sri Lanka with its relaxed visa procedure, good airlines, quality hotels and services backed up by biodiversity is gaining popularity as a good MICE destination. The removal of the Minimum Room Rate too was a major plus point to market MICE to Colombo.’ People have now forgotten about the negative publicity the country received and are happy with both the political and economic stability the country processes. “Due to this we have now restarted marketing destination weddings to Sri Lanka and the response especially from India is overwhelming and we will be also opening a dedicated office in Delhi at the end of the year.” We are a PCO (Professional Conference Organizers) in Sri Lanka with experience in managing events, meetings, incentives, conferences, and exhibitions (MICE), as well as a member of the Sri Lanka Convention Bureau for all MICE events in Sri Lanka and abroad. He said that in a bid to cater to a diverse clientele across continents and personalized their services to its clients they opened two offices in India and most recently in the Maldives as well.” By January, we will open our next office in London early next year to further penetrate the European market. Our vision is to become a global leader in event management.” (SS)NEW DELHI (AP) — India’s former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, widely regarded as the architect of India’s economic reform program and a landmark nuclear deal with the United States, has died. He was 92. Singh was admitted to New Delhi’s All India Institute of Medical Sciences late Thursday after his health deteriorated due to a “sudden loss of consciousness at home,” the hospital said in a statement. “Resuscitative measures were started immediately at home. He was brought to the Medical Emergency” at 8:06 p.m., the hospital said, but “despite all efforts, he could not be revived and was declared dead at 9:51 p.m.” Singh was being treated for “age-related medical conditions,” the statement said. A mild-mannered technocrat, Singh became one of India’s longest-serving prime ministers for 10 years and leader of the Congress Party in the Parliament's Upper House, earning a reputation as a man of great personal integrity. He was chosen to fill the role in 2004 by Sonia Gandhi, the widow of assassinated Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi . But his sterling image was tainted by allegations of corruption against his ministers. Singh was reelected in 2009, but his second term as prime minister was clouded by financial scandals and corruption charges over the organization of the 2010 Commonwealth Games. This led to the Congress Party’s crushing defeat in the 2014 national election by the Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party under the leadership of Narendra Modi . Singh adopted a low profile after relinquishing the post of prime minister. Prime Minister Modi, who succeeded Singh in 2014, called him one of India’s “most distinguished leaders” who rose from humble origins and left “a strong imprint on our economic policy over the years.” “As our Prime Minister, he made extensive efforts to improve people’s lives,” Modi said in a post on the social platform X. He called Singh’s interventions in Parliament as a lawmaker “insightful” and said “his wisdom and humility were always visible.” Rahul Gandhi, from the same party as Singh and the opposition leader in the lower house of the Indian Parliament, said Singh’s “deep understanding of economics inspired the nation” and that he “led India with immense wisdom and integrity.” “I have lost a mentor and guide. Millions of us who admired him will remember him with the utmost pride,” Gandhi wrote on X. The United States offered its condolences, with Secretary of State Antony Blinken saying that Singh was “one of the greatest champions of the U.S.-India strategic partnership.” “We mourn Dr. Singh’s passing and will always remember his dedication to bringing the United States and India closer together,” Blinken said. Born on Sept. 26, 1932, in a village in the Punjab province of undivided India, Singh’s brilliant academic career took him to Cambridge University in Britain, where he earned a degree in economics in 1957. He then got his doctorate in economics from Nuffield College at Oxford University in 1962. Singh taught at Panjab University and the prestigious Delhi School of Economics before joining the Indian government in 1971 as economic advisor in the Commerce Ministry. In 1982, he became chief economic adviser to the Finance Ministry. He also served as deputy chair of the Planning Commission and governor of the Reserve Bank of India. As finance minister, Singh in 1991 instituted reforms that opened up the economy and moved India away from a socialist-patterned economy and toward a capitalist model in the face of a huge balance of payments deficit, skirting a potential economic crisis. His accolades include the 1987 Padma Vibhushan Award, India’s second-highest civilian honor; the Jawaharlal Nehru Birth Centenary Award of the Indian Science Congress in 1995; and the Asia Money Award for Finance Minister of the Year in 1993 and 1994. Singh was a member of India’s Upper House of Parliament and was leader of the opposition from 1998 to 2004 before he was named prime minister. He was the first Sikh to hold the country’s top post and made a public apology in Parliament for the 1984 Sikh Massacre in which some 3,000 Sikhs were killed after then-Prime Minister Indira Gandhi was assassinated by Sikh bodyguards. Under Singh, India adopted a Right to Information Act in 2005 to promote accountability and transparency from government officials and bureaucrats. He was also instrumental in implementing a welfare scheme that guaranteed at least 100 paid workdays for Indian rural citizens. The coalition government he headed for a decade brought together politicians and parties with differing ideologies that were rivals in the country’s various states. In a move hailed as one of his biggest achievements apart from economic reforms, Singh ended India’s nuclear isolation by signing a deal with the U.S. that gave India access to American nuclear technology. But the deal hit his government adversely, with Communist allies withdrawing support and criticism of the agreement growing within India in 2008 when it was finalized. Singh adopted a pragmatic foreign policy approach, pursuing a peace process with nuclear rival and neighbor Pakistan. But his efforts suffered a major setback after Pakistani militants carried out a massive gun and bomb attack in Mumbai in November 2008. He also tried to end the border dispute with China, brokering a deal to reopen the Nathu La pass into Tibet, which had been closed for more than 40 years. His 1965 book, “India’s Export Trends and Prospects for Self-Sustained Growth,” dealt with India’s inward-oriented trade policy. Singh is survived by his wife Gursharan Kaur and three daughters. Associated Press writer Sheikh Saaliq in New Delhi contributed to this report.

DULUTH — Friends and colleagues took to social media to remember Mary Murphy upon the news of her death on Wednesday, Dec. 25. Murphy was the longest-serving female legislator and second-longest-serving member of the Minnesota House. Murphy died at the age of 85 on Christmas Day, just days after suffering a stroke . ADVERTISEMENT House Speaker Melissa Hortman (DFL-Fridley) announced Murphy’s death in a post on Facebook, which read: “She was a wonderful state representative and human being. So many people will miss her, and remember her and her accomplishments fondly.” “Mary was in so many ways ahead of her time and was often the only woman at the table in northern Minnesota,” U.S. Sen. Amy Klobuchar said in a statement. “That’s changed now thanks to her trailblazing legacy.” Murphy was first elected to serve House District 14B from 1977-1982 and went on to serve District 8A from 1983-2002, District 6B from 2003-2012 and District 3B from 2013-2022. In 2022, Murphy lost the District 3B race against Republican Natalie Zeleznikar by a mere 33 votes. Zeleznikar, who retained the seat in the 2024 election, expressed condolences in a Facebook post, writing: “Mary worked hard for northern Minnesota, a place she called home her entire lifetime. Her dedication, service and hard work can be witnessed in multiple projects across the communities she served. I was honored to know her, and work with her on senior care issues during my nursing home administrator years.” A Hermantown High School graduate, Murphy earned a bachelor's degree in history and economics from the College of St. Scholastica and attended graduate school at multiple universities. Before retiring from the classroom in 1997, Murphy also served as a history and social studies teacher at Central High School in Duluth for more than three decades, a career Klobuchar cited in her tribute. ADVERTISEMENT “As a former teacher, she was a strong advocate for improving education for our children and she also fought to protect victims of domestic violence and stalking,” Klobuchar’s statement said. Murphy had championed programs like Head Start and DARE, as well as initiated legislation to fund statewide juvenile correction facilities. Last January, St. Louis County commissioners honored Murphy by renaming the Environmental Trust Fund in her honor. Having worked alongside Murphy during the redistricting process in 2010, Deputy Mayor of St. Paul Jaime Tincher commented: “Mary didn’t raise her voice, she didn’t engage in political sparring. Instead, she led with the quiet power of earned trust and deep credibility. Her effectiveness was rooted in the respect she had built over decades of service, and her ability to bring people together in ways that made them feel heard and valued, no matter their political affiliation.” During Murphy’s time in the House, she chaired multiple committees, including the judiciary finance, ethics, energy, and state government and veterans affairs committees. “As chair of bonding and later the Ways and Means Committee, she demonstrated an unwavering dedication to institutional support, always willing to offer her wisdom and advice on how best to approach the financial needs of our zoos,” State Rep. John Huot (DFL-Rosemount) posted on Facebook. “Mary was a remarkable legislator and a compassionate friend and mentor to many,” State Rep. Jay Xiong (DFL-St. Paul) said in a Facebook post. “Her unwavering commitment to her community and tireless advocacy for those in need have left an indelible mark on our state. Mary's legacy will continue to inspire us all as we strive to uphold the values she championed.” ADVERTISEMENT Murphy left a legacy of advocacy for women’s rights, health care, criminal justice, and labor and advocacy issues. Gov. Tim Walz spoke of Murphy as a “true champion for the Northland” in his post on Facebook and said “Gwen (his wife) and I are sending our love to her family.”

This Friday, University of Montana students who are wrapping up their college career at the end of this semester will walk across the stage at winter commencement, a large UM celebration. On Monday night in the University Center, UM’s LGBTQ+ student group, Lambda Alliance, gathered for a smaller, more intimate celebration of commencement. Lavender Graduation is a long-standing UM tradition. It celebrates queer student graduates in a separate ceremony, acknowledging their unique challenges and celebrating community. This semester, only one student graduated at the event: River Watson, the Lambda secretary. They received a laminated certificate, a sachet of dried lavender, and a rainbow braided cord slung around their neck. “When I moved to Montana, I was really scared because I didn’t know what the politics would be like. I didn’t know what kind of acceptance I would find here,” Lambda President Parker Mickel said. But then Mickel found Watson in a terrible English class, and felt safe and seen with someone like them. Watson would go on to help even more queer UM students feel safe and seen by teaming up with Mickel and Nicole Service to take over as the executive team of Lambda at a time when it didn’t have one and had basically no presence on campus. According to Devin Carpenter, Lambda’s adviser, Watson was a major reason that Lavender Graduation happened at all last spring. “They have been able to continue to make spaces of community and belonging despite some really long odds,” Carpenter said. Watson is a psychology major from Missoula who hopes to be a school psychologist, and is heading to grad school next. They said they found a lot of support and community at the University of Montana, and also got to know more about their own identity. “A lot of it was meeting people who also had this experience but were further along in the journey,” Watson said. Watson will be going to the larger winter commencement this weekend. But Lavender Graduation is a chance to celebrate with their peers who share their experiences. “There’s a lot of family obligations with commencement,” Watson pointed out. This means that graduates who aren’t fully out to their families can’t be their authentic selves at commencement. Mickel also found a broader community at UM. “I’ve found a lot of wonderfully supportive staff members, faculty members,” they said. “But it hasn’t been everyone.” According to those present, Lavender Graduation also acknowledges the unique challenges that queer students face on the path to graduation. For instance, deadnames (a person's name before transition) are still used in the university records systems, many buildings don’t have gender-neutral bathrooms, and Mickel said they were often misgendered during class. That’s on top of larger systems of discrimination still faced by queer people at large. “Community, I think, is one of the most important things for queer survival,” Mickel said. By the time Mickel graduates this spring, a new executive team will be elected. Though Watson will remain at UM for grad school, they plan on letting the undergrads take the lead at Lambda. But both say that they hope to help make sure Lavender Graduation takes place next semester, to give UM’s queer students a way to celebrate their community as they take their next steps. Andy Tallman is the education reporter for the Missoulian. Get local news delivered to your inbox!

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