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Both Oklahoma and Providence are hoping they'll have key pieces back in place when the two undefeated teams square off in the first round of the Battle 4 Atlantis on Wednesday in Paradise Island, Bahamas. The Friars (5-0) are expected to have Bryce Hopkins available, according to a report from Field of 68. Hopkins was averaging 15.5 points and 8.6 rebounds last season before suffering a torn anterior cruciate ligament Jan. 3. He returned to full-go practices last week, and Tuesday, Providence coach Kim English said Hopkins would be a "game-time decision" against the Sooners. "It's been a process," English said. "We're not rushing it." But English praised Hopkins' progress since the Friars' last game, Nov. 19, when Hopkins went through pregame warmups. "I thought he looked better than I remembered," English said. "He's been in our system for the past year. His patience, his understanding, his versatility on offense and defense ... it's been great to see him in practice." The Sooners (4-0) are hopeful that they'll get Brycen Goodine back. Goodine played for the Friars for two seasons from 2020-22 before transferring to Fairfield for two seasons and then to Oklahoma this offseason. Goodine suffered an ankle injury in the Sooners' opener Nov. 4 and has not played since. "He's a really tough kid and trying to push through it," Oklahoma coach Porter Moser said. "It will truly be one of those game-time decisions. He hasn't gone a full practice yet, just been pieces of practices." Playing with Goodine and Jadon Jones, expected to be two of the Sooners' top outside shooters, Moser said he's learned plenty about his team's offense. "When you're down those shooters, it's really a great weapon to know that a lot of other guys can knock down the open shot," Moser said. "It's been a huge takeaway." The Sooners have been led by Jalon Moore, who is averaging 18.8 points per game, and freshman Jeremiah Fears, who is averaging 15.5. Providence has been led by senior guard Bensley Joseph, who is averaging 11.8 points and 4.0 assists per game. Oklahoma has not played a game closer than 16 points yet this season, with an average margin of victory of 24 points. Providence has won its five games by an average of nearly 17 points per game. The teams will square off against either Davidson or No. 24 Arizona in the second round Thursday, with the winners playing each other in one semifinal while the losers play in a consolation semifinal. --Field Level MediaNoneManitoba impaired-driving bill introduced as tensions rise at the legislature

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A federal judge in San Diego has acquitted two businessmen who were charged with securities fraud, ruling prosecutors failed to come up with convincing evidence against the pair, who were among four men charged with allegedly running an illegal pump-and-dump scheme. U.S. District Judge Cynthia Bashant ruled that on at least one of the charges, “the government’s theories are all over the place,” according to a transcript of a Dec. 2 hearing. “It’s not clear to me who was being defrauded,” Bashant said during the hearing, in which she took the relatively rare step of issuing judgments of acquittal for defendants Jonathan Destler and Robert Lazerus and dismissing all charges against them. Destler, Lazerus, Donald Danks and David Stephens in 2022. The indictment alleged that the men engaged in a market manipulation scheme to artificially inflate the stock price of the publicly traded Canadian firm Loop Industries, then fraudulently profited from the sale of that stock. Attorneys for Destler, Lazerus and Danks had asked for the dismissals under a federal rule of evidence that allows a judge to dismiss charges when the judge finds, after the prosecution presents its case to a jury, that “the evidence is insufficient to sustain a conviction.” A jury earlier this year hung 8-4 in favor of acquittal following a trial for Destler, a 61-year-old Los Angeles resident; Lazerus, a 68-year-old Solana Beach resident; and Danks, a 67-year-old Newport Beach resident. Stephens, a 68-year-old Canadian and the lead defendant in the case, has remained in Canada while prosecutors try to extradite him, according to a government trial brief. After the jury deadlocked, prosecutors maintained their stance that the evidence was strong and objected to the defendants’ motions to dismiss the case. During the Dec. 2 hearing to address the dismissal requests, Bashant said there was “a lot of smoke swirling around in the case. There are transactions that suggest something nefarious was going on.” But she went on to state that the question she had to answer was not whether there were head-scratching transactions, but whether a rational juror could find the defendants guilty beyond a reasonable doubt. “Significantly, the government, I think, failed to prove that any actions (Destler) took were for the wrongful purpose of defrauding or deceiving anyone,” Bashant ruled. “I just think the evidence is insufficient.” She ruled the evidence against Lazerus was also insufficient. As to Danks, she ruled “the evidence was pretty strong against him” and denied his motion to dismiss, ruling that a rational juror could find him guilty. The U.S. Attorney’s Office in San Diego declined to comment on the dismissals or to answer questions about whether it plans to re-try Danks or continue the extradition process for Stephens. “Mr. Destler maintained his innocence since Day One,” Andrew Young, one of Destler’s defense attorneys and a former prosecutor, said this week. “He volunteered to go in (and speak with federal authorities) without protection and answered every question. He testified on his own behalf at trial. He is thankful for the court’s dismissal order and grateful that this ordeal is over with.” Martha Hall, one of Lazerus’s attorneys, said her client was “extremely relieved and grateful,” pointing out that it’s been about five years since the FBI began investigating the case in late 2019. “It has been a long and difficult journey for Mr. Lazerus,” Hall said last week. The U.S. Attorney’s Office in San Diego alleged that Loop Industries, a company that claims it can recycle previously un-recyclable plastics, was rotten from the start. Prosecutors alleged that several of the defendants illegally conspired with others to start the company through a reverse merger, in which a private company goes public by purchasing control of a public company rather than raising money through an initial public offering. But Bashant ruled during the hearing earlier this month that “nothing about this reverse merger ... was illegal.” She said that even if the defendants “mapped out in advance and they planned out in advance how they were going to keep tight control (of Loop’s stocks), I just don’t see how any of that is illegal.” During an earlier hearing in October, Bashant said prosecutors were “trying to make this a big scheme. And I think they just don’t have the evidence.” She said some facts and evidence appeared to be “fishy” and “look suspicious.” But, she continued, “I’m not sure that (the prosecution is) able to tie it all into a big scheme.” The government also alleged that Stephens, Destler and Danks held tight control over the majority of the company’s stocks. “They set about to steadily manipulate the stock price to increase its value, with the goal of getting it uplisted to the NASDAQ — a goal they achieved in November 2017,” prosecutors wrote in a trial brief. “The defendants did this to monetize their holdings in LOOP without ever revealing to the public ... or to their own brokerage firms ... that they controlled virtually all of LOOP’s stock and worked in concert with each other to carefully coordinate its sale.” And the government alleged that Destler and Lazerus even admitted to committing illegal acts to an undercover FBI agent. But the attorneys for them and Danks argued the government’s allegations were baseless. “As was demonstrated at trial, the government simply cannot prove that Mr. Destler conspired ... or acted independently ... to commit securities fraud because it does not have the evidence and woefully lacks a cogent theory,” Young, the defense attorney for Destler, wrote in a motion for acquittal. “There is no seven-year grand conspiracy here. Without that conspiracy, the government’s true ‘case’ is laid bare: it is nothing more than a series of unrelated events over a seven-year period from which the government has cherry-picked isolated facts, removed their context, and woven them together to present a false narrative.” While it remains unclear if or when Stephens will be extradited, Bashant set a new trial date for Danks in June.

NEW YORK — One of the country’s largest health insurers reversed a change in policy Thursday after widespread outcry, saying it would not tie payments in some states to the length of time a patient went under anesthesia. Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield said in a statement that its decision to backpedal resulted from “significant widespread misinformation” about the policy. “To be clear, it never was and never will be the policy of Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield to not pay for medically necessary anesthesia services,” the statement said. “The proposed update to the policy was only designed to clarify the appropriateness of anesthesia consistent with well-established clinical guidelines.” Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield would have used "physician work time values," which is published by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, as the metric for anesthesia limits; maternity patients and patients under the age of 22 were exempt. But Dr. Jonathan Gal, economics committee chair of the American Society for Anesthesiologists, said it's unclear how CMS derives those values. In mid-November, the American Society for Anesthesiologists called on Anthem to “reverse the proposal immediately,” saying in a news release that the policy would have taken effect in February in New York, Connecticut and Missouri. It's not clear how many states in total would have been affected, as notices also were posted in Virginia and Colorado . People across the country registered their concerns and complaints on social media, and encouraged people in affected states to call their legislators. Some people noted that the policy could prevent patients from getting overcharged. Gal said the policy change would have been unprecedented, ignored the “nuanced, unpredictable human element” of surgery and was a clear “money grab.” “It’s incomprehensible how a health insurance company could so blatantly continue to prioritize their profits over safe patient care,” he said. "If Anthem is, in fact, rescinding the policy, we’re delighted that they came to their senses.” Prior to Anthem's announcement Thursday, Connecticut comptroller Sean Scanlon said the “concerning” policy wouldn't affect the state after conversations with the insurance company. And New York Gov. Kathy Hochul said in an emailed statement Thursday that her office had also successfully intervened. The insurance giant’s policy change came one day after the CEO of UnitedHealthcare , another major insurance company, was shot and killed in New York City. ___ The Associated Press Health and Science Department receives support from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. The AP is solely responsible for all content.Saif calls for better facilities for PTI founder if immediate release not possible

Rocker Marilyn Manson has agreed to drop a lawsuit against his former fiancée, “Westworld” actor Evan Rachel Wood , and to pay her attorneys' fees, lawyers for both sides said Tuesday. The move comes 18 months after a Los Angeles County judge threw out much of the 2022 suit in which Manson, whose legal name is Brian Warner, claimed Wood had fabricated public allegations that he sexually and physically abused her during their relationship and encouraged other women to fabricate their own allegations. Philadelphia news 24/7: Watch NBC10 free wherever you are “After four years of fighting a battle where he was able to tell the truth, Brian is pleased to dismiss his still-pending claims and appeal in order to close the door on this chapter of his life," Manson attorney Howard King said in a statement. Manson had been appealing the judge's decision but his attorneys reached out to Wood's seeking a settlement in the spring. Wood's attorneys said Tuesday that she rejected requests that the terms be kept confidential. Manson “filed a lawsuit against Ms. Wood as a publicity stunt to try to undermine the credibility of his many accusers and revive his faltering career,” Wood’s lawyer Michael J. Kump said in a statement. “But his attempt to silence and intimidate Ms. Wood failed.” Manson agreed to pay nearly $327,000 in attorney fees for Wood. Stories that affect your life across the U.S. and around the world. The settlement comes nearly four years into a criminal investigation of the 55-year-old Manson involving multiple women that remains unresolved. Outgoing LA County District Attorney George Gascón said in October that his office's sex crimes division had just discovered new evidence and that a decision on whether to file charges would be made when the picture was more complete. The women involved in the criminal case have not been identified, but “Game of Thrones” actor Esme Bianco has said she was among them, and criticized the district attorney for taking so long to investigate. Bianco settled her own lawsuit against Manson last year. The Associated Press does not typically name people who say they have been sexually abused unless they come forward publicly as Wood and Bianco have. Manson has denied engaging in any non-consensual sexual acts. In 2017, with the #MeToo movement gaining momentum, Wood said publicly that she had been raped and abused, and gave testimony on the subject to a Congressional committee in 2018, but did not name anyone in either instance. Then in a 2020 Instagram post, Wood said it was Manson who had “horrifically abused me for years.” The two revealed they were a couple in 2007, and were briefly engaged in 2010 before breaking up. Manson's original lawsuit alleged that Wood and another woman, Ashley Gore, also known as Illma Gore in court papers, defamed him, intentionally caused him emotional distress and derailed his career in music, TV and film. It says they used false pretenses, including a phony letter from the FBI, to convince other women to come forward with sexual abuse allegations and coached them on what to say. The suit said Wood had only glowing things to say about Manson during their relationship. Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Teresa A. Beaudet dismissed the part of the suit dealing with the disputed FBI letter, which Wood denied forging. Beaudet also tossed out a section that alleges Wood and Gore used a checklist found on an iPad for other women to use to make abuse claims about Manson. Other parts of the lawsuit had remained because they were not subject to Wood’s motion, including allegations that Gore hacked Manson’s email, phone and social media accounts, created a phony email to manufacture evidence that he was sending illegal pornography, and “swatted” him, using a prank call to send authorities to his home. Gore reached her own agreement with Manson to dismiss the lawsuit. A message to her attorneys seeking comment wasn't immediately returned.The Onion's bid for Alex Jones' Infowars hangs in the balance as judge orders new hearing

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