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superph ph Julián Álvarez picking up the scoring pace with Atletico MadridSainsbury’s shoppers have branded new security measures introduced at stores across the UK as "utterly ridiculous". Customers have flocked to social media to vent that yellow sticker items were scanning at full price on self-service tills at Sainsbury's stores. To get the correct discount, they had to call over a Sainsbury's staff member to approve it. READ MORE: Wilko and The Range issue urgent recalls over popular Christmas products One customer, who described themselves as a "reduced stock shopper", wrote on Reddit: "The last three times I've been to a Sainsbury, the reduced barcode doesn't scan and an employee has to come and help me - is this a national thing and if so, what's happening?" Other shoppers responded by sharing that they had experienced the same thing in their local supermarket store. One Sainsbury's shopper said: "Happened to me several times recently too, utterly ridiculous. I am now avoiding Sainsbury's, it is going down the plughole." And a second added: "It’s a massive headache and I hate it." Another shopper shared on Mumsnet: "I picked up some reduced smoked salmon in Sainsbo's today, but at the self-checkout, it came up as full price. "An assistant altered it and told me they have to do it manually as people are able to make their own yellow sticker barcodes and are using them on self-checkouts. Unbelievable!" A second person commented: "Yes, yellow reduced stickers don’t work in Sainsbury's anymore, which is really annoying when you self-checkout." Sainsbury's confirmed to the Mirror that they have been rolling out these new anti-fraud measures to its self-service tills in response to a surge in the use of fake coupons across its stores so the new security measures are not new. Earlier this year, a viral Tiktok "hack", dubbed "The Sainsbury’s method", allowed people to share screenshots of genuine Sainsbury’s discounts on full-price products. A Sainsbury’s spokesperson said: "We have range of security measure in place in our stores, including processes to prevent fraud. We continue to accept genuine coupons, vouchers and reductions and are sorry for the inconvenience this slightly longer checkout process may cause." The new security measures for the self-service tills specifically target yellow sticker items and coupons. When you scan the item now, shoppers are presented with an error message and need to wait for a Sainsbury's worker to manually process the discount. They are unable to proceed with the rest of their shop until the item has been approved, and the process has to be repeated for each item.Minnesota looks to stop skid vs. Bethune-Cookman

Dublin Fingal West General Election 2024 updates: ‘I've lost my seat, and that's very disappointing’ – Minister Joe O’BrienBLOUNTVILLE – It was a tough start for Carter Jones and West Ridge, but the Wolves were howling at the end of the night. Jones scored 13 of her game-high 17 points in the second half to help West Ridge to 62-52 season-opening Hall of Champions victory over Cocke County on a bitterly cold Friday night outside of Evelyn Rafalowski Athletic Complex. West Ridge (1-0) outscored the Lady Red 22-6 in the fourth quarter to pull away from a squad that advanced to the Class 3A state semifinals last season. "That is a very good team," West Ridge head coach Kristi Walling said, "a lot of good players, they are well coached, that is a big win for us, that is a very good team." Playing their up-tempo style of play, the Wolves led the entire first half, taking a 19-14 lead after one quarter and 28-23 going into the halftime break. Foul trouble prevented Jones from staying on the floor, but that changed after the break. "She couldn't get in the rhythm there in the first because she got two fouls early so she had to sit and go in and come in and out, couldn't really get in a rhythm," Walling said. "I was proud of her for stepping up big there in the second half." West Ridge got nine 3-pointers for five different players, including three by Randi Smith and two each from Jones and freshman Addison Bunn, who had 14 points in her varsity debut. "She did a great job for us. She hit some big shots for us and did a good job on defense." Walling said. "I am super proud of all the kids, every kid that came in tonight contributed." Cocke County (1-1) fought back in the third period, taking its first lead at 33-32 with 4:28 to go in the third quarter. That margin grew to as much as eight before taking a 46-40 in the final period, led by Karmine Carmichael, who paced the Fighting Cocks with 16 points, and Shakira Reed, who added 11. "We switched up our defensive strategy there in the third a little bit, kind changed things a little bit and I think that really helped," Walling said. It was all Wolves from that point, taking the lead back on 3s by Millie Shelton and Jones and a short jumper from Allie Reilly to put West Ridge up to stay. "It was back and forth. That is what I love about this team, they never give up," Walling said. "They are going to fight back, they work hard, they come in every day at practice and work hard. They are great kids to be around, I enjoy being around them every day." Smith added nine points for the Wolves, while Shelton had eight, including a running jumper to put the Wolves up 50-47 with 5:06 to play as the Wolves ran the floor much of the night, which is what Walling wants from her squad this season. "That is our thing this year," she said. "We kind of like to run so we have to be in condition to be in shape because that is our game plan." BOYS West Ridge 66, Cocke County 60 Avery Horne canned four 3-pointers, including three in the third quarter, and finished with 27 points to lead the Wolves to a season-opening victory over the Fighting Cocks. Led by 6-foot-6 Kyler Hayes, Cocke County rallied from a 14-11 deficit after one quarter to take a 32-26 lead into the break. West Ridge (1-0) was able to use the 3-point shot to get ahead of the Fighting Cocks, canning six of them. Horne had three of his four 3s in his own 13-point third quarter for the Wolves. Trey Frazier added 12 points for West Ridge, while Leming and Eli Bright hit late free throws in the final 32 seconds to secure the win. Ethan Fine led the Fighting Cocks (0-2), which dropped a two-point decision against Elizabethton on Wednesday, with 21 points, while Hayes finished with 17. Trent Tatum added eight points and Dylan Bannan had six for West Ridge head coach John Dyer, who picked up his 613th career win in what is the start of his 40th season as a head coach, having also been at Sullivan East and Johnson County.

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Charles Kushner: Donald Trump Nominates Son-in-Law Jared Kushner's Father as US Ambassador to France in Major Diplomatic MoveBeyond evangelicals, Trump and his allies courted smaller faith groups, from the Amish to ChabadHARRISBURG — Spending on public education, reforming aspects of health care, loosening regulations on business and strengthening the commonwealth’s workforce were among the legislative wins achieved in 2024 in Pennsylvania’s General Assembly. Lawmakers adopted Pennsylvania’s biggest budget, to date, a $47.6 billion spending plan with a deficit balanced by $3 billion transferred from the commonwealth’s reserves. Gov. Josh Shapiro and his supporters welcomed the move, spending down on what had been a combined $14 billion in savings they viewed as a reinvestment in taxpayers whose money sat dormant. Fiscal conservatives point to a five-year outlook in the budget that forecasts all of that money being spent by 2029, warning that the structural deficit risks fiscal insolvency. The budget included a $1.2 billion increase for public education as the commonwealth grapples with a late-2023 court decision that found its funding system unconstitutional. Schools collectively saw multi-million hikes in spending on special education, K-12 classroom subsidies plus additional funds for the poorest districts to backfill an “adequacy gap” identified by the court, plus more funding for mental health initiatives and security. Expect more record requests for spending on education in the immediate budget years to come as the commonwealth upturns its system on how public schools are funded. At the same time, a fight to establish a school voucher system will continue, too. Lifeline Scholarships were shunned two years in a row, however, Republicans remain committed to creating vouchers in the name of school choice. They’re emboldened by shifts in political party registrations and substantial victories in the 2024 election cycle. Budget battles might lead some in Harrisburg and beyond to seek libations for a brief escape and this year in Pennsylvania, those of legal age have a new option. Legislators advanced a bill into law creating a new permit for licensed bars, restaurants, grocery stores and more to sell canned cocktails to-go. The pre-packaged, pre-mixed drinks were only available in state liquor stores prior to the change. Estimates reached $145 million in new tax revenue, however, the gains will be offset to some degree by lost revenue within the state-owned system. Pennsylvania’s bars and restaurants also benefitted from other regulatory changes that expanded aggregate time allowed for happy hours from 14 hours to 24 hours a week and also permitted drink-and-meal combination discounts that were once illegal. Lawmakers approved reforms in health care with a new law that changes how pharmacy benefit managers operate in the commonwealth. The “middle men” are blamed for practices causing smaller pharmacies to close and consumer prices to rise. Pennsylvania’s legislation bars PBMs from lowering reimbursements for unaffiliated pharmacies, prevents them from spiking prices on medications above what customers might pay when using cash out of pocket, ends certain “steering practices” that lead to increased business for affiliated pharmacies and requires certain reporting requirements that will reveal which companies fail to pass on manufacturer rebates to customers. Aside from public education, state lawmakers made big changes in the realm of higher education. They created Pennsylvania’s first State Board of Higher Education directed to coordinate higher-ed across all levels and also develop recommendations to create a performance-based funding system for state-related universities including Penn State and the University of Pittsburgh. Funding for smaller schools, that is, community colleges and state-owned schools, was increased as was funding for student scholarships and grants along with a new program that for the first time will provide stipends to student teachers. A new telemedicine law assures patients that any medically necessary service they’d receive in person that’s covered by their insurance plan would also be covered if administered remotely through telemedicine. Disputes preventing Pennsylvania’s full participation in an interstate healthcare licensure compact were resolved through legislation concerning fingerprinting and background checks. With a resolution in place, nurses and doctors and others from Pennsylvania can now work in cooperating states without obtaining another license. Xylazine is now formally listed as a Schedule III narcotic in the commonwealth. Protections are included for veterinary use of the sedative developed for large animals. Illicit production of the drug led to it being cut into fentanyl and other opioids sold on the streets, greatly enhancing potency and the risk of death by overdose. Distracted driving was addressed with the passage of Paul Miller’s Law, named after a 21-year-old Scranton man killed by a distracted driver in 2010. The measure, building on an existing statute that bans texting while driving, authorizes traffic stops for similar actions on handheld mobile devices including sending an email, posting to social media, snapping a photo and recording a video. The use of hands-free functions, however, remains permissible. New state law also created a Solar for Schools program incentivizing K-12 public schools, career and technical centers and community colleges to pursue state grant funding that can fund half the construction cost of an approved solar energy project. Another law established the framework for carbon dioxide capture, utilization and sequestration toward storing the pollutant below ground, an initiative tied to the multi-billion dollar proposal to open a pair of hydrogen hubs in the Philadelphia region. The 2023-24 Legislative Session is now closed and the 2025-26 session began Dec. 1 with lawmakers already signaling the introduction of new bills and the reintroduction of old bills that haven’t yet cleared the House and Senate. When voting picks up again in January, expect continued debate and formal proposals for legislative initiatives that weren’t successful including legalizing marijuana for recreational use, enacting gun control measures, approving ballot measures for constitutional amendments on universal voter ID and opening a temporary legal window to sue alleged perpetrators or enablers of long-ago sexual abuse, creating Lifeline Scholarships for school choice, regulating skill games, expanding Sunday hunting opportunities and boosting Pennsylvania’s housing stock.

This report is from today's CNBC Daily Open, our international markets newsletter. CNBC Daily Open brings investors up to speed on everything they need to know, no matter where they are. Like what you see? You can subscribe here . 24/7 San Diego news stream: Watch NBC 7 free wherever you are Winning week for markets Major U.S. indexes rose on Friday to end the week in the green , despite mega-cap stocks Nvidia and Alphabet shares dropping. Europe's regional Stoxx 600 advanced 1.18%. The banking index, which lost 2%, was the only sector to fall . Euro zone business activity was in contraction territory in November after remaining static in October. Trump nominates Treasury secretary U.S. President-elect Donald Trump intends to nominate Scott Bessent , founder of the hedge fund Key Square Group, as his Treasury secretary. Like Trump, Bessent is in favor of gradual tariffs and deregulation to support domestic business and address trade imbalances. Bessent was chosen over former Fed Governor Kevin Warsh and private equity executive Marc Rowan. Amazon doubles investment in Anthropic Amazon announced it would invest an additional $4 billion in Anthropic , an artificial intelligence startup founded by ex-OpenAI employees. That brings Amazon's total funding in Anthropic to $8 billion, though it will remain a minority investor, said Anthropic. The AI company's flagship product is Claude, a chatbot like OpenAI's ChatGPT. Climate deal at COP29 At the COP29 climate conference in Azerbaijan, developed nations pledged to provide $300 billion annually to poorer countries to tackle climate change. This deal replaces an earlier commitment to provide $100 billion a year. Meanwhile, Sir Richard Branson, billionaire founder of Virgin, said that "we can overcome climate change" if "everybody focused together." [PRO] Interest rates back in focus This week, the October personal consumption expenditures price index, out Wednesday, will dominate attention . "This might be one of the last big key pieces of data" for the U.S. Federal Reserve before its December meeting, said a fund manager. Minutes for the November meeting of the Federal Open Market Committee, releasing a day prior, will give investors more insight into the pace of future rate cuts. Money Report Asia markets kickstart data-heavy week on a strong note with Aussie stocks hitting record highs Southeast Asia salaries set for a 2025 bump, with Singapore lagging the region: Report Big-name tech and chip stocks faltered last week. Despite almost doubling its third-quarter revenue , compared with a year earlier, Nvidia shares fell 3.2% on Friday, capping off a bumpy week during which the stock fluctuated between the red and the green. Google-parent Alphabet , meanwhile, ended the week almost 5% lower after the U.S. Department of Justice recommended the company divest its Chrome browser as a remedy to its antitrust case. And Amazon , its Big Tech counterpart, retreated 3.4% during the week. That said, major indexes managed to reverse the previous week's dip. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was 2% higher for the week and the S&P 500 and Nasdaq Composite both climbed around 1.7%. Even though other Magnificent Seven stocks did contribute to that, the indexes mostly have companies less in the spotlight, like Super Micro Company , to thank. Likewise, small-cap stocks, which have languished behind their bigger cousins for years, seem to be staging a comeback as interest rates fall and Trump is poised to reenter the White House. The Russell 2000 ended the week 4.5% higher, outperforming the above three indexes. "Investors are rotating out of the previous high flyers of large-cap communication services and technology and into other cyclical sectors of consumer discretionary, industrials, and financials, as well as mid- and small-cap stocks," said Sam Stovall, chief investment strategist at CFRA Research. And bitcoin , once dismissed by most mainstream investors and institutions as an esoteric plaything that did not seem to have any inherent value, is close to shattering the $100,000 ceiling. That said, this inversion isn't likely to last. "On the back of strong expected revenue growth in 2025, we maintain our positive view on the AI compute industry and NVIDIA in particular," UBS analyst Sundeep Gantori wrote in a Thursday note. Despite a temporary dip, the AI play will likely remain the main theme for the markets next year. — CNBC's Pia Singh, Alex Harring and Jesse Pound contributed to this report. Also on CNBC Expectations can move shares in strange ways — just look at Nvidia Expectations can be an irrational thing. Just look at Nvidia Could Nvidia’s greatest obstacle be itself?

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