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COPPER MOUNTAIN, Colo. — For a pair of lower-level downhill events, this sure had plenty of Olympic medal-capturing and World Cup-winning ski racers. The stage belonged to Lindsey Vonn, the 40-year-old who took another step on her comeback trail Saturday with her first races in nearly six years. Vonn wasn't particularly speedy and finished in the middle of the pack on a cold but sunny day at Copper Mountain. Times and places weren't the mission, though, as much as getting used to the speed again and gaining the necessary points to compete on the World Cup circuit this season. Vonn accomplished both, finishing 24th in the first downhill race of the day and 27th in the second. She posted on social media after the FIS races that she had enough points to enter World Cup events. The timing couldn't be more perfect — the next stop on the women's circuit is Beaver Creek, Colorado, in a week. Vonn, who used to own a home in nearby Vail, hasn't committed to any sort of timetable for a World Cup return. “Today was a solid start and I had a blast being in start with my teammates again!” Vonn wrote on X. “While I’m sure people will speculate and say I’m not in top form because of the results, I disagree. This was training for me. I’m still testing equipment and getting back in the groove.” Lindsey Vonn reacts after her run at a downhill skiing race at Copper Mountain Ski Resort on Saturday in Copper Mountain, Colo. Her competition — a veritable who's who of high-profile ski racers — applauded her efforts. “I don't expect her to come back and win — just that she comes back and she has fun,” said Federica Brignone of Italy, a former overall World Cup champion and three-time Olympic medalist. “She's having fun, and she’s doing what she loves. That’s the best thing that she could do.” In the first race on a frigid morning, Vonn wound up 1.44 seconds behind the winning time of 1 minute, 5.79 seconds posted by Mirjam Puchner of Austria. In her second race through the course later in the morning, Vonn was 1.53 seconds behind Cornelia Huetter of Austria, who finished in 1:05.99. Huetter is the reigning season-long World Cup downhill champion. “It’s really nice to compare with her again, and nice to have her (racing) again,” Huetter said. “For sure, for the skiing World Cup, we have a lot of more attention. It's generally good for all racers because everyone is looking.” Also in the field were Nadia Delago of Italy, who won a bronze medal in downhill at the 2022 Beijing Olympics, and Puchner, the Olympic silver winner in super-G in Beijing. In addition, there was Marta Bassino of Italy, a winner of the super-G at the 2023 world championships, and two-time Olympic champion Michelle Gisin of Switzerland. “For me, it was really a training, but it was fun to have a World Cup race level right here,” Gisin said. “It was a crazy race.” Vonn remains a popular figure and took the time after each run to sign autographs for young fans along with posing for photos. Lindsey Vonn competes in a downhill skiing race at Copper Mountain Ski Resort on Saturday in Copper Mountain, Colo. When she left the sport, Vonn had 82 World Cup race victories, which stood as the record for a woman and within reach of the all-time Alpine record of 86 held by Swedish standout Ingemar Stenmark. The women’s mark held by Vonn was surpassed in January 2023 by Mikaela Shiffrin, who now has 99 wins — more than any Alpine ski racer in the history of the sport. Shiffrin is currently sidelined after a crash in a giant slalom event in Killington, Vermont, last weekend. Vonn’s last major race was in February 2019, when she finished third in a downhill during the world championships in Sweden. The three-time Olympic medalist left the circuit still near the top of her game. But all the broken arms and legs, concussions and torn knee ligaments took too big a toll and sent her into retirement. She had a partial knee replacement last April and felt good enough to give racing another shot. “It's very impressive to see all the passion that Lindsey still has,” Gisin said. Also racing Saturday was 45-year-old Sarah Schleper, who once competed for the United States but now represents Mexico. Schleper was the next racer behind Vonn and they got a chance to share a moment between a pair of 40-somethings still racing. “I was like, ‘Give me some tips, Lindsey,’” Schleper said. “She’s like, ‘Oh, it’s a highway tuck, the whole thing.’ Then she’s like, ‘It’s just like the good old days.’" Buffalo Bills quarterback Josh Allen, foreground right, dives toward the end zone to score past San Francisco 49ers defensive end Robert Beal Jr. (51) and linebacker Dee Winters during the second half of an NFL football game in Orchard Park, N.Y., Sunday, Dec. 1, 2024. (AP Photo/Adrian Kraus) Houston Rockets guard Jalen Green goes up for a dunk during the second half of an Emirates NBA cup basketball game against the Minnesota Timberwolves, Tuesday, Nov. 26, 2024, in Minneapolis. 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Following his side's qualification to the ICC World Test Championship final for the first time, South African skipper Temba Bavuma called it an "emotional moment" for him and hilariously remarked that he was "in the toilet" during the match-winning partnership between Kagiso Rabada and Marco Jansen towards the end. South Africa continued their brilliant run in ICC tournaments as after the final of ICC T20 World Cup this year, they have booked for themselves a spot in the ICC World Test Championship final at Lord's next year. Speaking after the match in the post-match presentation, Bavuma said, Let us know! 👂 What type of content would you like to see from us this year? "Quite an emotional moment for me. Lot of joy and happiness on our side. We did the hard way. But glad we won. I was still sulking in the toilet. Aiden (Markram) get them going. Was not a lot of conversations. We still had the confidence. I did not come out to the viewing area and was in the toilet. I came when 15 runs were needed. It is a big win. Not just for myself. But for the coaches." "The way we started our campaign against India. We were not given much of a chance. We were not ruthless. But we kept finding ways. We hope the guys can get confidence from performances like these. Guys get picked on when they do badly. We would like to enjoy the moment and take stock of what we have done," he added. Rabada- Jansen sealed WTC final seat for South Africa Coming to the match, South Africa won the toss and opted to bowl. Half-century from Kamran Ghulam (54 in 71 balls, with eight fours and a six) took Pakistan to 211/10. Dane Paterson (5/61) and Corbin Bosch (4/63) were the top bowlers for Proteas. Proteas gained a 90-run first-innings lead as a half-century from Aiden Markram at the top (89 in 144 balls, with 15 fours) and a terrific unbeaten 81* in 93 balls, with 15 fours by Corbin Bosch took them to 301. Khurram Shahzad (3/75) and Naseem Shah (3/92) were the pick of the bowlers for Pakistan. Later in Pakistan's second innings, a drought-breaking fifty from Babar (50 in 85 balls, with nine fours) and Saud Shakeel (84 in 113 balls, with 11 fours and a six) took Pakistan to 237/10. They secured a 147-run lead. Marco Jansen (6/52) was the top bowler for Proteas. In chase of 148 runs, Proteas were restricted to 99/8 despite knocks from Markram (37 in 63 balls, with six fours) and skipper Bavuma (40 in 78 balls, with four boundaries and six) by Mohammed Abbas (6/54). However, a 51-run stand between Kagiso Rabada (31* in 26 balls, with five fours) and Jansen (16* in 24 balls, with three fours) pushed Proteas to a landmark win. Markram secured the 'Player of the Match' award.Lindsey Vonn takes another step in comeback at age 40, competes in a pair of downhillsA New Brunswick doctor who admitted to touching a woman's buttocks, pelvis and breasts without her consent while out socializing in 2022 has been given a conditional discharge and sentenced to a year of supervised probation. Rémi Poitras, 30, of Edmundston, who specializes in family medicine and emergency medicine and now lives in Quebec, pleaded guilty in October to common assault . He was originally charged with sexual assault. The victim, who was a fourth-year student at the New Brunswick medical training centre in Moncton at the time, said she continues to be "deeply affected" and is disappointed Poitras pleaded guilty to the reduced charge. "By reporting the assault, I hoped to obtain some justice — not only for myself, but for the person that I could have been if all of this had not occurred, for the dreams that were delayed and broken, the missed opportunities, the difficult relationships and the destroyed confidence," she told the Moncton courtroom in French during a sentencing hearing Wednesday. But Rosalie Genest, now 28 and a resident physician in pediatrics in Quebec City, is still glad she came forward, and requested the court-imposed publication ban on her identity be lifted. "Throughout my healing process, I realized that it's not up to me to be ashamed of that," she explained in an interview with Radio-Canada after after the hearing, during which provincial court Judge Luc Labonté agreed to lift the ban. Judge accepts joint recommendation According to an agreed statement of facts, Genest was at the Tide & Boar bar on Main Street in Moncton on Oct. 29, 2022, when Poitras grabbed her buttocks. He then placed his hands on her hips and pelvis. Genest left the bar and got into a car driven by Poitras's female roommate to go home. Poitras joined them in the vehicle and Genest pretended to be asleep. That's when Poitras touched her breasts. On Wednesday, the judge accepted a joint sentencing recommendation from the Crown and defence. One act when you're drunk ... should not define you for the rest of your life. - Judge Luc Labonté "You're an important member of society that people look up to, so it's important that your actions always are appropriate," Labonté told Poitras. "Having said that, one act when you're drunk ... should not define you for the rest of your life either. And I understand that," he said, adding he believes Poitras is "truly remorseful." The conditional discharge means the offence will be removed from Poitras's criminal record in a year, unless he violates his probation. The conditions include not having any contact with the victim and following any treatment recommended by his probation officer. "I don't think the public at large will be shocked that you receive a discharge given the fact situation here," the judge said Victim still haunted by flashbacks Earlier in the hearing, Genest told the court via video conference how the offence has affected her mental health and her career. She considered her attacker to be someone she could trust — a colleague of her then-fiancé, a teacher at the medical training centre where she was studying for exams and even her doctor during an emergency consultation in 2021, she said. Following the incident, Genest said, she no longer felt safe. She was "terrorized by the idea of being alone," she said reading from a victim impact statement, which an interpreter then relayed to the court in English. The sentencing hearing was held at the Moncton courthouse Wednesday. (Kate Letterick/CBC News) Two years later, flashbacks still haunt her several times a day, she said. "These vivid remembrances still cause me the same panic, the same distress and the same helplessness that I felt during the crime." Stress and fear forced her to study only part time, she said. She couldn't work and even began to question her dream of becoming a doctor. Her monthly debts remind her just how much this assault has cost her, she said. Her life was once confident and "full of promise and possibilities." Today, she feels "broken and unrecognizable." Poitras describes 'mutual dance' Poitras's defence lawyer Carolyne Albert urged the judge to reject the victim's entire statement. Labonté opted instead to not take into consideration certain information that was not part of the agreed statement of facts. Meanwhile, Poitras told the court his version of the events that night, starting with what happened at the bar. "While dancing together, I touched her hips with my hands. And she touched me in return with her hands," he said. "We had both [been drinking] alcohol. There was no sexual intention. "There was never a moment where Ms. Genest used verbal language nor body language to indicate that she didn't want to dance together." Poitras, pictured outside the Moncton courthouse on Nov. 27, said he was surprised and scared to face a 'life-altering charge' for what he felt was a 'mutual dance.' (Pascal Raiche-Nogue/Radio-Canada) During the car ride, Genest rested her head on his chest and he placed his arm around her, he said, adding she interacted with the two other people in the vehicle for the entire trip. This contradicts the agreed statement of facts, when Poitras admitted to grabbing the victim's buttocks at the Tide & Boar and touching her breasts in the vehicle. "To say I was surprised to hear that I was being accused of an assault after this night would be an understatement. ... Facing a life-altering charge for what I felt like a mutual dance scared me," he said. "I feel deeply sorry that Ms. Genest feels I touched her without her consent. This would never be my intention." Poitras and his lawyer both declined to comment at the end of the hearing. College imposes conditions on medical licence When he pleaded guilty on Oct. 9, Poitras had no conditions on his medical licence. Restrictions have since been added, according to the College of Physicians and Surgeons of New Brunswick's website. He is prohibited from engaging with any medical students or postgraduate trainees. In addition, all interactions with female patients are to be conducted in the presence of a chaperone, it says. Dr. Laurie Potter, registrar of the College of Physicians and Surgeons of New Brunswick, confirmed the conditions on Poitras's licence but declined to discuss them, citing privacy. (College of Physicians and Surgeons of New Brunswick) Poitras's New Brunswick licence expires at the end of the month, according to the website. The Collège des médecins du Québec's website had no information about restrictions or disciplinary action.
VERMILLION, S.D. (AP) — Aidan Bouman threw a go-ahead touchdown pass in the fourth quarter and Quaron Adams followed with a 70-yard touchdown on a reverse as No. 4 seed South Dakota pulled away late to beat 13th-seeded Tarleton State 42-31 on Saturday in the second round of the FCS playoffs. South Dakota will host the winner of Saturday's matchup between No. 5 seed UC Davis and 12th-seeded Illinois State in the third round. The Coyotes (10-2) trailed by seven points four times until Bouman connected with Keyondray Jones-Logan for a 12-yard touchdown and a 35-31 lead with 9:36 left to play. Tim White intercepted a Victor Gabalis pass, giving South Dakota the ball at its own 15-yard line. Adams, a sophomore receiver, raced to the end zone three plays later for his first career rushing touchdown and the Texans (10-4) never recovered in their first trip to the postseason. Gabalis threw three first-half touchdown passes, giving Tarleton State leads of 7-0, 14-7 and 21-14 at halftime. Travis Theis had two short touchdown runs in the first half to pull the Coyotes even and his 2-yard scoring run 51 seconds into the fourth quarter tied it at 28. Tarleton State took its last lead on a 23-yard field goal by Corbin Poston with 11:23 left to play. Bouman completed 18 of 22 passes for 213 yards and also had a 5-yard scoring toss to Jones-Logan off a deflected pass that stood up to a video review and tied the game at 21. Theis carried 25 times for 130 yards. Gabalis totaled 379 yards on 23-for-31 passing with four touchdowns and three interceptions. Darius Cooper caught nine passes for 161 yards and three scores. Cody Jackson had the other touchdown reception. Get poll alerts and updates on the AP Top 25 throughout the season. Sign up here . AP college football: https://apnews.com/hub/ap-top-25-college-football-poll and https://apnews.com/hub/college-football Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed without permission.LSU applies latest rout of Mississippi Valley State 110-45Middle East latest: Syria's forces withdraw from Homs, a key link between the capital and coast
This is the part where you roll your eyes, cross your arms and huff off in the other direction, maybe kick a little dirt as you head back to your couch to sulk. This is also the part where you tell yourself not to fall in love, not to believe, to build walls and sit back to watch the world burn. Buy tickets to another game? Not on your life. Seem apocalyptic? For the college sports fan, not so much. As the 10 p.m. news cycle hit Thursday, Lobos fans were hit with another sucker punch to the privates when reports surfaced Bronco Mendenhall was ditching the UNM football program he’d been in charge of for 366 days in favor of the lateral move to Utah State. Conveniently he waited until Day 1 of Year 2 of his contract to make the announcement, a day that dropped his buyout from $3 million to $2 million. It was a business decision that, to steal his words from earlier in the week, make you want to take a shower because of how skeezy it felt. In a blink, the state’s most well-compensated public employee took all the “development” and “progression” and “consistency” talk and put a match to it. The guy who espoused to be the laid-back, patient program builder, the owner of a lucrative five-year contract worth more money than most New Mexicans will see in five lifetimes, was a one and doner. It immediately opened the floodgates to a mass exodus that we all saw coming. Although the NCAA transfer portal doesn’t open until Monday, news quickly leaked that all-conference quarterback Devon Dampier and running back Eli Sanders were leaving. Mendenhall was prophetic during what proved to be his farewell address Tuesday, saying every Mountain West team would lose 35 to 50 players to the portal. Expect another few dozen Lobos to hit the open road in the days to come. Mendenhall saw it coming. As much as Lobo fans don’t want to admit it, they did, too. Even the new guy saw it. Fern Lovo, the 36-year-old who was rolled out as the new athletic director on Wednesday, issued a statement Friday morning — his fifth day on the job, no less — saying he was aware of Mendenhall shopping himself around and was prepared to offer a bigger compensation package to keep him here. Now he can take the $2 million he’ll get from Utah State buying out Bronco’s deal and spend it on another coach who will come in, wear the red blazer and talk about how proud he is to be a Lobo and part of this amazing community with an up-and-coming program. Whaaatever. We’ll keep the moving van's engine idling for you. The real gut punch is the announcement that Lobo-for-life Luke Wysong was also planning to jump ship. Wysong, the versatile receiver and ballyhooed local kid whose parents were UNM athletes and whose brother was a Lobo, no longer wanted to be here. What a lousy time to be a college sports fan — not just of UNM or New Mexico State, but everywhere else. Conferences are collapsing and rivalries being ditched. The system is broken and the problems oozing from the afterglow are dictating the renegade nature of things. It’s OK to disassociate, to feel like walking away. It truly is a business more than a sport, and it's the fans who pay the ultimate price. With the archaic structure of the NCAA crumbling before our eyes, the power is now in the hands of athletes. A few years ago, payments to players got programs blackballed and put on probation. Now the first question asked in recruiting is how much money can you put in a kid's pocket to wear the (checks latest email) cherry and silver? Before we get into it, let’s stop the stepping-stone talk about Lobos sports. Mendenhall aside, of the previous eight football coaches only one (Dennis Franchione to TCU) left for greener pastures. Yes, Rocky Long (San Diego State), Mike Locksley (Alabama and Maryland) and even Mike Sheppard (the NFL) did just fine down the road, but none of them actually left UNM directly for a better gig. Long was forced out and became an assistant coach while Locksley and Sheppard were both fired. UNM’s basketball program, same story. The last half-century has seen just two coaches (Steve Alford to UCLA and Dave Bliss to Baylor) get poached for another gig — and we all know how that went. The others were all fired or quit, guys like Norm Ellenberger (fired), Gary Colson (fired), Ritchie McKay (fired), Charlie Harrison (quit), the legendary Bob King (retired) and insanely less-legendary Craig Neal (extra fired) and Paul Weir (super extra fired). If you buy the idea that the carousel ends with Bronco’s departure, we have a nice bridge over here we want to sell you. We’ll have this same discussion three or four months from now when certain basketball coach of Italian/East Coast decent lands in the Big East or Big 12, or is handed the keys to an SEC or ACC program hungry for his surname. Same, too, with a number of his players you love to love. Can’t wait to see No. 2 in a Duke or UCLA uniform next season. Maybe No. 3 somewhere in Texas or the upper Midwest. The house of cards they built will fall to the floor as their fans wait, hoping someone can walk through the door to make it better. There won’t be. There never will be. As college sports is teaching us on a daily basis, commitment only extends as far as the cash on hand. Someone somewhere is always going to have a bigger piggybank and as soon as the hammer cracks that thing open, loyalty goes out the window. Take a drive to UNM’s South Campus. Take a look at the cars in parking lot when practice is going on. There are courtesy cars and newly purchased vehicles that make the ride you rolled up in seem pedestrian. There’s nothing wrong with that. Who among us would clutch their pearls and adhere to an ethical standard of solidarity to those who brought you here when someone’s waving stacks of cash in your face? You take what you can get, especially when the “getting” means more money in the next year or two (six- and seven-figure NIL deals every year, no strings attached, are standard for the top athletes) than anything you’ll come close to making after you get a college degree and join the 40-hour club like rest of us zombies. Imagine being an athlete. You’re 18 to 23 years old, you have the ability to run fast, jump high and do special things with a spherical object. Full scholarship? You betcha. While we’re at it, how about half a million dollars and facilities to match? Sign me up! At a time when most college kids are trying to find the anthropology building or figure out when the SUB makes fresh donuts while trying to do laundry in a dorm sink and deal with a roommate’s weird habits, the people who make magic on an athletic field are swimming in cash and making decisions on the advice of agents. It’s crazy. Now comes the impending House vs. NCAA settlement that will force schools to share revenue with athletes. Many of them will make more money than their assistant coaches — and certainly more than most of the people who pay their hard-earned money to buy seats to watch them play. Then imagine having no moral or ethical reason to stick around. You can literally leave the minute someone else offers more money. It’s happening right now at UNM, just like it is everywhere else. The team you root for now will be entirely different next year. The meteoric rise of Lobo football in Mendenhall’s one year was a remarkable thing. As much of a fan-favorite Danny Gonzales was when he was hired in 2019, it turned out that the local guy everyone wanted simply wasn’t a good coach. Great guy, sure, but someone whose ashes turned into Mendenhall’s six-lane freeway to another post. Gonzales' time on the South Campus was an abject failure that, sadly, is probably the most any Lobo fan can hope for; going 3-9 next year and hoping they don’t get 50-pointed in road games at Michigan and UCLA. Take a deep breath, Lobo fans. Thursday night was painful and Friday was a stinker. Next week won’t be any better as the portal overflows with players who no longer want to be here. Hold onto that feeling next season if the new guys somehow sustain Mendenhall’s momentum and hope you’ll fill the seats to pump up that revenue-sharing thing. Don’t give in to temptation. Everyone's getting paid here except you. Your payment is wins. It's school pride. It's having a bunch of kids and a handful of adults give you the chance to puff out your chest and feel good about the school colors. It's all a farce. Stay home. Play with your kids, take your dog for a walk, tend to your vegetable garden or, heck, lay on the couch and play games on your phone with the TV on in the background. Until this college sports thing gets better, don’t pour your heart out expecting the people you hope to protect it will make you a priority. They never will.Demi Moore revealed how actor Bruce Willis almost two years after he was revealed his dementia diagnosis . Ex-wife Moore answered questions on CNN about his ongoing health battle, saying that he “in a very stable place at the moment.” “I’ve shared this before, but I really mean this so sincerely,” Moore said. “It’s so important for anybody who’s dealing with this, to really meet them where they’re at, and from that place, there is such loving and joy.” In 2022, Willis' family announced his aphasia diagnosis, a language disorder that makes it hard for those to communicate or understand others. In 2023, they learned the aphasia was a result of frontotemporal dementia. “I’ve known that something was wrong for a long time. It started out with a kind of vague unresponsiveness, which the family chalked up to Hollywood hearing loss,” his daughter Tallulah Willis wrote in Vogue in 2023. “I find that I’m trying to document, to build a record for the day when he isn’t there to remind me of him and of us.” His second wife, Emma Heming Willis, currently is the actor’s caretaker. Moore emphasized that Willis' condition is “very difficult,” and said that she wouldn’t wish it on anyone. “There is great loss,” Moore said. “but there is also great beauty.” Soap opera star Thom Christopher died on Dec. 5 at the age of 84. Christopher starred as villain Carlo Hessler on the long-running soap One Life to Live . Former co-star Anthony Crivello announced his death in a Facebook with a heartfelt message. “He was always a gentleman, always supportive, and he and his wife Judith who proceeded him in death, where always gracious to me and welcoming,” Crivello, who played Christopher’s son, wrote. Christopher’s wife Judith died in 2019. “May Thom fly on Wings of Angels to be beside his beloved Judith, and may they enjoy each other’s company once again, beside the ‘Pearly Gates’ of heaven.” Christopher appeared on the series from 1991 to 2008. One Life to Live ran from 1956 until 2013. In 1992, he won a daytime Emmy for best supporting actor for his work on the show. 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In the video, he said he has been battling “something internal,” and that he has a “great team of doctors.” The star then referred to viewers mentioning his seemingly yellow eyes last week, and put on a pair of sunglasses. “Your boy is going to get through it,” Moss said. “So if you see me with my... glasses on, y’all know what I’m battling,” ESPN said Moss had the network’s “full support’ and that they “look forward to welcoming him back when he is ready.” In the Instagram video, Moss, 47, told men to get their check-ups and bloodwork done. “I just ask for all the prayer warriors to put their blessing hands on me and my family through these hard times,” Moss said. A post shared by Randygmoss (@randygmoss) Britney Spears didn’t move to Mexico— despite the video of Spears saying she did, a source told The Hollywood Reporter . 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The company argued that it violated the First Amendment. “The First Amendment exists to protect free speech in the United States,” said the court’s opinion, written by Judge Douglas Ginsburg. “Here the Government acted solely to protect that freedom from a foreign adversary nation and to limit that adversary’s ability to gather data on people in the United States.” TikTok and ByteDance are expected to appeal the decision to the Supreme Court, though it’s unclear if the Court would hear the case. The ban was signed into law by Joe Biden in April, capping off a years-long fight against the popular app, which lawmakers view as a threat to national security. Two hikers reportedly stumbled upon a woman tied to a tree and crying in Monterey County, California, on Wednesday. According to SF Gate , she was walking a trail in Pebble Beach around 7:30 that morning when she noticed a “suspicious male” behind her, holding a gun. The man did not take anything from her or assault her or injure her, just left her tied up for two hours before the passersby found her. With the help of another hiker, he untied the woman and called the police. The Monterey County Sheriff’s Office subsequently launched a search for the suspect, described as being in his 30s with a neck tattoo involving the letter Z. SFGate reports that while authorities haven’t identified anyone matching that description yet, they say there is “no active threat to the community.” Confusing celebrity update: Paris Jackson, daughter of late musician Michael Jackson , is engaged to Justin Long. Not the Justin Long I think you’re thinking of (he’s married to Kate Bosworth) but another Justin Long; the Justin Long who Jackson has been dating for about two years. He works as a music producer, sound engineer, and mixer, according to The Daily Mail , and first appeared on Jackson’s Instagram in Nov. 2022. The next time he showed up on her grid was Friday, in a carousel she posted to celebrate Long’s birthday, which also included photos of the proposal. “Happy birthday, my sweet blue,” she captioned the post, using her nickname for her fiancé. “Doing life with you these last years has been an indescribable whirlwind and I couldn’t dream of anyone more perfect for me to do it all with.” As for when the pair became engaged, Jackson was photographed wearing a big diamond ring during Paris Fashion Week this past September. Consider this the hard launch? The jury in Daniel Penny’s manslaughter case signaled Friday that they’re struggling to reach a verdict on the case. They must decide if Penny “recklessly” caused the death of Jordan Neely by putting him in a six-minute chokehold on the subway in May 2023. Penny’s attorneys argued that the former Marine was justified in putting Neely in a chokehold because witnesses say he told passengers, “Somebody’s going to die today,” and that he was ready to go to jail. Prosecutors argue that no witnesses testified that Neely brandished a weapon or touched anybody, and that Penny kept Neely in the chokehold long after other passengers left the train. The jury has been deliberating since Tuesday. The jury could also convict him of the lesser charge of criminally negligent homicide. If the jury can’t reach a verdict then Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Maxwell Wiley would issue an “Allen” charge, which urges them to reach a unanimous verdict. Penny faces up to 15 years in prison if convicted on the manslaughter charge, or up to four years if convicted of a lesser count. Scouted selects products independently. If you purchase something from our posts, we may earn a small commission. 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Speaking to reporters Thursday, Hegseth insisted he’d had a “ great week ”—despite multiple bombshell reports emerging in recent days about his alleged drunken antics, which he denies, along with rumors that Trump is considering replacing him with Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis as his nominee for defense secretary. “As long as Donald Trump wants me in this fight, I’m going to be standing right here in this fight,” Hegseth said. A top Romanian court alleged Friday that Russia conducted an elaborate TikTok psy op to get a pro-Putin political newcomer elected president. The European Union member state’s Constitutional Court made the unprecedented decision to annul the results after the first round of its election votes, with Sunday’s second round of voting canceled, too. A raft of now-released intelligence reports allege that front-runner Calin Georgescu soared into the lead backed by 25,000 TikTok accounts based in Moscow. The Euro skeptic and anti-NATO Georgescu, who has professed his admiration of Romania’s fascist past, was a relative nobody before the election and was polling at around 5 percent. The U.S. State Department said earlier this week that it was concerned by the Romanian Supreme Council of National Defense’s “report of Russian involvement in malign cyber activity designed to influence the integrity of the Romanian electoral process.”
Romania's top court has annulled the result of the first round of the country's presidential election, adding that the entire election process will have to be re-run. The second round had been due to be held on Sunday and voting is already underway in polling stations abroad. It would have pitted nationalist independent Calin Georgescu against pro-European Union reformist conservative Elena Lasconi. Having polled in single digits before the first presidential election round on 24 November, Georgescu — who wants to end Romanian military support for Ukraine against Russia's invasion — surged to a first-place finish that raised questions over how such a surprise had been possible. A Georgescu win would have upended the EU and NATO member state's politics, pushing it closer to a belt of states in central and eastern Europe with powerful populist, Russia-friendly politicians including Hungary, Slovakia, and Austria. Amid fresh war concerns, Finland says it 'needs Australia more than ever' However, Friday's ruling plunged the country into institutional chaos as current President Klaus Iohannis's term ends on 21 December and it was unclear who would be head of state after this date. Documents declassified by Romania's top security council on Wednesday said the country was a target of "aggressive hybrid Russian attacks" during the election period. "The electoral process to elect Romania's president will be fully re-run, and the government will set a new date and ... calendar for the necessary steps," the court said in a statement. It added the ruling was made "seeking to ensure the fairness and legality of the electoral process". A detailed explanation of its ruling will be released at a later date. The court had validated the first presidential round on Monday. Declassified documents suggest Russian interference Georgescu said on Friday that the court ruling was a "coup," according to a written statement given to broadcaster Realitatea TV. Lasconi also condemned the ruling and said the vote should have kept going, respecting the will of the Romanian people. "The constitutional court's decision is illegal, amoral and crushes the very essence of democracy, voting," she said. "We should have moved forward with the vote. We should have respected the will of the Romanian people. Whether we like it or not, from a legal and legitimate standpoint, nine million Romanian citizens, both in the country and the diaspora, expressed their preference for a particular candidate through their votes. We cannot ignore their will!" she said. "I know I would have won. And I will win because the Romanian people know I will fight for them, that I will unite them for a better Romania. I will defend our democracy. I will not give up." The US has accused Russian state media of working to influence this year's election Social Democrat Prime Minister Marcel Ciolacu supported the move, calling it "the only correct solution" after declassified documents pointed to Russian interference. In one of the declassified documents, Romania's intelligence agency said Georgescu was massively promoted on social media platform TikTok through coordinated accounts, recommendation algorithms and paid promotion. Georgescu has declared zero funds spent in the campaign. Russia has denied any interference in Romania's election campaigns. TikTok denies giving Georgescu special treatment, saying his account was labelled as a political account and treated like any other. It was not yet clear if Georgescu would be allowed to take part in the re-run election.
Following their Week 11 bye, the Arizona Cardinals are back on the field this Sunday when they play in Seattle against the Seahawks. Riding a four-game winning streak, this could be the most important game of the Cardinals' season. First and foremost, Sunday's matchup between the Cardinals and Seahawks could be for the NFC West division lead (depending on how the Los Angeles Rams and San Francisco 49ers additionally fare). Arizona currently holds the advantage at 6-4 while all three other teams are 5-5, and with a loss to Seattle they would fall behind the Seahawks via head-to-head tiebreaker. With a win, though, the Cardinals would cement themselves as contenders in the NFC playoffs. Despite their current hot streak, one thing they still lack is a signature win in 2024. Their four-game run includes only one victory over a team with a record of .500 or better, a 17-15 nailbiter at home over the Los Angeles Chargers in Week Seven. The Cardinals did beat the 49ers on the road by a score of 24-23 in Week Five, but were 1-3 entering that game and not perceived to be a playoff threat by most people. Now they are the hunted by the rest of their division, and Sunday's game will be the highest stakes they've faced in 2024. Arizona is favored by one point over the Seahawks on the road, and this game should be considered a true toss-up. The Seahawks earned themselves an impressive win in San Francisco just this past Sunday, and are never an easy out. This game could define the Cardinals' season. With a loss, they're back to being indistinguishable from the rest of their division. With a win, though, they're the clear leaders of the pack.This is the part where you roll your eyes, cross your arms and huff off in the other direction, maybe kick a little dirt as you head back to your couch to sulk. This is also the part where you tell yourself not to fall in love, not to believe, to build walls and sit back to watch the world burn. Buy tickets to another game? Not on your life. Seem apocalyptic? For the college sports fan, not so much. As the 10 p.m. news cycle hit Thursday, Lobos fans were hit with another sucker punch to the privates when reports surfaced Bronco Mendenhall was ditching the UNM football program he’d been in charge of for 366 days in favor of the lateral move to Utah State. Conveniently he waited until Day 1 of Year 2 of his contract to make the announcement, a day that dropped his buyout from $3 million to $2 million. It was a business decision that, to steal his words from earlier in the week, make you want to take a shower because of how skeezy it felt. In a blink, the state’s most well-compensated public employee took all the “development” and “progression” and “consistency” talk and put a match to it. The guy who espoused to be the laid-back, patient program builder, the owner of a lucrative five-year contract worth more money than most New Mexicans will see in five lifetimes, was a one and doner. It immediately opened the floodgates to a mass exodus that we all saw coming. Although the NCAA transfer portal doesn’t open until Monday, news quickly leaked that all-conference quarterback Devon Dampier and running back Eli Sanders were leaving. Mendenhall was prophetic during what proved to be his farewell address Tuesday, saying every Mountain West team would lose 35 to 50 players to the portal. Expect another few dozen Lobos to hit the open road in the days to come. Mendenhall saw it coming. As much as Lobo fans don’t want to admit it, they did, too. Even the new guy saw it. Fern Lovo, the 36-year-old who was rolled out as the new athletic director on Wednesday, issued a statement Friday morning — his fifth day on the job, no less — saying he was aware of Mendenhall shopping himself around and was prepared to offer a bigger compensation package to keep him here. Now he can take the $2 million he’ll get from Utah State buying out Bronco’s deal and spend it on another coach who will come in, wear the red blazer and talk about how proud he is to be a Lobo and part of this amazing community with an up-and-coming program. Whaaatever. We’ll keep the moving van's engine idling for you. The real gut punch is the announcement that Lobo-for-life Luke Wysong was also planning to jump ship. Wysong, the versatile receiver and ballyhooed local kid whose parents were UNM athletes and whose brother was a Lobo, no longer wanted to be here. What a lousy time to be a college sports fan — not just of UNM or New Mexico State, but everywhere else. Conferences are collapsing and rivalries being ditched. The system is broken and the problems oozing from the afterglow are dictating the renegade nature of things. It’s OK to disassociate, to feel like walking away. It truly is a business more than a sport, and it's the fans who pay the ultimate price. With the archaic structure of the NCAA crumbling before our eyes, the power is now in the hands of athletes. A few years ago, payments to players got programs blackballed and put on probation. Now the first question asked in recruiting is how much money can you put in a kid's pocket to wear the (checks latest email) cherry and silver? Before we get into it, let’s stop the stepping-stone talk about Lobos sports. Mendenhall aside, of the previous eight football coaches only one (Dennis Franchione to TCU) left for greener pastures. Yes, Rocky Long (San Diego State), Mike Locksley (Alabama and Maryland) and even Mike Sheppard (the NFL) did just fine down the road, but none of them actually left UNM directly for a better gig. Long was forced out and became an assistant coach while Locksley and Sheppard were both fired. UNM’s basketball program, same story. The last half-century has seen just two coaches (Steve Alford to UCLA and Dave Bliss to Baylor) get poached for another gig — and we all know how that went. The others were all fired or quit, guys like Norm Ellenberger (fired), Gary Colson (fired), Ritchie McKay (fired), Charlie Harrison (quit), the legendary Bob King (retired) and insanely less-legendary Craig Neal (extra fired) and Paul Weir (super extra fired). If you buy the idea that the carousel ends with Bronco’s departure, we have a nice bridge over here we want to sell you. We’ll have this same discussion three or four months from now when certain basketball coach of Italian/East Coast decent lands in the Big East or Big 12, or is handed the keys to an SEC or ACC program hungry for his surname. Same, too, with a number of his players you love to love. Can’t wait to see No. 2 in a Duke or UCLA uniform next season. Maybe No. 3 somewhere in Texas or the upper Midwest. The house of cards they built will fall to the floor as their fans wait, hoping someone can walk through the door to make it better. There won’t be. There never will be. As college sports is teaching us on a daily basis, commitment only extends as far as the cash on hand. Someone somewhere is always going to have a bigger piggybank and as soon as the hammer cracks that thing open, loyalty goes out the window. Take a drive to UNM’s South Campus. Take a look at the cars in parking lot when practice is going on. There are courtesy cars and newly purchased vehicles that make the ride you rolled up in seem pedestrian. There’s nothing wrong with that. Who among us would clutch their pearls and adhere to an ethical standard of solidarity to those who brought you here when someone’s waving stacks of cash in your face? You take what you can get, especially when the “getting” means more money in the next year or two (six- and seven-figure NIL deals every year, no strings attached, are standard for the top athletes) than anything you’ll come close to making after you get a college degree and join the 40-hour club like rest of us zombies. Imagine being an athlete. You’re 18 to 23 years old, you have the ability to run fast, jump high and do special things with a spherical object. Full scholarship? You betcha. While we’re at it, how about half a million dollars and facilities to match? Sign me up! At a time when most college kids are trying to find the anthropology building or figure out when the SUB makes fresh donuts while trying to do laundry in a dorm sink and deal with a roommate’s weird habits, the people who make magic on an athletic field are swimming in cash and making decisions on the advice of agents. It’s crazy. Now comes the impending House vs. NCAA settlement that will force schools to share revenue with athletes. Many of them will make more money than their assistant coaches — and certainly more than most of the people who pay their hard-earned money to buy seats to watch them play. Then imagine having no moral or ethical reason to stick around. You can literally leave the minute someone else offers more money. It’s happening right now at UNM, just like it is everywhere else. The team you root for now will be entirely different next year. The meteoric rise of Lobo football in Mendenhall’s one year was a remarkable thing. As much of a fan-favorite Danny Gonzales was when he was hired in 2019, it turned out that the local guy everyone wanted simply wasn’t a good coach. Great guy, sure, but someone whose ashes turned into Mendenhall’s six-lane freeway to another post. Gonzales' time on the South Campus was an abject failure that, sadly, is probably the most any Lobo fan can hope for; going 3-9 next year and hoping they don’t get 50-pointed in road games at Michigan and UCLA. Take a deep breath, Lobo fans. Thursday night was painful and Friday was a stinker. Next week won’t be any better as the portal overflows with players who no longer want to be here. Hold onto that feeling next season if the new guys somehow sustain Mendenhall’s momentum and hope you’ll fill the seats to pump up that revenue-sharing thing. Don’t give in to temptation. Everyone's getting paid here except you. Your payment is wins. It's school pride. It's having a bunch of kids and a handful of adults give you the chance to puff out your chest and feel good about the school colors. It's all a farce. Stay home. Play with your kids, take your dog for a walk, tend to your vegetable garden or, heck, lay on the couch and play games on your phone with the TV on in the background. Until this college sports thing gets better, don’t pour your heart out expecting the people you hope to protect it will make you a priority. They never will.
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Chip Wars: A Rising Power. Who Will Reign Supreme?If there was one thing No. 14 Gonzaga failed to do in nonconference play, it was learn how to finish. And the Bulldogs may not get many chances to play close games in West Coast Conference play, which they'll open Monday against Pepperdine in Malibu, Calif. Sure, the Bulldogs (9-4) trounced then-No. 8 Baylor 101-63 and then-No. 14 Indiana 89-73. But they also lost in overtime to West Virginia (86-78) and No. 4 Kentucky (90-89), dropped a 77-71 decision to two-time defending NCAA champion UConn at Madison Square Garden and are coming off a 65-62 defeat to No. 22 UCLA on Saturday. "Obviously we feel like we've been in a bunch of close games that we felt like we should have won all of them," said Gonzaga point guard Ryan Nembhard, who had 16 points and eight assists against a Bruins defense that is one of the best in the country. "We've got to close out these games and learn to win these close games." Graham Ike led the Bulldogs with 24 points as they rallied from an 11-point deficit and led for most of the final 12 1/2 minutes before stumbling. It didn't help Gonzaga that guard Khalif Battle, who is tied for third on the team with 11.8 points per game, was ejected with 4:13 remaining in the first half for a Flagrant-2 foul against UCLA's Eric Dailey Jr. "We're playing a great schedule and great teams," Gonzaga coach Mark Few said. "And you're in position to win and in college basketball, you hope you can make a play, make a shot and get a stop at the end." Ike leads Gonzaga with 16.2 points and 6.7 rebounds per game. Nembhard averages 12.1 points per game and leads the country with 10.0 assists per game. The Bulldogs have won 47 consecutive games against Pepperdine (6-8, 0-1 WCC) dating to Jan. 18, 2002. It's the third-longest run against an opponent in NCAA Division I history and the longest active streak. The Waves have won four of their past six games, but are coming off a 91-80 loss Saturday at Santa Clara to open their conference slate. Stefan Todorovic led the Waves with 25 points, three rebounds, four assists and a steal. Todorovic tops the WCC with 19.7 points per game. Dovydas Butka added 16 points with eight rebounds and three assists and Moe Odum contributed 14 points, six rebounds, nine assists and two steals. Odum is third nationally with 105 assists, with Gonzaga's Nembhard (130) the leader in that category. "The system that Coach (Ed) Schilling puts us in opens the (court) for everybody," Todorovic said. "Not just me, we can be a threat at all positions on the floor." Schilling is in his first season with the Waves after 13 years as an assistant at UMass, Memphis, UCLA, Indiana and, most recently, Grand Canyon. He also spent 1997-2003 as the head coach of Wright State. Schilling replaced Lorenzo Romar at Pepperdine. --Field Level MediaKings fire coach Mike Brown less than halfway through his 3rd season
Hacker scores 21, Bellarmine beats NAIA Brescia 94-66Quest Partners LLC lifted its stake in Franklin BSP Realty Trust, Inc. ( NYSE:FBRT – Free Report ) by 3,544,900.0% in the 3rd quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The fund owned 35,450 shares of the company’s stock after purchasing an additional 35,449 shares during the quarter. Quest Partners LLC’s holdings in Franklin BSP Realty Trust were worth $463,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). A number of other hedge funds also recently bought and sold shares of FBRT. Vanguard Group Inc. increased its stake in Franklin BSP Realty Trust by 0.5% during the 1st quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 8,973,474 shares of the company’s stock valued at $119,886,000 after purchasing an additional 48,171 shares in the last quarter. Strong Tower Advisory Services increased its position in shares of Franklin BSP Realty Trust by 28.7% during the third quarter. Strong Tower Advisory Services now owns 1,055,160 shares of the company’s stock valued at $13,780,000 after acquiring an additional 235,548 shares in the last quarter. Bank of New York Mellon Corp raised its holdings in Franklin BSP Realty Trust by 5.9% in the 2nd quarter. Bank of New York Mellon Corp now owns 702,184 shares of the company’s stock worth $8,848,000 after acquiring an additional 39,000 shares during the last quarter. 1832 Asset Management L.P. lifted its position in Franklin BSP Realty Trust by 55.6% in the 2nd quarter. 1832 Asset Management L.P. now owns 700,000 shares of the company’s stock valued at $8,820,000 after acquiring an additional 250,000 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Van ECK Associates Corp boosted its stake in Franklin BSP Realty Trust by 33.6% during the 2nd quarter. Van ECK Associates Corp now owns 659,801 shares of the company’s stock valued at $8,313,000 after purchasing an additional 166,120 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors own 59.87% of the company’s stock. Franklin BSP Realty Trust Stock Performance Shares of FBRT opened at $13.01 on Friday. The firm has a market capitalization of $1.06 billion, a P/E ratio of 15.87 and a beta of 1.41. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 3.67, a current ratio of 90.45 and a quick ratio of 90.45. Franklin BSP Realty Trust, Inc. has a one year low of $11.99 and a one year high of $14.66. The business has a fifty day moving average of $13.05 and a 200 day moving average of $12.99. Franklin BSP Realty Trust Dividend Announcement Analysts Set New Price Targets Separately, Raymond James boosted their price target on Franklin BSP Realty Trust from $15.00 to $15.50 and gave the stock a “strong-buy” rating in a research note on Thursday, September 19th. Read Our Latest Analysis on FBRT Franklin BSP Realty Trust Profile ( Free Report ) Benefit Street Partners operates as a self-managed real estate investment trust (REIT). BSP earns income from investing in a leveraged portfolio of residential mortgage pass-through securities consisting almost exclusively of adjustable-rate mortgage (ARM) securities issued and guaranteed by government-sponsored enterprises, either Federal National Mortgage Association (Fannie Mae) or Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (Freddie Mac) (together, the government-sponsored enterprises (GSEs)), or by an agency of the federal government, Government National Mortgage Association (Ginnie Mae). Read More Want to see what other hedge funds are holding FBRT? Visit HoldingsChannel.com to get the latest 13F filings and insider trades for Franklin BSP Realty Trust, Inc. ( NYSE:FBRT – Free Report ). Receive News & Ratings for Franklin BSP Realty Trust Daily - Enter your email address below to receive a concise daily summary of the latest news and analysts' ratings for Franklin BSP Realty Trust and related companies with MarketBeat.com's FREE daily email newsletter .QA operates 300 aircraft, transports 200,000 passengers daily: CEONatural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage, Inc. ( NYSE:NGVC – Get Free Report )’s stock price gapped up prior to trading on Friday after the company announced a dividend. The stock had previously closed at $36.25, but opened at $38.23. Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage shares last traded at $41.19, with a volume of 82,448 shares changing hands. The newly announced dividend which will be paid on Wednesday, December 18th. Shareholders of record on Monday, December 2nd will be issued a $0.12 dividend. This represents a $0.48 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.05%. The ex-dividend date is Monday, December 2nd. This is a positive change from Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.10. Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage’s payout ratio is currently 27.03%. Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth Separately, StockNews.com raised Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage from a “buy” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a research note on Friday. Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage Trading Up 25.8 % The company has a quick ratio of 0.18, a current ratio of 0.96 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.36. The company has a market cap of $1.04 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 30.81 and a beta of 1.23. The business has a fifty day simple moving average of $29.36 and a 200 day simple moving average of $25.23. Institutional Investors Weigh In On Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage A number of hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently modified their holdings of the stock. American Century Companies Inc. boosted its position in Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage by 28.3% during the second quarter. American Century Companies Inc. now owns 304,382 shares of the specialty retailer’s stock worth $6,453,000 after purchasing an additional 67,187 shares in the last quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC grew its holdings in Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage by 11.4% during the 3rd quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 219,301 shares of the specialty retailer’s stock valued at $6,513,000 after buying an additional 22,413 shares during the last quarter. Inspire Investing LLC acquired a new position in shares of Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage in the second quarter worth $353,000. Dynamic Technology Lab Private Ltd purchased a new stake in Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage during the 3rd quarter worth about $430,000. Finally, Marshall Wace LLP boosted its stake in shares of Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage by 49.3% during the 2nd quarter. Marshall Wace LLP now owns 43,437 shares of the specialty retailer’s stock worth $921,000 after purchasing an additional 14,338 shares during the last quarter. 31.99% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds. Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage Company Profile ( Get Free Report ) Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage, Inc, together with its subsidiaries, retails natural and organic groceries, and dietary supplements in the United States. The company’s stores offer natural and organic grocery products, such as organic produce; private label repackaged bulk products, including dried fruits, nuts, grains, granolas, teas, herbs, and spices, as well as peanut and almond butters; private label products comprising grocery staples, household products, bulk foods, and vitamins and dietary supplements, as well as organic eggs, organic flavored coffee, and organic mustard; dry, frozen, and canned groceries; meat and seafood products; dairy products, dairy substitutes, and eggs; prepared foods; bread and baked products; beverages; and beer, wine, and hard cider products. Read More Receive News & Ratings for Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage Daily - Enter your email address below to receive a concise daily summary of the latest news and analysts' ratings for Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage and related companies with MarketBeat.com's FREE daily email newsletter .
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