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lodibet vip app AP Business SummaryBrief at 1:32 p.m. ESTNBA's Christmas Day ratings skyrocket, even going up against NFL gamesTrump-Backed Florida Candidate Warns Muslim Congresswomen 'Hebrew Hammer' Is Coming: '#BombsAway'A rally that drove stocks to a series of all-time highs showed signs of exhaustion, with investors awaiting this week’s key jobs report and Jerome Powell’s remarks for clues on whether Federal Reserve officials will cut interest rates in December. Wall Street traders also refrained from making riskier bets amid intense volatility in South Korean assets as President Yoon Suk Yeol said he will lift a martial law decree, just hours after his dramatic move imposing it. US equities struggled to make headway, following an over $11 trillion surge in the S&P 500 this year that drove the gauge near overbought levels. With a negligible gain on Tuesday, the index notched its 55th record in 2024. Positioning in S&P 500 futures is “completely one-sided,” according to Citigroup Inc.’s Chris Montagu. “Things are getting extremely crowded on one side of the boat — the bullish side,” said Matt Maley at Miller Tabak Co. “Valuation levels are a lousy timing tool. However, sentiment and positioning are better tools. So it’s not out of the question that today’s extreme readings on these issues could create a surprising pick up in volatility before year-end.” Just a few days ahead of the US payrolls report, data showed job openings picked up while layoffs eased, suggesting demand for workers is stabilizing. Fed Bank of San Francisco President Mary Daly said a rate cut this month isn’t certain, but remains on the table. “The question for investors isn’t ‘will the Fed cut again.’ but rather ‘will the next cut be in December or January’,” said Lauren Goodwin at New York Life Investments. “Our base case is that the Fed cuts 25 basis points in December, but we have much higher confidence that another cut is coming in December or January as the data evolves.” The S&P 500 was little changed. The Nasdaq 100 added 0.3%. The Dow Jones Industrial Average slid 0.2%. Treasury 10-year yields advanced four basis points to 4.23%. Oil rose as the US imposed more sanctions targeting Iranian crude and OPEC made progress on a deal to keep output off the market. Bank of America Corp. clients continued to pile into US equities last week as post-election enthusiasm persisted, with purchases made by hedge funds and retail investors. Net inflows by the bank’s clients totaled $800 million in a holiday-shortened week ended Nov. 29, quantitative strategists led by Jill Carey Hall said Tuesday. The foundation for US stocks is still firm, but it’s starting to show minor signs of cracking as 2025 approaches, according to Gina Martin Adams and Michael Casper at Bloomberg Intelligence. Their latest market-health checklist summarizes the state of 17 timely indicators in three categories — technicals, earnings trends and bonds/macroeconomic signals — and shows two red flags at this time — in revision momentum and economic regime. There are eight mixed signals and seven all-clear ones. “Technical cues are less than perfect given shifting leadership to smaller-cap stocks, but the price trend is still very strong,” they said. “Earnings cues have weakened a touch as comparisons get more challenging and margin forecasts wobble. Macroeconomic indicators remain decidedly muddled, as all cues in our economic regime model show sputtering momentum.” History suggests a Fed easing cycle could offer resolute support for stocks, and clearly more if it’s accompanied by steady economic conditions, according to Nathaniel T. Welnhofer at BI. Since 1971, the S&P 500 posted an annualized return of 14.9%, and since the late 1970s, the Russell 2000 gained 17.2% in periods when the central bank cut rates, he said. The results were much stronger during rate-cutting cycles in non-recessionary periods: Large caps averaged a 25.2% annualized return vs. 11% in recessionary periods, while small caps averaged 19.6% and 16.5%, respectively. “If the Fed stops easing early, the pace of gains for stocks will likely depend more on the state of the economy,” Welnhofer added. The S&P 500 has posted a 0% return on average in the three months just after the end of easing cycles, but is down 9.9% when the economy was in recession, compared with 3.3% when it wasn’t. “The US economy continues to hum along, the Fed is on its path to lower interest rates, and earnings growth remains strong,” said Bret Kenwell at eToro. Kenwell notes that’s a scenario that could continue favoring the small-cap space — with the Russell 2000 being the top-performing major index since the US presidential election. The gauge gained more than 10% in November alone — the second time it has done so this year after accomplishing the feat in July. Going back to 1979, when the Russell 2000 posted a monthly gain of that magnitude, it was higher 90% of the time six months later with an average gain of 11.4%. “While the statistics are favorable for small caps moving forward, so are the fundamentals,” he said. “Even the recent spike in 10-year Treasury yields has done little to deter small-cap investors.” “US stocks are likely to continue grinding higher into next year. In our view, the exuberance synonymous with frothy financial markets is far from widespread,” said Solita Marcelli at UBS Global Wealth Management. “While we expect bouts of volatility and corrections in the year ahead, we continue to believe that the S&P 500’s next leg up to our December 2025 target of 6,600 will be fueled by solid economic growth, the Fed’s easing, and AI advancement.” Within the US equity market, she favors technology, utilities and financials. A New York University professor known for his expertise on valuations says the “Magnificent Seven” megacaps are a buy during corrections as most of them will keep generating money. “As a value investor, I have never seen cash machines as lucrative as these companies are,” Aswath Damodaran, a finance professor at NYU’s Stern School of Business, said in a Bloomberg Television interview. “And I don’t see the cash machine slowing down.” There will be corrections and “I’d suggest that when that happens you find a way to add at least one, maybe two or three of these companies, because these are so much part of what drives the economy and the market,” he added. Corporate Highlights: Key events this week: Some of the main moves in markets: Stocks Currencies Cryptocurrencies Bonds Commodities This story was produced with the assistance of Bloomberg Automation. This article was generated from an automated news agency feed without modifications to text.

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Ruben Amorim gives blunt 10-word response over Marcus Rashford's Manchester United exile following Wolves defeat Marcus Rashford was left out of the Manchester United squad once again He has not featured since the defeat of Viktoria Plzen in the Europa League LISTEN NOW: It's All Kicking Off! Are Tottenham managers treated differently to other managers? By DOMINIC HOGAN Published: 23:32 GMT, 26 December 2024 | Updated: 23:32 GMT, 26 December 2024 e-mail 20 shares View comments Manchester United head coach Ruben Amorim refused to be drawn on questions over the continued absence of Marcus Rashford from his side, with the Red Devils losing a third game in a week on Boxing Day. Rashford has not featured for his side since the Europa League win ovre Viktoria Plzen in Czechia, having admitted in a bombshell interview that he is 'ready for a new challenge'. The forward has since not featured for United, sitting out each of the last four games, three of which have ended in defeats for the Old Trafford club. With results not going the way Amorim might want, naturally the intensity ratchets up, specifically with regard to topics like players not featuring, and what conclusions might be drawn from such absences. As such, Amorim kept his cards close to his chest when the questions naturally turned to the absent star, who has hardly been tearing up any trees with his form this term, scoring just four in 15 Premier League games. 'It's always the same reason it's going to be,' he told Prime Video when asked about Rashford. Ruben Amorim refused to be drawn on questions over Marcus Rashford's continued absence Rashford has missed the last four games since United's clash against Viktoria Plzen earlier this month 'We have to be the same professionals, the same guys, winning or losing. Losing, I have to be stronger. I will continue with my idea until the end.' 'If he's not here, you can make your mind up,' the Man United head coach added. Rashford's continued exclusion from the side has been a topic of conversation more or less since his interview was made public earlier this month. While Amorim will know that the best way to make questions go away is to turn results around - if indeed he is bothered at all by the enquiries - it is also perhaps important so early in his rein that a line be drawn. As former Man United defender Wes Brown suggested on Prime Video's coverage, though, Rashford's form makes it difficult to force his way into the side with the likes of Amad Diallo thriving under the new regime. 'It's disappointing again that he's not in the squad,' Brown said on Prime Video. 'It seems the manager has set his terms: "If you want to be in the squad, these are the terms you go by – whether it's training, off the field, whatever". 'And ultimately, that has not been sorted out yet. It'll be a very sad day if we do see Marcus go. Amorim dropped Rashford for the Manchester derby - which his side went on to win 2-1 Rashford had a brilliant 2022-23 season, but Foster claimed the forward has 'lost that fire' 'But ultimately, you have to be on the same wavelength as the manager. I honestly think it's getting close [to Amorim's strongest line-up]. I think this is as close as you're going to get right now.' After 30 goals in the 2022-23 season, Rashford struggled to live up to the levels he had set in 2023-24, with his inconsistent form continuing into 2024-25. Mail Sport had reported earlier this month that the club may listen to offers as low as £40million for the English forward. However, Ben Foster, who played for United, West Brom , Watford and Birmingham in the Premier League , ripped into Rashford and suggested that that fee might still be a touch too high. 'Marcus Rashford...' he said on his Cycling GK podcast . 'There's so many people that talk about him that say "on his day, on his day". 'His day is once every 10 games. Genuinely, it's once every 10 games and you can't have a luxury player in the modern game that will give you one game out of 10, it's as simple as that. 'Coupled with fact that he gets so much reputation and baggage and everything that comes with it, I don't think Mikel Arteta wants that anywhere near that Arsenal. 'He has to get away from Manchester United. I think it'll be an MLS (move) or something. It's going to have to be a massive wage cut.' Rashford said last week he is 'ready for a new challenge' in an interview after he was dropped 'Once that fire goes, can you get that back?,' he added. 'It has to come from him. I don't think he can get it back. 'Again, you're talking about money which does really ruin everything lads. 'Once people have that massive contract and they've got that five years in the bank and they've got everything they'll ever need for the rest of their life, that takes it (that fire) away. 'They were talking £40m you know as well. Even 10, I ain't paying £10m... because of everything.' Premier League Manchester United Ruben Amorim Share or comment on this article: Ruben Amorim gives blunt 10-word response over Marcus Rashford's Manchester United exile following Wolves defeat e-mail 20 shares Add comment

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HARRISBURG — The drubbing Democrats took in Pennsylvania in this year’s election has prompted predictable vows to rebound, but it has also sowed doubts about whether Pennsylvania might be leaving the ranks of up-for-grabs swing states for a right-leaning existence more like Ohio’s. The introspection over voters’ rejection of Democrats comes amid growing speculation about Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro as a contender for the party’s 2028 presidential nomination. Widely expected to seek reelection in the 2026 mid-terms, Shapiro was considered a rising star in the party even before he garnered heavy national attention for making Vice President Kamala Harris’ shortlist of candidates for running mates. Some Pennsylvania Democrats say 2024’s losses are, at least in part, attributable to voters motivated specifically by President-elect Donald Trump . Many of those voters won’t show up if Trump isn’t on the ballot, the theory goes, leaving Pennsylvania’s status as the ultimate swing state intact. “I don’t think it’s an indicator for Pennsylvania,” said Jamie Perrapato, executive director of Turn PA Blue, which helps organize and train campaign volunteers. “I’ll believe it when these people come out and vote in any elections but for the presidency.” Pennsylvania’s status as the nation’s premier battleground state in 2024 was unmistakable: political campaigns dropped more money on campaign ads than in any other state, according to data from ad-tracking firm AdImpact. Plenty of that money was spent by Democrats, but their defeat was across the board. Democrats in Pennsylvania lost its 19 presidential electoral votes, a U.S. Senate seat, three other statewide races, two congressional seats and what was once a reassuring advantage in voter registration. Some of those losses were particularly notable: Democrats hadn’t lost Pennsylvania’s electoral votes and a Senate incumbent in the same year since 1880. The defeat of three-term Sen. Bob Casey is especially a gut-punch for Democrats: the son of a former governor has served in statewide office since 1997. The same debate that Democrats are having nationally over Harris’ decisive loss is playing out in Pennsylvania, with no agreement on what caused them to be so wrong. Some blamed President Joe Biden , a Pennsylvania native, for backtracking on his promise not to run for reelection. Some blamed the party’s left wing and some blamed Harris, saying she tried to woo Republican voters instead of focusing on pocketbook issues that were motivating working-class voters. In Pennsylvania, finger-pointing erupted in the Democratic stronghold of Philadelphia — where Trump significantly narrowed his 2020 deficit — between the city’s Democratic Party chair and a Harris campaign adviser. The nation’s sixth-most populous city is historically a driver of Democratic victories statewide, but Harris’ margin there was the smallest of any Democratic presidential nominee since John Kerry’s in 2004, and turnout there was well below the statewide average. Rural Democrats suggested the party left votes on the table in their regions, too. Some said Harris hurt herself by not responding forcefully enough in the nation’s No. 2 natural gas state against Trump’s assertions that she would ban fracking . Ed Rendell, the former two-term governor of Pennsylvania and ex-Democratic National Committee chair, said Trump had the right message this year and that Harris didn’t have enough time on the campaign trail to counter it. Still, Rendell said Pennsylvania remains very much a swing state. “I wouldn’t go crazy over these election results,” Rendell said. “It’s still tight enough to say that in 2022 the Democrats swept everything and you would have thought that things looked pretty good for us, and this time we almost lost everything.” That year, Shapiro won the governor’s office by nearly 15%, John Fetterman was the only candidate in the nation to flip a U.S. Senate seat despite suffering a stroke in the midst of his campaign, and Democrats captured control of the state House of Representatives for the first time in a dozen years. Bethany Hallam, an Allegheny County council member who is part of a wave of progressive Democrats to win office around Pittsburgh in recent years, said the party can fix things before Pennsylvania becomes Ohio. But she cautioned against interpreting 2024 as a one-time blip, saying it would be a mistake to think Trump voters will never be heard from again. “They’re going to be more empowered to keep voting more,” Hallam said. “They came out, finally exercised their votes and the person they picked won. ... I don’t think this was a one-off thing.” Shapiro, assuming he seeks another term in 2026, would likely benefit from a mid-term backlash that has haunted the party in power — in this case, Republicans and Trump — in nearly every election since World War II. The political landscape never stays the same, and voters two years from now will be reacting to a new set of factors: the state of the economy, the ups and downs of Trump’s presidency, events no one sees coming. Rendell predicted that Trump’s public approval ratings will be badly damaged — below 40% — even before he takes office. Democrats, meanwhile, fully expect Republicans to come after Shapiro in an effort to damage any loftier ambitions he may have. They say they’ll be ready. “He’s on the MAGA radar,” said Michelle McFall, the Westmoreland County Democratic Party chair. “He’s a wildly popular governor in what is still the most important battleground state ... and we’re going to make sure we’re in fighting shape to hold that seat.” In 2025, partisan control of the state Supreme Court will be up for grabs when three Democratic justices elected a decade ago must run to retain their seats in up-or-down elections without an opponent. Republicans have it marked on their calendars. Democrats will go into those battles with their narrowest voter registration edge in at least a half-century. What was an advantage of 1.2 million voters in 2008, the year Barack Obama won the presidency, is now a gap of fewer than 300,000. University of Pennsylvania researchers found that, since the 2020 presidential election, Republican gains weren’t because Republicans registered more new voters. Rather, the GOP’s gains were from more Democrats switching their registration to Republican, a third party or independent, as well as more inactive Democratic voters being removed from registration rolls, the researchers reported. Democrats have won more statewide elections in the past 25 years, but the parties are tied in that category in the five elections from 2020 through 2024. Daniel Hopkins, a political science professor at the University of Pennsylvania, said it is hard to predict that Pennsylvania is trending in a particular direction, since politics are evolving and parties that lose tend to adapt. Even when Democrats had larger registration advantages, Hopkins said, Republicans competed on a statewide playing field. Hopkins said Democrats should be worried that they lost young voters and Hispanic voters to Trump, although the swing toward the GOP was relatively muted in Pennsylvania. Trump’s 1.8 percentage-point victory was hardly a landslide, he noted, and it signals that Pennsylvania will be competitive moving forward. “I don’t think that the registration numbers are destiny,” Hopkins said. “That’s partly because even with Democrats losing their registration advantage, whichever party can win the unaffiliated voters by a healthy margin will carry the state.”To play Maria Callas, Angelina Jolie had to learn how to breathe again NEW YORK (AP) — Angelina Jolie never expected to hit all the notes. But finding the breath of Maria Callas was enough to bring things out of Jolie that she didn’t even know were in her. Jake Coyle, The Associated Press Nov 27, 2024 12:15 PM Nov 27, 2024 12:35 PM Share by Email Share on Facebook Share on X Share on LinkedIn Print Share via Text Message This image released by Netflix shows Angelina Jolie as Maria Callas in a scene from "Maria." (Pablo Larraín/Netflix via AP) NEW YORK (AP) — Angelina Jolie never expected to hit all the notes. But finding the breath of Maria Callas was enough to bring things out of Jolie that she didn’t even know were in her. “All of us, we really don’t realize where things land in our body over a lifetime of different experiences and where we hold it to protect ourselves,” Jolie said in a recent interview. “We hold it in our stomachs. We hold it in our chest. We breathe from a different place when we’re nervous or we’re sad. “The first few weeks were the hardest because my body had to open and I had to breathe again,” she adds. “And that was a discovery of how much I wasn’t.” In Pablo Larraín’s “Maria,” which Netflix released in theaters Wednesday before it begins streaming on Dec. 11, Jolie gives, if not the performance of her career, then certainly of her last decade. Beginning with 2010’s “In the Land of Blood and Honey,” Jolie has spent recent years directing films while prioritizing raising her six children. “So my choices for quite a few years were whatever was smart financially and short. I worked very little the last eight years,” says Jolie. “And I was kind of drained. I couldn’t for a while.” But her youngest kids are now 16. And for the first time in years, Jolie is back in the spotlight, in full movie-star mode. Her commanding performance in “Maria” seems assured of bringing Jolie her third Oscar nomination. (She won supporting actress in 2000 for “Girl, Interrupted.”) For an actress whose filmography might lack a signature movie, “Maria” may be Jolie's defining role. Jolie's oldest children, Maddox and Pax, worked on the set of the film. There, they saw a version of their mother they hadn't seen before. “They had certainly seen me sad in my life. But I don’t cry in front of my children like that,” Jolie says of the emotion Callas dredged up in her. “That was a moment in realizing they were going to be with me, side by side, in this process of really understanding the depth of some of the pain I carry.” Jolie, who met a reporter earlier this fall at the Carlyle Hotel, didn't speak in any detail of that pain. But it was hard not to sense some it had to do with her lengthy and ongoing divorce from Brad Pitt, with whom she had six children. Just prior to meeting, a judge allowed Pitt’s remaining claim against Jolie, over the French winery Château Miraval, to proceed. On Monday, a judge ruled that Pitt must disclose documents Jolie’s legal team have sought that they allege include “communications concerning abuse.” Pitt has denied ever being abusive. The result of the U.S. presidential election was also just days old, though Jolie — special envoy for the United Nations Refugee Agency from 2012 to 2022 – wasn’t inclined to talk politics. Asked about Donald Trump’s win , she responded, “Global storytelling is essential,” before adding: “That’s what I’m focusing on. Listening. Listening to the voices of people in my country and around the world.” Balancing such things — reports concerning her private life, questions that accompany someone of her fame — is a big reason why Jolie is so suited to the part of Callas. The film takes place during the American-born soprano’s final days. (She died of a heart attack at 53 in 1977.) Spending much of her time in her grand Paris apartment, Callas hasn’t sung publicly in years; she’s lost her voice. Imprisoned by the myth she’s created, Callas is redefining herself and her voice. An instructor tells her he wants to hear “Callas, not Maria." The movie, of course, is more concerned with Maria. It’s Larrain’s third portrait of 20th century female icon, following “Jackie” (with Natalie Portman as Jacqueline Kennedy) and “Spencer” (with Kristen Stewart as Princess Diana). As Callas, Jolie is wonderfully regal — a self-possessed diva who deliciously, in lines penned by screenwriter Steven Knight, spouts lines like: “I took liberties all my life and the world took liberties with me.” Asked if she identified with that line, Jolie answered, “Yeah, yeah.” Then she took a long pause. “I’m sure people will read a lot into this and there’s probably a lot I could say but don’t want to feed into,” Jolie eventually continues. “I know she was a public person because she loved her work. And I’m a public person because I love my work, not because I like being public. I think some people are more comfortable with a public life, and I’ve never been fully comfortable with it.” When Larraín first approached Jolie about the role, he screened “Spencer” for her. That film, like “Jackie” and “Maria,” eschews a biopic approach to instead intimately focus on a specific moment of crisis. Larraín was convinced Jolie was meant for the role. “I felt she could have that magnetism,” Larraín says. “The enigmatic diva that’s come to a point in her life where she has to take control of her life again. But the weight of her experience, of her music, of her singing, everything, is on her back. And she carries that. It’s someone who’s already loaded with a life that’s been intense.” “There’s a loneliness that we both share,” Jolie says. “That’s not necessarily a bad thing. I think people can be alone and lonely sometimes, and that can be part of who they are.” Larraín, the Chilean filmmaker, grew up in Santiago going to the opera, and he has long yearned to bring its full power and majesty to a movie. In Callas, he heard something that transfixed him. “I hear something near perfection, but at the same time, it’s something that’s about to be destroyed,” Larraín says. “So it’s as fragile and as strong as possible. It lives in both extremes. That’s why it’s so moving. I hear a voice that’s about to be broken, but it doesn’t.” In Callas’ less perfect moments singing in the film, Larraín fuses archival recordings of Callas with Jolie’s own voice. Some mix of the two runs throughout “Maria.” “Early in the process,” Jolie says, “I discovered that you can’t fake-sing opera.” Jolie has said she never sang before, not even karaoke. But the experience has left her with a newfound appreciation of opera and its healing properties. “I wonder if it’s something you lean into as you get older,” Jolie says. “Maybe your depth of pain is bigger, your depth of loss is bigger, and that sound in opera meets that, the enormity of it.” If Larraín’s approach to “Maria” is predicated on an unknowingness, he's inclined to say something similar about his star. “Because of media and social media, some people might think that they know a lot about Angelina,” he says. “Maria, I read nine biographies of her. I saw everything. I read every interview. I made this movie. But I don’t think I would be capable of telling you who she was us. So if there’s an element in common, it’s that. They carry an enormous amount of mystery. Even if you think that you know them, you don’t.” Whether “Maria” means more acting in the future for Jolie, she's not sure. “There's not a clear map,” she says. Besides, Jolie isn't quite ready to shake Callas. “When you play a real person, you feel at some point that they become your friend,” says Jolie. “Right now, it’s still a little personal. It’s funny, I’ll be at a premiere or I’ll walk into a room and someone will start blaring her music for fun, but I have this crazy internal sense memory of dropping to my knees and crying.” Jake Coyle, The Associated Press See a typo/mistake? Have a story/tip? This has been shared 0 times 0 Shares Share by Email Share on Facebook Share on X Share on LinkedIn Print Share via Text Message More The Mix Travelers who waited to make Thanksgiving trips are hitting the biggest crowds so far Nov 27, 2024 12:26 PM Police deny sitting on evidence as Netflix doc brings renewed attention to JonBenet Ramsey's killing Nov 27, 2024 12:25 PM Industry not consulted on Alberta's plan to challenge federal emissions cap Nov 27, 2024 12:19 PM Featured Flyer

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Wyludda, who ended her sports career in 2017, won a gold medal at the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta. She also won European Championship titles in 1990 and 1994. German discus thrower Ilke Wyludda has passed away in the eastern German city of Halle, President of the Saxony-Anhalt State Sports Association Silke Renk announced Monday. Wyludda was 55 years old. 'The whole German throwing community is in mourning' "The news is terribly hard and leaves me stunned. Ilke struggled with health problems straight after her career. The whole German throwing community is in mourning. She was always a fighter, but unfortunately lost her last fight far too early," Renk, who used to train with Wyludda, told German news agency dpa. Wyludda won 41 successive times between 1989 and 1991. She won European Championship titles in 1990 and 1994, and was awarded a gold medal at the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta. Wyludda also represented Germany at the World Championships in Tokyo in 1991 and Gothenburg, Sweden in 1995, where she took home silver medals. She was born in Leipzig in 1969, and represented East Germany , known as the German Democratic Republic, in discus throw events until German reunification in 1990. Paralympics: How athletes earn a living To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video Wyludda took part in Paralympic Games after leg amputation "With Ilke Wyludda, a figurehead of German athletics has unfortunately left us far too early at the age of 55," German Athletics Federation Chairman Idriss Gonchinska said, while adding that "the athletics family mourns the loss of a truly great athlete who fought against injuries and illnesses throughout her life and yet remained committed to her sport for decades." Wyludda had to have her leg amputated in 2010 due to a bacterial infection and then began to take part in Paralympics events. She competed in the London 2012 Paralympic Games and later in two IPC Athletics World Championships in Lyon, France and Doha, Qatar. wd/kb (dpa, SID)Thinking of hosting an epic New Year’s Eve party at that nice big house listed on Airbnb? It didn’t take until 2025 for the robots to learn how to kill your buzz. The company, cofounded by a Snellville native , is using artificial intelligence it calls “anti-party defenses” to block bookings that seem to be for New Year’s bashes. “While issues are rare, we want to do our part to help reduce the risk of unauthorized and disruptive parties,” Airbnb Global Head of Operations Tara Bunch said in a press release. “Airbnb is committed to supporting hosts and the communities they live in, and we hope these defenses allow guests, hosts and neighbors to celebrate the holiday with added reassurance.” The Atlanta City Council has grappled with regulating short-term rentals to thwart “party houses” that become neighborhood nuisances, without hurting property owners who depend on the income from rental sites including Airbnb and Vrbo. Suburban jurisdictions , including Dunwoody, Brookhaven, Peachtree Corners and unincorporated Cobb County , have regulated short-term rentals to varying degrees. In Cobb County, for example, short-term rental owners must notify neighbors and homeowners associations about their rental property and designate a local agent who can address complaints. Some cities limit the number of short-term rentals within neighborhoods, while others all but ban them outright. Cities including Atlanta, Dunwoody and Sandy Springs also adopted “party house ordinances” that outlaw renting homes for the explicit intent of hosting large-scale gatherings. Airbnb two years ago banned “disruptive parties” worldwide, including open-invite gatherings advertised on social media. The company uses AI year-round to screen for “party risk,” by reviewing language on Airbnb’s messaging platform and the guest’s history, among other factors. Brookwood High School graduate Joe Gebbia and his roommate, Brian Chesky, founded Airbnb in 2007 when they rented out their San Francisco living room with air mattresses to earn money for rent. It’s an entrepreneurial success story with some unintended consequences. Gebbia’s hometown of Snellville adopted an ordinance requiring business licenses for short-term rentals after the arrest of a man accused of using an Airbnb there to stash drugs.

As expected, Netflix boasted quite an impressive audience for its two Christmas Day NFL matchups. The Chiefs-Steelers and Ravens-Texans put up an unduplicated audience of nearly 65M U.S. viewers on December 25, according to live + same-day data from Nielsen. The second game of the day took home a slightly larger audience, no doubt thanks to a halftime performance from Beyoncé. The Baltimore Ravens’ victory over the Houston Texans managed an average minute audience of 24.3M viewers, and U.S. viewership peaked with over 27M viewers during the halftime show. It was also the most-watched Christmas Day NFL game on record (since 2001) among the 18-34 demo with 5.1M tuning in. Meanwhile, the Kansas City Chiefs kicked off the day by besting the Pittsburgh Steelers to an AMA of 24.1M viewers. For reference, these audiences are nearly on par with the usual broadcast audiences for Christmas Day NFL matchups, though they are slightly lower. Last year, the Chiefs-Raiders became the most-watched Christmas Day regular season game ever with 29.2M viewers. The Eagles-Giants took home 29M that day, while the 49ers-Ravens managed 27.1M. Where Netflix will likely show off its advantage is with the global audience for these games, though that data is not available quite yet. Netflix says that more numbers will be released on December 31. This data is based on fast nationals from Nielsen, which do include out-of-home viewing and CBS local market viewing along with mobile and web data from Netflix and NFL+ mobile viewing from NFL. This year marked the start of a three-season deal for Netflix to stream NFL games on Christmas Day, and these numbers certainly bode well for the years to come. Under the deal, the streamer will air at least one holiday game in 2025 and 2026. Netflix pulled out all the stops to attract a monster audience, including a kick off performance from Mariah Carey and, of course, the buzzy Beyoncé halftime show that rivaled any Super Bowl performance. Anyone who missed it will be able to stream Beyoncé’s show as a standalone special later this week.