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Police are urging people not to travel on Scotland's roads on Saturday as Storm Bert looks set to bring more heavy snowfall across the country. A Met Office amber warning is already in place for parts of the Highlands, Aberdeenshire, Perth and Kinross and Angus. It runs from 07:00 to 17:00 on Saturday , when there will be an increased likelihood of severe weather affecting travel and power supplies. Police Scotland's "do not travel" warning covers all roads north of the central belt. Additionally, a number of yellow "be aware" warnings for snow, high winds and heavy rain have also been issued for Scotland over the weekend. Supt Vinnie Fisher, deputy head of Road Policing, said: “All road users should consider if they really need to travel in adverse weather. “Listen to media broadcasts for updates, follow Transport Scotland and the Met Office on social media and share information with others.” Scottish government agency Transport Scotland said roads may be affected by deep snow, particularly over higher routes, and some rural communities might be cut off. Interruptions to power supplies and telephone networks could also occur. On Thursday, schools across the Highlands, Moray and Aberdeenshire were closed due to poor road conditions. ScotRail said there was also some rail disruption and urged people to check if their routes were affected throughout Friday and into the weekend.School property tax debates past, present and yet to come will once again haunt the state’s elected officials in the new 109th Legislature. One of western Nebraska’s five state senators will push for millions of dollars in extra tax relief after the Unicameral’s summer special session “frontloaded” a 30% K-12 school income tax credit onto December’s 2024-25 property tax bills. Sen. Brian Hardin of Gering cites a State Capitol argument whether doing so deprived property owners of their 2023-24 income tax credit. Gov. Jim Pillen, who failed to win enough support for sweeping tax changes in the extra session, meanwhile renewed his efforts with a “2024 School Property Tax Report” released Nov. 8. It included data on 2024-25 K-12 districts’ aid and property tax requests. Lowering the former typically boosts the latter, it said. Senators need to seek “predictability of aid given to school districts,” it added, to “allow Nebraska to have sustained property tax reductions for the first time in its history.” Telegraph analyses found mixed pictures on both questions for western Nebraska property owners, at least regarding the 2024-25 tax bills they’ll get in the mail next month. A formula provided by state budget officials shows the K-12 income tax credits — which thousands of Nebraskans never claimed — will refund 30% of all property owners’ eligible 2023-24 school taxes as a second direct discount on 2024-25 property tax bills. But it won’t equal a 30% break on their latest school taxes for the three Lincoln County agricultural operations and two of the three North Platte homes the paper tracks each “budget season.” Why? It’s mostly because LB 34’s K-12 school tax credit will continue to run one year behind, as the income tax credit did from its debut in 2020. The bill also excludes the schools’ portion of their older but smaller 2023-24 Property Tax Credit Fund break — also taken off December tax bills — and the homestead exemptions some homeowners receive, said Lee Will, director of the state Department of Administrative Services. Those factors yield effective 2024-25 school tax discounts from 26.5% to 27.3% for a ranch northwest of Sutherland and farms with mixed soil types southeast of Maxwell and north and west of Wallace. They’ll be worth 28.3% for The Telegraph’s Home 1, located north of North Platte’s Union Pacific tracks, and Home 3 in southwest North Platte. The picture is more complicated for Home 2, north and east of Home 3 near Westfield Shopping Center, which has received a full homestead exemption since 2021. The Nebraska Taxes Online website won’t report parcels’ 2024 homestead exemption status until final tax bills are sent out. If Home 2’s full exemption was renewed for 2024, that most likely will again cancel out the home’s tax bill. But if not, it won’t get the new K-12 tax credit this year — because its owners didn’t have to pay taxes in 2023. A trio of term-limited lawmakers, including Sen. Steve Erdman of Bayard, contend that property owners are being shortchanged by the school income tax credit’s transition to a direct discount. LB 34 dealt them a “missing year” of tax relief, the lawmakers argued, if they paid their 2023 school taxes during 2024. Hardin said he’ll introduce a bill to make up the perceived shortfall. “We took the 2023 monies and flipped them end for end and said we’ll get them in 2024,” he said. But LB 34 didn’t deprive any property owner of a 2023 school tax break, countered North Platte Sen. Mike Jacobson. Instead of claiming it when they do 2024 income taxes after New Year’s, he said, they’ll get it before Christmas off the top of their 2024 property taxes. In fact, Jacobson added, Nebraskans who paid their 2023 property taxes last December can get both the 2023 K-12 income tax credit — if they claim it — and the direct 2023 discount next month. “We told people it’s not that anybody lost out,” said Jacobson, who hopes to join the Revenue Committee in 2025. “It’s that some people double-dipped.” Even if there were a “missing year,” he said, it’s highly unlikely the Legislature can find $560.7 million — the amount allocated for K-12 income tax credits for 2023 — on top of the $750 million for the new direct discount. The Legislature’s Tax Rate Review Committee told senators Wednesday that the state’s budget balance by 2026-27 could be more than $432 million below its legal minimum reserve if lawmakers make no changes. “If anybody thinks a bill’s going to pass the Legislature that will cost $500 million to ‘make people whole,’ that’s not going to happen,” Jacobson said. The same cloud hangs over Pillen’s renewed call for even higher property tax relief, acknowledged as Nebraska’s largest single budget item in the governor’s Nov. 8 report. It lauded the 244 school districts for holding statewide growth in their 2024-25 property tax requests to 2.8% — the slowest pace this century. Senators slapped a basic 3% lid last year on how much K-12 districts can charge. But four fast-growing metro-area districts — Lincoln, Millard, Papillion-La Vista and Gretna — accounted for 82% of the $76.1 million in school property tax growth over 2023-24, the report said. Those four also lost a combined $56.3 million in state aid. The aid formula founded in 1990 “has become a large reason as to why some local school districts continue to need to increase local taxes,” the report said. The correlation between school-aid cuts and higher tax requests didn’t hold up universally, according to the Telegraph’s analysis of Pillen’s report. Eleven of west central Nebraska’s 40 districts, including Hershey, Cozad and Gothenburg, both absorbed state-aid cuts and raised their tax requests by more than the 2.8% statewide average. But 13 others, including North Platte, Sutherland and Wallace, held their tax-request growth below the average despite losing ground in state aid. North Platte’s aid fell by 4.4% over 2023-24, but its tax request rose just 1.1%. Pillen’s report acknowledged that state-aid levels don’t explain all K-12 tax increases. They “could be due to a loss in state aid ... increasing needs in the community or simply from overspending,” it said. Stuart Simpson, who will retire in June as North Platte’s executive director of finance, said the aid formula is meant to adjust for each district’s unique circumstances. It steers “equalization aid” to districts with educational “needs” that cost more than their “resources,” mainly property taxes. But Simpson said it’s how the school-aid formula measures “needs” — largely student populations, family incomes and families for whom English isn’t their first language — that so often frustrates taxpayers and lawmakers. “You can’t compare North Platte to Scottsbluff or Lexington or Alliance or McCook,” he said. The formula “is trying to address the needs of school districts compared with the economic development in the community.” If the Legislature “pushes down the property taxes” with more dollars, “they’ll push more into equalization aid to support a school district,” said Simpson, who became Alliance’s school finance director the year the current aid formula was founded. “But how can you do it when you have a shortfall?” A summer 2024 Unicameral special session changed a potential 30% income tax break on Nebraska property owners' 2023 school taxes into a direct discount on December's 2024 property tax bills. Schools' share of other 2023 property tax credits, including homestead exemptions, are excluded from the new direct credit. Here's the estimated 2024 school tax breaks from "frontloading" the former income tax credit for The Telegraph's sample North Platte homes and Lincoln County agricultural properties: *Received a full homestead exemption in 2023, canceling out potential school property tax credit. Home 2 likely will pay zero in 2024 property taxes if its full homestead exemption is renewed. Sources: State of Nebraska, Lincoln County; Telegraph analysis Stay up-to-date on the latest in local and national government and political topics with our newsletter. Special projects reporter {{description}} Email notifications are only sent once a day, and only if there are new matching items.Brown 83, Canisius 76

NoneBAKU, Ázerbájdžán--(BUSINESS WIRE)--XII 10, 2024-- Xsolla, globální společnost zabývající se obchodováním s videohrami, oznámila strategické partnerství se společností StarNest a ázerbájdžánskou Agenturou pro inovace a digitální rozvoj (IDDA) s cílem založit program „Xsolla StarNest Academy and Incubator Program“. Tato transformační spolupráce byla představena na největším herním festivalu v regionu Gamesummit Winter Edition 2024 v ázerbájdžánském Baku. Tato tisková zpráva obsahuje multimediální prvky. Celou zprávu najdete zde: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20241209262086/cs/ (Graphic: Xsolla) Festival Gamesummit Winter Edition 2024 upozornil na růst herního průmyslu v Ázerbájdžánu a zahrnoval diskuse o trendech, osvědčených světových postupech a prezentace lokálně vyvinutých her. Na festivalu společnosti IDDA a Xsolla odhalily plány na posílení postavení místních vývojářů, herních designérů a studií pomocí špičkových školení, inkubačních a akceleračních programů a přístupu k finančním a technologickým zdrojům. Toto partnerství nově vymezí roli Ázerbájdžánu v globálním herním průmyslu a zároveň podpoří místní talenty a inovace. „Tato spolupráce otevírá rozsáhlé možnosti pro realizaci společných projektů, které budou hnací silou rozvoje ázerbájdžánského herního sektoru,“ uvedla Yevgenija Bikmurzina, vedoucí oddělení inovačního ekosystému IDDA. „Ázerbájdžánská herní studia získají přístup k nástrojům a zdrojům potřebným k tomu, aby se prosadila na globálním trhu.“ „Toto partnerství představuje pro společnost Xsolla významný milník, protože spolupracujeme s ázerbájdžánskými lídry na uvolnění potenciálu regionu,“ řekl Rytis Joseph Jan, SVP globálních strategických partnerství ve společnosti Xsolla. „Spojením našich globálních odborných znalostí s vizionářským vedením našich partnerů chceme v Ázerbájdžánu posílit novou generaci talentů a podpořit smysluplné inovace s globálním dopadem.“ Inkubátor a akcelerátor Xsolla v Ázerbájdžánu Inkubátor a akcelerátor Xsolla podpoří ázerbájdžánskou komunitu herních vývojářů tím, že jim poskytne nástroje, mentoring a zdroje, které jim umožní proměnit nápady v úspěšné projekty. Inkubátor pomůže vývojářům v rané fázi vývoje zdokonalit koncepty, získat technické znalosti a spolupracovat s mezinárodními odborníky. Akcelerátor bude pomáhat zavedeným studiím při rozšiřování jejich projektů a nabídne přístup k financování, mentorství a kontaktům v globálním průmyslu. Cílem těchto programů je získat pro Ázerbájdžán pozici klíčového hráče v herním průmyslu a vytvořit místním talentům příležitosti k úspěchu na globální úrovni. Akademie Xsolla StarNest Akademie Xsolla StarNest poskytne 90 mladým lidem specializované školení v oblasti vývoje her. Kromě toho bude v roce 2025 spuštěn inkubační program na podporu místních herních studií, který nabídne mentoring od mezinárodních odborníků, přístup k finančním zdrojům a možnosti prezentovat hry na globální úrovni. Ázerbájdžánská telekomunikační společnost StarNest povede úsilí o zajištění speciálního zařízení pro akademii, které zajistí prostředí příznivé pro růst a učení. IDDA nabídne strategický dohled s cílem sladit iniciativu s národními cíli Ázerbájdžánu v oblasti digitální transformace. Regionální ústředí Společnost Xsolla rovněž zkoumá možnosti zřízení svého regionálního ústředí pro střední Asii v Baku, aby dále podpořila svůj závazek vůči komunitě a herním vývojářům v regionu. Bude sloužit nejen jako regionální centrum, ale také jako technologické centrum pro špičkový vývoj a podporu svých špičkových řešení v oboru. Díky partnerství se společností Xsolla StarNest to znamená novou kapitolu pro ázerbájdžánský herní sektor, která odráží společnou vizi, jak zemi postavit do pozice regionálního lídra v oblasti vývoje her a digitálních inovací. Tato průlomová spolupráce vytváří předpoklady pro to, aby se Ázerbájdžán stal centrem herních inovací a rozvoje talentů. Další informace jsou k dispozici na adrese: xsolla.blog/azerbaijan O společnosti Xsolla Xsolla je globální společnost zabývající se obchodováním s videohrami, která nabízí robustní a výkonnou sadu nástrojů a služeb určených speciálně pro toto odvětví. Od svého založení v roce 2005 pomohla společnost Xsolla tisícům herních vývojářů a vydavatelů všech velikostí financovat, prodávat, uvádět na trh a zpeněžovat jejich hry po celém světě a na různých platformách. Posláním společnosti Xsolla jako inovativního lídra v oblasti obchodování s hrami je řešit neodmyslitelné složitosti globální distribuce, marketingu a monetizace a pomáhat tak našim partnerům oslovit více zeměpisných oblastí, generovat větší příjmy a vytvářet vztahy s hráči po celém světě. Společnost sídlí a je registrována v Los Angeles v Kalifornii a má kanceláře v Londýně, Berlíně, Soulu, Pekingu, Kuala Lumpuru, Raleighu, Tokiu, Montrealu a ve městech po celém světě. Další informace jsou k dispozici na adrese xsolla.com O agentuře pro inovace a digitální rozvoj (IDDA) IDDA je ázerbájdžánská vládní agentura, která se specializuje na digitální diplomacii a analytiku a nabízí výzkum, školení a poradenství pro posílení digitální přítomnosti institucí. Hraje klíčovou roli při utváření moderních diplomatických strategií prostřednictvím digitálních nástrojů a analýzy dat. Další informace jsou k dispozici na adrese idda.az O společnosti StarNest StarNest je přední ázerbájdžánská telekomunikační společnost poskytující internetová a síťová řešení, včetně širokopásmových služeb, firemního připojení a podpory IT infrastruktury. Společnost StarNest se věnuje umožnění technologického růstu a digitální transformace v celém Ázerbájdžánu. Další informace jsou k dispozici na adrese starnest.io O společnosti GameSummit GameSummit je významná ázerbájdžánská organizace zaměřená na rozvoj herního průmyslu. Prostřednictvím akcí, jako jsou Gamesummit Winter a Summer Editions, vytváří příležitosti pro místní herní studia, podporuje inovace a zvyšuje povědomí o kariérních vyhlídkách v oblasti her a elektronického sportu. Další informace jsou k dispozici na adrese gamesummit.ai Text této zprávy v původním, zdrojovém jazyce je oficiální verzí. Překlad této zprávy do jiných jazyků poskytujeme pouze jako doplňkovou službu. Text zprávy v původním, zdrojovém jazyce je jedinou právně závaznou verzí této tiskové zprávy. Zdrojovou verzi najdete na businesswire.com : https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20241209262086/cs/ CONTACT: Kontakt pro média Derrick Stembridge Globální ředitel pro vztahy s veřejností, Xsolla d.stembridge@xsolla.com KEYWORD: AZERBAIJAN ASIA PACIFIC INDUSTRY KEYWORD: TECHNOLOGY ELECTRONIC GAMES PAYMENTS FINANCE ENTERTAINMENT FINTECH PROFESSIONAL SERVICES SOFTWARE TRAINING EDUCATION SOURCE: Xsolla Copyright Business Wire 2024. PUB: 12/10/2024 04:19 PM/DISC: 12/10/2024 04:20 PM http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20241209262086/csSYDNEY, Dec. 05, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Vast Renewables Limited (“Vast”) (Nasdaq: VSTE), a leading Australian green energy technology company, held its Annual General Meeting (“AGM”) on November 27, updating shareholders on progress towards deploying its next generation concentrated solar power (“CSP”) solution to deliver clean, continuous dispatchable power and heat. The AGM saw Vast’s Chairman, Peter Botten, and CEO, Craig Wood, provide updates on the company’s achievements throughout 2024 and the outlook for the year ahead. All resolutions were successfully passed at the AGM, with Craig Wood, Colin Richardson and William Restrepo all re-elected as Directors. The AGM follows Vast’s recent announcement that it has signed an updated funding agreement to access up to $30 million of its existing $65 million grant from the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (“ARENA”). The funding and Vast’s progress throughout 2024 pave the way for another successful year ahead. Vast’s technology is set to be deployed at utility-scale in Port Augusta, South Australia at the Vast Solar 1 (“VS1”) project to deliver green, reliable and affordable energy for South Australia’s grid. The technology will also power a world-first co-located renewable methanol production facility, Solar Methanol 1 (“SM1”). A real world, in-demand application for hydrogen, renewable methanol has the potential to decarbonise shipping and is already being used to power major container vessels. Leveraging Australia’s natural resources, the projects are set to be a catalyst for a domestic Australian CSP industry, creating highly skilled green manufacturing and operational jobs, and helping Australia become an export powerhouse by supplying Australian green technology to clean energy projects around the world. Vast is attracting significant interest from major investors, industry and international governments. Along with funding from ARENA, Vast is backed by EDF and Nabors Industries, and Vast’s renewable methanol project is supported by Mabanaft and the German Government. The following addresses were made by Vast’s Chairman Peter Botten and CEO Craig Wood during Vast’s Annual General Meeting on November 27, 2024. Chairman’s Address from Peter Botten 2024 has been a pivotal year in the growth of Vast since the business combination with Nabors Energy Transition Corp was completed in December last year. Significant progress has been made this year towards Vast’s vision of delivering continuous, carbon free energy to the world, leveraging our next generation CSP technology As announced earlier this week, Vast has secured up to $30m of funding from ARENA. This is an important signal of confidence from ARENA in the potential of Vast’s technology to power Australia’s energy transition, and we’re grateful for their ongoing support. Vast continues to progress towards final investment decision on our utility-scale CSP reference project in Port Augusta, South Australia (VS1). The project paves the way for Vast’s pipeline of utility-scale projects in Australia and internationally. Alongside generating green electricity for the grid, we believe Vast’s technology will have a key role to play in reducing the cost of sustainable fuels production. Vast is also progressing a co-located renewable methanol production facility (SM1) at the Port Augusta site, partnering with German fuels giant Mabanaft on that project. During the year, Vast also expanded its presence in the US market, signing a project development partnership with Houston-based renewables developer GGS Energy. As Vast looks to 2025, the key focus will be on: We continue to see growing demand for the continuous, affordable electricity and heat our CSP technology can deliver. We believe it will be a critical solution to decarbonise the grid and phase out coal in sunny countries. We also see continued demand for our technology to power sustainable fuels production as well as off-grid use cases, including mining, industrial processes and data centres. CEO’s Address from Craig Wood As Peter mentioned, our utility-scale CSP reference project in Port Augusta, VS1, is progressing well. The plant will have 30MW capacity and 8 hours of thermal storage, providing dispatchable overnight power critical to stabilising South Australia’s grid. We recently finalised the FEED stage and we’re working diligently with our partners towards achieving Final Investment Decision in Q1 2025 with construction to commence shortly thereafter. The project has received support from the Australian Government, including from ARENA and the Department for Climate Change, Energy, Environment and Water. The co-located renewable methanol plant, SM1, is also progressing well through the pre-FEED stage. The project will produce 7,500 tonnes of renewable methanol per annum, which will help decarbonise the local maritime industry. As a world-first project, we’re thrilled to be partnering with German company Mabanaft on this effort. Financial close is currently targeted for 2025. Vast continues to strengthen our market-leading proprietary CSP technology, and to build out our manufacturing capability ahead of delivering Vast equipment into the VS1 project. Our solution leverages the abundant sunshine in sunbelt countries like Australia to power homes, industry and transport with green, reliable and affordable energy. We continue to improve the cost and performance of our modular, scalable technology, and to de-risk its manufacture and operation. Vast equipment is currently being produced at our facility in Queensland, Australia, and we’ll be scaling up our manufacturing capability to deliver to the Port Augusta projects starting in 2025. Throughout 2024, we’ve also invested in our business systems and capabilities to set ourselves up for success. Vast has had a strong emphasis on safety during 2024, and we are focused on improving our safety performance as we head towards construction on site next year. We are investing in a new ERP to replace legacy systems as our requirements continue to evolve. We are also developing the quality and project control systems necessary to deliver the Port Augusta projects. All of this activity means Vast’s team has continued to grow throughout the year, both in Australia and the US. This growth will continue early into 2025, and then accelerate as we move into construction of the VS1 and SM1 projects. As Peter mentioned, we were delighted to announce earlier this week that Vast continues to enjoy strong support from ARENA as evidenced by up to $30m of funding being made available to the business, subject to certain milestones being achieved. This funding is important as it creates a runway to support Vast in completing the necessary activities to achieve financial close on VS1 and SM1, and to continue the build out of our Australian green technology manufacturing business. As part of that release, we also updated the estimated capital cost for VS1 to AUD360-390million. We look forward to another successful year in 2025 as we move into construction on VS1 and SM1, deliver Vast technology through our manufacturing business, and expand our project development pipeline in Australia, the US and other global markets. We thank you, our shareholders, all of our partners and our employees for their ongoing support. About Vast Vast is a renewable energy company that has CSP systems to generate, store, and dispatch carbon-free, utility-scale electricity, industrial heat, or a combination to enable the production of sustainable fuels. Vast’s CSP v3.0 approach utilises a proprietary, modular sodium loop to efficiently capture and convert solar heat into these end products. On December 19, 2023, Vast listed on the Nasdaq under the ticker symbol “VSTE”, while remaining headquartered in Australia. Visit www.vast.energy for more information. Contacts For Investors: Caldwell Bailey ICR, Inc. VastIR@icrinc.com For US media: Matt Dallas ICR, Inc. VastPR@icrinc.com For Australian media: Nick Albrow Wilkinson Butler nick@wilkinsonbutler.com ‍Forward Looking Statements The information included herein and in any oral statements made in connection herewith include "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. All statements, other than statements of present or historical fact included herein, regarding the Port Augusta project, Vast's future financial performance, Vast's strategy, future operations, financial position, estimated revenues and losses, projected costs, prospects, plans and objectives of management are forward-looking statements. When used herein, including any oral statements made in connection herewith, the words "anticipate," "believe," "could," "estimate," "expect," "intend," "may," "project," "should," "will," the negative of such terms and other similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements, although not all forward-looking statements contain such identifying words. These forward-looking statements are based on Vast management's current expectations and assumptions about future events and are based on currently available information as to the outcome and timing of future events. Except as otherwise required by applicable law, Vast disclaims any duty to update any forward-looking statements, all of which are expressly qualified by the statements in this section, to reflect events or circumstances after the date hereof. Vast cautions you that these forward-looking statements are subject to risks and uncertainties, most of which are difficult to predict and many of which are beyond the control of Vast. These risks include, but are not limited to, general economic, financial, legal, political and business conditions and changes in domestic and foreign markets; Vast's ability to obtain financing on commercially acceptable terms or at all; Vast’s ability to manage growth; Vast's ability to execute its business plan, including the completion of the Port Augusta project , at all or in a timely manner and meet its projections; potential litigation, governmental or regulatory proceedings, investigations or inquiries involving Vast, including in relation to Vast's recent business combination; the inability to recognize the anticipated benefits of Vast's recent business combination; costs related to that business combination; changes in applicable laws or regulations and general economic and market conditions impacting demand for Vast's products and services. Additional risks are set forth in the section titled "Risk Factors" in the Annual Report on Form 20-F for the year ended June 30, 2024, dated September 9, 2024, as amended on November 7, 2024, and other documents filed, or to be filed with the SEC by Vast. Should one or more of the risks or uncertainties described herein and in any oral statements made in connection therewith occur, or should underlying assumptions prove incorrect, actual results and plans could differ materially from those expressed in any forward-looking statements. Additional information concerning these and other factors that may impact Vast's expectations can be found in Vast's periodic filings with the SEC. Vast's SEC filings are available publicly on the SEC's website at www.sec.gov

PISCATAWAY, N.J. (AP) — Luke Altmyer found Pat Bryant for a catch-and-run, 40-yard touchdown pass with 4 seconds left, sending No. 24 Illinois to a wild 38-31 victory over Rutgers on Saturday. Illinois (8-3, 5-3 Big Ten) was down 31-30 when it sent long kicker Ethan Moczulski out for a desperation 58-yard field goal with 14 seconds to go. Rutgers coach Greg Schiano then called for a timeout right before Moczulski’s attempt was wide left and about 15 yards short. After the missed field goal was waved off by the timeout, Illinois coach Bret Bielema sent his offense back on the field. Altmyer hit Bryant on an in cut on the left side at the 22, and he continued across the field and scored untouched in a game that featured three lead changes in the final 3:07. Rutgers (6-5, 3-5) gave up a safety on the final kickoff return, throwing a ball out of bounds in the end zone as players passed it around hoping for a miracle touchdown. ___ AP college football: and Tom Canavan, The Associated Press

NoneTALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Luke Kromenhoek threw for 209 yards and tossed three touchdown passes as Florida State halted a six-game losing streak and routed Charleston Southern 41-7 on Saturday. Kromenhoek completed 13 of 20 passes in his first college start, including a 71-yard touchdown pass to Ja’Khi Douglas, as the Seminoles (2-9) won for the first time since Sept. 21. The true freshman also connected with Amaree Williams for a 4-yard TD and Hykeem Williams for a 10-yard TD. Florida State had the nation’s lowest scoring offense at 13.3 points. The Seminoles hadn’t scored more than 21 points or surpassed the 300-yard mark in 2024. But Florida State overwhelmed FCS Charleston Southern (1-11), accumulating 415 offensive yards. Kaleb Jackson completed 22 of 32 passes for 218 yards, including a 7-yard touchdown pass to Landon Sauers, and an interception for the Buccaneers. The takeaway Charleston Southern: While the Buccaneers found some success through the air, they couldn’t sustain drives and managed just 57 rushing yards on 29 carries. Florida State: The Seminoles picked up a season-best 176 rushing yards, scoring 17 points in the second quarter and 14 points in the third quarter to take control. Up next Charleston Southern’s season is over. Florida State plays host to Florida on Nov. 30. AP college football: https://apnews.com/hub/ap-top-25-college-football-poll and https://apnews.com/hub/college-football . Sign up for the AP’s college football newsletter: https://apnews.com/cfbtop25

NoneFriday on FNC’s “Hannity,” Sen. Lindsey Graham had a stern warning for Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and anyone else willing to help a “rogue” International Criminal Court (ICC) as a nation enforce an arrest warrant against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu or former Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant. The South Carolina Republican threatened sanctions that would impact economies in those countries. Partial transcript as follows: HANNITY: Let me ask you about the ICC and what they’re trying to do to Prime Minister Netanyahu. Now as a predicate here, I — the U.N., for example, all of these globalist groups that we often fund, they have historically been antisemitic and anti-American. U.N. is a good case in point. The WHO, they were the propaganda wing for the communist Chinese during COVID. The WEF, they don’t have our best interest at hearts, all these globalist agreements, the Paris accords, yeah, okay, India, China, developing nations we pay the freight. So my question is, they don’t have jurisdiction. What part of terrorism does this court not understand? What part of murder, rape and kidnapping and torture and beheading do they not understand? Because that’s what happened on October 7. GRAHAM: Yes, it did. And you know, Israel’s in a fight for his very life. The Jewish state is under siege from Hamas and Gaza, Hezbollah and Lebanon. Iran has directly attacked Israel. And we live in an upside down world where the prime minister of Israel and the defense minister of Israel are being prosecuted by a court in Belgium. Now, let me say this, the court ruled that Gaza is a state. No, there is no Palestinian state under international law. So that’s the first saying they got wrong. And Israel is not a member of the International Criminal Court, nor are we. In 1998, I fought the idea that we would join the International Criminal Court. Why? Sovereignty. I do not want a court in The Hague trying American soldiers or American politicians defending our country. This is a direct threat to the state of Israel. There have been more resolutions condemning Israel in the U.N. than every other nation, all the nations combined. It’s the antisemitic body and this court is trying to literally put in jail the prime minister of Israel, the defense minister for defending itself against multiple terrorist organizations. What will I do? If you are going to help the ICC as a nation enforce their arrest warrant against Bibi and Gallant, the former defense minister, I will put sanctions on you as a nation. You’re going to have to pick the rogue ICC versus America. I’m working with Tom Cotton to have legislation passed as soon as we can to sanction any country that aids and abets the arrest of any politician in Israel. What they’re doing in Israel is trying to prevent a second Holocaust. So to any ally, Canada, Britain, Germany, France, if you try to help the ICC, we’re going to sanction you. HANNITY: Well, that means I want every ally and you saw little Justin in Canada and his position. What should the penalty be? GRAHAM: We should crush your economy because we’re next. Why can’t they go after Trump or any other American president under this theory? We’re not a member of the ICC. In 2002, they threatened to prosecute our soldiers in Afghanistan. We came down hard on them. In 2017, one of the first things that President Trump did was put sanctions against the International Criminal Court to make sure they would protect our own troops. Biden took those sanctions and did away with them literally in the first month of his presidency. Now, what do you have? You have the International Criminal Court coming after the prime minister of Israel, the defense minister of Israel for trying to defend the Jewish state. If you help the ICC, we’re going to crush your economy. Follow Jeff Poor on X @jeff_poor

AN astonishing “new aristocracy” of couples, relatives and nepo-babies runs the Government. More than two dozen ministers including Rachel Reeves , Pat McFadden and Wes Streeting all have spouses or relatives on the taxpayer or Labour Party payroll, analysis shows. Sir Keir Starmer’s Government is littered with husband and wife ­politicians, sisters in top roles and the offspring of Labour powerbrokers. Seven members of the Cabinet, including the Defence and Business Secretary, are related to either another minister, a Labour-appointed ­special adviser or a civil servant. The Government finally published their first set of transparency returns yesterday outlining any potential conflicts of interest around the Cabinet table and across Whitehall. And it showed an unprecedented 28 ministers are related to each other, married to other Labour politicians or have their partner also on the public purse. READ MORE ON LABOUR Under Rishi Sunak’s Tories, that figure was 11. Chancellor Ms Reeves’ husband is a powerful Whitehall mandarin, while Cabinet Office boss Pat McFadden’s wife was appointed by Sir Keir as a political aide. Ms Reeves’ MP sister Ellie now attends Cabinet, while Ellie’s ­husband John Cryer is a Labour minister in the House of Lords. Health Secretary Mr Streeting’s partner is paid by Labour as a spin doctor, while minister Georgia Gould’s husband is an adviser to Pensions Secretary Liz Kendall. Most read in The Sun Ms Gould is considered Labour royalty, as her father Philip was the architect of New Labour and her mother serves as a Labour peer. Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander’s husband is a senior figure at media regulator Ofcom. The lower ranks are also heaving with ministers whose partners and family also serve Labour or the taxpayer. Foreign Office minister ­Hamish Falconer’s father is a ­Labour peer, while fellow minister Baroness Chapman’s husband Nick Smith is a Labour MP. The Eagle sisters, Angela and Maria, serve Home Office and Defence Ministers respectively. Meanwhile, Treasury Minister Lord Livermore’s partner Seb Dance is London Mayor Sadiq Khan’s deputy. Fellow peer Baroness Smith, who serves as Advocate General of Scotland, is the youngest daughter of the former Labour leader John Smith and her mother is also a Labour peer. And Baroness Blake, who is a whip in the House of Lords, has a daughter, Olivia, who was elected as a Labour MP in July. Housing minister Alex Norris’s wife Emma Foody was elected for Labour in July. And fellow newbie MP Imogen Walker — the Chancellor’s Commons aide — is married to Sir Keir’s Chief of Staff Morgan McSweeney. He ousted former Chief of Staff Sue Gray, whose son Liam Conlon was elected to Parliament this year as a Labour member. Last night Shadow Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster Alex Burghart said: “Here’s Labour’s new aristocracy laid bare — it’s all who you know or are related to.” A Labour insider said: “People tend to get into Labour politics quite young, and then spend their time hanging out with their ­Labour comrades so often that it makes sense to marry one. “For others, the parental or spouse connections can help them get a foot in the door or a leap up the ladder.” Read More on The US Sun A Downing Street spokesman said: “To rebuild Britain and deliver the change our country needs will require talent, expertise and creativity. We won’t hesitate to make sure the right people are around the table.” THE new ministerial register of interests also revealed Energy Minister Kerry McCarthy has donated to Greenpeace — whose controversial tactics have included scaling the roof of Mr Sunak’s family home last year. By Harry Cole CAN you imagine the howls of fury from Labour if those evil Tories had hired their mothers, brothers, lovers and come-all-ye-others into plum roles in the Government? It’s remarkable just how much of Sir Keir Starmer’s frontbench seems to be related to, married to, or descended from another Labour figure of note. And it’s fascinating how many Labour households are getting a double-dipping from the public purse as a result. They insist that it’s the best man or woman that has got the job but does that really pass the sniff test? Can they really say that every single member of this so-called “new aristocracy” got where they are on merit alone?Daniel Grizelj As a market technical analyst for 44 years (3/4 of my life), when asked to predict things like where the S&P 500 will be a year from now, I embrace the challenge. 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