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12bet No. 9 Kentucky, focused on getting better, welcomes Jackson St.ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Anaheim Ducks forward Trevor Zegras will be out for six weeks after undergoing surgery to repair a torn meniscus in his right knee. Zegras had surgery Thursday, the team announced. Zegras was injured last week on a fairly innocent-looking play during the Ducks' 4-1 loss to Vegas in Anaheim. Zegras and William Karlsson only briefly got their skates and stick blades entangled, but Zegras needed help to get off the ice after taking a fall. Zegras' torn meniscus is his third major injury in just over a year, although a torn meniscus is likely a fortunate outcome for a knee injury that could have been much worse. He was limited to 31 games last season by two injury setbacks, including a broken ankle that required surgery. Zegras has four goals and six assists in 24 games this season for Anaheim, which had lost four straight heading into its road game against Toronto on Thursday night. The Ducks surprisingly activated forward Robby Fabbri from injured reserve before they faced the Maple Leafs. Fabbri had arthroscopic knee surgery on Nov. 15 and is progressing much faster than his initial predicted timeline of six to eight weeks. AP NHL: https://apnews.com/NHLWASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is weighing whether to issue sweeping pardons for officials and allies who the White House fears could be unjustly targeted by President-elect Donald Trump’s administration, a preemptive move that would be a novel and risky use of the president’s extraordinary constitutional power. The deliberations so far are largely at the level of White House lawyers. But Biden himself has discussed the topic with some senior aides, according to two people familiar with the matter who spoke on condition of anonymity Thursday to discuss the sensitive subject. No decisions have been made, the people said, and it is possible Biden opts to do nothing at all. Pardons are historically afforded to those accused of specific crimes – and usually those who have already been convicted of an offense — but Biden’s team is considering issuing them for those who have not even been investigated, let alone charged. They fear that Trump and his allies, who have boasted of enemies lists and exacting “retribution,” could launch investigations that would be reputationally and financially costly for their targets even if they don’t result in prosecutions. While the president’s pardon power is absolute, Biden’s use in this fashion would mark a significant expansion of how they are deployed, and some Biden aides fear it could lay the groundwork for an even more drastic usage by Trump. They also worry that issuing pardons would feed into claims by Trump and his allies that the individuals committed acts that necessitated immunity. Recipients could include infectious-disease specialist Dr. Anthony Fauci, who was instrumental in combating the coronavirus pandemic and who has become a pariah to conservatives angry about mask mandates and vaccines. Others include witnesses in Trump’s criminal or civil trials and Biden administration officials who have drawn the ire of the incoming president and his allies. Some fearful former officials have reached out to the Biden White House preemptively seeking some sort of protection from the future Trump administration, one of the people said. It follows Biden’s decision to pardon his son Hunter — not just for his convictions on federal gun and tax violations, but for any potential federal offense committed over an 11-year period, as the president feared that Trump allies would seek to prosecute his son for other offenses. That could serve as a model for other pardons Biden might issue to those who could find themselves in legal jeopardy under Trump. Biden is not the first to consider such pardons — Trump aides considered them for him and his supporters involved in his failed efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election that culminated in a violent riot at the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. But he could be the first to issue them since Trump’s pardons never materialized before he left office nearly four years ago. Gerald Ford granted a “full, free, and absolute pardon” in 1974 to his predecessor, Richard Nixon, over the Watergate scandal. He believed a potential trial would “cause prolonged and divisive debate over the propriety of exposing to further punishment and degradation a man who has already paid the unprecedented penalty of relinquishing the highest elective office of the United States," as written in the pardon proclamation. Politico was first to report that Biden was studying the use of preemptive pardons. On the campaign trail, Trump made no secret of his desire to seek revenge on those who prosecuted him or crossed him. Trump has talked about “enemies from within" and circulated social media posts that call for the jailing of Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris, former Vice President Mike Pence and Sens. Mitch McConnell and Chuck Schumer. He also zeroed in on former Rep. Liz Cheney, a conservative Republican who campaigned for Harris and helped investigate Jan. 6, and he promoted a social media post that suggested he wanted military tribunals for supposed treason. Kash Patel, whom Trump has announced as his nominee to be director of the FBI, has listed dozens of former government officials he wanted to “come after.” Richard Painter, a Trump critic who served as the top White House ethics lawyer under President George W. Bush, said he was reluctantly in support of having Biden issue sweeping pardons to people who could be targeted by Trump's administration. He said he hoped that would “clean the slate” for the incoming president and encourage him to focus on governing, not on punishing his political allies. “It’s not an ideal situation at all,” Painter said. “We have a whole lot of bad options confronting us at this point.” While the Supreme Court this year ruled that the president enjoys broad immunity from prosecution for what could be considered official acts, his aides and allies enjoy no such shield. Some fear that Trump could use the promise of a blanket pardon to encourage his allies to take actions they might otherwise resist for fear of running afoul of the law. “There could be blatant illegal conduct over the next four years, and he can go out and pardon his people before he leaves office,” Painter said. "But if he’s going to do that, he’s going to do that anyway regardless of what Biden does." More conventional pardons from Biden, such as those for sentencing disparities for people convicted of federal crimes, are expected before the end of the year, the White House said.

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Johnson 0-1 0-0 0, Lampkin 7-13 3-3 17, Deck 5-7 2-3 13, Hardaway 3-5 2-4 9, Wooten 9-13 3-6 23, Talley 3-5 0-0 7, Brackens 0-0 0-0 0, Brannon 0-0 0-0 0, McGrew 0-2 0-0 0, Moore 0-1 0-0 0, Price 0-1 0-0 0, Totals 27-48 10-16 69 Augmon 1-2 0-0 2, McFarland 0-1 0-0 0, Blair 4-12 7-7 18, Cooke 2-8 1-2 5, Love 6-16 6-6 19, Bostock 0-4 0-0 0, Chevalier 1-2 0-0 2, Merchant 3-11 1-4 7, Totals 17-56 15-19 53 3-Point Goals_North Texas 5-13 (Deck 1-2, Hardaway 1-2, Wooten 2-5, Talley 1-1, McGrew 0-2, Price 0-1), Houston 4-20 (Blair 3-6, Cooke 0-2, Love 1-6, Bostock 0-2, Chevalier 0-1, Merchant 0-3). Assists_North Texas 17 (Hardaway 5), Houston 3 (Love 2). Fouled Out_None. Rebounds_North Texas 38 (Lampkin 10), Houston 26 (Love 8). Total Fouls_North Texas 18, Houston 18. Technical Fouls_None. A_864.Sheltered Venezuelan government opponents decry police and intelligence agents outside embassy

Idowu Abdullahi The World Health Organisation has prequalified the molecular diagnostic test for tuberculosis. The test, Xpert® MTB/RIF Ultra, is the first test for TB diagnosis and antibiotic susceptibility testing that meets WHO’s pre qualification standards. Tuberculosis is one of the world’s leading infectious disease killers, causing over a million deaths annually and imposing immense socio economic burdens, especially in low- and middle-income countries. WHO described TB as a communicable disease that affects the lungs and is caused by a bacterium called Mycobacterium tuberculosis, which spreads through the air when an infected person coughs, sneezes, spits, or laughs with mouth open. WHO noted that TB remains one of the world’s top infectious killer diseases with more than 10 million cases and one million deaths recorded annually. According to the global health body, Nigeria has the highest burden of TB in Africa and ranks sixth among the 30 countries globally with the highest burden of the disease. The WHO targets to end TB by 2030 by reducing its incidence by 80 per cent and deaths by 90 per cent. Accurate and early detection of TB, especially drug-resistant strains, remains a critical and challenging global health priority. PUNCH Healthwise reports that the 2024 World TB Day was celebrated on March 24, with the theme, ‘’Yes! We can end TB!’ Reacting, the WHO Assistant Director-General for Access to Medicines and Health Products, Dr Yukiko Nakatani, said the prequalified test marks a significant win in the global health body’s effort in tackling tuberculosis. “It underscores the importance of such groundbreaking diagnostic tools in addressing one of the world’s deadliest infectious diseases,” Nakatani said in a statement on WHO’s website. “This first prequalification of a diagnostic test for tuberculosis marks a critical milestone in WHO’s efforts to support countries in scaling up and accelerating access to high-quality TB assays that meet both WHO recommendations and its stringent quality, safety and performance standards,” Nakatani added. Also, WHO Director for Regulation and Prequalification, Dr Rogerio Gaspar, said the development would aid effective tuberculosis care. “High-quality diagnostic tests are the cornerstone of effective TB care and prevention,” said Gaspar, adding that “Prequalification paves the way for equitable access to cutting-edge technologies, empowering countries to address the dual burden of TB and drug-resistant TB.” According to the statement, WHO prequalification of the test is expected to assure quality of diagnostic tests used to improve access to early diagnosis and treatment. “It complements WHO’s endorsement approach, which is grounded in emerging evidence, diagnostic accuracy, and patient outcomes alongside considerations for accessibility and equity, with prequalification requirements on quality, safety, and performance. “WHO’s assessment for prequalification is based on information submitted by the manufacturer, Cepheid Inc., and the review by Singapore’s Health Sciences Authority, the regulatory agency of record for this product. “Designed for use on the GeneXpert® Instrument System, this nucleic acid amplification test (NAAT) Xpert® MTB/RIF Ultra detects the genetic material of Mycobacterium tuberculosis, the bacterium that causes TB, in sputum samples, and provides accurate results within hours. Simultaneously, the test identifies mutations associated with rifampicin resistance, a key indicator of multidrug-resistant TB. “It is intended for patients who screen positive for pulmonary TB and who have either not started anti-tuberculosis treatment or received less than three days of therapy in the past six months,” the statement said. Copyright PUNCH All rights reserved. This material, and other digital content on this website, may not be reproduced, published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed in whole or in part without prior express written permission from PUNCH. Contact: health_wise@punchng. com Tags diagonistic test tuberculosis WHOQuidelOrtho Co. ( NASDAQ:QDEL – Get Free Report ) major shareholder Carlyle Group Inc. sold 8,260,183 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, November 21st. The shares were sold at an average price of $35.31, for a total transaction of $291,667,061.73. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available at this hyperlink . Large shareholders that own at least 10% of a company’s shares are required to disclose their sales and purchases with the SEC. QuidelOrtho Price Performance NASDAQ QDEL opened at $40.14 on Friday. The company has a current ratio of 1.38, a quick ratio of 0.81 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.68. QuidelOrtho Co. has a 1 year low of $29.74 and a 1 year high of $75.86. The company has a market cap of $2.70 billion, a PE ratio of -1.44 and a beta of 0.12. The stock’s 50-day moving average price is $41.49 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $40.36. QuidelOrtho ( NASDAQ:QDEL – Get Free Report ) last released its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, November 7th. The company reported $0.85 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.30 by $0.55. QuidelOrtho had a negative net margin of 66.25% and a positive return on equity of 4.24%. The business had revenue of $727.00 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $642.16 million. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business earned $0.90 earnings per share. The firm’s revenue was down 2.3% compared to the same quarter last year. On average, analysts predict that QuidelOrtho Co. will post 1.73 EPS for the current year. Analysts Set New Price Targets Read Our Latest Report on QuidelOrtho Institutional Trading of QuidelOrtho Several hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently modified their holdings of QDEL. Texas Permanent School Fund Corp lifted its stake in QuidelOrtho by 0.6% in the 2nd quarter. Texas Permanent School Fund Corp now owns 43,532 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,446,000 after acquiring an additional 257 shares in the last quarter. Balanced Rock Investment Advisors LLC increased its holdings in shares of QuidelOrtho by 5.1% in the 2nd quarter. Balanced Rock Investment Advisors LLC now owns 6,784 shares of the company’s stock valued at $225,000 after purchasing an additional 329 shares during the period. GAMMA Investing LLC lifted its position in shares of QuidelOrtho by 27.0% in the second quarter. GAMMA Investing LLC now owns 1,778 shares of the company’s stock worth $59,000 after purchasing an additional 378 shares in the last quarter. Algert Global LLC boosted its holdings in shares of QuidelOrtho by 1.0% during the second quarter. Algert Global LLC now owns 46,846 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,556,000 after purchasing an additional 450 shares during the period. Finally, Hunter Perkins Capital Management LLC grew its position in QuidelOrtho by 2.9% during the third quarter. Hunter Perkins Capital Management LLC now owns 18,588 shares of the company’s stock valued at $848,000 after purchasing an additional 530 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 99.00% of the company’s stock. QuidelOrtho Company Profile ( Get Free Report ) QuidelOrtho Corporation provides diagnostic testing solutions. The company operates through Labs, Transfusion Medicine, Point-of-Care, and Molecular Diagnostics business units. The Labs business unit provides clinical chemistry laboratory instruments and tests that measure target chemicals in bodily fluids for the evaluation of health and the clinical management of patients; immunoassay laboratory instruments and tests, which measure proteins as they act as antigens in the spread of disease, antibodies in the immune response spurred by disease, or markers of proper organ function and health; testing products to detect and monitor disease progression across a spectrum of therapeutic areas; and specialized diagnostic solutions. 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SHAREHOLDER INVESTIGATION: Halper Sadeh LLC Investigates LBRDA, CFB, NBR on Behalf of ShareholdersPM dances while violent protests rageRepublican Sen. Joni Ernst of Iowa on Dec. 5 released a report criticizing current workplace practices, particularly remote work. Ernst was appointed as the chair of the newly formed Senate Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) Caucus, a caucus that collaborates with an advisory group led by Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy to reduce government waste. According to the report, only 3% of the federal workforce teleworked daily before the COVID-19 pandemic. Ernst claims that now just 6% of federal employees work in-person full-time, while nearly one-third are entirely remote. She has reiterated this claim on Fox News. Various news outlets and Sean Hannity have also shared the 6% statistic. A VERIFY reader texted us asking if it’s true that only 6% of federal employees work in person full-time. Is it true only 6% of federal employees work in person full-time? Report by Sen. Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Survey published by the Federal News Network (FNN) American Federation of Remote Employees No, claims that only 6% of federal employees work in person full-time are false. Sen. Joni Ernst claims only 6% of federal employees report to an office, but an August report from the federal Office of Management and Budget (OMB) contradicts this. According to an OMB report from August 2024, 10% of federal employees work fully remotely and 54% worked fully on-site because their jobs required in-person presence. There are 2.28 million federal government employees, OMB says. The remaining 46%, about 1.1 million employees, were telework-eligible, meaning they could work remotely unless they chose to go into the office. Only 10% of employees were in fully remote roles, because they lacked a physical office to report to. According to the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) , telework policies vary by federal agency and an arrangement is usually made between the employee and management on how often an employee can work remotely. Ernst’s 6% figure came from a survey conducted by the Federal News Network (FNN), which publishes news and analysis impacting federal employees, not official data. The study relied on self-reported and self-selected responses from 6,338 people who said they were federal employees. After Ernst’s report citing FNN’s study was released, the article was updated with an editor’s note explaining the data’s limitations and including OMB’s actual figures. “Editor’s Note: This story was updated on Dec. 6 to clarify that the survey was a non-scientific survey of respondents who self-reported that they are current federal employees, and who were self-selected. The story was also updated to include the latest OMB data on the actual amount of telework and onsite work being performed governmentwide. This Federal Report covers initial analysis of Federal News Network’s April 2024 return-to-office survey of federal employees. The story includes results for several of the survey’s questions, but not all of them,” the FNN article says at the top. The survey aimed to “gauge [federal employees] perspectives on recent return-to-office changes at their agencies,” the FNN article says. “Of the survey respondents, about 30% said they work entirely remotely, 6% work entirely in-person and 64% were working on a hybrid schedule — a mix of in-person work and telework. The breakdown of telework versus onsite work for survey respondents differs significantly from the actual breakdown for the federal workforce overall,” the FNN article says. Elon Musk has also claimed “the number of government workers who show up in person and do 40 hours of work a week is closer to 1%.” The OMB report disproves that as well. The report says that, excluding those required to work remotely, 79.4% of working hours were spent in-person. For workers in hybrid roles – those splitting time between the office and remote settings – 61.2% of working hours were spent in-person. The American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE) criticized the inaccurate telework statistics being recently shared, accusing “members of President-elect Trump’s transition team” of using misleading data to justify privatizing federal jobs. “Exaggerating the number of federal employees who telework and portraying those who do as failing to show up for work is a deliberate attempt to demean the federal workforce and justify the wholesale privatization of public-sector jobs,” the AFGE says. VERIFY reached out to Ernst’s office for comment, but did not hear back at the time of publication. No evidence that Elon Musk’s Starlink technology was used to interfere with the election No, the Department of Government Efficiency is not a new government agency No, Voice of America is not a new government organization The VERIFY team works to separate fact from fiction so that you can understand what is true and false. Please consider subscribing to our daily newsletter , text alerts and our YouTube channel . You can also follow us on Snapchat , Instagram , Facebook and TikTok . Learn More » YouTube Snapchat Instagram Facebook TikTok Text: 202-410-8808

IoT at Workplace Market Is Booming So Rapidly | Major Giants Cisco, IBM, Siemens 11-23-2024 12:36 PM CET | Advertising, Media Consulting, Marketing Research Press release from: HTF Market Intelligence Consulting Pvt. Ltd. IoT at Workplace Market HTF MI recently introduced Global IoT at Workplace Market study with 143+ pages in-depth overview, describing about the Product / Industry Scope and elaborates market outlook and status (2024-2032). The market Study is segmented by key regions which is accelerating the marketization. At present, the market is developing its presence. Some key players from the complete study are Cisco, IBM, Siemens, Honeywell, Microsoft, Google. 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SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) — San Francisco 49ers quarterback Brock Purdy will miss Sunday's game against the Green Bay Packers with a sore throwing shoulder. Purdy injured his right shoulder in last Sunday's loss to the Seattle Seahawks . Purdy underwent an MRI that showed no structural damage but the shoulder didn't improve during the week and Purdy was ruled out for the game. Javascript is required for you to be able to read premium content. Please enable it in your browser settings.

NoneRarely does a college basketball game provide such stark contrast between the sport's haves and have-nots as when Jackson State faces No. 9 Kentucky on Friday in Lexington, Ky. While Kentucky claims eight NCAA Tournament crowns and the most wins in college basketball history, Jackson State has never won an NCAA Tournament game and enters the matchup looking for its first win of the season. Impressive tradition and current record aside, Kentucky (4-0) returned no scholarship players from last season's team that was knocked off by Oakland in the NCAA Tournament. New coach Mark Pope and his essentially all-new Wildcats are off to a promising start. Through four games, Kentucky is averaging 94.3 points per game, and with 11.5 3-pointers made per game, the team is on pace to set a school record from long distance. The Wildcats boast six double-figure scorers with transfer guards Otega Oweh (from Oklahoma, 15.0 ppg) and Koby Brea (from Dayton, 14.5 ppg) leading the team. The Wildcats defeated Duke 77-72 on Nov. 12 but showed few signs of an emotional letdown in Tuesday's 97-68 win over a Lipscomb team picked to win the Atlantic Sun Conference in the preseason. Kentucky drained a dozen 3-pointers while outrebounding their visitors 43-28. Guard Jaxson Robinson, held to a single point by Duke, dropped 20 points to lead the Kentucky attack. Afterward, Pope praised his team's focus, saying, "The last game was over and it was kind of on to, ‘How do we get better?' That's the only thing we talk about." Lipscomb coach Lennie Acuff also delivered a ringing endorsement, calling Kentucky "the best offensive Power Four team we've played in my six years at Lipscomb." Jackson State (0-5) and third-year coach Mo Williams are looking for something positive to build upon. Not only are the Tigers winless, but they have lost each game by nine or more points. Sophomore guard Jayme Mitchell Jr. (13.8 ppg) is the leading scorer, but the team shoots just 35.8 percent while allowing opponents to shoot 52.3 percent. The Tigers played on Wednesday at Western Kentucky, where they lost 79-62. Reserve Tamarion Hoover had a breakout game with 18 points to lead Jackson State, but the host Hilltoppers canned 14 3-point shots and outrebounded the Tigers 42-35 to grab the win. Earlier, Williams, who played against Kentucky while a student at Alabama, admitted the difficulties of a challenging nonconference schedule for his team. "Our goal is not to win 13 nonconference games," Williams said. "We're already at a disadvantage in that regard. We use these games to get us ready for conference play and for March Madness." Jackson State has not made the NCAA Tournament since 2007. The Tigers had a perfect regular-season record (11-0) in the Southwestern Athletic Conference in 2020-21 but lost in the league tournament. Kentucky has never played Jackson State before, but the game is being billed as part of a Unity Series of matchups in which Kentucky hosts members of the SWAC to raise awareness of Historical Black Colleges and Universities and provide funds for those schools. Past Unity Series opponents have been Southern in December 2021 and Florida A&M in December 2022. --Field Level Media

Arsenal, Manchester City and Bayern Munich all advanced to the Women’s Champions League quarterfinals with with two games to spare on Thursday. Late substitute Lina Hurtig scored the winner in Arsenal's 1-0 victory over Juventus in London. Javascript is required for you to be able to read premium content. Please enable it in your browser settings. Get any of our free email newsletters — news headlines, obituaries, sports, and more.