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OTTAWA, Ontario (AP) — Notre Dame forward Danny Nelson scored twice, Western Michigan’s Hampton Slukynsky made 25 saves and the defending champion United States beat Latvia 5-1 on Saturday in the world junior hockey championship. The United States improved to 2-0 in Group A play, while Latvia dropped to 1-1 a day after stunning Canada with a 3-2 victory in a shootout. Boston College’s Ryan Leonard, Denver’s Zeev Buium and Minnesota Duluth’s Max Plante also scored for the Americans. They will be back in action Sunday at Canadian Tire Centre against Finland, then close group play Tuesday night against Canada. Davids Livsics scored for Latvia. Linards Feldbergs stopped 36 shots after making 55 saves against Canada and stopping all eight attempts in the shootout. In the only other game of the day, Czechia beat Kazakhstan 14-2 at TD Place. Czechia and Sweden are both 2-0 in Group B. Matej Mastalirsky, Vojtech Hradec and Jakub Stancl had hat tricks, with Hradec and Stancl also each assisting on two goals. ___ AP sports:Women of a certain age? They're a major force: Gregg Wallace's jibe shows grave ignorance, says ALEX BRUMMER By ALEX BRUMMER Updated: 17:10 EST, 5 December 2024 e-mail View comments Gregg Wallace's jibe at middle-class women of a certain age will not be forgotten, despite the MasterChef presenter’s efforts to row back. Aside from the offence caused, it shows a profound ignorance by a celebratory TV host who drools over sweet desserts and over-seasoned lamb dishes, but doesn’t understand what is going on outside kitchen walls. Among those women he dismisses so easily are some of the most powerful people in the world, who make an enormous contribution to well-being, prosperity and growth. The rise and rise of women – yes many middle-class and of a certain age – in the command and control structure of the global economy is a terrific 21st-century phenomena. Institutions once dominated by grey-haired, dark-suited male bureaucrats in wire spectacles are being made over by smart women. But it should also be recognised that it is not wholly typical, as evidenced by a lowly number of just nine FTSE 100 women bosses. Power trio: US treasury secretary Janet Yellen, Chancellor Rachel Reeves and ECB president Christine Lagarde Since July 5, we have all become familiar with bob-haired Rachel Reeves, who has acquired her middle-class status by dent of hard political graft. She may be too young to be part of Wallace’s construct of a ‘certain age’. But as Britain’s first female Chancellor in 700 years, as she reminded the nation in her debut Budget, Reeves is part of an impressive cohort that makes and will continue to make a growing contribution to our affluence. They all will be capable of sourcing the best ingredients and affording the gourmet restaurants graced by MasterChef professionals. Reeves is not alone among the women at the commanding heights of the British economy. Clare Lombardelli is deputy to Governor of the Bank of England Andrew Bailey. It is her job to put together and sign off the monetary policy report used by rate-setters to determine the cost of your mortgage. RELATED ARTICLES Previous 1 Next A firm ringing the changes: Vodafone has changed the... Bitcoin tipped to rocket to $120,000 early next year after... Share this article Share HOW THIS IS MONEY CAN HELP How to choose the best (and cheapest) stocks and shares Isa and the right DIY investing account Lombardelli was parachuted into the Bank from the Paris-based Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development, where as chief economist she had a big say in the economic and fiscal policies governing every Western nation. Not far from these shores in Frankfurt sits the imperious and elegant president of the European Central Bank, Christine Lagarde. The silver-haired former French finance minister and one-time managing director of the International Monetary Fund is in charge of the borrowing costs and financial stability of the 20 nations that make up the eurozone. These include the three dominant EU economies of Germany, France and Italy. She determines the interest rates for a group that stretches from Finland on the borders of Russia to Spain on the Atlantic coast. If you think this stretches well beyond the chopping board and whisk, then consider the role of Bulgarian-born economist Kristalina Georgieva. As the managing director of the International Monetary Fund, she has a say over the economic, financial and (say it quietly) political affairs of 191 countries. These range from giants, such as the US and China, to Liechtenstein a new member. The Fund is a think-tank, a forecasting organisation and a lender called into action when economies get into difficulty. It recently has been helping to repair the indebted and destabilised Sri Lankan economy with a £2.3billion bailout and is at work across most of Africa. Georgieva affected our lives here in the UK two years ago when she used the IMF’s annual meetings to give former prime minister Liz Truss, another woman of a certain age, a dressing down over her unaudited tax-cutting Budget. This was among the factors that drove UK mortgage rates higher and caused mayhem on financial markets. Just along the road from the IMF, downtown Washington is home to Janet Yellen, the US treasury secretary. The Brooklyn-born economist is in her last days in office following the election of Donald Trump. Yellen, a hero to Reeves, is among the world’s most respected economic analysts. She previously served as chairman of the US central bank, the Federal Reserve, before being relieved of her duties by the last Trump government. She can be credited with delivering the fastest growth among the G7 rich nations in the Biden years. But the Democrats, like most Western governments, were punished at the polls for near-double digit inflation following the pandemic and Russia’s war on Ukraine. The change of the guard in Washington with Donald Trump taking the oath of office on January 20 will see his new chief of staff Susie Wiles as gatekeeper to the Oval Office. As significantly, Trump’s proposal to drive a coach and horses through globalisation, by imposing punishing tariffs on neighbours Canada and Mexico and China, will push the Geneva-based World Trade Organisation to centre stage. Its director general is former Nigerian finance minister and formidable World Bank official Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala. She has the task of policing global commerce and making sure Trump’s mercantilism doesn’t spin-out of control into a global trade war, with tit-for-tat restrictions, which could condemn the world economy to stagnation or even a 1930s-style recession. There will be those unreformed voices who see the women dominating economic policy, which is so important to all our standards of living, as tokenism. That’s what we have come to expect of Wallace and his ilk. Yet women tend to be less driven by ego and machismo than their male counterparts and more willing to listen, learn and negotiate. Several of the women of a certain age making it to the top of decision-making in global economics hail from humble beginnings, and have climbed the heights by dint of intellect, ambition, and judgment. We should wish them well. Our standards of living depend on it. 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North Texas landed nine players on the opening day of the early signing period in college football Wednesday. The Mean Green hung on to highly regarded North Crowley quarterback Chris Jimerson Jr. and added Oklahoma defensive lineman Braydon Knox late. Knox is a three-star prospect who was previously committed to Tulsa, one of UNT’s rivals in the American Athletic Conference. The Mean Green also lost a few players who had been committed to continue their careers at UNT. Five players backed out in all, including highly regarded wide receiver/defensive back Jacobe Hayes, who signed with TCU. UNT coach Eric Morris was pleased with the group he and his staff landed, particularly after he hired a new defensive coordinator in the hours before national signing day. Skyler Cassity spent last season guiding the defense at Sam Houston and took over for Matt Caponi, who was fired with two games left in the regular season. “It’s a really good starting point for us,” Morris said. “We’re far from done and will continue to add pieces. Getting bigger, longer frames and body types was important, along with adding speed at wideout.” The following is a look at UNT’s class superlatives. There wasn’t a bigger question in the weeks leading up to national signing day was if UNT would hold on to Jimerson. The one quarterback prospect in the Mean Green’s class ranks among the most productive players in the state. Jimerson has threw for 2,955 yards and 44 touchdowns through the end of the regular season and has guided North Crowley to the Class 6A Division I final. The Panthers will take on traditional power Allen on Saturday. “Jimerson is as electric as any high school football player in any state,” Morris said. “A lot of people didn’t want to take a chance on him because he’s 5-foot-10 and 165 pounds. We had him in a 7-on-7 camp. To watch him spin the football was incredible.” Jimerson was committed to TCU as a wide receiver before backing out because he wanted to play quarterback on the college level. UNT has a long history with smaller quarterbacks who have excelled dating back to program legend Mason Fine. Chandler Morris, who is 6-foot, is the latest in that line and has thrown for 3,774 yards and 31 touchdowns this season. The TCU transfer is a junior and nearing the end of his college career. UNT needed another quarterback to add to the pipeline and got its man in Jimerson. There aren’t many sure bets in college football. The fact UNT will throw the ball quite a bit next season, and in every subsequent year in which Morris is the Mean Green’s coach, is one of them. UNT has had 21 players who have caught passes this season. The total was 20 heading into UNT’s regular season finale at Temple. Only two teams competing at the Football Bowl Subdivision level had more players who had caught a pass that that point. Morris said UNT wanted to add speed on the outside and believes it reached that goal by signing Tyler Brown. The former Aubrey standout won the Class 4A state championship in the 200-meter dash. Sign up to get our free daily email of the biggest stories! UNT is losing Damon Ward Jr., Nick Rempert and Blair Conwright to graduation. There will be plenty of opportunities to Brown to contribute early. Defensive tackles are tough to find for teams that compete at the lower levels of college football. UNT appears to have found a gem in Antwon Brown. Brown plays for one of the top programs in the state at Duncanville. He also has great bloodlines. His older brother, Roderick Brown, has excelled for the Mean Green for years and is a senior this year Roderick Brown is undersized for a defensive tackle at 5-foot-11 and 290 pounds and has still excelled. He has 4.5 sacks on the season while playing in the middle of a three-man front. Antwon Brown has a bigger frame at 6-foot-3 and 280 pounds. If the second of the Brown brothers is anything like the first, UNT will have an impact player on its hands. UNT looked like it had a steal on its hands when Mansfield standout Jacobe Hayes committed back in July. Hayes had offers from a host of high-profile teams, including TCU. The Mean Green sold Hayes on the idea that it would let him play both wide receiver and defensive back. The Mean Green hung on until the hours before national signing day when Hayes flipped to TCU. UNT had five players decommit late. It wasn’t a surprise considering Morris fired defensive coordinator Matt Caponi and replaced him with former Sam Houston coordinator Skyler Cassity. Players want to know who they are going to play for and have relationships with those coaches. Losing Hayes was a blow regardless. The bottom line when it comes to UNT’s class is that it’s still too early to early to make a judgement in terms of the group. The Mean Green landed some good young players. What UNT does from here is what will tell the tale when it comes to this year’s class. The Mean Green are currently sitting eighth among AAC teams in the 247Sports class rankings. UNT is set to lose a host of key players to graduation, including six starters in its front seven. Morris said UNT would be active in the transfer market and has offered a host of players who could fill key voids. The Mean Green are off to a good start. How UNT’s class looks will depend largely on what it accomplishes between now and the late signing period in February.Fiji may introduce a children’s curfew. Speaking on the issue of street kids in the country, Minister for Women, Children and Social Protection Lynda Tabuya said the curfew if introduced would be between 10pm and 5am. “I would very much like to revisit the issue of introducing a children’s curfew in Fiji where between the hours of 10pm and 5am, no children can be on the street,” she said. “They need to be in their homes. She said family had a key role to play in ensuring their children were safe and at home. “It lies with family members to have their children at home, they can’t be left supervised, it is the school holidays, it’s possible they could be unsupervised, especially at night.” She acknowledged the vanua o Sabeto which had introduced laws restricting the children from leaving the village after 10pm. “If that can happen in a village setting, we can do it as well as a country and we should really look at that. “It’s been done in other countries as well and we really need to take on this responsibility as a country.”
Passage Bio, Inc. ( NASDAQ:PASG – Get Free Report ) major shareholder Orbimed Advisors Llc sold 230,321 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, December 20th. The shares were sold at an average price of $0.60, for a total value of $138,192.60. Following the completion of the sale, the insider now directly owns 7,404,869 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $4,442,921.40. The trade was a 3.02 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at the SEC website . Major shareholders that own 10% or more of a company’s stock are required to disclose their sales and purchases with the SEC. Orbimed Advisors Llc also recently made the following trade(s): Passage Bio Stock Down 0.4 % Shares of NASDAQ:PASG opened at $0.66 on Friday. The business’s 50 day moving average is $0.67 and its 200 day moving average is $0.75. The stock has a market cap of $40.58 million, a P/E ratio of -0.56 and a beta of 1.43. Passage Bio, Inc. has a 52-week low of $0.45 and a 52-week high of $1.79. Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth Get Our Latest Research Report on Passage Bio Hedge Funds Weigh In On Passage Bio A number of hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in PASG. Landscape Capital Management L.L.C. bought a new position in shares of Passage Bio during the third quarter valued at approximately $38,000. Geode Capital Management LLC increased its holdings in shares of Passage Bio by 18.2% in the 3rd quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 509,516 shares of the company’s stock valued at $357,000 after acquiring an additional 78,406 shares during the period. Erste Asset Management GmbH purchased a new stake in shares of Passage Bio during the 3rd quarter worth $1,718,000. Lynx1 Capital Management LP boosted its position in Passage Bio by 4.4% during the second quarter. Lynx1 Capital Management LP now owns 5,057,629 shares of the company’s stock valued at $4,017,000 after purchasing an additional 211,758 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Vestal Point Capital LP grew its stake in Passage Bio by 0.8% in the third quarter. Vestal Point Capital LP now owns 6,100,000 shares of the company’s stock valued at $4,270,000 after purchasing an additional 48,000 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors own 53.48% of the company’s stock. Passage Bio Company Profile ( Get Free Report ) Passage Bio, Inc, a genetic medicines company, develops gene therapies for central nervous system diseases. It develops PBGM01, a functional GLB1 gene encoding ß-galactosidase for infantile GM1; PBFT02, a functional granulin (GRN) and gene encoding progranulin (PGRN) for the treatment of FTD caused by progranulin deficiency; and PBKR03, a functional GALC gene encoding the hydrolytic enzyme galactosylceramidase for infantile Krabbe disease. Read More Receive News & Ratings for Passage Bio Daily - Enter your email address below to receive a concise daily summary of the latest news and analysts' ratings for Passage Bio and related companies with MarketBeat.com's FREE daily email newsletter .
The 2024 USA 3x3 Women’s AmeriCup Team has been officially announced, and there’s a particularly intriguing selection on the four-player roster: Abbey Hsu, a Columbia University standout. Next week, Hsu will join Azurá Stevens, Maddie Siegrist, and Brittney Sykes in Puerto Rico for a 3x3 competition, where they’ll compete against other countries in the Americas. Hsu stands out from the list of selected players in that she’s the only one not currently playing in the WNBA . Our four to defend the #3x3AmeriCup title in Puerto Rico ♦️ Abbey Hsu ♦️ @20sMaddy ♦️ @stevens_azura ♦️ @BrittBundlez pic.twitter.com/9chqYPtfMu Stevens, Siegrist, and Sykes are all WNBA starters who average near — or around — double figures. Stevens averaged 9.6 points and 7 rebounds per game on the Los Angeles Sparks this season, Siegrist averaged 9.4 points on 50.5% shooting on the Dallas Wings, and Sykes put up 12.2 points, 4.1 rebounds, and 3.3 assists on the Mystics. Sykes and Stevens will also play in Unrivaled this winter, which tips off on January 17th in Miami. Hsu, meanwhile, was drafted with the No. 34 pick by the Connecticut Sun after a standout career with Columbia University. She didn’t report to Sun training camp this past Spring nor play in the WNBA this past season — but she is presumed to attend Sun training camp in the coming years. Whether or not she will ultimately have a career in the WNBA remains to be seen. Still, Hsu beat out a slew of WNBA rotation players who were vying for a spot don't the team. Nine other players participated in the developmental camp in Phoenix in November but were ultimately not selected: Shakira Austin (Washington Mystics), Grace Berger, Rae Burrell (Los Angeles Sparks), Emily Engstler (Mystics), Natasha Howard (Dallas Wings), Taylor Mikesel, Alissa Pili (Minnesota Lynx), Jaylyn Sherrod (New York Liberty), and Sug Sutton (Mystics). Related Hsu, a 5’ 11 guard had a standout career at Columbia, averaging 20.4 points and 7.3 rebounds in her senior season. She became the first woman to ever get drafted out of the university after being named Ivy League Player of the Year in 2024. The FIBA 3x3 AmeriCup is a tournament held annually since 2021. The U.S. women won in 2021 and 2023, and came in third in 2022. This year, the tournament will take place from December 12 to 15 in San Juan, and feature the U.S., Canada, Chile, Puerto Rico, Argentina, Brazil, Mexico, Uruguay, Dominican Republic, Jamaica, Colombia, Guatemala, Costa Rica, Cayman Islands, and Cuba. Each 3x3 game will be played to 21 points, on a half-court with a 10-minute game clock. The tournament will stream live on YouTube.com/FIBA3x3 .Miles Barnstable scored 23 points as St. Thomas beat Bowling Green 93-68 on Saturday. Barnstable shot 6 for 12 (3 for 8 from 3-point range) and 8 of 9 from the free-throw line for the Tommies (10-4). Drake Dobbs scored 18 points while going 6 of 10 from the floor, including 1 for 3 from 3-point range, and 5 for 6 from the line and added five assists. Kendall Blue shot 5 for 11 (2 for 6 from 3-point range) and 4 of 4 from the free-throw line to finish with 16 points. The Tommies picked up their sixth straight win. Javontae Campbell led the way for the Falcons (4-7) with 18 points, six rebounds and four steals. Marcus Johnson added 16 points for Bowling Green. Derrick Butler had 15 points. St. Thomas took the lead with 18:36 remaining in the first half and did not relinquish it. Carter Bjerke led their team in scoring with 12 points in the first half to help put them up 46-20 at the break. St. Thomas pulled away with a 10-0 run in the second half to extend a 20-point lead to 30 points. They were outscored by Bowling Green in the second half by a one-point margin, but still wound up on top, as Barnstable led the way with a team-high 14 second-half points. St. Thomas' next game is Sunday against UC Riverside on the road, and Bowling Green hosts Aquinas (MI) on Monday. The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar .Norfolk Southern Corp. stock underperforms Thursday when compared to competitors‘Simon Ekpa Called And Threatened Me For Not Supporting Biafra’ – Kalu
An Irish civil jury found Friday that UFC superstar Conor McGregor is liable of sexually assaulting a woman in a Dublin hotel room in December 2018. McGregor was ordered by the High Court in Dublin to pay the victim 248,000 euros, or approximately $257,000 in U.S. dollars. No criminal charges came from the incident which allegedly occurred after the two met at a Christmas party in Dublin. The woman said McGregor forced her onto a bed and choked her. A paramedic treating the woman's injuries the following morning testified that he had never seen such intense bruising on a victim, per BBC News. The woman said she then let McGregor do what he wanted to because she feared for her life and that she would not see her daughter again. "He let me go and I remember saying I was sorry, as I felt that I did something wrong and I wanted to reassure him that I wouldn't tell anyone so he wouldn't hurt me again," the woman said in court. She alleged that McGregor put her in a choke hold multiple times and later said, "Now you know how I felt in the Octagon where I tapped out three times," in reference to a UFC bout in which he had to admit defeat. McGregor has denied the accusations, saying that the two had consensual sex. He said in court of the chokehold allegation, "It is a full-blown lie among many lies. How anyone could believe that me, as a prideful person, would highlight my shortcomings." The jury of eight women and four men deliberated for just over six hours before deciding against McGregor's version of events. The woman reported the incident to the police at the time, but prosecutors declined to bring charges, citing insufficient evidence and an unlikely chance at a conviction. After the verdict, McGregor did not speak to reporters but posted on social media that he'll appeal the decision. "The judge's instruction and the modest award was given for assault, not for aggravated or exemplary damages. I am disappointed that the jury did not hear all the evidence that the DDP reviewed. I am with my family now, focused on my future. Thank you to all my support worldwide," he posted. McGregor, 36, and his longtime fiancee, Dee Devlin, have four children. McGregor has not fought in UFC since sustaining a broken leg during a July 2021 loss to Dustin Poirier. The Ireland native is a former featherweight and lightweight champion with a record of 22-6, including 19 wins by knockout. --Field Level MediaIndia’s demolition of Australia in Perth was no outlier, but simply an extreme example of the dominance the subcontinental giants have enjoyed down under for seven years. The Indians have won three of their past four Tests in Australia, drawing the other. Further, they have only lost two of their past nine on these shores, winning five and drawing two. Going back to the 2018-19 Border-Gavaskar Trophy, when India won in Australia for the first time, the touring batters have comfortably had their hosts covered, averaging 31.31 against just 25. Logically, it’s similar dominance on the bowling front – India’s attack averaging 26.01 to Australia’s 33.27. Virat Kohli celebrates reaching his century – just one area that highlights India’s dominance. Picture: Getty Remarkably, they’ve scored eight centuries across those nine games, to just two from the Australians – one to each of Steve Smith and Marnus Labuschagne in the 2020/21 series. Unsurprisingly, Jasprit Bumrah has been the standout bowler in that period, taking 40 wickets at 18.80. Pat Cummins is the next highest wicket-taker with 38, but with an average of 25.34. Among bowlers with more than 10 wickets in Australia in Border-Gavaskar Test since India began its winning run, Ravindra Jadeja boasts the next best average – 21.78. The fact Jadeja didn’t even play in Perth epitomises one of Australia’s biggest worries heading into the second Test. Ravindra Jadeja (L) talks with India head coach Gautam Gambhir. Picture: Getty India won in Perth by 295 runs and that was without either of Rohit Sharma or Shubman Gill. Sharma was back home for the birth of his second child, but was in the nets in Perth on Monday, while Gill is expected to return for the second Test. They’re two instant upgrades on rookie duo Devdutt Padikkal and Dhruv Jurel. All-time greats Jadeja and Ravichandran Ashwin will also be pushing for selection after a so-so game from Washington Sundar (4 and 29, 0-1 and 2-48). “I think there will be two changes for sure, both Rohit Sharma and Shubman Gill coming back into the 11,” Indian legend Sunil Gavaskar told Channel 7. “My feeling is that the batting order will change – where Rohit Sharma will replace Rahul, Shubman Gill will bat at three, Padikkal and Jurel will go out of the team, Rahul will bat at six. “One other change that could happen is that Jadeja comes in in place of Washington Sundar.” Stand-in captain Bumrah also hinted Mohammed Shami could be back in time for the Adelaide Test. If fit, Shami will take India’s attack to the next level, forming a daunting pace triumvirate with Bumrah and Mohammed Siraj. 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ASX set to edge up as Wall Street grinds higherNearly three in five Americans approve of President-elect Donald Trump ’s handling of his transition to the White House , according to a CBS/YouGov poll released Monday. Over half of Americans—55 percent—also said they were “happy” or “satisfied” with Trump’s election victory. Underscoring the poll, however, was a sense of doom and fatigue among the Democratic base: Just 15 percent of Democrats said they feel excited or optimistic as Trump prepares to take office, and only 44 percent said they feel motivated to oppose him. “The bottom line is this: Republicans are very motivated by Donald Trump’s win and, compared to eight years ago, Democrats are just really, really, tired,” said CNN data reporter Harry Enten, as he talked through the poll results on air. “They have just given up.” Enten also noted Trump’s +18 net approval rating, which stands in contrast to the +1 he had after winning the 2016 election. 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Lauren Boebert is the latest politician to launch a Cameo — with videos starting at $250 for a personal message. “Hey, Cameo, it’s your girl from Colorado, Lauren Boebert,” she said in the page’s introductory video. “Whether you or someone you know needs an America First pep talk, if you want to surprise friends or family with a message for a special day, or if you just want to know my thoughts on whatever’s on your mind, Cameo is the place to connect with me.” Boebert’s foray into Cameo comes just days after former Rep. Matt Gaetz also launched a page on the site after withdrawing his name for consideration for attorney general. While Gaetz is charging $500 for a video, fellow disgraced Republican Rep. George Santos, who first started Cameo in 2023, charges $250, like Boebert. The House Ethics Committee notes that representatives can earn up to $31,815 from outside sources. 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However, mystery surrounds the strange saga because the ex-worker didn’t actually pocket the funds, and Macy’s won’t say how they were busted. “While Macy’s cannot control the actions of every employee, it is worrying that these are intentional accounting errors that go back to 2021,” said Neil Saunders, managing director of research firm GlobalData. Saunders added that it “also raises the question as to the competence of the company’s auditors.” The company’s auditor, KPMG, has refused to comment. Elon Musk had some relatable thoughts on the new “department” of government efficiency he’s been tasked to head with Vivek Ramaswamy . “I still can’t believe DOGE is real,” he wrote on his social media platform X on Sunday night, followed by that emoji where the face is crying from laughter. After Musk powered Donald Trump ’s return to the White House, pouring an estimated $200 million into his campaign, the president-elect announced he and Ramaswamy would lead an outside advisory panel aiming to slash $2 trillion in government spending—a plan that even conservative economists have called a “fantasy.” Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Fla.) will lead a new House Oversight Committee working with the DOGE panel—an appointment that some of Taylor Greene’s fellow lawmakers have likened to a punishment, not a reward—and Sen. Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) is forming a DOGE Senate Caucus. Critics have pointed out that DOGE has no budget, no offices, no personnel and no long-term mandate, but Musk doesn’t seem to care. “I think it’s actually going to work,” he wrote on X. But I think it’s actually going to work Liam Payne had a fear of being locked in rooms that dated back to his One Direction days and may have been trying to escape from his hotel room when he fell from the second-floor balcony to his death, according to TMZ. Former One Direction star Payne, 31, died after the incident in Buenos Aires, Argentina, in October and prosecutors confirmed he was under the influence of alcohol, cocaine, and a prescription antidepressant. TMZ reports that Payne had escaped from another room via a balcony as recently as mid-September and claims that sources told them the hotel was aware he may try and get out of the room via the balcony. Images obtained by TMZ reportedly capture the moments before Liam was forcefully put into his room. Minutes later, he fell from the balcony. According to a 911 transcript obtained by the site, a hotel employee told a 911 operator: “I don’t know whether his life may be in danger. He is in a room with a balcony, and, well, we’re a little afraid...” The autopsy indicated he died from “multiple trauma.” Barron Trump is back at Mar-a-Lago for Thanksgiving and was spotted dining with his mom and dad–Melania and Donald Trump–at the Florida club on Saturday night. The footage was posted by influencer Karina Safarova Rudeva, who was described in a 2019 L’Officiel Singapore profile as a “Russian fashionista” and “high network entrepreneur.” Rudeva posted a number of videos to her Instagram story showing the trio eat and converse among other club members. Melania’s father, Viktor Knavs, was also in attendance. Melania can be seen wearing an all-white ensemble, while Barron and his father wore a suit and tie. Barron, 18, is a freshman at New York University’s Stern School of Business. According to the Daily Mail , Barron will return to classes after Thanksgiving break but will return to Florida for the holidays at the end of semester on Dec. 12. 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Footage posted by the aviation news website, Airport Haber, shows passengers evacuating from the plane on an emergency slide, with some carrying belongings. Eus şirket Azimuth'a ait Sukhoi Superjet 100 tipi yolcu uçağının Antalya Havalimanı'nda motorunun yandığı anlar bir yolcu tarafından kaydedildi. Olayda herhangi bir yaralanma bildirilmedi. pic.twitter.com/umoa6KdVL8 A breakthrough ceasefire deal between Israel and Hezbollah could be just days away, according to the Israeli ambassador to the U.S., Mike Herzog. Speaking Monday to Israeli Army Radio, Herzog said negotiators were hammering out the final details of an agreement to clear southern Lebanon of both Hezbollah militants and Israeli troops—an effort to avoid a repeat of the devastation of the 34-day conflict between Israel and Hezbollah in Lebanon in 2006. “We are close to a deal... It can happen within days,” Herzog said, according to a report from the Associated Press. He added that approval from the Israeli government remains a must before anything is finalized. Israel is demanding the right to reply with force if Hezbollah breaches the terms, a condition Lebanon might not accept. Israel accuses the Iranian-backed militia group of ignoring the U.N. resolution that ended the 2006 conflict and fears Hezbollah could launch a Hamas-style raid into Israel if allowed to maintain its current presence near the border. Lebanon, meanwhile, says Israel routinely violates the same U.N. resolution with frequent air and naval incursions into its territory. Hezbollah attacked Israel on Oct. 8, 2023, a day after a Hamas raid into Israel led to the slaughter of more than 1,200 people. Regular contacts escalated into an all-out war in Lebanon in September, with an Israeli ground incursion and huge Israeli airstrikes.
EDITOR'S NOTE — This story includes discussion of suicide. If you or someone you know needs help, the national suicide and crisis lifeline in the U.S. is available by calling or texting 988. Suchir Balaji, a former OpenAI engineer and whistleblower who helped train the artificial intelligence systems behind ChatGPT and later said he believed those practices violated copyright law, has died, according to his parents and San Francisco officials. He was 26. Balaji worked at OpenAI for nearly four years before quitting in August. He was well-regarded by colleagues at the San Francisco company, where a co-founder this week called him one of OpenAI's strongest contributors who was essential to developing some of its products. "We are devastated to learn of this incredibly sad news and our hearts go out to Suchir's loved ones during this difficult time," said a statement from OpenAI. Balaji was found dead in his San Francisco apartment on Nov. 26 in what police said "appeared to be a suicide. No evidence of foul play was found during the initial investigation." The city's chief medical examiner's office confirmed the manner of death to be suicide. His parents Poornima Ramarao and Balaji Ramamurthy said they are still seeking answers, describing their son as a "happy, smart and brave young man" who loved to hike and recently returned from a trip with friends. Balaji grew up in the San Francisco Bay Area and first arrived at the fledgling AI research lab for a 2018 summer internship while studying computer science at the University of California, Berkeley. He returned a few years later to work at OpenAI, where one of his first projects, called WebGPT, helped pave the way for ChatGPT. "Suchir's contributions to this project were essential, and it wouldn't have succeeded without him," said OpenAI co-founder John Schulman in a social media post memorializing Balaji. Schulman, who recruited Balaji to his team, said what made him such an exceptional engineer and scientist was his attention to detail and ability to notice subtle bugs or logical errors. "He had a knack for finding simple solutions and writing elegant code that worked," Schulman wrote. "He'd think through the details of things carefully and rigorously." Balaji later shifted to organizing the huge datasets of online writings and other media used to train GPT-4, the fourth generation of OpenAI's flagship large language model and a basis for the company's famous chatbot. It was that work that eventually caused Balaji to question the technology he helped build, especially after newspapers, novelists and others began suing OpenAI and other AI companies for copyright infringement. He first raised his concerns with The New York Times, which reported them in an October profile of Balaji . He later told The Associated Press he would "try to testify" in the strongest copyright infringement cases and considered a lawsuit brought by The New York Times last year to be the "most serious." Times lawyers named him in a Nov. 18 court filing as someone who might have "unique and relevant documents" supporting allegations of OpenAI's willful copyright infringement. His records were also sought by lawyers in a separate case brought by book authors including the comedian Sarah Silverman, according to a court filing. "It doesn't feel right to be training on people's data and then competing with them in the marketplace," Balaji told the AP in late October. "I don't think you should be able to do that. I don't think you are able to do that legally." He told the AP that he gradually grew more disillusioned with OpenAI, especially after the internal turmoil that led its board of directors to fire and then rehire CEO Sam Altman last year. Balaji said he was broadly concerned about how its commercial products were rolling out, including their propensity for spouting false information known as hallucinations. But of the "bag of issues" he was concerned about, he said he was focusing on copyright as the one it was "actually possible to do something about." He acknowledged that it was an unpopular opinion within the AI research community, which is accustomed to pulling data from the internet, but said "they will have to change and it's a matter of time." He had not been deposed and it's unclear to what extent his revelations will be admitted as evidence in any legal cases after his death. He also published a personal blog post with his opinions about the topic. Schulman, who resigned from OpenAI in August, said he and Balaji coincidentally left on the same day and celebrated with fellow colleagues that night with dinner and drinks at a San Francisco bar. Another of Balaji's mentors, co-founder and chief scientist Ilya Sutskever, had left OpenAI several months earlier, which Balaji saw as another impetus to leave. Schulman said Balaji had told him earlier this year of his plans to leave OpenAI and that Balaji didn't think that better-than-human AI known as artificial general intelligence "was right around the corner, like the rest of the company seemed to believe." The younger engineer expressed interest in getting a doctorate and exploring "some more off-the-beaten path ideas about how to build intelligence," Schulman said. Balaji's family said a memorial is being planned for later this month at the India Community Center in Milpitas, California, not far from his hometown of Cupertino. —————- The Associated Press and OpenAI have a licensing and technology agreement allowing OpenAI access to part of the AP's text archives.FORT COLLINS, Colorado — Lilly Downs rolled out of bed in her new apartment and began setting up her morning’s IV fluids, which flow from a tube in her chest into her bloodstream to keep the 20-year-old hydrated. The Denver Post has chronicled Colorado resident Lilly Downs’ experience with long COVID for three years. 2021: “She is such a puzzle”: Colorado teen’s months-long ordeal spotlights mysteries of long COVID 2022: A Colorado teen’s long COVID isn’t just persisting — after 2 years, it’s getting worse Next, she crushed and dissolved pills so they could run through a separate tube into her intestines, which absorb the medicine better than her stomach. The steps Lilly took that October morning are necessary because her stomach stopped working properly following her first bout with COVID-19 four years ago. But her routine also served another purpose: It was content she filmed for a video that she later posted on TikTok , where she has amassed nearly 470,000 followers. Lilly added Tylenol to her mix of medicine that morning, she explained in the video, because her mom was going to be giving her an intravenous immunoglobulin, or IVIG, infusion, which doctors have found to be an effective treatment for patients who have long COVID. “I always have to pre-medicate with Benadryl and Tylenol so that I don’t have a reaction to the infusion,” Lilly said during the minute-long clip. For Lilly, TikTok has become a kind of a job — and definitely a distraction — while living with long COVID, the name given to the physical and cognitive symptoms that can persist for months and even years after patients’ initial infections. She’s become a social media influencer, earning thousands of dollars and brand deals by documenting what it’s like to face life with a chronic illness . She first fell ill with COVID-19 as a teen in 2020 during the height of the pandemic, and The Denver Post has followed Lilly since 2021 through multiple hospital stints and her search for normalcy and answers as to why symptoms, including a high heart rate and brain fog, still linger. The Post last caught up with Lilly in 2022, when she wasn’t just still sick, her symptoms were getting worse and she was hospitalized with life-threatening infections. Now, Lilly said in a recent interview, she’s doing better physically, living on her own and planning to resume her education in January while using her platform on social media to educate people about her life and illness. “Filming and editing my videos — it gave me something else to focus on,” she said. On TikTok, Lilly shares her experiences with feeding tubes, medications and being interviewed by news reporters . Hundreds of thousands — sometimes millions — of people watch her individual videos. But she also shares things you’d expect from a typical 20-year-old — moving into her first apartment , traveling with friends — and it’s these things that show how far Lilly has come. Two years ago, Lilly was an 18-year-old who just wanted to go home after spending months at Denver’s Rocky Mountain Hospital for Children. Any travel and college plans she entertained were on hold out of fear she’d need to return to the hospital again. Now, she’s living life outside the hospital’s walls, on her own for the first time, traveling with friends to Utah, and volunteering at a camp for chronically ill kids — and she’s sharing it with the world. Lilly was 16 when she first became sick and was hospitalized during one of Colorado’s deadliest waves of the virus. Soon after, she began developing ulcers all over her body that doctors were unable to explain and struggled to treat. When she first became ill, pediatric doctors were unprepared for patients with COVID-19 to develop persisting symptoms. Long COVID was first seen in adults, and researchers and physicians didn’t know how common it was in children and teens. A lot has changed since Lilly first became sick, and even since 2022, when her symptoms worsened to the point she had to relearn how to walk on her own and she spent most of the year in the hospital. While COVID-19 is still around, vaccines and treatments are now available. Doctors and researchers have also learned more about long COVID, including how it affects adolescents, and are working on finding better treatments, such as IVIG, for patients with persisting symptoms, said Dr. Alexandra Yonts, a pediatric infectious disease physician at Children’s National Hospital in Washington, D.C. Doctors still don’t know why someone specifically develops long COVID, but there are risk factors, such as if someone has multiple symptoms when they first get sick or have autoimmune diseases, she said. Adolescent girls are at a higher risk of developing long COVID, although the condition also appears more in boys ages 5 and younger, said Yonts, director of the hospital’s post-COVID program. In 2022, researchers estimated that as many as 651,000 Coloradans had long COVID, with clinics struggling to keep up with the demand for treatment. Studies also show that the more times a person gets COVID-19, their risk of developing lingering symptoms increases, she said, adding that getting vaccinated decreases a person’s risk of getting long COVID. “We’re definitely in a much more knowledgeable place of this disease,” Yonts said. At Yonts’ clinic, doctors have found that patients can experience a range of long COVID symptoms. Fatigue and decreased exercise tolerance are among the most common. Patients also appear to fall into two groups, Yonts said. One group has more cardiovascular symptoms, such as heart palpitations and difficulty breathing. The other group has more gastrointestinal and neurological symptoms, such as headaches, vomiting and stomach pain. While there had been a period in 2021 when Lilly appeared to be doing better, she took an unexpected turn as she began vomiting and had trouble swallowing and eating. She landed in the hospital again at the end of summer 2021, missing the first days of her senior year at Lakewood High School. Lilly was eventually diagnosed with gastroparesis, which means food doesn’t move through her body when she eats, and was placed on a feeding tube. But her central line — the very thing that gave her nutrients — kept causing life-threatening infections that put her in repeatedly in the intensive-care unit. So when the autumn of 2022 rolled around and Lilly’s friends left for college without her, she decided to make the best of the situation by posting on TikTok. The social media app became not just a distraction, but a way to meet people. Lilly has met others living in Fort Collins who also follow her videos, she said. “It was a way to connect with people because it’s a lot harder in real life when your friends are gone,” Lilly said. TikTok helped Lilly not only make new friends, it also let her friends from high school better understand her illness, she said. The TikTok videos help show “that I am a normal person,” she said. Elisa Downs, Lilly’s mother, said she didn’t quite understand when her daughter started making TikToks — even as she helped make Lillly’s dance videos in the hospital. “When she really started to pick up momentum, I was, of course, worried because this world is cruel,” Downs said, noting how controversial the topic of COVID-19 can be online. But then, Downs said, she witnessed the community her daughter found online. “I saw that it was giving her a sense of purpose,” she said, adding, “She was able to really find a great network of people there who understood.“ Lilly has also been able to earn money for her TikTok videos via the platform’s Creator Fund, which pays users based on how many people view and engage with their posts. To join the fund, a person must be at least 18, have a minimum of 10,000 followers and at least 100,000 video views in the past 30 days, according to the social media app. Lilly’s videos about her illness — especially the ones about how she receives supplemental nutrition — earn the most views. One of her clips about her nighttime routine received more than 60 million views, bringing in about $5,000 alone. Lilly said she is “technically” a social media influencer — she has a manager and has started getting brand deals, such as with BeeKeeper’s Naturals, which sells natural remedies. Lilly posted a video showing her using one of the company’s products to help with her brain fog. But Lilly has other plans, too. She moved to Fort Collins from Golden in August and is adjusting to living on her own for the first time. She wants to get another job and start college next semester at Colorado State University, studying nutrition science in hopes of becoming a pediatric dietitian. “I’m excited to have a routine,” Lilly said. “Being in class — I’m nervous just because my brain... is just not where it used to be.” Physically, Lilly said, her symptoms have gotten better. She still has days where they flare and she struggles with brain fog, which makes her lose her train of thought. “I’m definitely having better days,” Lilly said, adding, “Just taking care of myself is a full-time job.” Her gastroparesis has also improved to the point where Lilly can sometimes eat food without getting sick. She craves things that she didn’t like before, such as condiments and ranch dressing, and is on a self-proclaimed cream cheese kick, especially with pizza. “It’s so good,” Lilly said. There was a time, Lilly said, when she expected that her life would go back to the way it was before the pandemic, before she got COVID-19, when she used to play soccer and go to school. “For so long we were just holding out for the normalcy,” she said. But, Lilly said, “This is my new normal.”"Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat. Duis aute irure dolor in reprehenderit in voluptate velit esse cillum dolore eu fugiat nulla pariatur. Excepteur sint occaecat cupidatat non proident, sunt in culpa qui officia deserunt mollit anim id est laborum." Section 1.10.32 of "de Finibus Bonorum et Malorum", written by Cicero in 45 BC "Sed ut perspiciatis unde omnis iste natus error sit voluptatem accusantium doloremque laudantium, totam rem aperiam, eaque ipsa quae ab illo inventore veritatis et quasi architecto beatae vitae dicta sunt explicabo. Nemo enim ipsam voluptatem quia voluptas sit aspernatur aut odit aut fugit, sed quia consequuntur magni dolores eos qui ratione voluptatem sequi nesciunt. Neque porro quisquam est, qui dolorem ipsum quia dolor sit amet, consectetur, adipisci velit, sed quia non numquam eius modi tempora incidunt ut labore et dolore magnam aliquam quaerat voluptatem. Ut enim ad minima veniam, quis nostrum exercitationem ullam corporis suscipit laboriosam, nisi ut aliquid ex ea commodi consequatur? Quis autem vel eum iure reprehenderit qui in ea voluptate velit esse quam nihil molestiae consequatur, vel illum qui dolorem eum fugiat quo voluptas nulla pariatur?" 1914 translation by H. Rackham "But I must explain to you how all this mistaken idea of denouncing pleasure and praising pain was born and I will give you a complete account of the system, and expound the actual teachings of the great explorer of the truth, the master-builder of human happiness. No one rejects, dislikes, or avoids pleasure itself, because it is pleasure, but because those who do not know how to pursue pleasure rationally encounter consequences that are extremely painful. Nor again is there anyone who loves or pursues or desires to obtain pain of itself, because it is pain, but because occasionally circumstances occur in which toil and pain can procure him some great pleasure. To take a trivial example, which of us ever undertakes laborious physical exercise, except to obtain some advantage from it? But who has any right to find fault with a man who chooses to enjoy a pleasure that has no annoying consequences, or one who avoids a pain that produces no resultant pleasure?" 1914 translation by H. Rackham "But I must explain to you how all this mistaken idea of denouncing pleasure and praising pain was born and I will give you a complete account of the system, and expound the actual teachings of the great explorer of the truth, the master-builder of human happiness. No one rejects, dislikes, or avoids pleasure itself, because it is pleasure, but because those who do not know how to pursue pleasure rationally encounter consequences that are extremely painful. Nor again is there anyone who loves or pursues or desires to obtain pain of itself, because it is pain, but because occasionally circumstances occur in which toil and pain can procure him some great pleasure. To take a trivial example, which of us ever undertakes laborious physical exercise, except to obtain some advantage from it? But who has any right to find fault with a man who chooses to enjoy a pleasure that has no annoying consequences, or one who avoids a pain that produces no resultant pleasure?" To keep reading, please log in to your account, create a free account, or simply fill out the form below.
EMPOLI, Italy (AP) — Englishman Keinan Davis scored with 14 minutes remaining for Udinese to draw at Empoli 1-1 in Serie A on Monday and snap the visitor's three-game losing streak. The former Watford and Aston Villa striker rose to head home a near-post corner with 76 minutes gone. Pietro Pellegri put Empoli ahead midway through the first half with his third goal in three games. The on-loan Torino striker has endured a lean season but a goal in the 1-0 win over Como was followed by another in the 1-1 draw with Lecce before the international break. The result was the first point in four games for Udinese, after consecutive defeats to Atalanta, Juventus and Venezia, and meant that both sides retained their mid-table positions. Udinese was ninth and Empoli 10th. Later, Venezia missed a chance to move off the foot of the table when it went down at home to Lecce 1-0. Venezia was dominant for most of the game, with Gaetano Oristanio and Jay Idzes hitting the woodwork and Wladimiro Falcone outstanding in the Lecce goal. But the home side paid for its profligacy after 70 minutes. Antonino Gallo’s sublime cross from the left was met by Patrick Dorgu at the far post and he steered the ball into the far corner to give Lecce all three points. Lecce, which started the night only two places above bottom side Venezia, jumped into 15th place. AP soccer: https://apnews.com/hub/soccerA Mobile Police Station is now open to the public. Police officers will be in full force near Heroes Park in Castries on a 24/7 basis. The mobile unit is expected to be a total game-changer for the Royal Saint Lucia Police Force (RSLPF). “This initiative came about as a result of the many cries that we’ve been hearing of late as it pertains to crime... with the tourists... as well as our citizenry,” Inspector Bridgette Algodel said on Monday. According to her, while the mobile unit is stationed in Castries, “it is subject to change as the need arises.” The unit will be manned by a diarist and members of the Traffic Department. “We will (also) see the deployment of ATVs from this location. You will be seeing constant patrols being done by members of the Marine Unit,” the inspector said, along with drone coverage. Inspector Lucius Small, Commanding Officer of the Special Services Unit, told reporters it was a historical day for the RSLPF. “The Special Services Unit will be there at all times to provide security for persons... around the City of Castries,” he said. The RSLPF is also hoping to foster trust with the public. “Our goal is to significantly reduce theft (and) to foster stronger relationships between law enforcement and the community encouraging a collaborative approach to safety. Also, to create an environment for residents and tourists to feel safe,” Inspector Anthea Louis stated. Chief Fire Officer, Ditney Downes, praised the Acting Commissioner for conceptualizing the idea. “The Commissioner of Police has taken a multisectoral approach to crime fighting and he has invited the Fire Department to be part of that strategy. We are very happy to partner with him,” he said. Furthermore, he stated, “In speaking to the Commissioner, I could see the determination to ensure that the crime situation is reduced to its lowest level possible. I have no doubt this initiative will bring success. The Fire Department will make all available resources within the department to ensure that this initiative is very successful.” Moving forward, he said, “We will continue that partnership with the Commissioner of Police and the Royal Saint Lucia Police Force to ensure that we have a safer Saint Lucia. We need to come down on the number of criminal activities that we currently face in this country and the Fire Service is determined to assist.” Prime Minister Philip J Pierre was full of praise for Acting Commissioner Verne Garde and the Fire Chief, saying: “It’s something that you see in other countries and we’ve spoken about it but as usual we always find the reason not to do it in terms of resources. For the Commissioner and Fire Chief to be so innovative to use what we have and to convert into a real serious asset coupled with the other assets that they have I think it’s really something we should be proud of.”AUSTIN, Texas , Dec. 2, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Subsplash , the industry leader in engagement technology for churches, announced today its acquisition of Pulpit AI , the artificial intelligence company for pastors and churches. "At Subsplash, we're committed to supporting church communities by making it easier to share the truth of Jesus," said Tim Turner , CEO of Subsplash. "Pulpit AI allows us to provide hundreds of thousands of forward-looking church leaders with tools that multiply their content creation efforts—helping deepen discipleship within their communities!" This acquisition marks an exciting step forward in Subsplash's mission of equipping every church to engage more people through technology by transforming sermons into dynamic, discoverable content that reaches people every day of the week—anywhere, anytime. Pastors and church leaders can leverage the Subsplash Platform—mobile apps, online giving, live streaming, websites, media delivery, events management, communication tools, and more—now paired with the power of AI making it simple to upload sermons and automatically create a suite of content—from video clips for social media to study guides for small groups, sermon recaps, weekly newsletters, and more. "The Church should be at the forefront of innovation and creativity," said Turner. "We can't wait to see how this acquisition helps amplify the gospel message and, by the grace of Jesus, we'll never stop innovating for His Church." With Subsplash & Pulpit AI's advanced tools, pastors can save valuable time while broadening the reach and impact of their messages. By enabling church leaders to repurpose their sermons quickly and effectively, Subsplash aims to enhance engagement with each sermon created, connecting congregations with meaningful content throughout the week. About Subsplash Subsplash is the industry leader in Fintech and mobile SaaS with an award-winning digital engagement platform used by over 20,000 leading churches and ministries around the world. Subsplash is passionate about helping mission-minded organizations engage their audiences through centralized, easy-to-manage systems. 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