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Bitcoin hit a record high above $100,000 on Thursday as the election of Republican Donald Trump as U.S. president fuels expectations that his administration will usher in a friendly regulatory environment for cryptocurrencies. The world's largest cryptocurrency was last up 3% at $101,000. Since Trump's win on November 5, the price has surged around 45%, driven by a swathe of buying that has poured capital into U.S. bitcoin-backed exchange-traded funds. 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The figure not that long ago dismissed as fantasy, stands as a reality. Discover the stories of your interest Blockchain 5 Stories Cyber-safety 7 Stories Fintech 9 Stories E-comm 9 Stories ML 8 Stories Edtech 6 Stories "Institutional adoption is evident, as seen by the increased volume on the CME, ETFs (exchange traded funds), and derivatives markets during U.S. hours. Essentially, funds now need to either get involved or risk standing on the sidelines while more gutsy competitors potentially outperform." Bobby Ong, cofounder, Coingecko, Kuala Lumpur: "Bitcoin reaching the $100,000 milestone marks a significant moment for the cryptocurrency market , reflecting its growing maturity and mainstream adoption. "The psychological importance of $100,000 is also attracting new investors and driving market sentiment. This rally demonstrates Bitcoin's position as a leading financial innovation, solidifying its reputation as a digital store of value and a hedge against traditional economic uncertainties. "It also underscores the growing acceptance of cryptocurrencies as a legitimate asset class." Shane Oliver, chief economist and head of investment strategy, AMP, Sydney: "As time goes by it's proving itself as part of the financial landscape, slotting in more as a store of value as opposed to a regular asset you can value on the basis of things it produces, like shares. Ray Attrill, head of Fx Research "It's the ultimate speculative asset, isn't it. "I wasn't surprised ... it was probably the cleanest 'Trump trade'. Just from a regulatory point of view and the concept of a much more easily traded asset, it's justified its run up, though it's now taken on a life of its own. "The test will be if we do have a big puke in risk sentiment at some point, and we start to see a major stock market correction. Where does crypto sit in that? I don't know the answer." RICHARD TENG, CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER, BINANCE, DUBAI: "Almost 16 years since its first block was mined in 2009, bitcoin has reached the landmark milestone of $100K per coin, placing the asset at a total market capitalisation of $2.1 trillion. "This also places bitcoin firmly on the very short list of just seven assets or companies that have achieved more than 2 trillion dollars in market capitalisation, the rest being gold and tech giants NVIDIA, Apple, Microsoft, Alphabet (Google), and Amazon. "With talks of a U.S. Strategic Bitcoin reserve and more companies adding bitcoin to their corporate treasuries, we are on the precipice of true mainstream global adoption." Jean-Baptiste Graftieaux , CEO, Bitstamp, Luxembourg: "Bitcoin reaching $100,000 is a watershed moment, highlighting its resilience after a challenging few years. Despite shifts in the political and regulatory landscape, bitcoin has proven its staying power. "This milestone reflects the growing maturity of the crypto market, as traditional financial institutions and retail customers increasingly embrace digital assets. Looking ahead, we anticipate broader integration of crypto into retail, professional and institutional holdings and pensions, coupled with a more diverse range of trading services and instruments, mirroring the evolution of traditional finance."

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Did you know with a Digital Subscription to Yorkshire Evening Post, you can get unlimited access to the website including our premium content, as well as benefiting from fewer ads, loyalty rewards and much more. Initially launched in a modest unit at Sunnybank Mills in October 2023, the store quickly outgrew its space behind The Old Woollen, prompting a move to a larger venue within the same development by autumn 2024 . John-Paul told the Yorkshire Evening Post : "It was busy pretty much straight away and has continued to be. So we quickly realised we needed to expand or have bigger premises to stock more items. We moved this summer and opened here at the end of September, in under a year. It's been quite a big jump up." Advertisement Advertisement With years of experience in the record store industry, opening his own shop felt like a natural progression for John-Paul. However, he initially had reservations about competing in Leeds ’ well-established music scene. He said: “There are so many great record shops in Leeds , so I wondered how we’d fit in. But Leeds is such a big city—there’s room for everyone.” Sunnybank Mills is home to a large variety of independent businesses, event spaces and art galleries, and proved the ideal location for Record Plant. John-Paul explained: "You're surrounded by creativity. There are lots of artists who are based here, and it's quite an up-and-coming area and continues to be so. Advertisement Advertisement "And I think that's been very good for us. It's a good place for people to come on a weekend [for people who] don't live here as well." Record Plant offers a diverse range of music, from the latest Taylor Swift releases to £100+ limited-edition box sets by The Smiths and Stone Roses. It also stocks music memorabilia, books, merchandise, and more. Among current bestsellers is records by MF Doom, the late British-American rapper whose music has seen a resurgence in popularity since his passing in Leeds in 2020. John-Paul thinks that one reason records have become so popular in the 21st century is the way people consume music in the age of social media : "[People] might hear something on a reel on Instagram or TikTok, and then buy the record." Leeds is home to renowned record stores that have built national reputations over decades . But for a new record store like Record Plant to open with such success that it had to move to a larger premise in under a year is no small feat. Advertisement Advertisement Don’t miss a single thing when it comes to news from Leeds with our free daily newsletter. John-Paul believes their success lies in building strong connections with customers: "We pride ourselves on, trying to get to know our customers and get things in that they want. And if we don't have what they want, we will do our best to get it. It's just a nice place to come and browse. "We've got a lot of things on display, and we're next to an art gallery. It's quite a visual shop, so people can come in and look at things. And even if they hadn't bought anything, they might go: 'Well, actually, I enjoyed going in there because I'd seen that'. "And we don't just sell records. We've got other kinds of merch and pop culture kind of bits and pieces which sell quite healthily." Advertisement Advertisement John-Paul hopes the Record Plant's rapid growth over the past year continues. He said: "I mean, I think we'll continue growing. We'd like to look at expansion, maybe looking at different, different shops and things. "Once you've got one business , it's almost like a springboard, because you've taken that risk - taking the plunge to do something. "The beauty of it is, you never know really until you're halfway through doing the next thing."THE first person in the UK to have all of her major organs transplanted has died aged 46 - more than a decade after her ground-breaking operations. Allison Angell suffered from cystic fibrosis and had a new liver, heart, lungs and kidney in a series of operations over 11 years. She died on December 18 in the cystic fibrosis ward at Llandough Hospital near her home in Dinas Powys, south Wales. Allison won a Pride of Britain award in 2010 for her bravery in fighting her condition. The "national inspiration" realised a long ambition of becoming a GP in the same year. Allison was seven years old when she was told she was among the 10 per cent of cystic fibrosis patients in the world with liver disease . Read More Health SHUT UP SHOP Major supermarkets recall jewellery stocking fillers over ‘chemical’ fears SYMPTOM CHECK How to tell if you've got a hangover, Covid, flu or meningitis By 17 she had a liver transplant and two years later in 1997 she had a new heart and lungs. She was not able to complete her education in the way she’d have liked when she was younger. But Allison decided to complete a neuroscience degree as a mature student before starting a degree in medicine. During her medicine course in 2006 she was diagnosed with kidney failure and her dad David John gave his kidney to save her. Most read in Health SHUT UP SHOP Major supermarkets recall jewellery stocking fillers over ‘chemical’ fears HAIR THIS Physical trait makes you '6 times more likely to go bald' - find clue in fingers 'TOTAL SHOCK' After years of trying, a scan showed '1% miracle triplets' - then tragedy hit GHOST OF XMAS FUTURE Symptoms of killer diseases you may spot in loved ones this Xmas Before returning to medical school where she qualified as a doctor she became an ambassador for the Kidney Wales Foundation. She spoke in Westminster and the Senedd appealing for changes in the law around presumed consent, which went on to become law. Under presumed consent, it is assumed a person is willing to donate their organs after death unless they opt out. Two weeks after the major operation to have a new heart she met David Hamilton, to whom she had donated her heart. They had a meal at a restaurant together where they thanked each other and spoke about their future plans - becoming good friends. David even attended Allison's wedding to Nathan Angell in 2013. In an interview, Allison said: "It was only natural for him to be there. It would have felt strange if he wasn’t. "He was like part of me. By giving away a heart I gained a second family." 'WONDERFUL PERSON' Nathan said he met Allison on a night out in her home town of Fishguard in Pembrokeshire. Speaking after Allison's death, Nathan told how he knew he wanted to be with her for life. He said: "She always put others first. I’ve had messages from her patients the last few days. "People are saying what a wonderful doctor and person she was. "She was the type of person who would always give to others before worrying about herself. "She always tried to make sure her condition wasn’t at the forefront of her life." Nathan added: "No matter what knocked her down she always got back up. "There was the odd day when it got to her but not that many considering her condition. "She could have thrown the towel in and sat at home but she lived her life with such purpose and drive to give something to her community and give back to the NHS too. "She felt passionately about her purpose to do that. She was 100% a better doctor because of what she went through in her own life. "I’ve been told by many people she was a brilliant doctor both compassionately and with her knowledge. "Even up until recently when she was very ill she said: ‘I'm going to bounce back from this.' "She always fought to keep herself going. She loved travelling and taking in other different cultures and seeing many parts of the world. "We went to lots of places together and had a great time." Despite being very ill, Allison continued to work in her job as a GP right up until November. Nathan said: "She never wanted to let it go, it meant so much to her being a doctor." 'STRONG WOMAN' Allison’s mother Helen said: "She was a very strong woman - always was from a very young age. "She was strong minded and strong willed. She fought for everything and everybody and she loved a challenge. She did a lot in her life." Allison had no idea who donated her heart and lungs – though she sent an anonymous letter to thank the family. But she was delighted to discover the identity of her liver donor following a TV appearance. She received a Facebook message from the mother of a little girl who had donated her liver. Read more on the Scottish Sun SHOCK SWOOP Former Celtic boss 'lines up shock January transfer swoop for Kyogo Furuhashi' MAKE THE YULETIDE GREY White Christmas update for Scots as snow & 80mph winds wreak chaos The mum put her age and the date of the operation together to identify her. Allison said: "It was really touching. I think it helped her to know she had done the right thing and I had put the liver to good use." 1 'National inspiration' Allison Angell has died aged 46 Credit: Media Wales

By Wendy Fry | CalMatters If you’ve hunted for apartments recently and felt like all the rents were equally high, you’re not crazy: Many landlords now use a single company’s software — which uses an algorithm based on proprietary lease information — to help set rent prices. Federal prosecutors say the practice amounts to “an unlawful information-sharing scheme” and some legislators throughout California are moving to curb it. San Diego’s city council president is the latest to do so, proposing to prevent local apartment owners from using the pricing software, which he maintains is driving up housing costs. Also see: California rent hikes: Where are the biggest increases in November? San Diego’s proposed ordinance, now being drafted by the city attorney, comes after San Francisco supervisors in July enacted a similar, first-in-the-nation ban on “the sale or use of algorithmic devices to set rents or manage occupancy levels” for residences. San Jose is considering a similar approach. And California and seven other states have also joined the federal prosecutors’ antitrust suit , which targets the leading rental pricing platform, Texas-based RealPage. The complaint alleges that “RealPage is an algorithmic intermediary that collects, combines, and exploits landlords’ competitively sensitive information. And in so doing, it enriches itself and compliant landlords at the expense of renters who pay inflated prices...” But state legislators this year failed to advance legislation by Bakersfield Democratic Sen. Melissa Hurtado that would have banned the use of any pricing algorithms based on nonpublic data provided by competing companies. She said she plans to bring the bill back during the next legislative session because of what she described as ongoing harms from such algorithms. “We’ve got to make sure the economy is fair and ... that every individual who wants a shot at creating a business has a shot without being destroyed along the way, and that we’re also protecting consumers because it is hurting the pocketbooks of everybody in one way or another,” said Hurtado. RealPage has been a greater impetus for all of the actions. The company counts as its customer landlords with thousands of apartment units across California. Some officials accuse the company of thwarting competition that would otherwise drive rents down, exacerbating the state’s housing shortage and driving up rents in the process. “Every day, millions of Californians worry about keeping a roof over their heads and RealPage has directly made it more difficult to do so,” said California Attorney General Rob Bonta in a written statement. A RealPage spokesperson, Jennifer Bowcock, told CalMatters that a lack of housing supply, not the company’s technology, is the real problem — and that its technology benefits residents, property managers, and others associated with the rental market. The spokesperson later wrote that a “misplaced focus on nonpublic information is a distraction... that will only make San Francisco and San Diego’s historical problems worse.” As for the federal lawsuit, the company called the claims in it “devoid of merit” and said it plans to “vigorously defend ourselves against these accusations.” “We are disappointed that, after multiple years of education and cooperation on the antitrust matters concerning RealPage, the (Justice Department) has chosen this moment to pursue a lawsuit that seeks to scapegoat pro-competitive technology that has been used responsibly for years,” the company’s statement read in part. “RealPage’s revenue management software is purposely built to be legally compliant, and we have a long history of working constructively with the (department) to show that.” The company’s challenges will only grow if pricing software becomes another instance in which California lawmakers lead the nation. Following San Francisco’s ban, the Philadelphia City Council passed a ban on algorithmic rental price-fixing with a veto-proof vote last month. New Jersey has been considering its own ban. Is it price fixing — or coaching landlords? According to federal prosecutors, RealPage controls 80% of the market for commercial revenue management software. Its product is called YieldStar, and its successor is AI Revenue Management, which uses much of the same codebase as YieldStar, but has more precise forecasting. RealPage told CalMatters it serves only 10% of the rental markets in both San Francisco and San Diego, across its three revenue management software products. Here’s how it works: In order to use YieldStar and AIRM, landlords have historically provided RealPage with their own private data from their rental applications, rent prices, executed new leases, renewal offers and acceptances, and estimates of future occupancy, although a recent change allows landlords to choose to share only public data. This information from all participating landlords in an area is then pooled and run through mathematical forecasting to generate pricing recommendations for the landlords and for their competitors. The San Diego council president, Sean Elo-Rivera, explained it like this: “In the simplest terms, what this platform is doing is providing what we think of as that dark, smoky room for big companies to get together and set prices,” he said. “The technology is being used as a way of keeping an arm’s length from one big company to the other. But that’s an illusion.” In the company’s own words, from company documents included in the lawsuit, RealPage “ensures that (landlords) are driving every possible opportunity to increase price even in the most downward trending or unexpected conditions.” The company also said in the documents that it “helps curb (landlords’) instincts to respond to down-market conditions by either dramatically lowering price or by holding price.” Providing rent guidance isn’t the only service RealPage has offered landlords. In 2020, a Markup and New York Times investigation found that RealPage, alongside other companies, used faulty computer algorithms to do automated background checks on tenants. As a result, tenants were associated with criminal charges they never faced, and denied homes. Impact on tenants Thirty-one-year-old Navy veteran Alan Pickens and his wife move nearly every year “because the rent goes up, it gets unaffordable, so we look for a new place to stay,” he said. The northeastern San Diego apartment complex where they just relocated has two-bedroom apartments advertised for between $2,995 and $3,215. They live in an area of San Diego where the U.S. Justice Department says information-sharing agreements between landlords and RealPage have harmed or are likely to harm renters. The department in August filed its antitrust lawsuit against RealPage, alleging the company, through its legacy YieldStar software, engaged in an “ unlawful scheme to decrease competition among landlords in apartment pricing ”. The complaint names specific areas where rents are artificially high. Beyond the part of San Diego where Pickens lives, those areas include South Orange County, Rancho Cucamonga, Temecula, and Murrieta and northeastern San Diego. In the second quarter of 2020, the average rent in San Diego County was $1,926, reflecting a 26% increase over three years, according to the San Diego Union-Tribune . Rents have since risen even more in the city of San Diego, to $2,336 per month as of November 2024 – up 21% from 2020, according to RentCafe and the Tribune. That’s 50% higher than the national average rent. The attorneys general of eight states, including California, joined the Justice Department’s antitrust suit, filed in U.S. District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina. The California Justice Department contends RealPage artificially inflated prices to keep them above a certain minimum level, said department spokesperson Elissa Perez. This was particularly harmful given the high cost of housing in the state, she added. “The illegally maintained profits that result from these price alignment schemes come out of the pockets of the people that can least afford it.” Renters make up a larger share of households in California than in the rest of the country — 44% here compared to 35% nationwide. The Golden State also has a higher percentage of renters than any state other than New York, according to the latest U.S. Census data . San Diego has the fourth-highest percentage of renters of any major city in the nation . The recent ranks of California legislators, however, have included few renters: As of 2019, CalMatters could find only one state lawmaker who did not own a home — and found that more than a quarter of legislators at the time were landlords. Studies show that low-income residents are more heavily impacted by rising rents. Nationally between 2000 and 2017, Americans without a college degree spent a higher percentage of their income on rent. That percentage ballooned from 30% to 42%. For college graduates, that percentage increased from 26% to 34%. “In my estimation, the only winners in this situation are the richest companies who are either using this technology or creating this technology,” said Elo-Rivera. “There couldn’t be a more clear example of the rich getting richer while the rest of us are struggling to get by.” The state has invested in RealPage Private equity giant Thoma Bravo acquired RealPage in January 2021 through two funds that have hundreds of millions of dollars in investments from California public pension funds, including the California Public Employees’ Retirement System, the California State Teachers’ Retirement System, the Regents of the University of California and the Los Angeles police and fire pension funds, according to Private Equity Stakeholder Project. “They’re invested in things that are directly hurting their pensioners,” said K Agbebiyi, a senior housing campaign coordinator with the Private Equity Stakeholder Project, a nonprofit private equity watchdog that produced a report about corporate landlords ‘ impact on rental hikes in San Diego. RealPage argues that landlords are free to reject the price recommendations generated by its software. But the US Justice Department alleges that trying to do so requires a series of steps, including a conversation with a RealPage pricing adviser. The advisers try to “stop property managers from acting on emotions,” according to the department’s lawsuit. Related Articles Housing | California rent hikes: Where are the biggest increases in November? Housing | 20%-plus of US spends entire paychecks on rent, poll says Housing | Why US sued to stop landlords colluding on rents Housing | Rent inflation won’t cool until 2026, Cleveland Fed says Housing | California has 18 of 20 costliest US cities to rent a house Read this story in Spanish If a property manager disagrees with the price the algorithm suggests and wants to decrease rent rather than increase it, a pricing advisor will “escalate the dispute to the manager’s superior,” prosecutors allege in the suit. In San Diego, the Pickenses, who are expecting their first child, have given up their gym memberships and downsized their cars to remain in the area. They’ve considered moving to Denver. “All the extras pretty much have to go,” said Pickens. “I mean, we love San Diego, but it’s getting hard to live here.” “My wife is an attorney and I served in the Navy for 10 years and now work at Qualcomm,” he said. “Why are we struggling? Why are we struggling?”

2 ASX 200 shares I'd want to receive as a present today2024: The year of AI at UBFrench opposition MPs voted to oust the government of Prime Minister Michel Barnier after just three months in office, a historic move which hurled the country further into political uncertainty. For the first time in over sixty years, the National Assembly lower house toppled the incumbent government, approving a no-confidence motion that had been proposed by the hard left but which crucially was backed by the far-right headed by Marine Le Pen. MPs joined forces to back the no-confidence motion, with a majority 331 votes in support of the move. Barnier was expected to tender his resignation and that of his government to President Emmanuel Macron shortly. French government likely to collapse after no-confidence vote What brought about Barnier's downfall? This time, Macron had ushered in the crisis by calling a snap election in June that delivered a polarised parliament. With its president diminished, France risks ending the year without a stable government or a 2025 budget although the constitution allows special measures that would avert a US-style government shutdown. The MPs punished Barnier for opting to use special constitutional powers to ram part of an unpopular budget, which sought 60 billion euro ($A98 billion) in savings in an effort to shrink the deficit, through parliament without a final vote. National Rally chief Marine Le Pen had said collapsing the government was "the only way the constitution gives us to protect the French from a dangerous, unfair and punitive budget". Source: AFP / Stephane De Sakutin What's next for France? France faces a period of deep political uncertainty that is already unnerving investors in French sovereign bonds and stocks. Earlier this week, France's borrowing costs briefly exceeded those of Greece, generally considered far more risky. Macron must now make a choice. Three sources told Reuters that Macron aimed to install a new prime minister swiftly, with one saying he wanted to name one before a ceremony to reopen the Notre-Dame Cathedral on Saturday. Any new prime minister would face the same challenges as Barnier in getting bills, including the 2025 budget, adopted by a divided parliament. French election: Leftist alliance projected to win most seats in surprise swing There can be no new parliamentary election before July. Macron could alternatively ask Barnier and his ministers to stay on in a caretaker capacity while he takes time to identify a prime minister able to attract sufficient cross-party support to pass legislation. The danger for Macron is that his opponents vote down one prime minister after the next.

jb bet The Dallas Cowboys head into their Week 12 matchup against the Washington Commanders, hoping to reverse a challenging season marked by injuries and mounting criticism. As they prepare to face a familiar foe in this NFC East showdown, the conversation off the field has shifted to linebacker Micah Parsons’ thoughts on a hot topic in sports media. By Tony Fisher Earlier this week, Los Angeles Lakers superstar LeBron James announced he is stepping back from his influential social media presence, citing the toll of public scrutiny. Cowboys star Micah Parsons was asked to share his perspective on James’ decision during a media session. ... and whether he might follow suit. “LeBron was on social media for 20 years... I’m in year four!” Parsons quipped . “Now he’s getting off social media? Four championships later? (Laughing) LeBron was on social media when he won an NBA title. What are we saying here? I might be done with the media in 20 years. “You won’t know who I am in 20 years. I might have a beard and (be) bald and (be) on a beach somewhere.” Parsons, an active social media user and podcast host, often receives criticism for his online presence, much like James has throughout his career. While Parsons embraces the platform to connect with fans and express his personal views, James has used social media to grow his brand and voice his opinions on political and personal matters including speaking out against former coach Darvin Ham earlier this season during his podcast. Related: Cowboys' Rush Reveals Bold Mentality vs. Commanders Meanwhile, regarding actual football ... As the Cowboys aim to salvage their season, including a rough stretch of home losses, the spotlight remains on their performance against the Commanders. A win in Washington could provide a much-needed morale boost as Dallas navigates a critical stretch and a tumultuous season. Related: Emotional Dak Admits To Crying Tears Over Lost SeasonLautaro Martinez ended a near two-month goal drought as Inter Milan closed to within one point of Serie A leaders Atalanta by sweeping aside Cagliari 3-0. Martinez had gone eight matches since last finding the back of the net against Venezia on November 3 but after Alessandro Bastoni opened the scoring in the 54th minute, the Argentina international struck in Sardinia. The Inter captain took his tally against Cagliari to 10 goals in as many games after 71 minutes before Hakan Calhanoglu capped an excellent night for the visitors from the penalty spot a few moments later. This moment >>> #ForzaInter #CagliariInter pic.twitter.com/aZwbAZvRVI — Inter ⭐⭐ (@Inter_en) December 28, 2024 Inter’s fifth-successive league victory led to them temporarily leapfrogging Atalanta, who reclaimed top spot but saw their lead cut to a single point following a 1-1 draw at Lazio. Gian Piero Gasperini’s side were grateful for a point in the end after falling behind to Fisayo Dele-Bashiru’s first-half strike, only drawing level with two minutes remaining thanks to Marco Brescianini. Lautaro Valenti’s last-gasp strike condemned rock-bottom Monza to a 10th defeat in 18 matches as Parma edged a 2-1 victory, while Genoa defeated Empoli by the same scoreline.

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AP Sports SummaryBrief at 4:26 p.m. ESTMonroe St. Mary will play in a volleyball state championship game for the fourth time since 2019 and will look to win its third title in that span on Saturday when the Kestrels face Traverse City St. Francis, themselves in the title game for the second year in a row. St. Mary beat Cass City in Friday’s semifinal. St. Francis dropped the second and third sets of their semifinal with Kalamazoo Christian before rallying for a 26-24, 24-26, 21-25, 25-19, 15-7 win.

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The North Carolina Teaching Fellows Commission has selected 210 individuals to receive North Carolina Teaching Fellows awards for the Class of 2025 during its early-decision window. The Teaching Fellows program is a competitive, merit-based forgivable loan program providing tuition assistance of up to $10,000 a year for qualified students committed to teaching elementary education, special education, science, technology, engineering, or math in a North Carolina public school. The purpose of the program is to recruit, prepare and support future teachers who attend institutions of higher education in North Carolina. The award winners may attend any of the program’s 10 partner institutions pending admission: Appalachian State University; East Carolina University; Elon University; Fayetteville State University; North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University; NC State University; Meredith College; University of North Carolina at Charlotte; University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; and University of North Carolina at Pembroke. In the early-decision window, the NCTF commission received 307 completed and screened applications. The commission considered grade point average, leadership and experience, awards and honors, written essays, educator recommendations, and video submissions to offer the 210 awards. Standardized test scores from SAT/ACT were optional to align with admission standards from participating colleges and universities. Students who did not receive an early-decision award were deferred to the regular application period, which runs until Feb. 28, 2025. Any potential teachers in the areas of elementary, STEM, or special education are encouraged to apply at www.ncteachingfellows.org during the regular application window. The comprehensive list of the Class of 2025 Teaching Fellows awardees will be finalized in March 2025. “Congratulations to these deserving winners chosen during our early-decision process,” Bennett Jones, director of the North Carolina Teaching Fellows program, said. “We look forward to their future careers in classrooms around the state. We are heartened by the continued growth of the program, and we are grateful for the support of lawmakers and education leaders as we continue to promote the teaching profession.” The 210 awards in the early-decision window represent a 61% increase in early-action awards from last year’s window. The early-decision awardees feature 134 high school seniors, 60 college transfer students and 16 licensure-only students. The early-award recipients hail from 126 different cities and towns representing 63 counties across the state. The early class of 2025 includes 30% minority recipients. Finally, 136 of the early-decision award winners intend to study elementary education, 45 are pursuing licensure in the areas of STEM education, and 29 are planning to be licensed in special education. The North Carolina Teaching Fellows Commission is comprised of four deans from educator preparation programs, a community college president, a beginning teacher, a principal, a member from business and industry, and a local school board member. The NC Teacher of the Year, Principal of the Year, Superintendent of the Year, Chair of the State Education Assistance Authority Board of Directors, and Director of the Teaching Fellows program all serve as ex-officio members of the commission. Concord — Julia-Madison Pacetti, Sydney Warren, Sydney Williams, and Sarah Wilson Granite Falls — Ava Aldrich and Emily Haas Hamptonville — Allie Reynolds and Mattie Tavano Hickory — Miriam Wood Lenoir — Emma Brown, Natalie Crump Lincolnton — Mary Franklin and Jadyn White Maiden — Madison Dellinger Mooresville — Sophie Baum, Isabel Gamble and Jovi Griffin Morganton — Laney Hodge Mount Pleasant — Ellie Shoe Olin — Stephanie Elkins Rutherfordton — Maytlin Bailey Statesville — Carter Kincaid, Taylorsville — Rebekah Winkler Troutman — Megan Macartney Valdese — Peter Skelton Get our local education coverage delivered directly to your inbox. {{description}} Email notifications are only sent once a day, and only if there are new matching items.

They say a picture says a thousand words, and the picture we all saw after Miami’s 39-17 victory over San Francisco explains a lot . A real lot. I know there isn’t much for Dolphins fans, players, or management to cheer about this year. They were only over .500 for a week after the season’s first game, and they are on a path to miss the playoffs. With all of the expectations coming into this season, the 2024 season will go down as a colossal failure. But you wouldn’t know that if you saw Miami Dolphins owner Stephen Ross on Sunday after Miami beat San Francisco. He had a smile on his face from ear to ear, was jumping his fist in the air, and celebrating like Miami won the Super Bowl, well, won a playoff game, well...finally beat the Buffalo Bills. Instead, he was celebrating Miami going to 7-8 on the season and a win over a 49ers team that has more injuries than his own team. I get it; he is a billionaire who spends a lot of money on this team and wants to see results. And I am not naive to the fact that he is allowed to celebrate his team win a game. But Mr. Ross needs to read the room and not be tone deaf. Fans don’t want to see the owner jumping up and down happy right now, with a season that has been a 100% disappointment. Then it got worse after the game when it was released on the Miami Dolphins team’s social media. Mr. Ross gave a game ball to head coach Mike McDaniel. Wait, what? WHY? For a job not well done this season? Gotta keep believing. Step into the locker room after our Week 16 win 🔊 pic.twitter.com/6tOfnPGS9r — Miami Dolphins (@MiamiDolphins) December 23, 2024 What is Mr. Ross so happy about? Seriously, I don’t get it. Has the bar been set so low that now just beating anyone is a reason to celebrate like you just won the Super Bowl? Mr. Ross, in the past 11 months, broke the bank for Tua Tagovailoa , Jaylen Waddle , Tyreek Hill , and Jalen Ramsey . Oh, and I gave a contract extension to Mike McDaniel (and Chris Grier, per unconfirmed reports). Is he happy with the return on his investment, given all that money spent and being 7-8? The barrier to entry into owning a sports team is very low; you have to have a ton of money. What separates the good teams from the bad teams and the truly great teams, though, is ownership at the end of the day. Bad owners just want to make more money. Good owners want to make money and avoid having a losing team. The truly great owners, though, don’t care about the money. To them, losing a game and having a season in which you miss the playoffs and are under .500 is only the second worst thing that can possibly happen behind taking your final breath. Here, we have Stephen Ross, who is giddy and happy at his 7-8 Dolphins, while fans are miserable and angry at how the season played out. It’s easy to understand how a franchise goes 24 years without winning a playoff game. It’s this mindset. Fans have been on social media wondering and arguing whether Chris Grier should be fired. Or if maybe Mike McDaniel should be fired. Save your time and breath; Mr. Ross is giving the coach a game ball at the end of a losing season where expectations weren’t met and is putting off the appearance that he couldn’t be happier with this 2024 season. Merry Christmas!Union County discusses use of AI in Right to Know requestsjsbet app 。

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Excitement for Virginians and New Kent County businesses is already building ahead of the Virginia Derby in March, New Kent County's Lindsay Hurt writes in a guest column.WINTER PARK, Fla., Dec. 11, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Pursuant to the Investment Management Trust Agreement between Integrated Rail and Resources Acquisition Corp. (the “Company”) and American Stock Transfer & Trust Company, LLC, dated as of November 11, 2021, as amended on February 8, 2024, the Company received notice from the Company’s sponsor, DHIP Natural Resources Investments, LLC, that the Company intends to extend the time available in order to consummate a business combination from December 15, 2024 to January 15, 2025. The Company is a blank check company formed for the purpose of effecting a merger, share exchange, asset acquisition, stock purchase, reorganization, or similar business combination with one or more businesses. While the Company may pursue an initial business combination target in any business or industry, it intends to focus its search on natural resources, railroads and/or railroad logistics companies, or any combinations thereof. This press release does not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy any securities. Any offers, solicitations or offers to buy, or any sales of securities will be made in accordance with the registration requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (“Securities Act”). This announcement is being issued in accordance with Rule 135 under the Securities Act. Contact: William Savery wsavery@dhipgroup.comOn Friday, Russian President Vladimir Putin declared the ongoing testing of the country's latest military innovation, the Oreshnik hypersonic missile, promising that a stock is ready for combat scenarios. This statement followed Ukraine's report of working on developing air defense systems to counter the burgeoning threat. The launch of this new intermediate-range weapon into Ukraine marks a significant escalation, described by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy as a breach, aided by Western allies, in creating systems to mitigate new risks. This move is seen as a response to Ukraine's deployment of U.S. and British missiles against Russian targets. Experts highlighted the Oreshnik's innovative design, which allows it to carry multiple warheads to strike various targets simultaneously, echoing capabilities of longer-range missiles. As tensions rise with Western countries, the missile's firing acts as a stern warning from Moscow, urging restraint against further involvement in the Ukraine conflict. (With inputs from agencies.)

husband, who is a co-founder of Reddit, backs the PGA Tour's decision to collaborate with golf content creators as finally has an opportunity to make it to the pro scene. The 30-year-old blonde bombshell previously tried to go professional with the LPGA in the 2010s but failed to make the cut and subsequently switched her focus to coaching and modelling career. And she has been remarkably successful amassing some four million followers on Instagram, and a further 1.6 million on TikTok, with over 11 million likes on the Chinese social media platform. So it's no surprise she's part of eight influencers who will link up with the PGA to help drive the content online as well as providing "complimentary" coverage, and the 41-year-old father-of-two is a big fan of the move. "Very smart move," wrote online by taking to X.com, formerly Twitter, to endorse The man with a net worth of $150m is very supportive of female athletes and regularly encourages them to succeed in their chosen disciplines, as well as trying to financially support them through the ATHLOS scheme. He is also an investor in the National Women's Soccer League through Angel City FC and supported his wife, Williams, through the latter stages of her professional tennis career as they started a family together. Spiranac reacts to PGA collaboration The new collaboration with the PGA officially sees members link up as part of the Creator Council as they help with fan engagement strategies to grow the profile of the sport through social media networks. And for , the invitation and recognition made her reflect on her own path to stardom as she celebrated her own rise as well as the industry too. "In 2015 I went viral and that catapulted my social media journey," posted to X.com. "At that time there was no such thing as golf content creators on social media. "Over these past 9 years it's been amazing to share my love for this incredible game with so many people. I'm proud of the path I paved for myself in golf and how far this industry has grown with so many talented creators who share a common goal. "To be on the Creator Council is an honor and I'm very excited to continue to do my part to grow the game!"Kemi Badenoch's top nine gaffes in first 50 days as Tory leader - sandwich row to Partygate claim

zbet casino Generally speaking, if you are looking for a basic statistic that groups the good NBA teams and the bad teams together, it’s assist-to-turnover ratio. ADVERTISEMENT You certainly want as many assists as possible — that’s a sign of good offense. And you would like to limit giveaways that decrease your number of looks at the bucket while often feeding your opponent Grade A opportunities. The ratio balances out the equation for teams that may turn the ball over more than others simply because it moves the ball at such a high rate. The bad teams are the ones that turn the ball over often without the added benefit of creating easy shots when they do take care of the ball. That, currently, is the group that includes the Timberwolves. ADVERTISEMENT The Wolves have just 1.52 assists for every turnover, the sixth-worst mark in the NBA entering Saturday’s games. Of the nine NBA teams below 1.6, only the Wolves (8-7) and Clippers (10-7) have winning records, and the Clippers have been dominant defensively. Also in the bottom nine are the two-win Wizards, the three-win 76ers and Jazz and the four-win Pelicans. Since the 2020-21 season, nine teams have finished the season with an assist-to-turnover number below 1.6. Only one of those teams won more than 27 games — the 2022-23 Magic, who went 34-48. While the Wolves are still above .500 going into their game against the defending champion Celtics on Sunday in Boston, that’s with what has been the NBA’s fourth-easiest schedule to date, per ESPN. Timberwolves coach Chris Finch has cited the turnover issues in recent weeks when discussing his team’s struggles, though he’s noted the giveaway totals have dipped in recent games, Thursday’s loss to Toronto not withstanding. But Minnesota hasn’t committed fewer than 11 turnovers in a single game this season. Meanwhile, the Wolves have tallied fewer than 25 assists in more than half of their games. ADVERTISEMENT It all speaks to a disjointed offense. Finch has at times attributed that to missed shots that were good looks. But the Wolves are tied with Charlotte for the fifth-fewest potential assists this season, at 43.7 per game. The stats say Minnesota’s shot making is what has saved the Wolves’ offense this season. The Wolves have the NBA’s 10th-best offensive rating, averaging 1.14 points per possession. That’s with having the League’s fourth-best effective field goal percentage (56.3). The three teams above it in that category all average 1.2-plus points per possession. Those same squads also average more than 2.1 assists per turnover. It all fits the eye test for the Timberwolves. They have an offense that’s run on shot making off isolation basketball. So much of it is without the rhythm and movement Finch aspires for his teams to achieve. And, given that this Wolves unit doesn’t seem to be nearly as dominant defensively as it was one short season ago, until Minnesota can look more like a fluid offense, it will continue to look like a .500 team, or if not worse. ADVERTISEMENT ______________________________________________________ This story was written by one of our partner news agencies. Forum Communications Company uses content from agencies such as Reuters, Kaiser Health News, Tribune News Service and others to provide a wider range of news to our readers. Learn more about the news services FCC uses here .KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Nico Iamaleava threw for 209 yards and four touchdowns to lead No. 10 Tennessee to a 56-0 victory over UTEP on Saturday. The Volunteers (9-2) overcame a sluggish start to roll up the impressive win. Both teams were scoreless in the first quarter, but Tennessee found its rhythm. Grad student receiver Bru McCoy, who hadn't caught a touchdown pass this season, had two. Peyton Lewis also ran for two scores. Tennessee's defensive line, which had no sacks in last week's loss to Georgia, had three against the Miners. UTEP (2-9) struggled with two missed field goals and three turnovers. Tennessee's offense came alive with 28 points in the second quarter. In the final four drives of the quarter, Iamaleava completed 11 of 12 passes for 146 yards and touchdowns to Squirrel White, Ethan Davis and McCoy. UTEP was the dominant team in the first quarter. Tennessee managed just 37 offensive yards and, thanks to an interception near the end zone and a missed field goal by the Miners, both teams were scoreless after 15 minutes. POLL IMPLICATIONS Tennessee’s convincing victory, coupled with losses by Mississippi and Indiana, should put the Volunteers in a good position when the next College Football Playoff poll is released. The Vols were ranked No. 11 going into this week’s games. THE TAKEAWAY UTEP: The Miners will head into a very winnable game against New Mexico State having won two of their last five games. First-year coach Scotty Walden will try to build on that success in the offseason to help enhance his roster. Tennessee: Even a lopsided win won’t carry much weight where it means the most — in the College Football Playoff rankings. The Vols will have to rely on a convincing win against Vanderbilt next week, a team that has shown a lot of improvement this season, to help their standing for those coveted spots. UP NEXT UTEP: The Miners will finish their season at New Mexico State Saturday. Tennessee: The Vols will finish their regular season at Vanderbilt next Saturday. Get poll alerts and updates on the AP Top 25 throughout the season. Sign up here . AP college football: https://apnews.com/hub/ap-top-25-college-football-poll and https://apnews.com/hub/college-footballPaul McCartney’s tour through Latin America came to an end, and to commemorate this closure the former Beatle shared a series of images of his most memorable performances through his social networks. Among these highlights are several scenes from his shows at the GNP Stadium, and the closing of the Corona Capital, where he was accompanied by St. Vincent to perform “Get Back” and then he called her along with Jack White to accompany him in the song “The End”, where they had a great guitar duel. That was the closing of the festival, in which Paul gathered 82 thousand people, according to the official numbers shared by Ocesa. “15 concerts, 8 cities, and 1 unforgettable show... Thanks to everyone who came to the Latin American dates of Got Back 2024,” wrote the “Hope Of Deliverance” singer on his account and Instagram. 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PHILADELPHIA , Dec. 19, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- FMC Corporation FMC announced today it will release its fourth quarter 2024 earnings on Tuesday, February 4, 2025 , after the stock market close via PR Newswire and the company's website https://investors.fmc.com . The company will host a webcast conference call on Tuesday, February 4, 2025 , at 5:00 p.m. ET that is open to the public via internet broadcast and telephone. At this time, management will provide commentary on the results from the fourth quarter and full year 2024, guidance for the first quarter and full year 2025, as well as an update on the three-year outlook and the company's strategy. The call time has been extended to 90 minutes from the usual 60 minutes to accommodate the number of topics and Q&A adequately. Conference Call Details: Internet broadcast: https://investors.fmc.com United States (Local): +1 404 975 4839 United States ( Toll-Free ): +1 833 470 1428 Global Dial-In Numbers: Global Dial-in Number Access Code: 338624 Pre-Registration Link: https://www.netroadshow.com/events/login?show=2f7e0221&confId=75596 A replay of the call will be available via the internet and telephone from 6:30 p.m. ET on February 4, 2025 , until February 24, 2025 . Internet replay: https://investors.fmc.com United States (Local): 1 929 458 6194 United States ( Toll-Free ): 1 866 813 9403 Access Code: 793208 About FMC FMC Corporation is a global agricultural sciences company dedicated to helping growers produce food, feed, fiber and fuel for an expanding world population while adapting to a changing environment. FMC's innovative crop protection solutions – including biologicals, crop nutrition, digital and precision agriculture – enable growers and crop advisers to address their toughest challenges economically while protecting the environment. With approximately 5,800 employees at more than 100 sites worldwide, FMC is committed to discovering new herbicide, insecticide and fungicide active ingredients, product formulations and pioneering technologies that are consistently better for the planet. Visit fmc.com to learn more and follow us on LinkedIn ® . View original content to download multimedia: https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/fmc-corporation-announces-date-for-fourth-quarter-2024-earnings-release-and-webcast-conference-call-302336288.html SOURCE FMC Corporation © 2024 Benzinga.com. Benzinga does not provide investment advice. All rights reserved.

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DETROIT (AP) — For a second time, a Delaware judge has nullified a pay package that Tesla had awarded its CEO, Elon Musk, that once was valued at $56 billion. On Monday, Chancellor Kathaleen St. Jude McCormick turned aside a request from Musk's lawyers to reverse a ruling she announced in January that had thrown out the compensation plan. The judge ruled then that Musk effectively controlled Tesla's board and had engineered the outsize pay package during sham negotiations . Lawyers for a Tesla shareholder who sued to block the pay package contended that shareholders who had voted for the 10-year plan in 2018 had been given misleading and incomplete information. In their defense, Tesla's board members asserted that the shareholders who ratified the pay plan a second time in June had done so after receiving full disclosures, thereby curing all the problems the judge had cited in her January ruling. As a result, they argued, Musk deserved the pay package for having raised Tesla's market value by billions of dollars. McCormick rejected that argument. In her 103-page opinion, she ruled that under Delaware law, Tesla's lawyers had no grounds to reverse her January ruling “based on evidence they created after trial.” On Monday night, Tesla posted on X, the social media platform owned by Musk, that the company will appeal. The appeal would be filed with the Delaware Supreme Court, the only state appellate court Tesla can pursue. Experts say a ruling would likely come in less than a year. “The ruling, if not overturned, means that judges and plaintiffs' lawyers run Delaware companies rather than their rightful owners — the shareholders,” Tesla argued. Later, on X, Musk unleashed a blistering attack on the judge, asserting that McCormick is “a radical far left activist cosplaying as a judge.” Legal authorities generally suggest that McCormick’s ruling was sound and followed the law. Charles Elson, founding director of the Weinberg Center for Corporate Governance at the University of Delaware, said that in his view, McCormick was right to rule that after Tesla lost its case in the original trial, it created improper new evidence by asking shareholders to ratify the pay package a second time. Had she allowed such a claim, he said, it would cause a major shift in Delaware’s laws against conflicts of interest given the unusually close relationship between Musk and Tesla’s board. “Delaware protects investors — that’s what she did,” said Elson, who has followed the court for more than three decades. “Just because you’re a ‘superstar CEO’ doesn’t put you in a separate category.” Elson said he thinks investors would be reluctant to put money into Delaware companies if there were exceptions to the law for “special people.” Elson said that in his opinion, the court is likely to uphold McCormick's ruling. Experts say no. Rulings on state laws are normally left to state courts. Brian Dunn, program director for the Institute of Compensation Studies at Cornell University, said it's been his experience that Tesla has no choice but to stay in the Delaware courts for this compensation package. The company could try to reconstitute the pay package and seek approval in Texas, where it may expect more friendlier judges. But Dunn, who has spent 40 years as an executive compensation consultant, said it's likely that some other shareholder would challenge the award in Texas because it's excessive compared with other CEOs' pay plans. “If they just want to turn around and deliver him $56 billion, I can't believe somebody wouldn't want to litigate it,” Dunn said. “It's an unconscionable amount of money.” Almost certainly. Tesla stock is trading at 15 times the exercise price of stock options in the current package in Delaware, Morgan Stanley analyst Adam Jonas wrote in a note to investors. Tesla's share price has doubled in the past six months, Jonas wrote. At Monday’s closing stock price, the Musk package is now worth $101.4 billion, according to Equilar, an executive data firm. And Musk has asked for a subsequent pay package that would give him 25% of Tesla's voting shares. Musk has said he is uncomfortable moving further into artificial intelligence with the company if he doesn't have 25% control. He currently holds about 13% of Tesla's outstanding shares.

United Rentals ( NYSE:URI – Free Report ) had its price target boosted by Argus from $840.00 to $880.00 in a report issued on Wednesday morning, Benzinga reports. Argus currently has a buy rating on the construction company’s stock. Other research analysts also recently issued reports about the company. Barclays lifted their price objective on United Rentals from $400.00 to $565.00 and gave the stock an “underweight” rating in a research report on Friday, October 25th. Citigroup increased their price objective on United Rentals from $930.00 to $955.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Friday, October 25th. Evercore ISI upped their target price on shares of United Rentals from $774.00 to $795.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a report on Monday, August 19th. Truist Financial lifted their price target on shares of United Rentals from $954.00 to $955.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Friday, October 25th. Finally, JPMorgan Chase & Co. raised their target price on shares of United Rentals from $780.00 to $940.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research report on Monday, September 23rd. Three research analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, four have assigned a hold rating and ten have issued a buy rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock has an average rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $751.67. View Our Latest Report on United Rentals United Rentals Stock Performance United Rentals ( NYSE:URI – Get Free Report ) last released its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, October 23rd. The construction company reported $11.80 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $12.49 by ($0.69). The firm had revenue of $3.99 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $4.01 billion. United Rentals had a return on equity of 34.73% and a net margin of 17.12%. The company’s quarterly revenue was up 6.0% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the firm earned $11.73 EPS. Sell-side analysts expect that United Rentals will post 43.46 EPS for the current fiscal year. United Rentals Dividend Announcement The company also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Wednesday, November 27th. Stockholders of record on Wednesday, November 13th will be issued a $1.63 dividend. The ex-dividend date is Wednesday, November 13th. This represents a $6.52 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.77%. United Rentals’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is 17.03%. Insider Transactions at United Rentals In related news, SVP Anthony S. Leopold sold 900 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Monday, October 28th. The shares were sold at an average price of $823.24, for a total transaction of $740,916.00. Following the completion of the sale, the senior vice president now directly owns 2,044 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $1,682,702.56. This represents a 30.57 % decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through the SEC website . Company insiders own 0.53% of the company’s stock. Institutional Inflows and Outflows A number of hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently modified their holdings of the stock. International Assets Investment Management LLC raised its holdings in shares of United Rentals by 82,462.2% during the 3rd quarter. International Assets Investment Management LLC now owns 1,606,661 shares of the construction company’s stock valued at $1,300,962,000 after buying an additional 1,604,715 shares during the period. Capital International Investors purchased a new stake in shares of United Rentals during the first quarter valued at approximately $332,349,000. AMF Tjanstepension AB lifted its position in shares of United Rentals by 77.7% during the second quarter. AMF Tjanstepension AB now owns 457,056 shares of the construction company’s stock worth $295,626,000 after purchasing an additional 199,810 shares in the last quarter. Marshall Wace LLP grew its holdings in United Rentals by 259.3% during the 2nd quarter. Marshall Wace LLP now owns 150,152 shares of the construction company’s stock valued at $97,108,000 after purchasing an additional 108,360 shares in the last quarter. Finally, AGF Management Ltd. grew its holdings in United Rentals by 4,778.7% during the 2nd quarter. AGF Management Ltd. now owns 103,672 shares of the construction company’s stock valued at $67,048,000 after purchasing an additional 101,547 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 96.26% of the company’s stock. United Rentals Company Profile ( Get Free Report ) United Rentals, Inc, through its subsidiaries, operates as an equipment rental company. It operates in two segments, General Rentals and Specialty. The General Rentals segment rents general construction and industrial equipment includes backhoes, skid-steer loaders, forklifts, earthmoving equipment, and material handling equipment; aerial work platforms, such as boom and scissor lifts; and general tools and light equipment comprising pressure washers, water pumps, and power tools for construction and industrial companies, manufacturers, utilities, municipalities, homeowners, and government entities. Read More Receive News & Ratings for United Rentals Daily - Enter your email address below to receive a concise daily summary of the latest news and analysts' ratings for United Rentals and related companies with MarketBeat.com's FREE daily email newsletter .

PHILADELPHIA , Dec. 19, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- FMC Corporation (NYSE: FMC) announced today it will release its fourth quarter 2024 earnings on Tuesday, February 4, 2025 , after the stock market close via PR Newswire and the company's website https://investors.fmc.com . The company will host a webcast conference call on Tuesday, February 4, 2025 , at 5:00 p.m. ET that is open to the public via internet broadcast and telephone. At this time, management will provide commentary on the results from the fourth quarter and full year 2024, guidance for the first quarter and full year 2025, as well as an update on the three-year outlook and the company's strategy. The call time has been extended to 90 minutes from the usual 60 minutes to accommodate the number of topics and Q&A adequately. Conference Call Details: Internet broadcast: https://investors.fmc.com United States (Local): +1 404 975 4839 United States ( Toll-Free ): +1 833 470 1428 Global Dial-In Numbers: Global Dial-in Number Access Code: 338624 Pre-Registration Link: https://www.netroadshow.com/events/login?show=2f7e0221&confId=75596 A replay of the call will be available via the internet and telephone from 6:30 p.m. ET on February 4, 2025 , until February 24, 2025 . Internet replay: https://investors.fmc.com United States (Local): 1 929 458 6194 United States ( Toll-Free ): 1 866 813 9403 Access Code: 793208 About FMC FMC Corporation is a global agricultural sciences company dedicated to helping growers produce food, feed, fiber and fuel for an expanding world population while adapting to a changing environment. FMC's innovative crop protection solutions – including biologicals, crop nutrition, digital and precision agriculture – enable growers and crop advisers to address their toughest challenges economically while protecting the environment. With approximately 5,800 employees at more than 100 sites worldwide, FMC is committed to discovering new herbicide, insecticide and fungicide active ingredients, product formulations and pioneering technologies that are consistently better for the planet. Visit fmc.com to learn more and follow us on LinkedIn ® . View original content to download multimedia: https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/fmc-corporation-announces-date-for-fourth-quarter-2024-earnings-release-and-webcast-conference-call-302336288.html SOURCE FMC CorporationInnovating Food Industry Operations: Strategic SAP S/4HANA Integration At Chobani By Sandhyarani Ganipaneni

Kuwait City: Agreeing to elevate the relations to a 'Strategic Partnership', India and Kuwait on Sunday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to institutionalize bilateral cooperation in the area of defence during Prime Minister Narendra Modi's historic two-day visit to the key Gulf nation. Recognising that defence is an important component of the strategic partnership, both countries maintain that the MoU will provide the required framework to further strengthen bilateral defence ties, including through joint military exercises, training of defence personnel, coastal defence, maritime safety, joint development and production of defence equipment. The two sides also "unequivocally condemned" terrorism in all its forms and manifestations, including cross-border terrorism and called for disrupting of terrorism financing networks and safe havens, and dismantling of terror infrastructure. "Expressing appreciation of their ongoing bilateral cooperation in the area of security, both sides agreed to enhance cooperation in counter-terrorism operations, information and intelligence sharing, developing and exchanging experiences, best practices and technologies, capacity building and to strengthen cooperation in law enforcement, anti-money laundering, drug-trafficking and other transnational crimes," read the Joint Statement issued after the conclusion of PM Modi's visit. Discussions were also held to promote cooperation in cybersecurity, including prevention of use of cyberspace for terrorism, radicalisation and for disturbing social harmony. "The two sides expressed interest in pursuing deeper collaboration in the area of technology including emerging technologies, semiconductors and artificial intelligence. They discussed avenues to explore B2B cooperation, furthering e-Governance, and sharing best practices for facilitating industries/companies of both countries in the policies and regulation in the electronics and IT sector," the Joint Statement mentioned. The Kuwaiti side also expressed interest in cooperation with India to ensure its food-security. Both sides discussed various avenues for collaboration including investments by Kuwaiti companies in food parks in India. India welcomed Kuwait’s decision to become a member of the International Solar Alliance (ISA), marking a significant step towards collaboration in developing and deploying low-carbon growth trajectories and fostering sustainable energy solutions. New Joint Working Groups (JWGs) have been set up in areas of trade, investments, education and skill development, science and technology, security and counter-terrorism, agriculture, and culture, in addition to the existing JWGs on health, manpower and hydrocarbons. Both sides emphasised on convening the meetings of the newly-formed Joint Commission on Cooperation (JCC) and the JWGs under it at an early date to further expand bilateral cooperation across various fields. Besides the MoU on defence, the executive programme on cooperation in the field of sports for 2025-2028 and the Cultural Exchange Programme (CEP) for 2025-2029, were also signed. The CEP will facilitate greater cultural exchanges in art, music, dance, literature and theatre, cooperation in preservation of cultural heritage, research and development in the area of culture and organising of festivals. The executive programme, meanwhile, will strengthen bilateral cooperation in the field of sports between India and Kuwait by promoting exchange of visits of sports leaders for experience sharing, participation in programmes and projects in the field of sports, exchange of expertise in sports medicine, sports management, sports media, sports science, among others. IANS

CIBC Asset Management Inc lowered its stake in Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc. ( NYSE:BIO – Free Report ) by 75.0% during the third quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the SEC. The institutional investor owned 679 shares of the medical research company’s stock after selling 2,037 shares during the quarter. CIBC Asset Management Inc’s holdings in Bio-Rad Laboratories were worth $227,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period. Several other institutional investors and hedge funds also recently made changes to their positions in the stock. Van ECK Associates Corp bought a new stake in Bio-Rad Laboratories in the 2nd quarter valued at $180,040,000. First Eagle Investment Management LLC raised its stake in shares of Bio-Rad Laboratories by 32,296.9% in the 2nd quarter. First Eagle Investment Management LLC now owns 636,275 shares of the medical research company’s stock valued at $173,773,000 after purchasing an additional 634,311 shares during the period. Dimensional Fund Advisors LP lifted its holdings in shares of Bio-Rad Laboratories by 64.4% in the second quarter. Dimensional Fund Advisors LP now owns 494,604 shares of the medical research company’s stock valued at $135,081,000 after purchasing an additional 193,700 shares in the last quarter. Select Equity Group L.P. boosted its position in shares of Bio-Rad Laboratories by 26.2% during the second quarter. Select Equity Group L.P. now owns 649,522 shares of the medical research company’s stock worth $177,391,000 after buying an additional 134,856 shares during the period. Finally, Earnest Partners LLC grew its holdings in shares of Bio-Rad Laboratories by 30.8% during the first quarter. Earnest Partners LLC now owns 514,906 shares of the medical research company’s stock worth $178,091,000 after buying an additional 121,272 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 65.24% of the company’s stock. Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades BIO has been the topic of several research reports. Wells Fargo & Company assumed coverage on Bio-Rad Laboratories in a research note on Tuesday, August 27th. They issued an “equal weight” rating and a $340.00 target price on the stock. Royal Bank of Canada increased their target price on shares of Bio-Rad Laboratories from $446.00 to $469.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a report on Thursday, October 31st. Citigroup lifted their price target on shares of Bio-Rad Laboratories from $400.00 to $450.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Thursday, October 31st. Finally, StockNews.com raised shares of Bio-Rad Laboratories from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a research report on Friday, November 1st. Two investment analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and four have given a buy rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the stock currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $391.80. Bio-Rad Laboratories Price Performance NYSE:BIO opened at $332.91 on Friday. The stock has a market capitalization of $9.32 billion, a PE ratio of -12.18 and a beta of 0.93. Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc. has a 1-year low of $262.12 and a 1-year high of $387.99. The firm has a fifty day simple moving average of $340.52 and a 200 day simple moving average of $315.68. The company has a current ratio of 6.14, a quick ratio of 4.52 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.16. Bio-Rad Laboratories ( NYSE:BIO – Get Free Report ) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, October 30th. The medical research company reported $2.01 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.16 by $0.85. The firm had revenue of $649.70 million during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $628.18 million. Bio-Rad Laboratories had a negative net margin of 30.18% and a positive return on equity of 3.74%. The company’s revenue for the quarter was up 2.8% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter last year, the company posted $2.33 earnings per share. On average, research analysts expect that Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc. will post 9.93 EPS for the current fiscal year. Insider Buying and Selling In related news, EVP James Barry sold 623 shares of the stock in a transaction on Wednesday, September 4th. The stock was sold at an average price of $330.49, for a total value of $205,895.27. Following the sale, the executive vice president now owns 147 shares in the company, valued at approximately $48,582.03. This represents a 80.91 % decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through the SEC website . Also, COO Andrew J. Last sold 3,000 shares of Bio-Rad Laboratories stock in a transaction on Friday, September 6th. The stock was sold at an average price of $329.94, for a total transaction of $989,820.00. Following the transaction, the chief operating officer now directly owns 7,559 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $2,494,016.46. This trade represents a 28.41 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here . 17.06% of the stock is currently owned by corporate insiders. Bio-Rad Laboratories Profile ( Free Report ) Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc manufactures and distributes life science research and clinical diagnostic products in the United States, Europe, Asia, Canada, and Latin America. It operates through two segments, Life Science and Clinical Diagnostics. The company develops, manufactures, and markets instruments, systems, reagents, and consumables to separate, purify, characterize, and quantitate biological materials such as cells, proteins, and nucleic acids for proteomics, genomics, biopharmaceutical production, cellular biology, and food safety markets. See Also Want to see what other hedge funds are holding BIO? Visit HoldingsChannel.com to get the latest 13F filings and insider trades for Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc. ( NYSE:BIO – Free Report ). Receive News & Ratings for Bio-Rad Laboratories Daily - Enter your email address below to receive a concise daily summary of the latest news and analysts' ratings for Bio-Rad Laboratories and related companies with MarketBeat.com's FREE daily email newsletter .A judge has once again rejected Musk's multi-billion-dollar Tesla pay package. Now what?

NEW YORK (AP) — An early rebound for U.S. stocks on Thursday petered out by the end of the day, leaving indexes close to flat. The S&P 500 edged down by 0.1% following Wednesday’s tumble of 2.9% when the Federal Reserve said it may deliver fewer cuts to interest rates next year than earlier thought. The index had been up as much as 1.1% in the morning. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 15 points, or less than 0.1%, following Wednesday’s drop of 1,123 points, while the Nasdaq composite slipped 0.1%. This week’s struggles have taken some of the enthusiasm out of the market, which critics had been warning was overly buoyant and would need everything to go correctly for it to justify its high prices. But indexes remain near their records , and the S&P 500 is still on track for one of its best years of the millennium with a gain of 23%. Traders are now expecting the Federal Reserve to deliver just one or maybe two cuts to interest rates next year, according to data from CME Group. Some are even betting on none. A month ago, the majority saw at least two cuts in 2025 as a safe bet. Wall Street loves lower interest rates because they give the economy a boost and goose prices for investments, but they can also provide fuel for inflation. Micron Technology was one of the heaviest weights on the S&P 500 Thursday. It fell 16.2% despite reporting stronger profit for the latest quarter than expected. The computer memory company’s revenue fell short of Wall Street’s forecasts, and CEO Sanjay Mehrotra said it expects demand from consumers to remain weaker in the near term. It gave a forecast for revenue in the current quarter that fell well short of what analysts were thinking. Lamb Weston, which makes French fries and other potato products, dropped 20.1% after falling short of analysts’ expectations for profit and revenue in the latest quarter. It also cut its financial targets for the fiscal year, saying demand for frozen potatoes is continuing to soften, particularly outside North America. The company replaced its chief executive. Such losses helped overshadow a 14.7% jump for Darden Restaurants, the company behind Olive Garden and other chains. It delivered profit for the latest quarter that edged past analysts’ expectations. The operator of LongHorn Steakhouses also gave a forecast for revenue for this fiscal year that topped analysts’. Accenture rose 7.1% after the professional services company likewise topped expectations for profit in the latest quarter. CEO Julie Sweet said it saw growth around the world, and the company raised its forecast for revenue this fiscal year. Amazon shares added 1.3%, even as workers at seven of its facilities went on strike Thursday in the middle of the online retail giant’s busiest time of the year. Amazon says it doesn’t expect an impact on its operations during what the workers’ union calls the largest strike against the company in U.S. history. In the bond market, yields were mixed a day after shooting higher on expectations that the Fed would deliver fewer cuts to rates in 2025. Reports on the U.S. economy came in mixed. One showed the overall economy grew at a 3.1% annualized rate during the summer, faster than earlier thought. The economy has remained remarkably resilient even though the Fed held its main interest rate at a two-decade high for a while before beginning to cut them in September. A separate report showed fewer U.S. workers applied for unemployment benefits last week, an indication that the job market also remains solid. But a third report said manufacturing in the mid-Atlantic region is unexpectedly contracting again despite economists’ expectations for growth. The yield on the 10-year Treasury rose to 4.57% from 4.52% late Wednesday and from less than 4.20% earlier this month. But the two-year yield, which more closely tracks expectations for action by the Fed in the near term, eased back to 4.31% from 4.35%. The rise in longer-term yields has put pressure on the housing market by keeping mortgage rates higher. Homebuilder Lennar fell 5.2% after reporting weaker profit and revenue for the latest quarter than analysts expected. CEO Stuart Miller said that “the housing market that appeared to be improving as the Fed cut short-term interest rates, proved to be far more challenging as mortgage rates rose” through the quarter. “Even while demand remained strong, and the chronic supply shortage continued to drive the market, our results were driven by affordability limitations from higher interest rates,” he said. A report on Thursday may have offered some encouragement for the housing industry. It showed a pickup in sales of previously occupied homes. All told, the S&P 500 slipped 5.08 points to 5,867.08. The Dow Jones Industrial Average added 15.37 to 42,342.24, and the Nasdaq composite lost 19.92 to 19,372.77. In stock markets abroad, London’s FTSE 100 fell 1.1% after the Bank of England paused its cuts to rates and kept its main interest rate unchanged on Thursday. The move comes as inflation there moved further above the central bank’s 2% target rate, while the British economy is flatlining at best. The Bank of Japan also kept its benchmark interest rate unchanged, and Tokyo’s Nikkei 225 fell 0.7%. Indexes likewise sank across much of the rest of Asia and Europe. AP Business Writers Matt Ott and Elaine Kurtenbach contributed.

Mutual of America Capital Management LLC lowered its position in shares of Synovus Financial Corp. ( NYSE:SNV – Free Report ) by 7.2% during the third quarter, Holdings Channel reports. The fund owned 77,811 shares of the bank’s stock after selling 6,033 shares during the quarter. Mutual of America Capital Management LLC’s holdings in Synovus Financial were worth $3,460,000 at the end of the most recent quarter. Several other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also recently bought and sold shares of the company. Cornercap Investment Counsel Inc. acquired a new stake in shares of Synovus Financial during the third quarter worth $508,000. Huntington National Bank lifted its position in Synovus Financial by 53.6% during the third quarter. Huntington National Bank now owns 2,712 shares of the bank’s stock worth $121,000 after buying an additional 946 shares during the period. KBC Group NV boosted its stake in Synovus Financial by 15.9% in the 3rd quarter. KBC Group NV now owns 4,460 shares of the bank’s stock worth $198,000 after buying an additional 612 shares during the last quarter. Aigen Investment Management LP purchased a new stake in Synovus Financial in the 3rd quarter valued at about $409,000. Finally, Winslow Asset Management Inc. increased its stake in shares of Synovus Financial by 4.3% during the 3rd quarter. Winslow Asset Management Inc. now owns 9,605 shares of the bank’s stock valued at $427,000 after acquiring an additional 400 shares during the last quarter. 83.85% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors. Analyst Ratings Changes Several equities research analysts recently issued reports on the stock. Morgan Stanley raised their target price on shares of Synovus Financial from $51.00 to $55.00 and gave the stock an “equal weight” rating in a research report on Monday, October 21st. JPMorgan Chase & Co. lifted their price target on shares of Synovus Financial from $52.00 to $59.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a report on Friday, October 18th. DA Davidson upped their price objective on Synovus Financial from $53.00 to $60.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Friday, October 18th. Citigroup set a $59.00 target price on Synovus Financial in a report on Friday, October 18th. Finally, Stephens upped their price target on Synovus Financial from $46.00 to $52.00 and gave the stock an “equal weight” rating in a research note on Friday, October 18th. Seven analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and eleven have given a buy rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the company currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $52.71. Synovus Financial Stock Performance Shares of SNV stock opened at $57.62 on Friday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.42, a current ratio of 0.89 and a quick ratio of 0.88. The company’s fifty day moving average price is $49.06 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $44.09. The firm has a market capitalization of $8.16 billion, a P/E ratio of 26.07, a P/E/G ratio of 1.99 and a beta of 1.37. Synovus Financial Corp. has a 12 month low of $29.34 and a 12 month high of $59.79. Synovus Financial ( NYSE:SNV – Get Free Report ) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, October 16th. The bank reported $1.23 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.09 by $0.14. Synovus Financial had a return on equity of 13.43% and a net margin of 10.82%. The firm had revenue of $564.72 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $557.64 million. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business posted $0.84 earnings per share. Synovus Financial’s revenue for the quarter was up 2.6% on a year-over-year basis. On average, research analysts anticipate that Synovus Financial Corp. will post 4.37 earnings per share for the current fiscal year. Synovus Financial Announces Dividend The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, October 1st. Investors of record on Thursday, September 19th were issued a $0.38 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Thursday, September 19th. This represents a $1.52 annualized dividend and a yield of 2.64%. Synovus Financial’s dividend payout ratio is presently 68.78%. About Synovus Financial ( Free Report ) Synovus Financial Corp. operates as the bank holding company for Synovus Bank that provides commercial and consumer banking products and services. It operates through four segments: Community Banking, Wholesale Banking, Consumer Banking, and Financial Management Services. The company's commercial banking services include treasury and asset management, capital market, and institutional trust services, as well as commercial, financial, and real estate lending services. Recommended Stories Want to see what other hedge funds are holding SNV? Visit HoldingsChannel.com to get the latest 13F filings and insider trades for Synovus Financial Corp. ( NYSE:SNV – Free Report ). Receive News & Ratings for Synovus Financial Daily - Enter your email address below to receive a concise daily summary of the latest news and analysts' ratings for Synovus Financial and related companies with MarketBeat.com's FREE daily email newsletter .US stocks take a breather, Asian bourses rise in post-Christmas trade

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CINCINNATI (AP) — The Cincinnati Bengals took care of business and won three straight games for the first time this season. Cincinnati is playing its best football, but it might be too late to sneak into the playoffs, with five teams battling for the two remaining AFC postseason spots. At 7-8, the Bengals are on the bubble along with two other teams that have the same record, the Colts and Dolphins. To have a chance, the Bengals will need to beat the visiting Denver Broncos (9-6) on Saturday, then try to take down the Steelers (10-5) at Pittsburgh in the regular-season finale. They'll need some help from other teams, too. The rub for the Bengals is that they have yet to beat a team with a winning record this season. Now with some momentum for the first time, the Bengals will have to clear that hurdle. “It’s just what it’s supposed to feel like for us. This is our expectation," coach Zac Taylor said after the Bengals beat the Cleveland Browns 24-6 on Sunday. “We just put ourselves in a position to now play some real meaningful games. ... We found a way to get the win and now we can turn our focus to a short week and the Denver Broncos.” Joe Burrow became the first player in NFL history to throw for at least 250 yards and three or more touchdowns in seven consecutive games. One of his TD passes, to Tee Higgins, came as he was falling down. He finished 23 for 30 for 252 yards. ... Ja'Marr Chase continues to build his resume as he strives to win the receiving “triple crown.” He had six catches for 97 yards and a touchdown against the Browns and leads the league in receptions, yards and TDs. ... K Cade York tied a franchise record with a 59-yard field goal. “The guys have responded this way all season,” Taylor said. “We lost some heartbreakers to be quite frank, and games that just came down to the end. It doesn’t mean that we’ve had a bad football team and we weren’t in it. We’ve been in this, and now — I don’t want to say getting our confidence back, because we’ve had confidence — but we’re just making the plays necessary at the critical points of the game to take control of these games. That’s really what’s happened the last three weeks, and we’ve got to continue that.” Burrow has fumbled 10 times this season. Against the Browns, he lost a fumble on a strip-sack with the Bengals on the Cleveland 2-yard-line. Last week, S Jordan Battle scooped a fumble and ran it all the way back, only to fumble as he crossed the goal line, leading to a touchback. Against the Browns, he intercepted a second-half pass from Dorian Thompson-Robinson in the end zone. The Bengals' defense has nine takeaways in the past two games. Cincinnati's depleted offensive line allowed four sacks. The offensive line took a hit when tackle Amarius Mims went out with an ankle injury and didn't return. 5.1 — Yards per carry by RB Chase Brown, who seems to get better every week. He had 18 carries for 91 yards. The Bengals continue their improbable effort to slip into the playoffs when they host the Broncos in their home finale on Saturday. They finish the season the following week at Pittsburgh. AP NFL: https://apnews.com/hub/NFLCP NewsAlert: B.C. NDP government, Greens reach 'shared priorities' agreementCAMP4 Reports Third Quarter 2024 Financial Results

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Chennai: "I am sorry that you changed yourself to feel included," said a cloud to Elmer, an elephant, after listening to his story. The cloud was flying to learn about the world. "I am not like other elephants. I was born light-skinned. Everyone teased me for that. So, I left my herd and blackened myself with jamun juice," said Elmer to the cloud. Then, nobody teased him. IPL 2025 mega auction IPL Auction 2025: Who got whom IPL 2025 Auction: Updated Full Team Squads He felt accepted for the first time. Alas, it did not last. It rained one day, and his ‘true colours' came out. "We thought you were naturally that colour. We didn't know that teasing you would affect you so much that you had to change yourself. You could have told us. I am sorry," said another elephant to Elmer. The cloud, elephants, and the surroundings were all mere paper cutouts whose shadows were supposed to make the children reflect on their mental health. This puppet show was staged for around 150 children, aged 8-18, in Vyasarpadi as part of the mental health festival organised by the local community and civil society organisations, including Aarvam, Omega forum for social impact, and Aram Porul. A nearby corporation school was recently busted for alcohol and substance abuse among students. "Addressing their well-being and mental health can prevent them from being addicted to drugs in the long term," said Sumithra Devi, the event coordinator. Several activities were conducted at the festival held at Don Bosco School on Saturday. A skit was staged where a father did not allow his teenage daughter to travel outside the city after she was selected for sports competitions. He stopped her from even going to school. The drama showed her isolating herself, not talking to anyone or reaching out for help, indicating mental health distress. Realising that he killed his daughter's smile, the father said, "Parents themselves are not aware of what the children need. I want you to be happy. Please go participate in the competition." "If you need any help, please share it with someone you trust," said child psychologist Preenu, speaking to the children.

Jaishankar said that the Chancery of Indian Embassy in Rome will help serve better the Indian community in Italy. External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Sunday inaugurated the new Chancery of the Indian Embassy in Rome, Italy, and hailed the historical India-Italy ties saying the two maritime countries give a different perspective to the world. The Foreign Minister further emphasised that a lot of India's historical connect with Europe was with Italy. "Our historical connect is actually very deep and I would not be exaggerating if I said that a lot of India's historical interface with Europe was actually with Italy. This was almost the landing point for anything coming to India or going out of India. So for us, Italians have been producers, they have been customers, they have been financiers, they have been carriers in our commerce. Our countries are also maritime nations. I think that gives a very different perspective to the world," he said. Jaishankar said that the Chancery of Indian Embassy in Rome will help serve better the Indian community in Italy. Taking to social media platform X, the EAM said that the new chancery befits the continued expansion of India-Italy partnership in recent years and will help in better serving the Indian community in Italy. "Pleased to inaugurate the new Chancery of the Embassy of India in Rome today. It befits the continued expansion of India - Italy partnership in recent years. Will also help us serve better the Indian community in Italy," he stated. Jaishankar added that India and Italy's shared commitment to ensuring freedom of navigation and shipping also helps in bringing the two countries closer. "I recall Prime Minister Meloni when she came to the Raisina Dialogue describing the Mediterranean Sea as a water body connecting the Atlantic Ocean with the Indian Ocean. Certainly, our maritime interest and our shared commitment to ensuring freedom of navigation and shipping also help us bring the two countries closer. We are coordinating amongst others in the Gulf of Aden and in response to some challenges that shipping has faced there. But most important, we are today making history work for the modern relationship," he said. Speaking on the India-Middle East-Economic Corridor (IMEC), which was agreed to in principle during India's presidency of the G20 in 2023, Jaishankar said that it will be a "game changer." "India and Italy are founding members of the India-Middle East-Europe connectivity corridor (IMEC), along with like-minded friends. And as I contemplate the future, certainly one day we will look back on this period and say that this connectivity corridor, which was agreed to in principle during India's presidency of the G20, will be a game-changer," he said. He further said that the frequent interactions between the leaders of two countries shows the depth of their relations. "In many ways I think the frequent interactions today we see at various levels is actually a sign of the depth and the breadth of our relationship. It is also a reflection of the commitment and vision of our leaders today in taking forward our lives. There is a convergence in our worldviews, a synergy in our endeavours in addressing global and regional issues and definitely a new enthusiasm for developing our bilateral ties," the Foreign Minister said. Jaishankar also appreciated Italian Prime Minister Georgia Meloni-led government for giving attention to Asia, and specifically to India. "India's growing engagement with Europe and particularly to Italy, which we see both as a very influential European and Mediterranean country, certainly reinforce each other and we've been very pleased to see that Prime Minister Meloni's government has given more attention to Asia and specifically to India as part of its wider Indo-Mediterranean approach. We regard in Italy as a key partner, a very crucial one in Europe, a very influential one in the Mediterranean, and I will in fact tomorrow be participating in the Mediterranean Dialogue which takes place annually in the city," he said. EAM Jaishankar is on an official visit to Italy from November 24 to 26. He was welcomed in Rome by India's Ambassador to Italy, Vani Rao, and other officials from the Foreign Ministry. The Foreign Minister will travel to Fiuggi, Italy to participate in the Outreach session of the G7 Foreign Ministers' Meeting, where India has been invited as a guest country. During the visit, he will also participate in the 10th edition of the MED Mediterranean Dialogue in Rome, being organised by Institute for International Political Studies (ISPI) in collaboration with Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of Italy. Stay informed on all the latest news , real-time breaking news updates, and follow all the important headlines in india news and world News on Zee News.By BARBARA ORTUTAY, AP Technology Writer Nearly half of American teenagers say they are online “constantly” despite concerns about the effects of social media and smartphones on their mental health, according to a new report published Thursday by the Pew Research Center. As in past years, YouTube was the single most popular platform teenagers used — 90% said they watched videos on the site, down slightly from 95% in 2022. Nearly three-quarters said they visit YouTube every day. There was a slight downward trend in several popular apps teens used. For instance, 63% of teens said they used TikTok, down from 67% and Snapchat slipped to 55% from 59%. This small decline could be due to pandemic-era restrictions easing up and kids having more time to see friends in person, but it’s not enough to be truly meaningful . X saw the biggest decline among teenage users. Only 17% of teenagers said they use X, down from 23% in 2022, the year Elon Musk bought the platform. Reddit held steady at 14%. About 6% of teenagers said they use Threads, Meta’s answer to X that launched in 2023. The report comes as countries around the world are grappling with how to handle the effects of social media on young people’s well-being. Australia recently passed a law banning kids under 16 from social networks, though it’s unclear how it will be able to enforce the age limit — and whether it will come with unintended consequences such as isolating vulnerable kids from their peers. Related Articles National News | Fewer US grandparents are taking care of grandchildren, according to new data National News | Luigi Mangione’s arrest thrust his family into the spotlight. Who are the Mangiones of Baltimore? National News | Companies tighten security after a health care CEO’s killing leads to a surge of threats National News | Military service academies see drop in reported sexual assaults after alarming surge National News | Unidentified drones spotted flying at locations across NYC, including LaGuardia Airport Meta’s messaging service WhatsApp was a rare exception in that it saw the number of teenage users increase, to 23% from 17% in 2022. Pew also asked kids how often they use various online platforms. Small but significant numbers said they are on them “almost constantly.” For YouTube, 15% reported constant use, for TikTok, 16% and for Snapchat, 13%. As in previous surveys, girls were more likely to use TikTok almost constantly while boys gravitated to YouTube. There was no meaningful gender difference in the use of Snapchat, Instagram and Facebook. Roughly a quarter of Black and Hispanic teens said they visit TikTok almost constantly, compared with just 8% of white teenagers. The report was based on a survey of 1,391 U.S. teens ages 13 to 17 conducted from Sept. 18 to Oct. 10, 2024.

By WYATTE GRANTHAM-PHILIPS NEW YORK (AP) — A ransomware attack that hit a major software provider last week caused disruptions for a handful of companies over recent days, from Starbucks to U.K. grocery giant Morrisons. Blue Yonder, which provides supply chain technology to a range of brands worldwide, said that it experienced disruptions to services it manages for customers on Thursday, which the third-party software supplier determined to be “the result of a ransomware incident.” Some systems went offline, impacting clients using Blue Yonder’s software. A spokesperson for Starbucks, for example, said that the chain’s ability to manage barista schedules and track hours was disrupted — meaning store leaders across North America are currently being instructed to use manual workarounds. Starbucks maintained that the outage is not impacting how customers are served and that ensuring workers get paid for all hours worked is a top priority. While the company continues to work towards full recovery, the spokesperson added that Starbucks was able to process payroll again as of Tuesday morning. Two of the U.K.’s biggest grocers, Morrisons and Sainsbury’s, were also affected — with both telling CNN over the weekend that they had turned to contingency plans to keep operations flowing. A spokesperson for Morrisons confirmed to The Associated Press that the outage “impacted our warehouse management systems for fresh and produce” and that it was continuing to operate on back up systems Tuesday. Sainsbury’s, meanwhile, said Tuesday that its service was restored. Blue Yonder declined to disclose how many of its customers were impacted by the hack. In a statement sent to the AP, a spokesperson maintained that it had notified “relevant customers” and would continue to communicate as needed. The spokesperson also maintained that recovery efforts were still underway — noting that Blue Yonder “has been working diligently together with external cybersecurity firms to make progress,” including the implementation of several defensive and forensic protocols. Blue Yonder’s website touts an extensive global roster of customers — including Gap, Ford and Walgreens. Walgreens and Gap were not impacted following the ransomware attack, spokespeople for the companies said. Ford shared that it was investigating whether the incident affected its operations earlier this week, but had no further updates when reached Tuesday. Blue Yonder, based in Arizona, is a subsidiary of Japan’s Panasonic Corp. Panasonic acquired the supply chain software firm in September 2021.

NEW YORK — The man charged with killing UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson was not a client of the medical insurer and may have targeted it because of its size and influence, a senior police official said Thursday. NYPD Chief of Detectives Joseph Kenny told NBC New York in an interview Thursday that investigators have uncovered evidence that Luigi Mangione had prior knowledge UnitedHealthcare was holding its annual investor conference in New York City. Mangione also mentioned the company in a note found in his possession when he was detained by police in Pennsylvania. Suspect Luigi Mangione is taken into the Blair County Courthouse on Tuesday in Hollidaysburg, Pa. Janet Klingbeil via AP "We have no indication that he was ever a client of United Healthcare, but he does make mention that it is the fifth largest corporation in America, which would make it the largest healthcare organization in America. So that's possibly why he targeted that company," Kenny said. People are also reading... UnitedHealthcare is in the top 20 largest U.S. companies by market capitalization but is not the fifth largest. It is the largest U.S. health insurer. Mangione remains jailed without bail in Pennsylvania, where he was arrested Monday after being spotted at a McDonald's in the city of Altoona, about 230 miles west of New York City. His lawyer there, Thomas Dickey, said Mangione intends to plead not guilty. Dickey also said he had yet to see evidence decisively linking his client to the crime. Listen now and subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | RSS Feed | SoundStack | All Of Our Podcasts Mangione's arrest came five days after the caught-on-camera killing of Thompson outside a Manhattan hotel. Luigi Mangione, a 26-year-old Ivy League graduate, was arrested on December 9, 2024, after a six-day manhunt and charged with the murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson. His arrest has sparked a viral social media movement, with many hailing him as a symbol of resistance against systemic healthcare failures. The #FreeLuigi movement gained significant traction, with his social media profiles amassing over 100,000 new followers before being suspended. Despite this, the movement continues to trend, highlighting public discontent with the U.S. healthcare system. Some social media users argue that Mangione's radicalization stemmed from the struggles faced by millions in obtaining necessary healthcare, and not from his university education. Mangione’s arrest at a McDonald's in Altoona led to the seizure of a "ghost gun," a suppressor, fake IDs, and a manifesto criticizing the healthcare system. While the manifesto seems to admit guilt, some users question Mangione's responsibility, pointing out discrepancies in surveillance photos. The fascination with Mangione has only intensified, with discussions about his attractiveness and comparisons to characters in Ryan Murphy's productions. The phenomenon is reminiscent of society's long-standing obsession with infamous criminals, blurring lines between horror and hero worship. Former FBI agent Rob D’Amico noted that Mangione is seen by some as a "Robin Hood" figure fighting against corporate greed, which complicates the investigation. What's Trending Police say the shooter waited outside the hotel, where the health insurer was holding its investor conference, early Dec. 4. He approached Thompson from behind and shot him before fleeing on a bicycle through Central Park. Mangione is fighting attempts to extradite him back to New York so that he can face a murder charge in Thompson's killing. A hearing was scheduled for Dec. 30. The 26-year-old, who police say was found with a " ghost gun " matching shell casings found at the site of the shooting, is charged in Pennsylvania with possession of an unlicensed firearm, forgery and providing false identification to police. Luigi Mangione was arrested Monday in Altoona, Pennsylvania, in connection with the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson in what law enforcement has called a "targeted attack." Mangione is from a prominent Maryland family with extensive business interests. The Mangione family is known for developing real estate and running businesses. Relatives expressed shock over the arrest and offered condolences to Thompson’s family. Mangione faces multiple charges, including murder, firearm possession, and forgery, in New York and Pennsylvania. Benzinga - News Mangione is an Ivy League graduate from a prominent Maryland real estate family. In posts on social media, Mangione wrote about experiencing severe chronic back pain before undergoing a spinal fusion surgery in 2023. Afterward, he posted that the operation was a success and that his pain improved and mobility returned. He urged others to consider the same type of surgery. On Wednesday, police said investigators are looking at his writings about his health problems and his criticism of corporate America and the U.S. health care system. Kenny said in the NBC interview that Mangione's family reported him missing to San Francisco authorities in November. Sign up for our Crime & Courts newsletter

First, there was BookTube. Then Bookstagram. Now, one of the most prolific — and often drama-filled — online book collectives is on TikTok. In the past four years, BookTok , has gone from a scrappy, grassroots group that makes literature-centered content into a major and uncontrollable marketing driver of the publishing industry. BookTok has been personally responsible for millions of dollars of book sales and made authors household names in the process. The breadth of genres in the book industry also means that almost any kind of reader can find their niche. There are dark romance lovers, fairy porn enthusiasts, literary fiction champions, and horror aficionados. But sometimes, a book becomes simply inescapable. These titles don’t have to be from a popular genre, a well-known author, or even published this year. TikTok’s algorithm, and the push from BookTok creators, means that some books go from simply a fun read on the app to an industry staple. Here — in no particular order — are 21 of the biggest hits BookTok couldn’t escape this year. This book — about a voracious appetite for an elegant, simple life — has divided and captivated readers since its February 2024 release. Planning a wedding is already a grueling ordeal, so of course this soon-to-be housewife wants to make the day even more perfect by baking her own wedding cake. A London cookbook editor, Piglet is only known to people — and the readers — by her hurtful childhood nickname. Her desire to escape to a higher class has followed her her entire adult life, but when her fiance Kit discloses a terrible secret, Piglet’s control and appetite for food and a different life spiral out of control. It’s a personal reflection made urgent by the book’s ticking countdown until her wedding day, making it the perfect read for BookTok lovers desperate for something both captivating and thought provoking. In Holly Gramzio’s debut novel, a young woman’s attic becomes a never-ending supply of potential husbands. Lauren, our protagonist, was pretty sure she lived in a normal apartment. But then men started walking down her attic stairs. Strangers, one at a time, and each of them convinced he was her husband. Like real life dating, each is varied, different. But instead of the journey it takes to get to know someone, she has a new beau in the time it takes him to make it down her attic stairs. He’s instantly a part of her life, complete with her friends, family, and acquaintances convinced he’s been there for ages. Since Lauren doesn’t have to leave her home to meet anyone, choosing a significant other becomes a daily game. While the premise could border on nonsensical, Gramzio’s whimsical take on dating in the modern age has captured readers’ attention online. There are reading days when you have the mental energy to get lost in Anna Karenina , and there are days when you want to give your steamy brain a break . Pucking Sweet, the latest polyamorous hockey romance from Emily Rath, is more breather than heavy lift. But that hasn’t kept BookTok fans from enjoying another addition in the saga of the fictional Jacksonville Rays, the hockey team that’s been at the center of two previous novels from Rath. Poppy St. James is the public relations director for the Rays, and keeping her job and career on track means controlling a rambunctious group of hockey stars, including defensemen Lukas Novikov and Colton Morrow. Novikov is a playboy, Morrow is an angel who keeps following him into brawls, and Poppy is the head of a department without a working office phone — so things are already tense. But when a rough night leaves Poppy facing a big decision, she’s forced to reconcile with her own self worth and reconsider if her idea of a happy ending is keeping her from a real one. Some people listen to true crime podcasts. On TikTok alone, there’s a whole community on the app dedicated to learning, talking, and discussing everything from recent news to decades long cold cases. I Have Some Questions For You takes that innate interest in murder and brings the reader along into every ethical debate about the genre. In the midst of a marriage crisis, film professor Bodie Kane goes back to her remote New Hampshire boarding school to teach a podcasting elective. Her time at school was awful. She wasn’t popular, the landscape was dreary, and her roommate, Thalia Keith, was murdered their senior year. But when the class begins to discuss Thalia’s case — and the man currently in prison for her murder — people’s certainty about the case is thrown into a new light. Bodie is required to contend with a horrible possibility: she might be the only one capable of solving Thalia’s murder. Makkai’s latest novel combines the intrigue of a classic thriller with probing theories about the ethics of true crime content online, and makes it a hit for even the most casual of BookTok readers. Coco Mellors’ recent book is brimming with a childhood tinge of nostalgia, but readers don’t have to have personal experience to have the saga of three isolated sisters still manage to capture an indescribable essence of family and hope for better choices. Lawyer Avery, ex-boxer Bonnie, and high fashion model Lucky don’t really talk. But when their parents announce they’ll be selling the group’s childhood apartment in New York City, the three must come back and face the memory of their dead sister, Nicky. They’ve always been a group of four, and life as separate Blue sisters hasn’t been kind. But cleaning out the apartment pushes them to confront the worst choices of their adult lives, and decide how they want to live the future their sister never got a chance to do. Blue Sisters is a BookTok staple, its literary prose and straightforward family story managing to capture both the esoteric scholar and the feel-good airport reader. There is no way to discuss the online rom-com lit scene without mentioning Yulin Kuang. The author, screenwriter, and director created the short-lived but wildly beloved CW musical comedy series I Ship It, and has written for Hallmark and Hulu’s Dollface . She’s also set to work on two upcoming Emily Henry projects: adapting and directing the Beach Read film and writing the screenplay for People We Meet On Vacation . So it’s no wonder that Kuang’s debut novel, about a tense writers room and the romance between an author and the head writer of her show, had BookTok readers flocking to hear more. Helen Zhang thought she left every memory of Grant Shepard and the shared accident that changed their lives forever behind in high school. But when the dream of turning her hit YA novel into a television series finally comes true, it comes with a catch: Shepard has accepted the job as a writer. In a classic enemies-to-lovers romp with a veritable ocean of emotional depth, Kuang’s debut novel has been a divisive read, especially for those who enjoy less stressful scenarios on the road to love. But for those interested in spice and character growth, life jumps out on every page. Calling Liz Moore’s runaway summer hit a BookTok classic is an understatement. The bestselling author had dominated book lists all year. (There’s a reason why the wait time at most libraries extends into weeks.) But even TikTok’s book community recognized the stirring power of Moore’ most recent offering. The book takes place at the Adirondacks-set Camp Emerson during the summer of 1975. When Barbara Van Laars, daughter of the camp owners, goes missing, everyone, including the police, is thinking about how Barbara’s brother Bear disappeared almost 15 years earlier. Bear was never found, which makes Barbara’s search party even more desperate to find her. Everyone is a suspect: Barbara’s grieving and comatose mother, her camp counselor Louise who snuck out of the cabin that night to meet her boyfriend, even the camp director who grew up with Barbara. Part thriller, part class critique, God of the Woods masterfully turns the story of two missing siblings into an exploration of what constitutes a family and what makes a home. The sprawling novel follows a moderately successful artist in the prime of her career. When she gets a meeting that could change everything, she decides to take the time — and break — to drive across the country and get some space from her husband and child. But it only takes roughly half an hour into the trip for her to pull over in a small town and start a laborious yet non-sexual affair with a young man she spots. The book is an open lens into the mind of a woman overwhelmed by the prospect of rest, and contemplating how aging and gender has changed her libido and concept of labor. All Fours is a weighty, meandering read. Feminist author, artist, and filmmaker Miranda July has a deep body of work about empowerment, female labor, and intimacy. To be frank, she didn’t need BookTok. But the young digital community swarmed around All Fours anyway, giving July’s second novel an online reputation to match its critical one. The narrator of Kaliane Bradley’s debut book is a worker drone, a child of refugees who has spent her adulthood in government job after government job. Her recent gig: becoming a “Bridge,” someone who helps expatriates acclimate to their new surroundings. But after she accepts the job, she finds out that the newcomers aren’t from a different country or social system. They’re from the past — and they should be dead. After the government gains the power to time travel, they experiment with people whose lives should have been cut short. The Bridge’s assignment is Commander Graham Gore, a British officer who was assumed to have starved during a 1847 sea expedition to the Arctic. His friends are dead and now he can’t smoke inside and has to see women’s ankles and learn how to use the washing machine. Also people might be trying to kill him. Even with spies, time travel, and a workplace romance, Bradley’s book is a contentious read online. Some people are obsessed. Others can’t stand it. But everyone’s talking about it — and on BookTok, sometimes that’s all that matters. Alexandra Tanner’s debut novel is a digital representation of overthinking, making it the perfect literary fixation for BookTok creators focused on works that synthesize real life. Worry ’s narrator is 28-year-old Jules. When she’s not writing study guides for her job, Jules is addicted to scrolling the Instagrams of mommy bloggers, submerging herself in a world of anti-vax conspiracy theories, Christian baby names, and branded leggings. She also has to worry about her little sister Poppy, who has moved herself and a three-legged rescue dog (named Amy Klobuchar) into Jules’ small apartment. The two must interact in a 2019 Brooklyn, where MFAs are worthless and rent is high. While the book isn’t heavy on plot, its hyperspecific critiques of internet culture make it a wildly enjoyable and humorous read. One of BookTok’s defining series is by author Sarah J Maas , and it has spawned an entire genre push in the publishing industry called Romantasy. While the hype started with A Court of Thorns and Roses , the first book in her series, the second book, A Court of Mist and Fury, has remained the fan favorite. The series follows a young human girl named Feyre falling in love with an immortal Fae lord. But while the first book leans into a dark retelling of the classic tale of Beauty and Beast , the sequel takes an abrupt twist, showing Feyre falling in love with an entirely different Fae Lord. It’s darker, sexier, and the book you’ll probably see people recommend the most on a random for-you-page. What if your school was built to kill you and your joints were already weak as it is? Rebecca Yarros’ Fourth Wing takes a hard school year to the next level, throwing readers headfirst into the sweat-drenched life of Violet Sorrengail. After joining the nation’s war college to become a legendary dragon rider, Violet must keep herself alive and keep away from Xaden Riorson, the brutal wingleader. She has to remind herself that his parents were traitors, his friends are dangerous, and he’d kill her if he got the chance. It doesn’t matter that his eyes are dreamy. Or his abs are rock hard. Or he keeps looking at her. This book has everything: danger, war, dragon bonding, and enough wild sex in castle walls to keep even the neediest BookTok romantasy nerd fed for days — or however long it takes them to get through 500 pages. “And they were roommates” doesn’t begin to describe the wacky housing circumstances that Emily Henry’s Funny Story throws readers into headfirst. Daphne loves her relationship with her fiancé Peter, so much so that after accepting he’s proposal, she agrees to move to his hometown. Sure, they’re in a partnership, but she lives in his house, she hangs out with his friends, and she’s basically taken on his life. So when Peter realizes that he’s actually in love with his best friend Petra, Daphne is shocked to find herself stuck in a town she never wanted to be in in the first place. She needs a place to live. And it just so happens that the only available room in Waning Bay, Michigan happens to belong to Petra’s ex: Miles. Trying to get back at their exes, the two end up fake dating. But in the process, they learn about what they really want out of life, and what it means to choose yourself and still find love in the process. Some people just need an author to match their freak. And in Brynne Weaver’s case, whatever BookTok asks for, she delivers. The author’s most internet-famous work, Butcher and Blackbird gives readers an up close and personal look at Sloane and Rowan’s love story. After meeting at work, the two plan an annual scavenger hunt competition that takes them across the country and eventually into each other’s arms. Oh, and did I mention that they’re both notorious, psychopathic serial killers? So that work isn’t data entry. It’s finding people to string up and murder in increasingly deranged ways. And then they kiss. The first entry in Weaver’s Ruinous Love series, this book is so NSFW that some BookTok creators market it by posting its trigger warnings. But don’t yuck people’s yum. According to Deadline , Weaver has sold ​​over 1 million copies of her books in over 18 countries and the book is already being adapted into a feature film. Before there was a Seattle hockey team asking people to please stop sexualizing their players during games, there was a hockey-themed wave on BookTok. It combined tropes and the romance genre all in one place and made every book that even featured hockey players popular. But at the heart of the trend was this fan favorite — and aggressively sexy — college novel by Hannah Grace. Icebreaker tracks aspiring Team USA figure skater Anastasia Allen as she tries to train for an upcoming championship. But after a snafu on the ice threatens to derail her career, hockey team captain Nate Hawkins steps in, and the two realize that there might be some steamier desires beyond their constant bickering. Don’t let the cartoon cover fool you — this book is full of sex. But Grace hasn’t shied away from the fact that the juxtaposing cover and content might mean younger people are reading. “I know people who are under 18 are reading my books and I can’t do anything about it,” Grace told The New York Times . “They’re going to consume content that is explicit. But I think there’s a better way to write it and portray it than has been given to other generations.” BookTok isn’t all romance and intrigue. Sometimes, the community’s favorite thing is a good old-fashioned cry. And Hanya Yanagihara’s most famous work has remained a staple on the app for its sheer consistency in leaving readers physically and emotionally devastated. The book introduces readers to four friends with aspiring careers. Jude St. Francis, Willem Ragnarsson, Malcolm Irvine, and Jean-Baptiste “JB” Marion. But through flashbacks and shifting perspective, the 700-page tome reveals an agonizing pattern of trauma, abuse, addiction, sexual violence, and suicide for its main characters. Happy endings do not exist in this book, but they’re teased just enough to leave even the toughest reader wrung dry. While BookTok has a habit of allowing the most general, crowd pleasing options to rise to the top, sometimes the community’s popularity lands firmly on a deserving book. Such is the case with The Secret History , the famed 1992 novel from Donna Tartt . A secretive group of New England liberal arts students accept a newcomer into their ranks: transfer student Richard Papen. But as the group dives further into their studies, Richard reveals a terrible secret holding his friends hostage. By coming up with an even darker solution, the group is thrust into dark schemes of chaos and murder — ruining themselves and their lives in the process. Since The Secret History — a bestseller since its publication — rose to popularity once again in 2020, it directly inspired a resurgence of the internet aesthetic “dark academia.” The best way to describe this BookTok darling is a drug-fueled sleep haze. The main character doesn’t even have a name, but readers get an immediate view that she’s rich, bored, and extremely tired. Rather than address any of her problems, the narrator convinces a sketchy psychiatrist to prescribe her a cocktail of pills that renders her increasingly comatose. She begins taking harder pills at an excess, leaving waking hours for walks and adventures that she can’t remember. At the heart of the story is a woman convinced she could be better if only she could sleep through an entire year. Like most of Ottessa Moshfegh ’s books, My Year of Rest and Relaxation has little actual plot. But the book has become a go-to pick for BookTok creators who want to distinguish themselves from the romance crowd. The Secret History walked so this dark, magical murder grad-school novel could run. Previously known for her steadfast work in the Harry Potter fanfiction community, Olivie Blake’s Atlas Six series went from a self-published novel to a New York Times bestseller because of BookTok. The series takes place at the Alexandrian Society, a secret group that admits an annual class of magicians and gives them access to some of the biggest secrets in the known and unknown universe. The catch? They only have a year before their mysterious initiation ritual. No one knows what it is, but someone has to die for the rest of the group to pass. This book leans heavily on the prose and world-building, but its rags-to-riches story has continued to make it a BookTok favorite. This debut fantasy novel by author R.F Kuang isn’t just another example of a strong female protagonist. The Poppy War is a military epic that charts orphan Rin’s journey from poor waif to student at the highly prestigious military academy Sinegard. There, she trains her body andher mind, eventually becoming a student of shamanism and learning how to speak to the gods. But when war breaks out, Rin finds herself not in tight ranks on the front line, but part of an assassin-heavy special forces group — one where all of her fellow soldiers are also shamans. It’s a coming-of-age story set in the midst of bloodshed, trauma, and addiction, but the worldbuilding makes it one of the go-to entry points for readers trying to dive into the fantasy space headfirst. What if Jack Kerouac’s On The Road was about two lesbians from Philadelphia? After graduating college, Bernie moves into a large shared home in Philly, where she tries and fails to fully join her housemates’ world. But when her former mentor and photography professor Daniel Dunn — who had his career ruined by a sexual harassment scandal — dies and bequeaths Bernie his run-down home, she and her roommate Leah decide to turn their road trip to her inheritance into an exploration of midwest. While Emma Copley Eisenberg’s Housemates has the quintessential meandering necessary for a road trip novel, it takes a major turn by allowing its queer, liberal main characters to address their own complicated feelings about art, love, and wealth in the middle of a giant, state-wide art project. 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m.sbet9 Many people assume that rinsing your plates before putting them in the dishwasher will help with the cleaning process — but those who don’t may be onto something. Turns out that while you should scrape excess food off your dishes, rinsing them can actually damage your dishwasher. Most dishwashers have built-in food sensors that identify how much is on dishes and determine how long a cycle should last, as well as what the water temperature should be. “So if you rinse the dishes off first, the dishwasher isn’t going to do as heavy of a cycle as it would otherwise,” Ian Palmer-Smith, an appliance repair expert at Domestic & General , explained to HuffPost . He added that rinsing off the dishes might cause the dishwasher not to clean it as well since the grime won’t wash away as easily. Holly Moore, founder and owner of in-home cleaning company Maids and Moore , also explained to HuffPost that the built-in sensor is a light that scans the dishes and will adjust the cycle based on how much food and grime is detected. Continuing to run the dishwasher with pre-rinsed dishes can eventually “skew the sensor’s sensitivity or result in less effective cycles in general,” she claimed. Dishwashers that were made in the last 20 years likely have a built-in sensor, but if you’re unsure, Moore said checking the user manual or the dishwasher’s settings will tell you. “Look for terms like ‘soil sensor,’ ‘auto-sensing cycle’ or ‘smart sensor technology’” in the manual, Moore said. “Dishwashers with food sensors often have an ‘auto,’ ‘sensor wash’ or ‘smart wash’ cycle. These settings indicate the dishwasher can adjust water use, temperature and cycle duration based on the dirtiness of the dishes.” On top of the food sensors, Palmer-Smith said rinsing plates is unnecessary due to dishwasher cleaners getting better at scrubbing dishes. “The enzymes in dishwasher cleaner attach themselves to food, so if you pre-rinse your dishes, it has less to attach to,” he explained. Another expert agreed with the overall sentiment last summer, telling UK “This Morning” co-host Cat Deeley that there is no point in pre-rinsing — simply scraping them first is adequate. “Rinsing is basically a waste of water, time and money,” Good Housekeeping guru Katie Mortram said. “Dishwashers are advanced enough now that they’ll basically remove all greasy residue or sauces in a single cycle anyway, so you’re just wasting time and effort [if you rinse].”Srinagar, Dec 24 (PTI) Showcasing innovation, creativity and entrepreneurial spirit, over 200 students from Jammu and Kashmir Tuesday displayed innovative projects aimed at addressing local challenges and offering their solutions. The students from across the valley showcased around 100 projects at an event 'Pragaash 2024' held at SKICC here. Also Read | TTD Vaikunta Ekadasi 2025 Ticket Booking Commences: Online Tickets for Tirumala Vaikunta Dwara Darshan in Tirupati Now Available for Devotees, Here's How To Book. The event, organised by 'Pi Jam Foundation', supported by UNICEF in collaboration with the Atal Innovation Mission (AIM), and Directorate of School Education (DSE), J-K, highlighted the region's emerging role as a centre for technological innovation and community-driven problem-solving. The event featured a series of student-led projects developed in Atal Tinkering Labs (ATLs) tackling critical issues ranging from environmental sustainability to agricultural efficiency using technology and design thinking. Also Read | Year Ender 2024: From Launch of India's 1st Analog Space Mission to Successful Tests of Reusable Launch Vehicle 'Pushpak', Check List of ISRO Accomplishments. The innovative models among others included 'early landslide detection and alert system', 'smart women safety handbag', 'flood prediction system' and 'line watch pro'. Iftikhar Rasool, studying at the Boys Higher Secondary School, Bandipora, has developed an IoT (Internet of Things) based early landslide detection and alert system that can provide warning about a possible landslide in the prone areas. Rasool said he got the idea after he was stuck on the road due to a landslide while he was returning from his hometown Gurez. "After coming back from there, I discussed this with my teacher and started this project. He helped me in making this project. It is IoT based because it gives us real time data," he said. The student said he has installed vibration sensor, DHT-11 sensor (temperature and humidity sensor) as well as a camera so that if vibration is detected, the signal will go to the control unit that a landslide is about to happen. Rasool said the prototype also uses WhatsApp API so that a message will reach people warning them of a landslide. "The control unit will close the barricades on the road in the landslide prone areas, saving lives," he said. He claimed the project can be used in places like Gurez and along the vulnerable places along the Srinagar-Jammu national highway as well. A team of girl students from Girls Higher Secondary School, Amirakadal here, have developed 'Women Safety Bag' to protect women as crimes against them are increasing in the society. "Nirbhaya, Kolkata doctor's rape case, are some examples which show that women are not safe in today's society. Research shows that 12 per cent of women could have been saved if their correct location had reached someone on time. That is why we have made it," one of the developers, Ayra said. She said the bag has a speaker which can sound an alarm in times of trouble so that people around will be alerted and there is also a GPS tracker through which they will be able to send correct location to get help. Another project that garnered attention at the event was 'Line Watch Pro' system that alerts the power department officials when a transmission line develops a fault or snaps. Aman, student of Government Higher Secondary School, Boniyar in Uri area of north Kashmir, who developed the system, said the model sends real-time data to a mobile phone. "We have prepared a model of a grid which gives real time information in case of fault. As soon as a power supply line falls, its information comes directly on our mobile app," he said. "This can prevent accidents. In this, we have used ESP-32 sensor which is a WiFi module and is connected to our mobile. As soon as ESP-32 gets the signal, it gives the signal to the API and they further send a direct message to the mobile," he added. Minister for Education Sakina Masood Itoo, who unveiled the event, said education is not just about academics, but about nurturing creativity and providing students with platforms to express their talents and ideas. "This initiative demonstrates our commitment to empowering students to think beyond the textbook," Itoo said. She said the government's goal is to create opportunities for every student to showcase their abilities and talents. By linking projects to real-world applications, we are preparing them for a brighter and more prosperous future. The education department is fully committed to supporting teachers and students in their journey towards excellence, the minister added. Addressing the function, Mission Director of the Atal Innovation Mission (AIM), Delhi, Chintan Vaishnav, said the most important thing that is happening in these experiments is the fact that local problems are being solved locally. He said J-K's participation in the ATL Innovation Challenge stands at 36 per cent, compared to a national average of 3.18 per cent. "It reflects the commitment and innovation of the students and teachers in the region. J-K's contribution to Top 500 Innovators Program is double the national average. "What we are seeing here is a remarkable shift'?students solving complex local problems like flash floods, snow accumulation, and environmental changes, which have the potential to create lasting impact," he said. Vaishnav said inspired by J-K's success, this programme will now extend to all hilly and tribal regions, including the north-eastern states. Pi Jam Foundation's CEO, Shoaib Dar, said Kashmir is a growing centre of innovation and entrepreneurial potential. He said over 300 students from J-K showcased 100 plus innovative projects that addressed local challenges and offered solutions. "Students are stepping out of their classrooms into their communities, talking to farmers, and engaging with people to build meaningful solutions," Dar said. (This is an unedited and auto-generated story from Syndicated News feed, LatestLY Staff may not have modified or edited the content body)

NoneIn this podcast, Motley Fool analyst David Meier and host Mary Long discuss: What merger rumors signal about Nissan 's business. (Note: This podcast was recorded before Nissan and Honda announced their plans.) How retailers are leaning into the holiday spirit. Advice for a seasonal decoration company. Then Stephanie Guild, Robinhood 's head of investment strategy, joins Motley Fool host Ricky Mulvey to discuss her outlook for 2025 and what's excited Robinhood investors in the past year. To catch full episodes of all The Motley Fool's free podcasts, check out our podcast center . To get started investing, check out our beginner's guide to investing in stocks . A full transcript follows the video. This video was recorded on Dec. 18, 2024. Mary Long: It's not a car crash, it's consolidation. You're listening to Motley Fool Money. I'm Mary Long, joined today by David Meier, somewhat of a car guy, David Meier, I should say, which is how you described yourself just in the pre-recording. David, how are you this morning? David Meier: I'm doing well. Thank you. How are you? Mary Long: I'm doing great. Good to be here. We'll kick today off talking about two carmakers. Hence, the somewhat of a car guy comment. Honda and Nissan are in talks to join forces. We're unsure at the moment what exactly this would look like, whether it's a merger, an acquisition, maybe some holding group situation. But the market likes this news for Nissan. Stock is up 17% this morning. David, you got any immediate takes on this? What did you think when you first saw this headline this morning? David Meier: I literally did a double take when I saw the headline flash across Bloomberg TV this morning, and I was like, wait. What? This is a bit of a surprise. It's not every day that you see two large Japanese companies, and I'll stress Japanese for now, want to merge. In fact, in my 20 years of investing, I don't think I've ever seen two Japanese companies talking about merging. I talked about this on the Morning show as well on Wednesday the 18th. I asked a fellow Fool and a more experienced international investor, and our friend Bill Mann. I was like, dude, does this com in? He was like, No, it's not. In fact, he mentioned that in Japanese business cultures, mergers like this are more of an admission that something has gone very wrong. Mary Long: Even just if you go back a few years, it seems like there's been quite a bit going wrong at Nissan. Listeners might remember the name Carlos Gone. He was Nissan's then chairman. He was arrested in November 2018 for financial crimes. He denied those charges. He escaped on a jet about a year later, right before his trial began. It's not just man on the loose type issues that Nissan's face. They've also had financial problems, too. Operating income for the first half of the fiscal year was down 90% from the year ago, period. It's US sales fell 2% in the most recent quarter, 2% compared to 90% sounds minimal, but neither is good. Two part question here, focusing on what's gone wrong. First of all, why is Nissan so in the slumps? Then I'll just give you the second question right off the bat. Why does Honda want that baggage? David Meier: The first one is a really good question, and I think the first place to look is competition. Competition in the global auto sales business is fierce. Let's say you come out with new models for the year, and they don't resonate with car buyers. Guess what? You've made a lot of investments. You've tied up a lot of inventory, and it's sitting on the lot, which is costing the dealership money as well. In a situation like that, your sales growth is extremely challenging. What do you do in order to boost sales? Well, you can discount the price, which that blows up the model because that's not what you were expecting when you made all the investments, or you can offer financing deals. Either way, both of those hurt margins, and that's one of the things that we're seeing at Nissan over the last few years. Margins have been contracting, and that is never a good thing for an automaker because they operate on thin margins. If we look at what's the cash flow statement at Nissan, what story is that telling? Well, we see the operating cash flow generated by the company has been coming down while CAPEX, capital expenditures, the investment the company needs to make every year in order to keep its factories going, is staying high. Again, operating cash flow or cash coming in the door, falling is not a good thing. You never want to be in that position, especially when you know you have to make these huge investments. Getting to the second question, which is, why does Honda want Nissan's baggage? I can tell you right now they don't want the baggage. That's not what they're after in a merger like this. But Honda is actually an incredible operator. If you look at their financial statements over the last 10 years, it is amazing how consistent their margins are. They're thin. They're not making all that much profit, but they're consistently positive. Perhaps the thinking in this is, hey, if Honda and Nissan merge, the single entity could be a stronger competitor in the global marketplace, i.e, they would have more share. Then in the process, Honda could take its operations know-how and transfer it over to Nissan's operations and hopefully help clean up their margin story. Mary Long: You talk about this declining operating cash flow and this flatter CAPEX. What can Nissan or if it's Honda that's taking this on? What can they do to write those patterns? David Meier: The first thing that you need to do is, again, making sure that the inputs, where the cash flow is coming into your business from, you have to make sure though all those are working. One of the interesting things I saw on Nissan's cash flow statement is their sales receivables have declined significantly. What is a sales receivable? When somebody buys a car, they typically finance it. The finance becomes the receivable on Nissan's balance sheet. What Nissan then does is it sells that to a third party, typically some financial institution and says, hey, I want the cash now, so I'll give you a little bit of a discount on this loan. But you take care of the loan. You can have the cash flows that come in. Cash today, for selling off a loan. If that's not working, and that was a big part of Nissan's business model in the past, that's very bad. It could be because you're discounting those loans aggressively in order to get them off the books, or it could be that there's just no buyers out there, and you might even have to keep them on the books, which is not what a car dealer a car maker wants to do. That's the first from what's the first thing you got to do? You got to make sure that you have the product that people want. You're selling it for a good price, and that you're giving loans that are attractive to outside buyers if you want to get them off your balance sheet. Not the easiest thing in the world to do. Mary Long: With Nissan having trouble offloading those loans to other buyers, do you think that that's a Nissan problem, or is that an industry problem right now? David Meier: Well, it's probably more of a Nissan problem, because if we look at others, I don't see the same margin profile. I have seen cash flows, operating cash flows coming down at other car makers. Maybe it's an industry problem as well. But right now, at least from what I'm seeing in Nissan's statement, it's affecting Nissan more than it seems to be affecting others. Mary Long: Going to pivot stories for a moment. The holidays are just around the corner, and CNBC was out this morning with a story about how retailers are hoping consumers spend big on holiday decorations despite being budget conscious in other areas. Before we dive into this a little bit, David, is the Meier house decked out with holiday decor? David Meier: Minimally. Our daughter is grown and out of the house. We take much more of a minmalist approach. We do have some nice lighting, pretty much all white lights that look nice on the house. But no, we definitely don't go all out like we used to when she was younger. Mary Long: I was going to say, is this to suggest that once upon a time you took a maximalist approach? David Meier: Oh, my goodness, yes. We had lights everywhere on places on the roof where I should have never been, as well as lawn ornaments throughout the front yard and the backyard. Mary Long: Wow. I am uncovering facts about you that I did not know. It sounds like you were the house to go to, like, stand out with perhaps in your Nissan Leaf out front and watch, like, the lights sync up to music, etc. David Meier: Oh, I could, so I love, by the way, I absolutely love those videos on YouTube, of the engineers who were able to sync up the music and the lights. If I could have done that, I would have. Let's put it there. [laughs] Mary Long: Consulting firm Deloitte is a piece of this story. They have an annual holiday spending survey, and that report found that consumers are prioritizing decorations, the maximalist David Meier approach, if you will, over gifts [laughs] this holiday season. Retailers are trying to lean into this. Walmart 's got a six-foot tall white nutcracker that nearly sold out before Halloween. Home Depot has Santas and reindeers in addition to more basic decor. If consumers are spending less on gifts this year, do you expect retailers to get the bounce that they want and perhaps need from decorations? Is that enough to replace what would typically be spent on holiday gifts? David Meier: Mike girl is definitely telling me, no, there 's no way that decoration expenditures could fill the hole if there was a big one in terms of gifts. The biggest reason is, look even though my house and yard was full, there's really only so much you can do in terms of decorations. But that said, I, too, have seen lots of those bigger decorations. They're in our neighborhood. I have friends in other places who are saying, oh, my gosh, look at the size of this Santa. They're taking pictures of neighbors in their neighborhoods. Those extra large decorations seem to be a very big hit this year from the half a dozen data points that I've collected. Mary Long: Something that sticks out to me in this is that a lot of these are reusable, and so you don't necessarily have to buy new decorations each year. The National tree Company sells artificial Christmas trees, wreaths, and garlands online to retailers like Coles, Macy's , Amazon, Home Depot , you name it. Their CEO, Chris Butler, told CNBC that sales have been slowing in the past two years. After having surged during peak pandemic time, they've slowed. Again, it seems to me like this is a tough business, whether it's lights or wreaths or garlands, a lot of people use the same stuff year over year. Say the National tree Company brings you on as chief E.L.F , what ideas do you have to bring this business back into the green? David Meier: Oh, my goodness. That's so awesome. That's a great question. Let me just say, I did not know of the National Tree Company before you brought it up. They may be already doing some of these things, and I wouldn't be earning my chief ELF consultant keep. But I think the first thing that I would be thinking is, hey, we got to move beyond the Christmas holiday. There should be trees decorated for every occasion. That's the first thing. Don't get bogged down in a seasonality type thing. Then the second thing, which, again, I would imagine they're doing this, I totally view the tree as the razor and the razor blade. The tree is the razor. It's the thing you buy, and you should be selling all sorts of different razor blades based on all those various occasions that we mentioned above. It's not just occasions. Let's say it's the start of basketball season, and my daughter now lives in Cleveland. Why not decorate the tree Cleveland Cavaliers ornaments, or maybe sprinkling half Cleveland Cavaliers, half Cleveland Browns if you're both a basketball and football fan. Birthday, all these things. Part of the reason of my answer is we actually have an artificial tree that doesn't have any fake needles or anything like that. It's essentially just wood. It's really easy to assemble. You can put the ornaments on and the lights on, and everything is just so clear. It could really do more than we should be breaking it out more than just at the Christmas time because it's a wonderful little showcase piece in the home whenever anybody comes over. Mary Long: David Meier, it sounds to me like you have certainly earned your keep as Chief ELF. Not only are you pro maxed out Christmas light decor, but now you're advocating for year round holiday decorations. Thanks so much for coming down from the North Pole to join us today on Motley Fool Money. Really appreciate having you. David Meier: Thank you so much, Mary. This was so much fun. Mary Long: This is the season for end of year look backs and 2025 predictions. Up next, Stephanie Guild, Robinhood's head of Investment Strategy, joins Ricky Mulvey for a look at what's exciting to Robinhood investors, why stuff thinks we're in a paradigm shift, and what rocks she's looking under as we head into a new year. Ricky Mulvey: Steph, you recently wrote in your 2025 outlook "it's important to always maintain a mix of optimism and curiosity and investing". I really like that because you do need to be a long term rational optimist. If you're going to play this game, we'll break this question into two parts. Right now, what are you curious about? Stephanie Guild: I'm very curious about things that are happening with respect to the chips and semi-conductors, the stuff that is going to power AI. The recent announcement, for example, from Google on their quantum oriented chip just starts to blow my mind because they actually threw words in there like another dimension. It's the things that you read about if you start to get into spiritual aspects and even watching recently, I watched the movie Interstellar. I've been sort of thinking about those things. That is what I'm really curious about is the future way of life versus how it works today. Ricky Mulvey: Once you start doing chips that measure particle uncertainty rather than ones and zeros, it does make us start wondering if we're going into a parallel universe to tap into these different computing devices, it's a wild time to be alive. Stephanie Guild: Or we already have the power to do that and we just don't know yet, like the particles and how they act when they're watched versus when they're not watched. Like, that is just. Ricky Mulvey: For those listening, this is the Schrodinger's cat thing that allows a lot of these quantum chips to work, and that's basically it was an experiment from a while ago a thought experiment. You open a box and you don't know if the cat is alive or dead until you open the box, and the act of observing is what decides that. That is true on a universal level, and that is a lot of what's powering these chips. I don't know if that's something that scares me or makes me optimistic. Steph, what are you optimistic about as we wrap up 2024 and head into the new year? Stephanie Guild: A lot of things. I think it's and the reason why I wrote what I wrote is because so often, I've witnessed and experienced people who I learned a lot from that tend to just take a viewpoint of, I think it's natural in your brain to look for risks. You're always looking for the risks. You certainly need to keep that type of mind. But I think all too often sometimes, many people will use that as the only way to view something, and then you can miss things. If you're always looking for what could go wrong. I think it almost hearkens back to, like, the Stone ages when we had to really focus. That's like embedded in our brain. But if you stay optimistic, I think you can find opportunities. You obviously always have to think about the risk, but something to answer your question, is the fact that we are in, I think, a paradigm shift that has rid of a lot of the problems that we've seen over the last 30 years. It doesn't mean that we don't have more coming and have more today, and I can identify a lot of them. But we are in, to me, the fourth soft landing economically since 1960. The last one was in the 90s. I think it is as a result of a combination of having a global financial crisis, then having, it was a terrible global pandemic and just having a lot of things flushed out and shifting perspectives. Along with that, you've had huge technological advances, a large amount of R&D. CAPEX has been growing faster than sales growth across the S&P. To me, it's a perfect confluence of things, plus an environment that for a long time unhealthily had very low interest rates. I think today, like, having interest rates is a good thing in our economy. I think there's a lot to be optimistic about. Ricky Mulvey: When you said we're going through a paradigm shift right now, what specifically are you talking about? Is that the soft landing? Is that interest rates? I want to dig into what you're talking about there. Stephanie Guild: It is the fact that typically, if you look back in history, you might expect that we would be in a place where now unemployment should start to rise. The Fed raised rates, the most they've raised rates in almost two decades. Many people thought we should have had a recession from that, and we didn't. I just think there are a lot of underlying aspects to our economy that are making it just be better than we could have imagined. That's why I think we have you have an environment where I said, companies are not necessarily cutting labor force despite the fact that their interest rates had increased. Perhaps it was a blessing that came from the fact that interest rates were super low for so long, they got to fund things well into the future at very low interest rates. Science has just really advanced us. When you put all those things together, I think it just creates an environment where you have a balance of a lot of things. Like, all the risks are in balance with the rewards. Nothing's perfect. I can point out a lot of risks that could come, but I just think we are in that sweet spot right now. Ricky Mulvey: You see a lot of individual investors over at Robin Hood on the app. Any data about how retail investors have been acting this year? I don't know. How long on average are folks holding stocks? Are you noticing anything interesting as you've looked at the user data on Robin Hood? Stephanie Guild: Yeah, a few things. One, we see customers. This is at an aggregate level. I'm not looking at individual holdings at all. There are the matics within what they hold, and they tend to hold core positions in them. Then they trade around the volatility of these core positions. The core positions tend to land in a couple of different the matics, one being the large cap tech almost utility companies of this generation. The electric vehicle theme, Certainly chips and anything sort of AI related. You've got some travel in there, I'd say, like, there's a theme of travel, whether it be airlines, cruiselines, cannabis is also a theme. Ricky Mulvey: Cannabis is back this year? Stephanie Guild: It's just a theme that's been prevalent in the mix. We have the Robin Hood Investor Index, and this is what I analyze month to month. It takes the 100 largest, most owned. I shouldn't say largest, but most owned companies, and then assigns a weight to them based on the aggregate weight that our customers assigned to it within their portfolios, no matter how much money they have. That's how we figure out, like, what people are focused on. The number 1 has been Tesla for a long time. I would say that since the election, we've seen definitely an exaggeration of those themes and playing on those themes. The new one, or I'd say, the one that has grown is anything crypto oriented. You've seen them trade around the volatility of Tesla. You could tell they were getting focused on other things for a while. But then as soon as the election hit, they increased their holdings right before that. The other thing I've seen, and I don't know if it's a function I think it's a function of our customer base slowly getting older. Like, the median age is 34. Several years ago that was 30 and before that it was in their 20s. Now you do see also an uptake of just purchasing broad based index funds, and that wasn't necessarily, something that we saw pretty consistently before. That's like in the last year or so. Ricky Mulvey: We love index funds. It's a great way to diversify. When you say trading around volatility, does that mean buying high and selling low or is it doing the opposite? What do you mean by trading around volatility? Stephanie Guild: I'd say the opposite. Like, our customers have certainly earned my respect because what I see is that something goes down and they're not afraid to use it to add to positions. Then if and when it bounces back, which is often eventually does, then they use it to trim. Put the capital elsewhere. On the margin. You don't see, like, all of a sudden Teslas in the index, and then it's out of the index, but it's on the margin. Ricky Mulvey: As we look forward to 2025, you mentioned a Peter Lynch quote, which is the person who turns over the most rocks wins the game. I hope we're in a stock pickers market. It's the basis of the show that we're doing on Motley Fool Money. But what rocks? What sections of the garden do you recommend that retail investors start looking over? Stephanie Guild: It's a good question. Where I'm most focused is away from the Top 10 names. The 10 largest stocks make up about 37, 38%, depending on the day that you're looking at it of the S&P 500. For 2026, they're expected to have earnings growth of 6%. That is not crazy, especially compared to where they've been over the last couple of years. It's been double digits, and those stocks have been driving the earnings growth for the entire S&P for several years now. But I do think that there are going to be a widening. It's why I think we're in a stock pickers market. Like when I look below that surface, I think the mid-cap space is to me, I call it and I didn't put this in my outlook, but the midcap space to me is like the middle child. Like, it gets ignored. Everyone at post election, it was all about small caps. That's come off the boil a little bit. I think the mid-cap space is a good mix of lower valuations than large caps, but a little better mix of sectors and a little better balance sheet, meaning, leverage is a little lower than in the small cap space on average. I think there is other places like where I've been focused is I tend to think of the world in factors. Growth versus value versus quality, and those things that we've self defined in our team. Where I've been looking matches this approach of widening. Looking at, like, growth, but at the right price or also known as GARP, or even just looking for value. Now, looking for something just based solely on valuation is usually not the best way to invest because things can stay cheap for a long time. Things can stay expensive "for a long time". An example, to me, of a GARP stock is Salesforce or Ticker CRM. That company, to me, has been a little bit up until the last earnings call, a little unfavored, trades at a reasonable valuation versus other tech names in the space. They're just starting to come into using AI to their benefit with their things called Agent Force. Ricky Mulvey: AI Agent Force. Maniov learned a lot about I think when he rolled his ankle scuba diving or had some leg injury, and then he was getting all into AI Agent force to the investors. Yes. Stephanie Guild: There's three things that I always look at when I think about investing, and I think of what's the direction of interest rates? Because that can affect valuations? I think they'll be around here within a range. What is the earnings growth expectations and then sentiment? Sentiment, does everybody love it? That's what you know, I always that's what I care most about, because if everybody thinks something is great, the bar has just gotten really high, always liking it to if somebody tells you about a movie, and they think oh, this is the best movie you have to watch and you go see it, and you're like, that was good. But you had too many people telling you it was good. I think about investing the same way, at least in the short term. I think CRM fits a lot of the things that I like to look for, but I think it was something like 73% of analysts now have a buy rating. It has been higher in the past, but it's not unloved, like some other names that are out there. Mary Long: As always, people on the program may have interest in the stocks they talk about, and the Motley Fool may have formal recommendations for or against Trot Buyer sell stocks based solely on what you hear. All personal finance content follows Motley Fool editorial standards and are not approved by advertisers. The Motley Fool only picks products that it would personally recommend to friends like you. I'm Mary Long. Thanks for listening. We'll see you tomorrow, Fools.A teenager whose lies about her teacher are accused of contributing to the educator’s murder by an Islamist radical apologised to his family in a French court on Tuesday. Eight people have been on trial since early November, charged with contributing to the climate of hatred that led to an 18-year-old of Chechen origin beheading teacher Samuel Paty outside Paris in 2020. They include Brahim Chnina, the 52-year-old Moroccan father of the adolescent testifying Tuesday. Then aged 13, the adolescent falsely claimed that Paty had asked Muslim students to leave his classroom before showing caricatures of the prophet Mohammed. She was not in the classroom at the time. “I would like to apologise to the family,” the 17-year-old, who has not been named, told the court. “I destroyed your lives, I am sorry.” Also on trial is Abdelhakim Sefrioui, a 65-year-old French-Moroccan Islamist activist. He and Chnina spread the teenager’s lies on social networks with the aim, according to the prosecution, of “designating a target”, “provoking a feeling of hatred” and “thus preparing several crimes”. Both men have been in pre-trial detention for the past four years. The teenager told the court that she lied to her mother to justify why she had been suspended from school for two days over her behaviour and repeated absences. “I was in panic and stress,” she said. “I told her I had been in class and that I wasn’t happy with what went on there and that the teacher excluded me. That we looked at cartoons.” – ‘I thought somebody would stop me’ – Sefrioui posted a video describing Paty as a “teaching thug”. He also staged an “interview” with the teenager outside the school, whispering to her what to answer. The adolescent dutifully reiterated the falsehoods. READ ALSO: 20-year term sought for husband in French mass rape trial “I thought somebody would stop me in my lying, but nobody ever said that I wasn’t in class,” she told the court Tuesday. She stuck to her story even after Paty’s death. Only following her arrest and 30 hours of interrogation did she admit to investigators that she had made it all up. The teenager, whose delivery in court was matter-of-fact, showed emotion only when she talked about her father. “Without my lies, none of us would be here,” she said, sobbing. “I used my father’s naivete and kindness.” She added that “my father says you must always respect teachers”, a remark that prompted an astonished “really?” interjected by the court’s presiding judge. The teenager was sentenced to 18 months of probation in December 2023 after being convicted of slander. Paty had used the Charlie Hebdo magazine as part of an ethics class to discuss free speech laws in France, where blasphemy is legal and cartoons mocking religious figures have a long history. His killing took place just weeks after Charlie Hebdo republished the Prophet Mohammed cartoons. After the magazine used the images in 2015, Islamist gunmen stormed its offices, killing 12 people.

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — There's more than just school pride and bragging rights to all that bellyaching over who might be in and who might be out of college football 's first 12-team playoff. Try the more than $115 million that will be spread across the conferences at the end of the season, all depending on who gets in and which teams go the farthest. According to the College Football Playoff website , the 12 teams simply making the bracket earn their conferences $4 million each. Another $4 million goes to conferences whose teams get into the quarterfinals. Then, there's $6 million more for teams that make the semifinals and another $6 million for those who play for the title. Most of this bonanza comes courtesy of ESPN, which is forking over $1.3 billion a year to televise the new postseason. A lot of that money is already earmarked — more goes to the Big Ten and Southeastern Conference than the Big 12 or Atlantic Coast — but a lot is up for grabs in the 11 games that will play out between the opening round on Dec. 20 and the final on Jan. 20. In all, the teams that make the title game will bring $20 million to their conferences, all of which distribute that money, along with billions in TV revenue and other sources, in different ways. In fiscal 2022-23, the Big Ten, for instance, reported revenue of nearly $880 million and distributed about $60.5 million to most of its members. The massive stakes might help explain the unabashed lobbying coming from some corners of the football world, as the tension grows in advance of Sunday's final rankings, which will set the bracket. Earlier this week, Big 12 commissioner Brett Yormark lit into the selection committee, which doesn't have a single team higher than 15 in the rankings. That does two things: It positions the Big 12 as a one-bid league, and also threatens to makes its champion — either Arizona State or Iowa State — the fifth-best among conference titlists that get automatic bids. Only the top four of those get byes, which could cost the Big 12 a spot in the quarterfinals — or $4 million. “The committee continues to show time and time again that they are paying attention to logos versus resumes,” Yormark said this week, while slamming the idea of teams with two losses in his conference being ranked worse than teams with three in the SEC. The ACC is also staring at a one-bid season with only No. 8 SMU inside the cut line of this week's projected bracket. Miami's loss last week all but bumped the Hurricanes out of the playoffs, a snub that ACC commissioner Jim Phillips said left him “incredibly shocked and disappointed." “As we look ahead to the final rankings, we hope the committee will reconsider and put a deserving Miami in the field," Phillips said in a statement. The lobbying and bickering filters down to the campuses that feel the impact. And, of course, to social media. One of the most entertaining episodes came earlier this week when athletic directors at Iowa State and SMU went back and forth about whose team was more deserving. There are a few stray millions that the selection committee cannot really influence, including a $3 million payment to conferences that make the playoff. In a reminder that all these kids are going to school, after all, the conferences get $300,000 per football team that meets academic requirements to participate in the postseason. (That's basically everyone). Get poll alerts and updates on the AP Top 25 throughout the season. Sign up here . AP college football: https://apnews.com/hub/ap-top-25-college-football-poll and https://apnews.com/hub/college-footballOakworth Capital Inc. Increases Stock Position in Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN)

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Carson Beck completed 20 of 31 passes for 297 yards and four touchdowns as No. 10 Georgia pummeled UMass 59-21 on Saturday in Athens, Ga. Nate Frazier ran for career highs of 136 yards and three touchdowns, while Arian Smith caught three passes for 110 yards and a score as the Bulldogs (9-2) won their second straight game and 30th straight at home, dating back to 2019. AJ Hairston completed 7 of 16 passes for 121 yards and a score for the Minutemen (2-9), who dropped their third straight. Jalen John ran for 107 yards and a score and Jakobie Keeney-James caught three passes for 101 yards and a touchdown. Peyton Woodring kicked a 53-yard field goal to extend Georgia's lead to 31-14 on the first drive of the third quarter. But UMass wasted little time responding, as Hairston hit Keeney-James for a 75-yard touchdown to get the deficit down to 10. Georgia then finished its sixth straight drive with a score, as Frazier's 9-yard run up the middle gave the Bulldogs a 38-21 lead at the 8:44 mark of the third quarter. After UMass punted, Georgia played add-on in its next possession, with Frazier scoring from 15 yards out with 1:39 left in the third to lead 45-21. Frazier stamped his career day with his third touchdown run, a 2-yarder with 6:33 left, before Georgia capped the scoring with Chris Cole's 28-yard fumble return with 3:28 remaining. UMass took the game's opening drive 75 yards down the field -- aided by Ahmad Haston's 38-yard run -- and scored on CJ Hester's 1-yard run with 9:15 left. Georgia answered on its ensuing drive, as Beck's 17-yard passing touchdown to Oscar Delp tied the game at the 5:05 mark of the first quarter. Following a short punt by UMass, Beck connected with Smith for 49 yards, and a roughing-the-passer penalty put the ball at Minutemen's 14-yard line. Facing a fourth-and-4 from the 8-yard line, Beck found Cash Jones for a touchdown to take a 14-7 lead with 10:30 left in the second quarter. On UMass' next play from scrimmage, Raylen Wilson recovered John's fumble on the Minutemen's 28-yard line. Three plays later, Beck connected with Dominic Lovett for a 15-yard touchdown with 8:56 remaining. UMass then scored after a 14-play, 75-yard drive, finished off with John's 3-yard rushing score with 1:55 left in the first half. Georgia answered quickly, as Beck's 20-yard pass to Cole Speer set up a 34-yard touchdown pass to Smith with 43 seconds remaining, giving the Bulldogs a 28-14 halftime lead. --Field Level Media

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Carson Beck completed 20 of 31 passes for 297 yards and four touchdowns as No. 10 Georgia pummeled UMass 59-21 on Saturday in Athens, Ga. Nate Frazier ran for career highs of 136 yards and three touchdowns, while Arian Smith caught three passes for 110 yards and a score as the Bulldogs (9-2) won their second straight game and 30th straight at home, dating back to 2019. AJ Hairston completed 7 of 16 passes for 121 yards and a score for the Minutemen (2-9), who dropped their third straight. Jalen John ran for 107 yards and a score and Jakobie Keeney-James caught three passes for 101 yards and a touchdown. Peyton Woodring kicked a 53-yard field goal to extend Georgia's lead to 31-14 on the first drive of the third quarter. But UMass wasted little time responding, as Hairston hit Keeney-James for a 75-yard touchdown to get the deficit down to 10. Georgia then finished its sixth straight drive with a score, as Frazier's 9-yard run up the middle gave the Bulldogs a 38-21 lead at the 8:44 mark of the third quarter. After UMass punted, Georgia played add-on in its next possession, with Frazier scoring from 15 yards out with 1:39 left in the third to lead 45-21. Frazier stamped his career day with his third touchdown run, a 2-yarder with 6:33 left, before Georgia capped the scoring with Chris Cole's 28-yard fumble return with 3:28 remaining. UMass took the game's opening drive 75 yards down the field -- aided by Ahmad Haston's 38-yard run -- and scored on CJ Hester's 1-yard run with 9:15 left. Georgia answered on its ensuing drive, as Beck's 17-yard passing touchdown to Oscar Delp tied the game at the 5:05 mark of the first quarter. Following a short punt by UMass, Beck connected with Smith for 49 yards, and a roughing-the-passer penalty put the ball at Minutemen's 14-yard line. Facing a fourth-and-4 from the 8-yard line, Beck found Cash Jones for a touchdown to take a 14-7 lead with 10:30 left in the second quarter. On UMass' next play from scrimmage, Raylen Wilson recovered John's fumble on the Minutemen's 28-yard line. Three plays later, Beck connected with Dominic Lovett for a 15-yard touchdown with 8:56 remaining. UMass then scored after a 14-play, 75-yard drive, finished off with John's 3-yard rushing score with 1:55 left in the first half. Georgia answered quickly, as Beck's 20-yard pass to Cole Speer set up a 34-yard touchdown pass to Smith with 43 seconds remaining, giving the Bulldogs a 28-14 halftime lead. --Field Level MediaAs the community grapples with the aftermath of this scandal, it is imperative that stakeholders come together to rebuild trust and integrity in the education system. By promoting transparency, accountability, and ethical conduct, we can ensure that our schools remain safe and nurturing environments for all students.

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CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — Two New Hampshire fathers who were barred from school district events for wearing pink wristbands marked “XX” to represent female chromosomes insisted at a federal court hearing Thursday that they didn't set out to harass or otherwise target a transgender soccer player at the game they attended. But a judge hearing the case suggested the message the parents sent may matter more than their intentions. Kyle Fellers and Anthony Foote sued the Bow school district after being banned from school grounds for wearing the wristbands at their daughters' soccer game in September. The no-trespass orders have since expired, but a judge is deciding whether the plaintiffs should be allowed to wear the wristbands and carry signs at upcoming school events, including basketball games, swim meets and a music concert, while the case proceeds. Testifying at Thursday's hearing, both men said that they did not view the wristbands as a protest against Parker Tirrell, a transgender girl on the opposing team, but rather as a show of support for their daughters and their teammates. U.S. District Court Judge Steven McAuliffe questioned whether there is a meaningful distinction and whether their intentions matter. “Sometimes the message you think you’re sending might not be the message that is being sent,” he said. McAuliffe asked Foote whether it occurred to him that a transgender person might interpret the pink XX wristbands as an attempt to invalidate their existence. “If he’s a trans female, pink might be a color he likes,” Foote said. McAuliffe also noted that while both plaintiffs said they had no problem with transgender people outside the issue of sports, they repeatedly referred to the athlete in question as a boy. “You seem to go out of your way to suggest there’s no such thing as a trans girl,” McAuliffe said. Foote disagreed, saying it was “like learning a new language” to refer to transgender people. In a separate courtroom earlier Thursday, another judge held a hearing on a lawsuit brought by Parker Tirrell and another student challenging the state law that bans transgender athletes in grades 5 to 12 from teams that align with their gender identity. It requires schools to designate all teams as either girls, boys or coed, with eligibility determined based on students’ birth certificates “or other evidence.” U.S. District Court Chief Judge Landya McCafferty ruled earlier this year that the teens can try out for and play on girls school sports teams. The order only applies to those two individuals for now as they seek to overturn the Fairness in Women’s Sports Act on behalf of all transgender girl students in New Hampshire. Lawyers for the teens said in court Thursday they hoped the matter could go to trial and be resolved before the start of the next school year in September. They said the teens’ school districts and others in the state have asked for guidance regarding the statute. Lawyers for the state said they needed more time to prepare. Judge Talesha Saint-Marc suggested the timing of the trial was ambitious and asked that both sides talk further about scheduling. Gov. Chris Sununu, who signed the Fairness in Women’s Sports Act into law in July, has said it “ensures fairness and safety in women’s sports by maintaining integrity and competitive balance in athletic competitions.” About half of states have adopted similar measures. In the Bow case, school district officials have said they acted appropriately in sanctioning the parents for conduct they knew violated school policy at athletic events. They'll explain their evidence on Friday. On Thursday, the plaintiff's lawyer, Endel Kolde, accused the district of “breathtaking” overreach by asserting that the wristbands target transgender students in general, regardless of whether such students were present at the events. “This is viewpoint discrimination, and it’s very clear they’re proud of it,” Kolde said. Kolde initially conceded that a school district can limit speech “to some degree” to protect children from harassment, but he stopped short of agreeing with the judge’s claim that yelling “transgender students out” at a particular player would be subject to such regulation. “It might be,” he said. “I’m trying to get you to concede the obvious,” McAuliffe said. “It’s less than obvious to me,” Kolde said. Feller, the first witness in the case involving the wristbands, said he purchased them thinking his daughter and her teammates would wear them, but ended up wearing one himself after they declined. After being told to leave the game, he stood in the parking lot with a sign that said “Protect women’s sports for female athletes.” “I wanted to support women’s sports and I believed what was going on was a travesty,” he said.

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Figuring out who they are would be a first step in the right direction. The Titans (3-9) also must bounce back from last week's ugly loss at Washington that cost this franchise yet another chance to string together consecutive wins for the first time in more than two years. “We know that this is a big opportunity for us to develop as a team and to create and to continue developing our identity,” quarterback Will Levis said. “And so we’re going to make sure that we do our best throughout these next few weeks to do that.” The Jacksonville Jaguars (2-10) lost Trevor Lawrence for the rest of the season after the hit he took from Texans linebacker Azeez Al-Shaair in last week's 23-20 loss to Houston. Their already dim playoff hopes were extinguished Monday night when Denver won. That leaves the Jaguars playing for pride and potentially drafting No. 1 overall for the third time in five years. “It’s all about how you finish,” tight end Evan Engram said. “How we finish probably won’t erase the feeling we have of the season. But as the pride of this franchise, the pride of the team, it’s definitely worth going to finish strong and going to get some wins and fighting for that.” The Titans went into Washington with one of the NFL's stingiest defenses and wound up shredded, giving up a season-worst 267 yards rushing. Defensive coordinator Dennard Wilson said, “We can’t allow what happened last week to happen again.” Wide receiver Calvin Ridley says he's excited to see some old teammates Sunday and downplayed a question about how close Jacksonville's offer to keep him last March might've been when he chose to sign with division rival Tennessee instead. “Doesn't matter right now,” Ridley said. “I'm excited for this week. Jags come in here, play with my boys. I'm excited.” Ridley played one season with Jacksonville after the Jaguars traded for him . He had 76 catches for 1,016 yards and eight TDs last season with the Jaguars. So far this season, Ridley has 43 receptions for 679 yards and three TDs. “I just know I'm going to be ready,” Ridley said. Jacksonville has lost 16 consecutive games when tied or trailing at halftime. It’s a complete flip from the 2022 season, in which the Jaguars rallied to beat Dallas, the Las Vegas Raiders and Tennessee down the stretch to make the playoffs. The 20-16 victory against the Titans in the regular-season finale that year is the last time coach Doug Pederson’s team has come from behind to win after trailing or being tied at the break. Tennessee led 13-7 at the half in that one and was minutes from winning a third straight AFC South title . Jaguars defensive end Josh Hines-Allen needs 4 1/2 sacks to break the franchise record of 55 held by Tony Brackens. Hines-Allen has at least half a sack in four consecutive games against Tennessee, which has given up 43 sacks in 2024. “My family knows about it probably more than me,” Hines-Allen said. “My wife tells me all the time, ‘Hey, get that record. All you just need is four sacks.’ Like, you can just (get) four sacks. “I had a couple games last year where I had three, so I can’t say it’s out of the realm. But I never had four sacks; don’t know what it feels like to do that in one game. But hopefully speak it into existence.” Mac Jones will be starting at quarterback and is 0-2 with the Jaguars this season. He has one more interception (three) than touchdown passes (two) in five appearances. The Titans are looking to see if Levis can keep building on his strong play of the past month and start turning those into wins. Levis is 1-3 since returning from a strained throwing shoulder. He has seven TD passes with two interceptions for a 101.3 passer rating in his past four games. He also is completing 61.7% of his passes for 960 yards. “The cool thing right now for Will is that as we’ve corrected things, he’s corrected them,” Titans coach Brian Callahan said . “And that’s been really fun to watch as he’s made adjustments from game to game, sometimes even from in the game made an adjustment to a coverage or a read, and that part’s been good to see.” AP Pro Football Writer Mark Long in Jacksonville, Florida, contributed to this report. AP NFL: https://apnews.com/hub/nflAlex Ovechkin has a broken left fibula and is expected to be out four to six weeks, an injury that pauses the Washington Capitals superstar captain’s pursuit of Wayne Gretzky’s NHL career goals record. The Capitals updated Ovechkin’s status Thursday after he was evaluated by team doctors upon returning from a three-game trip. The 39-year-old broke the leg in a shin-on-shin collision Monday night with Utah's Jack McBain, and some of his closest teammates knew it was not good news even before Ovechkin was listed as week to week and placed on injured reserve. “Everyone’s bummed out,” said winger Tom Wilson, who has played with Ovechkin since 2013. “We were sitting there saying: ‘This is weird. Like, it’s unbelievable that he’s actually hurt.’ It’s one of those things where like, he’s going to miss games? I’ve been around a long time, and it’s new to me.” Ovechkin in his first 19 seasons missed 59 games — and just 35 because of injury. Durability even while throwing his body around with his physical style is a big reason he is on track to pass Gretzky’s mark of 894 goals that once looked unapproachable. “He doesn’t go out there and just coast around,” Wilson said. “He’s played 20 years every shift running over guys and skating. He’s a power forward, the best goal-scorer ever maybe, and he’s a power forward that plays the game really hard.” Ovechkin surged to the top of the league with 15 goals in his first 18 games this season. He was on pace to break the record and score No. 895 sometime in February. “You know when goal-scorers start scoring, it’s dangerous,” said defenseman John Carlson, who has been teammates with Ovechkin since 2009-10. “There was a bit of that in the downs that everyone was feeling about it too, of course. We see him coming to the rink every day, we know what’s at stake. You never want anyone to get injured, but there’s a lot to it and certainly he was playing his best hockey in years.” ___ AP NHL: https://apnews.com/hub/nhl Stephen Whyno, The Associated Press

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TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — An Israeli hospital says Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has undergone successful prostate surgery. Jerusalem’s Hadassah Medical Center said his prostate was removed late Sunday. Netanyahu was placed under full anesthesia for the procedure. Doctors said he was awake and recovering Sunday night. Netanyahu’s office had said Justice Minister Yariv Levin, a close ally, would serve as acting prime minister during the procedure. Doctors ordered the operation after detecting an infection last week. Netanyahu is expected to remain hospitalized for several days. THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE. AP’s earlier story follows below. TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is having his prostate removed on Sunday, his office said, a procedure that comes as he manages multiple crises including the war in Gaza and his trial for alleged corruption . Netanyahu, who has had a series of health issues in recent years, has gone to great lengths to bolster a public image of himself as a healthy, energetic leader. During his trial this month, he boasted about working 18-hour days, accompanied by a cigar. But as Israel's longest-serving leader, such a grueling workload over a total of 17 years in power could take a toll on his well-being. Netanyahu, 75, is among older world leaders including U.S. President Joe Biden, 82 , President-elect Donald Trump, 78 , Brazil's President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva , 79, and Pope Francis , 88, who have come under scrutiny for their age and health issues. Netanyahu's latest condition is common in older men, but the procedure has had some fallout. The judges overseeing his trial accepted a request from his lawyer on Sunday to call off three days of testimony scheduled this week. The lawyer, Amit Hadad, had argued that Netanyahu would be fully sedated for the procedure and hospitalized for “a number of days.” Netanyahu's office said Justice Minister Yariv Levin, a close ally, would serve as acting prime minister during the procedure. With so much at stake, Netanyahu’s health in wartime is a concern for both Israelis and the wider world. As Israel’s leader, Netanyahu is at the center of major global events that are shifting the Middle East . With the dizzying pace of the past 14 months, being incapacitated for even a few hours can be risky. Netanyahu will be in the hospital at a time when international mediators are pushing Israel and Hamas to reach a ceasefire in Gaza and as fighting between Israel and Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi rebels intensifies . Prostate issues are common and in many cases easily treatable. Still, the procedure puts a dent in Netanyahu’s image of vigor at a time when he would want to project strength more than ever, both to an Israeli audience navigating constant threats as well as to Israel’s enemies looking to expose its weaknesses. Netanyahu insists he is in excellent health. His office releases footage of him touring war zones in full protective gear flanked by military officers, or meeting with defense officials on windswept hilltops in youthful dark shades and puffer jackets. But that image was shattered last year when Netanyahu’s doctors revealed that he had a heart condition , a problem that he had apparently long known about but concealed from the public. A week after a fainting spell, Netanyahu was fitted with a pacemaker to control his heartbeat. Only then did staff at the Sheba Medical Center reveal that Netanyahu has for years experienced a condition that can cause irregular heartbeats. The revelation came as Netanyahu was dealing with massive anti-government protests. The news about a chronic heart problem stoked further anger and distrust during extreme political polarization in Israel. Last year, Netanyahu was rushed to the hospital for what doctors said likely was dehydration . He stayed overnight, prompting his weekly Cabinet meeting to be delayed. Earlier this year, Netanyahu underwent hernia surgery , during which he was under full anesthesia and unconscious. Levin served as acting prime minister during the operation. According to Netanyahu’s office, the Israeli leader was diagnosed with a urinary tract infection on Wednesday stemming from a benign enlargement of his prostate. The infection was treated successfully with antibiotics, but Sunday's procedure will remove his prostate. Complications from prostate enlargement are common in men in their 70s and 80s, Dr. Shay Golan, head of the oncology urology service at Israel’s Rabin Medical Center, told Israeli Army Radio. Golan spoke in general terms and was not involved in Netanyahu’s care or treatment. He said an enlarged prostate can block proper emptying of the bladder, leading to a build-up of urine that can lead to an infection or other complications. After medicinal treatment, doctors can recommend a procedure to remove the prostate to prevent future blockages, Golan said. In Netanyahu’s case, because the prostate is not cancerous, Golan said doctors will likely perform an endoscopic surgery, carried out by inserting small instruments into a body cavity, rather than making surgical cuts in the abdomen to reach the prostate. The procedure lasts about an hour, Golan said, and recovery is quick. He said that aside from catheter use for one to three days after the procedure, patients can return to normal activity without significant limitations.Another day, another round of drones and officials talking about them

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