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Lil Wayne, GloRilla, Camila Cabello to perform at College Football National ChampionshipSocial media users are misrepresenting a Vermont Supreme Court ruling , claiming that it gives schools permission to vaccinate children even if their parents do not consent. The ruling addressed a lawsuit filed by Dario and Shujen Politella against Windham Southeast School District and state officials over the mistaken vaccination of their child against COVID-19 in 2021, when he was 6 years old. A lower court had dismissed the original complaint, as well as an amended version. An appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court was filed on Nov. 19. Javascript is required for you to be able to read premium content. Please enable it in your browser settings.
Washington, Nov 30 (PTI) US President-elect Donald Trump has met Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau at his Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida, where they discussed key bilateral issues, including trade, tariffs, border security, and drug trafficking. In a social media post on Friday, Trump described the meeting as "productive", highlighting Trudeau's commitment to address these issues. However, there was no indication of any resolution of the differences between the incoming US administration and the Canadian government. Also Read | Bangladesh: ISKCON Claims Arrest of 2 More Monks, Ranganath Das Brahmachari and Chinmoy Krishna Das' Assistant Adipurush Shyamdas Without Warrant Amid Row. “I just had a very productive meeting with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau of Canada, where we discussed many important topics that will require both countries to work together to address," Trump said. The topics include Fentanyl and drug crisis due to illegal immigration, fair trade deals that do not jeopardise American workers, and the massive trade deficit the US has with Canada, he said. Also Read | Gautam Adani Breaks Silence on US Fraud Charges, Says 'Every Attack Makes Us Stronger, Every Obstacle Becomes Stepping Stone for More Resilient Adani Group'. Trump emphasised his administration's commitment to tackling the drug epidemic. “The US will no longer sit idly by as our citizens become victims to the scourge of this drug epidemic, caused mainly by drug cartels, and Fentanyl pouring in from China,” he said. “Too much death and hardship! Prime Minister Trudeau has made a commitment to work with us to end this terrible devastation of US families. We also spoke about many other important topics like energy, trade, and the Arctic. All are vital issues that I will be addressing on my first days back in office, and before,” Trump said. According to The New York Times newspaper, the dinner meeting between the two leaders on Friday included senior Canadian officials and Trump's close aides. Prominent among them were North Dakota Governor Doug Burgum, Trump's nominee for interior secretary; Howard Lutnick, his pick for commerce secretary; and Mike Waltz, his choice for national security adviser. (This is an unedited and auto-generated story from Syndicated News feed, LatestLY Staff may not have modified or edited the content body)HUNTSVILLE, Texas (AP) — Cameron Huefner scored 20 points as Sam Houston beat Dallas 111-65 on Saturday. Huefner added eight rebounds for the Bearkats (7-6). Lamar Wilkerson went 7 of 13 from the field (3 for 8 from 3-point range) to add 17 points. Dorian Finister shot 5 for 11 (1 for 3 from 3-point range) and 4 of 4 from the free-throw line to finish with 15 points. Thomas Fleming led the Crusaders in scoring, finishing with 16 points. Dallas also got 15 points from Johny Olmsted. Chandler Holmes finished with 13 points. Sam Houston took the lead with 16:32 remaining in the first half and did not give it up. The score was 50-34 at halftime, with Huefner racking up 11 points. Sam Houston extended its lead to 91-53 during the second half, fueled by a 17-2 scoring run. Erik Taylor scored a team-high 10 points in the second half for the Bearkats. The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar .NYT Strands today: hints, spangram and answers for Saturday, November 30
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Article content Edmonton’s massive $1 billion Yellowhead Trail conversion project is over budget, leaving the municipality on the hook for another $105 million. Cost overruns were revealed publicly for the first time at city hall this week as council works to set the municipality’s budgets for 2025. Edmonton is looking at a potential 8.1 per cent property tax increase for 2025 with a deficit of $19.4 million — down from the $34.4 million projected. The city will need to borrow an additional $105 million to pay for the conversion into freeway status. Despite the more than 10 per cent price hike, Mayor Amarjeet Sohi expects city council will agree to continue paying for the project through budget talks scheduled through Thursday. “This project is going to go ahead,” he told reporters Tuesday. “This is a very important corridor from a trades point of view, from a safety point of view, movement of goods and services in the city. Traffic volumes continue to grow on Yellowhead, so this is a very critical investment we are making.” Six interchanges are being updated along 3.5 km of Yellowhead Trail from St. Albert Trail to 97 Street. Some are finished and others are nearly complete, but construction prices, labour and land costs have grown along with inflation since three levels of government agreed on the three-way cost-sharing plan in 2017, a new city report states. Expenses were initially expected to be split equally. The federal and provincial governments agreed in 2016 to each pay $241.6 million, but by February 2017 the city agreed to spend $519.5 million, for a total of more than $1 billion. The mayor thinks the contract should have been signed all at once instead of breaking it into phases. In the future he would like to see matching funding programs set using actual costs instead of preliminary estimates. Sohi’s hoping they can contribute more. “There might be an opportunity for us to engage back with those two orders of government to see if they can increase their share of the cost,” Sohi said. “At the end of the day, it’s an inflationary pressure of 10 per cent over the overall cost of the project that we have to manage and we need to get this project done.” The city has known Yellowhead Trail may run over budget since at least the spring of 2022. Adam Laughlin, then deputy city manager for infrastructure, warned in April 2022 costs for major projects such as the Capital Line South LRT extension and Yellowhead Trail may also rise sharply the day the $34.4-million cost overrun on the 50 Street rail overpass was revealed. This June Postmedia reported city council agreed in a private meeting to pay for the $242-million spending over budget for the Capital Line LRT South extension . Traffic safety important One of the sections being upgraded for the freeway is in Coun. Erin Rutherford’s ward, Ward Anirniq — St. Albert Trail to 97 Street which includes upgrades to several interchanges. Going 10 per cent over budget “is not ideal,” she said. But given the cost pressures and inflation since 2017 — and because the St. Albert Trail section wasn’t planned yet when funding was decided — Rutherford said it’s fairly good and could have been “something far worse.” Traffic safety is another factor for her. Some of the intersections being upgraded had some of the highest fatal crashes in the city at the time. Design, public engagement, and buying land was expected to take up to five years to finish with construction phased in over another 10 years. To date, two upgrades are finished — the sections from 97 Street to 82 Street, and widening on a eastern portion of the roadway. Two other segments are expected to be complete this year, with a 2026 completion date for the 66 Street Intersection and 2027 for the segment from St. Albert Trail to 97 Street. lboothby@postmedia.com @laurby Recommended from Editorial Edmonton's collision-prone Yellowhead Trail to get $1-billion overhaul Cost for Edmonton Capital Line LRT south extension balloons by $242 million, council approves in secret Bookmark our website and support our journalism: Don’t miss the news you need to know — add EdmontonJournal.com and EdmontonSun.com to your bookmarks and sign up for our newsletters . You can also support our journalism by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribers gain unlimited access to The Edmonton Journal, Edmonton Sun, National Post and 13 other Canadian news sites. The Edmonton Journal | The Edmonton SunUK shoppers bemused as Easter eggs in shops before New Year’s Eve
CNN Senior Legal Analyst Elie Honig explains how Trump's criminal cases filed by Special Counsel Jack Smith could have reached a different outcome if Attorney General Merrick Garland had moved quicker.WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump on Saturday threatened 100% tariffs against a bloc of nine nations if they act to undermine the U.S. dollar. His threat was directed at countries in the so-called BRIC alliance, which consists of Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa, Egypt, Ethiopia, Iran and the United Arab Emirates. Turkey, Azerbaijan and Malaysia have applied to become members and several other countries have expressed interest in joining. While the U.S. dollar is by far the most-used currency in global business and has survived past challenges to its preeminence, members of the alliance and other developing nations say they are fed up with America’s dominance of the global financial system . Trump, in a Truth Social post, said: “We require a commitment from these Countries that they will neither create a new BRICS Currency, nor back any other Currency to replace the mighty U.S. Dollar or, they will face 100% Tariffs, and should expect to say goodbye to selling into the wonderful U.S. Economy." At a summit of BRIC nations in October, Russian President Vladimir Putin accused the U.S. of “weaponizing” the dollar and described it as a “big mistake.” “It’s not us who refuse to use the dollar,” Putin said at the time. “But if they don’t let us work, what can we do? We are forced to search for alternatives.” Russia has specifically pushed for the creation of a new payment system that would offer an alternative to the global bank messaging network, SWIFT, and allow Moscow to dodge Western sanctions and trade with partners. Trump said there is "no chance" BRIC will replace the U.S. dollar in global trade and any country that tries to make that happen "should wave goodbye to America.”