Online child exploitation spiked during lockdowns. Police worry it’s here to stayUConn announced a two-year contract extension for head football coach Jim Mora on Saturday, just before the team took the field for the Fenway Bowl against North Carolina. Mora’s contract extension will run through 2028 and will pay him $10 million through the remaining four years, with the opportunity to earn more in incentives. The 63-year-old coach is set to make $1.7 million next season, $1.9 million in 2026 and $2.3 and $2.4 million in 2027 and 2028, respectively. UConn then went out and thrashed North Carolina, 27-14, in a game that wasn’t as close as the score indicated. “I am forever grateful. I’m grateful to (athletic director) David (Benedict) and (school president) Radenka (Maric) and the Board of Trustees, but this is about what the (UConn players) did today,” Mora said when asked about the extension in the postgame press conference. In a statement released by UConn ahead of the game, Mora said: “I’d like to thank David Benedict, Radenka Maric and the University of Connecticut leadership for their trust in me and their commitment to our football program. When I first got here, I talked about where we wanted this program to go and we have shown great progress but we still have plenty of work to do. The commitment and dedication from the university and the athletic department has me excited about the future for our football team.” “Three years ago, I tasked Jim Mora with the challenge of leading our football team back to success and through his experience, energy and leadership he has done just that,” UConn athletic director David Benedict said in a statement. “He has taken our program to post season bowl games twice and just guided our team to one of the best seasons in UConn football history, building a momentum to keep this program moving forward. I look forward to his leadership of our football team in the years ahead.” Mora is coming off one of the most successful seasons in UConn football history, having led the team to an 8-4 record and an appearance in the Fenway Bowl. It’s the Huskies’ second bowl appearance in three years. UConn’s eight wins is the most for the program since 2010, and the Huskies had their first winning season since that year, too. A win Saturday would give UConn nine wins for just the third time in program history, with the last two such seasons coming in 2003 and 2007. UConn quarterbacks coach Brad Robbins is heading to Tulsa as an offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach, according to a report from CBS Sports. Robbins was part of a coaching staff that helped the offense produce its most prolific attack since the 2009 season and fifth-most in program history (32.3 points per game). Robbins worked at FCS Tennessee Tech and Division II North Greenville before joining Jim Mora’s staff in spring 2023. Be the first to know Get local news delivered to your inbox!
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In the late 1970s, America was not in a good place; reeling from a war and from Watergate. Then came a man called Jimmy. "Jimmy who?" the nation asked. It was the dismissive reaction from many when a peanut farmer called Jimmy Carter announced a run for the White House. Beyond his home state of Georgia, where he had served as Governor, James Earl Carter Jr was not well known. But it would turn out, Jimmy Carter was just what 1970s America needed. After the political turmoil of Nixon and Watergate and the quagmire of the Vietnam War, America craved stability, calm and integrity. More on United States Former US president Jimmy Carter dies US attorney general tried to block Gerry Adams fundraising in 1995 over IRA weapons fears, unearthed records reveal Joe Biden reduces all but three US federal death sentences to life imprisonment Related Topics: United States The 39th president of the United States did not provide the drama of those who came before him or those who would follow him. Yet over a remarkably long life, punctuated by a short presidency, Jimmy Carter built a considerable legacy deserving of considerable reflection. Carter the healer "Compassionate", "honourable", a "peacemaker", a "healer". They are words so often used to describe the American leader who lived a life longer than any other. Late 1970s America was a nation reeling from the Watergate scandal and the disgraced presidency of Richard Nixon followed by the accidental presidency of Gerald Ford. Read more: Former US president Jimmy Carter dies The wider backdrop was a long war in Vietnam, ending in a humiliating defeat and a fresh blot in a proud nation's history. Enter Jimmy Carter, 52-years-old; five feet seven inches - unassuming and unimposing both physically and in character. Peanut farmer, turned submariner, turned politician; he was a man of the people whose core instinct was that a government is only as good as its people. His healing qualities, clearly threaded through his life, were displayed on day one of his presidency. In a bold move he granted unconditional pardons to hundreds of thousands of men who evaded the Vietnam War draft. He had said the pardon was needed "to heal our country after the Vietnam War". Of the bitter divisions sparked by the war, he said: "We can now agree to respect those differences and to forget them." He pioneered a bold vision for compassionate centre-left politics which would, many years later, be emulated by presidents Clinton, Obama and Biden. Yet Jimmy Carter would survive only one term as president. In those four years he faced huge challenges - an energy crisis, Soviet aggression and Iran - themes which, it turns out, endure. A childhood which shaped a presidency Jimmy Carter was born where he died, in the town of Plains, Georgia on 1 October 1924. His childhood unquestionably moulded the person and politician he would become. 1930s Georgia was a place of segregation. Two Americas existed side by side, separated by racism. But Carter's mother, a nurse, boldly ignored the state's segregation laws, and so young Jimmy's upbringing was one of coexistence in a place where there was none. Decades later Carter would tell American talk show host Oprah Winfrey how every one of his childhood friends was black. It was an experience which moulded his mind and would allow him to help change history decades later. Young Jimmy Carter joined the Navy, serving as a submariner - a role that surely takes a particular type of character. His father's death in 1953 brought him back to Georgia where he ran the family peanut farm. But politics beckoned. It was race and racism which lured Carter to activism with the Democratic Party. By the 1960s it would propel him to the state senate and, by 1970, to the top job in Georgia - governor. The long-shot president He was the dark horse for president; a long-shot candidate who made it all the way. His childhood experiences of coexistence over division were threaded through his term in office and led to significant yet oft-forgotten achievements. President Carter recognised and valued the power of American leadership in the protection of human rights. Global achievements It was his blunt message to the white rulers in South Africa which helped to precipitate the end of Apartheid and a peaceful coexistence many years later. His influence in the Middle East was profound, but controversial too. The Camp David accords represented Carter's greatest foreign policy achievement. He brought together Israel and its greatest enemy of the time, Egypt. The image of Carter cupping the clasped hands of Egyptian President Sadat and Israeli Prime Minister Begin on the north lawn of the White House in September 1978 is iconic. It represented the framework on which coexistence in the Middle East continues to be built. With the deal he did more for Israeli security than any American president since, and yet he maintained a compassion for the Palestinian cause that no other American president has come close to. Years later, out of office, he was among the first to accuse Israel of its own apartheid regime against the Palestinians. A presidency dominated by 'events' Under his presidency, the Cold War got hotter. A wary Carter ditched a key arms reduction treaty with the Soviet Union. It would raise tensions but eventually help precipitate the collapse of the USSR. With Britain, he fostered the so-called 'special relationship'; he and British prime minister James Callaghan were close. But 'events' overtook his vision and his presidency unravelled. In Iran, revolution came and US hostages were taken. American diplomats were held hostage for more than a year. A risky rescue ordered by President Carter went wrong, eight US servicemen were killed and Carter was blamed. After just one term, Carter was out. The American people, struggling economically, chose the Republican showman Ronald Reagan and an optimism they could no longer find in Carter. Misjudged by history? History is so often cruel and distorted. It would hand many achievements built by Carter to Reagan instead. It was Carter who laid the foundations for Middle East coexistence, and though he would be let down by partners later, and coexistence seems at times to be very far off, his vision remains at the core of the solution. He has arguably done more to fix to the Middle East conundrum than any other American president since. Be the first to get Breaking News Install the Sky News app for free On the Cold War, it was Carter's decision to ditch the detente with the Soviet Union which would eventually seal its demise. Reagan would not have been able to demand Gorbachev 'tear down this wall' without Carter's leadership in the years before. The Democrat presidents since have often borrowed Carter's core principles and yet the party orphaned him. A legacy beyond politics This 'involuntary retirement', as Carter would later put it, left much undone and it was really only after leaving office that he began to build the legacy he'd want to be remembered for. With his wife, Rosalynn, he founded The Carter Center, a charity with his principle of healing at its heart. Follow our channel and never miss an update The charity's work - conflict resolution, disease prevention and the promotion of democracy - continues to this day. It represents president Carter's legacy in 80 nations around the world. In 2002, it was this work which earned him the Nobel Peace Prize. Since then, under his leadership, its work has helped to nearly eradicate Guinea Worm Disease. As of 2021 there were just 15 cases reported globally. An extraordinary achievement. At home in America, the charity Habitat for Humanity was a central part of the Carters' fundraising efforts. Over many years, Jimmy and his wife were seen building and renovating homes for some of the nation's poorest. And away from this spotlight at his lifelong home in Plains, Georgia, president Carter was a painter, a furniture maker, a winemaker, and an author of a remarkable 32 books. The death of his wife Rosalynn last year must have been an enormous blow for Carter. She had been at his side always, and so often hand in hand. His best friend, his counsel, his 'chief advisor', his wife since 1946. So often over the years, he's been asked to reveal the magic of their bond. His answer: 'never go to bed angry.' 'Always make peace,' he said. In much more than just marriage, that was President Carter's defining principle. He's survived by his four children Jack, James (Chip), Donnel (Jeff) and Amy, 11 grandchildren and 14 great grandchildren.
Ottawa Ice Dragon Boat Festival cancelled for 2025LONDON, Nov 21 (Reuters) - SailGP will launch its fifth season in Dubai this weekend with Rolex as its title partner, reinforcing a relationship with the Swiss luxury watchmaker since the birth of the league in 2019. Rolex, which has been involved in the sport of sailing for nearly 70 years, will also become title partner for the Los Angeles grand prix in mid-March next year and will continue as the official timepiece for SailGP under the 10-year deal. "What they really like about SailGP is it's modern, it's attracting a larger and a younger audience and the fact that this is an annual championship," said SailGP CEO Russell Coutts, adding Rolex had become "inextricably linked with the league". Coutts told Reuters that with SailGP into a fifth season it was able to provide the certainty to sponsors, venues and team owners that had been lacking from sailing events in the past. SailGP, in which teams race state-of-the-art, one-design 50-foot foiling catamarans at high-profile venues around the world, was founded and backed by Oracle's (ORCL.N) , opens new tab Larry Ellison, who was earlier involved in successful U.S. America's Cup campaigns. Coutts said there were still other areas where SailGP was in talks to sign up partners, highlighting energy and financial services as possible areas of interest. "We think we've got a really unique property in some regards," Coutts said, pointing to the on-site fan experience and hospitality which form part of the SailGP events. "The sport hasn't had a platform like this where they could activate and plan ... a 10-year arrangement, it just hasn't existed before now, not an entity that's professionally televised and marketed in a consistent way," he added. With Brazil and Italy joining the league for season five, there will be a total of 12 teams competing from early 2025, with SailGP offering bonus prize money of $7 million. Alterations to the foils which lift the catamarans out of the water mean that the F50s are expected to "fly" even faster this season than last, with Coutts predicting speeds of 110 kilometres per hour in the right wind conditions. Joël Aeschlimann, International Sponsorship Manager for Rolex, told Reuters that the brand will be "much more visible in and around SailGP in the coming years". Its distinctive logo is prominently on show on the jib sails of the catamarans. "We were really happy to be one of the founding partners and had a strong belief that the vision that Russell and Larry had would work," Aeschlimann said of SailGP. Aeschlimann said this faith had paid off and the package that SailGP has assembled allows for enjoyment whether watched from the shore, on screen or from the water, encompassing all the ingredients that a modern sports event needs. A combination of the best sailors, technological innovation and the mix of human emotions and achievements were among the elements that made SailGP appealing to Rolex, he added. Rolex is title sponsor of 15 major international sailing events, including the Sydney-Hobart and Fastnet races, and partners institutions including the New York Yacht Club and Britain's Royal Yacht Squadron. It also has ties with individuals involved in SailGP such as Ben Ainslie, who owns and runs the British team, Tom Slingsby, who skippers Australia's F50, and double Olympic gold medallist Hannah Mills, who is Britain's team strategist. Rolex had been partner to Formula 1 since 2013 but was replaced this year by French luxury giant LVMH (LVMH.PA) , opens new tab , which agreed to a 10-year sponsorship deal. Sign up here. Reporting by Alexander Smith; Additional reporting by Amy Tennery in New York; Editing by Ed Osmond Our Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles. , opens new tabBy MICHAEL R. SISAK NEW YORK (AP) — Lawyers for Sean “Diddy” Combs tried for a third time Friday to persuade a judge to let him leave jail while he awaits his sex trafficking trial, but a decision won’t come until next week. Judge Arun Subramanian said at a hearing that he will release his decision on Combs’ latest request for bail after Combs’ lawyers and federal prosecutors file letters addressing outstanding issues. Those letters are due at noon on Monday, Subramanian said. Combs’ lawyers pitched having him await trial under around-the-clock surveillance either his mansion on an island near Miami Beach or — after the judge scoffed at that location — an apartment on Manhattan’s Upper East Side. Their plan essentially amounts to putting Combs on house arrest, with strict limits on who he has contact with. But prosecutors argue that Combs has routinely flouted jail rules and can’t be trusted not to interfere with witnesses or the judicial process. “The argument that he’s a lawless person who doesn’t follow instructions isn’t factually accurate,” Combs lawyer Anthony Ricco argued. “The idea that he’s an out-of-control individual who has to be detained isn’t factually accurate.” Combs, 55, has pleaded not guilty to charges that he coerced and abused women for years with help from a network of associates and employees while silencing victims through blackmail and violence, including kidnapping, arson and physical beatings. His trial is slated to begin May 5. The Bad Boy Records founder remains locked up at a Brooklyn federal jail, where he spent his Nov. 4 birthday. Two other judges previously concluded that Combs would be a danger to the community if he is released and an appeals court judge last month denied Combs’ immediate release while a three-judge panel of the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals weighs his bail request. Friday’s hearing was the second time Combs was in court this week. On Tuesday, a judge blocked prosecutors from using as evidence papers that were seized from his cell during jail-wide sweep for contraband and weapons at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn. Related Articles As he entered through a side door, Combs waved to relatives including his mother and several of his children in the courtroom gallery, tapping his hand to his heart and blowing kisses at them. He then hugged his lead attorney, Marc Agnifilo, before taking a seat at the defense table. He was not handcuffed or shackled and wore a beige jail uniform, occasionally pulling a pair of reading glasses from his pocket as he peered at papers in front of him. Prosecutors maintain that no bail conditions will mitigate the “risk of obstruction and dangerousness to others” of releasing Combs from jail. Prosecutors contend that while locked up the “I’ll Be Missing You” artist has orchestrated social media campaigns aimed at tainting the jury pool. They allege that he has also attempted to publicly leak materials he thinks would be helpful to his case and is contacting potential witnesses via third parties. “Simply put, the defendant cannot be trusted,” Assistant U.S. Attorney Christy Slavik argued. Combs’ lawyer Teny Geragos countered that, given the strict release conditions proposed, “it would be impossible for him not to follow rules.”The Future of Power Distribution: How Busbars are Shaping Modern Building