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1 Monster Stock That Turned $10,000 Into $333 MillionThe University of Texas System announced Wednesday it will expand its free tuition program for lower-income families to include all families making $100,000 or less a year. The Board of Regents gave preliminary approval to the plan, which is an expansion of its Promise Plus program. The free tuition for undergraduate students will begin in the fall of 2025 and will cover tuition and fees. In a press release the UT System said the move will make it one of the few in the U.S. to offer “such a sweeping financial aid benefit.” The school system, with nine universities and five health institutions, is the largest university system in the state and one of the largest public systems in the country, with over 256,000 students enrolled. The expansion of the program comes after the Board of Regents established a $167 million endowment at UT Austin in 2019 to cover tuition and fees for in-state undergraduate students for families with an annual gross income of up to $65,000 and reduce tuition costs for families earning to $125,000. In 2022, a second endowment extended that program to all UT academic institutions. The effects have already been felt: UT graduate debt declined from 53.6% in 2019 to 47.8% in 2023, the release said. “The combination of these actions today will ensure that average student debt at UT academic institutions continues to decline. Today it is the lowest across Texas public four-year universities,” the release said. UT System Chancellor James B. Milliken said in a statement: “Across UT institutions, enrollment is growing, and student debt is declining, indicating success in both access and affordability. That’s a rare trend in American higher education, and I’m proud the UT System is in a position to be a leader.” The Massachusetts Institute of Technology made a similar announcement Wednesday — eliminating tuition costs for undergraduate students whose families make less than $200,000. “Eighty percent of American households meet this income threshold,” the school said in a release. Further, families with an income below $100,000 will have tuition as well as housing, dining fees and allowances for books and personal expenses covered. “The cost of college is a real concern for families across the board,” MIT President Sally Kornbluth said, “and we’re determined to make this transformative educational experience available to the most talented students, whatever their financial circumstances. So, to every student out there who dreams of coming to MIT: Don’t let concerns about cost stand in your way.”

A mobile phone is displaying a Google search in Colombo, Sri Lanka, on January 23, 2024. (Photo by Thilina Kaluthotage/NurPhoto via Getty Images) Google’s Year in Search for 2024 showed the top search trends over the past year. Many global search trends included recipes, movies, notable deaths and politics. Top searches in the U.S. included "election," Donald Trump, and Liam Payne. LOS ANGELES - We’ve all done it. Searching for answers to those burning questions such as how to make tanghulu or what the heck is the "mob wife aesthetic?" It’s almost like a reflex to whip your phone out and type your questions into Google. For the past two decades, Google has been showing the masses what people are typing into their search engines across the globe, and 2024 will be no exception. Take a look at what people have been searching for over the past year. RELATED: Top reads and other bookish things of 2024 Searches: Copa América UEFA European Championships ICC Men’s T20 World Cup India v. England Liam Payne Donald Trump India v. Bangladesh iPhone 16 Olympics Catherine, Princess of Wales Entertainment - movies: "Inside Out 2" "Deadpool & Wolverine" "Saltburn" "Bettlejuice Beetlejuice" "Dune: Part Two" "It Ends with Us" "Oppenheimer" "Kung Fu Panda 4" "Alien: Romulus" "Terrifier 3" Food and drink: Olympic chocolate muffins Tanghulu Tini’s mac and cheese Mango pickle Dubai chocolate bar Dense bean salad Chia water Sleepy girl Lemon balm Viral cucumber salad Searches: Election Donald Trump Connections New York Yankees Kamala Harris Copa América Hurricane Milton tracker Olympic medal count Toby Keith Liam Payne Aesthetic Some other stand-out search trends that were unique to the United States included searches for certain aesthetics, including "Brat aesthetic," "Nancy Meyers aesthetic" and "airport tray aesthetic." The aesthetic trend is based on people who are searching for a type of "look" to mimic, whether it’s through makeup or fashion or even their home decor. Pickle recipes Another stand-out search for Americans were pickle recipes. Some of the top searches included "dill pickle bread" and "pickle Dr. Pepper." You can find more country-specific lists, and trends from years past, through Google’s "Year in Search" data published online . The California company said it collected 2024 search results from Jan. 1 through Nov. 23 of this year. As 2024 draws to a close, take a look at some other year-end round-ups including feel-good and heartwarming things that happened in the past year, the most iconic memes and the words of the year. Information for this article was gathered from Google’s Year in Search website and previous reporting from LiveNOW from FOX. This story was reported from Los Angeles.

Biden will decide on US Steel acquisition after influential panel fails to reach consensusTORONTO — Broad-based gains led Canada's main stock index to close higher in the shortened Christmas Eve trading session while U.S. stock markets also rose. The S&P/TSX composite index ended up 97.84 points at 24,846.82. In New York, the Dow Jones industrial average was up 390.08 points at 43,297.03. The S&P 500 index was up 65.97 points at 6,040.04, while the Nasdaq composite was up 266.24 points at 20,031.13. The Canadian dollar traded for 69.51 cents US compared with 69.47 cents US on Monday. The February crude oil contract was up 86 cents at US$70.10 per barrel and the February natural gas contract was up 16 cents at US$3.50 per mmBTU. The February gold contract ended up US$7.30 at US$2,635.50 an ounce and the March copper contract was up two cents at US$4.11 a pound. This report by The Canadian Press was first published Dec. 24, 2024. Companies in this story: (TSX:GSPTSE, TSX:CADUSD) The Canadian PressAmid uncertainty about the future, more Minnesotans seek long-acting birth control

These Are The Most Desired Christmas Gifts In The US This YearAiming for a fourth consecutive League One victory at the New York Stadium, Rotherham United welcome Wigan Athletic on Boxing Day, keen to secure maximum points in gameweek 22. Although the visitors have avoided losing in two matches, it will be interesting to see if the Latics' mixed away record holds out against one of the in-form home sides in the third tier. © Imago Rotherham might be 18th in League One, four points clear of the relegation zone (having played two games fewer than Crawley Town), but the Millers' results in front of their supporters have kept them above water. The South Yorkshire outfit have been beaten in only two of nine fixtures on home turf, claiming five wins and playing out two draws. Interestingly, four of the home club's triumphs at the New York Stadium have been in the previous five as hosts, with only third-placed Wrexham beating the Millers in South Yorkshire in that period. Only Wrexham (13 points), table-topping Birmingham (13) and fourth-placed Huddersfield (13) have accrued more points on home soil in the last five than Rotherham (12), an admirable statistic given the trio's standing as promotion hopefuls. Having kept two clean sheets in their past three home fixtures, Steve Evans ' troops aim for a fourth success on the trot to improve their long-term survival prospects. © Imago The Millers welcome Shaun Maloney 's men on Boxing Day, keen to outwit the Greater Manchester outfit, whose form has improved before the busy festive period. Wigan had suffered three consecutive defeats in all competitions (two in League One) before mid-December but have found temporary solutions to beat Bolton (2-0) and play out a draw with Shrewsbury Town (2-2). Regardless, the Latics enter their forthcoming match at Rotherham carrying some disappointment after letting a two-goal lead slip against the division's bottom club, with that tie preventing them from recording consecutive wins for the second time this term. Although the table shows that both sides facing off on Boxing Day are separated by one place and a point, Maloney's 17th-placed men must contend with the Millers' commendable form at New York Stadium and retain their away doggedness to secure a positive outcome. Wigan have been hard to beat on their travels, as evidenced by five clean sheets in 10 road fixtures and nine goals conceded in that period, a tally bettered by Huddersfield, Wrexham and Stevenage (eight). Those numbers stand the Tics in good stead heading into Boxing Day, as they hope to notch consecutive away triumphs for the first time since April, when they defeated Lincoln City and Portsmouth (both 2-1). © Imago Sean Raggett is Rotherham's only reported injury absentee before Wigan's visit on Thursday, thus handing Evans a fairly healthy squad. Jonson Clarke-Harris has netted three goals in the Millers' five home victories, including a brace in the 3-0 success over Northampton Town on December 14, and the forward aims to add to his tally on home soil and overall league return (six). Although Maloney also has most players available, the away side will assess Tyrese Francois before Thursday's trip to South Yorkshire. Thelo Aasgaard (seven goals) and Dale Taylor (four) have jointly contributed to 58% of the away side's 19 league goals, highlighting their importance at Rotherham. Rotherham United possible starting lineup: Phillips; Rafferty, Odoffin, Jules, James; Green, Tiehi, Powell; Nombe, Clarke-Harris, Wilks Wigan Athletic possible starting lineup: Tickle; Sibbick, Kerr, Aimson, Sessegnon; M. Smith; J. Smith, Aasgaard, Adeeko, Thomas; Taylor Wigan have had Rotherham's number in recent meetings, winning three and playing out as many draws in the past six match-ups since the Millers' 3-1 EFL Cup success in 2018. With recent history in the Latics' favour, we back Maloney's men to frustrate the home team and eke out a low-scoring draw. For data analysis of the most likely results, scorelines and more for this match please click here .How co-writing a book threatened the Carters’ marriage

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The AP Top 25 men’s college basketball poll is back every week throughout the season! Get the poll delivered straight to your inbox with AP Top 25 Poll Alerts. Sign up here . SPARTANBURG, S.C. (AP) — Nico Galette scored 20 points as Youngstown State beat South Carolina Upstate 72-64 on Saturday. Galette also added three steals for the Penguins (8-5). EJ Farmer scored 11 points while shooting 3 for 9 and 5 of 5 from the free-throw line and added six rebounds. Ty Harper shot 3 for 6, including 1 for 3 from beyond the arc to finish with nine points. It was the sixth straight win for the Penguins. The Spartans (4-11) were led by Mister Dean, who posted 23 points, seven rebounds, four assists and two steals. Breylin Garcia added 16 points and six rebounds for South Carolina Upstate. Karmani Gregory had nine points, five assists and three steals. ___ The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar .

AP Business SummaryBrief at 6:36 p.m. ESTJimmy Carter had the longest post-presidency of anyone to hold the office, and one of the most active. Here is a look back at his life. 1924 — Jimmy Carter was born on Oct. 1 to Earl and Lillian Carter in the small town of Plains, Georgia. 1928 — Earl Carter bought a 350-acre farm 3 miles from Plains in the tiny community of Archery. The Carter family lived in a house on the farm without running water or electricity. 1941 — He graduated from Plains High School and enrolled at Georgia Southwestern College in Americus. 1942 — He transferred to Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta. 1943 — Carter’s boyhood dream of being in the Navy becomes a reality as he is appointed to the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland. 1946 — He received his naval commission and on July 7 married Rosalynn Smith of Plains. They moved to Norfolk, Virginia. 1946-1952 — Carter’s three sons are born, Jack in 1947, Chip in 1950 and Jeff in 1952. 1962-66 — Carter is elected to the Georgia State Senate and serves two terms. 1953 — Carter’s father died and he cut his naval career short to save the family farm. Due to a limited income, Jimmy, Rosalynn and their three sons moved into Public Housing Apartment 9A in Plains. 1966 — He ran for governor, but lost. 1967 — Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter’s fourth child, Amy, is born. 1971 — He ran for governor again and won the election, becoming Georgia’s 76th governor on Jan. 12. 1974 — Carter announced his candidacy for president. 1976 — Carter was elected 39th president on Nov. 2, narrowly defeating incumbent Gerald Ford. 1978 — U.S. and the Peoples’ Republic of China establish full diplomatic relations. President Carter negotiates and mediates an accord between Egypt and Israel at Camp David. 1979 — The Department of Education is formed. Iranian radicals overrun the U.S. Embassy and seize American hostages. The Strategic Arms Limitations Treaty is signed. 1980 — On March 21, Carter announces that the U.S. will boycott the Olympic Games scheduled in Moscow. A rescue attempt to get American hostages out of Iran is unsuccessful. Carter was defeated in his bid for a second term as president by Ronald Reagan in November. 1981 — President Carter continues to negotiate the release of the American hostages in Iran. Minutes before his term as president is over, the hostages are released. 1982 — Carter became a distinguished professor at Emory University in Atlanta, and founded The Carter Center. The nonpartisan and nonprofit center addresses national and international issues of public policy. 1984 — Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter volunteer one week a year for Habitat for Humanity, a nonprofit organization that helps needy people in the United States and in other countries renovate and build homes, until 2020. He also taught Sunday school in the Maranatha Baptist Church of Plains from the mid-’80s until 2020. 2002 — Awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. 2015 — Carter announced in August he had been diagnosed with melanoma that spread to his brain. 2016 — He said in March that he no longer needed cancer treatment. 2024 — Carter dies at 100 years old. Sources: Cartercenter.org, Plains Historical Preservation Trust, The Associated Press; The Brookings Institution; U.S. Navy; WhiteHouse.gov, GallupCORAL GABLES, Fla. (AP) — Maria Gakdeng tied her season high with 21 points and grabbed a season-best 12 rebounds, Alyssa Ustby added 19 points and 13 boards and the No. 17 North Carolina women beat Miami 69-60 on Sunday for their third consecutive win. North Carolina (13-2, 1-1 ACC) lost its conference opener to No. 13 Georgia Tech on Dec. 15 before nonconference wins against Florida and Norfolk State. Gakdeng made 7 of 11 from the field and 7 of 10 from the free-throw line. Indya Nivar finished with 11 points, five assists and three steals for the Tar Heels. Miami (11-2, 1-1) had its four-game win streak snapped. Gakdeng made a layup with 6:14 left in the first quarter that gave North Carolina the lead for good and Ustby followed with a 3-pointer to spark a 9-0 spurt that made it 16-7 about 2 minutes later. The Tar Heels scored eight of the first 10 second-quarter points to push their lead to 13 with 7:25 left in the second quarter before Miami scored the final seven points to trim its deficit to 39-29 at halftime. Jasmyne Roberts hit a 3-pointer for the Hurricanes that made it a seven-point game with 8:11 left in the third quarter but they got no closer. Nivar made a layup with 5:16 remaining until the fourth that made it 48-38 and UNC led by double figures until a 3-pointer by Roberts capped the scoring in the closing seconds. Hannah Cavinder led Miami with 19 points, 11 rebounds and five assists. Roberts made four 3-pointers and also scored 19 points, 14 in the second half. ___ Get poll alerts and updates on the AP Top 25 throughout the season. Sign up here . AP women’s college basketball: https://apnews.com/hub/ap-top-25-womens-college-basketball-poll and https://apnews.com/hub/womens-college-basketball

For decades, the peer review process in academic publishing has been considered the benchmark—ensuring that only the most rigorous research makes its way into the world. Yet, this model has remained largely unchanged since the last century, operating with a relative lack of transparency and inefficiencies that have left many questioning its true value. A newcomer on the scene, MERIT Review , is poised to revolutionize how academic work is evaluated, published, and shared. The MERIT Review, (an acronym for Manuscript Evaluation Reflecting Intrinsic Tenets), is a disruptive approach to peer review that promises to break the longstanding problems in the academic publishing traditional system. Created by Joseph Arboleda-Velasquez, Ph.D., an associate scientist at Mass Eye and Ear, a Mass General Brigham Affiliated Hospital, and associate professor in the Department of Ophthalmology at Harvard Medical School, MERIT aims to create a more equitable, efficient, and transparent process for evaluating scholarly work. Arboleda-Velasquez is known in the publishing field as a co-founder of ScienceBank , a platform established last year to address many other inefficiencies of academic publishing. ScienceBank promotes decentralized editorial processes, fair compensation of reviewers, and multilingual publishing of academic articles. “The traditional peer review system, while foundational, has significant flaws that slow the progress of discovery,” said Dr. Arboleda-Velasquez. “The MERIT Review was born out of the need to address these issues—starting with the biases that have historically crept into the manuscript evaluation process.” The current peer review model often favors researchers affiliated with prestigious institutions and those who conform to established norms or work in trendy fields. “Studies have shown that some people from prestigious universities have an easier time getting published than anyone else. This kind of gatekeeping is not a reflection of the quality of work being done by minorities or women or someone at a state school. The problem is access and opportunity. The MERIT Review will level the playing field,” shared Dr. Arboleda-Velasquez. Dr. Arboleda-Velasquez also wanted to mitigate the reviewers' personal worldviews that can come into play when work is evaluated with subjective judgements. The MERIT Review offers an objective evaluation criteria rubric, so all reviews are treated the same. This approach makes sure that each piece of research is assessed solely on its merits, rather than the reputation of its authors or the institutions they represent. MERIT clearly defines the minimum required for publication and delineates the four pillars guidelines to guide the work of reviewers in evaluating new academic content including adherence to ethical standards, rigor, consistency and novelty. Chief among the benefits of MERIT Review is its alignment with how society now consumes and shares information. In the digital age, knowledge spreads rapidly across platforms like social media, often bypassing traditional gatekeepers such as academic journals. The MERIT Review embraces this shift, allowing researchers to publish their work wherever they choose—whether in established journals, traditional media, or directly on social media platforms, once their work has been vetted using the MERIT Method. This flexibility not only democratizes the dissemination of knowledge but also accelerates the process, enabling important discoveries to reach the public faster. The original article published in ScienceBank explaining the MERIT Review approach can be found here. Dr. Arboleda-Velasquez explained, “By embracing how information is shared today, the MERIT Review opens the door for more participants in the $30 billion academic publishing market. Although not everyone may be qualified to judge the accuracy of a new academic research manuscript, everyone should be able to participate in its distribution, said Dr. Arboleda-Velasquez. Traditionally, a handful of prestigious journals have wielded significant control over which research gets published. Journals that are considered the best are the ones that reject the most articles, driving an iterative and inefficient process that wastes enormous amounts of time and resources from the academic community. “It is like having a college admission process where you are allowed to apply to only one college at the time and need to spend a semester or a year in that college to likely be rejected and then having to start the process all over again at another college. You get no credit for the time spent on the classes taken during that year. You have to just start over again,” he compared. By decentralizing the review process and enabling a broader range of outlets to publish peer-reviewed work, the MERIT Review creates a more diverse and competitive marketplace for academic ideas. “The business of academic publishing has traditionally worked as a publisher’s market and via MERIT authors are given the chance to take the lead. With MERIT, academic publishing becomes an author’s market,” Dr. Arboleda-Velasquez stated. The MERIT Review also promotes the idea that it is long past time to compensate peer reviewers. In the traditional system, reviewers often perform this labor-intensive work as a professional courtesy, with no financial reward. This can be a real burden particularly for early-career researchers and those without secure funding. The MERIT Review proposes to solve this problem by compensating reviewers for their time and expertise, thereby professionalizing the role and incentivizing a higher standard of review. “The idea that peer review should be a labor of love for academics is outdated and unfair,” Dr. Arboleda-Velasquez asserted. “By compensating reviewers, we motivate them to provide thorough evaluations, according to our established guidelines, which we believe will ultimately lead to better research outcomes.” This professional treatment of the peer review process could have far-reaching implications. With reviewers being paid for their work, there’s a greater incentive for detailed and rigorous evaluations, which, in turn, could raise the overall quality of published research. By establishing clear and consistent evaluation standards, the MERIT Review helps to mitigate the risk of inconsistent assessments—another persistent issue in the traditional model. “Most importantly, it is clear that more peer-reviewed research leads to deeper understanding, new insights, and advancement in all fields of study,” Dr. Arboleda-Velasquez said. As the MERIT Review begins, it will create a ripple effect across the academic publishing industry. By challenging the dominance of established journals as the sole standard bearers of academic integrity and distribution and offering a more inclusive and equitable framework for evaluating research, it could significantly alter the landscape of scholarly communication. “The end goal is to enhance the quality of academic research and make it more accessible to a broader audience,” said Dr. Arboleda-Velasquez. “We believe that the MERIT Review represents a positive step forward—one that aligns with the values of transparency, fairness, and efficiency that underlie all academic endeavors.” In a field long overdue for change, The MERIT Review offers a better, more transparent model for peer review and publishing. As more researchers, institutions, and publishers begin to adopt this new model, the future of academic publishing will be more dynamic, democratic, and driven by the intrinsic value of the work itself. To find out more about how MERIT Review is revolutionizing peer review and academic publishing, visit meritreview.com .

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