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Special counsel Jack Smith moved to drop the Justice Department’s appeal in President-elect Donald Trump ’s classified documents case. The move, announced in a court filing Monday, aligns with the longstanding DOJ policy of not criminally prosecuting sitting presidents. The decision comes shortly after Smith also filed a motion to dismiss the 2020 election interference case against Trump. Last week, the judge overseeing Trump’s hush money trial canceled the upcoming sentencing hearing without immediately setting a new date. Smith did not move to drop proceedings against the two other men charged in the case: Walt Nauta, Trump’s personal aide and valet, and Carlos De Oliveira, the maintenance chief at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago property in Florida. Trump celebrated the dismissal of proceedings against him. “These cases, like all of the other cases I have been forced to go through, are empty and lawless, and should never have been brought,” he claimed on Truth Social . In a shock ruling in July, U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon, a Trump appointee, dismissed the classified documents case after it dragged out far longer than legal experts expected. Smith quickly filed an appeal challenging Cannon’s ruling that his appointment to the case was unconstitutional because it did not go through Congress. Ahead of the election, Cannon’s name appeared on the Trump campaign’s list of possible candidates for attorney general, according to documents obtained by ABC News . The classified documents case concerned 13,000 government documents, including hundreds of highly classified ones, that the FBI recovered during a 2022 raid at Mar-a-Lago. The documents, many of which detailed matters of national security, were found strewn about Trump’s home ― in a ballroom, a bathroom, an office, his bedroom and a storage room. Don't let this be the end of the free press. The free press is under attack — and America's future hangs in the balance. 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He was charged with 40 felony counts, to which he pleaded not guilty. Only one of the four criminal indictments against Trump is still technically proceeding: the Georgia racketeering case against him that arose from his efforts to overturn that state’s 2020 presidential election results. The case was already stalled by several pretrial motions from Trump’s legal team, and it remains to be seen whether a state-level prosecutor can take action against a sitting president. Related From Our PartnerWodonga residents now have access to more shops as the city's newest complex has been unveiled. or signup to continue reading Businesses at the Anzac Parade Retail Super Centre have started opening their doors, including hardware and tool chain Total Tools, which opened on Wednesday, November 27. Total Tools' Albury and Wodonga owner Alex Patnaude said the response to their opening has been fantastic. "There's lots of people coming through and lots of interest," he said. "Lots of people are excited to have a store on this side of the river." He has been talking about opening a store in Wodonga for about 15 years, with works coming to fruition in 2021. The store's specialities are "all the tools that tradesmen need to do their job and earn their living" including power tools, accessories, safety equipment, ladders, air tools, compressors, and storage and transport options for tools. "Part of the reason for having a store over here is that we strengthen our offer in the region by having an additional store over in Wodonga," Mr Patnaude said. The store has a grand opening celebration planned for Friday, December 13 and Saturday, December 14. Mr Patnaude also owns the entire complex with his brother Chris, which holds seven stores and a fast food outlet. The complex has been built by Premier Building and Construction, owned by Anthony and Melanie Baker, with a total retail floor space of 9300 square metres as well as a drive-through Guzman Y Gomez set to open next year. The complex's substation also has a vinyl decorative wrap of a soldier's silhouette honouring Anzac Parade. has started trading with Olympian Lauren Jackson joining in the celebrations for the sports store's opening in Wodonga. AMX Superstores also began trading on Thursday, December 5, specialising in motorcycle accessories and parts for both road and offroad riding, including helmets, riding gear, boots, oils and tyres. RSEA Safety will begin trading on Saturday, December 14, stocking brands including Carhartt, Eleven and Helly Hensen, with CAT launching in store in January. World Gym Wodonga will be the gym's first Victorian club and will open early next year, offering a 1000-square-metre weights floor and a 2200-square-metre gym space across two storeys. The gym will have three classrooms with reformer pilates, group fitness and functional fitness, a creche and a recovery zone with infrared saunas and relaxation spas. 4WD Supacentre will open its doors on Friday, February 14, with children's entertainment, giveaways and food vendors. The store will stock Adventure Kings gear, offering a large range of outdoor and camping equipment from battery systems to off-grid essentials. Supercheap Auto will also be relocating from its current premises in Wodonga's Homemaker Centre in January. Business Wodonga chief executive Graham Jenkin said it was positive to see major retailers cement their place in the North East. "This is a tremendous outcome, having developments like this for Wodonga," he said. "No longer will people have to go over to Albury to visit these sorts of stores. "We have a and it's great to see national retailers really seeing the potential for Wodonga." 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Here’s what you need to know: What: American Football Championship Game Who: Army vs. Tulane When: Dec. 6, 2024 Where: Michie Stadium Time: 8 p.m. ET (7 p.m. CT) TV: ABC Live stream: DirecTV Stream or fuboTV Here’s a college football story from the AP: Army’s goal every year is to reach December with a chance to win a trophy by beating Navy. The Commander-in-Chief’s Trophy will indeed be on the line when the Black Knights and Midshipmen meet on Dec. 14 in one of college football’s famed rivalry games. But this season, Army can pick up some additional hardware along the way. The No. 24 Black Knights (10-1, 8-0, No. 24 CFP) can finish off a smashing debut in the American Athletic Conference by winning the conference title with a victory over Tulane (9-3, 7-1) on Friday night on their home field in West Point, New York. “There’s only 18 teams playing this week for a championship. There will only be nine winners. It’s a blessing to be in the position,” Army cornerback Jaydan Mayes said. “I think everybody would rather be on this end of the spectrum than on the other end, waiting around to play Navy and watching what could have happened for our team.” Army went undefeated in its first season in the AAC and is playing for a conference title for the first time. The Black Knights played in Conference USA from 1998-2004 and otherwise had been an independent since their program began in 1890. Quarterback Bryson Daily was the league’s offensive player of the year and goes into the title game with a chance to break the AAC record for rushing touchdowns in a season. Jeff Monken was voted coach of the year. The reward is a matchup with a Tulane team playing in its third straight AAC title game. The Green Wave enter off a 34-24 home loss to Memphis on Thanksgiving that ended their 17-game winning streak in conference games, their hopes of hosting the championship and perhaps even reaching the College Football Playoff. Coach Jon Sumrall didn’t expect the disappointment to linger. “We’ve got a chance to play in a conference championship. If we’re not focused then shame on us,” he said, adding he told his team of 18 all-conference selections that he doesn’t remember individual honors. “I do remember which teams won championships. Like, the championship teams I’ve been a part of, I remember that forever,” Sumrall said. “Like, I’ll be 75 years old and laying around and unable to function and I’ll remember the championship teams I was part of. That’s different. It means something. It’s different. And so if we’re not focused and excited about that opportunity, we’ve got a problem. Need a heart transplant if we ain’t ready for that.” The Green Wave split their appearances in the last two AAC championship games, beating UCF in 2022 before falling to SMU last year, both at home. Army came along and rolled through its first time in the conference, losing only to Notre Dame at Yankee Stadium and snatching the No. 1 seed that had belonged to Tulane in the previous two seasons. But perhaps in part because of all their late-season experience — the Green Wave beat Southern California in the 2023 Cotton Bowl after winning the AAC championship — the visitors are listed as 4 1/2-point favorites by BetMGM. “This is a game they’ve played in. 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Daily’s dominance Daily led the AAC with 1,354 rushing yards, including an Army single-season record nine consecutive games of 100 or more, and his 25 rushing TDs are second in the nation behind Ashton Jeanty of Boise State’s 28. Daily needs one more to break the AAC mark that was set by Navy QB Will Worth in 2016. RECOMMENDED • nj .com How to buy tickets for Birmingham Bowl 2024 | Complete College football bowl schedule Dec. 5, 2024, 7:15 a.m. California vs. SMU FREE LIVE STREAM (11/30/24): Watch college football, Week 14 online | Time, TV, channel Nov. 30, 2024, 1:30 p.m. On the run again Tulane is 9-0 when outrushing its opponent but fell to 0-3 when outgained after Memphis ran to a 236-57 advantage. The Green Wave have to turn that stat back around against an Army team that leads the nation with 312.5 yards per game on the ground. Thank you for relying on us to provide the journalism you can trust. Please consider supporting us with a subscription.
AES Announces 2% Increase in Quarterly DividendCalifornia politicians suddenly discover inflation in aftermath of electionArticle content Mayor Olivia Chow says she never got the emails — but the Toronto Sun got ’em. Recommended Videos Dozens of pages worth of emails, released to the Sun after a freedom-of-information request, appear to show at least two messages about the Oct. 7 vigil were delivered to Chow’s inbox well before the event took place. The vigil, hosted by the United Jewish Appeal Federation in North York, was held one year after the attack on Israel by Hamas to honour the 1,200 people who were slain. Several politicians attended, including city councillors and Premier Doug Ford, but not Chow. Arianne Robinson, who until recently was Chow’s press secretary, told the Sun ’s Joe Warmington shortly after the vigil that the mayor’s office “didn’t receive an invitation.” The documents released to the Sun tell a different story. On Sept. 6, the Jewish humanitarian group Ve’ahavta sent its newsletter to a list of email addresses that included Chow. That email ended with a link to register for the UJA vigil. On Oct. 1, Marni Blustein, director of strategic community initiatives and engagement with the UJA, was more personal — and direct. “Enough is enough!” Blustein began the email. “On Oct. 7, my community has organized a peaceful vigil in honour of the victims. Countless counter-protests are already been (sic) organized — what are you going to do to keep us safe? Whose side are you on?” Chow does not appear to have replied to either message. However, other emails lend credence to Chow’s story that an invitation, sent Sept. 23, was lost to the digital ether. Michelle Stock is a vice-president with the Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs, which worked with the UJA on the invitations for the vigil. In October, she shared with the Sun an email sent to the mayor’s office on Sept. 23 that invited Chow to the event. She said that message followed emails to Chow on Sept. 3 and 10. A series of emails show that Sara King, Chow’s executive assistant, was in touch with the city clerk’s office’s IT department on Oct. 8 and 9 regarding that invitation. “I’m still having issues with this email that supposedly was sent to me. The sender insists I would have received it,” King wrote. “Could you do whatever is in your IT power to check if any incoming mail was rejected (or) bounced back from my inbox on Sept. 23 at 14:24?” That evening, King was told: “The results indicate that the email did not reach the city servers. The messaging team will look into this further, and will report back to me tomorrow. I’ll keep you posted.” It’s unclear if anything else came of the matter, and the Sun can’t rule out that Chow’s office did receive the CIJA emails. That’s because of the 135 pages of emails disclosed to the Sun , all but 44 are fully redacted — nothing but blank grey pages. “An unjustified invasion of privacy” was cited as the reason. (Bradley Hammond, Chow’s new director of communications, referred a question about these pages back to the office of the city clerk, which made the redactions.) Blustein’s email wasn’t the only one from the UJA that Chow received over the time span — all of September and the first 10 days of October — covered by the Sun ’s freedom-of-information request. About an hour before Blustein’s message, Florence Glickman, a donor relations representative for the UJA, urged Chow to do more about “hate” — presumably referring to anti-Israel protests. “I am asking for your help in ensuring that the city of Toronto be a safe place. Hate has no place in Toronto. We implore you to have the appropriate steps to ensure police monitor these events for incitement and hate speech,” Glickman wrote. (Chow also did not appear to respond to this email.) In a statement, Chow told the Sun she “should have been at the Oct. 7 vigil hosted by UJA.” “My lack of attendance hurt members of the Jewish community,” Chow added, “and I have offered my deepest apologies. I am very sorry and take full responsibility for missing such an important event. “As mayor, I should have been there to show the Jewish community how much I care about their safety and well-being in this city, especially during this time of rising antisemitism and hate. Antisemitism and acts of hate have no place in Toronto.” Councillor James Pasternak has said he personally asked Chow before the vigil if she would attend. In a statement to the Sun , he acknowledged that feelings were hurt, but “the mayor has apologized and it’s time to move on.” “That being said,” he added, “when a part of our mosaic in Toronto, in this case the Jewish community, is in grief and under siege it is vital that the mayor remain a source of healing, unity and collective safety no matter what the blowback is in social media or on the streets. These hateful mobs do not represent the vast majority of Torontonians.” Representatives with the UJA and CIJA declined to get into specifics about the emails, echoing Pasternak’s comment about the mayor having already apologized. jholmes@postmedia.com RECOMMENDED VIDEO
AES Announces 2% Increase in Quarterly DividendStruggling to sell their network speakers, Sonos is set to have a crack at trying to make money flogging advertising, subscriptions and gaining click revenue from streaming giants with a new Hubbl competitor. As tipped by ChannelNews months ago Sonos is building out a new TV operating system, now we know it’s called Ventura with a Sonos streaming box tipped to retail for around A$295, the Hubbl box only costs $99 and is already in big demand. They will also compete head on with LG Electronics whose OLED TV’s that come with Web OS that is being used to strip out consumer viewing data every night, with the data then sold to the highest bidder including political parties. Trade Desk, the company who is working with Sonos to develop the new OS claims that ” Ventura represents a major advance in streaming TV operating systems as it solves key issues with prevailing market systems today, including frustrating user experiences, inefficient advertising supply chains, and content conflicts-of-interest”. Sonos App. The connection to Sonos was first revealed in September when it was revealed that Sonos had engaged partners to develop the OS which is based on the Android AOSP, the open-source version not controlled by Google. Trade Desk describe themselves as the fastest growing ‘demand-side platform’ that offers offering agencies and advertisers best-in-class technology to manage digital campaigns. ChannelNews understands that Sonos is punting on selling advertising on the platform while collecting and selling data to third parties about the viewing and listening habits of Sonos customers with the Companies current Radio and music streaming service set to be integrated into the new OS. Trade Desk admits that the new Sonos Ventura is being developed to deliver cross-platform content discovery, personalization, subscription management and advertising. Unlike Hubbl, Sonos will not be able to deliver the likes of Kayo or the sports experience spanning Formula One, AFL or NRL games that a subscription to Kayo delivers. It’s believed that Sonos plans to launch Ventura in 2025 to compete with Apple TV and Google TV Streamer. After its poor foray into the premium headphones market with their new Ace offering which is already being discounted out Sonos is desperate for an uplift in sales with the Company taking to designing its own streaming hardware. The inhouse development of a new Sonos app proved to be a disaster with customers Sono’s speakers crashing around the world. TV specialists FlatpanelsHD claims that “Considering the rocky last several months that Sonos has endured — through a mess of its own making their latest Trade Desk arrangement sounds like yet another reason for customers to be wary about the company’s current trajectory”. Trade Desk has declined to share any images of its newly announced Ventura operating system however they are claiming that the new OS will deliver “A much cleaner supply chain for streaming TV advertising, minimizing supply chain hops and costs”. They also claim that Sonos will ‘maximum a ROI for every advertising dollar and optimized yield from publishers whose streaming packages are running on the new OS’. The problem for Sonos is that the likes of Foxtel and every major TV platform has already made cross-platform content discovery a priority. Most of them can already bill you in one place for subscriptions from different entertainment apps with the low cost Hubbl a classic example. Trade Desk’s founder and CEO has been unable to explain how the new Sonos offering will stand out from a handful of entrenched heavyweights already in market in Australia. The Verg claims that ‘We don’t know what the must-have feature will be, but we have an idea of when we’ll likely see it. The Sono’s streaming device is rumoured to arrive sometime in 2025, and by then, I expect the company will still be working to rebuild momentum (and repair customer trust) after this whole app saga. The Ace headphones were immediately overshadowed by the controversy, and they still aren’t selling well’. Sonos CEO Patrick Spence said “building momentum in headphones is taking longer than we had originally anticipated” during a recent earnings call. The Verge writer said ” I maintain that they’re very nice headphones! Sonos playing in that category makes far more sense to me than releasing some also-ran TV box’. The Sonos of a year or two ago could have afforded a gamble like getting into video. But the already-reeling Sonos of late 2024 had better have something very compelling in its back pocket for this to make sense.’ ‘At least it’s got the operating system part figured out. And the ad revenue side, too’. ‘ Sonos just needs a convincing reason for people to buy its first effort in another very saturated market — if one exists’ especially as boxes such as Hubbl and Apple TV, Chromecast and Amazon’s Fire TV stick’ are cheaper, readily available and are trusted to not crash and burn similar to Sono’s recent app disaster.
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AKRON, Ohio (AP) — Nate Johnson scored 25 points to help Akron defeat Alabama State 97-78 on Sunday. Johnson added five rebounds for the Zips (4-2). Bowen Hardman scored 19 points, shooting 6 for 7 from beyond the arc. Isaiah Gray went 4 of 7 from the field to finish with 11 points. The Hornets (3-3) were led by CJ Hines with 19 points. Tyler Mack added 18 points and Antonio Madlock scored 17. Akron took the lead with 6:46 left in the first half and did not relinquish it. Johnson led their team in scoring with 13 points in the first half to help put them up 50-41 at the break. The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar .