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Sean “Diddy” Combs’ twin daughters, Jessie and D’Lila Combs, celebrated senior night at their high school amid their father’s sex trafficking charges. The 17-year-olds took to Instagram Sunday to share a photo of themselves dolled up in blue-and-white cheerleading uniforms at a football game. The teens posed on the sidelines while rocking identical black-and-pink “senior” sashes, tiaras and pink pom-poms. “Senior Night💖,” Jessie and D’Lila captioned the post on their joint Instagram account. The twins attended the football game after making an appearance in a Manhattan courtroom for their dad Sean’s third bail hearing on Friday. The disgraced rapper, 55, was seen blowing kisses to Jessie, D’Lila and other family members after a judge declared a decision would be made in a week. Jessie and D’Lila have been keeping busy with their senior activities despite Sean remaining behind bars at a Brooklyn detention center. Last month, they attended their senior homecoming , donning matching orange off-the-shoulder dresses and bronze heels. The “I’ll Be Missing You” rapper shares his twin daughters with his late ex Kim Porter, whom he dated from 1994 to 2007. Jessie and D’Lila paid tribute to Porter , who died of pneumonia in 2018, on the sixth anniversary of her death earlier this month. “We think about you every single second of the day,” they wrote on Instagram. “We love and miss you so much words can’t even explain.” Sean is also the father to Quincy Brown, 33, Justin Combs, 30, Christian “King” Combs, 26, Chance Combs, 18, and Love Combs, 2. The embattled musician’s children have remained in his corner since his arrest on sex trafficking and racketeering charges in September. Sean’s eldest six children were present in a New York City courtroom on Oct. 10 when a judge set his trial date for May 5, 2025 . Later that month, his brood slammed the “absurdity” of allegations against their father, saying the accusations have left them “devastated.” “Many have judged both him and us based on accusations, conspiracy theories, and false narratives that have spiraled into absurdity on social media,” they wrote on Instagram. “We stand united, supporting you every step of the way. “We hold onto the truth, knowing it will prevail, and nothing will break the strength of our family.” Most recently, Sean’s kids shared a video of themselves calling the music mogul for his birthday on Nov. 4. “I can’t wait to see y’all. I just want to say that I’m proud of y’all, especially the girls. I mean, all y’all, just for being strong,” Sean told his kids, who sat together talking to him on the phone. The Bad Boy Records founder has pleaded not guilty to the charges against him and has maintained his innocence amid numerous allegations of sexual assault .Okpebholo Preaches Love, Peace At Edo Christmas Carol
But alongside his stark warning of the threats facing Britain and its allies, Admiral Sir Tony Radakin said there would be only a “remote chance” Russia would directly attack or invade the UK if the two countries were at war. The Chief of the Defence Staff laid out the landscape of British defence in a wide-ranging speech, after a minister warned the Army would be wiped out in as little as six months if forced to fight a war on the scale of the Ukraine conflict. The admiral cast doubt on the possibility as he gave a speech at the Royal United Services Institute (Rusi) defence think tank in London. He told the audience Britain needed to be “clear-eyed in our assessment” of the threats it faces, adding: “That includes recognising that there is only a remote chance of a significant direct attack or invasion by Russia on the United Kingdom, and that’s the same for the whole of Nato.” Moscow “knows the response will be overwhelming”, he added, but warned the nuclear deterrent needed to be “kept strong and strengthened”. Sir Tony added: “We are at the dawn of a third nuclear age, which is altogether more complex. It is defined by multiple and concurrent dilemmas, proliferating nuclear and disruptive technologies and the almost total absence of the security architectures that went before.” He listed the “wild threats of tactical nuclear use” by Russia, China building up its weapon stocks, Iran’s failure to co-operate with a nuclear deal, and North Korea’s “erratic behaviour” among the threats faced by the West. But Sir Tony said the UK’s nuclear arsenal is “the one part of our inventory of which Russia is most aware and has more impact on (President Vladimir) Putin than anything else”. Successive British governments had invested “substantial sums of money” in renewing nuclear submarines and warheads because of this, he added. The admiral described the deployment of thousands of North Korean soldiers on Ukraine’s border alongside Russian forces as the year’s “most extraordinary development”. He also signalled further deployments were possible, speaking of “tens of thousands more to follow as part of a new security pact with Russia”. Defence minister Alistair Carns earlier said a rate of casualties similar to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine would lead to the army being “expended” within six to 12 months. He said it illustrated the need to “generate depth and mass rapidly in the event of a crisis”. In comments reported by Sky News, Mr Carns, a former Royal Marines colonel, said Russia was suffering losses of around 1,500 soldiers killed or injured a day. “In a war of scale – not a limited intervention, but one similar to Ukraine – our Army for example, on the current casualty rates, would be expended – as part of a broader multinational coalition – in six months to a year,” Mr Carns said in a speech at Rusi. He added: “That doesn’t mean we need a bigger Army, but it does mean you need to generate depth and mass rapidly in the event of a crisis.” Official figures show the Army had 109,245 personnel on October 1, including 25,814 volunteer reservists. Mr Carns, the minister for veterans and people, said the UK needed to “catch up with Nato allies” to place greater emphasis on the reserves. The Prime Minister’s official spokesman said Defence Secretary John Healey had previously spoken about “the state of the armed forces that were inherited from the previous government”. The spokesman said: “It’s why the Budget invested billions of pounds into defence, it’s why we’re undertaking a strategic defence review to ensure that we have the capabilities and the investment needed to defend this country.”NEW YORK (AP) — Sean “Diddy” Combs ‘ lawyers tried for a third time Friday to persuade a judge to let the hip-hop mogul out of jail while he awaits his sex trafficking trial, but a decision won’t come until next week as prosecutors warned of his “concerted effort” from behind bars to disrupt the case. U.S. District Judge Arun Subramanian said he’ll rule promptly on Combs’ bail request after the defense and prosecution file letters by noon Monday fleshing out some of the arguments they made during at a two-hour hearing in Manhattan federal court. Combs’ lawyers pitched having him await trial under around-the-clock surveillance either at his mansion on an island near Miami Beach or — after the judge scoffed at that location — at an apartment on Manhattan’s Upper East Side. Their $50 million bail proposal, secured by his Florida home, essentially amounts to keeping Combs on house arrest instead of in custody at the troubled Brooklyn federal jail where he’s been held for 67 days since his September arrest. Under their plan, Combs’ lawyers said he’ll be under near-total restrictions on his ability to see or contact anyone but them. But prosecutors argued that no bail conditions can mitigate Combs’ “risk of obstruction and dangerousness to others.” Combs has routinely flouted jail rules while locked up at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn, prosecutors said, accusing him of attempting to interfere with witnesses and taint the jury pool. “Really, this amounts to the defendant paying his way out of custody,” Assistant U.S. Attorney Christy Slavik told Subramanian. Defense lawyer Anthony Ricco countered that the prosecution’s portrayal of Combs as “a lawless person who doesn’t follow instructions” or “an out-of-control individual who has to be detained” is inaccurate. Another Combs lawyer, Teny Geragos, added that given the strict release conditions they’ve proposed, “it would be impossible for him not to follow rules.” 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. Two other judges previously concluded that the Bad Boy Records founder would be a danger to the community if he is freed, 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 a jail-wide sweep for contraband and weapons. 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 sitting at the defense table. Combs 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 contend that while incarcerated the “I’ll Be Missing You” singer has orchestrated social media campaigns aimed at influencing potential jurors. They allege that he has also attempted to leak materials he believes would help his case and is contacting potential witnesses via third parties. “Simply put, the defendant cannot be trusted,” Slavik argued. In renewing their push for Combs’ release, his lawyers sought to undercut the strength of a potential key piece of evidence: a March 2016 video showing him hitting and kicking his then-girlfriend, R&B singer Cassie , in a Los Angeles hotel hallway. Prosecutors contend the assault happened during a “Freak Off,” an event in which they allege Combs used his “power and prestige” to induce female victims into drugged-up, elaborately produced sexual performances with male sex workers. Combs’ lawyers said in court papers that newly unearthed evidence refutes that, and that the video, which first aired on CNN in May, was “a minutes-long glimpse into a complex but decade-long consensual relationship” between Combs and Cassie. Slavik, responding to defense claims that the recording was manipulated or taken out of context, said prosecutors don’t have the full version because Combs paid hotel staff $100,000 “to make the original video go away.” “This is a case about violence,” Slavik told Subramanian in a final plea to keep Combs locked up. “The defendant has engaged in physical, sexual and emotional abuse of his romantic partners for years. ... He’s hit. He’s kicked. He’s dragged.”WASHINGTON (AP) — After several weeks working mostly behind closed doors, Vice President-elect JD Vance returned to Capitol Hill this week in a new, more visible role: Helping Donald Trump try to get his most contentious Cabinet picks to confirmation in the Senate, where Vance has served for the last two years. Vance arrived at the Capitol on Wednesday with former Rep. Matt Gaetz and spent the morning sitting in on meetings between Trump’s choice for attorney general and key Republicans, including members of the Senate Judiciary Committee. The effort was for naught: Gaetz announced a day later that he was withdrawing his name amid scrutiny over sex trafficking allegations and the reality that he was unlikely to be confirmed. Thursday morning Vance was back, this time accompanying Pete Hegseth, the “Fox & Friends Weekend” host whom Trump has tapped to be the next secretary of defense. Hegseth also has faced allegations of sexual assault that he denies. Vance is expected to accompany other nominees for meetings in coming weeks as he tries to leverage the two years he has spent in the Senate to help push through Trump's picks. The role of introducing nominees around Capitol Hill is an unusual one for a vice president-elect. Usually the job goes to a former senator who has close relationships on the Hill, or a more junior aide. But this time the role fits Vance, said Marc Short, who served as Trump’s first director of legislative affairs as well as chief of staff to Trump’s first vice president, Mike Pence, who spent more than a decade in Congress and led the former president’s transition ahead of his first term. ”JD probably has a lot of current allies in the Senate and so it makes sense to have him utilized in that capacity,” Short said. Unlike the first Trump transition, which played out before cameras at Trump Tower in New York and at the president-elect's golf club in Bedminster, New Jersey, this one has largely happened behind closed doors in Palm Beach, Florida. There, a small group of officials and aides meet daily at Trump's Mar-a-Lago resort to run through possible contenders and interview job candidates. The group includes Elon Musk, the billionaire who has spent so much time at the club that Trump has joked he can’t get rid of him. Vance has been a constant presence, even as he’s kept a lower profile. The Ohio senator has spent much of the last two weeks in Palm Beach, according to people familiar with his plans, playing an active role in the transition, on which he serves as honorary chair. Vance has been staying at a cottage on the property of the gilded club, where rooms are adorned with cherubs, oriental rugs and intricate golden inlays. It's a world away from the famously hardscrabble upbringing that Vance documented in the memoir that made him famous, “Hillbilly Elegy.” His young children have also joined him at Mar-a-Lago, at times. Vance was photographed in shorts and a polo shirt playing with his kids on the seawall of the property with a large palm frond, a U.S. Secret Service robotic security dog in the distance. On the rare days when he is not in Palm Beach, Vance has been joining the sessions remotely via Zoom. Though he has taken a break from TV interviews after months of constant appearances, Vance has been active in the meetings, which began immediately after the election and include interviews and as well as presentations on candidates’ pluses and minuses. Among those interviewed: Contenders to replace FBI Director Christopher Wray , as Vance wrote in a since-deleted social media post. Defending himself from criticism that he’d missed a Senate vote in which one of President Joe Biden’s judicial nominees was confirmed, Vance wrote that he was meeting at the time "with President Trump to interview multiple positions for our government, including for FBI Director.” “I tend to think it’s more important to get an FBI director who will dismantle the deep state than it is for Republicans to lose a vote 49-46 rather than 49-45,” Vance added on X. “But that’s just me.” While Vance did not come in to the transition with a list of people he wanted to see in specific roles, he and his friend, Trump’s eldest son, Donald Trump Jr., who is also a member of the transition team, were eager to see former Democratic Rep. Tulsi Gabbard and Robert F. Kennedy Jr. find roles in the administration. Trump ended up selecting Gabbard as the next director of national intelligence , a powerful position that sits atop the nation’s spy agencies and acts as the president’s top intelligence adviser. And he chose Kennedy to lead the Department of Health and Human Services , a massive agency that oversees everything from drug and food safety to Medicare and Medicaid. Vance was also a big booster of Tom Homan, the former acting director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement, who will serve as Trump's “border czar.” In another sign of Vance's influence, James Braid, a top aide to the senator, is expected to serve as Trump’s legislative affairs director. Allies say it’s too early to discuss what portfolio Vance might take on in the White House. While he gravitates to issues like trade, immigration and tech policy, Vance sees his role as doing whatever Trump needs. Vance was spotted days after the election giving his son’s Boy Scout troop a tour of the Capitol and was there the day of leadership elections. He returned in earnest this week, first with Gaetz — arguably Trump’s most divisive pick — and then Hegseth, who has was been accused of sexually assaulting a woman in 2017, according to an investigative report made public this week. Hegseth told police at the time that the encounter had been consensual and denied any wrongdoing. Vance hosted Hegseth in his Senate office as GOP senators, including those who sit on the Senate Armed Services Committee, filtered in to meet with the nominee for defense secretary. While a president’s nominees usually visit individual senators’ offices, meeting them on their own turf, the freshman senator — who is accompanied everywhere by a large Secret Service detail that makes moving around more unwieldy — instead brought Gaetz to a room in the Capitol on Wednesday and Hegseth to his office on Thursday. Senators came to them. Vance made it to votes Wednesday and Thursday, but missed others on Thursday afternoon. Vance is expected to continue to leverage his relationships in the Senate after Trump takes office. But many Republicans there have longer relationships with Trump himself. Sen. Kevin Cramer, a North Dakota Republican, said that Trump was often the first person to call him back when he was trying to reach high-level White House officials during Trump's first term. “He has the most active Rolodex of just about anybody I’ve ever known,” Cramer said, adding that Vance would make a good addition. “They’ll divide names up by who has the most persuasion here,” Cramer said, but added, “Whoever his liaison is will not work as hard at it as he will.” Cramer was complimentary of the Ohio senator, saying he was “pleasant” and ” interesting” to be around. ′′He doesn’t have the long relationships," he said. "But we all like people that have done what we’ve done. I mean, that’s sort of a natural kinship, just probably not as personally tied.” Under the Constitution, Vance will also have a role presiding over the Senate and breaking tie votes. But he's not likely to be needed for that as often as was Kamala Harris, who broke a record number of ties for Democrats as vice president, since Republicans will have a bigger cushion in the chamber next year. Colvin reported from New York. Associated Press writer Mary Clare Jalonick contributed to this report.
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London honored for supporting student mental health and eliminating barriers to care NATICK, Mass. , Dec. 23, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- The Boston Business Journal honored Uwill founder and CEO Michael London as part of its 2025 Innovators in Healthcare list . Honorees represent a cross-section of Boston -based innovators addressing some of the most urgent and pressing challenges in the health care industry. London is the founding CEO of Uwill , the leading mental health and wellness solution proudly supporting more than 3 million students at 400 institutions globally. Utilizing its proprietary technology and counselor team, Uwill pioneered the first student and therapist matching platform. The solution offers an immediate appointment with a licensed counselor based on student preferences, all modalities of teletherapy, a direct crisis connection, wellness programming, realtime data, and support. "It's truly an honor to be recognized among this incredible group of innovators," said Michael London , Uwill founder and CEO. "At Uwill, our mission is to break down barriers to mental health care, delivering immediate and accessible support to students worldwide. This recognition reflects more than innovation—it underscores our unwavering commitment to addressing a vital need for students everywhere." London is a recognized thought-leader and pioneer within social impact entrepreneurship, having created more than one billion dollars in company value throughout his career. In 2013, he founded Examity, a leader in learning validation and online proctoring. Prior, London led Bloomberg Institute, an EdTech start-up funded by former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg . Earlier in his career, he founded College Coach and co-founded EdAssist, both acquired by Bright Horizons Family Solutions. In 2019, he was a finalist for the EY Entrepreneur of the Year Award and held a position on the Massachusetts Governor's Commission for Digital Education and Lifelong Learning. Michael is a current Trustee at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. He is a Member of the Advisory Board at Babson College where he graduated with honors. He also received his MBA from Boston University . About Uwill: Uwill is the leading mental health and wellness solution for colleges and students. As the most cost-effective way to enhance a college's mental health offering, Uwill partners with more than 400 institutions, including Princeton University , the Ohio State University , Santa Fe Community College , and University of Alabama - Online. Uwill is also the exclusive teletherapy education partner for the Online Learning Consortium and teletherapy education partner of NASPA. For more information, visit uwill.com . Contact: Brett Silk bsilk@uwill.com View original content to download multimedia: https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/uwill-founder--ceo-michael-london-named-innovator-in-healthcare-302338655.html SOURCE Uwill, IncSome of Karl-Anthony Towns’ fondest childhood memories on Christmas included the NBA. He would sit on the couch with his father, Karl Towns Sr., and watch games, imagining himself playing in those nationally-televised showcases one day. Wednesday won’t be the first such occasion he laces his sneakers up on Dec. 25. But it will be unique. “It’s my first one home,” the Knicks center said in advance of the clash with the Spurs at the Garden. “I never got to do that. So this is going to be fun, to be able to do it in front of your family. “It’s crazy for me growing up in this area and to be watching the Knicks always play on Christmas Day, watching [Carmelo Anthony] go crazy on Christmas Day. And now to be in a position where I get to have my name in the history of Knicks players to play on Christmas, it’s a huge honor.” It also will feature a major challenge: Spurs wunderkind Victor Wembanyama. The 2023 No. 1 pick out of France, Wembanyama has led the Spurs to a 15-14 start in his second season. The 7-foot-3 dynamo, the NBA Rookie of the Year last season, has been dynamic, averaging 24.8 points, 9.9 rebounds, 4.0 blocks and 3.9 assists. He is also shooting 35.6 percent from beyond the arc. There is very little he can’t do at the age of 20. “Special talent. Fellow No. 1 pick alumni right here,” said Towns, the top pick of the 2015 draft. “I’m excited to see how his career progresses and see what he can do.” Josh Hart joked that the Knicks would prepare for Wembanyama by putting Towns in the paint and giving him a mop to swat away shots. In his last four games, Wembanyama is averaging an absurd 7.2 blocks. Last March, Wembanyama led the Spurs to an overtime victory over the Knicks by scoring 40 points, adding 20 rebounds and dishing out seven assists. “He’s an amazing player. He does things offensively, defensively that nobody at 7-3 should be doing,” Hart said. “He’s the future of the league, but we’ll give him his flowers after the game, not before the game. We got to make sure we slow down the Spurs and not just Wembanyama.” Playing on Christmas has been a Knicks tradition, even in lean times. It started in 1947. There was an eight-year gap from 2001-09, but the Knicks have missed just three Christmas Day games since. Last year, they beat the Bucks behind a 38-point masterpiece from Jalen Brunson. Bernard King still holds the record for most points on Christmas Day with 60 against the Nets in 1984. Eleven years ago, Anthony lit up the Garden with 37 points — 17 in the fourth quarter — in a win over the rival Celtics. Due to the NBA lockout, that was the first day of the season. “I’m usually watching,” OG Anunoby said. “It’ll be fun to play in one.” Some players view working on the holiday as a chore. Towns sees it differently. He sounded downright giddy about the opportunity. “I like playing basketball. It’s a great Christmas present for me,” Towns said. “I get to go out there and lace the shoes up and play. So I’m excited.”Time to end insecurity, Bishop Onaga begs Nigerians
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North Texas 69, Houston 53DURHAM, N.C. (AP) — Duke coach Manny Diaz says quarterback Maalik Murphy will face discipline “internally” after extending both of his middle fingers skyward in celebration after throwing a long touchdown pass early in the weekend win against Virginia Tech . Diaz said Monday that Murphy's exuberant gesture, caught on the ACC Network national broadcast, was directed at offensive coordinator Jonathan Brewer in the booth after a bit of practice “banter” from a few days earlier. Diaz said the Texas transfer just let his excitement get away from him but still called it “unacceptable in our program." “There was a practice in the middle of last week when we throwing post after post after post, and we weren't completing them,” Diaz said. “And it was again and again and again and again. And at the end of that, there was a remark made in jest that, ‘If you throw a post for a touchdown in the game, then you can flick me off,’ from Coach Brewer.” Murphy's gesture came after he uncorked a deep ball from deep in Duke's own end and caught Eli Pancol perfectly in stride across midfield, with Pancol racing untouched for an 86-yard score barely 2 minutes into the game. As he began skipping downfield to celebrate, Murphy chest-bumped teammate Star Thomas and then extended both arms in the air with his middle fingers raised. Brewer said Monday he missed the gesture in real time, but then saw it on a replay moments later. “Some things you say on the field when you're coaching obviously isn't meant to be taken literally when you're trying to get after somebody in that world,” Brewer said. Murphy threw for 332 yards and three touchdowns with three interceptions in the 31-28 win for the Blue Devils (8-3, 4-3 Atlantic Coast Conference), who close the regular season at Wake Forest. 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-football
LAHAINA, Hawaii (AP) — Tyrese Hunter scored 17 of his 26 points after halftime to lead Memphis to a 99-97 overtime win against two-time defending national champion and second-ranked UConn on Monday in the first round of the Maui Invitational . Hunter shot 7 of 10 from 3-point range for the Tigers (5-0), who were 12 of 22 from beyond at the arc as a team. PJ Haggerty had 22 points and five assists, Colby Rogers had 19 points and Dain Dainja scored 14. Javascript is required for you to be able to read premium content. Please enable it in your browser settings.
Arsenal, Manchester City and Bayern Munich all advanced to the Women’s Champions League quarterfinals with with two games to spare on Thursday. Late substitute Lina Hurtig scored the winner in Arsenal's 1-0 victory over Juventus in London. Khadija Shaw scored twice for City in a 2-1 win at Swedish club Hammarby. City stayed perfect in Group D with four victories and reached the last eight for the first time since 2021. Bayern Munich was held 1-1 at Vålerenga in Norway and still earned a quarterfinal berth after Juventus' loss. Arsenal, Bayern and City join Chelsea, Lyon and Real Madrid in the quarterfinals. Two-time defending champion Barcelona routed Austrian champion St. Pölten 4-1. The Catalan club trails City by three points in their group and is in a strong position to advance. Bayern tops Group C with 10 points, Arsenal has nine followed by Juventus (3) and Vålerenga (1). Man City responded to its first loss of the season, 2-0 at Chelsea in the Women's Super League on Saturday. Still without injured star Vivianne Miedema , Shaw took charge, proving her scoring instincts after half an hour. The forward scored from inside the penalty area with a deflected shot that flew over goalkeeper Anna Tamminen to frustrate more than 20,000 noisy fans at the Stockholm Arena in the Swedish capital. Ellen Wangerheim equalized soon after the interval from close range to rejuvenate the crowd but Shaw struck again to restore the lead just minutes later. This time, she delivered a powerful right-footed finish from the edge of the area. Bayern dominated possession but could not translate it into goals until the 75th minute. It had to rely on substitute Jovana Damnjanović, who gave the visitors a late lead after connecting on a pass from Giulia Gwinn. The Norwegians, who have retained their domestic title, equalized in the 88th on Elise Thorsnes' header following a corner. Pernille Harder, who found the back of the net five times for Bayern in the previous three games, could not do it again on Thursday and was substituted. Hurtig came on with 10 minutes remaining and made her presence immediately felt with several headers. She finally made the breakthrough with a minute remaining in regulation, tapping in from close range after Juventus’ poor clearance of a low cross by Stina Blackstenius. Hurtig won the Italian title with Juventus in 2021 and 2022 before joining the Gunners. Juventus seemed to learn a lesson from its 4-0 loss to Arsenal last week as its defense held firm till Hurtig’s arrival. In an 11-minute span in the first half, Francisca Nazareth netted twice and 18-year-old Vicky Lopez scored once to put Barcelona in control. Nazareth's double was followed by Lopez hitting the third with a shot high into the net for her first Champions League goal. Alexia Putellas made it 4-0 in the second half, finishing a fast attack that tore apart the defense in Vienna. It was her 200th goal for Barcelona and the 100th the club scored in the Champions League’s group stage. Valentina Mädl, an 18-year-old forward, netted a consolation goal for the hosts. Barcelona has scored 20 goals in its past three games and can still become the first club to win its group in all four years since the introduction of the format. AP soccer: https://apnews.com/hub/soccerCaleb Williams Says Bears OC Told Him to 'Go Be Superman' Near End of Vikings GameWe now know who the deceased is in the officer-involved shooting in Union Square last week, and a few details about the bizarre and angry-sounding hit-and-run the precipitated the shooting. On Friday morning, San Francisco police had a confrontation with a suspect outside the Dior store in Union Square, the details of which have still not been shared with the public, and it ended with police firing on and killing the suspect . The suspect allegedly had run down two pedestrians with his SUV earlier in the day on a nearby block, and allegedly hit a cyclist, and then simply went to work at his night gig guarding the store. That suspect, who police initially identified as a security guard working for Dior, has now been identified by multiple sources as Pete Hodge of Lodi. As Mission Local reports , and after looking at Hodge's Facebook presence, he was the owner of his own private security firm Covert Guardian Solutions — apparently employed by Dior and the nearby Louis Vuitton store — and was likely hired in the wake of the recent smash-and-grab robberies at Dior. Hodge, whose identity, we should say, has not been confirmed by the SF Medical Examiner or police, left behind a number of images on his social media that give us a pretty clear idea of his political leanings. He was a big Second Amendment supporter, not a fan of Gavin Newsom, and not a fan of liberal California or San Francisco — he posted the image below, for instance. And we now have a few clues, unconfirmed by police, about what preceded the shooting. A witness spoke out on Reddit saying they witnessed an SUV, likely Hodge's, getting into a road-rage incident with a delivery cyclist on an e-bike. The cyclist was allegedly weaving between cars, and the SUV driver subsequently clipped the cyclist and then got out of his car and was "super aggressive" in questioning the cyclist and demanding the cyclist's "license and registration," which...? Another witness, Cynthia Gaffney, spoke to Mission Local and said she was crossing Sutter Street Friday afternoon when she saw an SUV come careening around a corner at high speed, and then ride up on the sidewalk — where Hodge allegedly hit and minorly injured two teenagers. "When he careened around the corner, he was totally out of control," Gaffney told Mission Local. "It was like he suddenly hit the gas at full speed ... [he] might’ve rolled over with just a tiny bit more momentum." After having a confrontation with the cyclist, who rode off and dumped his bike in a nearby parking garage, Gaffney says the man identified as Hodge just "very calmly, opens the back of the trunk of the SUV," to gather some of the delivery guy's belongings, and he was open-carrying a weapon at the time. "There was just a weird calmness about it," Gaffney tells Mission Local. Police said Friday they were seeking the cyclist, who fled the scene and never contact police, and it's unclear if he has been located. It seems that Hodge just went to work his security job outside the Dior store after all this went down. The collision with the cyclist and the pedestrians happened at Kearny and Post streets around 6:30 pm Thursday, and his vehicle wasn't spotted at the store on Post Street near Grant until 1:30 am Friday. The SFPD will give a public town hall meeting on the shooting, per protocol, within the next week. Previously: SF Police Shoot and Kill Man Identified as Union Square Security Guard
Median sale prices for single and multi-family homes remain at or near historic levels in Colorado — and 2024 is likely to be no exception. Despite some relief from what is expected to be an ongoing series of cuts to the federal interest rate , which affect mortgage payments, housing costs could be as high as ever for new homebuyers next year. A November report from the National Association of Realtors shows that, nationally, first-time homebuyers make up just 24% of the buying demographic — a historic low . At the same time, homebuyers have never been older. “The U.S. housing market is split into two groups: first-time buyers struggling to enter the market and current homeowners buying with cash,” said Jessica Lautz, the association’s deputy chief economist and vice president of research, in a statement. “First-time buyers face high home prices, high mortgage interest rates and limited inventory, making them a decade older with significantly higher incomes than previous generations of buyers,” Lautz continued. “Meanwhile, current homeowners can more easily make housing trades using built-up housing equity for cash purchases or large down payments on dream homes.” In Colorado, mountain towns remain some of the most expensive markets in the state with median home prices reaching into the multimillions. Compared to 2023, median sale prices in Eagle, Summit, Grand, Pitkin, Routt and Garfield counties are all up so far this year, according to the most recent data from the Colorado Association of Realtors . While price points range across different regions, all have seen costs driven up in recent years due to the COVID-19 pandemic and a subsequent explosion in property values. But before that, home prices had risen at a much more gradual rate. Longtime Vail-area Realtor Mike Budd remembers a time when roughly two-thirds of all homes in his region sold for under $1 million. “That began to erode as we were coming through and out of COVID so that, effectively in 2024, it was getting to represent about 30% of the transactions,” Budd said. But while the pandemic exacerbated high costs, housing in resort areas has long been less attainable than in the state’s more urban markets. Industry experts say it’s difficult to pin down the last time when housing in mountain communities was truly “affordable,” a term they also say is subjective. Within the last 15 years, home affordability peaked statewide in 2012, according to a housing affordability index study by the Colorado Association of Realtors . The index measures whether or not a typical family earns enough income to qualify for a mortgage loan on a typical home — nationally and regionally — based on recent price and income data. Median for-sale prices were also at the lowest level in 2012, hovering at around $200,000 for a single-family property and below $150,000 for a multifamily unit, such as a townhouse or condo. Industry experts attribute the trend to two main factors: a bump in housing supply and the 2007-08 Great Recession. In the years leading up to the recession, the High Country was home to several construction companies building market-rate starter homes, leading to enough inventory to keep prices moderate for working residents. “There was a building boom going on back then. ... It was a very, very vibrant time,” said Colorado Association of Realtors President Dana Cottrell. “That kind of competition was there, and it’s so different from what we have now.” Budd said the state and its mountain communities were seeing years of extremely robust economic growth, “and houses were selling like popcorn.” Budd added, “We ran into a lot of people, particularly at the lower pricing spectrum, who’d been able to procure mortgages with low interest rates and low down payments.” But those low-cost homes also meant low equity. Amid the economic tumult of the Great Recession, many of those homeowners were left unable to afford their mortgages and were ultimately foreclosed on. It led to an influx of depreciated properties on the market — and buyers with the means to do so quickly capitalized. “We were seeing dramatic price reductions ... so people were able to procure homes, and that drove the pricing up quickly,” Budd said. “That was not a traditional economic reaction, it was just a window of time where we had all this product.” After a gradual decrease from 2010 to 2012, median home prices began to rise again statewide, according to Colorado Association of Realtors data. At the same time, new construction slowed dramatically and housing inventory failed to keep up with demand . As of last year, the United States was projected to be in a housing deficit of between 4 million to 7 million homes, according to a Pew study . Part of the decline is attributed to the recession, which decimated construction jobs. In mountain areas particularly, the cost of labor and materials has only risen while available land continues to shrink . “So the cost of land has also skyrocketed, so that makes creating true affordable housing a much more difficult task,” Budd said. The pandemic further changed the landscape when a deluge of remote workers left urban centers and flocked to mountain towns with cash on hand to buy. Prices quickly soared . From 2022 to 2023, residential property valuations in mountain resort counties increased anywhere from 63% to 92%, according to state data . Typical economics of supply and demand were flipped upside down. Even with a recent increase in homes on the market, prices continue to climb due to demand for vacation homes from affluent buyers. In some resort areas, around half of all transactions are in cash. “I think the resort communities have differentiated themselves more than ever from what’s going on in the state as a whole,” Budd said. Should another catastrophe like the Great Recession hit, it’s unlikely it would have the same impacts on the housing market as before. The reason, according to Budd, is that current resort area homeowners have banked far more equity in their high-valued homes compared to the average homeowner in 2008-09 — meaning they’d likely be able to weather the economic storm. Without foreclosures, those homes wouldn’t suddenly emerge on the market for a bargain price. The demographic of buyers who are struggling to become homeowners would also be the ones most affected by a recession. “Jobs are so important to real estate, and when an economic situation happens where it affects jobs ... then it’s not affordable because people don’t have jobs that are paying enough to afford the lower prices,” Cottrell said. Market-rate home prices in mountain towns are all but certain to remain high relative to the rest of the state, driven in part by the sheer demand from cash buyers. Still, Cottrell believes the single greatest factor that could soften market-rate prices remains increased supply, a challenge when the cost of construction remains high and available land low. While inventory has risen in several resort markets over the past year, housing stock is still historically low. Nationally, transactions slowed last year to the lowest point since 1995, and buyers are seeking more concessions from sellers to help offset the escalating costs of mortgage payments, insurance and homeowners association fees . “Yes we have more homes, but we still don’t have a ton of homes,” Cottrell said. “So until that inventory-buyer ratio changes, we’re going to see prices stay steady or even rise a bit.”The world stands at the dawn of a “third nuclear age” in which Britain is threatened by multiple dilemmas, the head of the armed forces has warned. But alongside his stark warning of the threats facing Britain and its allies, Admiral Sir Tony Radakin said there would be only a “remote chance” Russia would directly attack or invade the UK if the two countries were at war. The Chief of the Defence Staff laid out the landscape of British defence in a wide-ranging speech, after a minister warned the Army would be wiped out in as little as six months if forced to fight a war on the scale of the Ukraine conflict. The admiral cast doubt on the possibility as he gave a speech at the Royal United Services Institute (Rusi) defence think tank in London. He told the audience Britain needed to be “clear-eyed in our assessment” of the threats it faces, adding: “That includes recognising that there is only a remote chance of a significant direct attack or invasion by Russia on the United Kingdom, and that’s the same for the whole of Nato.” Moscow “knows the response will be overwhelming”, he added, but warned the nuclear deterrent needed to be “kept strong and strengthened”. Sir Tony added: “We are at the dawn of a third nuclear age, which is altogether more complex. It is defined by multiple and concurrent dilemmas, proliferating nuclear and disruptive technologies and the almost total absence of the security architectures that went before.” He listed the “wild threats of tactical nuclear use” by Russia, China building up its weapon stocks, Iran’s failure to co-operate with a nuclear deal, and North Korea’s “erratic behaviour” among the threats faced by the West. But Sir Tony said the UK’s nuclear arsenal is “the one part of our inventory of which Russia is most aware and has more impact on (President Vladimir) Putin than anything else”. Successive British governments had invested “substantial sums of money” in renewing nuclear submarines and warheads because of this, he added. The admiral described the deployment of thousands of North Korean soldiers on Ukraine’s border alongside Russian forces as the year’s “most extraordinary development”. He also signalled further deployments were possible, speaking of “tens of thousands more to follow as part of a new security pact with Russia”. Defence minister Alistair Carns earlier said a rate of casualties similar to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine would lead to the army being “expended” within six to 12 months. He said it illustrated the need to “generate depth and mass rapidly in the event of a crisis”. In comments reported by Sky News, Mr Carns, a former Royal Marines colonel, said Russia was suffering losses of around 1,500 soldiers killed or injured a day. “In a war of scale – not a limited intervention, but one similar to Ukraine – our Army for example, on the current casualty rates, would be expended – as part of a broader multinational coalition – in six months to a year,” Mr Carns said in a speech at Rusi. He added: “That doesn’t mean we need a bigger Army, but it does mean you need to generate depth and mass rapidly in the event of a crisis.” Official figures show the Army had 109,245 personnel on October 1, including 25,814 volunteer reservists. Mr Carns, the minister for veterans and people, said the UK needed to “catch up with Nato allies” to place greater emphasis on the reserves. The Prime Minister’s official spokesman said Defence Secretary John Healey had previously spoken about “the state of the armed forces that were inherited from the previous government”. The spokesman said: “It’s why the Budget invested billions of pounds into defence, it’s why we’re undertaking a strategic defence review to ensure that we have the capabilities and the investment needed to defend this country.”
New spiking offence aims to bring law up to date, minister saysJackie 'O' Henderson shows off her incredible figure in a black bikini and mini skirt as she hits Clovelly Beach READ MORE: Jackie 'O' Henderson and NRL star Cooper Johns share flirty photos after his split with girlfriend By KATE DENNETT FOR DAILY MAIL AUSTRALIA Published: 18:14 EST, 24 November 2024 | Updated: 18:40 EST, 24 November 2024 e-mail 13 shares 7 View comments Jackie 'O' Henderson put her incredible figure on display as she soaked up the rays down Clovelly Beach in Sydney on Sunday. The radio host, 49, made the most of the balmy summer climes as she topped up her tan and enjoyed a dip in the sea during the picture-perfect day out. She put on a busty display and showed off her toned physique in a plunging $99.95 black bikini top from popular swimwear brand Seafolly. The blonde bombshell styled her top with a matching mini skirt from the same brand that gave a flash of her endless legs. Jackie styled her dampened golden tresses loosely across her shoulders and shielded her eyes with a pair of dark shades. She let her natural beauty shine through as she went make-up free while enjoying a dip in the sea and sunbathing at the eastern suburbs hotspot. Jackie 'O' Henderson put her incredible figure on display as she soaked up the rays down Clovelly Beach in Sydney on Sunday The radio host, 49, made the most of the balmy summer climes as she topped up her tan and enjoyed a dip in the sea during the picture-perfect day out She put on a busty display and showed off her toned physique in a plunging $99.95 black bikini top from popular swimwear brand Seafolly Jackie's swimwear look is one of her favourites as she has often been seen sporting the number while soaking up the sun around Sydney. The media personality recently opened up about her health and lifestyle overhaul after getting sober following a harrowing drug and alcohol addiction. In her tell-all memoir, The Whole Truth, Jackie opened up about her struggles with addiction as well as her years-long issues surrounding food. She told how her recent 18kg weight loss came down to a year of strict diet and exercise after overcoming her addiction battle. 'After three years of sitting on a lounge consuming copious amounts of fast food, alcohol and sedatives that slow down the metabolism, the body will go into shock and shed the kilos when that stops,' she said. 'Rumours circled that I was taking Ozempic — because surely I must be on the weight loss wonder drug to have had a transformation so dramatic.' Detailing her struggles over the years, she admitted to trying every diet and fad, including the lemon detox and keto diets, while also binge-eating every weekend. 'I've never had a clinical eating disorder, but I have always had a very unhealthy relationship with the way I view eating,' she shared. The blonde bombshell styled her top with a matching mini skirt from the same brand that gave a flash of her endless legs Jackie styled her dampened golden tresses loosely across her shoulders and shielded her eyes with a pair of dark shades She let her natural beauty shine through as she went make-up free while enjoying a dip in the sea and sunbathing at the eastern suburbs hotspot Jackie joined the huge crowds of Sydneysiders hitting the beach as the temperatures soared into the late 20C on Sunday Aussies all stepped out to make the most of the stunning weather as summer finally arrived Down Under Jackie appeared to be in jovial spirits as she flashed a smile after enjoying a dip in the ocean during the balmy day Jackie showed off her bronzed figure as she stepped out in her skimpy swimwear look during her beach day Jackie put on a busty display in her plunging swimwear look as she put her incredible figure on display She looked every inch the Bondi beach babe as she strutted her stuff along the rocks after getting out of the sea She made sure to cool off by plunging in the ocean as the temperatures reached balmy heights The media personality recently opened up about her health and lifestyle overhaul after getting sober following a harrowing drug and alcohol addiction In her memoir, The Whole Truth, she told how her recent weight loss came down to strict diet and exercise after overcoming her addiction battle 'Rumours circled that I was taking Ozempic — because surely I must be on the weight loss wonder drug to have had a transformation so dramatic,' she wrote Jackie also delved into her drug and alcohol addiction, which saw her spend 28 days in the famous $60,000-a-month rehab clinic, The Betty Ford Center, in November 2022 After overcoming her addiction, Jackie got sober in rehab and celebrated two years of sobriety on Thursday, November 14, in a huge achievement Your browser does not support iframes. When she was a child, Jackie would set her alarm for 5am each morning and make toast with white bread lathered with peanut butter and butter, or cinnamon sugar. During her marriage to her now-ex-husband Lee Henderson, Jackie's diet consisted of 'hamburgers, hot chips and pizza', and one night she consumed a whole jar of Nutella and a glass of champagne for dinner . In her memoir, Jackie also delved into her drug and alcohol addiction, which saw her spend 28 days in the famous $60,000-a-month rehab clinic, The Betty Ford Center, in November 2022. Jackie revealed that at the height of her addiction, she took around 10-12 Stilnox/Ambien sleeping pills and 24 Panadeine Forte painkillers a day. After arriving in rehab, it took her two weeks to get over the withdrawals from the sleeping pills, alcohol and painkillers she'd been numbing herself with for years. 'You can only imagine what that would do to your body when you stop taking that amount of sleeping pills - suddenly it doesn't know how to get to sleep on its own,' she told Daily Mail Australia. 'The first five days I was able to sleep for an hour. Every day was just awful. I would lie awake. I'd just lie there in bed all night.' After overcoming her addiction, Jackie got sober in rehab and celebrated two years of sobriety on Thursday, November 14, in a huge achievement. Jackie previously kept her addiction struggles a secret, telling listeners of her breakfast show at the time of her rehab stint that she had contracted long Covid. Sydney Share or comment on this article: Jackie 'O' Henderson shows off her incredible figure in a black bikini and mini skirt as she hits Clovelly Beach e-mail 13 shares Add commentLAS VEGAS — Formula 1 on Monday at last said it will expand its grid in 2026 to make room for an American team that is partnered with General Motors. "As the pinnacle of motorsports, F1 demands boundary-pushing innovation and excellence. It's an honor for General Motors and Cadillac to join the world's premier racing series, and we're committed to competing with passion and integrity to elevate the sport for race fans around the world," GM President Mark Reuss said. "This is a global stage for us to demonstrate GM's engineering expertise and technology leadership at an entirely new level." The approval ends years of wrangling that launched a U.S. Justice Department investigation into why Colorado-based Liberty Media, the commercial rights holder of F1, would not approve the team initially started by Michael Andretti. Andretti in September stepped aside from leading his namesake organization, so the 11th team will be called Cadillac F1 and be run by new Andretti Global majority owners Dan Towriss and Mark Walter. The team will use Ferrari engines its first two years until GM has a Cadillac engine built for competition in time for the 2028 season. Towriss is the the CEO and president of Group 1001 and entered motorsports via Andretti's IndyCar team when he signed on financial savings platform Gainbridge as a sponsor. Towriss is now a major part of the motorsports scene with ownership stakes in both Spire Motorsports' NASCAR team and Wayne Taylor Racing's sports car team. Walter is the chief executive of financial services firm Guggenheim Partners and the controlling owner of both the World Series champion Los Angeles Dodgers and Premier League club Chelsea. "We're excited to partner with General Motors in bringing a dynamic presence to Formula 1," Towriss said. "Together, we're assembling a world-class team that will embody American innovation and deliver unforgettable moments to race fans around the world." Mario Andretti, the 1978 F1 world champion, will have an ambassador role with Cadillac F1. But his son, Michael, will have no official position with the organization now that he has scaled back his involvement with Andretti Global. "The Cadillac F1 Team is made up of a strong group of people that have worked tirelessly to build an American works team," Michael Andretti posted on social media. "I'm very proud of the hard work they have put in and congratulate all involved on this momentous next step. I will be cheering for you!" The approval has been in works for weeks but was held until after last weekend's Las Vegas Grand Prix to not overshadow the showcase event of the Liberty Media portfolio. Max Verstappen won his fourth consecutive championship in Saturday night's race, the third and final stop in the United States for the top motorsports series in the world. Grid expansion in F1 is both infrequent and often unsuccessful. Four teams were granted entries in 2010 that should have pushed the grid to 13 teams and 26 cars for the first time since 1995. One team never made it to the grid and the other three had vanished by 2017. There is only one American team on the current F1 grid — owned by California businessman Gene Haas — but it is not particularly competitive and does not field American drivers. Andretti's dream was to field a truly American team with American drivers. The fight to add this team has been going on for three-plus years, and F1 initially denied the application despite approval from F1 sanctioning body FIA. The existing 10 teams, who have no voice in the matter, also largely opposed expansion because of the dilution in prize money and the billions of dollars they've already invested in the series. Andretti in 2020 tried and failed to buy the existing Sauber team. From there, he applied for grid expansion and partnered with GM, the top-selling manufacturer in the United States. The inclusion of GM was championed by the FIA and president Mohammed Ben Sulayem, who said Michael Andretti's application was the only one of seven applicants to meet all required criteria to expand F1's current grid. "General Motors is a huge global brand and powerhouse in the OEM world and is working with impressive partners," Ben Sulayem said Monday. "I am fully supportive of the efforts made by the FIA, Formula 1, GM and the team to maintain dialogue and work towards this outcome of an agreement in principle to progress this application." Despite the FIA's acceptance of Andretti and General Motors from the start, F1 wasn't interested in Andretti — but did want GM. At one point, F1 asked GM to find another team to partner with besides Andretti. GM refused and F1 said it would revisit the Andretti application if and when Cadillac had an engine ready to compete. "Formula 1 has maintained a dialogue with General Motors, and its partners at TWG Global, regarding the viability of an entry following the commercial assessment and decision made by Formula 1 in January 2024," F1 said in a statement. "Over the course of this year, they have achieved operational milestones and made clear their commitment to brand the 11th team GM/Cadillac, and that GM will enter as an engine supplier at a later time. Formula 1 is therefore pleased to move forward with this application process." Yet another major shift in the debate over grid expansion occurred earlier this month with the announced resignation of Liberty Media CEO Greg Maffei, who was largely believed to be one of the biggest opponents of the Andretti entry. "With Formula 1's continued growth plans in the US, we have always believed that welcoming an impressive US brand like GM/Cadillac to the grid and GM as a future power unit supplier could bring additional value and interest to the sport," Maffei said. "We credit the leadership of General Motors and their partners with significant progress in their readiness to enter Formula 1."