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How major US stock indexes fared Wednesday, 11/27/2024Girls Soccer | Bulldogs open season with overtime lossPolice deny sitting on evidence as Netflix doc brings renewed attention to JonBenet Ramsey’s killingHalle Bailey and her ex, DDG , got together to celebrate their son Halo 's first trip around the sun ... and the celeb parents went all out for his birthday bash. The "Little Mermaid" singer shared photos and videos from Sunday's birthday party on her social media ... smiling and holding Halo. The party had a "Cocomelon" theme ... there was a ball pit, a couple slides, and a ton of balloons ... plus a cool Cocomelon cake for Halo. Halle even shared video of her singing "Happy Birthday" to her only child ... belting out the lyrics while fighting back tears. Waiting for your permission to load the Instagram Media. Emotional day watching her baby turn 1, because Halle says ... "I cried so much yesterday." Halle reunited with her ex, DDG, too ... and they even snapped some photos together as a family of three ... with Halo in the middle, flanked by his parents. As we reported ... DDG announced their split back in October, when the rapper said they would co-parent Halo. It looks like the co-parenting thing is going well, at least based off this snippet from the party. Happy birthday, Halo!!!
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WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump said Wednesday that he has chosen Keith Kellogg, a highly decorated retired three-star general, to serve as his special envoy for Ukraine and Russia. Kellogg, who is one of the architects of a staunchly conservative policy book that lays out an “America First” national security agenda for the incoming administration, will come into the role as Russia’s invasion of Ukraine enters its third year in February. Trump, making the announcement on his Truth Social account, said, “He was with me right from the beginning! Together, we will secure PEACE THROUGH STRENGTH, and Make America, and the World, SAFE AGAIN!” Kellogg, an 80-year-old retired Army lieutenant general who has long been Trump’s top adviser on defense issues, served as national security adviser to Vice President Mike Pence , was chief of staff of the National Security Council and then stepped in as an acting security adviser for Trump after Michael Flynn resigned. As special envoy for Ukraine and Russia, Kellogg will have to navigate an increasingly untenable war between the two nations. The Biden administration has begun urging Ukraine to quickly increase the size of its military by drafting more troops and revamping its mobilization laws to allow for the conscription of those as young as 18. The White House has pushed more than $56 billion in security assistance to Ukraine since the start of Russia’s February 2022 invasion and expects to send billions more before Biden leaves office in less than two months. The U.S. has recently stepped up weapons shipments and has forgiven billions in loans provided to Kyiv. Trump has criticized the billions the Biden administration has spent in supporting Ukraine and has said he could end the war in 24 hours, comments that appear to suggest he would press Ukraine to surrender territory that Russia now occupies. As a co-chairman of the American First Policy Institute’s Center for American Security, Kellogg wrote several of the chapters in the group’s policy book. The book, like the Heritage Foundation’s “Project 2025,” is designed to lay out a Trump national security agenda and avoid the mistakes of 2016 when he entered the White House largely unprepared. Kellogg in April wrote that “bringing the Russia-Ukraine war to a close will require strong, America First leadership to deliver a peace deal and immediately end the hostilities between the two warring parties.” Trump's proposed national security adviser , U.S. Rep. Michael Waltz of Florida, tweeted Wednesday that “Keith has dedicated his life to defending our great country and is committed to bringing the war in Ukraine to a peaceful resolution.” Kellogg featured in multiple Trump investigations dating to his first term. He was among the administration officials who listened in on the July 2019 call between Trump and Volodymyr Zelenskyy in which Trump prodded his Ukrainian counterpart to pursue investigations into the Bidens. The call, which Kellogg would later say did not raise any concerns on his end, was at the center of the first of two House impeachment cases against Trump, who was acquitted by the Senate both times. On Jan. 6, 2021, hours before pro-Trump rioters stormed the U.S. Capitol, Kellogg, who was then Pence’s national security adviser, listened in on a heated call in which Trump told his vice president to object or delay the certification in Congress of President Joe Biden ’s victory. He later told House investigators that he recalled Trump saying to Pence words to the effect of: “You’re not tough enough to make the call.” Baldor reported from Washington. AP writer Eric Tucker in Washington contributed to this report. Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed without permission. Get local news delivered to your inbox!
Patch 15.1 ushers in the Noxus map, a massive boots overhaul based around Feats of Strength, Atakhan, a teleport rework, and a whole lot more as League of Legends steps into 2025. It’s been a long time since the League of Legends map saw a full makeover. Sure, it’s had some slight changes based around big esports events with some flags placed around the map and a few changes to how Baron looks, but nothing the likes of what the Noxus map is doing . A brand-new jungle monster in Atakhan, new turrets, some small map geometry changes, a new color, and even new music are coming to Summoner’s Rift to kick off 2025. Note: Some of these changes were previously listed under patch 14.24 due to being in the PBE build, but it’s since been made clear that they’re not coming until the new year. The release date for patch 15.1 is currently unknown. Here’s everything we know about League of Legends patch 15.1: LoL patch 15.1 early notes The Season of Noxus has arrived! With it comes a new look for Summoner’s Rift, but also a significant update to the way everything on the map functions. Atakhan, Bringer of Ruin spawns at 20 minutes on the side of the map that has seen the most kills/deaths by 14 minutes. If there are no kills, it’ll be based on the side that took the most damage. When he spawns, along with him will come an arena that adds map terrain. He also drops Blood Roses on the map that grant a permanent power buff and some XP for your entire team. There are also two variants of Atakhan, both of which have different movesets and buffs they grant upon being killed. Related: Ruinous Atakhan spawns in high-kill games where both teams are duking it out. Killing him grants bonus Bloody Petals to the team who gets the final hit on him and spawns more Roses in the area to collect additional Petals. Voracious Atakhan spawns in slower games with less kills and is a much bigger threat in the short-term. The buffs he grants reads as follows: False Life: For the next 180 seconds, the first time you would die, you instead go into Stasis for 5.5 seconds and teleport to your team’s spawn. Your would-be killer instead earns 1 Bloody Petal and 100 Gold Your team now permanently gain 40 bonus gold on champion takedown Keep in mind this is takedown and not kill. If your entire team participates in a kill, that’s 200 bonus gold across your team. Atakhan only spawns once per game, but more Blood Roses will spawn on the map over time, with them commonly spawning on the corpses of champions who die on the map. Spawn timers are shifting around a little with this update. Rift Herald will spawn at 16 minutes, Atakhan at 20, and Baron at 25 to give each objective some time to breathe on the map. Turret fortification decreased: 85% >>> 50% This is the damage reduction that turrets get from having plates up Nexus turrets now respawn a short time after they go down, preventing backdoors and allowing more late-game comebacks Feats of Strength is a set of 3 objectives: First blood, first tower, and first to kill 3 epic monsters. Getting 2 of these 3 feats will grant you some pretty substantial boot upgrades for purchase, with the stipulation that you have to already own 2 legendary items to pick up a pair. Here’s every upgrade and the boots they build off of: Recipe: Plated Steelcaps + 750g (total cost 1950g) 35 Armor 50 Movement Speed Reduces incoming damage from attacks by 12% Passive: Noxian Endurance After taking physical damage from a champion, gain (15-150 +5% max HP) shield for 4 seconds Base cooldown: 12 seconds Recipe: Mercury Treads + 750g (total cost 2050g) 30 Magic Resist 50 Movement Speed 30% Tenacity Passive: Noxian Persistence After taking magic damage from a champion, gain a (15-150 +5% max HP) shield for 4 seconds Base cooldown: 12 seconds Recipe: Ionian Boots of Lucidity + 750g (total cost 1650g) 25 Ability Haste 50 Movement Speed 10 Summoner Spell Haste Passive: Noxian Haste Empowering or protecting allies with abilities, dealing damage to enemy champions with abilities, or casting a Summoner Spell grants (10 Recipe: Berserker Greaves + 750g (total cost 1850g) 40% attack speed 50 movement speed Passive: Noxian Gait Attacks on hit grant (15% for melee/10% for ranged) Movement Speed on hit that decays over 2 seconds Recipe: Symbiotic Soles/Synchronized Souls + 750g (total cost 1650g) Will upgrade to Forever Forward even if the boots haven’t evolved yet Gain empowered recall Passive: Noxian Synchrony Gain 45 movement speed and 10% total Movement Speed out of combat Recipe: Sorcerer’s Shoes + 750g (total cost 1850g) 19 Base Magic Pen 10% Magic Pen 50 Movement Speed Recipe: Boost of Swiftness + 750g (total cost 1750g) 75 Movement Speed Reduce the effectiveness of slows by 25% Passive: Noxian Fervor Gain 5% total movement speed Base Stats Passive Movement Speed bonus gets enhanced from 4-72 to 6-108 if her team gets Feats of Strength buff Cost reduced: 1200 >>> 1100 Armor and MR reduced: 30 >>> 25 This item is new, but has since been buffed on the PBE, resulting in some changes that are now reflected below. Cost: 3050 >>> 2900 55 AP >>> 60 350 HP 10 Ability Haste Passive: Surge Dealing magic damage to champions grants 5% magic pen for 6 seconds (stacks up to 6 times) Build path: Haunting Guise + Fiendish Codex + 900 gold Level requirement increased: 9 >>> 12 Can now only purchase one copy of an elixir at once Elixir of Iron Tenacity reduced: 25% >>> 20% Elixir of Wrath AD reduced: 30 >>> 28-30 (levels 12-18) Base passive damage reduced: 80 >>> 70 Passive health damage scaling change: 12% item HP >>> 6% max HP Health increased: 350 >>> 400 Armor reduced: 60 >>> 25 Now has 25 MR Passive cooldown reduced: 5 seconds >>> 4 seconds Base damage reduced: 30-50 >>> 8-15 The HP scaling damage is unchanged with an increased tick rate, so the damage on this item isn’t as nerfed as it appears New Recipe: Aegis of the Legion + Giant’s Belt + 800g (final price unchanged) Movement speed completely removed Passive regen per second decreased: 5% max HP >>> 3% max HP Bonus HP passive threshold increased: 1500 >>> 2000 Passive cooldown increased: 6 seconds >>> 8 seconds Now grants 12% increased HP New recipe: Winged Moonplate >>> Giant’s Belt (final price unchanged) Nullifying Orb removed & replaced with Axiom Arcanist Your ultimate is more powerful. Scoring a takedown on an enemy champion reduces your ultimate’s current cooldown by 7% and increases its power by 12% (power is damage, healing, and shielding) Every single vision-based rune (Eyeball Collection, Ghost Poro, Zombie Ward) has been completely removed and replaced Sixth Sense Automatically sense a nearby untracked and unseen ward, tracking it for your team. Also reveals the ward for 10 seconds at level 11 Cooldown: 300 seconds (melee)/360 seconds (ranged) Grisly Mementos Collect 1 memento on champion takedown, up to 25 stacks Gain 4 trinket ability haste for each stack. In game modes where vision trinkets do not exist, gain 2 summoner spell haste instead Deep Ward Your wards in the enemy jungle are deep. Deep wards gain +1 extra health and (+30-45 seconds) increased duration (+30-120 seconds for trinket stealth wards) In other words, this is weaker for support item wards than trinket ones Conqueror DoT stack lock out timer reduced: 5 seconds >>> 4 seconds Teleport has been drastically changed Channel duration reduced: 4 seconds >>> 3 seconds Now dashes to the target location Max travel time for base is 5 seconds, reduced to 4 for unleashed Can target minions and wards without being unleashed Base Cooldown reduced: 360 seconds >>> 300 seconds Unleashed Cooldown reduced: 330-240 >>> 300-240 That’s everything we know about League of Legends patch 15.1’s Noxus changes! We’ll be sure to update as the LoL dev team releases more information about the full breadth of Season 2025.
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