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1 2 Lucknow: Targeting the BJP govt over excavations in Sambhal and other parts of the state in search of temple remains under mosques, Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav on Sunday described it as an attempt to shift focus from govt failures. Taking a jibe at the govt, he said that "there is a Shivling buried under the Chief Minister's official residence and the premises should be dug up". He said that the BJP govt was on a borrowing spree and was making Uttar Pradesh one of the top states taking maximum loans. "The state exchequer is empty, and prices of essential commodities were rising by the day. The govt is yet to decide the procurement price for sugarcane. To divert the attention of people from these issues, the BJP is digging up places (to find remains of temples under mosques)," he said. Responding to a specific media query, Akhilesh said, "There is a ‘Shivling' under the Chief Minister's (official) residence and the premises should be dug up." Asked about his recent social media posts raising questions on Maha Kumbh preparations , Akhilesh said, "I was closely associated with Kumbh preparations when I was the chief minister. I am aware of what it takes. I hope Kumbh takes place nicely. We raised issues related to electrification and pontoon bridges. Only some bridges have been completed and more than 20 are needed. How will they complete the remaining bridges in the next 12-13 days?" Akhilesh said after he raised the issues, the govt carried out a "reality check" but of a location different than the one he had flagged. He also raised questions over invites being sent out for Maha Kumbh. "People take part in Kumbh as a matter of faith. Will the crores of people who take part in Kumbh, will be invited to the event," he asked. Though the SP chief did not take names, his comment was apparently in reference to the invites being handed out by the CM to Union ministers during his Delhi visit. Stay updated with the latest news on Times of India . Don't miss the yearly horoscope 2025 and Chinese horoscope 2025 for Rat , Ox , Tiger , Rabbit , Dragon , Snake , Horse , Goat , Monkey , Rooster , Dog , and Pig zodiac signs. Spread love this holiday season with these New Year wishes and messages .NHL-worst Blackhawks fire coach Luke RichardsonDaily Post Nigeria CAFWCL: Edo Queens fall to FC Masar in third -place match Home News Politics Metro Entertainment Sport Sport CAFWCL: Edo Queens fall to FC Masar in third -place match Published on November 22, 2024 By Mike Oyebola Edo Queens lost 4-3 on penalties to Egypt’s FC Masar in their third-place encounter at the 2024 CAF Women’s Champions League on Friday night. Both teams battled to a 0-0 draw after 90 minutes of energy sapping encounter. Their group stage encounter also ended in a barren draw. FC Masar converted four of their spot kicks with Edo Queens scoring only three. The Egyptians went home with $350,000, while Edo Queens were rewarded with $300,000. Hosts AS FAR will clash with TP Mazembe in the final of the competition on Saturday. Related Topics: CAFWCL Edo Queens FC Masar Don't Miss Transfer: Mourinho begs Cristiano Ronaldo to join Fenerbahce You may like CAFWCL: Edo Queens battle FC Masar for $350,000 CAFWCL: Edo Queens want third position – Aduku CAFWCL: TP Mazembe boss, Boumedhi relishes win over Edo Queens CAFWCL: Edo Queens lose 3-1 to TP Mazembe in semi final CAFWCL: Aduku declares Edo Queens readiness for crunch TP Mazembe clash CAFWCL: Edo Queens duo make Group Stage Best X1 Advertise About Us Contact Us Privacy-Policy Terms Copyright © Daily Post Media LtdMozambican child smuggler gets six months suspended sentence
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Franklin Resources Inc. increased its stake in Independent Bank Co. ( NASDAQ:IBCP – Free Report ) by 3.9% during the 3rd quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The fund owned 32,756 shares of the financial services provider’s stock after purchasing an additional 1,217 shares during the period. Franklin Resources Inc. owned approximately 0.16% of Independent Bank worth $1,095,000 as of its most recent SEC filing. Several other institutional investors also recently modified their holdings of the stock. Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. grew its stake in Independent Bank by 202.3% in the 3rd quarter. Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. now owns 171,090 shares of the financial services provider’s stock worth $5,706,000 after buying an additional 114,487 shares in the last quarter. Acadian Asset Management LLC grew its position in Independent Bank by 27.8% in the second quarter. Acadian Asset Management LLC now owns 423,631 shares of the financial services provider’s stock worth $11,432,000 after acquiring an additional 92,148 shares in the last quarter. Principal Financial Group Inc. increased its stake in Independent Bank by 28.7% in the third quarter. Principal Financial Group Inc. now owns 349,631 shares of the financial services provider’s stock valued at $11,660,000 after acquiring an additional 77,874 shares during the last quarter. AQR Capital Management LLC raised its position in Independent Bank by 75.8% during the second quarter. AQR Capital Management LLC now owns 174,011 shares of the financial services provider’s stock valued at $4,698,000 after purchasing an additional 75,022 shares in the last quarter. Finally, FMR LLC lifted its stake in Independent Bank by 7.2% during the third quarter. FMR LLC now owns 1,034,775 shares of the financial services provider’s stock worth $34,510,000 after purchasing an additional 69,504 shares during the last quarter. 79.43% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors. Insider Activity at Independent Bank In other news, EVP Gavin A. Mohr acquired 800 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Wednesday, November 20th. The shares were purchased at an average price of $36.71 per share, for a total transaction of $29,368.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the executive vice president now owns 18,662 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $685,082.02. The trade was a 4.48 % increase in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at the SEC website . 5.45% of the stock is currently owned by company insiders. Wall Street Analyst Weigh In Check Out Our Latest Analysis on Independent Bank Independent Bank Stock Performance Independent Bank stock opened at $34.69 on Friday. The firm has a fifty day simple moving average of $36.28 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $32.89. The company has a quick ratio of 0.88, a current ratio of 0.88 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.18. Independent Bank Co. has a twelve month low of $22.53 and a twelve month high of $40.32. The company has a market capitalization of $724.81 million, a PE ratio of 11.80 and a beta of 1.02. Independent Bank ( NASDAQ:IBCP – Get Free Report ) last issued its earnings results on Thursday, October 24th. The financial services provider reported $0.65 earnings per share for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.76 by ($0.11). The company had revenue of $77.84 million for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $55.05 million. Independent Bank had a net margin of 19.93% and a return on equity of 15.26%. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company earned $0.83 earnings per share. Research analysts expect that Independent Bank Co. will post 3.02 EPS for the current year. Independent Bank Announces Dividend The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, November 15th. Investors of record on Tuesday, November 5th were paid a $0.24 dividend. This represents a $0.96 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 2.77%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Tuesday, November 5th. Independent Bank’s payout ratio is 32.65%. About Independent Bank ( Free Report ) Independent Bank Corporation operates as the bank holding company for Independent Bank that provides commercial banking services to individuals and businesses in rural and suburban communities in Michigan. 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Congress ultimately passed a Johnson-endorsed, stopgap funding bill signed by Democratic President Joe Biden on Dec. 21 to avert a government shutdown ahead of the holidays. But Bannon’s remarks foretold likely challenges to Johnson. As the opening of the new Congress approaches on Friday, Johnson’s leadership is being questioned by, among others, Maryland Rep. Andy Harris, who heads the House Freedom Caucus, and Pennsylvania Rep. Scott Perry, who previously led the hard-line conservative group. Neither will commit to backing the Louisiana Republican. The speaker will help determine whether Trump can succeed on an agenda that includes policy shifts on taxes, voting and border policy. Underlying the GOP’s turmoil is how closely it should work with Democrats, if at all, particularly on spending issues. “The political class is infected with a malignant cancer. That cancer is bipartisanship, right?” Bannon told the crowd. Johnson, he said, “doesn’t have what we call the right stuff, right? That combination of guts and moxie and savvy and toughness.” Bannon, who previously served four months in prison for defying a congressional subpoena, is awaiting trial in a case alleging he was part of a scheme to dupe donors who contributed to help build a wall on the Mexican border. Other Republicans have also questioned Johnson’s leadership. Sen. Rand Paul, the Kentucky Republican, recently floated a proposal to elect billionaire Elon Musk, a Trump adviser and ally, as speaker. The speaker is not required to be an elected House member. The election will occur after the new Congress assumes office on Jan. 3. “Nothing would disrupt the swamp more than electing Elon Musk,” Paul posted on X. “Think about it ... nothing’s impossible. (not to mention the joy at seeing the collective establishment, aka ‘uniparty,’ lose their ever-lovin’ minds).” As Congress raced to avoid a shutdown before Christmas, Musk was instrumental in sinking an earlier spending proposal by House Republicans — Democrats also backed it — to head off a government shutdown. The package contained about $100 billion in disaster aid, including a federal commitment long sought by Maryland lawmakers to pay the full cost of replacing the Francis Scott Key Bridge following its March collapse. Musk, citing a pay increase for Congress among other objections, attacked the bill on X, his social media platform, calling it “dead.” Johnson, who has supported Trump, then pitched the alternative that was ultimately approved. He needed a deal acceptable not only to most Republicans but also to Democrats, whose votes were required because the GOP majority was so slim. The final package included the Key Bridge funding commitment but neither the pay raise nor a Trump proposal to suspend the debt ceiling — the amount the government can borrow. Republicans won a “trifecta” — control of the White House, House and Senate — in the November elections, and Trump has claimed a broad mandate for such proposals as mass deportation and reducing the civil service workforce. But his party has split among hard-line spending watchdogs and those more prone to work with Democrats on shared priorities. Among those repeatedly protesting spending levels are Florida Republican Rep. Byron Donalds and Harris, the only Republican in Maryland’s congressional delegation; his district includes Harford County, the Eastern Shore and a piece of Baltimore County. Harris chairs the Freedom Caucus, a group that has focused on fiscal conservatism since its inception. Donalds recently posted on X: “It’s time to clean house. It’s time to slash spending & cut debt.” Harris also expressed concerns during the recent negotiations, saying in a written statement that he believed the Key Bridge replacement should be funded, “but with a $2 trillion-dollar annual deficit left from the Biden administration, we should look to offset any cost with savings elsewhere.” Harris did not respond to correspondence seeking comment on Friday. The party was similarly divided in 2023 when its far-right voting bloc expressed dissatisfaction with former Speaker Kevin McCarthy of California, saying he had not forcefully resisted the Democratic agenda. Johnson, who replaced McCarthy, said at the time that he would emphasize bringing up individual spending bills instead of putting funding measures into a large package as executive branch spending authority is about to run out. But Congress needed such stopgap bills in September and again on Dec. 21 to fund the government in three-month increments. ©2024 Baltimore Sun. 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Crossplay is always a subject of much debate in a shooter like Marvel Rivals . While it allows players to play across consoles and PC, it tends to split the community between keyboard-and-mouse users and controller users, each of which bring their own frustrations to play against. In this Marvel Rivals guide, we’ll explain how crossplay works, and how to turn it off. Is there crossplay in Marvel Rivals ? Yes, Marvel Rivals supports crossplay between PC, PlayStation 5, and Xbox . However, PC and console players are only able to randomly match together in quick match and other modes outside of the competitive playlist. There is no PC/console crossplay in ranked play in order to keep the game fair — this includes partying up with friends. How to turn off crossplay in Marvel Rivals Turning off crossplay in Marvel Rivals is quite simple — however, there are different rules to deactivating crossplay depending on what platform you’re playing on. On PS5 and Xbox Series X , open up your settings settings and then navigate to the “ social ” submenu. Once there, scroll to the “social” subsection, and look for the top option. You should see “ Cross-Platform ,” which is ticked on by default. Turn it off to disable crossplay and ensure that you only ever match with players on your console ecosystem. (Just know that this will disable your ability to play with friends or receive invites from other platforms as well.) On PC , you’re out of luck. There is no option for PC players to turn crossplay off in the settings menu. It’s unclear exactly why this is, other than NetEase Games wanting to ensure there is always a healthy matchmaking pool for quick match. (It’s worth noting that, in Marvel Rivals , keyboard and mouse players tend to have a significant advantage against their controller using friends, which is perhaps why console players can opt out and PC players cannot). As long as you’re playing in the quick match playlist, you’ll always be able to match with console players if you’re playing on PC. However, all competitive matches will still be PC-only for PC players. For more Marvel Rivals guides, here’s a list of all known codes , all Team-Up abilities , all maps and modes , and a look at the game’s roadmap . Guides Marvel Rivals guides PC PlayStation Xbox
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Braves urged to sign $152 million slugger if Juan Soto lands in the NL East | Sporting NewsTOPEKA, Kan. — Republicans made claims about illegal voting by noncitizens a centerpiece of their 2024 campaign messaging and plan to push legislation in the new Congress requiring voters to provide proof of U.S. citizenship. Yet there’s one place with a GOP supermajority where linking voting to citizenship appears to be a nonstarter: Kansas. That’s because the state has been there, done that, and all but a few Republicans would prefer not to go there again. Kansas imposed a proof-of-citizenship requirement over a decade ago that grew into one of the biggest political fiascos in the state in recent memory. The law, passed by the state Legislature in 2011 and implemented two years later, ended up blocking the voter registrations of more than 31,000 U.S. citizens who were otherwise eligible to vote. That was 12% of everyone seeking to register in Kansas for the first time. Federal courts ultimately declared the law an unconstitutional burden on voting rights, and it hasn’t been enforced since 2018. Kansas provides a cautionary tale about how pursuing an election concern that in fact is extremely rare risks disenfranchising a far greater number of people who are legally entitled to vote. The state’s top elections official, Secretary of State Scott Schwab, championed the idea as a legislator and says states and the federal government shouldn’t touch it. “Kansas did that 10 years ago,” said Schwab, a Republican. “It didn’t work out so well.” Steven Fish, a 45-year-old warehouse worker in eastern Kansas, said he understands the motivation behind the law. In his thinking, the state was like a store owner who fears getting robbed and installs locks. But, in 2014, after the birth of his now 11-year-old son inspired him to be “a little more responsible” and follow politics, he didn’t have an acceptable copy of his birth certificate to get registered to vote in Kansas. “The locks didn’t work,” said Fish, one of nine Kansas residents who sued the state over the law. “You caught a bunch of people who didn’t do anything wrong.” A small problem, but wide support for a fix Kansas’ experience appeared to receive little if any attention outside the state as Republicans elsewhere pursued proof-of-citizenship requirements this year. Arizona enacted a requirement this year, applying it to voting for state and local elections but not for Congress or president. The Republican-led U.S. House passed a proof-of-citizenship requirement in the summer and plans to bring back similar legislation after the GOP won control of the Senate in November. In Ohio, the Republican secretary of state revised the form poll workers use for voter eligibility challenges to require those not born in the U.S. to show naturalization papers to cast a regular ballot. A federal judge declined to block the practice days before the election. Also, sizable majorities of voters in Iowa, Kentucky, Missouri, Oklahoma, South Carolina and the presidential swing states of North Carolina and Wisconsin were inspired to amend their state constitutions’ provisions on voting even though the changes were only symbolic. Provisions that previously declared that all U.S. citizens could vote now say that only U.S. citizens can vote — a meaningless distinction with no practical effect on who is eligible. To be clear, voters already must attest to being U.S. citizens when they register to vote, and noncitizens can face fines, prison and deportation if they lie and are caught. “There is nothing unconstitutional about ensuring that only American citizens can vote in American elections,” U.S. Rep. Chip Roy, of Texas, the leading sponsor of the congressional proposal, said in an email statement. Why the courts rejected the Kansas citizenship rule After Kansas residents challenged their state’s law, a federal judge and federal appeals court concluded it violated a law limiting states to collecting only the minimum information needed to determine whether someone is eligible to vote. That’s an issue Congress could resolve. The courts ruled that, with “scant” evidence of an actual problem, Kansas couldn’t justify a law that kept hundreds of eligible citizens from registering for every noncitizen who was improperly registered. A federal judge concluded the state’s evidence showed only 39 noncitizens had registered to vote from 1999 through 2012 — an average of just three a year. In 2013, then-Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach, a Republican who had built a national reputation advocating tough immigration laws, described the possibility of voting by immigrants living in the U.S. illegally as a serious threat. He was elected attorney general in 2022 and still strongly backs the idea, arguing federal court rulings in the Kansas case “almost certainly got it wrong.” Kobach also said a key issue in the legal challenge — people being unable to fix problems with their registrations within a 90-day window — has probably been solved. “The technological challenge of how quickly can you verify someone’s citizenship is getting easier,” Kobach said. “As time goes on, it will get even easier.” Would the Kansas law stand today? The U.S. Supreme Court refused to hear the Kansas case in 2020. But in August, it split 5-4 in allowing Arizona to continue enforcing its law for voting in state and local elections while a legal challenge goes forward. Seeing the possibility of a different Supreme Court decision in the future, U.S. Rep.-elect Derek Schmidt says states and Congress should pursue proof-of-citizenship requirements. Schmidt was the Kansas attorney general when his state’s law was challenged. “If the same matter arose now and was litigated, the facts would be different,” he said in an interview. But voting rights advocates dismiss the idea a legal challenge would turn out differently. Mark Johnson, one of the attorneys who fought the Kansas law, said opponents now have a template for a successful court fight. “We know the people we can call,” Johnson said. “We know that we’ve got the expert witnesses. We know how to try things like this.” He predicted “a flurry — a landslide — of litigation against this.” Born in Illinois but unable to register in Kansas Initially, the Kansas requirement’s impacts seemed to fall most heavily on politically unaffiliated and young voters. As of fall 2013, 57% of the voters blocked from registering were unaffiliated, and 40% were under 30. But Fish was in his mid-30s, and six of the nine residents who sued over the Kansas law were 35 or older. Three even produced citizenship documents and still didn’t get registered, according to court documents. “There wasn’t a single one of us that was actually an illegal or had misinterpreted or misrepresented any information or had done anything wrong,” Fish said. He was supposed to produce his birth certificate when he sought to register in 2014 while renewing his Kansas driver’s license at an office in a strip mall in Lawrence. A clerk wouldn’t accept the copy Fish had of his birth certificate. He still doesn’t know where to find the original, having been born on an Air Force base in Illinois that closed in the 1990s. Several of the people joining Fish in the lawsuit were veterans, all born in the U.S., and Fish said he was stunned they could be prevented from registering. Liz Azore, a senior adviser to the nonpartisan Voting Rights Lab, said millions of Americans haven’t traveled outside the U.S. and don’t have passports that might act as proof of citizenship, or don’t have ready access to their birth certificates. She and other voting rights advocates are skeptical there are administrative fixes that will make a proof-of-citizenship law run more smoothly today than it did in Kansas a decade ago. “It’s going to cover a lot of people from all walks of life,” Avore said. “It’s going to be disenfranchising large swaths of the country.”
Virginia Tech vs. Duke FREE LIVE STREAM (11/23/24): Watch college football, Week 13 online | Time, TV, channelIt’s been a week since a woman died in a New York City subway car, allegedly set on fire by a homeless, undocumented man. She has yet to be identified and the man charged with her murder says he doesn’t even remember being there. The crime has renewed focus on a set of multilayered and inextricable issues felt almost daily in America’s biggest city: homelessness, crime and the nation’s broken immigration system. The killing’s gruesome details and videos from the scene spread quickly on social media, leaving lawmakers in New York to highlight the city’s failure to provide housing, address the ongoing mental health crisis and improve public safety. Riding the F train for shelter Both suspect and victim rode the F train to the end of the line in Brooklyn last Sunday, a frequent practice by homeless people seeking to take shelter from the cold at night. Once the train arrived at the station, authorities said the suspect, Sebastian Zapeta-Calil, walked over to the victim and using a lighter to set her ablaze. As the woman burned alive, Zapeta-Calil appeared to watch from a platform bench while bystanders recorded video and police struggled to put out the flames. Zapeta-Calil, who arrived in the United States from Guatemala in 2018, had also recently checked in and out of homeless shelters across the city. Zapeta-Calil’s last recorded residence, according to police, was a shelter in Brooklyn which offers help to people with substance abuse disorders. Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez announced a grand jury indictment against Zapeta-Calil on Friday, charging him with first- and second-degree murder and arson. Gonzalez said investigators in his office, the New York City Police Department and the city’s medical examiner’s office are still working to identify the victim. “Just because someone appears to have been living in a situation of homelessness does not mean that there is not going to be family devastated by the tragic way she lost her life,” Gonzalez said. Brooklyn Councilman Justin Brannan, a Democrat who represents parts of Coney Island, said homeless people routinely ride the subways to the end of the line stations to seek shelter from the elements and during the overnight hours. They are usually met by outreach workers who try to coax them into accepting city services and shelter, but the offers are often rejected. Brannan, whose district includes two end-of-line stations, said the constant presence of homeless individuals and their frequent refusal of city services is evidence the city’s approach to the homelessness crisis is not working. “The fact that so many people seek refuge in our subway system is a testament to how bad the shelter situation is,” Brannan told CNN. “Someone would rather spend the day riding the subways back and forth instead of accepting shelter – that is an indictment on the entire system.” Crime beneath the streets Crime rates in the city’s subway system have decreased by 10% since New York Gov. Kathy Hochul rolled out a subway safety initiative in March, according to data provided by Hochul’s office. The plan included additional resources for mental health services, a plan to install surveillance cameras across the entire train system and the deployment of National Guard officers. Overall, crime has declined by 42% since January 2021. Still, multiple high-profile incidents involving homeless individuals and other passengers – including some which have resulted in fatalities – have continued to feed anxiety among city residents and commuters about the safety of the system . “Our subways have become this de facto mental health facility,” Brannan said. The subway might look different for people depending on what hour they ride the trains, which run 24 hours, nonstop every day of the year. “The reality on the subways is very different from the rush hour commute and the off hours. Someone who commutes after 11 p.m. or before 5 or 6 a.m. is seeing a very different reality while they’re on that train,” he said. The struggle to house migrants More than 225,000 migrants have come through New York City since the spring of 2022, according to numbers provided by City Hall. Since then, Mayor Eric Adams’ administration has spent more than $6 billion to meet the city’s housing obligation, struggling to provide shelter to every migrant who arrived in the city. As a right-to-shelter jurisdiction, New York City is legally mandated to provide shelter to any homeless person in the city who needs it. The legal requirement has forced the city to look beyond its typical shelter options – resorting to hotels, park fields and a web of shelter providers. Zapeta-Calil had recently bounced around the city’s shelter system, according to senior law enforcement officials briefed on the investigation. The multiple shelter stays likely reflect the city’s 60-day rule for single migrant men. The policy allows men to stay in a shelter for a maximum of 60 days before needing to reapply or leave the shelter system altogether. ‘They are being used’ While much of the focus has been on Zapeta-Calil’s immigration status and the graphic nature of the crime, homelessness advocates said the case also highlights the struggle by state and local government to provide housing and services to people in dire need of them. Dave Giffen, executive director for the Coalition for the Homeless, the country’s oldest homeless advocacy and service organization, told CNN the attack underscores how deeply entrenched the issue is in the city. “What is frustrating about all this is that when these horrible incidents happen and homeless people are victimized or in the rare instance that they are the perpetrator, they are used for political purposes rather than doing something to provide permanent housing and services,” Giffen said. Further proof of the acute nature of the nation’s homelessness crisis was outlined in a Department of Housing and Urban Development report released Friday , showing the number of people experiencing homelessness on a single night in 2024 as the highest ever recorded. The data show more than 770,000 people experienced homelessness on a single night across the country in 2024. The number represents an increase of 18% over the last year and the largest annual increase since the count began in 2007. Roughly 23 of every 10,000 people in the United States “experienced homelessness in an emergency shelter, safe haven, transitional housing program, or in unsheltered locations across the country,” the report said. Homelessness increased significantly across many of America’s biggest cities, driven by the affordable housing crisis, rising inflation and increased numbers of immigrants to the United States. Natural disasters also contributed, as well as the end of pandemic era homelessness prevention programs. According to the New York City Department of Homeless Services’ daily census, more than 86,000 people in New York City were housed in the shelter system as of Friday, including more than 32,000 children. A face in the crowd The nature of the injuries suffered by the still unidentified victim has made the identification process extremely difficult, but investigators with the Brooklyn District Attorney’s office are working to trace the steps the woman took that day before she ended up sleeping inside the train. Gonzalez said they are also using advanced DNA and fingerprinting technology. “We’re working on trying to go back and trace when she entered the subway system and exactly – if there’s a clear shot of her face,” Gonzalez said Friday. Giffen told CNN the difficulty in identifying the victim so far underscores how homeless people become invisible to everyone around them. He said homeless people typically have a hard time holding on to important documents and identification because they are always moving from place to place and their belongings are often stolen. “Especially around the holiday season it just underscores what a tragedy this is – we have become so used to seeing human beings sleeping in public spaces that it’s not surprising we have forgotten who they are,” Giffen said. “The level of dehumanization is tragic and it’s something that likely happened long before this tragic act of violence.”
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — Bill Belichick spent time after his NFL exit talking with college coaches wanting his thoughts on managing new wrinkles at their level that looked a lot like the pros. The two-minute timeout. The transfer portal as de facto free agency. Collectives generating name, image and likeness (NIL) money for athletes becoming like a payroll. The impending arrival of revenue sharing. It didn’t take long for Belichick to envision how a college program should look based on his own NFL experience. “I do think there are a lot of parallels,” Belichick said. And that’s at least partly why the six-time Super Bowl-winning head coach is now taking over at North Carolina. Years of rapid change at the have only increased the professionalization of college football across the country, with schools adjusting staffing to handle growing duties once seemingly more fitting for a pro team. UNC just happens to be making the most audacious of those bets, bringing in a 72-year-old who has never coached in college and asking him to build what amounts to a mini-NFL front office. But plenty could follow. “I really think there’s going to be some of those guys that maybe don’t have a job in the NFL anymore,” Kansas State general manager Clint Brown said, “and now that this is going to be structured in a way where there is a cap that that’s going to be something they’re interested in.” The rapid changes in college athletics have fueled that, notably with players able to transfer and play right away without sitting out a year and be paid through NIL endorsement opportunities in the past five years. Recruiting is now just as much about bringing in veteran talent through the portal as signing recruits out of high school, mirroring the NFL with free agency and the draft, respectively. And a bigger change looms with revenue sharing, the result of a $2.78 billion legal settlement to antitrust lawsuits. Specifically, that model will allow the biggest schools to establish a pool of about $21.5 million for athletes in the first year, with a final hearing in that case set for April 2025. It will be up to schools to determine how to distribute that money and in which sports, though football’s role as the revenue driver in college sports likely means a prominent cut everywhere as a direct parallel to a professional team’s salary cap. Throw all that together, and it’s why coaches are adjusting their staffs like Florida’s Billy Napier interviewing candidates to be the Gators’ general manager. “We’re built to do it now,” Napier said. “The big thing here is that we’re getting ready to be in a business model. We have a cap. We have contracts. We have negotiation. We have strategy about how we distribute those funds, and it’s a major math puzzle. “We’re going to build out a front office here in the next couple of months, and it’s primarily to help us manage that huge math problem,” Napier added. “There’ll be a ton of strategy around that. I’m looking forward to it.” Still, that also explains why Nebraska head coach Matt Rhule, the former head coach of the NFL’s Carolina Panthers, said: “This job as a head coach is a juggernaut. There’s way more to do here than I had to do in the NFL.” And it explains why the Tar Heels are betting on Belichick to be the right fit for today’s changing climate. “If I was 16 of 17 years old, a coach who came at you and won how many Super Bowls? And he said, ‘Come play for me,’” said New York Giants offensive lineman Joshua Ezeudu, now in his third year out of UNC. “I mean, that’s pretty hard to turn down now, especially in this day and age, he’s telling you to come play for him and he’s offering you some money, too. I mean, you can’t go wrong with that choice.” The timing worked for UNC with Belichick, who was bypassed for some NFL openings after leaving the New England Patriots last year and instead spent months taking a closer look at the college game. Those conversations with coaches — some in the Atlantic Coast, Big Ten and Southeastern conferences, he said Thursday — made him understand how the changes in college aligned with his pro experience. “College kind of came to me this year,” Belichick said. “I didn’t necessarily go and seek it out.” And his mere presence in Chapel Hill makes a difference, with athletic director Bubba Cunningham saying his “visibility” would likely allow the team to raise prices for advertising such as sponsorships and signage. Belichick is also hiring Michael Lombardi, a former NFL general manager and executive, as the Tar Heels’ general manager. Cunningham also said the plan is for Belichick to continue his appearances on former NFL quarterbacks Peyton and Eli Manning’s “Manningcast” broadcasts during Monday Night Football as well as ESPN’s “The Pat McAfee Show” — all giving the coach the chance to promote himself and the program. Yet these steps to reshape football at North Carolina comes with a rising price. Belichick will make $10 million per year in base and supplemental pay, with the first three years of the five-year deal guaranteed, according to a term sheet released by UNC on Thursday. That’s roughly double of former coach Mack Brown, whose contract outlined about $4.2 million in base and supplemental salary before bonuses and other add-ons. Additionally, Belichick’s deal includes $10 million for a salary pool for assistant coaches and $5.3 million for support staff. That’s up from roughly $8.1 million for assistants and $4.8 million for support staff for the 2022 season, according to football financial data for UNC obtained by The Associated Press. And those figures from 2022 under Brown were already up significantly from Larry Fedora’s tenure with the 2017 season ($4 million for assistant coaches, $2.3 million for support staff). There is at least one area where the Tar Heels are set for Belichick’s arrival: facilities. UNC spent more than $40 million on its football practice complex with an indoor facility (2018) as the biggest project, while other projects include $3 million in upgrades to the locker room and weight room (2019), $14.5 million on renovations to the Kenan Football Center (2022), even $225,000 on Brown’s former office (2021). Now it’s up to Belichick to rethink the approach to football here for the changing times. “We’re taking a risk,” Cunningham said. “We’re investing more in football with the hope and ambition that the return is going to significantly outweigh the investment.” AP Sports Writers Tom Canavan in New Jersey; Mark Long in Florida; and Eric Olson in Nebraska; contributed to this report. Get local news delivered to your inbox!
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