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winph 777 First Financial Bankshares Inc cut its holdings in NVIDIA Co. ( NASDAQ:NVDA – Free Report ) by 13.3% during the 3rd quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The firm owned 426,052 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock after selling 65,150 shares during the period. First Financial Bankshares Inc’s holdings in NVIDIA were worth $51,740,000 as of its most recent SEC filing. Several other institutional investors have also added to or reduced their stakes in the business. Riggs Asset Managment Co. Inc. raised its position in NVIDIA by 7.9% in the third quarter. Riggs Asset Managment Co. Inc. now owns 103,143 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock worth $12,526,000 after acquiring an additional 7,588 shares during the period. L. Roy Papp & Associates LLP raised its position in NVIDIA by 2.5% in the third quarter. L. Roy Papp & Associates LLP now owns 3,471 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock worth $422,000 after acquiring an additional 85 shares during the period. West Bancorporation Inc. raised its position in NVIDIA by 3.2% in the third quarter. West Bancorporation Inc. now owns 9,933 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock worth $1,206,000 after acquiring an additional 310 shares during the period. Pointe Capital Management LLC raised its position in NVIDIA by 48.6% in the third quarter. Pointe Capital Management LLC now owns 9,837 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock worth $1,195,000 after acquiring an additional 3,217 shares during the period. Finally, Montz Harcus Wealth Management LLC increased its stake in shares of NVIDIA by 1.5% in the third quarter. Montz Harcus Wealth Management LLC now owns 17,886 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock worth $2,172,000 after purchasing an additional 262 shares in the last quarter. 65.27% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors. Insider Transactions at NVIDIA In related news, Director John Dabiri sold 716 shares of NVIDIA stock in a transaction dated Monday, November 25th. The shares were sold at an average price of $142.00, for a total transaction of $101,672.00. Following the completion of the sale, the director now owns 19,942 shares in the company, valued at $2,831,764. This trade represents a 3.47 % decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available through the SEC website . Also, CFO Colette Kress sold 66,670 shares of NVIDIA stock in a transaction dated Friday, September 20th. The shares were sold at an average price of $116.59, for a total transaction of $7,773,055.30. Following the sale, the chief financial officer now owns 4,954,214 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $577,611,810.26. The trade was a 1.33 % decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here . In the last quarter, insiders sold 1,796,986 shares of company stock worth $214,418,399. 4.23% of the stock is currently owned by insiders. Analysts Set New Price Targets View Our Latest Stock Report on NVDA NVIDIA Price Performance NVIDIA stock opened at $142.44 on Friday. The firm has a 50-day moving average price of $138.16 and a 200-day moving average price of $125.58. The firm has a market capitalization of $3.49 trillion, a PE ratio of 56.06, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.62 and a beta of 1.63. The company has a current ratio of 4.10, a quick ratio of 3.64 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.13. NVIDIA Co. has a 12-month low of $45.60 and a 12-month high of $152.89. NVIDIA ( NASDAQ:NVDA – Get Free Report ) last released its earnings results on Wednesday, November 20th. The computer hardware maker reported $0.81 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.69 by $0.12. The firm had revenue of $35.08 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $33.15 billion. NVIDIA had a net margin of 55.69% and a return on equity of 114.83%. The business’s revenue was up 93.6% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the business earned $0.38 EPS. As a group, equities research analysts forecast that NVIDIA Co. will post 2.76 EPS for the current year. NVIDIA announced that its Board of Directors has authorized a share repurchase plan on Wednesday, August 28th that authorizes the company to buyback $50.00 billion in shares. This buyback authorization authorizes the computer hardware maker to reacquire up to 1.6% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock buyback plans are generally a sign that the company’s board of directors believes its stock is undervalued. NVIDIA Dividend Announcement The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, December 27th. Stockholders of record on Thursday, December 5th will be issued a $0.01 dividend. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, December 5th. This represents a $0.04 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.03%. NVIDIA’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 1.57%. NVIDIA Company Profile ( Free Report ) NVIDIA Corporation provides graphics and compute and networking solutions in the United States, Taiwan, China, Hong Kong, and internationally. The Graphics segment offers GeForce GPUs for gaming and PCs, the GeForce NOW game streaming service and related infrastructure, and solutions for gaming platforms; Quadro/NVIDIA RTX GPUs for enterprise workstation graphics; virtual GPU or vGPU software for cloud-based visual and virtual computing; automotive platforms for infotainment systems; and Omniverse software for building and operating metaverse and 3D internet applications. Further Reading Five stocks we like better than NVIDIA Conference Calls and Individual Investors Fast-Growing Companies That Are Still Undervalued 3 Home Improvement Stocks that Can Upgrade Your Portfolio Top Cybersecurity Stock Picks for 2025 What is a SEC Filing? Archer or Joby: Which Aviation Company Might Rise Fastest? Receive News & Ratings for NVIDIA Daily - Enter your email address below to receive a concise daily summary of the latest news and analysts' ratings for NVIDIA and related companies with MarketBeat.com's FREE daily email newsletter .

Labour historian and trade union activist Jack McGinley diesNORFOLK, Va. — To shouts of "Coach" and "Let's go Spartans," Michael Vick was introduced Monday as Norfolk State's football coach, a homecoming for the former NFL star and a splashy, attention-grabbing hire for a program that has struggled in recent years. Vick, who grew up about 30 minutes away in Newport News, donned a Norfolk State letterman's jacket and cap in front of a crowd of supporters that included fellow Hampton Roads, Virginia, sports greats Allen Iverson and Bruce Smith. Vick's introduction was the culmination of whirlwind courtship, the timing of which took even Vick by surprise. "I was talking to my high school coach a couple weeks ago, and I told him I wanted to be a football coach one day, a couple years from now," he said. Vick said he then got a surprise call from former Virginia Tech football player Aaron Rouse, who is now a Virginia state senator, and Norfolk State athletic director Melody Webb, gauging his interest in becoming the Spartans' coach. "It wasn't the easiest decision to make," Vick said. "I've got family that I considered, I care about and I love. This requires a lot of change in lifestyle. But at the same time, it allows me to serve young men in my community." Vick led Virginia Tech to the national championship game as a redshirt freshman and was selected No. 1 overall in the 2001 NFL draft by the Atlanta Falcons. A three-time Pro Bowl pick in six seasons in Atlanta, he revolutionized the quarterback position with his dynamic running ability. Vick's career was derailed by his conviction in 2007 for his involvement in a dogfighting ring. He pleaded guilty and served 21 months in federal prison before resuming his career in 2009. He retired in 2017 and had been working as an NFL analyst for Fox Sports and as an animal rights activist. Vick's legal troubles were not mentioned Monday, except indirectly by Webb, who praised his ability to "inspire and overcome challenges" and said it is in keeping with the values the school wants to instill in its student-athletes. "His journey is one of resilience and redemption and unwavering commitment to growth," Webb said. Vick has no coaching experience and is the latest former NFL star who had not coached before to take the helm of an HBCU program, a club that includes Deion Sanders and Eddie George. Norfolk State has made only one playoff appearance since moving to FCS in 1997. The last five Spartan head coaches have had losing records, including Dawson Odoms, who was fired in November after going 15-30 in four seasons. School officials hailed Vick's hiring as transformational, however. Webb said Vick's name "resonates around the world." Added rector Kim Brown: "Today we turn the corner and we embrace a new season for our football program." For his part, Vick said he won't be outworked, and that he will recruit hard in his home region, long a hotbed of talent. He said he attended Norfolk State games while playing youth football in Newport News and has followed the program over the years. "It's a lot of pressure being in your hometown," he said. "I've always thrived off it." Get local news delivered to your inbox!

Colombia's Marxist President Vows to Fight Trump on Retaking Panama CanalOur community members are treated to special offers, promotions and adverts from us and our partners. You can check out at any time. More info Annie Kilner, the estranged wife of footballer Kyle Walker, has been spotted with a ring on her wedding finger despite filing for divorce. The 31 year old WAG, who is mum to four sons - Roman, 12, Riaan, eight, Reign, six and six-month-old Rezon - with Kyle, 34, was seen at a glitzy event at The Lowry Hotel in Manchester with a ring back on her finger. She seemed to be trying to hide it as she pulled the sleeve of her sheer burgundy dress over her left hand. This comes just weeks after Annie filed for divorce from the Manchester City defender in October when it came to light that he had fathered two children with social media influencer Lauryn Goodman. While Annie knew about Lauryn's son Kairo, four, being conceived while she and Kyle were on a break, she was shocked to find out he had also fathered Lauryn's 14-month-old daughter Kinara. Lauryn texted Annie on Boxing Day last year to reveal the harsh news that Kyle had also fathered her second child. The pair are said to have exchanged "two or three messages", with Lauryn reportedly adding insult to injury by sending Annie a picture of Kyle playing with his son Kairo and baby daughter in a park, confirming that the kids had the same father. The Sun reported that a message read: "I don't have two baby daddies - I have one." Another stated: "Hey it's Lauryn. I just wanted to quickly tell you that Kyle is the father of our daughter." A source revealed to the publication in January that the message "confirmed" what Annie already suspected, and Kyle's actions, including buying Lauryn a £2 million house, had "raised suspicions". Annie reportedly didn't know about the house Kyle bought for his ex-lover for a month, and was "livid" when she found out about his betrayal. After the baby news broke, Annie announced she was taking some "time away" from Kyle, but just a few weeks later it emerged she was also expecting their fourth child. Although Annie and Kyle seemed to be patching things up after the birth of their fourth son, she has since instructed lawyers to start legal proceedings against her husband as she allegedly plans to claim half of his £27 million fortune. Annie has reportedly said she "just can't forgive him" for what he's done to her. Due to Lauryn's actions - including a very public court hearing where she was accused of using him like an 'open-ended cheque book' - Kyle is said to have no relationship with the two children he has with her. He has previously expressed regret for hurting his childhood sweetheart Annie, who he married in 2021, due to his affairs and admitted: "What I've done is horrible and I take full responsibility. I made idiot choices and idiot decisions." A recent development has suggested that Annie and Kyle may relocate abroad to escape the drama surrounding Lauryn. There has been speculation that Kyle could be a top target for Saudi Pro League club Al Ahli. According to a source, this potential move could signify a new beginning not just for their family but also for Annie and Kyle's marriage. The source stated: "Kyle is set to be signed by a Saudi team at the end of next season and if he goes, Annie and the boys will join him. They both feel it could be the fresh start they need to give their marriage another go as they can ignore Lauryn even more." Despite the uncertainty surrounding their marriage, Annie's dedication to her children remains unwavering. The source added: "Despite filing for divorce, Annie and Kyle are still living together and she's not sure she is going to go through with it. They are still working on their future but Annie needs to make sure her and the boys are financially secure with any eventuality and they are determined to remain on good terms for the sake of their children."

FORT THOMAS, Ky. — The Cooper at Highlands football regular-season showdown had plenty on the line in late September. And yet Cooper’s three-point win doesn’t compare to what’s at stake this Friday night in a Class 5A state semifinal in Union. “It’s a big moment, big game,” Highlands junior quarterback Mario Litmer said. “Obviously they got us once this season so really hoping to get them back.” Undefeated Cooper (13-0) plays host to its fourth consecutive postseason game when it goes against District 6 rival Highlands (11-2) at 7 p.m. Friday. The winner advances to play South Warren (12-1) or Bowling Green (11-2) in the Class 5A state final at 8 p.m. Dec. 7 at Kroger Field in Lexington. This is the second straight season that Cooper and Highlands will meet in the state semifinals. Cooper was a Class 5A state runner-up in 2023. Cooper coach Randy Borchers admits that the Bluebirds should’ve won the regular-season matchup this season. He had an inkling the teams could face each other again in a state semifinal. Although both teams aren’t dwelling on the regular season or the 2023 state semifinal. Cooper is ranked No. 1 in the Class 5A state poll, while Highlands is No. 4. “Our kind of philosophy is we’re 0-0 and we want to go 1-0 with a win,” Borchers said. Highlands and Cooper coaches are complimentary of the opposing program. There is a deal of mutual respect. And there is no doubt the teams will be ready to compete Friday night. “Two really good football teams with playmakers,” Borchers said. The Jaguars are led by several players including junior quarterback Cam O’Hara, who has thrown for 3,070 yards and 45 touchdowns. Junior running back Keegan Maher has rushed for 1,433 yards and 22 touchdowns. Senior wide receiver Isaiah Johnson has 56 receptions for 1,089 yards and 22 touchdowns. Senior wide receiver Jaiden Combs has 40 receptions for 815 yards and seven touchdowns. Senior tight end/defensive end Austin Alexander has 37 receptions for 615 yards and 10 touchdowns. He also has 10 sacks on defense. Defensively, junior safety Ryker Campbell has a team-high 91 tackles (75 solo) and a team-high six interceptions. Borchers likes the fact that the Jaguars have reduced the number of penalties since earlier this season. “Randy (Borchers) has done a fabulous job over there,” Highlands coach Bob Sphire said. “That group can really, really play. Hopefully it’s a great game.” Highlands has won seven consecutive games since the 24-21 loss to visiting Cooper Sept. 28. Litmer has thrown for 2,528 yards and 31 touchdowns. Senior wide receiver Adam Surrey has 54 receptions for 932 yards and 10 touchdowns. Senior wide receiver Jackson Arnold has 51 receptions for 827 yards and nine touchdowns. Defensively, senior linebacker Thomas Hicks has a team-high 95 tackles. Sophomore defensive back Gabe Williams has a team-high five interceptions. If recent history is any indication, Friday’s game should be very close on the scoreboard. “We’re trying to get to the state championship and win it,” Arnold said. “It doesn’t matter who we’re playing. We’ve got one goal and we’re trying to get there.”\ SIGN UP: Subscribe to our high school sports newsletter

Alabama left out of playoff as committee rewards SMU's wins over Tide's strong scheduleIsraeli drone strikes hit Kamal Adwan Hospital on Tuesday, wounding three medical staff at one of the few hospitals still partially operating in the , the facility’s director said. Dr. Hossam Abu Safiya said the drones were dropping bombs, spraying shrapnel at the hospital. There was no immediate comment from the Israeli military. In Lebanon, a tenuous ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah has held despite Israeli forces carrying out several new drone and artillery strikes on Tuesday, killing a shepherd in the country's south. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed keep striking “with an iron fist” against perceived Hezbollah violations of the ceasefire. Hezbollah began launching rockets, drones and missiles into Israel last year in solidarity with Hamas militants who are fighting in the Gaza Strip. began when Hamas-led militants stormed into southern Israel on Oct. 7, 2023, killing some 1,200 people, mostly civilians, . Israel’s blistering retaliatory offensive , more than half of them women and children, according to Gaza’s Health Ministry, which does not say how many of the dead were combatants. Israel says it has killed over 17,000 militants, without providing evidence. The war in Gaza and displaced 90% of the population of 2.3 million, . Here's the Latest: WASHINGTON — U.S. forces conducted a self-defense strike Tuesday in the vicinity of Mission Support Site Euphrates, a U.S. base in eastern Syria, against three truck-mounted multiple rocket launchers, a T-64 tank and mortars that Pentagon press secretary Maj. Gen. Pat Ryder said presented “a clear and imminent threat” to U.S. troops. The self-defense strike occurred after rockets and mortars were fired that landed in the vicinity of the base, Ryder said. The Pentagon is still assessing who was responsible for the attacks — that there are both Iranian-backed militias and Syrian military forces that operate in the area. Ryder said the attack was not connected to the offensive that is ongoing in Aleppo, where Syrian jihadi-led rebels have advanced and taken over the country’s capital city. The U.S. has about 900 troops in Syria to conduct missions to counter the Islamic Stage group. CAIRO — Israeli drone strikes hit the Kamal Adwan Hospital in northern Gaza on Tuesday, wounding three medical personnel, the facility’s director said. Dr. Hossam Abu Safiya said the drones were dropping bombs, spraying shrapnel at the hospital, located in the town of Beit Lahiya. There was no immediate comment from the Israeli military. In comments released by Gaza’s Health Ministry, Abu Safiya said one of the injured was in critical condition and was undergoing a complex surgery. “The situation has become extremely dangerous,” he said. “We are exhausted by the ongoing violence and atrocities.” Kamal Adwan Hospital has been struck multiple times over the past two months as Israeli forces have waged a fierce offensive in the area, saying they are rooting out who regrouped there. In October, Israeli forces raided the hospital, saying that militants were sheltering inside and arrested a number of people, including some staff. Hospital officials denied the claim. Abu Safiya was wounded in his thigh and back by an Israeli drone strike on the hospital last month. TEL AVIV, Israel — An Israeli court has ordered Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to take the stand next week in his long-running corruption trial, ending a long series of delays. Netanyahu’s lawyers had filed multiple requests to put off the testimony, arguing first that the war in Gaza prevented him from properly preparing for his testimony, and later that his security could not be guaranteed in the court chamber. In Tuesday’s decision, judges in the Jerusalem district court said that following a security assessment, his testimony will be moved to the Tel Aviv district court. Israeli media said the session would take place in an underground chamber. His testimony in the trial, which began in 2020, is expected to begin on Dec. 10 and to last at least several weeks. in three separate scandals involving powerful media moguls and wealthy associates. He denies wrongdoing. NABATIYEH, Lebanon — In destroyed areas of southern Lebanon, residents clearing away rubble on Tuesday said they didn’t trust Israel to abide by the week-old ceasefire with Hezbollah. “The Israelis are breaching the ceasefire whenever they can because they are not committed,” said Hussein Badreddin, a vegetable seller in the southern city of Nabatiyeh, which was pummeled by Israeli airstrikes over several weeks. “This means that they (can) breach any resolution at any time.” Since it began last Wednesday, the U.S.- and French-brokered 60-day has been rattled by near daily Israeli strikes, although Israel has been vague about the purported Hezbollah violations that prompted them. Imad Yassin, a trader who owns a clothing shop in Nabatiyeh, said Israel was constantly breaching the ceasefire because Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu wants to continue the displacement of residents of southern Lebanon. “The Israeli enemy was defeated and the truth is that he is trying to get revenge. Netanyahu is trying to displace us as citizens of southern Lebanon,” Yassin said. They spoke as bulldozers cleared streets strewn with rubble and debris from destroyed buildings. Electricians worked to fix power lines in an effort to restore electricity to the city. Both men were displaced by the war and returned to Nabatiyeh on Wednesday, the day the ceasefire went into effect. Yassin found his clothing shop had been destroyed. He said he would wait to see if the state will dispense compensation funds so that he can repair and reopen his business. GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip — Two separate Israeli airstrikes killed at least nine people in Gaza City on Tuesday, Palestinian medical authorities said. Six people, including two children, who were killed when an Israeli strike hit a school sheltering displaced people Tuesday afternoon in the Zaytoun neighborhood, according to the Health Ministry’s emergency services. A second strike hit a residential building in the Sabra neighborhood, killing at least three people, the services said. Israeli forces have almost completely isolated northernmost Gaza since early October, saying they’re fighting regrouped Hamas militants there. That has pushed some families south to Gaza City, while hundreds of thousands more live in the territory's center and south in squalid tent camps, where they rely on international aid. JERUSALEM — Israel's military confirmed it killed a senior member of Hezbollah responsible for coordinating with Syria's army on rearming and resupplying the Lebanese militant group. Syrian state media said a drone strike on Tuesday hit a car in a suburb of the capital Damascus, killing one person, without saying who was killed. Israel's military said he was Salman Nemer Jomaa, describing him as “Hezbollah’s representative to the Syrian military,” and that killing him “degrades both Hezbollah’s presence in Syria and Hezbollah’s ongoing force-building efforts.” Israel has carried out hundreds of strikes on targets inside government-controlled parts of war-torn Syria in recent years. Israel rarely acknowledges its actions in Syria, but it has said that it targets bases of Iran-allied militant groups. Iran supports both Hezbollah and the Syrian government of President Bashar Assad, which is currently fighting to push back jihadi-led insurgents who . TUBAS, West Bank — Israeli soldiers opened fire inside a hospital in the occupied West Bank on Tuesday during a raid to seize the bodies of alleged militants targeted in earlier airstrikes, a Palestinian doctor working at the hospital told The Associated Press. Soldiers entered the Turkish Hospital complex in Tubas after the bodies of two Palestinians killed and one wounded in airstrikes in the northern West Bank on Tuesday were brought there, said Dr. Mahmoud Ghanam, who works in the hospital’s emergency department. The troops briefly handcuffed and arrested Ghanam and another doctor. “The army entered in a brutal way, and they were shooting inside the emergency department,” said Ghanam. “They handcuffed us and took me and my colleague.” The military confirmed that its troops were operating around the hospital searching for those targeted in the airstrikes, which they said had hit a militant cell near the Palestinian town of Al-Aqaba in the Jordan Valley. It denied that troops had entered the hospital building or fired gunshots inside. The soldiers left after learning that the wounded man had been transferred to another hospital, Ghanam said. The soldiers wanted to take the bodies of the two men killed in the strike, but the hospital’s manager refused to hand over the bodies, Ghanam said. are rare but have grown more common since the start of the Israel-Hamas war. In Gaza, Israeli troops have systematically besieged, raided and damaged many hospitals. About 800 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli fire in the West Bank since Hamas’ Oct. 7, 2023 attack out of Gaza ignited the war there. Israel has carried out near-daily military raids in the West Bank that it says are aimed at preventing attacks on Israelis — attacks which have also been on the rise. Israel captured the West Bank, the Gaza Strip and east Jerusalem in the 1967 Mideast war. The Palestinians seek all three territories for an independent state. CAIRO — Palestinian officials say Fatah and Hamas are closing in on an agreement to appoint a committee of politically independent technocrats to administer the Gaza Strip . It would effectively end Hamas’ rule and could help advance ceasefire talks with Israel. The rival factions have made several failed attempts to reconcile since Hamas seized power in Gaza in 2007. Israel has meanwhile ruled out any postwar role in Gaza for either Hamas or Fatah, which dominates . A Palestinian Authority official on Tuesday confirmed that a preliminary agreement had been reached following weeks of negotiations in Cairo. The official said the committee would have 12-15 members, most of them from Gaza. It would report to the Palestinian Authority, which is headquartered in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, and work with local and international parties to facilitate humanitarian assistance and reconstruction. A Hamas official said that Hamas and Fatah had agreed on the general terms but were still negotiating over some details and the individuals who would serve on the committee. The official said an agreement would be announced after a meeting of all Palestinian factions in Cairo, without providing a timeline. Both officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to brief media on the talks. There was no immediate comment from Israel. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has vowed to continue the war until Hamas is dismantled and scores of hostages are returned. He says Israel will maintain , with civilian affairs administered by local Palestinians unaffiliated with the Palestinian Authority or Hamas. No Palestinians have publicly volunteered for such a role, and Hamas has threatened anyone who cooperates with the Israeli military. The United States has called for a revitalized Palestinian Authority to govern both the West Bank and Gaza ahead of eventual statehood. The Israeli government is opposed to Palestinian statehood. Associated Press writers Samy Magdy in Cairo and Josef Federman in Jerusalem contributed. NUSEIRAT REFUGEE CAMP, Gaza Strip — Palestinians lined up for bags of flour distributed by the U.N. in central Gaza on Tuesday morning, some of them for the first time in months amid a drop in food aid entering the territory. The U.N. agency for Palestinian refugees, known as UNRWA, gave out one 25-kilogram flour bag (55 pounds) to each family of 10 at a warehouse in the Nuseirat refugee camp, as well as further south in the city of Khan Younis. Jalal al-Shaer, among the dozens receiving flour at the Nuseirat warehouse, said the bag would last his family of 12 for only two or three days. “The situation for us is very difficult,” said another man in line, Hammad Moawad. “There is no flour, there is no food, prices are high ... We eat bread crumbs.” He said his family hadn’t received a flour allotment in five or six months. COGAT, the Israeli army body in charge of humanitarian affairs, said it facilitated entry of a shipment of 600 tons of flour on Sunday for the World Food Program. Still, the amount of aid Israel has allowed into Gaza since the beginning of October has been at nearly the lowest levels of the 15-month-old war. UNRWA’s senior emergency officer Louise Wateridge told The Associated Press that the flour bags being distributed Tuesday were not enough. “People are getting one bag of flour between an entire family and there is no certainty when they’ll receive the next food,” she said. Wateridge added that UNRWA has been struggling like other humanitarian agencies to provide much needed supplies across the Gaza Strip. The agency this week announced it was stopping delivering aid entering through the main crossing from Israel, Kerem Shalom, because its convoys were being robbed by gangs. UNRWA has blamed Israel in large part for the spread of lawlessness in Gaza. The International Criminal Court is seeking to arrest Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his former defense minister over accusations of using “starvation as a method of warfare” by restricting humanitarian aid into Gaza. Israel rejects the allegations and says it has been working hard to improve entry of aid. JERUSALEM — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says the war isn't over against Hezbollah and vowed to use "an iron fist" against the Lebanese militant group for any perceived violations of a week-old ceasefire. “At the moment we are in a ceasefire, I note — a ceasefire, not the end of the war," Netanyahu said at the start of the government meeting Tuesday. He said the military would retaliate for “any violation — minor or major.” Netanyahu also thanked U.S. President-elect Donald Trump for his recent demands for Hamas to release the remaining Israeli hostages in Gaza. Trump posted on social media Monday that in January there would be “HELL TO PAY.” Netanyahu convened Tuesday's meeting in northern Israel, where around 45,000 Israelis had been displaced by the war as of last week, according to the prime minister’s office. Netanyahu said the government was focused on getting them back in their homes and rehabilitating the area. BERLIN — German authorities have arrested a Lebanese man accused of being a member of Hezbollah and working for groups controlled by the militant organization in Germany. Federal prosecutors said the suspect, identified only as Fadel R. in line with German privacy rules, was arrested in the Hannover region on Tuesday. The man is suspected of membership in a foreign terrorist organization and is not accused of direct involvement in any violence. Prosecutors said he joined Hezbollah in the summer of 2008 or earlier and took part in leadership training courses in Lebanon. From 2009, he allegedly had leadership duties in two groups controlled by Hezbollah in the Hannover area, organizing appearances by preachers close to the militants. According to prosecutors, he was briefly a correspondent for a Hezbollah media outlet in 2017 and was tasked with coordinating building work at a mosque. Germany is a staunch ally of Israel. It is also home to a Lebanese immigrant community of more than 100,000. BEIRUT — is looking for more recruits as it beefs up its presence in southern Lebanon after the Israel-Hezbollah ceasefire. Lebanon’s army is a respected national institution that kept to the sidelines during the nearly 14-month conflict. During an initial 60-day truce, thousands of Lebanese troops are supposed to deploy in southern Lebanon, where U.N. peacekeepers also have a presence. Hezbollah militants are to pull back from areas near the border as Israel withdraws its ground forces. The army said those interested in joining up have a one-month period to apply, starting Tuesday. The Lebanese army has about 80,000 troops, with around 5,000 of them deployed in the south. DAMASCUS, Syria — Syria’s state news agency says a drone strike hit a car in a suburb of the capital, Damascus, killing one person. The agency did not give further details or say who was killed. It said the attack occurred Tuesday on the road leading to the Damascus International Airport south of the city. The area is known to be home to members of Iran-backed militant groups. Israel is believed to have carried out a number of strikes in the area in recent months as it has battled Iran-backed Hezbollah in neighboring Lebanon. Israeli officials rarely acknowledge such strikes. JERUSALEM — Israel’s defense minister warned that if the shaky ceasefire with Hezbollah collapses, Israel will widen its strikes and target the Lebanese state itself. He spoke the day after Israel carried out that killed nearly a dozen people. Those strikes came after the Lebanese militant group fired a volley of projectiles as a warning over what it said were previous Israeli violations. Speaking to troops on the northern border Tuesday, Defense Minister Israel Katz said any violations of the agreement would be met with “a maximum response and zero tolerance.” He said if the war resumes, Israel will widen its strikes beyond the areas where Hezbollah’s activities are concentrated, and “there will no longer be an exemption for the state of Lebanon.” During the 14-month conflict between Israel and Hezbollah, which came to an end last week with a ceasefire brokered by the United States and France, Israel largely refrained from striking critical infrastructure or the Lebanese armed forces, . When Israeli strikes killed or wounded Lebanese soldiers, the Israeli military . The ceasefire agreement that took effect last week gives 60 days for Israel to withdraw its forces from Lebanon and for Hezbollah militants to relocate north of the Litani River. The buffer zone is to be patrolled by Lebanese armed forces and U.N. peacekeepers. Israel has carried out multiple strikes in recent days in response to what it says are violations by Hezbollah. Lebanon’s parliament speaker, Nabih Berri, accused Israel of violating the truce more than 50 times in recent days by launching airstrikes, demolishing homes near the border and violating Lebanon’s airspace. Berri, a Hezbollah ally, had helped mediate the ceasefire. JERUSALEM — Palestinian officials say an Israeli airstrike in the northern West Bank has killed two Palestinians. Israel’s military said it struck a militant cell near the town of Al-Aqaba, in the Jordan Valley. It did not immediately give more details. The Palestinian Health Ministry confirmed the two deaths and said a third person was moderately wounded. About 800 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli fire in the West Bank since Hamas’ Oct. 7, 2023 attack out of Gaza ignited the war there. Israel has carried out near-daily military raids in the West Bank that it says are aimed at preventing attacks on Israelis, which have also been on the rise. Israel captured the West Bank, the Gaza Strip and east Jerusalem in the 1967 Mideast war. The Palestinians want all three territories for an independent state. BEIRUT — Iran’s ambassador to Lebanon made his first public appearance in Beirut since he was wounded in in mid-September. Mojtaba Amani, who returned to Lebanon over the weekend after undergoing treatment in Iran, visited on Tuesday the scene south of Beirut where Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah was killed in an Israeli airstrike on Sept. 27. Speaking about the airstrike that destroyed six buildings and killed Nasrallah and others, Amani said Israel should get for its act “the highest medal for sabotage, terrorism, blood and killing civilians.” Amani suffered serious injuries in his face and hands when a pager he was holding exploded in mid-September. The device was one of about 3,000 pagers that exploded simultaneously, killing and wounding many Hezbollah members. A day after the pager attack, a similar attack struck walkie-talkies. In total, the explosions killed at least 37 people and wounded more than 3,000, many of them civilians. Last month, a spokesperson for the office of Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the pager attack was approved by Netanyahu.The hunt for UnitedHealthcare CEO’s elusive killer yields new evidence, but few answers

Justin Baldoni publicly masqueraded as a champion for women’s rights but is now facing sexual harassment allegations. The fake face of Hollywood has been exposed yet again, according to a lawsuit. Baldoni is in the spotlight for all the wrong reasons and everything he once stood for is now in question. The actor and director preached feminist views in the public eye, only to be accused of sexually harassing his female colleague, Blake Lively, on the set of their movie “It Ends With us.” Even worse is the allegation that he went to great lengths to destroy Lively’s image by hiring a crisis management firm to spread false information about her in an attempt to tarnish her reputation . If this is all true, fake Hollywood has reared it’s ugly head yet again. EVERYONE owns an apology to Blake Lively for dragging her back during the it ends with us press tour and fuck Justin Baldoni, how do you make a movie about domestic violence while sexually harassing your co-star???? absolutely disgusting pic.twitter.com/V1aiaB6zI4 — ‎‏ً (@oceansjonas) December 21, 2024 Baldoni was put under the spotlight by the launch of this very public lawsuit, and now he has nowhere to hide. The man who publicly proclaimed to be a feminist ally has had his alleged text messages exposed, showing a very different side of the dispute than what was previously put out to the public. Lively’s lawsuit included disturbing text messages it said were between Baldoni and his team in which they allegedly discussed “burying” Lively through a series of strategic social media moves designed to destroy her public image, according to The New York Times. Amber Heard supports Blake Lively amid Justin Baldoni smear campaign allegations: “Social media is the absolute personification of the classic saying ‘A lie travels halfway around the world before truth can get its boots on.’ I saw this firsthand and up close. It’s as horrifying... pic.twitter.com/9nWJo1FOOy — Pop Crave (@PopCrave) December 23, 2024 The texts presented as part of this lawsuit suggested that Baldoni explicitly referenced hate campaigns waged against other successful women to be used as examples to target Lively. Among the alleged messages he sent was a screenshot of an X post titled Bieber’s “history of bullying women,” according to the New York Post. Baldoni allegedly wanted that framing to be duplicated against Lively. “This is what we would need,” the actor commented in relation to the text, according to the lawsuit. JERSEY CITY, NJ – JANUARY 12: Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni are seen on the set of “It Ends with Us” on January 12, 2024 in Jersey City, New Jersey. (Photo by Jose Perez/Bauer-Griffin/GC Images) Getty Images These hardly seem to be the moves a feminist supporter would make. The smear campaign that the lawsuit claims was positioned to take Lively down has been made available for public scrutiny. Allegedly using social media forums and professional teams to take down his colleague hardly aligns with the caring male image Baldoni initially painted of himself. His public persona doesn’t seem to match his private messaging. A post shared by Amber Tamblyn (@amberrosetamblyn) Many members of the cast of “It Ends With Us” publicly supported Lively, further suggesting that Baldoni’s feminist views may have been nothing more than part of a facade. (RELATED: ‘No More Adding Of Sex Scenes’: Blake Lively Sues Movie Co-Star Justin Baldoni Over Sexual Harassment Claims: REPORT) While we wait for the lawsuit to unfold, this may be yet another example of the bullshit that seems to seep out of the mouths of celebrities, only to bite them back in the long run.U.S. District Court Awards 10x Genomics Permanent Injunction in Patent Infringement Lawsuit Against Bruker Corporation's GeoMx ProductsConsider the term physics and many of us will be transported back to high school classrooms, perhaps struggling to make sense of one of the major sciences. But an unassuming building deep within the University of Western Australia’s sprawling, stately Crawley campus is the professional home of a group of scientists who hope their work could soon transform the way the world works. The university’s school of physics hosts a small but powerful group dedicated to quantum research — the study of particles at microscopic levels — that’s making huge advances in developing tools and methods around how we work. “Physicists are an important part of our . . . economy, kind of hidden in the background,” explained David Gozzard, a senior research fellow who specialises in quantum imaging around telescopes and communications. “I think people have a reasonable idea of how important engineers are to the world because you can look around and (see) an engineer built that bridge . . . but they don’t realise that physicists are building and developing the underlying technologies.” Within his quantum imaging research, Dr Gozzard particularly focuses on metrology — the science of measurement that provides synchronisation for computer networks and GPS — so much now a part of everyday life. “Space technology is critical to everything we do,” he said. “It’s in the background so we don’t really notice it. “And Australia more broadly, but also WA has failed to capitalise on that for decades. This is an important part of keeping Australia and technology at a world-leading level. So this is a space we need to be in.” PhD student Elrina Hartman, who’s been with the centre for three years, emphasised quantum physics was a “very powerful tool to make very precise measurements”, and its mechanics underpinned much of society. Within the lab, the team has been working to develop mechanical tools to “help us answer these big questions in this lab”, she said. Jeremy Bourhill, who’s looking to apply quantum technologies into a device that will reduce the cost of manufacturing a wide tranche of pharmaceuticals, said the practical, everyday uses of quantum work were often misunderstood — or not understood at all. “We need to change the perception around what becoming a scientist means,” he said, adding jobs were evident in WA for engineering graduates, but the science industry needed to make more people aware about the jobs that are available. “If you come through a degree in physics, for example, particularly in the space of quantum, you could end up working in defence; you can work up spinning out your own company and being a CEO or a founder; you could become a professor; you could find a job working for CSIRO or (a Federal department) or any number of new quantum startups that are popping up all over the world,” he said. “There is a real industry that’s calling out for talent being developed and it’s coming online right now. And we need more people to come in to it.” UWA’s Quantum Technologies and Dark Matter research group leader Michael Tobar added: “Everyone does Little Athletics — we’re a sporting nation but we haven’t had that same attitude towards learning physics, maths and high-tech (areas).” Within his lab, Professor Tobar has high ambitions. “If we are successful with just one experiment that’s trying to test the foundations of physics, it’s a Nobel Prize — definitely,” he said. “It’s my goal to build it. I’ve been in this lab for 30 years. Dr Gozzard hopes if successful in his three-year project of building a quantum telescope, astronomers will be able to study the universe in much greater detail than ever before because it would have resolution 10 times greater than anything else in the market. “GPS can be spoofed, as in you can make a GPS receiver think it’s somewhere that’s not right,” he said, adding very few people were aware this could even happen. “So the quantum technologies not only allow us to do more precise next-generation GPS, GPS that cannot be spoofed, and also timing systems . . . that cannot be spoofed. “So the GPS systems that we all rely on — the timing systems that our modern infrastructure relies on will all be humming along using these quantum technologies.” Dr Gozzard said this technology was particularly crucial for defence — and for Australia’s national security interests as global conflicts escalated. Elsewhere within the centre, Jingbo Wang is developing a quantum computer — where computers and mobile phones currently used work on a binary system, a quantum computer does not and if fully developed, could solve problems current computers cannot. “A lot of problems, like logistics; even how to design traffic lights, for example, how to design drugs — what combination of elements will be superconducting,” Professor Wang said. Ms Hartman said she and fellow PhD student Emma Paterson, and Professor Wang, were among the few women in the sector. “A lot of that ends up falling on our shoulders to create those opportunities for representation,” she said of the need to show women that they belong in the field. The take-up remains slow despite concerted efforts to encourage female students to continue to study STEM — science, technology, engineering and mathematics— subjects. “We want the public to be able to engage in quantum science and . . . I think it comes down to a perception issue,” Ms Paterson said. “People can be afraid of engaging with science if they don’t feel like they have the background required and all that you really need at the end of the day is curiosity. We want to be able to bridge that gap between us and the public.”