By . . Ruud van Nistelrooy said he was “astonished” by the number of offers he received as a result of his spell as Manchester United interim manager as he plots how to keep Leicester in the Premier League. The Dutchman had four games in caretaker charge at Old Trafford – two of them against Leicester – following Erik ten Hag’s sacking at the end of October, but left the club when Ruben Amorim arrived last month. Van Nistelrooy, speaking at his first press conference since replacing the sacked Steve Cooper at the King Power, said offers had poured in. “What happened after the games and the amount of interest, the options that all of a sudden were there for me and the options that came along, I was a little bit astonished,” he said on Monday. “It was four games and I managed a full season at PSV (Eindhoven), was able to win the cup and the charity shield. I have been in coaching, in the (under) 19s and the national team (with the Netherlands) and it never got this reaction from the football world.” He said he had enjoyed his “intense” spell in the Old Trafford hot seat and had helped “steady the ship”. “I really enjoyed it, being responsible, creating a connection with the team, with the supporters and turning the momentum for the club for a little bit,” he added. Join Daily Trust WhatsApp Community For Quick Access To News and Happenings Around You. NEWS UPDATE: Nigerians have been finally approved to earn Dollars from home, acquire premium domains for as low as $1500, profit as much as $22,000 (₦37million+). Click here to start.
Christmas time is seriously the happiest time of the year. There’s just something about the twinkling lights, holiday music, and festive vibes that make everything feel a little more magical. Whether you’re out shopping for gifts or just soaking up the holiday spirit, it’s hard not to get caught up in the joy of it all. One of the best parts? Hitting up restaurants and bars that go all out with their Christmas decorations. It’s like stepping into a real-life winter wonderland, and who doesn’t love that? From cozy fireplaces and garlands draped over every corner to sparkling Christmas trees and even holiday-themed menus, festive restaurants are the perfect way to level up your holiday experience. READ MORE: Ocean City, NJ Is Shockingly The State's Drunkest City There’s nothing better than sipping on a themed cocktail like a peppermint martini or a spiced cider, while surrounded by all the holiday magic. Plus, it’s such a fun way to make some memories with family and friends. Everyone’s in a good mood, the vibe is warm and cheerful, and it just feels like Christmas is truly in the air. New Jersey has its fair share of festive spots that go all out for the holidays, but there’s one restaurant that truly takes the cake. It’s the kind of place that feels like it belongs in a Hallmark movie, and it’s impossible not to smile when you walk in. Ready to find out where it is? Let’s dive into the most festive restaurant for Christmas in New Jersey! What Is The Most Festive Restaurant This Christmas Season in 2024? The Parkside Social in Verona, New Jersey has to be the most festive restaurant in the state. This spot goes all out for the holidays and is full of the most amazing decorations I’ve ever seen. They call it “Miracle on Bloomfield” for the holidays and it looks like such a great spot to check out. Restaurants You Loved in NJ But Don't Exist Anymore I'm sure you have memories of having dinner at some of these places and secretly wish it would make a comeback., right? How many have you been too? Gallery Credit: Chris Rollins Tis' the Season. Here are the Spirit Christmas Stores in NJ & PA You love Spirit Halloween so much that a bunch of locations are turning into Spirit Christmas once Spooky Szn is over. Gallery Credit: Chris Rollins
More than one in five U.S. renters—22 percent—use all of their regular income to pay for rent, according to a recent survey commissioned by real estate brokerage firm Redfin. Fourteen percent of renters said they relied on cash gifts from family to pay rent. About 13 percent reported withdrawing money from retirement funds early to cover housing costs, while 12 percent said they had reduced contributions to their retirement savings, prioritizing immediate expenses over long-term financial security. Other measures taken to afford rent included receiving government assistance (18 percent); living with parents, family, or friends to save money (14 percent); receiving nonprofit assistance (7 percent); selling stock investments (7 percent); using an inheritance (5 percent); and selling cryptocurrency investments (5 percent). Rental prices have surged faster than wages, making it increasingly difficult for many Americans—particularly those with lower incomes—to afford housing. “Rents remain stable nationally, but could look very different depending on where you live in the country,” Redfin Senior Economist Sheharyar Bokhari said last month. “On the East Coast and in the Midwest, there hasn’t been as much building activity, so asking rents are rising. Meanwhile, if you’re in a Sun Belt city where construction boomed following the pandemic, rents are now falling pretty fast.” East Coast and Midwestern metros such as Washington—which posted the biggest rent increase at 12 percent year over year—and Cleveland, Ohio, saw significant rent hikes. In contrast, Sun Belt cities such as Jacksonville, Florida, experienced the largest decreases, with rents falling by 11.3 percent. Despite the challenges, renting remains a popular choice because the affordability crisis is even more pronounced in the home-buying market, the company found. The same Redfin analysis noted that the number of renter households is growing three times faster than homeowner households, largely because the cost of buying has increased faster than the cost of renting. Rental affordability may improve as more newly constructed apartments enter the market, Redfin said.
NEW YORK — A number of President- elect Donald Trump's most prominent Cabinet picks and appointees have been targeted by bomb threats and “swatting attacks," Trump's transition team said Wednesday. The FBI said it was investigating. “Last night and this morning, several of President Trump’s Cabinet nominees and Administration appointees were targeted in violent, unAmerican threats to their lives and those who live with them," Trump transition spokesperson Karoline Leavitt said in a statement. The attacks ranged from bomb threats to swatting, in which attackers initiate an emergency law enforcement response against a target victim under false pretenses, she said. The tactic has become a popular one in recent years. Leavitt said law enforcement and other authorities acted quickly to ensure the safety of those who were targeted and Trump and his transition team are grateful. Among those targeted were New York Rep. Elise Stefanik, Trump’s pick to serve as the next ambassador to the United Nations ; Matt Gaetz, Trump’s initial pick to serve as attorney general ; Oregon Rep. Lori Chavez-DeRemer, whom Trump chose to lead the Department of Labor , and former New York congressman Lee Zeldin, who has been tapped to lead the Environmental Protection Agency. Law enforcement officials are also looking into whether Susie Wiles, Trump’s incoming chief of staff, and Pam Bondi, the former Florida attorney general whom Trump has chosen as Gaetz’s replacement, and other incoming administration officials were also victims — as well as how each was targeted, according to a law enforcement official who spoke on condition of anonymity as the investigation continues. Wiles and Bondi did not immediately respond to requests for comment. The FBI said in a statement that it was “aware of numerous bomb threats and swatting incidents targeting incoming administration nominees and appointees" and was investigating with its law enforcement partners. White House spokesperson Saloni Sharma said President Joe Biden had been briefed and the White House is in touch with federal law enforcement and Trump's transition team. Biden “continues to monitor the situation closely," Sharma said, adding the president and his administration “condemn threats of political violence.” Stefanik's office said that, on Wednesday morning, she, her husband, and their 3-year-old son were driving home from Washington for Thanksgiving when they were informed of a bomb threat to their residence in Saratoga County. Police swept Stefanik’s home on Wednesday morning in response to the bomb threat but did not locate any explosive devices, New York State Police said. Zeldin said in a social media post that he and his family had also been threatened. “A pipe bomb threat targeting me and my family at our home today was sent in with a pro-Palestinian themed message,” he wrote on X . “My family and I were not home at the time and are safe." In Florida, the Okaloosa County sheriff’s office said on Facebook that it “received notification of a bomb threat referencing former Congressman Matt Gaetz’s supposed mailbox at a home in the Niceville area" Wednesday. While a family member resides at the address, the office said, Gaetz “is NOT a resident.” No threatening devices were found. Gaetz was Trump’s initial pick to serve as attorney general, but he withdrew from consideration after allegations that he paid women for sex and slept with underage women. Gaetz has vehemently denied any wrongdoing, and a Justice Department investigation into sex trafficking allegations ended with no charges against him. The threats follow a political campaign marked by disturbing and unprecedented violence. In July, a gunman opened fire at a Trump rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, grazing the then-candidate in the ear with a bullet and killing one of his supporters. The Secret Service later thwarted a subsequent assassination attempt at Trump's West Palm Beach, Florida, golf course when an agent spotted the barrel of a gun poking through a perimeter fence while Trump was golfing. Trump was also the subject of an Iranian murder-for-hire plot , with a man saying he had been tasked with planning the assassination of the Republican president-elect. Also this week, authorities arrested a man they say posted videos on social media threatening to kill Trump, according to court documents. In one video posted on Nov. 13, Manuel Tamayo-Torres threatened to shoot the former president while holding what appeared to be an AR-15 style rifle, authorities said Among the other videos he posted was one from an arena in Glendale, Arizona on Aug. 23, the same day Trump held a campaign rally there, according to court papers. An attorney for Tamayo-Torres did not immediately respond to a request for comment Wednesday. Public figures across the political spectrum have been targeted in recent years by hoax bomb threats and false reports of shootings at their homes. About a year ago the FBI responded to an uptick in such incidents at the homes of public officials, state capitols and courthouses across the country around the holidays. Many were locked down and evacuated in early January after receiving bomb threats. No explosives were found and no one was hurt. Some of those targeted last year were Georgia Lt. Gov. Burt Jones, Boston Mayor Michelle Wu and Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost. The judges overseeing the civil fraud case against Trump in New York and the criminal election interference case against him in Washington were both targeted earlier this year. Justice Department special counsel Jack Smith, who recently abandoned the two criminal cases he brought against Trump, was also the subject of a fake emergency call on Christmas Day last year. Earlier this year, schools, government buildings and the homes of city officials in Springfield, Ohio, received a string of hoax bomb threats after Trump falsely accused members of Springfield’s Haitian community of abducting and eating cats and dogs. And in 2022, a slew of historically Black colleges and universities nationwide were targeted with dozens of bomb threats, with the vast majority arriving during the celebration of Black History Month. The U.S. Capitol Police said in a statement Wednesday that anytime a member of Congress is the victim of a swatting' incident, “we work closely with our local and federal law enforcement partners.” The force declined to provide further details, in part to “minimize the risk of copy-cats.” Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson called the threats “dangerous and unhinged.” “This year, there was not just one but TWO assassination attempts on President Trump," he wrote on X . “Now some of his Cabinet nominees and their families are facing bomb threats.” He added: “It is not who we are in America.” ___ Richer reported from Washington. Associated Press writers Colleen Long and Eric Tucker in Washington, Scott Bauer in Madison, Wisconsin, and Anthony Izaguirre in Albany, New York, contributed to this report.
Donald Trump has named billionaire investment banker Warren Stephens as his ambassador to the UK . In a message on his Truth Social platform, the president-elect described the banker as “one of the most successful businessmen in the country” before describing the UK as among its “most cherished and beloved Allies”. Mr Stephens, 67, is a Republican donor who previously campaigned against Mr Trump, before financially backing him at this year’s election. It is a prestigious posting for the Republican donor who has no experience in government but whose contributions this year included $2 million (£1.6 million) to a Trump-backing super PAC donations vehicle. He will replace Jane Hartley, the current ambassador to the UK appointed by Joe Biden, after Mr Trump’s inauguration in January. The Senate is required to confirm the choice. Mr Trump wrote: “I am pleased to announce that Warren A Stephens, one of the most successful businessmen in the country, has been nominated to serve as the United States Ambassador to the Court of St James’s, a role in which he will act as our representative to the United Kingdom. “Over the last 38 years, while serving as the president, chairman, and CEO of his company, Stephens Inc, Warren has built a wonderful financial services firm, while selflessly giving back to his community as a philanthropist. “Warren has always dreamed of serving the United States full time. I am thrilled that he will now have that opportunity as the top diplomat, representing the USA to one of America’s most cherished and beloved allies.” Mr Stephens is the chairman, president and CEO of Little Rock, Arkansas-based financial services firm Stephens Inc., having taken over the firm from his father. Mr Trump has already named many of his nominees for his Cabinet and high-profile diplomatic posts, assembling a roster of staunch loyalists. Over the weekend, Trump announced he intends to nominate real estate developer Charles Kushner, father of Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner, to serve as ambassador to France. During his first term, Mr Trump selected Robert “Woody” Johnson, a contributor to his campaign and the owner of the New York Jets football team, as his representative to the United Kingdom.
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