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US President-elect Donald Trump asked the Supreme Court on Friday to pause the potential TikTok ban from going into effect until his administration can pursue a “political resolution” to the issue. The request came as TikTok and the Biden administration filed opposing briefs to the court, in which the company argued the court should strike down a law that could ban the platform by January 19 while the government emphasised its position that the statute is needed to eliminate a national security risk. “President Trump takes no position on the underlying merits of this dispute. Instead, he respectfully requests that the court consider staying the Act’s deadline for divestment of January 19 2025, while it considers the merits of this case,” said Mr Trump’s amicus brief, which supported neither party in the case. The filings come ahead of oral arguments scheduled for January 10 on whether the law, which requires TikTok to divest from its China-based parent company or face a ban, unlawfully restricts speech in violation of the First Amendment. Earlier this month, a panel of three federal judges on the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit unanimously upheld the statute, leading TikTok to appeal to the Supreme Court. The brief from Mr Trump said he opposes banning TikTok at this junction and “seeks the ability to resolve the issues at hand through political means once he takes office”.
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Stock market today: Wall Street rises at the start of a holiday-shortened weekMEDINA — Cole Callard poured over the Medina record books growing up. But it took years before realizing he could etch his name in them. With the ball at his dancing feet, Callard would make a move in either direction, keeping defenders on high alert in the process. And once an opportunity presented itself, the 6-foot-1 midfielder fired a shot and the goals began to pile up. By season’s end, Callard walked away with numerous accolades, his name at the top of numerous. . And, along with receiving the Niagara-Orleans League Player of the Year, Callard helped Medina win 15 games and advance to its first Section VI final in four years, finishing as B2 runners-up to Southwestern. Callard was at the top of the section, leading all goal scorers and Medina’s new single-season record 44 goals and had 64 total points. The combination of breaking Medina’s records and being unstoppable on the pitch earned Callard Greater Niagara Newspapers Player of the Year. As Callard gained more experience at the varsity level, the stronger his desire for the records became, after an 18-goal campaign two years ago. “After my first couple years, I was like, ‘I can definitely do this,’” Callard said. “And then, obviously, being able to do it is a big accomplishment, as fun as putting the ball in the back of the net.” Named the Niagara-Orleans League Player of the Year, Callard led the Mustangs to a runners-up finish in Class B2. Callard tallied 64 points on 44 goals and 20 assists. Callard led Section VI in goals and points. Callard registered a point in 17 of 19 games, including 11 multi-goal games and five multi-assist games. Callard leaves as Medina’s all-time leader in goals (98), assists (42) and points (140). A first-team All-Niagara-Orleans League pick, Herrmann helped the Lakemen defend their league title. He posted a team-high 26 goals and 47 points. Herrmann recorded a point in 16 of 18 contests, including nine multi-goal games. Herrmann scored a season-high three goals in the season opener against Kenmore West. Herrmann also had seven multi-assist games.. In his final season, Kroening was second on the team with 17 goals and finished with 26 points. Kroening recorded a point in 13 contests for the Mustangs, including two four-point outings. Kroening also scored in 11 games and had multi-goal outings five times. Kroening scored a season-high three goals in a regular season contest against Akron. In his second varsity season, Leardini doubled his scoring totals for the Class A runners-up Lancers, tallying 54 points on 38 goals and 16 assists. Leardini scored at least three goals in six contests, including two five-goal games against CSAT. An All-NFL first team selection, Leardini recorded one point and one goal in 14 of Lew-Port’s 20 games. Leardini recorded 11 goals and 24 assists for the Class A sectional champions. Leardini recorded a point in 14 contests and scored a season-high three goals against CSAT. Leardini tallied two or more assists in seven contests, including a season-high five in the second meeting with CSAT. Leardini was a first-team All-Niagara Frontier League selection. Mullen finished with 10 goals and tied for the team-high of 24 assists. Mullen recorded a point in 11 contests and had one multi-goal game when he scored twice against CSAT. Mullen recorded an assist 11 times, including more than two assists in five contests. Mullen recorded a season-high three assists against North Tonawanda. Named to the All-Niagara Orleans League first team, Neumann finished with 20 goals and 32 points to help the Lakemen earn the No. 1 seed in Class C. Neumann scored in 10 contests, including a season-high four goals against Albion. Neumann recorded a point in 12 of the Lakemen’s 18 contests, with six multi-goal games and three multi-assist games. After competing abroad in Brazil for two years, O’Keefe scored a hat trick in his debut against CSAT. O’Keefe finished second on the team in goals (28) and points (37). An All-NFL third team pick, O’Keefe recorded a point in 15 of 20 games and 10 multi-goal games. O’Keefe also tallied at least three points seven times, with a season-high five in two separate contests. Pachla led the team in goals (21) and assists (24). Pachla scored twice in Grand Island’s Section VI Class A1 championship win against Williamsville East, one of five multi-goal games. Pachla recorded a point in 12 of 20 games, including five multi-assist games. He notched a season-high five assists against Cheektowaga to open sectional play. In his final season, Parrish led Lockport to the Niagara division title of the Niagara Frontier League. An All-NFL first-team pick, Parrish led the 12-5 Lions with 14 goals and 25 points. The forward recorded a point in 13 of 16 games, including two multi-goal games and three multi-assist games. Parrish scored a season-high four goals against North Tonawanda. Named Niagara Frontier League Player of the Year for his defensive prowess, Redfern also tallied a career-high eight goals Redfern scored twice against CSAT and later in the Class A1 semifinal against Williamsville South. Redfern also recorded a point in five contests for Grand Island and scored his final goal in the Class A1 championship against Williamsville East. Named the Niagara-Orleans League Player of the Year, Callard led the Mustangs to a runners-up finish in Class B2. Callard tallied 64 points on 44 goals and 20 assists. Callard led Section VI in goals and points. Callard registered a point in 17 of 19 games, including 11 multi-goal games and five multi-assist games. Callard leaves as Medina’s all-time leader in goals (98), assists (42) and points (140). A first-team All-Niagara-Orleans League pick, Herrmann helped the Lakemen defend their league title. He posted a team-high 26 goals and 47 points. Herrmann recorded a point in 16 of 18 contests, including nine multi-goal games. Herrmann scored a season-high three goals in the season opener against Kenmore West. Herrmann also had seven multi-assist games.. In his final season, Kroening was second on the team with 17 goals and finished with 26 points. Kroening recorded a point in 13 contests for the Mustangs, including two four-point outings. Kroening also scored in 11 games and had multi-goal outings five times. Kroening scored a season-high three goals in a regular season contest against Akron. In his second varsity season, Leardini doubled his scoring totals for the Class A runners-up Lancers, tallying 54 points on 38 goals and 16 assists. Leardini scored at least three goals in six contests, including two five-goal games against CSAT. An All-NFL first team selection, Leardini recorded one point and one goal in 14 of Lew-Port’s 20 games. Leardini recorded 11 goals and 24 assists for the Class A sectional champions. Leardini recorded a point in 14 contests and scored a season-high three goals against CSAT. Leardini tallied two or more assists in seven contests, including a season-high five in the second meeting with CSAT. Leardini was a first-team All-Niagara Frontier League selection. Mullen finished with 10 goals and tied for the team-high of 24 assists. Mullen recorded a point in 11 contests and had one multi-goal game when he scored twice against CSAT. Mullen recorded an assist 11 times, including more than two assists in five contests. Mullen recorded a season-high three assists against North Tonawanda. Named to the All-Niagara Orleans League first team, Neumann finished with 20 goals and 32 points to help the Lakemen earn the No. 1 seed in Class C. Neumann scored in 10 contests, including a season-high four goals against Albion. Neumann recorded a point in 12 of the Lakemen’s 18 contests, with six multi-goal games and three multi-assist games. After competing abroad in Brazil for two years, O’Keefe scored a hat trick in his debut against CSAT. O’Keefe finished second on the team in goals (28) and points (37). An All-NFL third team pick, O’Keefe recorded a point in 15 of 20 games and 10 multi-goal games. O’Keefe also tallied at least three points seven times, with a season-high five in two separate contests. Pachla led the team in goals (21) and assists (24). Pachla scored twice in Grand Island’s Section VI Class A1 championship win against Williamsville East, one of five multi-goal games. Pachla recorded a point in 12 of 20 games, including five multi-assist games. He notched a season-high five assists against Cheektowaga to open sectional play. In his final season, Parrish led Lockport to the Niagara division title of the Niagara Frontier League. An All-NFL first-team pick, Parrish led the 12-5 Lions with 14 goals and 25 points. The forward recorded a point in 13 of 16 games, including two multi-goal games and three multi-assist games. Parrish scored a season-high four goals against North Tonawanda. Named Niagara Frontier League Player of the Year for his defensive prowess, Redfern also tallied a career-high eight goals Redfern scored twice against CSAT and later in the Class A1 semifinal against Williamsville South. Redfern also recorded a point in five contests for Grand Island and scored his final goal in the Class A1 championship against Williamsville East. Callard provided his talents in other facets for Medina’s offense, too. He registered a point in 17 games, with five multi-assist games, including a season-high three in a Class B2 quarterfinal win against Silver Creek/Forestville. But once he found the back of the net, Callard couldn’t be stopped, scoring multiple goals in 11 contests. Callard recorded a season-high five goals twice in contests against Albion and Roy-Hart, one year after his seven-goal performance against Buffalo Academy set the single-game record at Medina and the second most ever in a New York State game. Callard didn’t have to look far to get hooked on playing soccer. Growing up, Callard enjoyed watching his cousin, Medina 2018 graduate and Roberts Wesleyan player Ethan Leonard, play as a center midfielder, the same position he would eventually play. But along with watching YouTube videos and Medina games or competing in travel leagues, Callard participated in multiple camps. To start, Callard’s parents enrolled him in the Olympic Development Program, a once-a-month program for five months at Sahlen's Field when he was 13 or 14 years old. Callard later joined training camps at Buffalo State and Roberts Wesleyan two years ago, where he learned how to attack the open space and not be afraid to make mistakes. But the ODP camp helped develop his craft. “The ODP helped a lot with my ball skills, learning different touches and different moves,” Callard said. “That was probably the main thing I learned from them, just a lot of ball skills and stuff that helped open up space on the field. ... Just doing 100 touches or 1,000 touches, it’s a bunch of different skills that you can do. Just working on your first touch. Wall ball is a big thing.” Since attending the offseason camps, Callard also spent three years playing year-round with the Lockport Lightning of the Lockport Soccer Club, allowing him to compete against faster and more skilled players. But the progression also came during each of his four seasons at Medina. With Callard in the lineup, the Mustangs won 48 games, the most by any player in program history, and posted double-digit wins three times. Along with his skill with the ball, Callard expanded his offensive style of the play with his passing over the four years. “He knows to give the ball up to get it back in a better position,” Medina head coach Steve Luksch said. “Let the defense concentrate on him, whoever has the ball, and he just takes off and everybody forgets about him for a second or two and then he’s got you beat... He’s super unselfish but he’s super smart at the same time ... I knew he wouldn’t take a bad shot.” Medina's Cole Callard was named Greater Niagara Newspapers Player of the Year after tallying 44 goals and 64 points this season. With the high school season over, Callard faces a decision on what he wants to play next, between continuing with soccer or pursuing kicking in football, which he dual sported with the Mustangs for three seasons. Callard is weighing his options and hasn’t made an official choice, but is contemplating a roster spot for kicking at SUNY Cortland and an offer for soccer from Berkeley College, a USCAA Division II school in New Jersey. Soccer became Callard’s first passion at age 5, but his interest in kicking grew as he got older. . “It kind of opened my eyes,” Callard said. “I think, with football, I kind of have a better opportunity, because it’s here in America. And then soccer, you got all those European countries where there’s a lot of good, good players, so I think I have a better chance to go farther at football.”
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Inside the friendly confines of the Treasure Valley, hype is high and hope is higher around the Fiesta Bowl. Outside of the area, the Boise State football team is seemingly being discounted as it prepares for its College Football Playoff quarterfinal matchup against Penn State on New Year’s Eve. No. 3 Boise State is the team that received a first-round bye, but No. 6 Penn State — tradition-laden member of the Big Ten, a Power 4 conference — is a 10.5-point favorite , the second-largest margin between teams in the quarterfinals. It puts the Broncos, who have built quite a tradition as well, in familiar territory. They opened as 8-point underdogs in the 2007 Fiesta Bowl against mighty Oklahoma; 7-point underdogs in 2010 vs. TCU; and 4-point underdogs in 2014 vs. Arizona. Boise State won all three games. First-year head coach Spencer Danielson said he doesn’t need anyone outside of the campus to believe in his team. “Please, count us out,” Danielson said Monday afternoon. It’s a phrase he’s been using in recent weeks. In addition to being a huge underdog in this game, the Broncos have the longest odds of the eight teams remaining to win the national title. “Please, count us out,” Danielson repeated. “That’s what Boise State football has been built on: people thinking we can’t do something, and we work our tails off to find a way to prove people wrong.” Despite those previous Fiesta Bowl wins, this New Year’s Eve stage probably has the brightest lights the football program at Boise State (12-1) has ever seen. But the Broncos, whose only loss all season was by three points at No. 1 Oregon, are just conducting business as usual. Danielson is giving the team Christmas Eve and Christmas Day off before hitting the ground running on Thursday. The team will travel to Arizona on Saturday afternoon ahead of Tuesday’s game. Nothing about how Boise State prepares for a game will change. Position group meetings will remain the same length, practices will follow the same formula and Danielson said he has no plans to try to “micromanage” anything. “Every game is the most important game, so your process should continue to grow and be elite week to week to week, regardless of the opponent, regardless of where the game is being played,” Danielson said. “And so, no different going into the Fiesta Bowl, quarterfinals of the playoff, I just want to make sure we do our process better than we’ve ever done.” The coach said it will be business as usual during the game as well. Danielson has earned a reputation for going for it on fourth down, for instance. The Broncos are 15-for-21 (71.4%) this season, the 10th-best conversion percentage in the nation. From the incomplete fourth-down pass in the first quarter against Georgia Southern in August to the successful 4th-and-1 rush from junior running back Ashton Jeanty in the Mountain West championship game, Danielson has leaned on a combination of analytics and gut feeling to make some big calls this season. Danielson said the balance of risk vs. reward will not change because of the game’s importance or the team on the other side of the ball. “I go into every game with a game plan for situational football. From timeouts to when to go for it, those are the moves I have to make as a head coach,” Danielson said. “And obviously, as a game goes, plans change, and I’ve got to be aware and very adaptable as we work through those.” Fiesta Bowl, Boise State vs. Penn State When: 5:30 p.m. Mountain time Tuesday, Dec. 31 Where: State Farm Stadium (63,400, natural grass) TV: ESPN Radio: KBOI 670 AM and KBOI 93.1 FM (Bob Behler, Pete Cavender) Records: Boise State 12-1; Penn State 12-2 Series: First meeting Vegas line: Penn State by 10.5 points Weather: Indoors This story was originally published December 23, 2024, 6:38 PM.