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Canadiens in action against the Rangers following overtime victoryTikTok's future uncertain after appeals court rejects its bid to overturn possible US banMILAN, Italy (AP) — Atalanta went to the top of Serie A when Ademola Lookman scored with three minutes remaining to beat AC Milan 2-1 on Friday. Atalanta’s ninth win in a row was a fitting gift to coach Gian Piero Gasperini, who was awarded the coach of the month award earlier in the day for guiding his team to a perfect record in November. Charles De Ketelaere put the home side ahead with a towering header after 11 minutes only for Milan to level 11 minutes later. Theo Hernández released Rafael Leão on the right wing and his inviting cross was converted by Álvaro Morata. Milan, which lost Christian Pulišić to a knock before halftime, looked set to end Atalanta’s impressive run but Lookman nipped in at the back post to nod home a corner in the dying moments. Atalanta has 34 points, two more than Napoli, which has a game in hand against Lazio on Sunday. Milan was in seventh place. Serie A champion Inter defeated Parma 3-1 and extended the Milan club’s unbeaten run to 13 games. Federico Dimarco put the home side ahead five minutes before halftime when he worked a neat one-two with Henrikh Mkhitaryan and fired a low shot past Zion Suzuki. Nicolò Barella made it two eight minutes into the second half when he finished a fast counterattack with aplomb. Marcos Thuram's 10th goal of the season made it 3-0 in the 66th. A Matteo Darmian own goal gave some late consolation for Parma. AP soccer: https://apnews.com/hub/soccer
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LSU women control the glass, roll past NC State to pick up first ranked win of seasonOrthocell’s global expansion continues with Device Technologies Asia dealSTATE COLLEGE – Moments before Penn State took the field Saturday to face Maryland, Michigan did the Nittany Lions a huge favor. The Wolverines finished their upset win over Ohio State and opened the door for Penn State to make the Big Ten championship game next week in Indianapolis. The fourth-ranked Lions broke it down, routing the Terrapins 44-7 before a relatively sparse crowd on a cold evening at Beaver Stadium. Penn State (8-1, 11-1) completed its first 11-win regular season since 2008 and sealed a berth in the Big Ten title game against No. 1 Oregon Saturday night at Lucas Oil Stadium. It will be the Lions’ first appearance since they beat Wisconsin 38-31 in 2016. Gov. Mifflin product Nick Singleton accounted for 170 all-purpose yards for Penn State, carrying 13 times for 87 yards and two touchdowns, catching three passes for 17 yards and returning a kickoff 66 yards. Drew Allar completed 17-of-26 passes for 171 yards and one TD and ran for a score. Tyler Warren made six catches for 68 yards and a TD, completed a pass to Singleton for 9 yards and ran three times for 32 yards. Warren broke the Big Ten record for catches in a season and the Penn State record for TD catches in his career when he had a 7-yard reception in the second quarter for his 17th. Maryland (1-8, 4-8) stunned Penn State in the first 14 seconds, recovering Singleton’s fumble on the Lions’ first play and then scoring on MJ Morris’ 25-yard TD pass to Kaden Prather on its first snap. Penn State, however, recovered and shut down the Terrapins the rest of the half, forcing four punts, intercepting two passes (by Audavion Collins and Tony Rojas) and making a stop for no gain on fourth-and-1. Maryland gained just 72 total yards the rest of the half after its touchdown. Backup quarterback Beau Pribula scored on a 1-yard run in the second quarter for Penn State, which locked up a berth in the College Football Playoff. The Lions could get a first-round bye in the CFP as the Big Ten champ with a win over Oregon. The Lions put an exclamation point on the win when Pribula threw a 15-yard TD pass to freshman Tyseer Denmark as time expired.
The suspect in the high-profile killing of a health insurance CEO that has gripped the United States graduated from an Ivy League university, reportedly hails from a wealthy family, and wrote social media posts brimming with cerebral musings. Luigi Mangione, 26, was thrust into the spotlight Monday after police revealed his identity as their person of interest, crediting his arrest to a tip from a McDonald's worker. He has been connected by police to the fatal shooting of United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson last week in broad daylight, in a case that has laid bare deep frustrations and anger with the nation's privatized medical system. News of his capture triggered an explosion of online activity, with Mangione quickly amassing new followers on social media as citizen sleuths and US media try to understand who he is. While some lauded him as a hero and lamented his arrest, others analyzed his intellectual takes in search of ideological clues. A photo on one of his social media accounts includes an X-ray of an apparently injured spine, though no explicit political affiliation has emerged. Meanwhile, memes and jokes proliferated, many riffing on his first name and comparing him to the "Mario Bros." character Luigi, sometimes depicted in AI-altered images wielding a gun or holding a Big Mac. "Godspeed. Please know that we all hear you," wrote one user on Facebook. "I want to donate to your defense fund," added another. According to Mangione's LinkedIn profile, he is employed as a data engineer at TrueCar, a California-based online auto marketplace. A company spokesperson told AFP Mangione "has not been an employee of our company since 2023." Although he had been living in Hawaii ahead of the killing, he originally hails from Towson, Maryland, near Baltimore. He comes from a prominent and wealthy Italian-American family, according to the Baltimore Banner. The family owns local businesses, including the Hayfields Country Club, per the club's website. - Standout student - A standout student, Mangione graduated at the top of his high school class in 2016. In an interview with his local paper at the time, he praised his teachers for fostering a passion for learning beyond grades and encouraging intellectual curiosity. He went on to attend the prestigious University of Pennsylvania, where he completed both a bachelor's and master's degree in computer science by 2020, according to a university spokesperson. While at Penn, Mangione co-led a group of 60 undergraduates who collaborated on video game projects, as noted in a now-deleted university webpage, archived on the Wayback Machine. On Instagram, where his following has skyrocketed from hundreds to tens of thousands, Mangione shared snapshots of his travels in Mexico, Puerto Rico and Hawaii. He also posted shirtless photos flaunting a six-pack and appeared in celebratory posts with fellow members of the Phi Kappa Psi fraternity. However, it is on X (formerly Twitter) that users have scoured Mangione's posts for potential motives. His header photo -- an X-ray of a spine with bolts -- remains cryptic, with no public explanation. Finding a coherent political ideology has also proved elusive. Mangione has linked approvingly to posts criticizing secularism as a harmful consequence of Christianity's decline. In April, he wrote, "Horror vacui (nature abhors a vacuum)." The following month, he posted an essay he wrote in high school titled "How Christianity Prospered by Appealing to the Lower Classes of Ancient Rome." In another post from April, he speculated that Japan's low birthrate stems from societal disconnection, adding that "fleshlights" and other vaginal-replica sex toys should be banned. ia/nro
Matthew Rosenberg, Local Democracy reporter A wizard with a history of dabbling in local politics has had an epiphany: Invercargill doesn’t deserve him. Noel Peterson is the “green wizard” of Bluff, a man with a reputation for championing environmental causes and bringing good cheer to community events. But in recent years, Peterson has taken a step back from his wizardly duties after a bitter local election defeat.A federal appeals court panel on Friday unanimously upheld a law that could lead to a ban on TikTok in a few short months, handing a resounding defeat to the popular social media platform as it fights for its survival in the U.S. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit denied TikTok's petition to overturn the law — which requires TikTok to break ties with its China-based parent company ByteDance or be banned by mid-January — and rebuffed the company's challenge of the statute, which it argued had ran afoul of the First Amendment. “The First Amendment exists to protect free speech in the United States,” said the court's opinion, which was written by Judge Douglas Ginsburg. “Here the Government acted solely to protect that freedom from a foreign adversary nation and to limit that adversary’s ability to gather data on people in the United States.” TikTok and ByteDance — another plaintiff in the lawsuit — are expected to appeal to the Supreme Court, though its unclear whether the court will take up the case. “The Supreme Court has an established historical record of protecting Americans’ right to free speech, and we expect they will do just that on this important constitutional issue," TikTok spokesperson Michael Hughes said in a statement. “Unfortunately, the TikTok ban was conceived and pushed through based upon inaccurate, flawed and hypothetical information, resulting in outright censorship of the American people,” Hughes said. Unless stopped, he argued the statute “will silence the voices of over 170 million Americans here in the US and around the world on January 19th, 2025.” Though the case is squarely in the court system, its also possible the two companies might be thrown some sort of a lifeline by President-elect Donald Trump, who tried to ban TikTok during his first term but said during the presidential campaign that he is now against such action . The law, signed by President Joe Biden in April, was the culmination of a years-long saga in Washington over the short-form video-sharing app, which the government sees as a national security threat due to its connections to China. “Today’s decision is an important step in blocking the Chinese government from weaponizing TikTok to collect sensitive information about millions of Americans, to covertly manipulate the content delivered to American audiences, and to undermine our national security,” Attorney General Merrick Garland said in a statement Friday. The U.S. has said it’s concerned about TikTok collecting vast swaths of user data, including sensitive information on viewing habits , that could fall into the hands of the Chinese government through coercion. Officials have also warned the proprietary algorithm that fuels what users see on the app is vulnerable to manipulation by Chinese authorities, who can use it to shape content on the platform in a way that’s difficult to detect — a concern mirrored by the European Union on Friday as it scrutinizes the video-sharing app’s role in the Romanian elections. TikTok, which sued the government over the law in May, has long denied it could be used by Beijing to spy on or manipulate Americans. Its attorneys have accurately pointed out that the U.S. hasn’t provided evidence to show that the company handed over user data to the Chinese government, or manipulated content for Beijing’s benefit in the U.S. They have also argued the law is predicated on future risks, which the Department of Justice has emphasized pointing in part to unspecified action it claims the two companies have taken in the past due to demands from the Chinese government. Friday’s ruling came after the appeals court panel, composed of two Republican and one Democrat appointed judges, heard oral arguments in September. In the hearing, which lasted more than two hours, the panel appeared to grapple with how TikTok’s foreign ownership affects its rights under the Constitution and how far the government could go to curtail potential influence from abroad on a foreign-owned platform. On Friday, all three of them denied TikTok’s petition. In the court's ruling, Ginsburg, a Republican appointee, rejected TikTok's main legal arguments against the law, including that the statute was an unlawful bill of attainder or a taking of property in violation of the Fifth Amendment. He also said the law did not violate the First Amendment because the government is not looking to "suppress content or require a certain mix of content” on TikTok. “Content on the platform could in principle remain unchanged after divestiture, and people in the United States would remain free to read and share as much PRC propaganda (or any other content) as they desire on TikTok or any other platform of their choosing,” Ginsburg wrote, using the abbreviation for the People’s Republic of China. Judge Sri Srinivasan, the chief judge on the court, issued a concurring opinion. TikTok’s lawsuit was consolidated with a second legal challenge brought by several content creators - for which the company is covering legal costs - as well as a third one filed on behalf of conservative creators who work with a nonprofit called BASED Politics Inc. Other organizations, including the Knight First Amendment Institute, had also filed amicus briefs supporting TikTok. “This is a deeply misguided ruling that reads important First Amendment precedents too narrowly and gives the government sweeping power to restrict Americans’ access to information, ideas, and media from abroad,” said Jameel Jaffer, the executive director of the organization. “We hope that the appeals court’s ruling won’t be the last word.” Meanwhile, on Capitol Hill, lawmakers who had pushed for the legislation celebrated the court's ruling. "I am optimistic that President Trump will facilitate an American takeover of TikTok to allow its continued use in the United States and I look forward to welcoming the app in America under new ownership,” said Republican Rep. John Moolenaar of Michigan, chairman of the House Select Committee on China. Democratic Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi, who co-authored the law, said “it's time for ByteDance to accept” the law. To assuage concerns about the company’s owners, TikTok says it has invested more than $2 billion to bolster protections around U.S. user data. The company has also argued the government’s broader concerns could have been resolved in a draft agreement it provided the Biden administration more than two years ago during talks between the two sides. It has blamed the government for walking away from further negotiations on the agreement, which the Justice Department argues is insufficient. Attorneys for the two companies have claimed it’s impossible to divest the platform commercially and technologically. They also say any sale of TikTok without the coveted algorithm - the platform’s secret sauce that Chinese authorities would likely block under any divesture plan - would turn the U.S. version of TikTok into an island disconnected from other global content. Still, some investors, including Trump’s former Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and billionaire Frank McCourt, have expressed interest in purchasing the platform. Both men said earlier this year that they were launching a consortium to purchase TikTok’s U.S. business. This week, a spokesperson for McCourt’s Project Liberty initiative, which aims to protect online privacy, said unnamed participants in their bid have made informal commitments of more than $20 billion in capital.Guy Ritchie’s big-budget TV set robbed by daring thieves who stole camera equipment
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Exlservice holdings director Jaynie M. Studenmund sells $160,562 in stockArticle content A Saskatchewan legislature member who says his transgender children were targeted after an election campaign promise about school change rooms wants an apology from Premier Scott Moe. Opposition NDP member Jared Clarke told the legislative assembly this week his two 12-year-old daughters were subjects of a complaint for using a girls’ change room at a southeast Saskatchewan school. Clarke says there was a news article about the complaint and photos of his children shared online, resulting in his family receiving hate. He says Moe, who leads the Saskatchewan Party, made an announcement a day after the article was published promising to ban “biological boys” from girls’ changing rooms as his first order of business if he won the Oct. 28 election. Moe said during the campaign he did not know the identity of the children. He has since said he is no longer making the ban a legislative priority, as school boards are being consulted on a change room policy. More to come... The Regina Leader-Post has created an Afternoon Headlines newsletter that can be delivered daily to your inbox so you are up to date with the most vital news of the day. Click here to subscribe. With some online platforms blocking access to the journalism upon which you depend, our website is your destination for up-to-the-minute news, so make sure to bookmark leaderpost.com and sign up for our newsletters so we can keep you informed. Click here to subscribe. Share this Story : Sask. legislature member says premier targeted his transgender children Copy Link Email X Reddit Pinterest LinkedIn Tumblr
Canadiens in action against the Rangers following overtime victoryBuckle, Destination XL, Pyxis Tankers set to report earnings FridaySAN ANTONIO (AP) — Primo Spears' 31 points led UTSA over Houston Christian 78-71 on Saturday night. Spears had five assists for the Roadrunners (3-3). Raekwon Horton added 19 points while shooting 6 of 7 from the field and 7 for 7 from the line while he also had nine rebounds. Damari Monsanto finished 3 of 8 from 3-point range to finish with 11 points. Julian Mackey finished with 20 points for the Huskies (2-6). Bryson Dawkins added 16 points and two blocks for Houston Christian. Demari Williams also had 11 points. The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar .ETSU shuts down Charlotte for third straight win
The largest country in Central Asia and the ninth largest in the world is also a place that has hardly anyone living in it. The region is a landlocked country which has a small portion of its territory in Eastern Europe. Kazakhstan borders China to the east, Russia to the north and west, Kyrgyzstan to the southeast, Uzbekistan to the south, and Turkmenistan to the southwest, and has a coastline along the Caspian Sea. Kazakhstan has the largest economy in Central Asia which is owed to the country’s immense natural resources - and is actually the largest landlocked country in the world. The country is famed for its natural beauty including a number of nature reserves. Kazakhstan’s high mountains, including the Altai Mountains and the Tien Shan, attract many mountaineers and climbers. In fact, the region’s snowy peaks have even labelled Kazakhstan as being a budget-friendly alternative to the Swiss Alps. The population in Kazakhstan is low and could be set to decrease even further, as its total fertility rate (TFR) plummets due to several reasons. Kazakhstan’s TFR decreased after the country gained its independence and has been linked to several aspects of social change in the country during its transition from a Soviet republic to an independent post-socialist state. On October 25, 1990, the country declared its sovereignty on its territory as a republic within the Soviet Union. This led to great economic problems causing its TFR to fall below replacement level. According to one study published in Springer , the sustained and universal fertility recuperation in Kazakhstan was further analysed. According to the research, the TFR of Kazakhstan has been on a roller coaster and has dropped from 2.84 in 1989 to 1.80 in 1999 and then rebounded back to 3.00 in 2018. They also noted how the country’s “industries disappeared, inflation skyrocketed, and unemployment and wage arrears were widespread” owing to this birth rate decline. “In addition, many institutional features such as childcare provision, maternity leave, and other forms of social benefits were significantly reduced during the 1990”, they added. Kazakhstan’s population sits at around 20 million making it one of the lowest population densities in the world.It's getting harder to stay on the PGA Tour. Here's whyHarris dismisses ‘project fear’ approach to Sinn Fein