EXCLUSIVE I worked for the sugar daddy website used by Matt Gaetz's predator friend... what I saw disgusted me READ MORE: 'My sugar daddy scammed me!' App users warned of fake suitor By LAURA PARNABY FOR DAILYMAIL.COM Published: 14:43, 24 November 2024 | Updated: 14:56, 24 November 2024 e-mail 3 View comments Luxury dating app Seeking Arrangement was known for being the go-to place to snag a 'sugar daddy' - or a seedy online playground linked to sex trafficking and Matt Gaetz , depending on who you ask. Longtime former employee-turned-whistleblower Brook Urick, who started out as a sugar baby and eventually became a poster girl for the website, claims it's the latter. She recently released a book about her experience, called 'Wink Wink Nudge Nudge: Sexual Exploits and Secrets from Inside a Sugar Daddy Website'. It makes allegations about the site, which has more than 46 million users and was founded by Brandon Wade - a thrice-married Singaporean-American businessman who once said that 'love was a concept for poor people'. The site made headlines in 2021 for apparently being tied to alleged sex trafficking by several men including Donald Trump 's former choice for attorney general, Gaetz , and his associate, tax collector Joel Greenberg. While Gaetz and the company denied that he'd ever been a user, Greenberg pleaded guilty to underage sex trafficking, wire fraud, stalking, identity theft, producing a fake ID card and conspiring to defraud the US government . Prosecutors argued that Greenberg, who was later sentenced to 11 years, had met the minor victim in the sex crimes through Seeking Arrangement. 'In 2021 when there was that case about a certain Republican Congressman from Florida and his tax collector buddy who... the tax collector is currently serving an 11-year sentence for tax evasion and underage sex trafficking,' Urick told the DailyMail.com. Following a report that his 17-year-old accuser had testified that she had two sexual encounters with him, Gaetz announced that he would withdraw from consideration for attorney general. Longtime former Seeking employee Brook Urick, who started out as a sugar baby and eventually became a poster girl for the website, is now whistleblowing on the site Seeking arrangement made headlines in 2021 for apparently being tied to alleged sex trafficking by several men including Donald Trump 's choice for attorney general, Matt Gaetz (pictured) Urick added: ‘It begs the question, if it’s so out in the open that people are paying underage girls for sex on this website, then why is it still around? That is the question I seek to answer.’ 'Seeking.com has no knowledge of Mr. Gaetz ever having an account on the website,' the company said in response to the allegations. 'Seeking values the safety and security of its members above all else, prohibits any and all illegal activities, and strictly enforces those prohibitions,' they added in part. 'To enact such measures, Seeking has 24-hour moderation, provides ongoing training to staff to eliminate members who engage in inappropriate behavior, and uses keyword detection technology, image moderation and additional measures to eliminate those who attempt to misuse the site.' Gaetz has also denied all wrongdoing and having relations with underage girls or paying women for sex, and the probe into his alleged activities ended when he resigned from Congress on November 13 to become part of Trump's top team. Now, there's a renewed interest in the House Ethics committee to release the report on Gaetz's alleged tryst with a 17-year-old girl . It is unclear if the women Gaetz allegedly met through Seeking Arrangement were underage. Founder Wade met his third wife Dana Rosewall - who at 24 is 30 years his junior - on his own website three years ago, and she is now the co-chair of the company that has since been re-branded to just 'Seeking'. Many regular 'sugar babies' have also shared their own success stories about meeting a wealthy older man who opened doors to a life of luxury, like taking them on exotic vacations in five-star hotels while paying their college tuition fees. But Urick, 32, told DailyMail.com this is rarely the case and claimed she received emails from young girls' moms begging for help tracking down their profiles. Pictured: An alleged sugar daddy party Urick posted on her Instagram Pictured: A transaction Urick said was from a married man she met on Seeking Arrangement Speaking from her Las Vegas home, Urick made claims about the organization where she worked for seven years - until she 'stopped drinking the Kool-Aid' and realized she was 'contributing' to what she described as a 'sex-trafficking machine'. Urick joined Seeking at the age of 21 in the hopes of finding a sugar daddy to pay her way through college. Though she didn't find the wealthy older man she'd been hoping for, her profile was scouted by company bosses to become part of their promotional team. Urick said the men often lead double lives, with many working white collar and government jobs. ‘If men are smart, then they don’t reveal their identity, because it is encouraged on the website to be anonymous,' she told DailyMail.com. 'Even if there were people on the website like that I wouldn’t know. 'But I can tell you that during my time there, I did see policemen and people with suffixes of government email addresses personally using the website. ‘I learned a lot about the reality of what motivates people and it’s darker and more sinister than you can imagine.’ One woman who signed up for SeekingArrangement.com previously told LeedsLive : ' I didn’t realize the level that was expected. I thought, at the worst, I would have to send some photographs and do some webcam-ing. Founder Wade met his third wife Dana Rosewall - who at 24 is 30 years his junior - on his own website three years ago, and she is now the co-chair of the company that has since been re-branded to just 'Seeking'. (Pictured: Wade and Rosewall) Brandon Wade, 54, met economics student Dana Rosewall, 24, at the end of 2020, through Seeking Arrangement - the American sugar dating website he founded in California in 2006 'I didn’t know how explicit it was going to be and just how awful it is. It’s a load of men with really obscure fantasies and fetishes. 'A lot of it is about inflicting sadistic stuff on girls and students who are vulnerable. It’s all pretty extreme.' Urick said she wanted to write her book to warn could-be sugar babies that the rarely attained rewards aren't worth the risks. ‘The majority of people do not receive the spoils because of supply and demand, there are not enough rich men to go around,' she said. 'Most of the men on the site are not rich at all. They are picking up where Seeking’s marketing leaves off. 'They are allowed to do that because the site encourages anonymity. One predator can hit dozens, hundreds, perhaps thousands of victims.' In 2018, the New York Times reported that Seeking Arrangement that high school and college-age girls were targeted by the site by being encouraged to register with a '.edu' email to earn a free upgrade. As a result, by 2020, the top occupation on the site was listed as 'student', according to Villanova's Commercial Sexual Exploitation Institute . Urick joined Seeking at the age of 21 in the hopes of finding a sugar daddy to pay her way through college In an interview with The Times, Wade denied that his website was a vehicle for prostitution. He said the terms of service outline how transactions for sex are prohibited - he just wanted to create a platform which allows transparency in talking about money, 'We want to drive people to talk honestly on the first date about who they are and what they expect to gain from a relationship, just like you discuss in any business relationship and any business arrangement,' he told the Times. The National Center on Sexual Exploitation further claimed that 'Seeking Arrangement targets college students who are struggling with student debt with advertisements and free premium accounts, in order to provide sexual gratification to more socio-economically advantaged men.' These in-debt students, the center claims, are more vulnerable to be coerced. 'Without a doubt, you are putting yourself in an extremely vulnerable position. There is a reason the men have chosen SeekingArrangement over eHarmony.com and that is to have sex with younger girls,' one anonymous user told Epigram . Urick recently released a book about her experience, called 'Wink Wink Nudge Nudge: Sexual Exploits and Secrets from Inside a Sugar Daddy Website' Longtime former Seeking employee Brook Urick, who started out as a sugar baby and eventually became a poster girl for the website, is now whistleblowing on the site Pictured: Urick in her 'sugar baby' days, as shared on her Instagram grid Urick said the site's horror stories are often buried because of the 'shame and secrecy' associated with the practice. Seeking describes itself as the place to 'experience hypergamy' - the practice of dating someone of a higher social status or sexual capital than yourself. The website encourages users to 'connect with sophisticated individuals who match your ambition and elevate your journey to the exciting, fulfilling life you deserve'. Urick said the website used to advertise itself more overtly as a sugar daddy-baby meeting place, as verified by DailyMail.com using the Wayback Machine. In November 2020, the website listed 'sugar baby perks' including 'indulging in shopping sprees, expensive dinners, and exotic travel vacations' while promising older men using the website 'four sugar babies per sugar daddy'. And despite appearances, a 2021 report by the Government Accountability Office cited research that 'sexual activity may be expected or implied' for Sugar Daddy websites in general. Seeking Arrangement did not immediately respond to DailyMail.com's request for comment. According to Urick, current legislation does little to protect the minors allegedly exploited by websites like Seeking. Urick said the site's horror stories are often buried because of the 'shame and secrecy' associated with the practice The law made it illegal to knowingly assist in sex trafficking, it did not make these websites per se illegal. 'While I was working there, while that law was passed, I was like, oh it’s the beginning of the end, like this law is going to shut down this website. 'So, imagine my surprise so many years later when the website is still around. 'I wish to inform people about how your perspective changes from when you’re a young 18-year-old to when you’re older like I was when I left the company, I was 27. 'You really do have a mindset shift during that time. 'I began to realize that it was not easy money, it was the most horrifying money I ever made, and the only way to stop these websites in my opinion is to get the girls off the website, because the commodity of sugar daddy websites is naïve young sugar babies. 'If we can let these girls know that it’s not what you think it is, then maybe we can help.’ In a 2022 press release , Seeking wrote of newer safeguards they had put in place, 'As Seeking continues to grow, so do the brand’s social responsibility efforts, and its unmatched commitment to keeping its community safe on and offline. 'Seeking has partnered with UrSafe, FreedomLight and similar groups to make dating safer and work to prevent sex trafficking, while also offering background check verifications for users, two-factor authentication to safeguard information and a dedicated 24-hour customer service department.' Matt Gaetz Share or comment on this article: I worked for the sugar daddy website used by Matt Gaetz's predator friend... what I saw disgusted me e-mail Add commentCaitlin Clark honored as AP Female Athlete of the Year following her impact on women's sports Caitlin Clark has been named the AP Female Athlete of the Year after raising the profile of women’s basketball to unprecedented levels in both college and the WNBA. She led Iowa to the national championship game, was the top pick in the WNBA draft and captured rookie of the year honors in the league. Fans packed sold-out arenas and millions of television viewers followed her journey on and off the court. 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The Toronto Maple Leafs are confident they have a clear understanding of Auston Matthews' current condition and what's to come in the near future. In the first season of a four-year contract that made him the most expensive player in the NHL, 2024-25 hasn't gone as planned for the captain of the Maple Leafs. Not only did Matthews start off very slow on the offensive side of the puck, but he has been dealing with an upper-body injury since the pre-season that has caused some serious concern. Matthews ended up missing nine games in November with a mysterious injury that went from day-to-day to week-to-week, and then to him making a trip to Germany to see a specialist. He came back and played in 12 more games before re-aggravating the same injury . As we enter the Christmas break, the extra days off should be a boon for the captain. However, his return to game action after the break is still deemed questionable. 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When union boss Paddy Crumlin appeared at an international labour conference last month, he entered smiling to the strains of the 1997 hit Tubthumping : “I get knocked down, but I get up again, you’re never going to keep me down.” Crumlin, who led the merger of the Maritime Union he leads with the scandal-plagued CFMEU in 2018, had reason to grin. Wayne Swan, Paddy Crumlin, Nicola Roxon and Julia Angrisano are among the many superannuation fund directors with labour connections. Credit: Monique Westerman In 2021, the Maritime Super fund that Crumlin chaired had performed so poorly that it handed over investment decisions to another fund, Hostplus, and formally merged with it two years later. But this week Crumlin was back as a super fund director. The CFMEU had picked him as a director of Cbus, the building industry superannuation fund. The CFMEU’s Crumlin pick is just one of a thicket of ties between the unions, Labor and industry superannuation funds that have come to be among the largest and most powerful players in the Australian economy. These funds, which count about 11 million members, are run to profit their members while retail super funds are typically operated by for-profit businesses such as fund managers or banks. And, under the industry model in which unions and employer groups nominate roughly equal numbers of directors to funds, ties between the sector and the labour movement are backed in. But as the $3.9 trillion sector’s coffers have swelled, with big industry funds such as AustralianSuper ($341 billion under management), Cbus ($94 billion) and CareSuper ($53 billion) counting memberships up to 3.4 million people, the level of oversight that model delivers has come under greater scrutiny. The Australian Securities and Investments Commission launched Federal Court proceedings last week against Cbus after it failed to identify and prevent delays in processing death and disability insurance claims that affected 10,000 members, dating back to August 2022 – a failure that Cbus has conceded cost its members about $20 million. CFMEU manufacturing division boss Michael O’Connor is facing separate allegations he misused his position at a small fund, First Super, to bankroll the salary of a union delegate with fund money while his organisation was experiencing financial difficulties. And AustralianSuper, the industry’s largest, could be fined $27 million over its failure to consolidate more than 90,000 members’ accounts, costing them almost $70 million, in another case brought by the corporate regulator. While the funds are variously declining to comment, blaming external contractors, or apologising and saying they have already addressed the issues, superannuation critics smell blood. Liberal senator Andrew Bragg, the opposition assistant spokesman for home ownership, says the sector’s board model, in which union and industry representatives oversee funds rather than typical corporate directors, is no longer fit for purpose. “There is an unmanageable conflict of interest between the interests of unions and workers,” Bragg says. “And there is the cavalcade of Labor politicians, how do they get these positions?” Cbus, for example, is chaired by former Labor treasurer and current party president Wayne Swan. Don Russell, a former senior adviser to Labor prime minister Paul Keating, chairs AustralianSuper. HESTA, an $88 billion fund for the health and community sector, is chaired by Nicola Roxon, a Rudd-Gillard era minister. Bragg says the sector has created a perception that it operates in line with modern governance standards. “It has taken the CFMEU issue to expose that,” he says. Bragg is referring to the litany of allegations of underworld infiltration and corruption revealed in this masthead’s Building Bad series that led the federal government to appoint a barrister to take over the CFMEU. That barrister, Mark Irving, KC, said in August he wanted a “clean sweep” of serving CFMEU representatives from the Cbus board but reappointed one who resigned, Jason O’Mara, alongside Crumlin and a union lawyer, Lucy Weber. There are no allegations against any of those individuals. Super Consumers Australia chief executive Xavier O’Halloran, whose group represents people with superannuation accounts, says the “partisan debate” over Cbus should not be the main focus. “The skills and competence of these boards are really important, and that should be the primary focus,” O’Halloran says. “What we have seen in the UK, the regulator has a role in determining a fit and proper person, to determine who should be on the board. “That’s not something the regulator [APRA] here does. They [unions and industry groups] make their own picks, and we think that could be improved, that there should be greater rigour.” But while O’Halloran would like to see improvements to board regulation, and perhaps the introduction of more independent directors, he also confirms the industry superannuation sector is largely beating its retail competitors. And there is evidence they are delivering on the goals Paul Keating had in mind when he set up the superannuation system: ensuring comfortable retirements and reducing the burden, over time, of the aged pension on federal government coffers. The federal 2023 Intergenerational Report shows government spending on Aged and Service pensions will fall from 2.3 per cent of GDP to 2 per cent by 2063, because of superannuation, even as the population ages. Misha Schubert, chief executive of the lobby group for industry super funds, argues their performance shows the board model is working. “The shared governance model of this type of fund – whether they arose from an industry, company or the public sector – was created with a clear and single purpose,” she wrote earlier this year. “To serve the fund members whose retirement savings they safeguard and grow. “They do so by deeply understanding their members and the workplaces in which their members work – they know exactly whose money it is they are stewarding.” The law governing superannuation funds, Schubert notes, requires directors to comply with high standards of performance and act in members’ best interests. Alongside the labour representatives, big superannuation boards are balanced with employer heavyweights. Cbus’ board employer directors, for example, are all nominated by Master Builders Australia and include that organisation’s chief executive, Denita Wawn. It’s a similar story with AustralianSuper, whose employer directors include AiG chief executive (and former Liberal staffer) Innes Willox, as well as a number of other directors aligned with the employer group that originally represented manufacturing firms. A Cbus spokesman said in a statement that having equal employer and employee representation on its board had ensured its success for 40 years, and it was pleased to welcome the three new directors. “After applying a comprehensive ‘fit and proper persons test’ the Cbus board confirmed the appointment of the three directors who share a determination to generate the strongest, sustainable financial returns for members and deliver the best possible service,” the spokesman said. The fund previously apologised to its members over the claim delays, said it was implementing a compensation process and co-operated with ASIC. Swan, the Cbus chairman, told the Today show last week that many of the criticisms of the fund were “completely inaccurate” and blamed a contracted service provider for the insurance delays but apologised to affected members’ families. “I can assure you, from the minute I became aware of this as chair of the board, I worked with the board to resolve it as quickly as possible,” he said. AustralianSuper has apologised for the multiple accounts issue. “We found this mistake, we reported it, we apologised to impacted members, we paid them back, and we’ve improved our processes to prevent it happening again,” a spokesman said. Michael O’Connor, the CFMEU manufacturing division boss, has voluntarily stood aside while the court case over the alleged misuse of his position is under way and had not responded to comment requests. Unlike some of the union heavyweights, many of the Labor figures on superannuation boards have external pedigree. Russell, of AustralianSuper, for example, is a former ambassador to the United States who has worked at global finance firms including BNY Mellon Asset Management and Sanford C. Bernstein. Hostplus chair Roxon is also an independent director at the property company Dexus. And increasingly, the funds also have independent directors with financial or governance expertise. The 2.4 million-member Australian Retirement Trust, for example, has on its board former top regulator Helen Rowell, and Martin Parkinson, who headed the public service under conservative governments. But that has not satisfied the sector’s critics. Bragg, the Liberal senator, is expected to haul Cbus chairman Swan before the Senate’s economics committee for questions next week. Given the pair’s background, it is unlikely to be a genteel affair. Cut through the noise of federal politics with news, views and expert analysis. Subscribers can sign up to our weekly Inside Politics newsletter .
Where do Democrats go from here?Grandmother shut out of Christmas celebrationsThe Qatar Foundation for Education, Science and Community Development (QF) has announced “Al Ghorrah” for Literature and Arts, a cultural event that celebrates Arab-Islamic culture and heritage. “Al Ghorrah” will take place at Education City from November 28 to December 2, with musical and theatrical performances showcasing local and regional talent, including *Al Feel Ya Malik Al Zaman, a play directed by Maher Salibi and starring Jamal Sulieman. During “Al Ghorrah”, a special performance by Qatar Philharmonic Orchestra (QPO) titled *1001 Nights: A Journey Through the Storm, produced by Dana Al Fardan, will blend traditional instruments with symphonic music. Performed on the opening night, it will mark the official opening of the event. Meanwhile, Nasser al-Jassim will direct a Qatari-Moroccan medley combining folklore, instruments, and music from both countries to celebrate the Qatar-Morocco 2024 Year of Culture. The choir from the QF's Qatar Music Academy will perform Arabic Fusha songs with the QPO. Egyptian singer Mustafa Said will perform with the Asil Band, presenting songs inspired by Mu'alaqat, while Sada Alebda, following the “Heritage Symphonies” project founded in 2019 in Yemen, which was aimed at promoting and disseminating folk music by integrating it into orchestral performances. Finally, the festival will end with a performance by Hamza Namira. “Al Ghorrah” is open for the whole community to experience and enjoy. Its programme includes poetry readings, lectures, interactive events, storytelling sessions, and culinary experiences featuring the flavours of countries including Egypt, Iran, and Syria. “Al Ghorrah” is sponsored by the Social & Sport Contribution Fund (DAAM). Other partners include Qatar Calendar, the Ministry of Culture, and the Ministry of Education and Higher Education. – QNA Related Story Kuwaiti Crown Prince urges international community to unite to stop Gaza genocide Jordan King calls for launching humanitarian bridge to break Israel's Gaza siege
By Hannah Fry, Los Angeles Times (TNS) Every day millions of people share more intimate information with their accessories than they do with their spouse. Wearable technology — smartwatches, smart rings, fitness trackers and the like — monitors body-centric data such as your heart rate, steps taken and calories burned, and may record where you go along the way. Like Santa Claus, it knows when you are sleeping (and how well), it knows when you’re awake, it knows when you’ve been idle or exercising, and it keeps track of all of it. People are also sharing sensitive health information on health and wellness apps , including online mental health and counseling programs. Some women use period tracker apps to map out their monthly cycle. These devices and services have excited consumers hoping for better insight into their health and lifestyle choices. But the lack of oversight into how body-centric data are used and shared with third parties has prompted concerns from privacy experts, who warn that the data could be sold or lost through data breaches, then used to raise insurance premiums, discriminate surreptitiously against applicants for jobs or housing, and even perform surveillance. The use of wearable technology and medical apps surged in the years following the COVID-19 pandemic, but research released by Mozilla on Wednesday indicates that current laws offer little protection for consumers who are often unaware just how much of their health data are being collected and shared by companies. “I’ve been studying the intersections of emerging technologies, data-driven technologies, AI and human rights and social justice for the past 15 years, and since the pandemic I’ve noticed the industry has become hyper-focused on our bodies,” said Mozilla Foundation technology fellow Júlia Keserű, who conducted the research. “That permeates into all kinds of areas of our lives and all kinds of domains within the tech industry.” The report “From Skin to Screen: Bodily Integrity in the Digital Age” recommends that existing data protection laws be clarified to encompass all forms of bodily data. It also calls for expanding national health privacy laws to cover health-related information collected from health apps and fitness trackers and making it easier for users to opt out of body-centric data collections. Researchers have been raising alarms about health data privacy for years. Data collected by companies are often sold to data brokers or groups that buy, sell and trade data from the internet to create detailed consumer profiles. Body-centric data can include information such as the fingerprints used to unlock phones, face scans from facial recognition technology, and data from fitness and fertility trackers, mental health apps and digital medical records. One of the key reasons health information has value to companies — even when the person’s name is not associated with it — is that advertisers can use the data to send targeted ads to groups of people based on certain details they share. The information contained in these consumer profiles is becoming so detailed, however, that when paired with other data sets that include location information, it could be possible to target specific individuals, Keserű said. Location data can “expose sophisticated insights about people’s health status, through their visits to places like hospitals or abortions clinics,” Mozilla’s report said, adding that “companies like Google have been reported to keep such data even after promising to delete it.” A 2023 report by Duke University revealed that data brokers were selling sensitive data on individuals’ mental health conditions on the open market. While many brokers deleted personal identifiers, some provided names and addresses of individuals seeking mental health assistance, according to the report. In two public surveys conducted as part of the research, Keserű said, participants were outraged and felt exploited in scenarios where their health data were sold for a profit without their knowledge. “We need a new approach to our digital interactions that recognizes the fundamental rights of individuals to safeguard their bodily data, an issue that speaks directly to human autonomy and dignity,” Keserű said. “As technology continues to advance, it is critical that our laws and practices evolve to meet the unique challenges of this era.” Consumers often take part in these technologies without fully understanding the implications. Last month, Elon Musk suggested on X that users submit X-rays, PET scans, MRIs and other medical images to Grok, the platform’s artificial intelligence chatbot, to seek diagnoses. The issue alarmed privacy experts, but many X users heeded Musk’s call and submitted health information to the chatbot. While X’s privacy policy says that the company will not sell user data to third parties, it does share some information with certain business partners. Gaps in existing laws have allowed the widespread sharing of biometric and other body-related data. Health information provided to hospitals, doctor’s offices and medical insurance companies is protected from disclosure under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act , known as HIPAA, which established federal standards protecting such information from release without the patient’s consent. But health data collected by many wearable devices and health and wellness apps don’t fall under HIPAA’s umbrella, said Suzanne Bernstein, counsel at Electronic Privacy Information Center. “In the U.S. because we don’t have a comprehensive federal privacy law ... it falls to the state level,” she said. But not every state has weighed in on the issue. Washington, Nevada and Connecticut all recently passed laws to provide safeguards for consumer health data. Washington, D.C., in July introduced legislation that aimed to require tech companies to adhere to strengthened privacy provisions regarding the collection, sharing, use or sale of consumer health data. In California, the California Privacy Rights Act regulates how businesses can use certain types of sensitive information, including biometric information, and requires them to offer consumers the ability to opt out of disclosure of sensitive personal information. “This information being sold or shared with data brokers and other entities hypercharge the online profiling that we’re so used to at this point, and the more sensitive the data, the more sophisticated the profiling can be,” Bernstein said. “A lot of the sharing or selling with third parties is outside the scope of what a consumer would reasonably expect.” Health information has become a prime target for hackers seeking to extort healthcare agencies and individuals after accessing sensitive patient data. Health-related cybersecurity breaches and ransom attacks increased more than 4,000% between 2009 and 2023, targeting the booming market of body-centric data, which is expected to exceed $500 billion by 2030, according to the report. “Nonconsensual data sharing is a big issue,” Keserű said. “Even if it’s biometric data or health data, a lot of the companies are just sharing that data without you knowing, and that is causing a lot of anxiety and questions.” ©2024 Los Angeles Times. Visit at latimes.com. Distributed by Tribune Content Agency, LLC.Harley-Davidson, Inc. Declares Dividend
First Lady takes ABC7 on tour of Biden administration's final White House holiday displayWASHINGTON — Three American citizens imprisoned for years by China have been released and are returning to the United States, the White House said Wednesday, announcing a rare diplomatic agreement with Beijing in the final months of the Biden administration. The three are Mark Swidan, Kai Li and John Leung , all of whom had been designated by the U.S. government as wrongfully detained by China. Swidan had been facing a death sentence on drug charges while Li and Leung were imprisoned on espionage charges. “Soon they will return and be reunited with their families for the first time in many years,” the White House said in a statement. The release comes just two months after China freed David Lin, a Christian pastor from California who had spent nearly 20 years behind bars after being convicted of contract fraud. U.S.-China relations have been roiled for years over major disagreements between the world’s two largest economies on trade, human rights, the production of fentanyl precursors, security issues that include espionage and hacking, China’s aggressiveness toward Taiwan and its smaller neighbors in the South China Sea, and Beijing’s support for Russia’s military-industrial sector. The release of Americans deemed wrongfully detained in China has been a top agenda item in each conversation between the U.S. and China, and Wednesday’s development suggests a willingness by Beijing to engage with the outgoing Democratic administration before Republican President-elect Donald Trump’s return to the White House in January. Trump took significant actions against China on trade and diplomacy during his first term. He has pledged to continue those policies in his second term, leading to unease among many who fear that an all-out trade war will greatly affect the international economy and could spur potential Chinese military action against Taiwan. Still, the two countries have maintained a dialogue that has included a partial restoration of military-to-military contacts. President Joe Biden and Chinese leader Xi Jinping met this month to discuss potential improvements. In a separate but related move, the State Department on Wednesday lowered its travel warning to China to “level two,” advising U.S. citizens to “exercise increased caution” from the norm when traveling to the mainland. The alert had previously been at “level three,” telling Americans they should “reconsider travel” to China in part because of the “risk of wrongful detention” of Americans. The new alert removes that wording but retains a warning that the Chinese government “arbitrarily enforces local laws, including exit bans on U.S. citizens and citizens of other countries, without fair and transparent process under the law.” The Biden administration had raised the cases of the detained Americans with China in multiple meetings over the past several years, including this month when Biden spoke to Xi during the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in Peru. Politico was first to report the men’s release, which it said was part of a prisoner swap with the U.S. The White House did not immediately confirm that any Chinese citizens in American custody had been returned home. Senators from both political parties praised the move. Republican Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas said he was “overjoyed” — Swidan’s mother lives in Texas — and credited senior Biden administration officials for having “worked tirelessly to secure this achievement.” Li, a Chinese immigrant who started an export business in the U.S. and lived in New York, was detained in September 2016 after flying into Shanghai. He was placed under surveillance, interrogated without a lawyer and accused of providing state secrets to the FBI. A U.N. working group called his 10-year prison sentence arbitrary and his family has said the charges were politically motivated. Democratic Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, who said he had worked for years to try to secure Li’s release, welcomed the news. “Even when it felt like there was no hope, we never stopped believing that one day Mr. Li would return home,” Schumer said in a statement. Leung was sentenced last year to life in prison on spying charges. He was detained in 2021, by the local bureau of China’s counterintelligence agency in the southeastern city of Suzhou after China had closed its borders and imposed tight domestic travel restrictions and social controls to fight the spread of COVID-19. After Leung’s sentencing, the U.S. recommended — though without citing specific cases — that Americans reconsider traveling to China because of arbitrary law enforcement and exit bans and the risk of wrongful detentions. Swidan had been jailed for the last 12 years on a drug charge and, along with Li and Leung, was considered by the State Department to be wrongfully detained.CHICOPEE — Mark McCarthy, an educator with no prior experience in politics, was recently chosen to serve as an at-large School Committee member in Chicopee. In an interview Tuesday, McCarthy said he thought he wouldn’t be chosen over the other candidates. There were 13 applicants and 11 candidates who were interviewed at a joint session of the City Council and School Committee on Nov. 18.
The Sweden midfielder hailed Saturday’s 4-0 thrashing of the champions as the best game of his career. The 24-year-old delivered an outstanding performance as Spurs shattered the champions’ 52-game unbeaten home run, helping start the rout with a superb cross for James Maddison’s opening goal. Kulusevski said: “I believed (we would win) this because in the past years, we’ve come here and played really well. “So this is the game I look forward to most in the year and, once again, it happened – glory to God. “I’d say it’s the best result ever in my career. It’s a big night for the whole club, for the coach, for the players. “Because City have a lot of the ball sometimes, we can rest when we defend. There’s also so much space up there, we play one against one and then it’s always dangerous because we have a lot of quality. “It’s always great to play great teams because they always want to play football. When you play lower teams, sometimes it’s not. There’s not much football played because they are a lot of fouls, a lot of injuries and it’s slow going.” Maddison stole the show with two goals in quick succession in the first half while Pedro Porro and Brennan Johnson later got on the scoresheet. Kulu-chef-ski cooked 👨🍳 📊 @KumhoTyreUK pic.twitter.com/CsrTh5oUgn — Tottenham Hotspur (@SpursOfficial) November 24, 2024 Yet Kulusevski’s performance was also eye-catching and the player himself believes there is plenty more to come from him. Asked if his form made him feel “unstoppable”, Kulusevski said: “I feel like that. I feel very good and I’m trying to keep this way. I’m very happy, I’m trying to improve. “I started the season good but there is over half of the season left and I hope I can do much better. “I think I have something that no other player has. With my engine, with my heart – I don’t get tired – I feel like I can do a lot still in my career.” Spurs have won more matches against Pep Guardiola's Man City than any other side 👀 pic.twitter.com/BHLZqde9sP — Premier League (@premierleague) November 23, 2024 Tottenham’s scintillating performance marked a spectacular return to form after their dismal loss to Ipswich in their previous Premier League outing. Kulusevski said: “We have to be much more consistent. It’s not a turning point. We just have to be better in other games. “This game suited us perfectly but we have a lot of improvement to make in the other games.”
The New York Knicks face the Dallas Mavericks in a regular season game on Wednesday, Nov. 27 2024 (11/27/24) at American Airlines Center in Dallas, Texas. How to watch: Fans can watch the game for free via a trial of DirecTV Stream or fuboTV . You can also watch via a subscription to Sling TV , which is offering half off your first month. Here’s what you need to know: What : NBA regular season Who : Knicks vs. Mavericks When : Wednesday, Nov. 27, 2024 Time : 7:30 p.m. ET Where : American Airlines Center TV : ESPN Live stream : DirecTV Stream (free trial), fuboTV (free trial) *** Here’s a preview capsule via the Associated Press: New York Knicks (10-7, fourth in the Eastern Conference) vs. Dallas Mavericks (10-8, ninth in the Western Conference) Dallas; Wednesday, 7:30 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: New York visits the Dallas Mavericks after OG Anunoby scored 40 points in the Knicks' 145-118 win against the Denver Nuggets. The Mavericks have gone 6-3 in home games. Dallas is 5-5 against opponents over .500. The Knicks are 5-5 on the road. New York ranks sixth in the NBA with 28.6 assists per game led by Jalen Brunson averaging 7.9. The Mavericks average 12.2 made 3-pointers per game this season, 2.3 fewer makes per game than the Knicks allow (14.5). The Knicks are shooting 50.4% from the field, 5.5% higher than the 44.9% the Mavericks' opponents have shot this season. TOP PERFORMERS: Daniel Gafford is scoring 12.3 points per game and averaging 6.7 rebounds for the Mavericks. Karl-Anthony Towns is scoring 26.3 points per game and averaging 12.6 rebounds for the Knicks. LAST 10 GAMES: Mavericks: 5-5, averaging 119.6 points, 45.9 rebounds, 24.5 assists, 7.7 steals and 5.8 blocks per game while shooting 49.5% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 113.6 points per game. Knicks: 7-3, averaging 123.2 points, 43.1 rebounds, 31.5 assists, 6.7 steals and 4.0 blocks per game while shooting 51.7% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 114.2 points. RECOMMENDED • nj .com What channel is the New York Knicks vs. Dallas Mavericks game tonight (11/27/24)? FREE LIVE STREAM, Time, TV, Nov. 27, 2024, 1:30 p.m. What channel is the New York Knicks vs. Utah Jazz game today (11/23/24)? FREE LIVE STREAM, Time, TV, Channel Nov. 23, 2024, 11:00 a.m. INJURIES: Mavericks: Klay Thompson: out (foot), Dante Exum: out (wrist), Luka Doncic: out (wrist), Quentin Grimes: out (illness). Knicks: Precious Achiuwa: out (hamstring), Mitchell Robinson: out (ankle). Thank you for relying on us to provide the journalism you can trust. Please consider supporting us with a subscription.Farage willing to work with Lord Mandelson to secure Trump trade deal
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