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NoneTALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Buried among Florida's manicured golf courses and sprawling suburbs are the artifacts of its slave-holding past: the long-lost cemeteries of enslaved people, the statues of Confederate soldiers that still stand watch over town squares, the old plantations turned into modern subdivisions that bear the same name. But many students aren't learning that kind of Black history in Florida classrooms. In an old wooden bungalow in Delray Beach, Charlene Farrington and her staff gather groups of teenagers on Saturday mornings to teach them lessons she worries that public schools won't provide. They talk about South Florida's Caribbean roots, the state's dark history of lynchings , how segregation still shapes the landscape and how grassroots activists mobilized the Civil Rights Movement to upend generations of oppression. “You need to know how it happened before so you can decide how you want it to happen again," she told her students as they sat as their desks, the morning light illuminating historic photographs on the walls. Florida students are giving up their Saturday mornings to learn about African American history at the Spady Cultural Heritage Museum in Delray Beach and in similar programs at community centers across the state. Many are supported by Black churches, which for generations have helped forge the cultural and political identity of their parishioners. Since Faith in Florida developed its own Black history toolkit last year, more than 400 congregations have pledged to teach the lessons, the advocacy group says. Florida has required public schools to teach African American history for the past 30 years, but many families no longer trust the state's education system to adequately address the subject. By the state’s own metrics, just a dozen Florida school districts have demonstrated excellence at teaching Black history, by providing evidence that they are incorporating the content into lessons throughout the school year and getting buy-in from the school board and community partners. School district officials across Florida told The Associated Press that they are still following the state mandate to teach about the experience of enslavement, abolition and the "vital contributions of African Americans to build and strengthen American society.” But a common complaint from students and parents is that the instruction seems limited to heroic figures such as the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and Rosa Parks and rarely extends beyond each February's Black History Month . When Sulaya Williams' eldest child started school, she couldn't find the comprehensive instruction she wanted for him in their area. So in 2016, she launched her own organization to teach Black history in community settings. “We wanted to make sure that our children knew our stories, to be able to pass down to their children," Williams said. Williams now has a contract to teach Saturday school at a public library in Fort Lauderdale, and her 12-year-old daughter Addah Gordon invites her classmates to join her. “It feels like I’m really learning my culture. Like I’m learning what my ancestors did,” Addah said. “And most people don’t know what they did.” State lawmakers unanimously approved the African American history requirement in 1994 at a time of atonement over Florida's history. Historians commissioned by the state had just published an official report on the deadly attack on the town of Rosewood in 1923, when a white mob razed the majority-Black community and drove out its residents. When the Florida Legislature approved financial compensation for Rosewood's survivors and descendants in 1994, it was seen as a national model for reparations . “There was a moment of enlightenment in Florida, those decades ago. There really was," said Marvin Dunn, who has authored multiple books on Black Floridians. “But that was short-lived.” Three decades later, the teaching of African American history remains inconsistent across Florida classrooms, inadequate in the eyes of some advocates, and is under fire by the administration of Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis, who has championed efforts to restrict how race , history and discrimination can be talked about in the state’s public schools . DeSantis has led attacks on “wokeness” in education that rallied conservatives nationwide, including President-elect Donald Trump . In 2022, the governor signed a law restricting certain race-based conversations in schools and businesses and prohibits teaching that members of one ethnic group should feel guilt or bear responsibility for actions taken by previous generations. Last year, DeSantis’ administration blocked a new Advanced Placement course on African American Studies from being taught in Florida, saying it violates state law and is historically inaccurate. A spokesperson for the College Board, which oversees Advanced Placement courses, told the AP they are not aware of any public schools in Florida currently offering the African American Studies class. It's also not listed in the state's current course directory. Representatives for the Florida Department of Education and the state's African American History Task Force did not respond to The AP's requests for comment. “People who are interested in advancing African diaspora history can’t rely on schools to do that,” said Tameka Bradley Hobbs, manager of Broward County's African-American Research Library and Cultural Center. "I think it’s even more clear now that there needs to be a level of self-reliance and self-determination when it comes to passing on the history and heritage of our ancestors.” Last year, only 30 of Florida's 67 traditional school districts offered at least one standalone course on African American history or humanities, according to state data. While not required by state law, having a dedicated Black history class is a measure of how districts are following the state mandate. Florida's large urban districts are far more likely to offer the classes, compared to small rural districts, some of which have fewer than 2,000 students. Even in districts that have staff dedicated to teaching Black history, some teachers are afraid of violating state law, according to Brian Knowles, who oversees African American, Holocaust and Latino studies for the Palm Beach County school district. “There’s so many other districts and so many kids that we’re missing because we’re tiptoeing around what is essentially American history,” Knowles said. Frustration over the restrictions that teachers face pushed Renee O'Connor to take a sabbatical last year from her job teaching Black history at Miami Norland Senior High School in the majority-Black city of Miami Gardens. Now, she is back in the classroom, but she also has been helping community groups develop their own Black history programs outside of the public school system. “I wish, obviously, all kids were able to take an African American history class,” O'Connor said, “but you have to pivot if it’s not happening in schools.” Kate Payne is a corps member for The Associated Press/Report for America Statehouse News Initiative. Report for America is a nonprofit national service program that places journalists in local newsrooms to report on undercovered issues.
Oklahoma State's 3-point accuracy sends Miami to defeatWith the music industry settled into a post-pandemic routine and the halcyon days of initial public offerings in the rearview mirror, 2024 could have been a sleepy year for financial transactions. It didn’t work out that way. Instead, it was filled with the kind of large deals that changed the music business landscape. At the same time, though, many of the biggest deals were predictable. Two of the biggest catalog sales, Pink Floyd and Queen , had been shopped since 2022 and 2023, respectively. BMI’s acquisition by private equity firm New Mountain Capital was a foregone conclusion — Billboard reported the U.S. performing rights organization’s plans to sell last August, and the deal, which didn’t officially close until this year, was agreed upon in November 2023. And given the popularity of asset-backed securities (ABS) in 2024’s high-interest rate environment, there were sure to be a few big-dollar ABS deals before the end of the year. There were countless notable deals outside of the top 12, too. Universal Music Group and Warner Music Group went on a buying spree, investing in and acquiring distributors and record labels, with an eye on emerging markets. Recording artists, songwriters and producers sold their rights — often including name and likeness — to a wide range of traditional and financial buyers. Today’s abundance of financing options created a long tail of deals both big and small. JKBX launched in 2024, giving investors another place to buy shares of song rights. And distributors and financial services firms such as beatBread and RoyFi handed out royalty advances that most artists could hardly get from traditional banks. Here, Billboard highlights the dozen biggest transactions — ones that officially closed — of the year, ranked by dollar amount. Most are acquisitions. A few are purely financial transactions backed by music royalties that will fund acquisitions that generate even more royalties. Venue management doesn’t have the allure of, say, beloved classic rock catalogs, but the live entertainment business looks mighty attractive when music and sports fans are flocking to venues and eagerly paying record amounts for tickets. First announced in 2023, Legends’ acquisition of AEG’s ASM Global venue management operation finally closed in August — after Legends paid a $3.5 million civil fine for anti-trust violations. As Billboard explained in November 2023, when private equity partner Onex notified AEG it intended to sell its 35% stake in ASM Global, AEG opted to sell its stake, too. The venue management arm fits neatly into Legend’s expansive business which covers planning, ticket sales, hospitality, merchandise and partnerships. With live entertainment recovering nicely after the pandemic, the sale price was double what ASM Global was worth when AEG and Onex merged their facility management holdings to form the company in 2019. After a six-year run trading on the London Stock Exchange, shareholders of Hipgnosis Songs Fund cast votes backed by more than 99.9% of shares to sell the pioneering music royalty fund’s portfolio of songs to Blackstone. Completed in July, the deal was the culmination of a roller coaster year for shareholders and Hipgnosis’ board, which had kicked off a search for external buyers in 2023 after the fund’s prolonged low stock price and record of mismanagement drove a shareholder revolt. Blackstone’s offer paid investors $1.31 a share and valued the fund’s market cap at $1.584 billion, higher than Concord’s competing offer of $1.25 per share. The trillion-dollar global investment giant now owns Hipgnosis Songs Fund’s portfolio of 65,000 songs, the private music assets in Hipgnosis Songs Assets and Hipgnosis Song Management, the investment advisor to both portfolios. Blackstone says it is investing in data analytics, investor education and developing greater transparency and disclosures to give investors a better understanding of music as an asset class. In the second big deal of 2024 in which a public company was effectively taken private, nearly 95% of French music company Believe’s shares were acquired by a consortium of investors formed with funds from prominent venture capital firm TCV and private equity firm EQT X, along with Believe founder/chairman/CEO Denis Ladegaillerie. Having first listed on the Paris Euronext stock exchange in June 2021, the consortium offered to buy a majority of its shares at 15.00 euros ($16.10) per share in February — a 21% premium over the prior closing price — so it could “better execute on its value-creation plan and accelerate the scale-up of an independent player supporting artists and label clients ... [and] further grow and consolidate its position as a leader in the French and European markets.” Warner Music Group briefly considered acquiring Believe in March and estimated a bid of “at least” 17 euros ($18.24) per share, which would have valued the company at 1.65 billion euros ($1.8 billion). Warner backed out before making an official offer, saying it was given too brief a period to due diligence the company. Private equity firm New Mountain Capital completed its acquisition of performance rights organization BMI in February in a deal widely reported to be worth between $1.3 and $1.5 billion. The world’s largest performing rights organization is one of a few music-adjacent investments for New Mountain Capital. The New York-based investment firm with $45 billion in assets under management also owns a stake in Citrin Cooperman, which acquired Barry Massarsky’s Massarsky Consulting in 2022. As part of the deal, BMI’s affiliate songwriters and publishers were given $100 million from the proceeds of the sale this spring in recognition of their intrinsic value to BMI. In November, slightly more than three months after acquiring Hipgnosis Songs Fund’s hit-filled catalog of Red Hot Chili Peppers , Neil Young and Shakira songs, Blackstone-owned Hipgnosis Song Management (HSM) pledged those assets as collateral for a $1.47 billion music rights asset-backed security . It was HSM’s second ABS deal, and it valued the assets from the former fund’s catalog, plus an additional $700 million in debt, at around $2.3 billion. The money raised from the ABS is being used to pay down Hipgnosis’ existing debt and transaction fees and fund a reserve account, among other things. Private equity firm KKR has played in the music space for years, most notably in a catalog-acquiring partnership with BMG from 2009 to 2013 and from 2021 to the present. Catalogs had a good run, but now a good deal of smart money is pouring into live music. In the post-pandemic world of always-rising ticket prices, the concert business must look like an unmissable opportunity to an investment giant with $190 billion of assets under management and a hankering for a decent return on investment. Superstruct, founded in 2017 by Providence Equity Partners and James Barton, founder of the Liverpool nightclub Cream, organizes Budapest music festival Sziget and Wacken Open Air, the world’s largest heavy metal festival held in Germany. KKR agreed to acquire Providence’s stake in Superstruct in June for around a reported €1.3 billion ($1.39 billion). While Queen’s contemporaries took advantage of a red-hot market for classic rock catalogs, the British four-piece was a notable holdout. At the same time, the Oscar-winning 2018 biopic Bohemian Rhapsody revived interest in the band’s music, helping songs such as “Bohemian Rhapsody” and “We Will Rock You” and “Radio Ga Ga” defy the gravity — for a few years, at least — that erodes all music’s popularity over time. The waiting paid off: Had the movie been only a moderate success, Queen would have fetched a handsome sum for its music rights. But the movie was a smash hit, earning Rami Malek a best actor Oscar for his portrayal of Freddie Mercury and standing as the top-grossing music biopic of all time. From a rights holder’s point of view, the movie delivered the intended effect: Bohemian Rhapsody “turbocharged” (in the words of Billboard ’s Ed Christman ) Queen’s catalog, lifting it to a new level rather than providing a one-time, short-lived boost. That’s how Sony Music ended up paying $1.27 billion for Queen’s recorded music and publishing, making it the highest amount ever paid for an artist’s catalog. When interest rates spiked following the pandemic, music companies still binging on catalog started to raise large amounts of capital through asset-backed securities. With an ABS, a music company can pool assets such as music publishing and recorded music catalogs and sell notes backed by the royalties those assets generated. One of the larger ABS deals came in October when Concord raised $850 million from an existing ABS that ballooned to $5.1 billion after the acquisition of Round Hill Music Royalty Fund and Mojo Music. This latest ABS is backed by the royalties of publishing, recorded music and related assets by such artists as Carrie Underwood , Genesis , Phil Collins , R.E.M. and Creed . The proceeds were to be used to redeem $500 million from a series of 2023 notes and acquire approximately $217 million of assets that will be put back into the ABS’s collateral pool. Rare is a $600 million investment at a $1.2 billion valuation not the biggest catalog deal of the year. But in 2024, Michael Jackson didn’t make the biggest splash. (See Queen above.) Still, the eye-popping sum Sony Music paid for the King of Pop’s recorded music and music publishing catalogs is only half the story — literally. Sony paid $600 million for half of Jackson’s music rights, valuing the gloved one’s catalogs above $1.2 billion (and possibly up to $1.5 billion, according to some sources). The deal also excluded royalties from the Broadway play and other theatrical productions featuring Jackson’s music. While the Jackson estate was overshadowed by Queen, the superstar’s remaining 50% interest could be worth much more in the coming years. The catalog, which includes the best-selling album of all time, Thriller , is likely to get a boost in royalties in 2025 from a Jackson biopic, Michael , directed by Antoine Fuqua ( Training Day , The Equalizer trilogy) that’s currently scheduled for release in October 2025 . In March, HarborView Equity Partners raised $500 million through an asset-backed security led by global investment firm KKR. “This capital will allow us to further our mission of investing in assets and companies driven by premier intellectual property while striving to ensure that creators are appropriately valued for their contributions to the world,” CEO Sherrese Clarke Soares said at the time. In the following months, HarbourView invested in independent studio Mucho Mas Media and acquired the rights of singer-songwriter James Fauntleroy and producer-songwriter Noel Zancanella. The Newark, N.J.-based company is also financing a biopic about hip-hop pioneer Queen Latifah . Pink Floyd’s long-awaited, perpetually postponed catalog deal, first mentioned by Billboard in 2022 , finally closed in 2024 due to — or perhaps despite — the band members’ famously rocky relationship that slowed the wheels of progress. Each musician was said to have his own lawyers for the deal, which helps explain why it took until October for Sony Music to purchase a recorded music catalog that was being actively shopped for more than two years. For any buyer, though, owning a piece of the legendary psychedelic rock band is worth the wait. The $400 million deal covers a timeless recorded music catalog including the albums The Wall and The Dark Side of the Moon , as well as name, image and likeness rights, but not music publishing assets. This February, Universal Music Group invested $240 million for a 26% stake in Dundee Partners’ catalog acquisition platform, Chord Music. The novel deal means that the world’s biggest music company now manages the distribution and publishing administration for Chord’s 60,000 copyrights, and UMG can rely on its partners at Chord to help fund catalog acquisitions, thereby using less of its own money. Future catalog acquisitions will be held in Chord, which was valued at $1.85 billion after UMG’s investment. The public-private partnership — which is 74% owned by Dundee Partners, a family office run by Sam Hendel and John Chapman — is being eyed by Warner Music Group as a model for efficient capital management for catalog acquisitions. 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The latest episode of Kaun Banega Crorepati 16 started with host Amitabh Bachchan paying a moving tribute to the courageous heroes of the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks , honoring the memory of the innocent lives lost in the tragedy. The episode featured frontline warriors Vishwas Nangre Patil , Additional Director General of Police, Anti-Corruption Bureau, Maharashtra, and Sanjay Govilkar, Additional Superintendent of Police, Anti-Corruption Bureau, Mumbai, who took the hot seat to share their experiences and insights. As Vishwas Nangre Patil took the hot seat, host Amitabh Bachchan asked him if he remembers how his day began on 26/11. He says, "Sir uss raat 9:30 baje tak humari ASL meeting chali (Advanced Security Liasoning) and then I returned home in the inspectors quarters near Metro Theatre My wife was serving me food and exactly at 9:47 my phone rang and I got a call from the then Additional Commissioner of Police called me and asked ,me to reach the Leopard Cafe as there was an incident of firing and one of our constables was injured. I was in uniform, my bodyguard and driver were downstairs and asked them to be ready as we had to leave. I asked them to load their pistols. After my posting in South Mumbai I had issued a Glock pistol as it had 17-17 magazines in them. I loaded the pistol and left and around 9:49 I passed Metro when I started giving instructions on wireless. I asked for Nakabandi, immediately I called the mobile vans near the Leopard Cafe. By then I had got calls from the then DGP and ACP. Both called me informing that there was a blast in Taj, then immediately two other news of firing in Oberoi and CST Station also came in. I asked my driver to drive te\he car fast and take me to the Taj. I audited the security of Taj for 9 hours as per the rare entrance. I entered from the back gate and when he looked around at least 10-12 dead bodies were lying there as they were killing people. Without waiting for a bulletproof jacket and weapons, my bodyguard and I just entered. We countered and fired on them." Big B and the audience gave them a standing ovation. He resumed the game and announced that the winning amount will be donated to Bharat Ke Vaar NGO. The host presented the question for Rs 1000. Along with coconut, an extract from which of these is used in Solkadhi? Vishwas Nangre goes with Option C) Kokam. Vishwas Nangre went on to explain how he and his bodyguard battled the three terrorists and revealed there was a marriage going on at the Taj. He shared he only had two 15-15 Clog pistols while the three terrorists had grenades, AK-47 and RDX. He fired at the terrorist and one of them started limping. As there was too much chaos, Vishwas Nangre shared that to locate the terrorists he with his team of two constables went to the CCTV room. He misfired to make the teerorist come out and they saw in the camera three terrorists in two hotel rooms and they had made 5 people hostages. He immediately informed the then Commissioner of Police on wireless about the number of terrorists and how they had made people hostages. The then Commisioner of Police ordered to keep the terrosit Pin down as the Naval Commandos were reaching and the information was overheard by a media personal who aired it on a TV channel. The handlers sitting in Pakistan shared the information on VOIP phone to the terrorirst and asked them to damage the cameras and burn down the hotel. He also revealed the story of evacuation of the civilians. He praised the management of Taj and shared that with the help of walkie talkie, intercom and mobile phones, they managed to rescue 650 people. Later, the terrorist blasted the dome of the Taj and there was heavy smoke in the CCTV room and there was fire and they could barely see anything, The terrorist fired at them and the team got divided. Big B resumed the game again and asked Rs 10,000 questions. What branch of Mathematics mainly deals with lines, angles, surfaces, and solids? He selects Option D) Geometry. Vishwas Nangre Patil spoke how around 12:30 am he learnt about the demise of ATS Chief Karkare, Vijay Salaskar, Shashank Shinde. He shared that the news got him furious and he decided that he would not spare the terrortist. Vishwas Nangre Pati shared that he went to get the martrayed body of the 21-year-old constable Rahul and saw his eyes were open, he had his rifle on his shoulder and finger on the trigger. Vishwas said, "Ladte Ladte woh shaheed hogaya tha." He further shared that Rahul's village was earlier called Sultanpur but now it is being renamed as Rahul Shinde Nagar, He recited beautiful lines, “Duniya mein mil jayenge aashiq kayi, magar vatan se khoobsurat sanam nahi hota, noto mein simat kar mare, sone mein lipat kar marein hain kayi, magar tirange se khoobsurat kafan nahi hota!”. Reflecting on the loss, Vishwas further shared, “At the time, we found out that many from our team were no longer with us. I was very close to them." He also recounted a deeply emotional moment: “In a bathtub, a mother lay with her 3-year-old child, protecting the child from the attack. I cannot sleep even today when I think about it.” Keep reading this space to know more brave stories about the 26/11 attack. How KBC changed Harshvardhan Nawathe's life...SAN FRANCISCO , Nov. 26, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Autodesk, Inc. (NASDAQ: ADSK) today announced the appointment of Janesh Moorjani as the company's chief financial officer, effective December 16, 2024 . Moorjani brings over 20 years of experience in the technology industry, with deep expertise in driving growth and efficiency at scale. Most recently, Moorjani served as CFO and COO of Elastic NV (NYSE: ESTC), the Search AI Company. Reporting to chief executive officer Andrew Anagnost , Moorjani will lead and oversee Autodesk's global finance organization. Moorjani will succeed interim chief financial officer Elizabeth "Betsy" Rafael, who will serve as an advisor to the company through the end of fiscal 2025 and will continue to serve on Autodesk's Board of Directors, resuming her status as an independent director following the transition period and end of her employment by the company. "We are excited to welcome such a high-caliber and seasoned CFO in Janesh," said Andrew Anagnost , president and CEO of Autodesk. "His deep finance and software experience will be instrumental in supporting Autodesk's continued momentum with sustained growth and enhanced profitability. I look forward to partnering with Janesh to drive Autodesk's successful path forward and continue creating additional value for our stockholders. I also thank Betsy for stepping into the interim CFO role at an important time for Autodesk, and for her continued contributions both through the transition and as a qualified and experienced board member moving forward." Moorjani brings strong experience leading dynamic public software companies. He recently was CFO of Elastic since 2017 and assumed the additional responsibilities of COO in 2022. Prior to Elastic, he served in executive and leadership roles at Infoblox, VMware, Cisco, PTC, and Goldman Sachs. He currently serves on the Board of Directors of Cohesity, a leading AI-powered data security and data management company. "I am thrilled to join Autodesk and work with Andrew, the company's strong management team and the Board to capitalize on the compelling growth opportunities we have ahead," said Moorjani. "Autodesk has established a clear leadership position as a technology innovator by providing differentiated and connected solutions that allow customers across industries to design and make anything. I look forward to working with the team to build on Autodesk's strong financial foundation to drive continued growth, profitability and free cash flow to ultimately deliver sustainable stockholder value." ABOUT AUTODESK The world's designers, engineers, builders, and creators trust Autodesk to help them design and make anything. From the buildings we live and work in, to the cars we drive and the bridges we drive over. From the products we use and rely on, to the movies and games that inspire us. Autodesk's Design and Make Platform unlocks the power of data to accelerate insights and automate processes, empowering our customers with the technology to create the world around us and deliver better outcomes for their business and the planet. 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Homeland Security shares new details of mysterious drone flights over New Jersey, lawmaker says A New Jersey lawmaker from part of the state where several mysterious drones have been spotted in recent week says the devices appear to avoid detection by traditional methods. Assemblywoman Dawn Fantasia was among state officials who met Wednesday with representatives from the Department of Homeland Security. She says lawmakers were told the drones have dodged detection by helicopters and radio. Fantasia says DHS described the devices as up to 6 feet in diameter and sometimes traveling with their lights off. The Morris County Republican made the comments in a post on X shortly after she and several other state and local lawmakers met with state police and Homeland Security officials. Rape allegation against Jay-Z won’t impact NFL's relationship with music mogul, Goodell says IRVING, Texas (AP) — NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell says a rape allegation against rapper Jay-Z won’t impact the NFL's relationship with the music mogul. Jay-Z's company Roc Nation has produced some of the NFL’s entertainment presentations including the Super Bowl halftime show. A woman who previously sued Sean “Diddy” Combs alleging she was raped at an awards show after-party in 2000 amended the lawsuit Sunday to include an allegation that Jay-Z was also at the party and participated in the sexual assault. Jay-Z says the rape allegation made against him is part of an extortion attempt. The NFL teamed up with Jay-Z’s Roc Nation in 2019 for events and social activism. The league and the entertainment company extended their partnership a few months ago. Gastineau confronts Favre in documentary for his 'dive' on Strahan's record-breaking sack Former New York Jets star Mark Gastineau confronted Brett Favre last year at a memorabilia show and angrily accused the Pro Football Hall of Fame quarterback of deliberately going down on a record-breaking sack. The tense exchange is shown in the new ESPN 30 for 30 documentary “The New York Sack Exchange." It chronicles the Jets’ fearsome foursome defensive line of the 1980s that included Gastineau. Gastineau set an NFL record with 22 sacks in 1984, but Pro Football Hall of Famer Michael Strahan broke the mark when he sacked Favre in 2002 in a game between the Giants and Packers. Many have accused Favre of purposely taking the sack so Strahan could set the single-season record with 22 1/2. NFL and Nike extend their partnership with a 10-year deal, will focus on growing the sport globally IRVING, Texas (AP) — The NFL’s desire to become a global powerhouse is no secret. Nike is committed to helping the league continue expanding its worldwide reach. The league and the apparel giant announced Wednesday a 10-year partnership extension. The NFL and Nike will focus on working together to grow the game’s global reach, increase participation, develop new talent, and expand the football fan base. Nike, the world’s largest supplier of athletic shoes and apparel, has been the NFL’s exclusive provider of uniforms and sideline, practice and base layer apparel for all 32 NFL teams for 12 years. George Kresge Jr., who wowed talk show audiences as the The Amazing Kreskin, dies at age 89 NEW YORK (AP) — George Joseph Kresge Jr., otherwise known to TV watchers as the mesmerizing entertainer and mentalist The Amazing Kreskin, has died at age 89. Kreskin’s friend and former road manager, Ryan Galway, says he died Tuesday at his home in Caldwell, New Jersey. Kreskin launched his television career in the 1960s and remained popular for decades, appearing with everyone from Merv Griffin to Johnny Carson to Jimmy Fallon. Fans would welcome, if not entirely figure out, his favorite mind tricks — whether correctly guessing a playing card chosen at random, or, most famously, divining where his paycheck had been planted among the audience. He also hosted a show in the 1970s, gave live performances and wrote numerous books. Albertsons sues Kroger for failing to win approval of their proposed supermarket merger Kroger and Albertsons’ plan for the largest U.S. supermarket merger in history has crumbled. The two companies have accused each other of not doing enough to push their proposed alliance through, and Albertsons pulled out of the $24.6 billion deal on Wednesday. The bitter breakup came the day after a federal judge in Oregon and a state judge in Washington issued injunctions to block the merger, saying that combining the two grocery chains could reduce competition and harm consumers. Albertsons is now suing Kroger, seeking a $600 million termination fee, as well as billions of dollars in legal fees and lost shareholder value. Kroger says the legal claims are “baseless.” Wisconsin kayaker who faked his death and fled the country is charged after returning to US GREEN LAKE, Wis. (AP) — Authorities say a Wisconsin man who faked his own drowning and left his wife and three children for Eastern Europe has willingly returned to the U.S. Ryan Borgwardt is charged with obstruction, a misdemeanor. A not-guilty plea was entered by a judge Wednesday, a day after Borgwardt's return. The judge also set bond at $500 for the obstruction charge, though Borgwardt only has to pay if he violates the conditions of his release. Green Lake County Sheriff Mark Podoll says Borgwardt “came back on his own” because of his family. Investigators say the 45-year-old was living in the country of Georgia. Keynote Selena Gomez spotlights prioritizing mental health during Academy Women's Luncheon LOS ANGELES (AP) — While surveying a room packed with Hollywood’s most influential figures, “Emilia Pérez” star Selena Gomez took center stage at the Academy Women’s Luncheon to spotlight a critical issue: Prioritizing mental health and supporting underserved communities often left behind in the conversation. The singer-actor has been public about her mental health struggles, revealing she had been diagnosed with bipolar disorder. Gomez was the keynote speaker Tuesday at the event held at the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures with attendees including Ariana Grande, Olivia Wilde, Amy Adams, Pamela Anderson, Rita Wilson, Ava DuVernay and Awkwafina. Rural resurrection: A Greek village leans into faith in fight against demographic collapse FOURNA, Greece (AP) — In the remote mountains of central Greece lies Fourna, a village in danger of disappearing due to its aging population. An unlikely duo, the local priest and a schoolteacher, has joined forces to raise money to attract families and breathe life back into their community. The grassroots effort has brought more children to the school and is attracting national attention in a country grappling with one of the world’s worst demographic crises. In Greece, deaths outnumber births by nearly two-to-one. The Orthodox Church argues that incentives being offered by the government are welcome but insufficient to reverse the dire trends. The church is pleading with Greeks to restore their traditional faith in family.
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