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MIAMI , Dec. 26, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Gary Brecka , wife Sage Workinger and respective entities, IJS and TPH, today filed significant lawsuits related to their partnership with Cardone Ventures, LLC. The first complaint is a $100M defamation lawsuit filed by Brecka and Workinger against Elena Cardone , wife of Grant Cardone who co-founded 10X Health with Brecka and Workinger. It details the process by which Mrs. Cardone launched an allegedly intentional smear campaign designed to damage Brecka's reputation, including making false incendiary social media posts and nefarious public statements. The second complaint names Cardone Ventures LLC, a consulting firm claiming to help founders scale their businesses, and its CEO Brandon Dawson as defendants. The complaint details predatory efforts by Dawson and Cardone Ventures to take over 10X Health and edge out Brecka and Workinger through nefarious means and breaches of contractual agreements. Individuals who have worked with Cardone Ventures or CEO Brandon Dawson and may have information or similar complaints may call 305-603-0805 to leave confidential information for legal team review. Editor's Note #1: Copies of both complaints are included with this press release or available upon request. Exhibit information is also available upon request. Editor's Note #2: Brecka and Workinger are available for phone and on-camera interviews. Contact: Josh Merkin rbb communications (954) 789-5530 View original content to download multimedia: https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/renowned-human-biologist-and-longevity-expert-gary-brecka-files-100m-defamation-claim-against-elena-cardone-and-lawsuit-against-cardone-ventures-in-response-to-questionable-business-practices-302339380.html SOURCE IJS and TPH
The November election indicates that major changes in social policies will be coming. Believing that “progressive” responses should occur at both the national and local levels, the Davis United Methodist Church will sponsor a series of public forums to investigate what changes are likely and what responses are possible. So far, two forums are scheduled but more are being planned. The forums will take place Sunday mornings at 11:20 a.m. at the church at 1620 Anderson Road and are open to the larger community. The following forums are confirmed: * On Jan. 19, “Immigration in President Trump's Second Term” with Kevin Johnson, Mabie/Apallas Professor of Public Interest Law & Chicana/o Studies at UC Davis School of Law. President Trump campaigned in the 2024 election promising mass deportations. What might this mean in terms of policies and the impacts on immigrants? The first term of President Trump offers some ideas. The event will discuss what might be expected on the immigration front for the next four years. * On Feb. 9, “Effective Local Climate Actions” with Richard McCann, energy consultant and founding partner at M.Cubed Consulting. Many local governments create climate action plans, including Davis and Yolo County, but their efforts seem to hit a pause when they need to jump into action. There are several reasons for this, including wishful thinking about how citizens will participate, misunderstandings about the relative magnitudes of effectiveness, and an unwillingness to invest both money and political will. the event will discuss and highlight where these plans might focus most effectively.LOS ANGELES (AP) — Londynn Jones scored 15 points, making all five of her 3-pointers, and fifth-ranked UCLA stunned No. 1 South Carolina 77-62 on Sunday, ending the Gamecocks’ overall 43-game winning streak and their run of 33 consecutive road victories. The Gamecocks (5-1) lost for the first time since April 2023, when Caitlin Clark and Iowa beat them in the NCAA Tournament national semifinals. Javascript is required for you to be able to read premium content. Please enable it in your browser settings. Get updates and player profiles ahead of Friday's high school games, plus a recap Saturday with stories, photos, video Frequency: Seasonal Twice a weekIsrael and Lebanon's Hezbollah agree to a ceasefire to end nearly 14 months of fighting JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel has approved a United States-brokered ceasefire agreement with Lebanon’s Hezbollah, setting the stage for an end to nearly 14 months of fighting linked to the ongoing war in the Gaza Strip. Israeli warplanes meanwhile carried out the most intense wave of strikes in Beirut and its southern suburbs since the start of the conflict and issued a record number of evacuation warnings. At least 24 people were killed in strikes across the country, according to local authorities, as Israel signaled it aims to keep pummeling Hezbollah before the ceasefire is set to take hold at 4 a.m. local time on Wednesday. President Joe Biden, speaking in Washington, called the agreement “good news” and said his administration would make a renewed push for a ceasefire in Gaza. AP finds that a Pentagon-funded study on extremism in the military relied on old data Early this year, Pete Hegseth told a Fox News audience a new, Pentagon-funded study proved that the number of military service members and veterans involved in the Jan. 6 insurrection did not indicate a wider problem in the armed forces. Hegseth, Donald Trump's pick to head the Department of Defense, wasn’t alone. The Wall Street Journal’s opinion page highlighted the same report as evidence that extremists in military communities were “phantoms” created by a “false media narrative.” The X account for Republicans on the House Armed Services Committee posted that the study showed the focus on extremism in the military was a “witch hunt.” But The Associated Press has found that the study relied on old data, misleading analyses and ignored evidence that pointed to the opposite conclusion. Trump's threat to impose tariffs could raise prices for consumers, colliding with promise for relief DETROIT (AP) — If Donald Trump makes good on his threat to slap 25% tariffs on everything imported from Mexico and Canada, the price increases that could follow will collide with his campaign promise to give American families a break from inflation. Economists and industry officials say companies would have little choice but to pass along the added costs, dramatically raising prices for food, clothing, automobiles, booze and other goods. The president-elect floated the tariff idea and an additional 10% tax on goods from China, as a way to force the countries to halt the flow of illegal immigrants and drugs into the U.S. But his posts Monday threatening tariffs on his first day in office could be a negotiating ploy to get the countries to change behavior. Mexico suggests it would impose its own tariffs to retaliate against any Trump tariffs MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum has suggested Mexico could retaliate with tariffs of its own, after U.S. President-elect Donald Trump threatened to impose 25% tariffs on Mexican goods if the country doesn’t stop the flow of drugs and migrants across the border. Sheinbaum says she is willing to engage in talks on the issues, but said drugs were a U.S. problem. She says "one tariff would be followed by another in response, and so on until we put at risk common businesses,” referring to U.S. automakers that have plants on both sides of the border. After delay, Trump signs agreement with Biden White House to begin formal transition handoff WASHINGTON (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump on Tuesday signed a required agreement with President Joe Biden’s White House to allow his transition team to coordinate with the existing federal workforce ahead of taking office on Jan. 20. The overdue agreement was supposed to have been signed by Oct. 1, according to the Presidential Transition Act, and the Biden White House has issued appeals in both public and private for Trump’s team to sign on. The agreement is a critical step in the process meant to ensure an orderly transfer of power at noon on Jan. 20 and limits the risk that the Trump team could find itself taking control of the massive federal government without being aware of ongoing programs and operations. Brazil’s Bolsonaro participated in a 2022 coup plot, unsealed police report says SAO PAULO (AP) — Brazil’s former far-right President Jair Bolsonaro was fully aware of and actively participated in a coup plot to remain in office after his defeat in the 2022 election, according to a Federal Police report that has been unsealed. Brazil’s Federal Police last Thursday formally accused Bolsonaro and 36 other people of attempting a coup. They sent their nearly 900-page report to the Supreme Court, which lifted the seal. Bolsonaro has repeatedly denied any wrongdoing or awareness of any plot to keep him in power or oust his leftist rival and successor, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. Biden proposes Medicare and Medicaid cover costly weight-loss drugs for millions of obese Americans WASHINGTON (AP) — Millions of obese Americans would be eligible to have popular weight-loss drugs like Wegovy or Zepbound covered by Medicare or Medicaid under a new rule the Biden administration proposed Tuesday morning. The proposal, which would not be finalized until after President-elect Donald Trump takes office, could cost taxpayers as much as $35 billion over the next decade. It would give millions of people access to weekly injectables that have helped people shed pounds so quickly that some people have labeled them miracle drugs. New rule allows HIV-positive organ transplants People with HIV who need a kidney or liver transplant will be able to receive an organ from a donor with HIV. That's according to a new rule announced Tuesday by U.S. health officials. Previously, such transplants could be done only as part of research studies. The new rule takes effect Wednesday. It's expected to shorten the wait for organs for all, regardless of HIV status, by increasing the pool of available organs. The practice is supported by a decade of research, during which 500 transplants of kidneys and livers from HIV-positive donors have been done in the U.S. Surveillance tech advances by Biden could aid in Trump's promised crackdown on immigration President-elect Donald Trump will return to power next year with a raft of technological tools at his disposal that would help deliver his campaign promise of cracking down on immigration — among them, surveillance and artificial intelligence technology that the Biden administration already uses to help make crucial decisions in tracking, detaining and ultimately deporting immigrants lacking permanent legal status. One algorithm, for example, ranks immigrants with a “Hurricane Score,” ranging from 1-5, to assess whether someone will “abscond” from the agency’s supervision. Ukraine says Russian attack sets a new record for the number of drones used KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — The Ukrainian air force says Russia launched 188 drones against most regions of Ukraine in a nighttime blitz, describing it as a record number of drones deployed in a single attack. It said Tuesday that most of the drones were intercepted, but apartment buildings and critical infrastructure such as the national power grid were damaged. No casualties were immediately reported in the 17 targeted regions. Russia has been hammering civilian areas of Ukraine with increasingly heavy drone, missile and glide bomb attacks since the middle of the year. The Russian Defense Ministry, meanwhile, issued a rare official acknowledgement of its assets being hit on its own soil by U.S.-made longer-range missiles that the U.S. recently authorized Ukraine to use.
Hezbollah fires 200 rockets at northern, central Israel, injuring eight
Matthew Gaudreau's Wife Welcomes Their First Baby After His DeathYou'll be hearing a lot about Homer's The Odyssey in the coming weeks and months. Christopher Nolan is scheduled to film and release a new IMAX adaptation of the epic poem with big-name stars like Matt Damon, Tom Holland, Anne Hathaway, Zendaya, Lupita Nyong’o, Robert Pattinson and Charlize Theron, according to Variety . Another Odyssey- based film, Uberto Pasolini's 'The Return' is also in theaters. It stars Ralph Fiennes and Juliet Binoche as Odysseus and his wife Penelope; it's a hyper-focused take on what happens after Odysseus returns to Ithaca (without the mythos of the gods and goddesses). There is also a new translation of The Odyssey , by Emily Wilson. Who is Emily Wilson? She's a British American classicist, author, translator, and Professor of Classical Studies at the University of Pennsylvania. Probably not a Trump voter, for sure. Except her views on one of the major themes of The Odyssey -- heroism -- is, well, interesting: The post reads: “There’s an idea that Homer has to sound heroic and ancient,” Wilson told me, but that idea comes with a value system attached, one that includes “endorsing this very hierarchical kind of society as if that’s what heroism is.” Heroism is hierarchical because heroes are better than other people. Flawed and human, yes, but the also go above and beyond. All of this. She truly has a look on her face that perpetually says "That's Not Funny." Yeah, she does. I don’t know too much about the odyssey , but I don’t think it’s supposed to be ... bouncy... am I wrong ? It is not supposed to be bouncy. I recommend listening to the Robert Fagles translation narrated by Sir Ian McKellan, while following along with the written version of the same translation. Since the Odyssey was originally an oral work, this may be the best experience, barring learning ancient Greek. pic.twitter.com/1DMfT6cyDH Great translation. This writer read it in high school. Oh F off!! What is this dogs**t? pic.twitter.com/G8zzfFeQhV That's awful. Absolutely awful. Her translation would be fine if it was aimed at like 8 to 10 year olds, but it obviously isn't. It's meant for simple minded, childish, incurious adults who can only read at a 6th grade level. That's not fine. It is NOT okay to be an uncultured swine past the age of 30. pic.twitter.com/o6xRtLBw24 The longer version makes it even worse. Egads. The entire value of ancient mythology is that it's a time capsule for older ways of thinking, a way to pass down time-tested values and solutions. If you alter it, it loses nearly all its value. Imagine not understanding this. pic.twitter.com/xTv5f1t4w5 They understand this. They hate it, which is why they seek to destroy it. They really now trying to inject culture war bulls**t into classical literature? 🤦♂️ Always are. This is correct if a book needs to be dumbed down you won't get anything from the dumbed down version at all. https://t.co/fx4GeaV5RO Bingo! I really did try to plough through Emily Wilson's translation of The Odyssey, but I found it clunky and leaden footed. It never 'sang' - at least not for me. https://t.co/rc8EVglDwx That language doesn't sing. The attempt to recontextualize art through translation is monstrous, and is exactly why people are against wokalizers in gaming and anime... Though this is even MORE offensive. https://t.co/WL86s6vQM5 Yes, it is.
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HIGH POINT, N.C. (AP) — Brian Moore Jr. scored 33 points as Norfolk State beat High Point 77-74 on Sunday. Moore added five rebounds and six assists for the Spartans (9-6). Christian Ings scored 12 points, shooting 5 of 6 from the field and 2 for 4 from the line. Jalen Myers had seven points and shot 1 of 3 from the field and 4 of 5 from the free-throw line. The Panthers (12-3) were led in scoring by Chase Johnston, who finished with 24 points. Kimani Hamilton added 18 points, 15 rebounds, five assists and two blocks for High Point. Kezza Giffa also put up 12 points. Up next for Norfolk State is a matchup Tuesday with Tennessee on the road. High Point hosts Radford on Thursday. The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar .No. 1 South Carolina women stunned by fifth-ranked UCLA 77-62, ending Gamecocks' 43-game win streakConor McGregor DELETES furious against his rape victim Nikita Hand he posted after she won civil sexual assault case against UFC star
Mumbai: The BJP logged the highest vote share of 26.77 per cent in the Maharashtra assembly elections, winning 132 out of 149 seats it had contested and garnering 17,293,650 votes, as per ECI data. The BJP’s 132-seat haul marked a hat-trick of crossing the 100-seat mark in assembly elections. The saffron party had bagged 122 seats in the 2014 elections, which it contested solo without undivided Shiv Sena, and 105 seats in 2019 polls which it faced with the former ally Shiv Sena on its side. The BJP’s stellar performance at Maharashtra hustings, results of which were declared on Saturday, saw the party reaping a rich harvest of 132 seats in the 288-member House. Its Mahayuti partners Shiv Sena and NCP led by Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar won 57 and 41 seats, respectively. The Congress, which won only 16 out of 101 seats it had contested, came a distant second with a 12.42 per cent vote share. The Grand Old Party polled 8,020,921 votes. The Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena’s tally of 57 seats out of 81 it had contested saw a vote share of 12.38 per cent and 7,996,930 votes. Interestingly, the vote share of NCP (Sharadchandra Pawar) and the quantum of votes polled for the party surpassed the rival NCP faction despite the former’s rout in the elections. The NCP (SP) contested 86 seats but won only 10 with an 11.28 per cent vote share and 7,287,797 votes. In contrast, the Ajit Pawar-led NCP registered a 9.01% vote share despite winning 41 of the 59 seats it had contested and polling 5,816,566 votes. The rival Shiv Sena (UBT), which won 20 seats, logged a vote share of 9.96 per cent and polled 6,433,013 votes. At 4,61,886, NOTA votes dropped to 0.72 per cent in Maharashtra. A voter turnout of 66.05 per cent was recorded for the state assembly elections held on November 20, up from 61.1 per cent in 2019, according to Election Commission officials.
Longtime NFL wide receiver DeSean Jackson will take over as head coach at Delaware State, Victory Formation Media and ESPN reported Thursday. If confirmed, it would be the latest data point in a growing trend of FCS football teams hiring well-known former players -- with little to no prior coaching experience -- in an effort to stand out. Jackson, 38, has no connection to Delaware State but according to ESPN, "it has always been a dream" of his to coach at an HBCU (historically black colleges and universities). Earlier this month, Norfolk State hired Michael Vick to take over the Spartans' program. Vick, who also reportedly heard from Sacramento State, hails from the Norfolk, Va., area. Norfolk State is one of Delaware State's rivals in the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference. Colorado coach Deion Sanders spent three seasons (2020-22) as the head coach of Jackson State before moving up to the FBS level. His only prior coaching experience came at the high school level, including at his own short-lived charter school in Texas, "Prime Prep Academy." Jackson last played for the Baltimore Ravens in 2022. He is best known for two stints with the Philadelphia Eagles (2008-13, 2019-20) and played for a total of six teams in a 15-year NFL career. Jackson caught 641 passes for 11,263 yards and 58 touchdowns, adding four rushing touchdowns and four punt return touchdowns in 183 career games. Delaware State went 1-11 in 2024 (0-5 MEAC) and fired coach Lee Hull after the season. The Hornets have not had a winning season since going 6-5 in 2012. --Field Level MediaAP Business SummaryBrief at 1:32 p.m. EST
PATNA: RJD MLA Bhai Birendra, considered close to party chief Lalu Prasad, said Thursday they "would welcome" Bihar CM Nitish Kumar back if he parted ways with BJP . "There is no permanent friend or foe in politics. If Nitish reaches us after snapping the alliance with the communal forces, we will welcome him," Birendra said. His comments came amid an apparent tug-of-war over whether Nitish will be the NDA face in next year's assembly polls. Birendra set the grapevine buzzing by telling reporters to "watch out" for more of the "political games" that Bihar has seen in the past. "Khela hota raha hai aur aage bhi hoga. Dekhte rahiye (state has witnessed political games in the past and they will happen again. Keep watching)." Nitish's JD(U) dismissed the remarks as "nonsense". "RJD has been constantly trying to create confusion among people. There is restlessness within the party after its disastrous performance in the Lok Sabha and assembly bypolls (last month)," said JD(U)'s Neeraj Kumar. BJP s Dilip Jaiswal accused RJD of desperation. Stay updated with the latest news on Times of India . Don't miss daily games like Crossword , Sudoku , Location Guesser and Mini Crossword .
Panthers TE Ja'Tavion Sanders carted off field for neck injuryTurnovers, missed opportunities and favorable field position for its opponent hurt the Shenandoah University football team in a 35-14 loss to Moravian University in the Cape Charles Bowl on Saturday at Salem Stadium. The Hornets (8-3) played in the second game of Saturday’s Chesapeake Challenge as a result of finishing in second place in the Old Dominion Athletic Conference this year, the highest finish for the program in their 13 years in the ODAC. The Greyhounds (7-4) took third in the Landmark Conference. Moravian led 21-0 at the half and didn’t let its lead dip below 14 points over the remainder of the game. The Greyhounds scored more points against SU than any team this year, with fellow Landmark school Juniata (27) recording the previous high against the Hornets. SU finished with a 366-363 edge in total yardage, but Hornets senior quarterback Steven Hugney threw four interceptions while also completing 19 of 32 passes for 207 yards and one touchdown. The last two interceptions came inside the Moravian 30-yard line in the fourth quarter. One was the result of the ball going off a receiver’s hands. The other came after a deflection in the end zone when SU snapped the ball because it thought the Greyhounds jumped into the neutral zone, and Hugney threw the ball under the assumption that the Hornets had a free play. The Hornets advanced the ball six times inside the Moravian 30 but only scored twice. They were 1 for 5 until AJ Maxwell (six carries, 61 yards) had an 8-yard touchdown run with 1:32 left, with the second of two Scott Martin extra-point kicks making it 35-14. SU head coach Scott Yoder said in a phone interview on Sunday that it was hard to deal with the team not performing the way it had for most of the season. Yoder said the Hornets didn’t have normal preparation for the game because they wanted to keep some banged-up players fresh for Saturday, but the bottom line is the team needed to play better. “That’s not a formula to beat anyone, let alone a good football team,” said Yoder, referencing the turnovers and the four scoreless possessions inside the Moravian 30. “The last six or seven weeks, [the way we played Saturday is] not anywhere close to who we were. A great experience and loved being there with the guys, and certainly disappointed in how we played. We’re a much better team [than Saturday], and we’ve showed that, but we didn’t have that quality [Saturday].” Moravian converted Hugney’s first two interceptions — both of which were made in Hornets’ territory — into touchdowns. “[Hugney] is a huge reason why we’re playing in the postseason, and I know he probably wanted to have a better production day,” Yoder said. “We’re going to miss him taking snaps for us [next year], for sure.” The Greyhounds also took advantage of a high punt snap that SU recovered 32 yards behind the line of scrimmage at the Hornets’ 10-yard line to score the game’s first touchdown. The Greyhounds scored that initial TD on fourth down, a 6-yard scoring strike from Jared Jenkins to Jordan Bingham to make it 7-0 at the 9:16 mark of the first quarter. Jenkins played a starring role, completing 27 of 37 passes for 234 yards, five TDs and one interception and rushing 11 times for 75 yards. “Really super efficient,” said Yoder of Jenkins. “We knew going in he was good. Having played against him, seen him live, [that opinion hasn’t] changed. He throws it to the open guy and makes a lot of plays.” SU followed with a 10-play, 57-yard drive to the Methodist 7-yard line. On fourth-and-3, Hugney threw incomplete under heavy pressure with 3:28 left in the first quarter. It was windy in Salem on Saturday, and the Hornets had the wind at their back in the first quarter. “Maybe if I can do it over again, maybe you kick the field goal on the first one, because you’re with the wind and you just get some points and get something positive,” Yoder said. The Hornets would drive into Moravian territory on its next possession and again reached the Moravian 7. But on third-and-goal from the 10, Hugney was sacked for a loss of 11 yards, and Martin missed a 38-yard field goal attempt with 10:54 left in the second quarter. “We’ve been playing good, complementary football,” Yoder said. “If we score [on those] early [possessions], even if one’s a field goal, we’ve got 10 [points] and maybe there’s not as much stress on our defense.” Moravian responded with a 14-play, 79-yard drive, with Jenkins throwing a 2-yard TD pass on a fade to the left to Diego Del Castillo (six catches, 66 yards, two TDs) to make it 14-0 with 4:02 left in the second quarter. The Hornets started the next possession on their own 25. On the fourth play from the SU 36, Hugney tried a throw across his body and was intercepted by Cleveland Harding. He caught the ball at the 43 and returned it 7 yards to the SU 36. Six plays later, Jenkins threw his second fourth-down TD pass. On fourth-and-4 from the 13, Del Castillo made a leaping grab at the goal line over the middle to make it 21-0 with 53 seconds left in the first half. The Hornets had a strong start to the second half. Bryce Buchanan (10 carries, 116 yards) had a 53-yard run to the Moravian 1. After a snap toward running back Jalen Redfearn wasn’t caught and lost 17 yards after the ball was recovered, Hugney connected with Broden Domenico (eight catches, 99 yards) over the middle for an 18-yard touchdown that made it 21-7 Moravian with 12:08 left in the third quarter. SU stopped the Greyhounds as a result of a fourth-and-2 incompletion at the Hornets’ 29 on the next possession. But Hugney was intercepted on a diving catch over the middle on the next play by Aidan Lane at the Hornets’ 47. Six plays later, Jenkins rolled right and connected with Avery Koser for a 5-yard TD that made it 28-7 with 4:40 left in the third quarter. Bingham caught a 45-yard TD pass fron Jenkins with five seconds left in the third quarter for a 35-7 Greyhounds advantage. Matt Conroy led SU with 13 tackles. Sean Perry and Quante Redd had eight tackles each, with Perry recording an interception in the fourth quarter and Redd breaking up two passes. All of Maxwell’s yards and carries came on the final TD drive. Maxwell — who had nine rushing TDs and 358 yards last year — only had 11 carries for 31 yards in three games in his injury-plagued senior season coming into Saturday, so Yoder was glad to see him and the offense as a whole have a successful final drive on Saturday. “It was great to see him and for that group to put a drive together like we knew we could do and probably should have done more consistently,” Yoder said. “[Maxwell’s] just kind of been snake-bit with some injuries and some bad luck. I know this is probably not personally the final year that he wanted to have, but he worked hard, he showed up, and he rehabbed what he needed to. Glad to see him really kind of give us something there in the fourth quarter.” SU tied a program record previously set in 2003 and 2022 with eight wins this year. Saturday was SU’s second-ever postseason appearance, with the 2004 appearance in the NCAA Division III playoffs the other. The Hornets’ other two losses were one-point defeats to ODAC champion Randolph-Macon and Bridgewater (both 22-21). The Hornets went 5-5 in 2023. “I’ve been doing this for [24] years, and I don’t know if there’s a group that I’m more proud of,” said Yoder, who was an assistant coach at Hobart before taking the head job at SU in 2013. “They’re definitely up there, just with everything they’ve had to handle, not just in the calendar football season, but everything on and off the field.” Yoder gives credit to SU’s leadership group for helping the team finish strong and focused after starting 1-2 in the ODAC. Yoder said it meant a lot to play in Salem Stadium and thought everyone involved with the facility, and everyone involved with the ODAC and Landmark, made it a memorable event. “We had a great group of upperclassmen leaders,” Yoder said. “We ended up playing some of our best football in the last month, and we had guys kind of commanding the locker room, and how we’re going to practice and respond. They really made their minds up to have a special finish, and they did.” Hugney, Maxwell, Domenico, Martin, Redd and Perry are part of a group of 34 seniors, fifth-year players and graduate students on this year’s Hornets. “Their impact was great on the university, and the community, and certainly on the program,” Yoder said. “We had a last team meeting [Sunday], and that’s the last time they’ll be together like that, and that’s tough. We’ve spent a lot of good times together and some tough times, and that kinds of builds those relationships. It’s a great group of kids, and whatever they end up doing, wherever they end up going, they’re going to have a positive impact.” The ODAC is now 1-3 against the Landmark in the two-year history of the Chesapeake Challenge. Washington & Lee (third in the ODAC) defeated Wilkes (Landmark runner-up) 40-21 in the first game on Saturday at Salem Stadium.The rising price of paying the national debt is a risk for Trump's promises on growth and inflation WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump has big plans for the economy. He also has big debt problem that'll be a hurdle to delivering on those plan. Trump has bold ambitions on tax cuts, tariffs and other programs. But high interest rates and the price of repaying the federal government’s existing debt could limit what he’s able to do. The federal debt stands at roughly $36 trillion, and the spike in inflation after the pandemic has pushed up the government’s borrowing costs such that debt service next year will easily exceed spending on national security. 'Wicked' and 'Gladiator' make gravity-defying theater debuts NEW YORK (AP) — “Wicked” and “Gladiator II” have debuted in theaters with a combined $270 million in ticket sales. Their worldwide performance breathed fresh life into global box office results that have struggled lately. Together the films turned the moviegoing weekend into one of the busiest of the year. Jon M. Chu’s lavish big-budget musical “Wicked,” starring Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo, debuted with $114 million domestically and $164.2 million globally. Ridley Scott’s “Gladiator II” is a sequel to his 2000 best picture-winning original and launched with $55.5 million in ticket sales. “Moana 2” is being released Wednesday, so it looks like Hollywood might be looking at historic sales over the Thanksgiving holiday. Trump's Republican Party is increasingly winning union voters. It's a shift seen in his labor pick WASHINGTON (AP) — Working-class voters helped Republicans make steady election gains this year and expanded a coalition that increasingly includes rank-and-file union members. It's a political shift spotlighting one of President-elect Donald Trump’s latest Cabinet picks: a GOP congresswoman, who has drawn labor support, to be his labor secretary. Oregon Rep. Lori Chavez-DeRemer narrowly lost her bid for a second term this month, despite strong backing from union members. They're a key part of the Democratic base but are gravitating in the Trump era toward a Republican Party traditionally allied with business interests. Trump raced to pick many Cabinet posts. He took more time to settle on a treasury secretary WASHINGTON (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump launched a blitz of picks for his Cabinet, but he took his time settling on billionaire investor Scott Bessent as his choice for treasury secretary. The Republican not only wanted someone who jibes with him, but an official who can execute his economic vision and look straight out of central casting while doing so. With his Yale University education and pedigree trading for Soros Fund Management before establishing his own funds, Bessent will be tasked with a delicate balancing act. Trump expects him to help reset the global trade order, enable trillions of dollars in tax cuts, ensure inflation stays in check, manage a ballooning national debt and still keep the financial markets confident. Trump chooses Bessent to be treasury secretary, Vought as budget chief, Chavez-DeRemer for Labor WASHINGTON (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump has chosen hedge fund manager Scott Bessent, an advocate for deficit reduction, to serve as his next treasury secretary. Bessent, 62, is founder of hedge fund Key Square Capital Management. He previously had worked on and off for Soros Fund Management since 1991. Trump also said he would nominate Russell Vought, 48, to lead the Office of Management and Budget, a position he held during Trump's first term. And Trump chose Rep. Lori Chavez-DeRemer, an Oregon Republican, as his labor secretary, and Scott Turner, a former football player who worked in Trump’s first administration, as his housing secretary. Afraid of losing the US-Canada trade pact, Mexico alters its laws and removes Chinese parts MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico has been taking a bashing for allegedly serving as a conduit for Chinese parts and products into North America. Officials here are terrified that a re-elected Donald Trump or politically struggling Justin Trudeau could simply expel their country from the U.S.-Mexico-Canada free trade agreement. Mexico's ruling Morena party is so afraid its has gone on a campaign to get companies to replace Chinese parts with locally made ones. And its legislators are consciously tweaking the wording of major laws to try to make them compatible with the trade pact's language. Mexico hopes the rules of the trade pact would prevent the U.S. or Canada from simply walking away. Australia withdraws a misinformation bill after critics compare it to censorship CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australia’s government has withdrawn a bill that would give a media watchdog power to monitor digital platforms and require them to keep records about misinformation and disinformation on their networks. Communications Minister Michelle Rowland said Sunday that the government was unable to drum up the support needed to pass the legislation. The opposition spokesman, David Coleman, said the bill “betrayed our democracy” and amounted to “censorship laws in Australia.” The bill would have granted the Australian Communications and Media Authority power over digital platforms by approving an enforceable code of conduct or standards for social media companies if self-regulation fell short. He'll be the last meatpacker in the Meatpacking District. Here's how NYC's gritty 'hood got chic NEW YORK (AP) — The last meatpackers in New York's Meatpacking District have agreed to end their leases early and make way for development on their city-owned lot. A third-generation meatpacker says he is ready to retire and he'll be proud to be there when the building closes. The closure date has not been set, but will mark the end of over a century of industrial life in the Meatpacking District. Starting in the 1970s, a new nightlife scene emerged as bars and nightclubs moved in. Today it's a hub for shopping, tourism, and recreation and only echoes of that grit remain. US budget airlines are struggling. Will pursuing premium passengers solve their problems? DALLAS (AP) — Delta and United Airlines have become the most profitable U.S. airlines by targeting premium customers while also winning a significant share of budget travelers. That is squeezing smaller low-fare carriers like Spirit Airlines, which filed for bankruptcy protection on Monday. Some travel industry experts think Spirit’s troubles indicate less-wealthy passengers will have fewer choices and higher prices. Other discount airlines are on better financial footing but also are lagging far behind the full-service airlines when it comes to recovering from the COVID-19 pandemic. Most industry experts think Frontier and other so-called ultra-low-cost carriers will fill the vacuum if Spirit shrinks, and that there's still plenty of competition to prevent prices from spiking. What to know about Scott Bessent, Trump's pick for treasury secretary WASHINGTON (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump has chosen money manager Scott Bessent, an advocate for deficit reduction and deregulation, to serve as his next treasury secretary. Bessent is a past supporter of Democrats who has become an enthusiastic supporter of Trump. He’s an advocate of cutting spending while extending the tax cuts approved by Congress in Trump’s first term. He has said tariffs imposed during a second Trump administration would be directed primarily at China.
Intercontinental Exchange Chair & CEO Jeffrey C. Sprecher to Present at the Goldman Sachs Financial Services Conference on December 105 major Suffolk events happening in JanuaryCarolina Panthers tight end Ja'Tavion Sanders was taken to a hospital for a neck injury after landing on his head while making a catch late in the first half of Sunday's 30-27 home loss to the Kansas City Chiefs. As Sanders was brought down near the sideline after a 10-yard reception, he was flipped upside down and landed directly on the top of his helmet as he went out of bounds on the tackle by cornerback Trent McDuffie. After receiving attention from the team's medical staff, Sanders was strapped to a backboard and taken off the field on a cart with 40 seconds remaining in the half. He was taken to Atrium Health Carolinas Medical Center in Charlotte for observation and later released Sunday afternoon, according to the team. On the CBS broadcast following halftime, Panthers head coach Dave Canales said Sanders had movement in all his extremities, while extreme precaution was taken because of back tightness. CBS reported he was being examined for a concussion before later amending that to a neck injury. The 21-year-old rookie out of Texas had a team-leading three receptions for the Panthers at the half for 49 yards. In 11 games this season, Sanders has 29 receptions for 302 yards and a touchdown. Sanders was a fourth-round selection in the NFL draft in April. --Field Level Media
Chelsea’s surprise defeat at home to Fulham earlier in the day had been an unexpected gift for Arne Slot’s side and they drove home their advantage by outclassing the struggling Foxes. Having overcome the early setback of conceding to Jordan Ayew, with even the travelling fans expressing their surprise they were winning away after taking just five points on the road this season, the home team had too much quality. That was personified by the excellent Cody Gakpo, whose eighth goal in his last 14 appearances produced the equaliser in first-half added time with the Netherlands international unlucky to have a second ruled out for offside by VAR. Further goals from Curtis Jones and Mohamed Salah, with his 19th of the season, stretched Liverpool’s unbeaten run to 22 matches. For Leicester, who had slipped into the bottom three after Wolves’ win over Manchester United, it is now one win from the last 10 in the league and Ruud van Nistelrooy has plenty of work to do, although he was not helped here by the absence of leading scorer Jamie Vardy through injury. It looked liked Liverpool meant business from the off with Salah’s volley from Gakpo’s far-post cross just being kept out by Jakub Stolarczyk, making his league debut after former Liverpool goalkeeper Danny Ward was omitted from the squad having struggled in the defeat to Wolves. But if the hosts thought that had set the tone they were badly mistaken after being opened up with such simplicity in only the sixth minute. Stephy Mavididi broke down the left and his low cross picked out Ayew, who turned Andy Robertson far too easily, with his shot deflecting off Virgil van Dijk to take it just out of Alisson Becker’s reach. With a surprise lead to cling to Leicester knew they had to quell the storm heading their way and they began by trying to take as much time out of the game as they could, much to Anfield’s frustration. It took a further 18 minutes for Liverpool to threaten with Gakpo cutting in from the left to fire over, a precursor for what was to follow just before half-time. That was the prompt for the attacks to rain down on the Foxes goal, with Salah’s shot looping up off Victor Kristiansen and landing on the roof of the net and Robertson heading against a post. Gakpo’s inclination to come in off the left was proving a problem for the visitors, doing their utmost to resist the pressure, but when Salah curled a shot onto the crossbar on the stroke of half-time it appeared they had survived. However, Gakpo once again drifted in off the flank to collect an Alexis Mac Allister pass before curling what is fast becoming his trademark effort over Stolarczyk and inside the far post. Early the second half Darwin Nunez fired over Ryan Gravenberch’s cross before Jones side-footed home Mac Allister’s cross after an intricate passing move inside the penalty area involving Nunez, Salah and the Argentina international. Leicester’s ambition remained limited but Patson Daka should have done better from a two-on-one counter attack with Mavididi but completely missed his kick with the goal looming. 🎯 — Liverpool FC (@LFC) Nunez forced a save out of the goalkeeper before Gakpo blasted home what he thought was his second only for VAR to rule Nunez was offside in the build-up. But Liverpool’s third was eventually delivered by the left foot of Salah, who curled the ball outside Kristiansen, inside Jannick Vestergaard and past Stolarczyk inside the far post.