CEO killer suspect: golden boy who soured on US health systemDuring the holiday season, people tend to feel more inclined to give their time and money to those less fortunate than themselves. The agencies that work with members of the community in need say they need that help more than ever this time of year. The Salvation Army Hospitality House on North Main Avenue on Nov. 23. The Hospitality House provides emergency shelter for those in need. It’s “the nature of the holiday season” that motivates people to volunteer, believes Ronald McDonald House Charities of Southern Arizona’s volunteer coordinator Mikay Wright. “As we are all reflecting on the gifts or the blessings that we have, I think it tends to be a perspective shift season for a lot of people,” she said. Beyond the holidays, volunteering helps places like the Ronald McDonald House, Casa Maria, Sister José Women’s Center and The Salvation Army operate on a day-to-day basis. Casa Maria Casa Maria Soup Kitchen is part of the Tucson Catholic Workers Movement. Their mission is to feed and clothe those in need, whether that be the unhoused or people living in low-income situations. Brian Flagg has worked and lived at Casa Maria for 41 years. “The Catholic Worker believes in living simple and in community and everyday seeking to practice the works of mercy and the works of justice, so we are always out doing justice work,” said Flagg, who identifies as a Catholic Worker. Casa Maria needs volunteers in the soup kitchen every day from 8:30-11:30 a.m. All you have to do is show up and Flagg will put you to work, or you can fill out the volunteer form at casamariatucson.org/get-involved . Casa Maria relies almost entirely on volunteers and donations; the organization doesn’t receive government funding. Jobs in the soup kitchen include packing lunches, bagging chips and cookies, serving soup, doing food preparation and cleaning up. Flagg said it seems like people want to volunteer more during the holidays, but they need help year-round. Casa Maria is located at 352 E. 25th St. Sister José Women’s Center Sister José Women’s Center is a nonprofit that serves women who are unhoused, experiencing insecure or insufficient housing and severe poverty. Sister José can house up to 60 guests in need of emergency shelter. The organization also serves women through its day program. Any guest who walks through their doors can receive meals, clothing, do laundry and use their showers. The volunteer opportunities at Sister José, 1050 S. Park Ave., seem to be endless. “We are always looking, we’re always happy to bring new people on board, especially people who are really ready to serve and to be present,” said Rachel Milles, the volunteer outreach coordinator. A lot of volunteers work in the morning emergency services, helping guests get clothing, do laundry and serve breakfast. Food preparation volunteers are also important at Sister José. These jobs include preparing and serving breakfast and prepping snacks, lunches and dinners. The most popular volunteer work is their supper club, which serves dinner to the overnight guests at Sister José and is open every night, even on days when the center isn’t open. While Sister José is a women’s center, they have opportunities for male volunteers. Working in donations, indirect service areas, cooking for supper club and doing donation pick-ups are typical jobs for male volunteers. Sister José is also open to nonbinary people. Sister José sees a spike in people wanting to volunteer during the holiday season, which is a benefit. “As the weather turns, that creates a very immediate need,” said Jamie Albrecht, the volunteer engagement coordinator. “People focus a lot on the holidays, and we do serve meals on those holidays which we’re very proud of, but we also like to sort of call attention to the other days, too,” Albrecht said. “The days surrounding those holidays are very important to our outside guests to receive services.” To volunteer at Sister José, visit sisterjose.org/volunteer . Ronald McDonald House The Ronald McDonald House of Southern Arizona is a nonprofit that houses families who have a sick child in the hospital. Families can stay at the house free of charge, allowing them to focus on their child’s care. Everything, from meals to accommodations, is taken care of largely with year-round volunteer help. One of the most popular volunteer opportunities is “Chef for A Day,” where volunteers buy and prepare meals for all of the families staying at the house. With a large group of volunteers pitching in, the cost of food can be quite inexpensive, Wright said. She’s seen people cook extravagant meals and not-so-extravagant ones, including hot dogs and fruit salads. The Ronald McDonald House event season happens in the fall and early winter of each year, when the nonprofit needs volunteers to help with their events and one-time volunteer opportunities. This January, the organization will be looking for long-term volunteers to work at the house and their family rooms at the hospitals. Long-term volunteers will work one shift a week at the same time every week for a minimum of six months. The family rooms are spaces in hospitals where families who have sick children can go and relax. A family does not have to be staying at the facility to use these rooms. The responsibilities of volunteering in the family rooms include keeping the rooms tidy and stocked with drinks and snacks. “But ultimately, the greatest role that the volunteers get to step into in the family rooms is they just get to be a warm presence, a warm, welcoming presence to families using the room,” Wright said. Volunteers ask how the families are doing, and sometimes, it’s the only time they are asked during the day, as every other conversation is about the sick child, Wright points out. These rooms are meant to feel like home, and one parent even described it as an oasis, Wright said. At the house, which is at 2155 E. Allen Road, volunteer responsibilities can look different each shift. Jobs include loading and unloading the dishwasher, keeping the common rooms clean, tidying up the toy rooms, working at the front desk or helping with administrative work. Visit rmhctucson.org for more information. Because the Ronald McDonald House has many University of Arizona student volunteers, Wright said the house also needs help in May, when students leave for the summer. The Salvation Army Tucson The Salvation Army has multiple programs in Tucson, including the Amphi Corps Community Center, the Hospitality House and All Nations. These programs help unhoused and low-income people in need of food, shelter and other services. Volunteers can help with a range of duties, including assisting kitchen staff to make sandwiches and serve meals, providing administrative support, and ringing the red bell to collect donations during the holidays. To volunteer for The Salvation Army, contact the Salvation Army volunteer centers: Tucson Amphi Corps, 520-888-1299; Tucson Hospitality House, 520-795-9671; Tucson All Nations, 520-795-4504. Arizona Sonoran News is a news service of the University of Arizona School of Journalism. Subscribe to stay connected to Tucson. 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The Irish General Election 2024 will be held on Friday, November 29 after Irish President Michael D. Higgins dissolved the 33rd Dáil Éireann (Irish Parliament) at the request of Taoiseach Simon Harris on November 8. The last Irish General Election was held in February 2020. In the Irish General Election 2024, the number of members in the Dáil (Teachtaí Dála, "TDs") will increase to 174 from 160, and the number of Dáil constituencies will increase to 43 from 39. In Ireland, the party that wins the most Dáil seats gains control - or, sometimes, multiple parties will agree to govern as a coalition. The leader of the party in control is typically voted into office as Taoiseach (Prime Minister) by the Dáil when it enters session following the election. The outgoing Dáil saw three parties form a coalition to win control - Fine Gael, Fianna Fáil, and The Green Party. Leo Varadkar (Fine Gael) and Micheál Martin (Fianna Fáil) both served as Taoiseach during this term of the Dáil Éireann, while Simon Harris (Fine Gael) is the current Taoiseach. Ireland's Electoral Commission says that there are currently 30 political parties registered to contest elections in Ireland. RTÉ News reports that there are 20 parties running candidates in this year's election, as well as 171 Independents who are part of no party. In the 2020 Irish General Election, nine different parties won seats in the Dáil - Fianna Fáil (38 seats), Sinn Féin (37), Fine Gael (35), Greens (12), Labour (6), Social Democrats (6), People Before Profit - Solidarity (6), Aontú (1), and Independents for Change (4). 19 Independents also won seats. According to RTÉ News , there are 686 candidate nominations in the running to contest the Irish General Election 2024. RTÉ notes that no single party is fielding enough candidates to win a majority on its own in the next Dáil. On Wednesday evening, less than two days before polls open, a Red C / Business Post opinion poll of more than 1,000 people had Fianna Fáil in the lead by a slim margin: Ireland uses proportional representation (PR) for voting in elections, with each voter having a single transferable vote (STV). In this system, voters can choose to vote for as many, or as few candidates as they like, in order of their preference. The voter’s first preference vote – the candidate they give their number 1 vote to – is most important and is always counted. A voter’s second (and further preferences) may be counted if their preferred candidate is eliminated at the end of a round of counting, or is elected with a surplus. These are known as transfers. Counting the votes sometimes day several days to complete. Sign up to IrishCentral's newsletter to stay up-to-date with everything Irish! General Election 2024 slogan: "Moving Ireland forward, together." General Election 2024 issues: Helping families and businesses cope with high prices; A major programme of investment and reform in health services; Further expanding homebuilding and support for first-time buyers and renters; Support for safe, clean and successful communities; Protecting Ireland’s economy and its voice in Europe and the wider world; Investment in schools and all levels of education. Party leader: TD Micheál Martin, since 2011. Martin is currently Ireland's Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs; he served as Taoiseach from June 2020 through December 2022. Seats won in 2020: 38, the most of any one party. Candidates running in 2024: 82. (83 if you include Seán Ó Fearghaíl, the current who is automatically re-elected as a member of the next Dáil.) Social Media: Website , Facebook , X . You can read Fianna Fáil's General Election Manifesto 2024 here . Micheál Martin. General Election 2024 slogan: "Securing your future." General Election 2024 issues: Giving our children the best start in life; Delivering homes and building better communities; Having a fair but firmer migration and criminal justice system; Protecting the economy and investing in your future. Party leader: TD Simon Harris. Harris has been serving as Taoiseach since April 2024 following the shock resignation of party colleague Leo Varadkar which was announced in March. Seats won in 2020: 35, the third most of any one party. Candidates running in 2024: 80. Social Media: Website , Facebook , X . You can read Fine Gael's General Election 2024 manifesto here . Simon Harris. (RollingNews.ie) General Election 2024 slogan: "Greens deliver." General Election 2024 issues: Climate action that makes life better; More homes in the right places; Support for children and families. Party leader: TD Roderic O'Gorman, since July 2024. O'Gorman, currently Ireland's Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration, and Youth, became leader of the Greens upon Eamon Ryan's resignation in June after 13 years at the helm. Seats won in 2020: 12. Candidates running in 2024: 43. Social Media: Website , Facebook , X . You can read The Green Party's General Election 2024 manifesto here . Roderic O'Gorman. (RollingNews.ie) General Election 2024 slogan: "The choice for change." General Election 2024 issues: Housing; Health; €10 a day childcare; Scrap the USC for average workers; Abolish the means test for carers; Planning for Irish Unity; Tackling government waste; Investing in communities. Party leader: TD Mary Lou McDonald, since 2018. McDonald is currently the leader of the Opposition in the Dáil. Seats won in 2020: 37, the second most of any one party. Candidates running in 2024: 71. Social Media: Website , Facebook , X . You can read Sinn Féin's General Election 2024 manifesto here . Mary Lou McDonald. (RollingNews.ie) General Election 2024 slogan: "Building better together." General Election 2024 issues: Housing; Cost of living; Climate; Work; Health; Childcare. Party leader: TD Ivana Bacik, since March 2022. Seats won in 2020: 6. Candidates running in 2024: 32. Social Media: Website , Facebook , X . You can read Labour's General Election 2024 manifesto here . Ivana Bacik. (RollingNews.ie) General Election 2024 slogan: #ForTheFuture, #ItStartsHere General Election 2024 issues: Building 50,000 affordable purchase homes; Fully implementing Sláintecare; Reaching climate targets; Appointing a full cabinet Minister for Disability; Building high quality public childcare. Party leader: TD Holly Cairns, since March 2023. Seats won in 2020: 6. Candidates running 2024: 26. Social Media: Website , Facebook , X . You can read Social Democrats' General Election 2024 manifesto here . Holly Cairns. (RollingNews.ie) General Election 2024 slogan: "End 100 years of Fine Fail / Fine Gael. Another Ireland is possible." General Election 2024 issues: Provide affordable housing; Stop rising inequality and protect the many from the Cost of Living Crisis; Provide public services free at the point of delivery; Provide care for those who need it; Cut carbon emissions and protect our biodiversity; Defend our neutrality and protect refugees; and Stand with Palestine. Party leader: TD Richard Boyd-Barrett, since October 2024. The party had previously run under collective ownership. Seats won in 2020: 6. Candidates running 2024: 42. Social Media: Website , Facebook , X . You can read People Before Profit-Solidarity's General Election 2024 manifesto here . Richard Boyd-Barrett. (RollingNews.ie) General Election 2024 slogan: " #AontúAccountability." General Election 2024 issues: Economic justice; Fix political culture; Unified economy; Right to Life; Brexit & Irish Unity; Jobs & employment; Environment; Farming & Rural Ireland; Health; Irish Language; Regional Development; Workers' Rights; Housing Crisis; Crime & Antisocial Behaviour; Safeguarding Values; Immigration. Party leader: TD Peadar Tóibín, since January 2019. Seats won in 2020: 1. Candidates running 2024: 28. 10 Peadar Tóibín. (RollingNews.ie) General Election 2024 slogan: " Common Sense Solutions for a Better Ireland." General Election 2024 issues: Affordable homes for “Generation rent, Declare a housing emergency; More healthcare staff, reduced waiting lists, easier access to care; Freeze “Green taxes” reward workers, support older people; 1 Billion Euros in additional supports for agriculture; Secure our borders, new courts to deal with illegal immigration; Tough on crime, safer cities and safer rural communities. Party leader: TD Michael Collins, since November 2023. Seats won in 2020: 0. (Party founded in 2023). Candidates running 2024: 28. Social Media: Website , Facebook , X . You can read Independent Ireland's General Election 2024 manifesto here . Michael Collins. (RollingNews.ie) Other parties also running candidates in the Irish General Election 2024 are the Irish People (21 candidates), Irish Freedom Party (16), National Party (9), Liberty Republic (6), Centre Party of Ireland (3), Independents 4 Change (3), Party for Animal Welfare (3), Rabharta (3), Ireland First (2), 100% Redress (1), and Right to Change (1).Home builders are defying the Building Commission’s orders at an alarming rateManchester City defender Nathan Ake said his side must “show character” if they are to end their winless streak after Feyenoord scored three times in the final 15 minutes to claim a 3-3 draw in the Champions League at the Etihad Stadium. City are now six games without a victory but appeared to be cruising towards three points before being stunned by the Eredivisie side, who hit them with goals from Anis Hadj Moussa, Santiago Gimenez and David Hancko to fight back from 3-0 down. Two goals from Erling Haaland, one of them a penalty, and one from Ilkay Gundogan had the 2023 European champions three up after 53 minutes as they sought the win that would help to get their ailing season back on track. FULL-TIME | A point apiece. 🩵 3-3 ⚫️ #ManCity | #UCL pic.twitter.com/6oj1nEOIwm — Manchester City (@ManCity) November 26, 2024 After the team collapsed in the closing stages, Ake called on his team-mates to show their mettle if their campaign is not to wither away. Speaking to Amazon Prime, he was asked whether he believed the the team’s problem is a mental one. “Maybe it is,” he said. “It is difficult to say. Obviously we have not been in this situation many times but this is where we have to show our character. “When everything seems to go against us and everyone is writing us off, we have to stay strong mentally, believe in ourselves and stick together. 🔢 pic.twitter.com/diyhxQXsdF — Feyenoord Rotterdam (@Feyenoord) November 26, 2024 “Every season there is a period when they write us off. We have to make sure we stay strong as a team and staff and make sure we get out of it.” The draw leaves City with work to do if they are to secure one of the eight automatic spots in the last 16 of this season’s Champions League. They are currently 15th in the table, two points outside of the top eight, and will need positive results in their next two games against Juventus and Paris St Germain to keep their hopes alive. They then face Club Brugge in their final league match on January 29. The result at least ended a run of five straight defeats in all competitions ahead of Sunday’s Premier League showdown with leaders Liverpool at Anfield. “When you are three goals up it feels like a defeat when you give up three goals at home,” said Ake. “It is tough now, a tough night, but the only thing we can do is look forward to the next one. Liverpool is a big game and it is another challenge to overcome. “(We were) 3-0 up and we played quite well and were under control, but then it all changed. “You just have to stay strong mentally. At 3-1 they then push on but I think we need to go for it a bit earlier so we could keep the pressure on them, but we stayed playing at the back and maybe invited more pressure on us. “Then when you concede the second one there is even more pressure and then we have to stay stronger mentally.”
U.S. stocks fell on Wednesday, erasing earlier gains after the Federal Reserve cut interest rates by a quarter of a percentage point and the central bank's economic projections signaled a slower pace of cuts next year. The Fed cut rates by 25 basis points to the 4.25%-4.50% range and its summary of economic projections (SEP) indicated it will make rate cuts totaling a half percentage point by the end of 2025 given the solid labor market and the recent stall in lowering inflation. Investors were watching comments from Fed Chair Jerome Powell for more insight on the path of interest rates from the central bank. "It looks like some early worries about tariffs could be creeping into the Fed's projections. They're penciling in fewer rate cuts in 2025, slightly higher inflation, and a modest increase in the unemployment rate," said Brian Jacobsen, Chief Economist at Annex Wealth Management in Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin. "The Fed can cut back on the pace of rate cuts thanks to a strong economy." 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The Dow was on track for its 10th straight session of declines, which would mark its longest daily streak of losses since an 11 session skid in October 1974. Also read: Inflation risks roughly balanced as rate cuts signal caution: Fed Chair Jerome Powell Despite the recent declines, the Dow is up nearly 15% on the year, while the S&P has rallied about 26% and the Nasdaq has shot up almost 33%, lifted in large part by technology companies and enthusiasm around artificial intelligence, along with the prospects of a lower rate environment and more recently, the hope of deregulation policies from President-elect Donald Trump's incoming administration. Each of the 11 major S&P 500 sectors were lower, with real estate leading declines. U.S. Treasury yields moved higher after the statement as the benchmark U.S. 10-year note rose 6.3 basis points to 4.448%. Higher interest rates are usually seen as a drag to the equity market, boosting the appeal of less risky assets while crimping the ability of companies to grow earnings. In company news, Birkenstock advanced 4.7% after the footwear maker beat market expectations for fourth-quarter results, while General Mills fell 3.8% as the Cheerios maker slashed its annual profit forecast. Declining issues outnumbered advancers by a 3.69-to-1 ratio on the NYSE, and by a 2.48-to-1 ratio on the Nasdaq. The S&P 500 posted six new 52-week highs and 15 new lows, while the Nasdaq Composite recorded 78 new highs and 147 new lows. Also read: US Federal Reserve cuts key interest rates by 0.25% (You can now subscribe to our ETMarkets WhatsApp channel )Valve has released the 2024 Steam Replay , its year-in-review tool. Steam Replay includes all of your playtime between January 1 to December 14, and doesn't include any playtime played in offline mode or when disconnected from the internet. The tool offers a bunch of different stats, including how many games you played this year, how many Steam Achievements you've unlocked, and your longest playing streak calculated by days. It also shows your favorite genres, which of your games took up the highest percentage of overall playtime, and how much time you spent between different platforms such as Windows PC and Steam Deck. There's a timeline that shows which games you've played each month and compares your stats to the average Steam user's median. For example, the median number of achievements unlocked this year was 13 and the median number of games played is 4. PlayStation , Xbox , and Nintendo have already released their own 2024 year-in-review tools. You can also check out your Steam Replays from 2023 and 2022. Valve is working on several different projects right now. Currently, Valve is developing a 6v6 MOBA hero shooter called Deadlock , which Valve finally acknowledged earlier this year. Valve also said to not expect a "Steam Deck 2" any time soon as technology hasn't advanced far enough for the company to pack even more performance into the same power envelope. Some people think that Valve is working on Half-Life 3 , but the company has yet to confirm anything on the matter.
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