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cockfighting background TCU pulls away from Arizona 49-28 with relentless offenseA Camden County man was sentenced to over 21 years in prison for sex trafficking three girls from Philadelphia to New Jersey for commercial sex, officials with the U.S. District Attorney’s Office said Thursday. Semaj A. Gilmore, 34, of Camden previously pleaded guilty to charges of sex trafficking minors in May 2023. Gilmore was accused of transporting three girls at different times between September 2020 and April 2021 from Philadelphia to New Jersey to commit commercial sex acts at his direction. All three of the girls were under the age of 18 at the time of the incidents and Gilmore was required to register as a sex offender as a result of a previous conviction, according to authorities. Gilmore was arrested in April 2021 after an undercover agent contacted him through a phone number on an online advertisement solicited the missing Pennsylvania juvenile for sex, authorities said. The undercover agent, whom Gilmore believed was a minor as well, and Gilmore exchanged several messages and arranged to meet at a Mount Laurel motel, authorities said. At the motel, Gilmore waited in a car in the parking lot, and when he saw uniformed police enter the room where the undercover agent and underage girl were, he fled the scene, according to authorities. He was captured a short time later, authorities said. “Mr. Gilmore does not make excuses for his conduct and has accepted full responsibility for his actions,” his attorney Troy Archie said Thursday. Archie added that he argued for leniency from the court given Gilmore’s background growing up in and around poverty, his previous criminal history as a juvenile living in poverty and his previous addiction to illegal substances as an adolescent. Gilmore was also sentenced to 10 years of supervised release after his prison term concludes. Stories by Matthew Enuco Ex-student among 7 charged with running Rutgers social media drug marketplace, cops say Woman used compromised email to steal $800K from N.J. business, authorities say N.J. grandparents were scammed. This guy admitted showing up to collect payments. Our journalism needs your support. Please subscribe today to NJ.com . Matthew Enuco may be reached at Menuco@njadvancemedia.com . Follow Matt on X .Sky Labs Inc., BrainU Co., Ltd., and ANDOPEN Co., Ltd. will be recognized as Innovation Award Winners SEOUL, South Korea , Dec. 26, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Following its successful participation last year, Seongnam City will participate in CES 2025, the world's largest consumer electronics and information technology exhibition. The event will take place from January 7 to 10, 2025 , in Las Vegas , USA . Seongnam City will operate the "Seongnam Pavilion," which will support 25 local startups from the Seongnam region and highlight their innovative technologies and products. CES 2025 will attract approximately 4,400 companies and over 130,000 attendees worldwide. At CES 2024, Seongnam City garnered significant attention from domestic and international investors and buyers by showcasing startups with outstanding technological capabilities. This effort established valuable global networks and expanded market opportunities, achieving a total contract value of KRW 145.5 billion . These tangible outcomes highlighted the high level of satisfaction among participating companies. This year, Seongnam City, a leading innovative hub in South Korea , aims to actively support local startups in expanding into overseas markets and building global networks through its participation in CES 2025. The Seongnam Pavilion will feature cutting-edge technologies and products across advanced industries such as artificial intelligence (AI), healthcare, smart cities, and mobility. Through these efforts, Seongnam City seeks to further solidify its position as a "Global Innovation City." Notably, three companies from Seongnam were honored with CES Innovation Awards, demonstrating their technological excellence and global competitiveness on the world stage: Seongnam City stated, "By participating in CES 2025, we aim to showcase Seongnam's innovative technologies to the global stage and provide a launchpad for our startups to expand into international markets." Meanwhile, the Seongnam Pavilion will feature 25 companies, including BRYTN Co., Ltd., NTL HEALTHCARE Co., Ltd., EMTAKE Inc., AWESOME LAB Co., Ltd., JNL Co. Ltd., Linkface Co., Ltd., Emma Healthcare Co.,Ltd., NC& Co.,Ltd, Becon Co.,Ltd, LITBIG, Inc., GeodeSound., Inc, MEDIAIPLUS, INC, BoS Semiconductors, Sky Labs Inc., STRATIO, INC., BrainU Co., Ltd., analogue plus Co.,Ltd., EX Healthcare Inc., Mangoslab, Littleone, Bluefeel Co., Ltd., Aram Huvis Co., Ltd., Real Design Tech Co.,Ltd., Crescom Co., Ltd., ANDOPEN Co., Ltd. These companies are set to unveil their groundbreaking technologies at the exhibition. View original content to download multimedia: https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/seongnam-city-to-participate-in-ces-2025-paving-the-way-as-a-global-innovation-hub-302339453.html SOURCE Seongnam City

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BOCA RATON, Fla. (AP) — Deshawn Purdie threw a 47-yard touchdown pass to O'Mega Blake for the go-ahead score and Charlotte defeated Florida Atlantic 39-27 on Saturday in a game that matched two new interim coaches. Charlotte (4-7, 3-4 American Athletic Conference) fired Biff Poggi on Monday and Tim Brewster took over. FAU (2-9, 0-7) fired Tom Ferman, also on Monday, with Chad Lunsford taking charge. After Blake's third touchdown catch of the game that came with 5:25 left, the 49ers extended their lead when Tyriq Starks was strip-sacked by Ja'Qurious Conley and 335-pound Katron Kevans carried it 22 yards into the end zone. Blake made five catches for a career-high 205 yards, including a 75-yard touchdown. Purdie was 16 of 30 for a career-best 396 yards passing with the three scores plus an interception. The 49ers only rushed for 46 yards. Stephen Rusnak kicked four field goals. Starks was 12-of-23 passing for 179 yards including a 65-yard score to Omari Hayes in the final minute of the third quarter to get FAU within six of the 49ers. CJ Campbell rushed 58 yards to score early in the fourth quarter and the Owls had a 27-26 lead. Campbell finished with 150 yards on 21 carries. ___ AP college football: and . Sign up for the AP’s college football newsletter: The Associated Press

BRUSSELS (AP) – Even before the French and German governments collapsed, Europe’s economy had enough difficulties. An auto industry that’s struggling. Where to find billions for defence? And now Donald Trump threatening tariffs. Solutions will be harder to find. Where once there was the so-called French-German axis to push Europe ahead, now there’s a vacuum. French Prime Minister Michel Barnier resigned on Thursday after losing a vote of confidence, and while President Emmanuel Macron will appoint a successor, the new head of government will lack a majority. Elections are not constitutionally permitted until at least June. Germany’s coalition led by Social Democratic Chancellor Olaf Scholz with the Greens and pro-business Free Democrats fractured in November, triggering an early election on February 23. Talks to form a new government could last into April. At least Germany’s likely new chancellor, conservative opposition leader Friedrich Merz, appears open to loosening constitutional restrictions on borrowing to enable pro-growth spending and investment, said managing director Europe at Eurasia Group Mujtaba Rahman. France, however, could be facing “complete paralysis on the economic question,” Rahman said. “It’s highly unlikely they’re going to get a political equilibrium that has a mandate to implement a credible fiscal course correction.” “And that’s obviously a problem for Europe because it means the great potential of the European economy is not what it otherwise should be, because you don’t have France and Germany firing on all cylinders,” he said. Then there’s Europe’s lagging business environment, dissected by former European Central Bank head Mario Draghi in a report that contains recommendations such as common borrowing to support public investment; European Union (EU)-wide industrial policy; and integrating financial markets to help startups raise capital. Yet “nothing can move in Europe without Franco-German alignment,” Rahman said. Meanwhile, Europe’s auto industry has sought a review of tough EU emissions standards in 2025 instead of 2026, saying slackening demand for electric cars means they won’t be able to avoid heavy fines and that the money would be better used to develop new electric vehicles. French economist and head of research at the National Center for Scientific Research Anne-Laure Delatte said financial markets remain cautious but are not overly alarmed by France’s political instability. But economic weakness in France and Germany could have broader implications for the EU. “This could either weaken Europe’s position globally or shift power and influence to other European countries like the Netherlands or Spain, which are performing well at the moment,” she said. France is expected to see growth of 1.1 per cent this year and 0.8 per cent next year, while Germany’s economy is expected to shrink 0.1 per cent this year, the second consecutive year of contraction, and rebound modestly with 0.7 per cent next year. Germany faces headwinds from a shortage of skilled labour, excessive bureaucracy and higher energy prices, and efforts to address those issues have been stalled by squabbling in Scholz’s coalition. European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen is equipped with serious powers, especially on trade, a key EU authority delegated to Brussels by member countries. But there’s only so much von der Leyen can do without political backing from the two biggest member countries, whose national budgets are bigger than the EU’s. The most urgent matter may be how to respond to US President-elect Donald Trump, who takes office on January 20. European officials are trying to defuse a potential trade conflict involving new US tariffs or import taxes on European goods that would seriously ding the continent’s export-focused economy. Europe could decide not to retaliate to any US tariffs, thus avoiding a mutually destructive tit-for-tat cycle. The bloc could also commit to buying US liquefied natural gas to mollify Trump, or spend billions more on defence for Ukraine to answer his complaint that European countries don’t meet NATO commitments on defence spending. Europe is seeing only modest growth as consumers pummeled by inflation remain cautious about spending. The economy is expected to expand 0.8 per cent this year and 1.3 per cent next year for the 20 EU member countries that use the euro currency, according to the European Commission. While the direct impact on growth is small, the political logjam means Europe is missing an important opportunity to engage Trump, said chief economist at Berenberg Bank Holger Schmieding. “It would be ideal if Europe – at the moment when Trump is not yet in office – would prepare a big offer for Trump, such as: We spend significantly more on defence, if on trade and on Ukraine you don’t disappoint us. This is unfortunately not happening.” “The risk is that Trump on trade might be tougher on us than otherwise because Germany and France are missing in action,” he said. Von der Leyen can offer to get countries to purchase more US natural gas and remind Trump that the EU could retaliate, but “the offer that Europe can make to Trump is small, rather than a big offer where there would be German and French money behind it.” The EU commission estimates that as much as EUR500 billion (USD528 billion) will be needed over the next decade to help meet the bloc’s security needs. Defence Commissioner Andrius Kubilius has indicated common defence bonds could raise that enormous sum. But moving ahead without Germany, the bloc’s biggest member, is hard to imagine. The big issues such as defence and competitiveness “require the fiscal and parliamentary resources of the biggest member states and the question is whether Germany and France are in a position to enable that at the European level,” said Rahman. “I think the answer is probably yes, but I feel a bit less certain than I would have had Germany and France not had this very difficult political time.”

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