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A ruling on an objection to the nominating petitions of Orland Park village president candidate Jim Dodge has been pushed back as the makeup of the electoral board hearing the challenge is debated in Cook County court. John Hartmann filed a challenge to Dodge’s nominating petitions to challenge incumbent Village President Keith Pekau. Hartmann claims paperwork by Dodge, a former village trustee, is confusing as to whether he’s running for mayor or village president, although the terms are often using interchangeably. Attorneys representing Dodge argued Monday the Orland Park Electoral Board’s composition doesn’t follow state statute, and said those on it have a financial interest in as they’ve supported Pekau financially. Keri-Lyn Krafthefer, with the firm Ancel Glink, said she asked Cook County Judge Maureen Ward Kirby to appoint an electoral board comprised of members who have no connection with Orland Park. Krafthefer and Jim Rhodes, an attorney representing the Electoral Board, said the matter is up in court Tuesday. The Electoral Board is scheduled to reconvene at 9 a.m. Monday. Trustees William Healy and Cynthia Katsenes are on the Electoral Board, along with Village Clerk Brian Gaspardo, recently appointed by Pekau. Krafthefer said state election board filings show all three have made contributions, either directly to Pekau’s campaign committee or to the People Over Politics party, which includes the Pekau and incumbent trustees. The attorney said because of the contributions, the panel members are not objective in hearing the challenge. Also, Hartmann or his attorney apparently made an error in drafting the objection, as it asks the board to declare Dodge ineligible for the office of village clerk in Lombard, rather than Orland Park mayor. Dennis Reboletti, an attorney representing Hartmann, said he was not sure how the error was made. Krafthefer said even if the composition of the board remains, the remedy or outcome of what Hartmann is seeking can’t be accomplished by the Orland Park panel. She said Hartmann is barred by state election law from filing a new, corrected objection to Dodge’s paperwork. Dodge heads the Orland Park For All ticket, and is running with clerk candidate Mary Ryan Norwell and trustee candidates John Lawler, Dina M. Lawrence and Joanna M. Liotine Leafblad. Dodge became village clerk in 1989 was appointed trustee in 1996. He did not seek reelection in April 2021. Pekau heads the People Over Politics ticket in the April 1 election, and running with him are Gaspardo, trustee candidates Sean Kampas and Brian Riordan, both incumbents, and Carol McGury. mnolan@southtownstar.com

Here’s Why Snowflake Stock Skyrocketed TodayNHL insider Elliotte Friedman has confirmed that the Edmonton Oilers roster will look much different after the trade deadline, and provided their latest trade candidates. The Oilers have just claimed Alec Regula off waivers and sent down Travis Dermott , but it's respected they'll make a much higher impact move before the playoffs. On Sportsnet Radio today, Friedman confirmed the Oilers will acquire a defenceman before the trade deadline, and listed 8 potential candidates. Many of these named the Oilers have been connected to before, but a few are newly reported to be available for trade at all, and could be very interesting options. Elliotte Friedman Reveals New Defenceman Available for Trade, Potential Fits for Edmonton Oilers The Oilers have been connected to the bigger name veterans on this list, Cam Fowler, Ivan Provorov, and Rasmus Andersson. Insider Bob Stauffer has recently connected Cam Fowler to the Edmonton Oilers , and Blue Jackets blueliner Ivan Provorov has been linked to the Oilers as well. Rasmus Andersson would be a great fit, but the Flames ownership would reportedly deny a trade to their rival Edmonton . Perhaps the most interesting player listed is Anaheim Ducks defenceman Pavel Mintyukov. Drafted 10th overall in the 2022 draft, the left shot Russian defenceman has already played 86 NHL games by the age of 21. Mintyukov has produced great analytical results on a brutal Anaheim team in the last two seasons, and if they were to move him, the Oilers could be interested in acquiring him as a long term piece for their defence. The remaining candidates listed are mostly veteran defensive defenceman: Will Borgen, David Savard, Brian Dumoulin, and Alec Martinez. All players of this group, outside of Martinez, can struggle to make a good first pass - and that's an important skill in Edmonton. Adding any of the players listed would vastly improve the Oilers blueline as it is today, and it's great to hear that Edmonton is fully committed to making that addition. Hopefully their scouting department nails down the best fit for the Oilers, and they get the best possible addition for another long playoff run. This article first appeared on Oilers Daily and was syndicated with permission.

Trump says he can't guarantee tariffs won't raise US prices and won't rule out revenge prosecutionsThe NFL won the head-to-head battle for viewers with the College Football Playoff. Front Office Sports, citing figures from Nielsen, reported Tuesday that the Kansas City Chiefs' 27-19 win over the Houston Texans on Saturday averaged 15.5 million viewers on NBC, more than double the average of 6.4 million people who watched Penn State defeat SMU 38-10 on TNT Sports in the same time frame. The Baltimore Ravens' 34-17 win over the Pittsburgh Steelers drew an average of 15.4 million for Fox Sports, while 8.6 million viewers tuned in to see Texas defeat Clemson 38-24in the College Football Playoff on TNT. The CFP games returned stronger ratings when they weren't matched up against an NFL game, however. Ohio State's 42-17 victory over Tennessee, played in primetime on Saturday night, averaged 14.3 million viewers on ESPN. The network also saw strong ratings for Notre Dame's 27-17 win over Indiana on Friday night with an average of 13.4 million. All four first-round CFP games were played at campus sites. They averaged 10.6 million viewers overall, per Front Office Sports, which noted that figure exceeded the ratings for all but four college football broadcasts this season. --Field Level Media

Liverpool: Arne Slot provides injury update on Conor Bradley and Ibrahima Konate ahead of Man City showdownHeavy travel day starts with brief grounding of all American Airlines flights (copy)BOULDER, Colo. — Travis Hunter is a throwback-type player — an elite receiver one moment, a lockdown cornerback the next — who rarely leaves the field and has a knack for making big plays all over it. The Colorado Buffaloes' two-way standout (see: unicorn) even celebrates at an elite level, unveiling imaginative dance moves following touchdowns and interceptions, some of which include the Heisman Trophy pose. It's one of the many awards he's in line to win. Hunter is the The Associated Press college football player of the year, receiving 26 of 43 votes Thursday from a panel of AP Top 25 voters. Boise State tailback Ashton Jeanty finished second with 16 votes and Arizona State running back Cameron Skattebo received one vote. "Couldn't do what I do without my team," Hunter said in an email on a trip to Las Vegas for an awards ceremony. "So I view being up for these awards as team awards." A player with his particular set of skills doesn't come around that often. He's a flashback to the days of Charles Woodson at Michigan or Champ Bailey at Georgia. Or even his coach, Deion Sanders, a two-way star in the NFL. The prospect of significant playing time on both sides of the ball is what led Hunter to join Sanders at Jackson State and why he followed Sanders to Boulder. "Coach Prime was the only coach who would consider allowing me to do what I'm doing," said Hunter, who's expected to be a top-five pick next spring in the NFL draft, possibly even the No. 1 overall selection. "He did it and knows what it takes — how much you have to be ready on both sides of the ball." Want to fuel Hunter? Simply tell him he can't. "I'm motivated when people tell me I can't do something," Hunter said. "That I can't dominate on both sides of the ball. I want to be an example for others that anything is possible. Keep pursuing your dreams." Hunter helped the 20th-ranked Buffaloes to a 9-3 record this season and a berth in the Alamo Bowl against No. 17 BYU (10-2) on Dec. 28. He played 688 defensive snaps and 672 more on offense — the lone Power Four conference player with 30-plus snaps on both sides of the ball, according to Colorado research. Hunter has already won a second straight Paul Hornung award as the game's most versatile player. He's up for the Walter Camp (player of the year), Maxwell (most outstanding player), the Biletnikoff (best receiver) and Bednarik (top defensive player) awards. And, of course, the Heisman, where he's the odds-on favorite to win over Jeanty this weekend. Hunter can join the late Rashaan Salaam as the only Colorado players to capture the Heisman. Salaam won it in 1994 after rushing for 2,055 yards. Hunter wasn't a finalist for the Jim Thorpe Award, which goes to the nation's top defensive back. That drew the wrath of Sanders, who earned the award with Florida State in 1988 and vowed to give his trophy to Hunter. Hunter's high school coach, Lenny Gregory, knew he had a special player the summer of Hunter's freshman year. Gregory, then the coach at Collins Hill in Georgia, had a conditioning test for his players — run six 200-yard dashes with a minute rest in between. Defensive backs had to complete each in under 32 seconds. Hunter never even got winded. He played safety/cornerback and receiver as a freshman and helped Collins Hill to a state title his senior season. "I remember just talking to colleges the spring of his ninth-grade year and telling coaches that this kid's going to be the No. 1 player in the country," recounted Gregory, who's now the coach at Gordon Central High in Calhoun, Georgia. "They'd look at him and laugh at me, 'What are you talking about? This scrawny kid? He's not big enough.' I was like, 'Just watch. Just watch.'" Hunter finished the regular season with 92 catches for 1,152 yards and 14 touchdowns as a receiver. On defense, he had four interceptions, broke up 11 passes and forced one crucial fumble, which secured an OT win over Baylor. Overall, Hunter had 92 receptions and allowed 22. He hauled in 14 receiving TDs and allowed just one. He was responsible for 53 first downs and gave up just six. He was targeted 119 times by Shedeur Sanders & Co. but only 39 times by opposing QBs. Hunter's likely final game in Boulder, a rout of Oklahoma State, was a three-touchdown, one-interception performance. "I'm used to seeing him do all this spectacular stuff," Shedeur Sanders said. "I'm used to all this stuff — you all are just now seeing it on national stage."Stock market today: Losses for Big Tech pull US indexes lower

But the City boss has vowed to stay on and lift the club back to the top even if they are sent all the way down to the National League. Guardiola ended speculation over his immediate future this week by extending his contract, which had been due to expire at the end of the season, through to the summer of 2027. That has given the club some stability at a time of great uncertainty as they fight 115 charges related to alleged breaches of the Premier League’s financial regulations. City have denied all wrongdoing but their punishment if found guilty could be severe, with demotion even a possibility. Guardiola has strongly defended the club in the past and is happy to continue doing so. The Spaniard said: “I don’t enjoy it, I prefer not to be in that position, but once it’s there I love it because, when you believe in your club, and the people there – I believe what they say to me and the reasons why. “I cannot say yet because we’re awaiting the sentence in February or March – I don’t know when – but at the same time, I like it. “I read something about the situation and how you need to be relegated immediately. Seventy-five per cent of the clubs want it, because I know what they do behind the scenes and this sort of stuff. “I said when all the clubs accused us of doing something wrong, (and people asked) what happens if we are relegated, (I said) I will be here. “Next year, I don’t know the position of the Conference they are going to (put) us, (but) we are going to come up and come up and come back to the Premier League. I knew it then and I feel it now.” The immediate priority for Guardiola, who said his contract negotiations were completed in “just two hours”, is to arrest a run of four successive defeats in all competitions. Yet, ahead of their return to action against Tottenham at the Etihad Stadium on Saturday, the champions continue to grapple with a lengthy injury list. Mateo Kovacic is their latest casualty after sustaining a knock on international duty that could keep him out for up to a month. On the positive side, defenders Nathan Ake, John Stones and Manuel Akanji could feature and Jack Grealish is also closing in on a return after a month out. Much to Guardiola’s frustration, Grealish was called up by England for their recent Nations League games, although he later withdrew. Guardiola said: “I want the best for Jack and I want the best for Jack with the national team but the doctor said to me that he was not ready to play. “I know (England) want him but they have 200 players to select from and Jack was not fit. He had to recover from many things.” Kyle Walker played for England against both Greece and the Republic of Ireland despite limited game time since suffering injury in the October international break. Guardiola said: “If he is fit I like him to play in the national team. It is not a problem, don’t misunderstand me. “Kyle has a dream to make 100 caps for the national team. Do I want to cancel this dream? Absolutely not. “But if you are not fit, if you cannot play here, you cannot play for the national team. It is quite obvious.”WASHINGTON — American Airlines briefly grounded flights nationwide Tuesday because of a technical problem just as the Christmas travel season kicked into overdrive and winter weather threatened more potential problems for those planning to fly or drive. Government regulators cleared American flights to get airborne about an hour after the Federal Aviation Administration ordered a national ground stop for the airline. The order, which prevented planes from taking off, was issued at the airline's request. The airline said in an email that the problem was caused by trouble with vendor technology that maintains its flight operating system. An American Airlines employee wearing looks toward quiet check-in counters Tuesday in the American terminal at Miami International Airport in Miami. Dennis Tajer, a spokesperson for the Allied Pilots Association, a union representing American Airlines pilots, said the airline told pilots at 7 a.m. Eastern that there was an outage affecting the system known as FOS. It handles different types of airline operations, including dispatch, flight planning, passenger boarding, as well as an airplane's weight and balance data, he said. Some components of FOS have gone down in the past, but a systemwide outage is rare, Tajer said. Flights were delayed across American's major hubs, with only 37% leaving on time, according to Cirium, an aviation analytics company. Out of the 3,901 domestic and international American Airlines flights scheduled for Tuesday, 19 were canceled. Cirium noted that the vast majority of flights departed within two hours of their scheduled departure time. A similar percentage — 36% — arrived at their destinations as scheduled. Meanwhile, the flight-tracking site FlightAware reported that 3,712 flights entering or leaving the U.S., or serving domestic destinations, were delayed Tuesday, with 55 flights canceled. It did not show any flights from American Airlines. Cirium said Dallas-Fort Worth, New York's Kennedy Airport and Charlotte, North Carolina, saw the greatest number of delays. Washington, Chicago and Miami experienced considerably fewer delays. Travelers wait in line for security checks Tuesday at the Los Angeles International Airport in Los Angeles. Amid the travel problems, significant rain and snow were expected in the Pacific Northwest at least into Christmas Day. Showers and thunderstorms developed in the South. Freezing rain was reported in the Mid-Atlantic region near Baltimore and Washington, and snow fell in New York. Because the holiday travel period lasts weeks, airports and airlines typically have smaller peak days than they do during the rush around Thanksgiving, but the grind of one hectic day followed by another takes a toll on flight crews. Any hiccups — a winter storm or a computer outage — can snowball into massive disruptions. That is how Southwest Airlines stranded 2 million travelers in December 2022, and Delta Air Lines suffered a smaller but significant meltdown after a worldwide technology outage in July caused by a faulty software update from cybersecurity company CrowdStrike. Many flights during the holidays are sold out, which makes cancellations even more disruptive than during slower periods. That is especially true for smaller budget airlines that have fewer flights and fewer options for rebooking passengers. Only the largest airlines, including American, Delta and United, have "interline agreements" that let them put stranded customers on another carrier's flights. An American Airlines employee wearing a Santa Claus hat walks through the American terminal Tuesday at Miami International Airport in Miami. This will be the first holiday season since a Transportation Department rule took effect that requires airlines to give customers an automatic cash refund for a canceled or significantly delayed flight. Most air travelers were already eligible for refunds, but they often had to request them. Passengers still can ask to get rebooked, which is often a better option than a refund during peak travel periods. Finding a last-minute flight on another airline tends to be expensive. An American spokesperson said Tuesday was not a peak travel day for the airline — with about 2,000 fewer flights than the busiest days — so the airline had somewhat of a buffer to manage the delays. The groundings happened as millions of travelers were expected to fly over the next 10 days. The Transportation Security Administration expects to screen 40 million passengers through Jan. 2. Airlines expect to have their busiest days on Thursday, Friday and Sunday. American Airlines employees check in travelers Tuesday in the American terminal at Miami International Airport in Miami. Many flights during the holidays are sold out, which makes cancellations more disruptive than during slower periods. Even with just a brief outage, the cancellations have a cascading effect that can take days to clear up. About 90% of Americans traveling far from home over the holidays will be in cars, according to AAA. "Airline travel is just really high right now, but most people do drive to their destinations, and that is true for every holiday," AAA spokesperson Aixa Diaz said. Gasoline prices are similar to last year. The nationwide average Thursday was $3.04 a gallon, down from $3.13 a year ago, according to AAA. Charging an electric vehicle averages just under 35 cents per per kilowatt hour, but varies by state. Transportation-data firm INRIX says travel times on the nation's highways could be up to 30% longer than normal over the holidays, with Sunday expected to see the heaviest traffic. "It's not the destination, it's the journey," said American essayist Ralph Waldo Emerson. Ralph clearly was not among the travellers on one of more than 350 cancelled or 1,400 delayed flights after a worldwide tech outage caused by an update to Crowdstrike's "Falcon Sensor" software in July of 2023. U.S. airlines carried nearly 863 million travellers in 2023, with Canadian carriers accounting for another 150 million, many of whom experienced lost luggage, flight delays, cancellations, or were bumped off their flights. It's unclear how many of them were compensated for these inconveniences. Suffice it to say, posting a crabby rant on social media might temporarily soothe anger, but it won't put wasted money back in pockets. Money.ca shares what to know in order to be compensated for the three most common air travel headaches. Bags elected to go on a vacay without you? Check off the following: If you expect a large payout, think again. Tariffs (air carrier contracts) limit the compensation amounts for "loss of, damage to, or the delay in delivery of baggage or other personal property." In the case of Air Canada, the maximum payout is $1,500 per passenger in the currency of the country where the baggage was processed. To raise that limit, purchase a Declaration of Higher Value for each leg of the trip. The charge is $0.50 for each $100, in which case the payout limit is $2,500. For Delta Air Lines, passengers are entitled to up to $3,800 in baggage compensation, though how much you'll receive depends on your flight. Delta will pay up to $2,080 for delayed, lost, and damaged baggage for international travellers, almost half of what U.S. domestic passengers can claim. If your flight is marked delayed for more than 30 minutes, approach the gate agent and politely request food and hotel vouchers to be used within the airport or nearby. Different air carriers and jurisdictions have their own compensation policies when flights are delayed or cancelled. For example, under European Union rules, passengers may receive up to 600 Euros, even when travelling on a non-EU carrier. Similarly, the DOT states that travellers are entitled to a refund "if the airline cancelled a flight, regardless of the reason, and the consumer chooses not to travel." However, US rules regarding delays are complicated. Some air carriers, such as Air Canada, do not guarantee their flight schedules. They're also not liable for cancellations or changes due to "force majeure" such as weather conditions or labour disruptions. If the delay is overnight, only out-of-town passengers will be offered hotel accommodation. Nevertheless, many airlines do offer some compensation for the inconvenience. If your flight is marked delayed for more than 30 minutes, approach the gate agent and politely request food and hotel vouchers to be used within the airport or nearby. In terms of cash compensation, what you'll get can differ significantly based on things like departure location, time, carrier, and ticket class. The DOT offers a helpful delay and cancellations dashboard designed to keep travellers informed about their compensation rights. The dashboard is particularly helpful because, as the DOT states on its website, "whether you are entitled to a refund depends on a lot of factors—such as the length of the delay, the length of the flight, and your particular circumstances." The Canadian Transportation Agency is proposing air passenger protection regulations that guarantee financial compensation to travellers experiencing flight delays and cancellations, with the level of compensation varying depending on the situation and how much control the air carrier had. The proposed regulations include the following: The airline is obligated to complete the passenger's itinerary. If the new ticket is for a lower class of service, the air carrier would have to refund the cost difference; if the booking is in a higher class of service, passengers cannot be charged extra. If the passenger declines the ticket, the airline must give a full refund, in addition to the prescribed compensation. For overnight delays, the air carrier needs to provide hotel accommodation and transportation free-of-charge. Again, if you are unsatisfied, the Canadian Transportation Agency or Department of Transportation may advocate on your behalf. Passengers get bumped because airlines overbook. When this happens, the air carrier must compensate you. For international flights in the US, the rate is 200% of your one-way fare to your final destination, with a $675 maximum. If the airline does not make travel arrangements for you, the payout is 400% of your one-way fare to a maximum of $1,350. To qualify, you must check-in by the stated deadline, which on international flights can be up to 3 hours ahead. Keep in mind that if you accept the cash, you are no longer entitled to any further compensation, nor are you guaranteed to be rebooked on a direct flight or similar type of seat. Don't be too quick to give up your boarding pass. Negotiate for the best compensation deal that would include cash, food and hotel vouchers, flight upgrade, lounge passes, as well as mileage points. But avoid being too greedy—if the gate attendant is requesting volunteers and you wait too long, you'll miss the offer. According to Air Canada's tariff, if a passenger is involuntarily bumped, they'll receive $200, in cash or bank draft, for up to a two-hour delay; $400 for a 2-6 hours delay; and $800 if the delay is over six hours. (Air Canada was forced to raise its payouts in 2013 due to passenger complaints.) The new rules would raise the payout significantly: $900 for up to six hours; $1,800 for 6-9; and $2,400 for more than nine hours, all to be paid within 48 hours. Statistically speaking, Delta Airlines is the carrier most likely to bump. A few years ago, Delta raised its payout maximum to $9,950, while United Airlines tops out at $10,000. This story was produced by Money.ca and reviewed and distributed by Stacker. Get local news delivered to your inbox!

WASHINGTON — Donald Trump said he can’t guarantee that his promised tariffs on key U.S. foreign trade partners won’t raise prices for American consumers and he suggested once more that some political rivals and federal officials who pursued legal cases against him should be imprisoned. The president-elect, in a wide-ranging interview with NBC’s “Meet the Press” that aired Sunday, also touched on monetary policy, immigration, abortion and health care, and U.S. involvement in Ukraine, Israel and elsewhere. Trump often mixed declarative statements with caveats, at one point cautioning “things do change.” A look at some of the issues covered: Trump has threatened broad trade penalties, but said he didn’t believe economists’ predictions that added costs on those imported goods for American companies would lead to higher domestic prices for consumers. He stopped short of a pledge that U.S. an households won’t be paying more as they shop. “I can’t guarantee anything. I can’t guarantee tomorrow,” Trump said, seeming to open the door to accepting the reality of how import levies typically work as goods reach the retail market. That’s a different approach from Trump’s typical speeches throughout the 2024 campaign, when he framed his election as a sure way to curb inflation. In the interview, Trump defended tariffs generally, saying that tariffs are “going to make us rich.” He has pledged that, on his first day in office in January, he would impose 25% tariffs on all goods imported from Mexico and Canada unless those countries satisfactorily stop illegal immigration and the flow of illegal drugs such as fentanyl into the United States. He also has threatened tariffs on China to help force that country to crack down on fentanyl production. ”All I want to do is I want to have a level, fast, but fair playing field,” Trump said. He offered conflicting statements on how he would approach the justice system after winning election despite being convicted of 34 felonies in a New York state court and being indicted in other cases for his handling of national security secrets and efforts to overturn his 2020 loss to Democrat Joe Biden. “Honestly, they should go to jail,” Trump said of members of Congress who investigated the Capitol riot by his supporters who wanted him to remain in power. The president-elect underscored his contention that he can use the justice system against others, including special prosecutor Jack Smith, who led the case on Trump’s role in the siege on Jan. 6, 2021. Trump confirmed his plan to pardon supporters who were convicted for their roles in the riot, saying he would take that action on his first day in office. As for the idea of revenge driving potential prosecutions, Trump said: “I have the absolute right. I’m the chief law enforcement officer, you do know that. I’m the president. But I’m not interested in that.” At the same time, Trump singled out lawmakers on a special House committee who had investigated the insurrection, citing Rep. Bennie Thompson, D-Miss., and former Rep. Liz Cheney, R-Wyo. “Cheney was behind it ... so was Bennie Thompson and everybody on that committee,” Trump said. Asked specifically whether he would direct his administration to pursue cases, he said, “No,” and suggested he did not expect the FBI to quickly undertake investigations into his political enemies. But at another point, Trump said he would leave the matter up to Pam Bondi, his pick as attorney general. “I want her to do what she wants to do,” he said. Such threats, regardless of Trump’s inconsistencies, have been taken seriously enough by many top Democrats that Biden is considering issuing blanket, preemptive pardons to protect key members of his outgoing administration. Trump did seemingly back off his campaign rhetoric calling for Biden to be investigated, saying, “I’m not looking to go back into the past.” Trump repeatedly mentioned his promises to seal the U.S.-Mexico border and deport millions of people who are in the U.S. illegally through a mass deportation program. “I think you have to do it,” he said. He suggested he would try to use executive action to end “birthright” citizenship under which people born in the U.S. are considered citizens — although such protections are spelled out in the Constitution. Asked specifically about the future for people who were brought into the country illegally as children and have been shielded from deportation in recent years, Trump said, “I want to work something out,” indicating he might seek a solution with Congress. But Trump also said he does not “want to be breaking up families” of mixed legal status, “so the only way you don’t break up the family is you keep them together and you have to send them all back.” Long a critic of NATO members for not spending more on their own defense, Trump said he “absolutely” would remain in the alliance “if they pay their bills.” Pressed on whether he would withdraw if he were dissatisfied with allies’ commitments, Trump said he wants the U.S. treated “fairly” on trade and defense. He waffled on a NATO priority of containing Russia and President Vladimir Putin. Trump suggested Ukraine should prepare for less U.S. aid in its defense against Putin’s invasion. “Possibly. Yeah, probably. Sure,” Trump said of reducing Ukraine assistance from Washington. Separately, Trump has called for an immediate cease-fire. Asked about Putin, Trump said initially that he has not talked to the Russian leader since Election Day last month, but then hedged: “I haven’t spoken to him recently.” Trump said when pressed, adding that he did not want to “impede the negotiation.” The president-elect said he has no intention, at least for now, of asking Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell to step down before Powell’s term ends in 2028. Trump said during the campaign that presidents should have more say in Fed policy, including interest rates. Trump did not offer any job assurances for FBI Director Christopher Wray, whose term is to end in 2027. Asked about Wray, Trump said: “Well, I mean, it would sort of seem pretty obvious” that if the Senate confirms Kash Patel as Trump’s pick for FBI chief, then “he’s going to be taking somebody’s place, right? Somebody is the man that you’re talking about.” Trump promised that the government efficiency effort led by Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy will not threaten Social Security. “We’re not touching Social Security, other than we make it more efficient,” he said. He added that “we’re not raising ages or any of that stuff.” He was not so specific about abortion or his long-promised overhaul of the Affordable Care Act. On abortion, Trump continued his inconsistencies and said he would “probably” not move to restrict access to the abortion pills that now account for a majority of pregnancy terminations, according to the Guttmacher Institute, which supports abortion rights. But pressed on whether he would commit to that position, Trump replied, “Well, I commit. I mean, are — things do — things change. I think they change.” Reprising a line from his Sept. 10 debate against Vice President Kamala Harris, Trump again said he had “concepts” of a plan to substitute for the 2010 Affordable Care Act, which he called “lousy health care.” He added a promise that any Trump version would maintain insurance protections for Americans with preexisting health conditions. He did not explain how such a design would be different from the status quo or how he could deliver on his desire for “better healthcare for less money.” Barrow reported from Atlanta. Associated Press writers Adriana Gomez Licon in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, and Jill Colvin and Michelle L. Price in New York contributed to this report.FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump promised on Tuesday to “vigorously pursue” capital punishment after President Joe Biden commuted the sentences of most people on federal death row partly to stop Trump from pushing forward their executions. Trump criticized Biden’s decision on Monday to change the sentences of 37 of the 40 condemned people to life in prison without parole, arguing that it was senseless and insulted the families of their victims. Biden said converting their punishments to life imprisonment was consistent with the moratorium imposed on federal executions in cases other than terrorism and hate-motivated mass murder. “Joe Biden just commuted the Death Sentence on 37 of the worst killers in our Country,” he wrote on his social media site. “When you hear the acts of each, you won’t believe that he did this. Makes no sense. Relatives and friends are further devastated. They can’t believe this is happening!” Presidents historically have no involvement in dictating or recommending the punishments that federal prosecutors seek for defendants in criminal cases, though Trump has long sought more direct control over the Justice Department's operations. The president-elect wrote that he would direct the department to pursue the death penalty “as soon as I am inaugurated,” but was vague on what specific actions he may take and said they would be in cases of “violent rapists, murderers, and monsters.” He highlighted the cases of two men who were on federal death row for slaying a woman and a girl, had admitted to killing more and had their sentences commuted by Biden. Is it a plan in motion or more rhetoric? On the campaign trail, Trump often called for expanding the federal death penalty — including for those who kill police officers, those convicted of drug and human trafficking, and migrants who kill U.S. citizens. “Trump has been fairly consistent in wanting to sort of say that he thinks the death penalty is an important tool and he wants to use it,” said Douglas Berman, an expert on sentencing at Ohio State University’s law school. “But whether practically any of that can happen, either under existing law or other laws, is a heavy lift.” Berman said Trump’s statement at this point seems to be just a response to Biden’s commutation. “I’m inclined to think it’s still in sort of more the rhetoric phase. Just, ‘don’t worry. The new sheriff is coming. I like the death penalty,’” he said. Most Americans have historically supported the death penalty for people convicted of murder, according to decades of annual polling by Gallup, but support has declined over the past few decades. About half of Americans were in favor in an October poll, while roughly 7 in 10 Americans backed capital punishment for murderers in 2007. Death row inmates are mostly sentenced by states Before Biden's commutation, there were 40 federal death row inmates compared with more than 2,000 who have been sentenced to death by states. “The reality is all of these crimes are typically handled by the states,” Berman said. A question is whether the Trump administration would try to take over some state murder cases, such as those related to drug trafficking or smuggling. He could also attempt to take cases from states that have abolished the death penalty. Could rape now be punishable by death? Berman said Trump's statement, along with some recent actions by states, may present an effort to get the Supreme Court to reconsider a precedent that considers the death penalty disproportionate punishment for rape. “That would literally take decades to unfold. It’s not something that is going to happen overnight,” Berman said. Before one of Trump's rallies on Aug. 20, his prepared remarks released to the media said he would announce he would ask for the death penalty for child rapists and child traffickers. But Trump never delivered the line. What were the cases highlighted by Trump? One of the men Trump highlighted on Tuesday was ex-Marine Jorge Avila Torrez, who was sentenced to death for killing a sailor in Virginia and later pleaded guilty to the fatal stabbing of an 8-year-old and a 9-year-old girl in a suburban Chicago park several years before. The other man, Thomas Steven Sanders, was sentenced to death for the kidnapping and slaying of a 12-year-old girl in Louisiana, days after shooting the girl's mother in a wildlife park in Arizona. Court records show he admitted to both killings. Some families of victims expressed anger with Biden's decision, but the president had faced pressure from advocacy groups urging him to make it more difficult for Trump to increase the use of capital punishment for federal inmates. The ACLU and the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops were some of the groups that applauded the decision.

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There was no guarantee that a long-awaited House Ethics Committee report on former Rep. Matt Gaetz would ever see the light of day, especially once the Florida GOP lawmaker abruptly quit his job last month in Congress. But the public on Monday did get to read and learn the details of allegations that played a role in disqualifying Gaetz from making it through the Senate confirmation process to serve as President-elect Donald Trump's attorney general. In releasing the report , the committee – which is equally divided between Republicans and Democrats – made Gaetz one of only a few former members whose Ethics Committee investigation was made public after they had resigned from office. The committee said it unearthed "substantial evidence" that Gaetz engaged in "prostitution, statutory rape, illicit drug use" and obstruction of Congress, including paying for sex with a 17-year-old, though he did not know or ask her age at the time. While Gaetz has been dogged by allegations of sexual misconduct in the past, the House Ethics Committee investigation into his conduct was thrown into the spotlight when Trump nominated him to be attorney general in the incoming administration. Senators demanded more information about the allegations against Gaetz as they prepared to consider his nomination, with some Republican senators demanding access to the report as some details leaked to the press. House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., said he would "strongly request" the committee keep it private . The panel met to consider whether to release the report and deadlocked along party lines in November. Gaetz pulled out of consideration shortly afterward. In a second vote earlier this month, two Republicans quietly joined their Democratic colleagues in supporting its release. "The Committee has typically not released its findings after losing jurisdiction in a matter," the report read. "However, there are a few prior instances where the Committee has determined that it was in the public interest to release its findings even after a Member’s resignation from Congress. The Committee does not do so lightly." Here's what to know about the committee's decision to release the report. What has happened in the past? It is extremely rare that the House Ethics Committee would release a report on a former member of Congress – so much so that resigning from Congress has long been considered a way for members plagued by ethics questions to avoid public release of their alleged wrongdoing. "It's an inducement for members to exit that the reports are not released," said Norm Eisen, former co-counsel to the Democrats on the House Judiciary Committee during then-President Trump's first impeachment. "So it encourages a natural sanction of the offender no longer being in a position of public service." In only a handful of cases, the committee has determined that the information is in the public interest despite the lawmaker no longer serving in Congress. For example, the committee released a report in 1987 a few months after former Rep. Bill Boner, D-Tenn., resigned from Congress to become the mayor of Nashville . The report indicated Boner had taken bribes and misused campaign funds. In another case, the committee continued to investigate sexual harassment allegations against former Rep. Eric Massa , D-N.Y., who resigned in 2020, to determine whether other members covered up his conduct. Why did the committee decide to release the report? Rep. Glenn Ivey, D-Md., is a member of the committee who voted for the Gaetz report's release. He told USA TODAY it was important to release the document because "the public had the right to know this sort of thing." In cases where there was a "relatively minor incident" the committee will choose not to release the report, Ivey said, adding: "This was anything but that." It was also important to signal to other House members what is expected of them as a member of Congress, Ivey said. "Our job as the watchmen for the Congress is to let our colleagues know when there's conduct that crosses the line," he said. "So that it gives them guidance as to how they should conduct themselves going forward." Others argued the panel was dealing with another problem : Much of the information in the report had already leaked, leaving the public to speculate without the full picture. Gaetz and Trump "put these issues in the public eye" by putting him up for attorney general, Eisen said. "They open Pandora's Box, some of the details came out, so at that point it's hard to close Pandora's Box back up." What was the argument against releasing it? Ethics Committee Chair Rep. Michael Guest, R-Miss., penned an addendum to the report explaining why several committee members voted against releasing the document. Guest and his other like-minded GOP members "do not challenge the committee's findings," he wrote, but "we take great exception" to the decision to deviate from "well-established standards" and release a report on someone who no longer serves in the House. Doing so is "extremely rare," Guest argued, and may be perceived as an attempt to "weaponize" the committee's investigation process. Releasing the report, he added, was "a dangerous departure with potentially catastrophic consequences." What does Matt Gaetz say? Gaetz has maintained his innocence and attacked the credibility of the Ethics Committee. On Monday, he published a series of posts on X with snippets of witness testimony that he argued refute the committee's findings. “Giving funds to someone you are dating - that they didn’t ask for - and that isn’t ‘charged’ for sex is now prostitution?!?” he wrote . “There is a reason they did this to me in a Christmas Eve-Eve report and not in a courtroom of any kind where I could present evidence and challenge witnesses.” The former Florida GOP lawmaker made a last-minute attempt in federal court Monday to block the committee's release of the findings, claiming the committee was outside of its jurisdiction. But while Gaetz sought a temporary restraining order Monday morning to prevent the report being released, the judge in the case asked Gaetz an hour later to explain why the case was still relevant once the materials were public. 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Australians on the frontline of climate change are fighting for their vanishing ancestral home. Can a landmark lawsuit against the federal government save their way of life? Uncle Paul Kabai steps barefoot along a beach near a fallen sacred tree and onto the mud and broken coral edging his Torres Strait island home. He looks to the horizon and listens to the sea. "I can tell when it's going to rain or I can tell there will be an easterly blowing tomorrow," he says. "I can tell by the seas and the waves." The tidal flat is littered with dead sea almond trees, roots clawing at the tropical air. Others strain out of the mud and seawater, soil washed from their bases by the scouring tides. Saibai people have long buried the umbilical cords of newborns beneath these trees while whispering the names of the wind and stars as gifts to the infants. Where Uncle Paul stands, islanders once grew yams, taro, pineapples and bananas, camping on the warm sands while they tended the crops. "But you can't put anything here now," he says and points across the mud towards the sea. "Where the water is now, we used to camp there. "See the mangroves? That's where the actual beach was." He raises a hand to show how deep the water gets when the king tides surge in. With each incursion by the rising waters, with every tree, campground and farming plot reclaimed by the ocean, the people of Saibai Island feel their culture, their children's futures and their ancestral roots dissolving beneath their feet. But Uncle Paul and the other islanders are not ready to let all that slip quietly beneath the waves, out of sight and mind of the rest of Australia. He's taken the fight, and the island's existential plight, 3,000 kilometres south to the dry and formal environs of the Federal Court in Melbourne. From above, Saibai Island appears almost uninhabited — wild and remote. Mangroves, scrub and swampy estuaries cover its flat landscape. For a narrow, 2.5-kilometre stretch along the island's northern shore, colourful houses perch on stilts by the waters of the Torres Strait, or Zenadth Kes, as it's called by the traditional locals. Papua New Guinea 's coastline is less than 4 kilometres away, a visible indication of just how remote this community is from the Australian mainland. And, impossible to miss, is the 2.3-metrehigh concrete wall that runs the length of the town foreshore to keep the sea at bay, a conspicuous reminder of the threat of the ocean. During the winter months, the water laps sedately at the base of the sea wall and at low tide children venture onto the rocky mudflat to collect sea life. Parents remind them to stay away from the water's edge. After a recent death, locals are alert to crocodiles lurking beneath the surface. Shakyna Dau-Menegi, of the Samu (cassowary) clan, used to spend her spare time looking for clown shells at low tide with other kids and her elders. Now, she uses that time to collect plastic water bottles from other islanders to recycle and raise money for sandbags to protect her community and "the loved ones who are buried here". At 10, Shakyna knows more about climate change than most Australians her age. She understands the sea is rising by 6-to-8 millimetres a year in the strait, a worrying development for people who live on average just one metre above sea level. The island is only 1.7 metres above sea level at its highest point. It's even more concerning during Kuki, the monsoon season between January and April, when the usually calm Torres Strait can transform into a beast that claws at the island. "When there's storms the island shakes," Shakyna says. "A lot of waters come in and out and we see little bits and pieces of land going away one by one. "I find it very scary." King tides during Kuki can peak at just under 4 metres sending waves crashing over the sea wall built seven years ago. Estuaries and creeks fill with seawater that spreads and inundates the roads. "We used to go fishing in the night on the beach," Shakyna says, "but now there's no beach and the seas are too dangerous, the currents are too strong." She fears her people will one day no longer be able to live on the island. "Without our culture we don't know who we are and where we come from," she says. "We need the island to build our confidence, our culture and our strength." Paradise in peril Saibai has a population of about 300, many of whom are traditional owners — the Koeybuway (Ker-bu-y) and Moegibuway (Migi-bu-y) people — and others who trace their heritage to the Western Province villages of PNG. Very few tourists, if any, pass through the tiny island airport that looks more like a bus stop. A bench seat and tin roof are the only protection from tropical showers and the scorching sun. Most of the people who use the airport are residents returning home, mainlanders visiting family, or government employees flying in to provide essential services for the island. When we arrive, we are mistaken for butterfly researchers. We're told they visit the island looking for new and rare species. The town has a primary school, supermarket, health centre, community hall, church, petrol station and a new addition, a coffee shop in Conwell "Nathan" Tabuai's home. It's the northernmost cafe in Australia. And Nathan's coffee is as good as the best on the mainland. There's also a shuttered and dusty wet canteen, no longer serving alcohol but still a centre for community gatherings. With no high school on the island, teenagers travel off-country to complete their secondary education. As cars trundle along pot-holed streets at walking pace, Saibai is the definition of a sleepy island village. Palm trees bearing coconuts line the shore and Hills Hoist clotheslines rotate in well-maintained front yards, taking floral dresses for a spin as they dry in a sea breeze scented with tropical flowers. The bright houses have paintings of animals proudly representing the totems of the seven clans on the island: Saibai Koedal (crocodile), Dhoeybaw (wild yam), Thabu-burm/Katbay (snake), Sui/Saydam (bird), Umay (dog), Ait Koedal (inland crocodile) and Samu (cassowary). Dogs roam the streets. Some are pets, some are wild and have to be watched. Everything runs on "island time", as the residents call it. Conversations and consultations voiced at an agreeable pace are key to the community. But underlying this leisurely lifestyle is a growing urgency to preserve what is left — and what can still be remembered — of the languages, culture and stories of this island paradise before it is reclaimed by the sea. Legal and climate experts liken rising sea levels and climate harms to “colonisation”. The ancient language of Kalaw Kagaw Ya (KKY) remains widely and uniquely spoken on the island. It's an ancestral thread in the fabric of modern daily life. "Language is the vehicle of knowledge that we carry with us," says elder Aunty Marianna Babia, who is documenting and preserving the language. "It's everywhere, in singing, storytelling and just everyday speaking to each other." In her floral handbag she carries a notebook to scribble down words she comes across. Trying to keep up with technology, she sometimes taps them into her phone. But while new words have been created for things like planes (boethal uruy) and cars (woeylal), many old ones have been lost, much like the soil that makes up the island. The number of fluent KKY speakers continues to diminish as people leave the island or pass away, and Torres Strait creole, a combination of traditional languages and English, becomes more dominant. KKY is now a critically endangered language, according to UNESCO, the Australian government and Torres Strait communities. Aunty Marianna fears the entire language could become extinct if the people of Saibai have to leave their island. "If you are living elsewhere ... you lose the names of things that are here — plants, animals, trees ... everything," she says. Passed down for millennia Elder Sedrick Waia, of the Ait Koedal clan, spends his days listening to traditional music on a speaker as he creates crafts. Uncle Sedrick's yard is full of his masterpieces hung proudly in readiness for a market stall. Each design has a meaning. The carving on a burubur (drum) represents the seven clans and is named Nathara Kubi — the roof of a crocodile's mouth. Many of his works are used by the local Muyngu Koekoper dance group for performances about the island's unique environment or Saibai warriors' historic battles. Speaking in KKY translated for us by Saibai Islander Barbara Ibuai, Uncle Sedrick explains the meaning behind some of the artefacts and the stories handed down from Saibai ancestors and told in dance. He says he's working to preserve the old stories, songs and language that form the foundation of Koeybuway and Moegibuway culture. It's a guarantee for an uncertain future. "We're not allowed to change them. It's forbidden," Uncle Sedrick says. "If Saibai ... sinks, we can take our old ways, our old songs, our stories with us when we go so that culture can remain. "There is a responsibility to pass it on to the new generations." The youngest of the Saibai generations gathers for the local school showcase and Uncle Sedrick plays a ukulele to lead the community in traditional songs. Raindrops sizzle on the hot road as little feet dance and elders play the burubur. Laughter and joy fill the humid air. The people of Saibai are very spiritual, Uncle Paul explains, and Gogobithiay (land, sea and sky) is how the island speaks to them. The umbilical cord burial tradition is one of the ailan kastom (island custom) practices symbolising cultural identity to keep connections to country strong. Uncle Paul's wind is Kuki (west wind) and star Methakurap, which appears over the west of the island as the sun sets. Constellations also tell islanders when the seasons are changing, what to plant and when to start hunting turtles and dugongs. Now, traditional hunting grounds have changed as those culturally important foods — and important sources of protein — move to new locations. Uncle Paul's grandfather was a seafarer and could navigate by the stars. "When the stars of the Tagai constellation faced upwards, it was dry season," Uncle Paul tells us on the deck of his home. Tagai was a great fisherman and features in many creation stories across the Torres Strait Islands. When Tagai's spear faces down, it indicates the monsoon and rough seas are approaching. In the westernmost part of town is Saibai's cemetery, where the dead lay under ornate headstones. It's a place islanders visit often, not just for funerals but to commune quietly with their ancestors. "It means a lot to the community because all our loved ones are here," Uncle Paul says. "I go to the cemetery once a month to talk to them. "We are cultural and spiritual people. We believe we ask them and our message will be delivered very quickly because they are already there." Graves are not just resting places for the dead. They are homes for them in the afterlife, decorated by families with painted totems and colourful tiles. "Once we have put the headstone on, that means the house has been built and blessed. They are now living in better places," says Uncle Paul, as he leads us to the grave of one of his sisters. But king tides repeatedly flood the burial grounds, bringing waves that smash the lovingly decorated graves. Some families are now contemplating the deeply distressing act of exhuming loved ones to relocate them to higher ground. "It's not culturally appropriate," Uncle Paul says. "We don't want to disturb them. They are sleeping." As global warming exacerbates storms and tides, Uncle Paul fears the sea wall will not be enough to save this sacred place and the community will be forced to leave both the island and their ancestors. For the past four years, Uncle Paul has been working with fellow Torres Strait Islander Pabai Pabai, from Boigu Island, north-west of Saibai, on a . They have argued in the Federal Court that the government has not done enough to protect their islands from climate change, and that reduction targets for greenhouse gas emissions will be too little, too late to stop what they can see happening to their home now. The federal government has acknowledged that the Torres Strait Islands are vulnerable to the effects of climate change but denies it has breached its duty of care. Australia accounts for 4.5 per cent of global fossil fuel carbon dioxide emissions and is among the largest fossil fuel exporters in the world. The Climate Targets Panel, an independent group of the country's most senior climate scientists and policymakers, estimates Australia's greenhouse emissions need to be , not 2050, to avoid irreversible damage to the Torres Strait Islands. The case is a first of its kind in Australia but other significant climate-related cases have been heard around the world. This year, Europe’s highest human rights court ruled member nations must better protect their citizens from the consequences of climate change. If Uncle Paul and Uncle Pabai are successful, they will seek damages and court orders forcing the federal government to reduce greenhouse gas emissions further and faster, which could have significant implications for Australia's mining and export industries. With the findings expected early next year, Saibai waits with nervous anticipation. "We're not going to stop. If we stop, Saibai will be under water," says Uncle Paul. "I'll have no land, I'll have no culture, I'll have nothing." Many Saibai islanders are hesitant to talk about what life could be like if they are forced to leave their ancestral home, like those who have already resettled on the Australian mainland, mostly in Bamaga and Seisia on the tip of Cape York. For some, the decision to stay or leave was made decades ago in meetings held by clan leaders after torrential rain and king tides flooded the village in the 1940s. One of the migrants to the mainland, Aunty Togiab McRose Elu, a Saibai Koedal clanswoman who goes by Aunty Rose, made the long boat journey with her father when she was a baby. "He was concerned about what the future was going to hold," she says. But for Aunty Rose, who lives in Brisbane, the children and grandchildren of those who left must be able to return. "As I get off the plane, I set my foot on the land, I know that I'm home. That's where I belong — here is the motherland," Aunty Rose tells us. "This is our land here, and the seas and the waters. The land on the mainland doesn't belong to us." The families who stayed are committed to holding on as long as they can and much of that determination revolves around the church on the foreshore. It's a neat, white building that would look unremarkable in most mainland suburbs but is the tallest building on the island. "There's only a few of us left but we have that feeling inside of us that we don't want to move until the church goes under," elder Neimeiah Dai says. Built by their forefathers from coral dragged from the seabed, it's the heart of the community, a symbol of faith, trust and belief. "It's our land we are fighting for," he says. "It is our backbone, our strength. If we lose that we lose everything." Credits Related stories Climate Change Environment Climate Change Related topics Cairns Climate Change Environmental Impact Federal Government Indigenous Australians Indigenous Culture Oceans and Reefs Torres Strait Islands

Photo by Liam Richards /Saskatoon StarPhoenix Saskatchewan Rush defender Matt Hossack moves the ball against the Vancouver Warriors in NLL action at SaskTel Centre in Saskatoon, SK on Saturday, March 7, 2020. Darren Zary Saskatoon StarPhoenix It’s a second go-round for Matt Hossack on the Saskatchewan Rush. Both parties couldn’t be more excited about this reunion after they won a National Lacrosse League championship together back in 2018. The Rush claimed Hossack in the Panther City Lacrosse Club dispersal draft during the off-season. Now they’re back together again as Saskatchewan (1-0) plays its National Lacrosse League home-opener Saturday night against the Halifax Thunderbirds. “That’s the guy we wanted and that’s the guy we got,” says Rush co-coach Jimmy Quinlan, whose team welcomed back Hossack with open arms. “He was very good when he left us and having to watch him grow on another team was tough, but to get him back is unbelievable. He’s a true professional on and off the floor. And he’s smart. “For me, it’s his IQ. You never have to question his effort or his attitude. He’s always moving in the right direction for the group and we’re lucky to have him. We were happy he was there (available in dispersal draft).” Hossack arrived back in Saskatchewan with nervous excitement. Indeed, green and black butterflies floated around in his stomach. “Talking to Keener (Rush general manager Derek Keenan) at the beginning of camp, I had butterflies again – it’s been probably been a few years,” admits Hossack, who was originally taken by the Rush in the second round, 14th overall, of the 2016 NLL Draft out of the Rochester Institute of Technology. Taken by Panther City in the 2021 NLL expansion draft as the No. 1 pick, Hossack would be re-claimed by Saskatchewan, sixth overall, in this year’s Panther City dispersal draft. “When I first went to Panther City, I had a lot of butterflies doing that because there are so many unknowns,” explains Hossack, a native of Port Perry, Ont.. “What I liked about coming back here is I know a lot of people and faces in the front office and all the lacrosse staff. “That gives me a good feeling, having that sense of home and something I know, something already that I’m coming back to, but the butterflies came because there are so many new guys on the team and it’s a completely different group than what I’m used to. It’s certainly exciting for me.” It’s a new-look defensive corps for Hossack with the likes of Bobby Kidd III, Isaac Ngyou, Connor McClelland, Matt Acchione, Jake Boudreau, Adam Jay, Jake Naso, Holden Garlent, Ryan Barnable and Jerrett Smith joining him and veteran Mike Messenger. “I’m really excited about the group,” says Hossack, who captained Panther City. “I think it’s a lot better than what maybe I expected or what I saw from the outside and to see how much the guys care and what they’re working on at times, guys take feedback really well and they’re talking all the time. To see that each weekend, I feel we’ve gotten a little better towards achieving certain things and we’ve got to continue to do that.” Through 114 pro games, the right-handed defenceman has scooped up 617 loose balls, caused 142 turnovers, scored 22 goals and added 55 assists. “I certainly take pride in being the leader out there when it’s necessarily my turn to do that,” says Hossack. “As a veteran, what you always go back to is you try to claim and capture some of that new energy that Acchione, Levi Anderson and those guys bring to the team because they’re so new, so fresh, and it reminds you of what it was like when you were a rookie in the league or new in the league. You try to continue to capture that and I think that’s really important.” Hossack says he was able to come out of his shell in Panther City. “I’m super grateful for that opportunity because I grew so much as a vocal leader, as someone who’s typically more quiet and a leader by example. That hasn’t changed. I’m still a little more of a leader by example but I’ve learned how to find my voice more and speak up when times are necessary and I think that’s the biggest part of my game and showing a little bit more emotion when it’s necessary to give guys a bit of a jump. “As much as it stings a little to put so much effort into building the (Panther City) program down in Fort Worth there, there was definitely a sense of excitement to be able to come back around full circle and be back here in Sask.” dzary@postmedia.com -Advertisement-(WRB) - Analyzing WR Berkley's Short Interest

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They are going to pin all this on you.” In this paranoia-inducing Netflix thriller, Daniels finds himself in the middle of a sprawling conspiracy that delves into the darkest corners of society and explores the intersections between the wealthy and powerful, the alt-right, and other fringe movements. “[The series] is examining the climate we’re in right now,” Domingo teased to TV Insider. “Who sows those seeds of disinformation? Who’s puppeteering all of this?” ‘Euphoria’ Star Colman Domingo Explains Season 3 Delay To clear his name, Muncie must figure out whether to trust FBI agent Franco Quiñones (John Ortiz) and reconnect with his working-class, activist roots in Philadelphia while reuniting with his family, which includes teenage son Demetrius (Thaddeus J. Mixson), estranged wife Elena (Marsha Stephanie Blake), and daughter Kallie (Gabrielle Graham) from a previous relationship. “He’s trying to solve a crime,” creator Stephen Belber previews, “but at the same time he’s trying to solve something inside of himself.” To find out what else we should know about the new thrill ride, we spoke to The Color Purple and Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom star Colman Domingo — who played Victor Strand on Fear the Walking Dead for eight seasons, won an Emmy for Euphoria , and was nominated for a 2024 Oscar for the civil rights drama Rustin — about the bind in which Muncie finds himself in The Madness , the similarities he shares with the character, and the resonance of a story that speaks to our age of online disinformation and conspiracy theories. Why were you drawn to this series and this character? What about it made you say yes to it? Colman Domingo: There’s so much about it that is raising questions about who are we in America right now. What do you believe in? And what are you believing? What’s being fed to you? These are questions that I have deep in my heart, and the series is bringing out those thoughts I have in the back of my head. Like who is manipulating all of us? I do believe there’s people feeding the public misinformation, but it benefits people with money, power, and position. Are there similarities you share with Muncie? Wildly enough, he’s from my neighborhood, from West Philly. He’s a college professor. So am I. There’s a lot of similarities. He’s a public-facing person. Even some of his ideology, where he believes that if you just get people at the table to sit and have a civil conversation, things will get better. I do believe that. I actively do that in my life. And I thought, “Oh, I understand Muncie. I understand what he’s trying to do.” But then the series takes him on another journey to actually go more full-throttle and understand all the dynamics he’s been espousing but not really having to get in the mud with. Is Muncie’s journey in the series a metaphor for how we’re all trying to make sense of this firehose of facts and information, along with disinformation, conspiracy-mongering, and lies that are coming at us 24/7? Yeah. It’s your modern-day North By Northwest, your modern-day Three Days of the Condor. He’s an everyman who has to go on this journey that he’s not ready to go on. He didn’t even know he’s been preparing for it. He was just living his best life, has a great position at CNN, and has been studying jujitsu for his own health. But he didn’t know that he’d need all that to go down the rabbit hole for real. What’s Muncie’s relationship like with his estranged wife, son Demetrius, and his older daughter Kallie from another relationship? All of it is precarious. What’s going on between he and his wife, we made it a gray area. Maybe they both started out as young activists, and the other one moved into celebrity, and the other one is a college professor, and they’re just not meeting [each other] where they used to be. It was more about having a crisis of faith in each other. Then with his daughter [Kallie], he made choices when he was younger, in a relationship he was in before he went to an Ivy League school. So he’s sort of been a deadbeat dad in that way. Then with his younger son, he’s sort of an absentee father. He believes he’s doing the best that he can by providing financially and showing up when he can. But I think he’s been a bit selfish. So this whole crisis is helping him examine not only who he is, but who has he been—and not been—to his family. Now he’s got to do some relationship repair; at the same time, he’s trying to advocate and save his own life and protect his family. Has he lost himself a bit over the years in pursuit of success and ambition? I think so. But I think if you asked Muncie, he wouldn’t say that. I think he believed, no, it’s okay to change. It’s OK to have access and agency. But I think at some point he didn’t realize even in the position that he had, he was just all talk. He was just a talking head. He wasn’t actually doing anything but adding to the noise of the media circuit business. In the crisis that he goes through, how does his family help him to survive? I think he didn’t realize how much he needed them. When we meet him, he’s in a place of stasis. He’s been trying to write this book for years. So he decided to go to the Pocono mountains to try and start writing something. Then he goes on this journey. I think it’s a beautiful hero’s journey. He didn’t know he needed all these things. He didn’t know he needed a heart. He didn’t know he needed a brain...It is ‘no place like home.’ But he realized that his home was attached to other things like celebrity, clothing, and having access. But all of that became more superficial than he even imagined. Amanda Matlovich / Netflix Muncie was a housing activist in his youth, and he reconnects with his West Philly roots and the people in his life from that time. How does he change during the course of the series? I think it’s about helping him to bridge the two parts of himself. It’s one of the first arguments that my character has with the fantastic Eisa Davis, who plays Renee, while hosting a show on CNN. And it’s at the core of the problem. For me, it’s a question of, “What’s the best way?” He’s like, “I am Black and I don’t have to actually be out on the streets anymore. I have more access here on television where I can affect a lot of more people.” And so for me, it’s raising the question of, “Is that right or is that wrong? Or is there a balance of both?” How do race and systemic racism factor into the story of a Black man who gets blamed for the death of a white supremacist? How do you think that will be eye-opening for some viewers? Race plays into it a great deal. Muncie is someone who is probably very adept at code-switching [adjusting one’s style of speech, appearance, and expression to conform to a given community and reduce the potential for discrimination]. When you have celebrity and access, you live more in a bubble where you’re probably not perceived in certain ways. But when all of that goes away, once Muncie has to let go of his Range Rover, his Tom Ford suits, and his position at CNN, he’s perceived as just another ordinary Black man on the street. So even when he goes into that New York shop and changes into a T-shirt, baseball cap, and hoodie [to disguise himself], he’s trying to normalize. Before, he believed was a bit more elevated in some way. I love the question that [his estranged wife] Elena asked him: “What were you doing going over to this white man’s house out in the woods? You felt like you had the privilege to do that? You have to always be careful. You don’t know what’s on the other side. You’re a Black man in America.” He forgot for a moment. What does the title, The Madness , refer to? I think it’s about the madness that we’re all living in when it comes to the 24-hour news cycle and trying to download and sift through information. It’s maddening! And also, I think the madness is also internal, that internal struggle of like, “Who are you, and what do you believe in? Who is real, and who is not?” I think that’s the madness. The Madness , Series Premiere, Thursday, November 28, Netflix More Headlines: ‘The Price Is Right’ Player Injures Hand Before Punch-A-Bunch Win — See Drew Carey’s Reaction Colman Domingo Details Why ‘The Madness’ Is a Drama for Today’s Era of Media Feeding Frenzies ‘DWTS’ Season 33 Finalist Chandler Kinney Reveals What She Would Have Changed About Her Journey Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade 2024: How to Watch, New Floats, Who’s Performing & More! ‘Wheel of Fortune’ Fans Blame Ryan Seacrest After Contestant’s Epic FailKing and PM honour former US president Jimmy Carter after his death aged 100Philippine police on Wednesday filed a criminal complaint against Vice President Sara Duterte and her security staff for assaulting security officers and disobeying their orders during an altercation at the House of Representatives on Saturday. Duterte had a busy day on Saturday, having publicly claimed that she hired an assassin to kill President Ferdinand Marcos, Jr., along with his wife and his cousin Martin Romualdez, who is House speaker, if she herself dies. She did this not in heated private conversation but at a news conference, in which she claimed Marcos was planning to have her killed and her hitman was standing by to take him and his wife out in retaliation. The Philippine police and military immediately raised the alert level around President Marcos and increased his security, while the National Security Council declared Duterte a threat to national security and the justice system announced it would summon her for an investigation. Duterte sought to walk back her threat, sort of, by assuring the public she would only kill the president if he killed her first. “Why would I kill him if not for revenge from the grave? There is no reason for me to kill him. What’s the benefit for me?” she said at her damage-control press conference. None of this had any direct bearing on why the police decided to file charges against the vice president. That happened because her chief of staff, Zuleika Lopez, had been placed under detention last week for demonstrating contempt of the House during a corruption inquiry, and when the House voted to extend her detention on Saturday, Duterte and her security detail got rowdy. Lopez and Duterte are both under investigation for misusing funds from the office of the vice presidency. Lopez was cited for contempt and sent into detention at the Veterans Memorial Medical Center (VMMC) last Wednesday. Her offense was skipping a hearing on November 5, ostensibly to visit her sick aunt in the United States. Lopez angered House investigators by giving evasive answers about the abuse of funds, often claiming she had no idea where any of the money went. Lopez was at least calm and polite during her testimony, unlike the volatile Duterte, but she reportedly suffered from panic attacks after she was sent into detention. Lopez had another panic attack on Saturday, when the House ordered her to be transferred from the relatively comfortable VMMC to a women’s prison, at which point Duterte raised both verbal and physical objections. The police said it was necessary to file charges against her to preserve the rule of law. On Tuesday, Duterte was served a subpoena to answer questions about her threats against the president’s life. Marcos said he intends to prosecute her for participating in a “criminal plot” to have him assassinated. Duterte’s father, the equally outspoken former president Rodrigo Duterte, waded into the controversy on Monday by suggesting the military should consider overthrowing Marcos. “There is a fractured governance in the Philippines today. In the face of so many errors there... it is only the military who can correct it,” he said. The elder Duterte demonstrated where his daughter learned her damage-control skills by adding that he was not calling for a coup, but was rather calling for the military to commit mass insubordination, or perhaps go on strike to protest Marcos’ leadership. “They can just say we no longer want to play your game, we’re out,” he explained, calling on military officers to reject the commands of the “drug addict” Marcos. Marcos and his predecessor have taken to accusing each other of drug abuse on a regular basis. In August, a video that purportedly showed Marcos snorting cocaine began circulating on social media. Marcos and his officials dismissed the video as a deepfake, while Rodrigo Duterte insisted it was authentic and said Marcos could only answer the allegations of substance abuse by taking a drug test. These events make it difficult to remember that Marcos, Jr., chose Sara Duterte as his running mate in 2022 in an effort to build “unity” following the end of Rodrigo Duterte’s tempestuous administration. Both Marcos and the younger Duterte won landslide victories for their positions, which are voted on separately in the Philippines. Their relationship soon went sour for various reasons, including angry disagreements about how to handle China. Duterte resigned from her position as education secretary in the Marcos cabinet in June, about six months after her father began referring to President Marcos Jr. as a drug addict. She remains vice president, and Marcos cannot fire her, since it is an elected position.

KANNUR: Muslim League state secretary KM Shaji alleged that Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, the CPM and the state government tried to destroy him by politically hunting him and his family. Shaji was speaking to Kerala Kaumudi after the Supreme Court quashed the bribery and money laundering cases against him. Q. What is the reason behind CPM's animosity towards KM Shaji? Shaji: I have been at loggerheads with the CPM since my student politics days. They created this case to destroy me. CPM's grudge began when I won twice in Azhikode in Kannur, which is their stronghold. The animosity intensified when I exposed the mafia connections of the government and the Chief Minister. CPM should apologise for politically hunting me. Q. Did they hunt your family as well? Shaji: What mistake did my family commit? Modi government's ED joined hands with the Pinarayi government to hunt me down. They even tried to confiscate my house claiming that I accumulated unaccounted assets. They raided my house for several days. In the end, all their plans fell apart. Q. Was the complainant a local CPM leader? Although former Kannur block panchayat president and CPM leader Kuduvan Padmanabhan was the complainant, Pinarayi Vijayan was behind the complaint. It was alleged that I had accepted a bribe of Rs 25 lakhs for sanctioning a Plus Two batch in a school in Azhikode. However, neither the complainant nor the government was able to produce any evidence against me. In 2020, Vigilance registered a case against me, violating legal advice. The ED registered the case on the basis of this case. However, the High Court acquitted me in the case on June 19, 2022. The Pinarayi government and the ED then filed a plea against the High Court order in the Supreme Court. The government did not have an answer when the Supreme Court judges asked if they could show even a single statement alleging that Shaji had demanded a bribe. Q. Are you saying that the Modi-Pinarayi governments joined hands against you? It was Additional Solicitor General Raju who appeared for the ED in the Supreme Court. He was the one who approached the Supreme Court for the Centre against Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal. However, the Indian Constitution and the courts still remain a beacon of hope. I was confident that I would get justice.European Innovation Council identifies 34 emerging technologies that could have global impactSemona scores 15 as Stonehill takes down Lafayette 70-65

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While the Raspberry Pi can work as a basic desktop alternative, you're probably using it for more advanced projects — most of which don't need a display, keyboard, or mouse. Perhaps it's integrated into a mobile robot, running your autonomous plant-watering assistant in the backyard, or maybe even set up on the street capturing a time-lapse video of the neighborhood activity. In such cases, it can be a pain to take the Pi out of the system every time you need to update it or tweak the code. Thankfully, there are ways to manage the Raspberry Pi remotely without disassembling your project. This is where SSH comes in. SSH stands for Secure Shell. Compared to VNC which essentially screen shares the Pi's desktop GUI to a different computer, SSH only provides you access to the Pi's command line. This can be handy if your Pi doesn't have a GUI to begin with or if you need to quickly troubleshoot, edit code, or control the system remotely. We'll walk you through the step-by-step process of how to SSH into your Raspberry Pi. SSH is disabled on the Raspberry Pi by default. You can activate the service before you flash the Raspberry Pi OS to a microSD card, though. Simply edit the OS customization settings in the Raspberry Pi Imager and check "Enable SSH" in the Services tab. However, if you're working with an already configured board complete with the OS, follow these steps to enable SSH from the command line instead: While you're in the command line, look for the Pi's username — the green text before the @ symbol. You'll use this to connect to Raspberry Pi via SSH later. Before you can SSH into a Raspberry Pi, you first need to connect it to your home network, so your other computer can see it. If you have the desktop version of the Raspberry Pi OS, simply hit the network icon in the upper right corner and connect your board to your home Wi-Fi just like how you would on any other computer. If you're running the Lite OS version or prefer to use the Terminal, here's how to connect your Pi to Wi-Fi instead: If, however, you're yet to install the Raspberry Pi OS on a microSD card , you can configure it to automatically connect to your preferred network. On the Raspberry Pi Imager, edit the OS customization settings, specifically the "Configure wireless LAN" section under the General tab and add your network name and password. Aside from the username, you'll also need the Raspberry Pi's IP address to connect to it. Fortunately, it's pretty easy to find this. You can use an IP scanning tool like Angry IP Scanner on your Windows, macOS, or Linux computer to see all the IP addresses of the devices on your network. Or, you can go into the Raspberry Pi Terminal/command line and type hostname -I (as in capital letter i) to get the current IP address. However, if your router or the Pi board reboots, your Pi will likely have a new IP address. This means you'll need to find it again before you can SSH into the system. Instead of going through this hassle, just assign a static IP address to the Raspberry Pi . This way, the Pi will have the same IP address permanently (or at least until you decide to go back to dynamic addresses). Here's a quick guide on setting a static IP address: Once done, your Raspberry Pi should be ready for remote access. Just make sure to write down the IP address you set here as it will be your IP address moving forward. The easiest way to connect to your Raspberry Pi via SSH is by using the Command Prompt on Windows or the Terminal app on macOS and Linux. All of these come preinstalled with the OS, so you won't have to go looking for a third-party terminal emulator. Here's how to use the Command Prompt or Terminal: You should now see your Raspberry Pi's command line, with the username@hostname (e.g., pi@raspberrypi) in the usual green text. From here, you can input your commands just like you would directly on the Raspberry Pi. When you're ready to end the SSH session, all you need to do is type exit to disconnect from the Pi.

Ruben Amorim issues storm warning after smooth start with Manchester United– a son of the Deep South devoted to civil rights, a small businessman wary of his party’s labor union base, a devout Baptist abhorred by the rising religious right, a submarine officer who was reluctant to commit American forces in war and a ferocious campaigner who disdained the compromises of governing. He parked politics at the Oval Office door, believing he would be reelected if he did “the right thing,” freeing him to take on challenges other presidents shirked. Congress , a record surpassed only slightly by the fabled President Lyndon Johnson. at his home in Plains, Georgia, was our most accomplished one-term modern president, whose enduring achievements were eclipsed by inflation, Iran, inexperience and interparty warfare. The energy security America enjoys rests on the foundation of his three , ending price controls on domestic production of oil and natural gas, focusing on conservation, and inaugurating the era of wind and solar energy. Average Americans benefited from the consumer advocates he placed in regulatory agencies, along with legislation that opened up transportation to competition, from trucking to railroads to airlines, making for the middle class and clearing the way for new carriers like Southwest Airlines and JetBlue Airways. He even removed Prohibition-era regulations that had blocked the rise of the and began telecommunications deregulation that ushered in the cable era. Carter was the greatest environmental president since Theodore Roosevelt, through the Alaska Lands Act. With typical attention to detail, he on the Oval Office rug and on his hands and knees persuaded Alaska’s senior Republican senator to accept setting aside over for protection against development. In ethically challenged Washington, Carter's campaign pledges – “ ” and seeking a government “ " as the American people – were translated into lasting reforms: the , prohibiting companies from paying bribes to foreign officials to get business; the , creating independent inspectors general to root out fraud and abuse in federal agencies; and the , requiring senior officials to disclose their assets, restrict gifts and limit post-employment lobbying, and authorizing the appointment of special prosecutors to investigate wrongdoing – the precursor to special counsel Robert Mueller and his Russia investigation during the Trump presidency. With Walter Mondale, Carter created the modern vice presidency, making his running mate a full partner in government with a West Wing office and access to all classified papers. He appointed to judgeships and senior posts than all the previous 38 presidents together, and he , angering his conservative Southern base. Carter's domestic Achilles' heel was also his finest hour: tackling a decade of runaway inflation impervious to traditional remedies. Inflation was high during the Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford presidencies and rose further under Carter, with the oil shock and gas lines from the radical Iranian revolution. He told us that every measure he tried had failed, and that even if it doomed his reelection he would choose Paul Volcker to chair the Federal Reserve, knowing full well it would mean tight money and sky-high interest rates that his advisers, including me, warned would be political poison. Carter never complained. Volcker’s prescription worked – not in time to earn him a second term, but it laid the we enjoy today, even with the temporary spike from the pandemic recovery. In foreign policy, Carter's most lasting success was the greatest feat of personal presidential diplomacy in American history. Deliberately for 13 agonizing days in September 1978 with the mutually distrustful Menachem Begin of Israel and Anwar Sadat of Egypt, Carter crafted more than 20 successive draft agreements seeking common ground. With all participants exhausted, Begin was ready to go home. Carter applied a personal touch by inscribing photographs of the three leaders to . The Israeli prime minister’s eyes teared, he relented and the rest is history: For more than four decades, the peace treaty Carter negotiated between Egypt and Israel has been central to Israel’s security and to America’s national interest. Carter made human rights a central tenet and applied those principles to the Latin American dictatorships, creating a new era in hemispheric relations along with the Panama Canal Treaty. With the Soviet Union, he combined soft and hard power: championing human rights for Soviet Jews and others, increasing defense spending, greenlighting military modernization programs (that President Ronald Reagan later built upon) and taking a tough stand on the Soviet . Get columns from your favorite columnists + expert analysis on top issues, delivered straight to your device through the USA TODAY app. Don't have the app? . It was confrontation with the Iranian revolution, a conundrum no president has resolved, that brought down Carter. He supported our ally, the shah of Iran, to the bitter end, and urged the shah's army to stand up to the Islamic regime that followed. Carter was the last holdout, and after he agreed to let the shah enter the United States for cancer treatment, radical students took American diplomats hostage in our Tehran embassy. Carter mistakenly promised their families he would put their safety first, giving the Iranians leverage, and refused to blockade Iran’s oil export ports. He holed himself up in the White House to concentrate on their release, keeping the humiliating story on television . The crowning blow was a bold but unsuccessful rescue mission doomed by too few helicopters, unexpected sandstorms, and the to coordinate the complex mission. But as commander in chief, he took sole responsibility. David Jones, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff at the time, recounted to me in an interview for my book what Carter had told him: If the mission succeeded, it would be their success; if it failed, it would be on his shoulders. Carter’s enemies dismissed him as ineffectual, and former "peanuts," but they were wrong. Jimmy Carter does not deserve a place on Mount Rushmore with our greatest presidents, but he belongs in the foothills with others who strengthened our country and its place in the world. 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SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) — Brock Purdy threw one short pass in the open portion of practice for the San Francisco 49ers as he remains slowed by an injury to his throwing shoulder that has already forced him to miss a game. Purdy spent the bulk of the session of Wednesday's practice open to reporters as either a spectator or executing handoffs outside of one short pass to Jordan Mason. Purdy hurt his shoulder during a loss to Seattle on Nov. 17. He tried to throw at practice last Thursday but had soreness in his right shoulder and shut it down. He missed a loss to Green Bay but was able to do some light throwing on Monday. His status for this week remains in doubt as the Niners (5-6) prepare to visit Buffalo on Sunday night. Purdy isn't the only key player for San Francisco dealing with injuries. Left tackle Trent Williams and defensive end Nick Bosa remain sidelined at practice Wednesday after missing last week's game. Williams was using a scooter to get around the locker room as he deals with a left ankle injury. Bosa has been out with injuries to his left hip and oblique. Bosa said the week off helped him make progress and that he hopes to be able to take part in individual drills later in the week. Bosa wouldn't rule out being able to play on Sunday. "It’s feeling a lot better,” Bosa said. “Still need to get better before I’m ready to go. This week will be big and I’ll know a lot more in the next couple of days.” Running back Christian McCaffrey has been able to play, but isn't back to the form that helped him win AP Offensive Player of the Year in 2023 after missing the first eight games this season with Achilles tendinitis. McCaffrey has 149 yards rushing in three games back with his 3.5 yards per carry down significantly from last season's mark of 5.4. But he is confident he will be able to get back to his usual level of play. “When you lose and maybe you don’t jump out on the stat sheet, your failures are highlighted,” he said. “I’m happy I’m out here playing football and I just know with time it will come.” Coach Kyle Shanahan said he has liked what he has seen from McCaffrey, adding that there hasn't been much room to run in recent weeks. But Shanahan said it takes time to get back to speed after McCaffrey had almost no practice time for nine months. “Guys who miss offseasons and miss training camp, usually it takes them a little bit of time at the beginning of the year to get back into how they were the year before, let alone missing half the season also on top of that,” Shanahan said. “I think Christian’s doing a hell of a job. But to just think him coming back in Week 8 with not being able to do anything for the last nine months or whatever it is, and to think he’s just going to be in MVP form is a very unrealistic expectation.” NOTES: LB Dre Greenlaw took part in his first practice since tearing his Achilles tendon in the Super Bowl. Greenlaw will likely need a couple of weeks of practice before being able to play. ... LB Fred Warner said he has been dealing with a fracture in his ankle since Week 4 and is doing his best to manage the pain as he plays through it. ... CB Deommodore Lenoir didn't practice after banging knees on Sunday. His status for this week remains in question. ... DT Jordan Elliott (concussion), OL Aaron Banks (concussion) and LB Demetrius Flannigan-Fowles (knee) also didn't practice. AP NFL: https://apnews.com/hub/NFLIn 1999, University of the Philippines professor Cesar Adib Majul penned a critique of historian Renato Constantino’s essay, Our Task: To Make Rizal Obsolete. Constantino argued that Jose Rizal, while historically significant, should be displaced as a model for contemporary nation-building because his reformist approach was less radical than what modern struggles demand. Majul asserted that Rizal’s enduring value lies in his evolving relevance, particularly as a symbol of intellectual rigor, moral conviction, and love for the Filipino people. Fast forward to 2024, 128 years after Rizal’s execution, and the debate remains strikingly relevant. In a country grappling with chronic corruption, systemic inequality, environmental degradation, and threats to democratic institutions, the question arises: Can Rizal still inspire us today, or has he become obsolete in a world requiring more immediate and radical solutions? Rizal, according to Majul, was not merely a reformist; he was a revolutionary of thought and character. His insistence on education as the bedrock of societal transformation and his belief in peaceful reform over violent upheaval were not acts of compromise but of profound foresight. He envisioned a nation that could achieve sovereignty not just through political independence but through a collective awakening of intellectual and moral consciousness. This vision remains relevant in 2024, where the Philippines finds itself at a crossroads. The challenges Rizal confronted—colonialism, social stratification, and the abuse of power—manifest today in different forms: economic neocolonialism, digital misinformation, and environmental exploitation. Rizal’s insistence on critical thinking and moral leadership offers a blueprint for addressing these contemporary issues. Critics argue that Rizal’s emphasis on education and reform lacks the urgency needed to combat oppressive structures. In today’s world, where social media fuels mass movements and grassroots activism demands swift action, Rizal’s methods might seem too deliberative. However, this critique overlooks the depth of Rizal’s strategy. His novels, “Noli Me Tangere” and “El Filibusterismo,” were not mere calls for reform but critiques of systemic injustices that laid the intellectual groundwork for revolution. In this sense, Rizal was both a reformist and a revolutionary, demonstrating that profound change requires both immediate action and long-term cultural and mindset shifts. In an age where many Filipinos feel disillusioned by corruption and systemic failures, Rizal’s unwavering commitment to his principles—despite the personal cost—remains an inspiring model. His refusal to compromise his ideals, even in the face of death, challenges today’s leaders and citizens alike to embody integrity and accountability. In a country as diverse as the Philippines, Rizal’s vision of a united Filipino identity, grounded in shared values and aspirations, is particularly resonant. In 2024, as the nation navigates regional disparities, cultural fragmentation, and the globalized pressures of migration, Rizal’s call for solidarity and collective action is a necessary reminder of what it means to be Filipino. To dismiss Rizal as obsolete is to misunderstand his legacy. His ideas are not static relics of the past but dynamic principles that can be reinterpreted to address present challenges. The task, therefore, is not to render Rizal irrelevant but to reinvigorate his teachings, ensuring they remain a beacon for future generations. As we commemorate 128 years since his martyrdom, the Philippines must look to Rizal not as a distant historical figure but as a guiding light in the ongoing quest for justice, equality, and national dignity.

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President-elect Donald Trump asked the Supreme Court on Friday to pause the potential TikTok ban from going into effect until his administration can pursue a “political resolution” to the issue. Read this article for free: Already have an account? To continue reading, please subscribe: * President-elect Donald Trump asked the Supreme Court on Friday to pause the potential TikTok ban from going into effect until his administration can pursue a “political resolution” to the issue. Read unlimited articles for free today: Already have an account? President-elect Donald Trump asked the Supreme Court on Friday to pause the potential TikTok ban from going into effect until his administration can pursue a “political resolution” to the issue. The request came as TikTok and the Biden administration filed opposing briefs to the court, in which the company argued the court should strike down a law that could ban the platform by Jan. 19 while the government emphasized its position that the statute is needed to eliminate a national security risk. “President Trump takes no position on the underlying merits of this dispute. Instead, he respectfully requests that the Court consider staying the Act’s deadline for divestment of January 19, 2025, while it considers the merits of this case,” said Trump’s amicus brief, which supported neither party in the case. The filings come ahead of oral arguments scheduled for Jan. 10 on whether the law, which requires TikTok to divest from its China-based parent company or face a ban, unlawfully restricts speech in violation of the First Amendment. Winnipeg Jets Game Days On Winnipeg Jets game days, hockey writers Mike McIntyre and Ken Wiebe send news, notes and quotes from the morning skate, as well as injury updates and lineup decisions. Arrives a few hours prior to puck drop. Earlier this month, a panel of three federal judges on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit unanimously upheld the statute, leading TikTok to appeal the case to the Supreme Court. The brief from Trump said he opposes banning TikTok at this junction and “seeks the ability to resolve the issues at hand through political means once he takes office.” AdvertisementCorrection: Alabama A&M football player still alive following Magic City Classic injury; University retracts statement on death

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The damning figures that show Labour forcing people to buy EVs won't workKansas City (14-1) at Pittsburgh (10-5) Wednesday, 1 p.m., EST, Netflix. BetMGM NFL Odds: Chiefs by 2 1/2. Against the spread: Chiefs 7-8; Steelers 10-5 Series record: Steelers lead 25-14. Last meeting: Chiefs beat Steelers 42-21 in the first round of the playoffs on Jan. 16, 2022, in Kansas City. Last week: Chiefs beat Texans 27-19; Steelers lost to Ravens 34-17 Chiefs offense: overall (13), rush (15), pass (12), scoring (11). Chiefs defense: overall (3), rush (3), pass (17), scoring (3). Steelers offense: overall (19), rush (11), pass (25), scoring (12). Steelers defense: overall (11), rush (8), pass (20), scoring (7). Turnover differential: Chiefs plus-4; Steelers plus-16. Chiefs player to watch WR Marquise Brown, who hurt his shoulder on the first play of the preseason and landed on injured reserve, made an impressive regular-season debut against Houston last week. “Hollywood” caught five passes for 45 yards, including an early 13-yarder that converted a fourth down and led to an eventual touchdown. But perhaps most importantly, Brown's mere presence kept Houston from double-teaming Xavier Worthy, DeAndre Hopkins and Travis Kelce all afternoon. Steelers player to watch LB T.J. Watt. The perennial All-Pro is dealing with an ankle injury and had a quiet game in the loss to Baltimore, finishing with just four tackles and didn’t have a single hit against Ravens QB Lamar Jackson. Pittsburgh's best chance at pulling the upset relies heavily on disrupting Kansas City QB Patrick Mahomes at every turn. To do it, Watt will need to do some Watt-like things. The 30-year-old leads the NFL in forced fumbles for a defense that thrives on takeaways. Key matchup Steelers RBs Jaylen Warren and Najee Harris against the Chiefs rush defense, which is ranked third in the NFL and allowing just 91.4 yards per game. The Chiefs held the Texans' Joe Mixon to just 57 yards rushing last week, the latest in a season-long trend of shutting down top running backs. The Browns' Nick Chubb had 41 yards the previous week, and the Ravens' Derrick Henry, the Falcons' Bijan Robinson and the Saints' Alvin Kamara are among those who have similarly struggled against Kansas City. Key injuries Chiefs: LT D.J. Humphries (hamstring) and CB Chamarri Conner (concussion) are likely to miss a second straight game. DT Chris Jones (calf) and RT Jawaan Taylor (knee) are iffy after getting hurt against Houston. Steelers: WR George Pickens (hamstring) should return after missing the past three games. S DeShon Elliott (hamstring) and DT Larry Ogunjobi (groin) may also be back after sitting the past two weeks. Starting CB Joey Porter Jr. (knee) and backup wide receiver/special teams ace Ben Skowronek (hip) are out. Series notes The Steelers have dominated the series, leading 23-14, but the Chiefs have won the past three games. That includes a 42-21 rout in their most recent matchup in the wild-card round of the playoffs on Jan. 16, 2022 — the last game played by Pittsburgh quarterback Ben Roethlisberger. Prior to the Chiefs' three-game win streak, the Steelers had won three in a row, including an 18-16 victory in the divisional round on Jan. 15, 2017, that they won despite not scoring a touchdown. Stats and stuff Kansas City can clinch the No. 1 seed and first-round playoff bye with a win over the Steelers, or if the Bills lose or tie when they play the Jets on Sunday. ... Pittsburgh has dropped two straight, but can still earn its first AFC North title since 2020 by winning its last two games. ... The Chiefs can set a franchise record for regular-season wins with their 15th by beating Pittsburgh or Denver in their regular-season finale, breaking a tie with the 2020 and ‘22 teams. ... The Chiefs' Patrick Mahomes needs three TD passes to break Peyton Manning’s record of 244 for a QB's first eight seasons. Mahomes did not start as a rookie and has played just 111 games while Manning played 128 over that span. ... Mahomes has dominated the Steelers so far in his career, throwing 14 touchdowns without a pick while leading Kansas City to three victories in as many tries. ... Chiefs WR DeAndre Hopkins has an NFL-leading 177 straight games with a catch. TE Travis Kelce is second with 173. ... Kelce has 76 TD catches, tied with Tony Gonzalez for the Chiefs record. Kelce has 79 total TDs, four shy of Priest Holmes' franchise record. ... WR Xavier Worthy has five TD catches, tied for the sixth most by a rookie in Chiefs history. Worthy also has three TD runs, and the eight total is also tied for sixth most in franchise history. ... Chiefs DB Trent McDuffie has intercepted a pass in back-to-back games. He did not have a pick in his first 48 games. ... This is the 12th game in Steelers history to be played on Wednesday and the first since 2020, when a showdown with the Ravens was repeatedly postponed because of COVID-19 issues. Pittsburgh is 5-6 all time on Wednesdays. ... A healthy Pickens will likely give the Steelers passing game a serious boost. QB Russell Wilson is averaging just 167.7 yards per game in Pickens' absence, down from 271 yards per game with Pickens in the lineup. ... This is Pittsburgh's first regular-season game against a team with 14 wins. ... The Steelers have five wins against the defending Super Bowl champions since the 1970 AFL-NFL merger. ... Pittsburgh is 26-12 in Weeks 17 and 18 since the start of the 1990 season, the second-most wins in the NFL over that span behind Green Bay (28). ... The Steelers have won seven straight games and 12 of their past 13 the week following a loss of at least 17 points. ... Pittsburgh leads the NFL with 31 takeaways. and has forced at least two turnovers 11 times. Fantasy tip It might be championship week in your league, so why not turn to a championship quarterback. Mahomes has earned the benefit of the doubt even in a “down” season by his standards and with Pittsburgh missing its top cornerback and the pass rush slowed of late, give Mahomes a start against a team he has toyed with in his career. ___ AP NFL: The Associated Press

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Jaylen Blakes, Maxime Raynaud and Oziyah Sellers combined for 35 points in a 47-point, first half explosion Saturday afternoon and Stanford ran away from California for an 89-81 Atlantic Coast Conference road win in Berkeley, Calif. Raynaud and Blakes finished with 20 points apiece for the Cardinal (8-2, 1-0 ACC), who won their first ever game in ACC competition. Andrej Stojakovic had a game-high 25 points and Jovan Blacksher Jr. added 14 for the Golden Bears (6-3, 0-1), who dropped their second in a row after a 6-1 start. Playing just its second true road game of the season, Stanford scored 14 of the game's first 18 points and never looked back. Raynaud and Ryan Agarwal hit 3-pointers in the run. Blakes had 14 points, Raynaud 11 and Sellers 10 in the first half, which ended with Stanford in front 47-31. Cal was still down 81-65, after two free throws by Stanford's Chisom Okpara with 3:58 remaining before making a little run. Mady Sissoko converted a three-point play and Rytis Petraitis and Joshua Ola-Joseph connected on consecutive 3-pointers in a 9-0 flurry that made it a seven-point game with still 2:13 to go. It got as close as six when Stojakovic drilled a 3-pointer with 1:21 left, but Okpara and Blakes dropped in late layups to keep the hosts at arm's length. Seven of the nine Cardinal who saw action hit at least half his field goal attempts, led by Raynaud's 8-for-15 and Blakes' 7-for-13. Stanford finished 52.6 percent as a team. Both were deadly from the 3-point line as well, with Raynaud going 4-for-6 and Blakes 2-for-4. With Sellers adding 3-for-6, the Cardinal made 11 of their 23 attempts (47.8 percent) from beyond the arc. Raynaud also found time for five blocks, while Agarwal and Aidan Cammann shared Stanford rebound honors with seven. Blakes complemented his 20 points with a team-high six assists and two blocks. The Cardinal registered 19 assists on 30 baskets, while Cal had just five on its 30 hoops. Agarwal and Okpara each also scored in double figures with 11 points. Facing his old team for the first time after transferring to Cal over the summer, Stojakovic shot 11-for-25. The Golden Bears finished at 42.3 percent overall and 38.1 percent (8 of 21) on 3-pointers. Ola-Joseph and Sissoko, who had 11 points, were the game's leading rebounders with eight apiece. -Field Level MediaAUSTIN, Texas — Any Texas or Texas A&M player has heard the lore of the rivalry between the two schools, a grudge match that dates to 1894. But for more than a decade — two generations of college football players — that's all it has been: Ghostly memories of great games and great plays made by heroes of the distant past. That changes this week when one of college football's great rivalries is reborn. Third-ranked Texas (10-1, 6-1) and No. 20 Texas A&M (8-3, 5-2) meet Saturday night for the first time since 2011, with a berth in the Southeastern Conference championship game on the line. "Guys that have been in my position and bleed burnt orange, they have not gotten to play this game," said Texas fourth-year junior safety Michael Taaffe, who grew up in Austin. "Remember them when you step on Kyle Field." For Aggies fans, who have carried the misery of Texas' 27-25 win in 2011, getting the Longhorns back in front of a frenzied crowd in College Station is a chance for some serious payback. "I was born and raised an Aggie, so I've been dreaming about playing in this game my whole life," Texas A&M offensive lineman Trey Zuhn III said. Zuhn played high school football in Colorado, but his parents and grandparents attended A&M. At SEC media days back in August, Zuhn said his family would turn Texas gear upside down in stores. He keeps a picture of a longhorn in his room, hanging upside down, of course. "It should be the most amazing atmosphere that I've ever experienced," Zuhn said. "I can't wait for that, and I feel bad for Texas having to play in that." Texas players said they are ready. "That place is going to be rocking," Texas senior cornerback Jahdae Barron said. "It's good to go on the road and play in hostile environments." The Longhorns have overcome big and loud road crowds before. They won at Alabama in 2023. They won at Michigan and Arkansas, another old rival, this year. The Longhorns have won 10 in a row on an opponent's home field. "When the hate is on us, we love it. We enjoy it," Taaffe said. But some former Texas players say the current group has faced nothing like what awaits them in College Station. Playing at Texas A&M is more than just noise and a lot of "Horns down" hand signals. The "Aggie War Hymn" fight song calls for Aggies to "Saw varsity's horns off." Beating Texas is their passion, said former Longhorns All-American offensive lineman Dan Neil, who won at Texas A&M in in 1995. He calls that win one of the best of his career. "I was done showering and getting ready to leave, and their fans were still standing outside the locker room screaming and throwing things," he said. "The (Texas) players have no idea what they are walking into. They have no clue. No one on that team has walked into that stadium in burnt orange." The rivalry broke up when Texas A&M left the Big 12 for the SEC in 2012. The Aggies have twice finished tied for second but have otherwise found little success there. Texas is in its first year in the SEC and has smashed its way to the top. Texas is the only SEC team with one loss this late in the season, which would make beating Texas that much sweeter for A&M. "The hype is definitely saying it's a rivalry. History says it's a rivalry, but for us, it's the football game we have this week," Texas senior center Jake Majors said. "It's important for us to not let the environment, the game, get the best of us. ... I get to go out there and play not only for me and my team, but for the guys who came before me, so that's a true honor to have." Even though the game hasn't been played since 2011, there has always been an element of the rivalry simmering under the surface, Texas A&M coach Mike Elko said. Elko is in his first year as the Aggies' coach, but he was the Texas A&M defensive coordinator under Jimbo Fisher from 2018-2021. "Even though it hasn't been played, it just doesn't feel like it's ever really left the fabric. I really don't think it's as removed from the psyche as maybe it feels," Elko said. "I think our kids are very much aware of what this is all about."

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First Security Islami Bank (FSIB) has fired a newly appointed deputy managing director over his alleged involvement in irregularities at his previous place of employment, Social Islami Bank Limited (SIBL). "Your service in the bank is no longer required," reads the job termination letter signed by Syed Waseque Md Ali, managing director of the FSIB, and sent to the dismissed official, Md Akmal Hossain, at the beginning of this week. The letter mentioned that the SIBL had officially informed the FSIB of having discharged Hossain from service on December 19 this year. "In this situation, we have no option but to cancel your joining in our bank service and advise you to refund all the emoluments you received from this bank from the date of joining," read the termination letter. Hossain had joined the FSIB as deputy managing director on September 29 this year, showing his letter of resignation from the post of senior executive vice-president at the SIBL. He had served the SIBL's international division from 2012 to 2022. The Daily Star came to know of an allegation that Hossain was involved in various irregularities related to foreign trade at the SIBL which benefited S Alam Group, a Chattogram-based conglomerate. The Group had taken a huge amount of loans from a number of banks, far exceeding their single borrower exposure limit. "Social Islami did not show any specific reason for my dismissal and First Security also did not want to hear anything from me before cancelling my appointment," Hossain told The Daily Star yesterday. "I was not involved in any irregularity at Social Islami, rather I was awarded for foreign trade achievements in the bank," he said. First Security Islami Bank (FSIB) has fired a newly appointed deputy managing director over his alleged involvement in irregularities at his previous place of employment, Social Islami Bank Limited (SIBL). "Your service in the bank is no longer required," reads the job termination letter signed by Syed Waseque Md Ali, managing director of the FSIB, and sent to the dismissed official, Md Akmal Hossain, at the beginning of this week. The letter mentioned that the SIBL had officially informed the FSIB of having discharged Hossain from service on December 19 this year. "In this situation, we have no option but to cancel your joining in our bank service and advise you to refund all the emoluments you received from this bank from the date of joining," read the termination letter. Hossain had joined the FSIB as deputy managing director on September 29 this year, showing his letter of resignation from the post of senior executive vice-president at the SIBL. He had served the SIBL's international division from 2012 to 2022. The Daily Star came to know of an allegation that Hossain was involved in various irregularities related to foreign trade at the SIBL which benefited S Alam Group, a Chattogram-based conglomerate. The Group had taken a huge amount of loans from a number of banks, far exceeding their single borrower exposure limit. "Social Islami did not show any specific reason for my dismissal and First Security also did not want to hear anything from me before cancelling my appointment," Hossain told The Daily Star yesterday. "I was not involved in any irregularity at Social Islami, rather I was awarded for foreign trade achievements in the bank," he said.Kochi, Nov 30 (PTI) A comprehensive, radical shift in Kerala's higher education sector is essential, Minister R Bindu said. The minister emphasized that higher educational institutions in the state are playing a key role in creating a knowledge-based society with a focus on bridging the gap between education and employment and promoting students' entrepreneurial interests. Also Read | Ajmer Sharif Dargah Row: Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti Shrine Embroils in Controversy As Petition Claims Shiva Temple Under Mosque; From Its History to Court Case, Know All About It. Bindu, the minister of higher education in the state, was addressing a meeting of committees set up to conduct the 'Shaping Kerala's Future - International Conclave on Next-Gen Higher Education,' organized by the Kerala State Council for Higher Education at Cochin University of Science and Technology (Cusat) here, a press release issued by the university on Saturday said. The international conclave will take place on January 14 and 15 next year at Cusat. Minister R Bindu noted that the conclave, which was announced in response to the rapid pace of global changes, is part of the state government's vision, the release stated. Also Read | Maharashtra Chief Minister Swearing-In Ceremony To Be Held on December 5: Mahayuti 2.0 Government to Take Oath in PM Narendra Modi’s Presence at Azad Maidan in Mumbai. Law Minister P Rajeev, who was the chief guest at the meeting, said that Kerala is set to enter an era of 'brain gain' and reverse migration. He emphasized that higher educational institutions are key to solving industry challenges. He also said an ecosystem where researchers, academia, and industry can collaborate was essential. Minister Rajeev added that conferences like this will significantly influence policy-making, driving change and enabling reverse migration through advancements in both industrial and educational sectors. The conclave aims to discuss innovative approaches and share excellence in research and academics, offering a platform to address the challenges and opportunities of the 21st century, the release said. Plenary and parallel sessions will cover topics such as Kerala's global perspective on education, research excellence, economic sustainability, artificial intelligence, the role of research in policy-making, changes in the workplace and teaching sectors, and the impact of student unions on higher education, it added. The meeting also proposed conducting various pre-conclave events at Kochi's leading educational institutions, the release said. (This is an unedited and auto-generated story from Syndicated News feed, LatestLY Staff may not have modified or edited the content body)

There's nothing more Aussie than a snake slithering onto a plane and being wrangled off the by a television star. or signup to continue reading Virgin Australia 1482 to Perth was scheduled to take off from Broome Airport at 10.30am on Thursday when a snake was discovered onboard. A brave passenger stepped up to remove the non-venomous snake, garnering applause from the . In a bizarre twist, the passenger was ocean videographer Andre Rerekura, who stars in Disney's Shipwreck Hunters Australia. Mr Rerekura said of the snake: "He was so cute, we should have taken him home." A cabin crew member can be heard on the loudspeaker saying "there's never a dull moment in aviation" before declaring "we're going to continue on as normal". Virgin Australia said in this scenario, the crew would typically report the incident and call a professional to remove the wildlife, but the passenger removed the snake while this process was underway. The snake was handed over to the airport reporting officer and the service continued to Perth as normal. The airline thanked the affected passengers for their patience. The snake was reported by ABC as being a Stimson's python. These snakes are found in a wide range of arid environments, in areas such as rocky outcrops and stony ranges, according to the Australian Museum. They can grow up to around a metre, and are a popular species to be kept in captivity, the museum said. DAILY Today's top stories curated by our news team. WEEKDAYS Grab a quick bite of today's latest news from around the region and the nation. WEEKLY The latest news, results & expert analysis. WEEKDAYS Catch up on the news of the day and unwind with great reading for your evening. WEEKLY Get the editor's insights: what's happening & why it matters. WEEKLY Love footy? We've got all the action covered. 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Advertisement AdvertisementNoussair Mazraoui believes Manchester United are too big to fail - but the Moroccan defender admits that it could be a case of no pain, no gain for Ruben Amorim’s new-look Reds. Amorim is implementing a new tactical system that has seen Mazraoui move inside from right-back to play alongside Matthijs de Ligt and Lisandro Martinez in a three-man central defence. The 27-year-old is relishing the challenge - and has been astonished by the sheer scale of the club he joined in a £17million deal from Bayern Munich in the summer. But he believes it will take time for the new manager’s philosophy to reach its full potential. Mazraoui said: “I came here to win - and it will come. Manchester United is too big not to. Everyone here knows that, everybody sees that and everybody feels that - especially us as players. “We are going to come back - and we are going to come back even harder. But I think that when you want to implement a new style of play that isn’t even close to how we played before, no-one can expect us to understand everything the manager has in his mind right from the start. “So yes, of course, this is going to be a tough time - but come on, we are all top players and we play the game to win. Eventually we will get to wherever the coach wants us to be. We have unbelievable players, so of course we can adapt - and I think we are showing that. We have to get used to the new style, but I don’t think it will take too long - even if at the moment it is tough.” United drew 1-1 at Ipswich in Amorim’s first game in charge before beating Bodo/Glimt 3-2 in the Europa League at Old Trafford on Thursday night. But while Mazraoui feels the players are only just coming to terms with what the boss is demanding, he insists the season can be much more than a campaign of consolidation. Mazraoui said: “Of course you always have to believe you can challenge. Without that belief, for me personally, I think you should stop. Without belief you will not achieve anything. We still have our goals, but we’re not stupid. We know what phase we’re in and the most important thing is that we continue to improve our style of play and eventually we will see what that gives us. “Now we have our first win for him and that is something we can build on and improve. Every week that is the basic thing we will try to do.” Has Noussair Mazraoui been Manchester United's best signing this season? Have your say in the comments section . Everton now face Everton at Old Trafford and Amorim has already spoken of his admiration for how the Holland-born former Ajax defender has taken to his new role. Mazraoui said: “It’s a big compliment to hear the coach say nice things. What can I say? I try my best every day and in every game. I give my all for the team, for the coach and for the supporters. “We are all in this together. It isn’t about one player. This is the first time I have played in this position. You have to view the game differently because you are not as high up the pitch like when you are the full-back. “But you get more time on the ball and you must make the most of that in the build-up. There are some different things I have to do but it’s still the same game. Of course, I played alongside De Ligt at Bayern and having him alongside me makes life 10-times easier.” Join our new WhatsApp community and receive your daily dose of Mirror Football content. We also treat our community members to special offers, promotions, and adverts from us and our partners. If you don't like our community, you can check out any time you like. If you're curious, you can read our Privacy Notice. Sky has slashed the price of its Sky Sports, Sky Stream, Sky TV and Netflix bundle in an unbeatable new deal that saves £240 and includes 1,400 live matches across the Premier League, EFL and more.Quebec doing better job at retaining immigrants, Atlantic Canada strugglingRarely does a college basketball game provide such stark contrast between the sport's haves and have-nots as when Jackson State faces No. 9 Kentucky on Friday in Lexington, Ky. While Kentucky claims eight NCAA Tournament crowns and the most wins in college basketball history, Jackson State has never won an NCAA Tournament game and enters the matchup looking for its first win of the season. Impressive tradition and current record aside, Kentucky (4-0) returned no scholarship players from last season's team that was knocked off by Oakland in the NCAA Tournament. New coach Mark Pope and his essentially all-new Wildcats are off to a promising start. Through four games, Kentucky is averaging 94.3 points per game, and with 11.5 3-pointers made per game, the team is on pace to set a school record from long distance. The Wildcats boast six double-figure scorers with transfer guards Otega Oweh (from Oklahoma, 15.0 ppg) and Koby Brea (from Dayton, 14.5 ppg) leading the team. The Wildcats defeated Duke 77-72 on Nov. 12 but showed few signs of an emotional letdown in Tuesday's 97-68 win over a Lipscomb team picked to win the Atlantic Sun Conference in the preseason. Kentucky drained a dozen 3-pointers while outrebounding their visitors 43-28. Guard Jaxson Robinson, held to a single point by Duke, dropped 20 points to lead the Kentucky attack. Afterward, Pope praised his team's focus, saying, "The last game was over and it was kind of on to, ‘How do we get better?' That's the only thing we talk about." Lipscomb coach Lennie Acuff also delivered a ringing endorsement, calling Kentucky "the best offensive Power Four team we've played in my six years at Lipscomb." Jackson State (0-5) and third-year coach Mo Williams are looking for something positive to build upon. Not only are the Tigers winless, but they have lost each game by nine or more points. Sophomore guard Jayme Mitchell Jr. (13.8 ppg) is the leading scorer, but the team shoots just 35.8 percent while allowing opponents to shoot 52.3 percent. The Tigers played on Wednesday at Western Kentucky, where they lost 79-62. Reserve Tamarion Hoover had a breakout game with 18 points to lead Jackson State, but the host Hilltoppers canned 14 3-point shots and outrebounded the Tigers 42-35 to grab the win. Earlier, Williams, who played against Kentucky while a student at Alabama, admitted the difficulties of a challenging nonconference schedule for his team. "Our goal is not to win 13 nonconference games," Williams said. "We're already at a disadvantage in that regard. We use these games to get us ready for conference play and for March Madness." Jackson State has not made the NCAA Tournament since 2007. The Tigers had a perfect regular-season record (11-0) in the Southwestern Athletic Conference in 2020-21 but lost in the league tournament. Kentucky has never played Jackson State before, but the game is being billed as part of a Unity Series of matchups in which Kentucky hosts members of the SWAC to raise awareness of Historical Black Colleges and Universities and provide funds for those schools. Past Unity Series opponents have been Southern in December 2021 and Florida A&M in December 2022. --Field Level Media

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ANAHEIM — For over two years, Ebonie Vazquez searched to find a mentor of color for her son, Giovanni, now 11 and passionate about playing the violin. She has now found that space at a local church. New Hope Presbyterian Church, a multiethnic congregation led by a Black female pastor in Anaheim, started a string orchestra in April, welcoming students, including those who may have trouble getting into and paying for music programs. It’s located in Orange County, which is largely affluent. A Vision for Inclusive Musical Education The Rev. Chineta Goodjoin said her church had a smaller strings program for several years. When Goodjoin’s daughter Nyla started playing violin with the Inner City Youth Orchestra of Los Angeles, founded in June 2009 by renowned conductor Charles Dickerson, the pastor grew determined to replicate the concept in Orange County with Dickerson taking the lead. The church’s orchestra now has about 18 members ranging in age from 9 to 20, playing violin, viola, bass and cello. The orchestra accepts all students without auditions, and it’s free. Like the Los Angeles group, the orchestra is also powered by mentors who look like the young musicians they help guide. Ebonie Vazquez says it is empowering for students “to see themselves reflected in their mentors and teachers.” “It’s important they don’t feel like outsiders, but are supported and feel like they belong,” she said. “It has definitely helped my son connect more to the music and the craft.” Related Story: Nurturing Young Talent and Passion During rehearsal, when Giovanni started talking about music, the boy’s eyes turned dreamy and his arms became animated. Even as his words gushed out in child-like excitement, they reflected the aura of an old soul. “I just want to be able to express myself in my music and show that I not only have talent, but I also take my time, and I practice,” he said. “You can change one little thing, one note, and the music will be totally different. You make your own thing.” Giovanni said that in the church orchestra, he could play classical music or he could chill with Imagine Dragons. He also plays violin in his school orchestra and with Dickerson’s Los Angeles group. He values being part of the church orchestra because “it’s a piece of our community.” “They encourage young musicians of color and everyone gets a chance to play and maybe use it as a stepping stone to get better or even turn this into a career,” he said. Giovanni thinks it could be cool to play in Carnegie Hall. He pauses, then adds: “But honestly, I just want to play around people who listen to and value music. My favorite part is really to see people enjoy music.” Related Story: The Importance of Representation in Music Education Melissa Bausley, a cellist who works in finance and volunteers as a mentor, said she often found herself alone as a Black woman in this realm. “I never had a teacher that was African American growing up and I didn’t think it mattered or made a difference,” she said. “But now, as an adult, I’d say there is absolutely value in being able to learn from someone who looks like you.” Dickerson said he started the Los Angeles orchestra when he was approached by a group of students who yearned to play in their city and neighborhood. “They would have to drive long distances to be in these orchestras where they didn’t know the other kids and felt like the odd ones,” he said. “The young kids from our communities were always put in the back row and the back row was right next to the door.” “It’s easy to walk out that door,” he added, “when you don’t really feel accepted and when you know you’re probably not as skilled as the others who have a smattering of connections and have been playing since they were three.” Goodjoin said she and her husband, Reggie Goodjoin, a jazz musician and the church’s music director, envision an orchestra where “African American kids play classical music and play it well.” Related Story: “Not modified or watered down abridgements, but the real deal,” she said. “I like to say they play everything from Bach to Beyonce. We want them exposed to all genres.” The children will play sacred and secular music as well as the work of Black composers, and the orchestra is open to children of all faith backgrounds, Goodjoin said. “They learn the music of Count Basie and Duke Ellington and so many others who have forged the path — an experience they might not get in a mainstream school setting,” she said. She believes the church is a great place to start talking about equity in music. “We value social justice and equity and we believe we are called to help the marginalized, to set the captives free,” Goodjoin said. “And music is freedom.” The pastor is already getting positive feedback from parents. One boy who plays the upright bass was about to quit playing because no one in his school orchestra looked like him. “His mom said that when he came here, the pressure to play and compete was taken off and that it’s a delight to now watch her son light up feeling a sense of worthiness,” she said. Carol Nealy, whose 9-year-old son Johnathan plays the violin, said the church has the ability to nourish the community — be it with food, spirituality or music. “Because of this program, my kids are exposed to the violin. It’s no longer something untouchable or foreign,” she said. “It’ll have an impact for generations because their children will see their parents pick up and play the violin.” Elizabeth Moulthrop, executive director of El Sistema, an international network of music education programs that was founded in Venezuela, said she has seen similar programs run out of churches. “Music and art have always been such an important part of the church,” she said. “It’s a natural place for expression of faith.” For those who aspire to advance in the field, such programs also offer access to life-changing summer music camps, college scholarships and connections to jobs, Moulthrop said. 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As part of the transaction, which is expected to close in the first half of 2025, the family and Mexican department-store chain El Puerto de Liverpool SAB will acquire all of the outstanding common shares of Nordstrom. The Nordstrom family will have a majority ownership stake in the company of 50.1%, with Liverpool owning 49.9%. Nordstrom common shareholders will receive $24.25 in cash for each share of Nordstrom common stock they hold under the terms of the agreement, the company said Monday. That’s roughly in line with where shares were trading on Monday. Shares in Nordstrom fell as much as 1.3% on Monday in New York. The company’s stock was up 33% so far this year as of Friday’s close as reports of a take-private deal boosted the stock price. The board’s acceptance of the offer underscores Nordstrom’s decline from its peak and its subdued growth prospects. In 2018, the board rejected the family’s bid to take the company private at $50 per share as too low. Nordstrom’s annual revenue, including income from credit cards, peaked at $15.9 billion in the fiscal year ended February 2019. The company was hit hard by Covid-19 and has never returned to its pre-pandemic highs. Nordstrom is expected to report $14.9 billion in total revenue at the end of the current fiscal year, according to a Bloomberg survey of analysts. Other department-store chains in the U.S. have also struggled as shoppers pivot to online competitors such as Amazon.com Inc., or brand-specific stores such as Louis Vuitton. Executives at Macy’s Inc., for example, are shrinking the company’s store fleet to cut costs, while the owners of Saks Fifth Avenue bought Neiman Marcus Group earlier this year. During the past couple of years, investors had hoped that Nordstrom Rack, its off-price chain, could help buoy the company’s growth prospects and compensate for sluggish sales at the more upscale flagship chain. Shoppers flocked to competitors such as TJ Maxx, seeking deals as inflation soared post-pandemic. But Rack’s performance has been spotty. It stumbled when executives tweaked their strategy and stopped offering as many high-end fashion brands at a discount. Rack reversed course and sales have bounced back. Company executives have focused on opening more Rack stores in recent quarters, boosting revenue. In November, Nordstrom raised the lower end of its annual sales guidance after revenue was better than expected at Rack and the flagship chain. But the outlook is still weak, highlighting the attraction of going private: The company is forecasting that annual sales, including credit-card revenues, will be flat to up 1% versus last year. The take-private deal will be financed through a combination of rollover equity by the Nordstrom family and Liverpool, cash commitments by Liverpool, up to $450 million in borrowings under a new $1.2 billion ABL bank financing, and company cash on hand. The board also intends to pay a special dividend of up to 25 cents a share in cash contingent on the deal closing. The transaction must be approved by holders of two-thirds of the company’s common stock shareholders and the holders of a majority of the shares not owned by the Nordstrom family or Liverpool. Erik and Peter Nordstrom, who are members of the company’s board, recused themselves from the vote, which unanimously approved the transaction. “On behalf of my family, we look forward to working with our teams to ensure Nordstrom thrives long into the future,” said Erik Nordstrom, chief executive officer of Nordstrom. Liverpool, run by descendants of a French shareholder group that dates back more than a century, is one of Mexico’s most important department store chains, with an ornate flagship location in the capital’s historic center. The $7 billion publicly-traded company has ventured beyond Mexico in recent years, acquiring a stake in Latin American retail operator Unicomer in 2011 and attempting unsuccessfully to acquire control of Chile’s Ripley SA in 2015 before turning its eyes to the U.S. with the Nordstrom investment. Max David Michel, part of Liverpool’s founding family and one of the richest people in the country, retired as head of Liverpool’s board earlier this year. (Updates to include what stock is trading at versus the offer price.) ©2024 Bloomberg L.P. Visit bloomberg.com. Distributed by Tribune Content Agency, LLC.

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NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks closed at more records after Donald Trump’s latest talk about tariffs created only some ripples on Wall Street. The S&P 500 rose 0.6% to reach another all-time high. The Dow Jones Industrial Average added 0.3% to its own record set the day before, while the Nasdaq composite rose 0.6% as Big Tech stocks helped lead the way. Stock markets abroad saw mostly modest losses, after President-elect Trump said he plans to impose sweeping tariffs on Mexico, Canada and China as soon as he takes office. U.S. automakers and other companies that could be hurt particularly by such tariffs fell. THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE. AP’s earlier story follows below. NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks are rising toward records Tuesday after Donald Trump’s latest talk about tariffs created only some ripples on Wall Street, even if they could roil the global economy were they to take effect. The S&P 500 climbed 0.5% and was on track to top its all-time high set a couple weeks ago. The Dow Jones Industrial Average added 81 points, or 0.2%, to its own record set the day before, while the Nasdaq composite was 0.5% higher, with less than an hour remaining in trading. Stock markets abroad were down, but mostly only modestly, after President-elect Trump said he plans to impose sweeping new tariffs on Mexico, Canada and China as soon as he takes office. Stock indexes were down 0.1% in Shanghai and nearly flat in Hong Kong, while Canada's main index edged down by just 0.1%. Trump has often praised the use of tariffs , but investors are weighing whether his latest threat will actually become policy or is just an opening point for negotiations. For now, the market seems to be taking it more as the latter. Unless the United States can prepare alternatives for the autos, energy products and other goods that come from Mexico, Canada and China, such tariffs would raise the price of imported items all at once and make households poorer, according to Carl Weinberg and Rubeela Farooqi, economists at High Frequency Economics. They would also hurt profit margins for U.S. companies, while raising the threat of retaliatory tariffs by other countries. General Motors sank 8.2%, and Ford Motor fell 2.6% because both import automobiles from Mexico. Constellation Brands, which sells Modelo and other Mexican beer brands in the United States, dropped 3.9%. Beyond the pain such tariffs would cause U.S. households and businesses, they could also push the Federal Reserve to slow or even halt its cuts to interest rates. The Fed had just begun easing its main interest rate from a two-decade high a couple months ago to offer support to the job market . While lower interest rates can boost the overall economy and prices for investments, they can also offer more fuel for inflation. “Many” officials at the Fed's last meeting earlier this month said they should lower rates gradually, according to minutes of the meeting released Tuesday afternoon. Unlike tariffs in Trump's first term, his proposal from Monday night would affect products across the board. Trump’s tariff talk came almost immediately after U.S. stocks rose Monday amid excitement about his pick for Treasury secretary, Scott Bessent. The hope was the hedge-fund manager could steer Trump away from policies that balloon the U.S. government deficit, which is how much more it spends than it takes in through taxes and other revenue. The talk about tariffs overshadowed another set of mixed profit reports from U.S. retailers that answered few questions about how much more shoppers can keep spending. They’ll need to stay resilient after helping the economy avoid a recession, despite the high interest rates instituted by the Fed to get inflation under control. Kohl’s tumbled 17.6% after its results for the latest quarter fell short of analysts’ expectations. CEO Tom Kingsbury said sales remain soft for apparel and footwear. A day earlier, Kingsbury said he plans to step down as CEO in January. Ashley Buchanan, CEO of Michaels and a retail veteran, will replace him. Best Buy fell 4.7% after likewise falling short of analysts’ expectations. Dick’s Sporting Goods topped forecasts for the latest quarter thanks to a strong back-to-school season, but its stock lost an early gain to fall 1.4%. A report on Tuesday from the Conference Board said confidence among U.S. consumers improved in November, but not by as much as economists expected. J.M. Smucker jumped 5.4% for one of the biggest gains in the S&P 500 after topping analysts' expectations for the latest quarter. 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It’s true Leipzig have zero points in the table, but until last Saturday they were second in the Bundesliga with the best defence in the league. They have a lot of quality, are well-drilled,” “We had to maintain a balance and it was not easy against a very aggressive side that presses high. 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jili super ace deluxe Warner Music Group ( WMG -7.40% ) Q4 2024 Earnings Call Nov 21, 2024 , 8:30 a.m. ET Contents: Prepared Remarks Questions and Answers Call Participants Prepared Remarks: Operator Welcome to Warner Music Group's fourth quarter earnings call for the period ended September 30th, 2024. At the request of Warner Music Group, today's call is being recorded for replay purposes. And if you object, you may disconnect at any time. Now I would like to turn today's call over to your host, Mr. Kareem Chin, head of investor relations. You may begin. Kareem Chin -- Head of Investor Relations Good morning, everyone, and welcome to Warner Music Group's fiscal fourth quarter and full-year earnings conference call. Please note that our earnings press release, earnings snapshot, and Form 10-K are available on our website. On today's call, we have our CEO, Robert Kyncl; and our CFO, Bryan Castellani, who will take you through our results, and then we will answer your questions. Before our prepared remarks, I'd like to refer you to the second slide of the earnings snapshot to remind you that this communication includes forward-looking statements that reflect the current views of Warner Music Group about future events and financial performance. We plan to present certain non-GAAP results during this conference call and in our earnings snapshot slides and have provided schedules reconciling these results to our GAAP results in our earnings press release. All of these materials are posted on our website. Also, please note that all revenue figures and comparisons discussed today will be presented in constant currency, unless otherwise noted. References to normalized revenue and adjusted OIBDA are adjusted for items that impact comparability. The details of these can be found in our filings. All forward-looking statements are made as of today, and we disclaim any duty to update such statements. Our expectations, beliefs, and projections are expressed in good faith, and we believe there is a reasonable basis for them. However, there can be no assurance that management's expectations, beliefs, and projections will result or be achieved. Investors should not rely on forward-looking statements because they're subject to a variety of risks, uncertainties, and other factors that can cause actual results that differ materially from our expectations. Information concerning factors that can cause actual results to differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements is contained in our filings with the SEC. And with that, I'll turn it over to Robert. Robert Kyncl -- Chief Executive Officer Thanks, Kareem. And good morning, everyone, and thank you for joining us. I'm pleased with our progress, both this quarter and this year, as we've demonstrated our strength and adaptability in a highly competitive market. Today, I'll provide more context on how we're positioning the company to sustain growth and to deliver even greater value to our artists, songwriters, and shareholders. First, let me give you a quick summary of our Q4 results. These are normalized or all previously disclosed nonrecurring items. We delivered an 11% jump in recorded music subscription streaming revenue, driven by strong releases and assisted by global subscriber growth and price increases. This was our fourth consecutive quarter of double-digit growth. Total revenue was up 6% with recorded music up 6% and music publishing up 5%, and adjusted OIBDA grew 14% with margin increasing 150 basis points. Our robust Q4 results contributed to full-year revenue and adjusted OIBDA growth of 7% and 11%, respectively. The year was highlighted by recorded music subscription streaming growth of 12%. Our strategy is designed to enhance our ability to attract original artists and songwriters at every stage of their development. We help them realize their musical visions, cut through the noise, build sustainable careers, and grow passionate and loyal fan bases. This year, we reimagined our organization based on the principle that simplicity and focus drive higher intensity and impact. We've done a lot of important work, which has set us up for success today and will help us grow more profitably in the future. We strengthened our presence in the U.S., the world's largest music market. We've shifted to a simpler and flatter organization structure to create faster and more direct channels on local talent to reach the global stage, and we've reorganized key business lines, such as catalog and distribution, in order to deliver greater global reach. We continue to find ways to strengthen the coordination across our recorded music and music publishing divisions, and we fixed a lot of foundational infrastructure issues that will now enable our technology team to be more offensively focused. I'd like to dive a little deeper into these changes and tell you about some of the further steps we've taken this quarter. In the U.S., we have two flagship record label groups, Atlantic and Warner Records, important twin engines for growth. As part of our structural changes, we elevated Elliot Grainge to lead Atlantic. While this kind of transition is never easy, this was a seamlessly executed handover. The team has delivered first-class results for priority projects while bringing in fresh ideas, onboarding dynamic executives, and attracting exciting new artists. With a digitally native approach, the Atlantic team will expand and diversify our artist roster and increase the volume of releases. While all of this is going on, the label has kicked off our new fiscal year with a bang. APT, the collaboration between Korean superstar Rose, who we signed just a few months ago, and Bruno Mars immediately shot to No. 1 on Spotify and Billboard global charts. With this absolutely massive hit, Rose is the first female K-Pop solo artist to break into top 10 on Billboard Top 100. Bruno Mars is the biggest artist in the world. He has the largest reach of anyone with 130 million monthly listeners on Spotify. This week, he holds two top positions on the Billboard Global 200 chart with APT and Die with a Smile, his Grammy-nominated collaboration with Lady Gaga. Other Atlantic successes include Coldplay, landing their first No. 1 album in a decade in the U.S.; new albums from Don Toliver and The Marias, both of which continue to build strongly months after their release; and the impactful remix of Charli XCX's Brat album and her seven Grammy nominations, including Album of the Year and Record of the Year. At the same time, the Atlantic team is bringing through the next generation of talent. Artemas reached 1 billion streams with his smash hit, I Like the Way You Kiss Me. Forrest Frank and Jordan Adetunji received their first Grammy nominations. Jazz artist, Sachal; and singer-songwriter, Sam Barber; and rapper Hunxho are taking off. And competitive new signings include BashfortheWorld and 1900Rugrat. Elliott and his team have an impressive ability to discover an extraordinary talent across multiple genres and find fresh ways to help both established and emerging artists stand out from the crowd. At Warner Records, the team's commitment to artist development is driving hits and training superstars. Under the leadership of Aaron Bay-Schuck and Tom Corson, the label's market share hit a new peak this year, reaching the No. 3 position in the U.S. for current releases. They're hoping the likes of Teddy Swims, Benson Boone, NLE Choppa, and Zach Bryan have worldwide smashes with real staying power. For example, Teddy's No. 1 single, Lose Control, has spent an impressive 44 weeks in the top 10 of the Billboard Hot 100. NLE Choppa's career streams crossed the 9 billion mark at the ripe, old age of 22. And it's great to see that label mates Teddy and Benson are up for Best New Artist at the Grammys. At the same time, Warner Records has been integral to the successful resurgence of icons like Green Day; Cher; and Linkin Park, who have triumphantly returned with their first album in seven years, the first since the tragic death of lead singer, Chester Bennington. The band's new album, From Zero, has the most pre-phase in WMG history, while the band embarked on a massive global tour. As I said many times, the power of new releases drives engagement around artist catalog and vice versa. We create a virtual cycle of consumption that fuels an uplift across the artist's entire value of work. For example, when Linkin Park's new single, The Emptiness Machine, dropped in September and the band's new album was announced, their streams jumped by half a billion compared to the same quarter last year. I cannot stress enough how exhilarating it is to watch the creative success that both Warner Records and Atlantic are having. Through our shift to a flatter organizational structure, we've elevated our regional leadership across Latin America, EMEA, and APAC. This has created faster, more direct channels for local talent to access the global stage. This quarter, we continue to take steps that expand our presence in both mature and high-growth markets. In Japan, the second-largest music market, we appointed a new leadership duo, CEO Takeshi Okada and Chairman Kenji Kitatani. In Korea, we launched MPLIFY, a new label focused on English language music. In Benelux, we bought a leading indie label, Cloud 9 Recordings. In Africa, we completed our acquisition of Africori, the region's leading distribution company. And Warner Music Latina joined forces with indie label Street Mob Records, an incubator of new Mexican talent. Our focus on bringing a wide array of local talent to stardom is paying off. We have vibrant music from homegrown heroes topping charts in many territories. We've had No. 1 singles and albums by the likes of Soprano in France, Speed in Australia, Ayliva in Germany, Bien in Kenya, [Inaudible] in Italy, Wu'u in Vietnam, and King in India. We've also helped our global superstars reach new heights around the world. For example, Dua Lipa became the first female artist to have two albums exceed 13 billion streams each on Spotify. Before we move on, I'd like to spotlight a territory we believe has huge global potential. With a population of 1.4 billion, India is more like a continent than a country. It has the fifth-largest GDP, but it's still only the 14th-largest music market in the world. That gap will continue to close in the coming years. And as it does, India will become an increasingly influential global force in the music business. The company has already seen a significant increase in paid subscribers, which have increased by almost 40% since last year, but it still has less than 2% penetration. A few weeks ago, I visited our offices in India and met with our team, artists, and partners, and it was very inspiring. Since launching there in 2020, we've partnered with the most important local players, as well as buying stakes in and acquiring outright local music companies, such as E-Positive, Divo, and Global Music Junction. Earlier this month, we made our latest move, buying a stake in SkillBox, a leading ticketing and live events platform. We're helping Indian stars like Diljit Dosanjh and King reach new audiences while building loyal Indian fan bases for global talent, such as Coldplay and Dua Lipa, who are both touring there in the coming months. As a result, we've seen an impressive revenue growth by over 100% in fiscal 2024. And most importantly, everything we're doing means we're well-positioned to keep taking market share as India continues its explosive growth. In our catalog and distribution divisions, we've made changes that better align our expertise and resources with the growing global opportunities for artists. Where previously, we were operating on a country-by-country basis, now we've globalized our operations. Our dedicated, centrally managed global teams enable us to share learnings, leverage best practices, and deploy technology to find efficient ways of having greater, worldwide impacts. Turning to music publishing. The business continues to deliver impressive results. The 14% growth in total revenue on a normalized basis for the full year represents our fourth consecutive year of double-digit revenue growth. This was led by 19% streaming growth on a normalized basis. We're contributing to global hits, strengthening our services, and monetizing deeper into our catalog. Here are a few recent high points. Three of the five Grammy nominees for Songwriter of the Year are Warner Chappell writers: Amy Allen, RAYE, and Jessi Alexander. Warner Chappell is No. 2 for a second consecutive quarter on Billboard's top Country Airplay rankings and rising to No. 2 on the Hot 100 Songs chart with 25% market share, and Warner Chappell is No. 1 on the German half-year chart with its writers spending 18 of 26 weeks at No. 1 on the singles chart. Despite all this success, we aren't resting on our laurels, and we've continued to invest into our future growth by forging new partnerships with Analog Metaverse, the company founded by Grammy award-winning producer Salaam Remi; launching a venture with the widely respected British label, Defected Records; and appointing new leadership in high-growth territories, such as Lisa Li in China and Sophia Hong in Korea. We're very optimistic about the future at Warner Music Group. We have the right team and strategy to deliver long-term profitable growth in a dynamic and thriving industry. We continue to build strong, mutually beneficial relationships with our partners to grow the value of music. With penetration in mature markets expected to increase from approximately 35% today to nearly 50% by 2030 and emerging markets going from single to low double digits over the same time frame, music subscriber growth should remain healthy for the years to come. For reference, in the U.S., cable TV penetration is a little over 50%, and the swap penetration is approaching 50%, highlighting that even in a mature market, music penetration is very low and has plenty of runway ahead. With both subscriber growth and opportunities for wholesale price increases, the formula for streaming growth is strong, and there is plenty of room for acceleration. Our focus on efficiency has freed up capital, enabling us to increase our investments in growth opportunities. As we previously promised, we've increased our A&R investment by approximately 11% in fiscal 2024 as we continue to sign new artists and songwriters and acquire IP and catalogs, all while driving our digital transformation. As part of our investment strategy, we will consider bolt-on acquisitions that accelerate our progress while meeting our return thresholds. In addition to these investment opportunities, I wanted to note that our board has authorized a share repurchase program of up to $100 million. The program demonstrates our confidence in the value of our company and our optimism for the path ahead. Our confidence is underpinned by the strong momentum we're carrying into 2025 with an exciting release slate that includes projects from Rose, Dua Lipa, Teddy Swims, Jack Harlow, Benson Boone, Myke Towers, David Guetta, Burna Boy, FKA twigs, and more. We're excited by the opportunities ahead and look forward to delivering more culture-shaping music in 2025 and beyond. And now over to you, Bryan. Bryan Castellani -- Chief Financial Officer Thank you, Robert, and good morning, everyone. Before I get into our results, I want to remind everyone that growth rate comparisons will be in constant currency. And where appropriate, I will reference normalized growth metrics. There are items throughout the quarter and the year that affect comparability. The details and adjustments relating to these items can be found in our earnings press release. In Q4, total revenue grew 3%, and adjusted OIBDA increased 11% with a margin of 21.7%, an increase of 170 basis points over the prior-year quarter. On a normalized basis, total revenue grew 6%, adjusted OIBDA increased 14%, and margin increased 150 basis points. Recorded music revenue increased 4% and grew 6% on a normalized basis, led by subscription streaming, which grew 11%, our fourth consecutive quarter of double-digit growth. Ad-supported streaming declined by 6% as we lapped last year's TikTok renewal and filed the revenue impact of Meta's exit from premium music videos. Digital revenue increased 5%, driven by strong releases in the U.S. and Japan, while artist services and expanded rights revenue increased 3%, primarily due to higher concert promotion revenue in Japan. Licensing revenue increased 33%, driven by increased revenue from copyright infringement settlements, primarily in the U.S. and growth in broadcast use. Recorded music adjusted OIBDA increased 13% with a margin of 23.7%, an increase of 200 basis points. On a normalized basis, adjusted OIBDA increased 14%, and margin increased 160 basis points. Our music publishing results reflect the $17 million benefit from the CRB rate increase in the prior-year quarter. Adjusted for that benefit, music publishing total revenue increased 5%, while digital increased 6%, and streaming increased 5%. These growth rates compare against the prior-year quarter which saw robust streaming growth of 17% and reflect continued market and catalog growth, as well as timing of payments. Link revenue increased 15%, reflecting an increase in copyright infringement settlements, primarily in the U.S., while performance revenue decreased 2%. Mechanical revenue decreased 12% due to lower physical sales and timing of distributions. Music publishing adjusted OIBDA grew 11% with a margin of 28.1%, an increase of 290 basis points. On a normalized basis, adjusted OIBDA increased 17%, and margin increased 280 basis points. For the full year, total company revenue grew 7%, and adjusted OIBDA grew 16% with a margin of 22.3%, an increase of 180 basis points. On a normalized basis, total revenue grew 7%, and adjusted OIBDA grew 11% with a margin of 21.4%. Adjusted OIBDA margin increased 70 basis points as strong operating performance and savings from our restructuring programs were partially offset by increased investment in A&R, as well as revenue mix. Recorded music revenue increased 6%, and adjusted OIBDA grew 17% with margin expansion of 240 basis points. On a normalized basis, recorded music revenue increased 6% with adjusted OIBDA growth of 11% and margin expansion of 110 basis points. These results reflect streaming revenue growth of 10%, led by strength in subscription streaming, which grew 12%. Music publishing revenue and adjusted OIBDA both increased 11%. On a normalized basis, music publishing revenue increased 14%, and adjusted OIBDA increased 13%. Q4 operating cash flow decreased 10% to $304 million from $338 million in the prior-year quarter. The decrease was primarily driven by timing of working capital items, partially offset by the timing of severance payments. Free cash flow decreased 10% to $271 million from $300 million in the prior-year quarter. For the full year, operating cash flow increased 10% to $754 million, and free cash flow increased 14% to $638 million. Operating cash flow conversion was 53% of adjusted OIBDA for the full year, in line with our target of 50% to 60%, despite increased investment in A&R and shifts in deal timing. As of September 30th, we had a cash balance of $694 million, total debt of $4 billion, and net debt of $3.3 billion. Our weighted average cost of debt was 4.3%, and our nearest maturity date remains 2028. We continue to actively manage and improve our capital structure, most recently repricing our term loan in September which has led to continued improvements in our debt ratings with both S&P and Fitch assigning us investment-grade ratings in August and September, respectively. I'd like to reiterate that as a result of actions taken in Q4 to reorganize our recorded music business, we now expect our restructuring plan to generate pre-tax cost savings of $260 million, and we continue to expect a significant majority of these savings to be achieved by the end of fiscal 2025. Looking ahead, our strong Q4 momentum in 2024 is carrying into 2025. Subscription streaming continues to see healthy underlying trends, and we expect high single-digit growth for fiscal 2025 and on a multiyear basis. Additionally, our goal remains to deliver margin expansion of 100 basis points and operating cash flow conversion of 50% to 60% of adjusted OIBDA on a multiyear basis. As a reminder, there are a number of previously disclosed items that will impact comparability in Q1. Streaming growth will be impacted by a BMG digital distribution roll-off, a digital license renewal in the prior year, and a lapping of Spotify pricing increases. Our digital distribution relationship with BMG that was planned to roll off by the end of fiscal '24 will now continue into fiscal '25. The revenue impact in Q1 is approximately $16 million versus the prior-year quarter, and the digital license renewal with one of our international partners was $27 million in the prior year quarter. Our physical distribution relationship with BMG has largely rolled off. We expect there to be an unfavorable revenue impact of $15 million to $20 million in Q1. Licensing revenue will reflect the $68 million catalog licensing agreement extension we disclosed in Q1 '24. Finally, artist services revenue will reflect the exit of our owned and operated media properties which contributed $20 million in the prior-year quarter. The music industry remains healthy, and we continue to see positive subscriber growth and penetration trends, as well as opportunities for wholesale pricing growth. We are excited about the slate this year and look forward to delivering great music. The momentum in the business is strong, and we are positioning ourselves for long-term success. Thank you for joining us today. We'll now open the call for questions. Questions & Answers: Operator Thank you. [Operator instructions] Our first question comes from the line of Kutgun Maral with Evercore ISI. Your line is now open. Kutgun Maral -- Evercore ISI -- Analyst Good morning. Thanks for taking the question. I just had a high-level one on the broader music industry. Looking at the labels specifically, the industry construct remains very attractive. There's healthy competition, for sure, but the big three still drive roughly two-thirds of global recorded music revenue and are must-haves for any platform. And structurally, you continue to see improvements with DSP price increases and the shift to artist-centric royalty models, so a very healthy and encouraging backdrop. On the other hand, I think as investors have looked to the other parts of the ecosystem, a lot of value has instead accrued to the DSPs and even certain live entertainment companies, in part, because of a view that they're at the forefront of capturing a greater share of wallet from consumers in monetizing the growing power of music. I'm not saying that those companies are undeserving of Wall Street's optimism, but it seems like the perceived potential for the labels has lagged despite their crucial role in everything. So I don't know if it's changing the dynamics with the DSPs and ad-supported tiers or a reimagined approach to superfans. But can you share your views on what the biggest opportunities for WMG are over the next few years to better participate in what seems to be a very robust growth profile for the overall music industry? Thanks. Robert Kyncl -- Chief Executive Officer Sure. Thank you. Thanks for the question. So I see this in two different buckets, but number one is the obvious moves. And in those, I'm focused on two big ones, which is reduction of discounts on family plans and more frequent PSM escalators. It's very simple. It comes down to these two levers, and there are very obvious moves for the industry for a company like WMG, and they are not a zero-sum move between us and the DSPs. They can actually be in concert with each other. And then the second bucket is in more innovations, and that's where sort of a superfan tier like the Music Pro that's been discussed a lot or other SKUs, some of which may include ads, etc., just innovation around SKUs and audience segmentation, those are also potential upside for all of us. My focus is in the order that I described, which is obvious moves first, those 2 specifically, and then the innovations. And all of these things would be sort of incremental to the glide path that you guys see for the industry. Kutgun Maral -- Evercore ISI -- Analyst Understood. Thank you. Operator Thank you. Our next question comes from the line of Benjamin Swinburne with Morgan Stanley. Your line is now open. Benjamin Swinburne -- Analyst Thanks. Good morning. I guess I had two questions. Robert, you gave us some helpful context around the management changes. I'm wondering if you could talk a little bit about what is -- what worked and is working so well at 10K, Elliott's label that you guys acquired last year, that is or isn't applicable to the larger business of Atlantic? I'm thinking about things like artist discovery, marketing contracts, anything that you think we should be thinking about as that -- he steps into obviously or has stepped into a much larger, broader, and important role and how this new structure, flatter structure, translates into faster growth for the company which maybe you're already seeing, but I would love to get some more color on all of that. And then you and Bryan both mentioned opportunities in wholesale pricing in your prepared remarks, so I figure I might as well follow up. I think you're in the midst of your Spotify renewal right now, so I thought maybe you could talk a little bit about your optimism to what seems like a pretty substantial change, maybe not, but it seems like a substantial change to the way retail wholesale economics work. Thanks. Robert Kyncl -- Chief Executive Officer Sounds good. Thank you, Ben. All right. So let me start with 10K and Elliott. So when you think about the music industry today, there are obviously lots of different independent music companies, many of whom plan to do many things really, really well. I would say you have to take everything with a great -- grain of salt, but one of those that surely did that was 10K. I know that's a fact from the numbers that both they had prior and the numbers that they have delivered in the first year under the WMG umbrella, which was a phenomenal growth, both on top line and bottom line. The skill set that they bring, and it's not just Elliott, also his team, the skill set that they bring is being very digitally native. Today, a vast majority of our revenue is coming through streaming. Promotion mostly happens online. You must be digitally native if you want to succeed today and in the future in the music industry, and that is important to the DNA of the company, and they have brought that. The other part that they bring is intensity. When you start a company of that size, you start from scratch, bootstrap it. You have to be incredibly intense about everything that you do, and I love that about them. You also create strong points of view on various decisions. And I can tell you that all of these things, they touch developing artists, aspiring artists, as well as stars. Everybody wants to have broad reach, have hits, have loyal fan bases, and obviously then monetize it really well. But if you're somebody who's just starting, you need to build an audience. If you're a superstar, you want to keep the audience. Either way, it comes to that. So this digital-first mindset from 10K has translated really well into the company, and it also goes to their talent development. I named two artists who are Forrest Frank and Jordan who are -- for their first Grammys, and it's amazing to see that. So that's one. At the same time, you have to be really great at working well in a large organization like WMG, which means you have a flexible mindset and work well with others, and Elliott does that incredibly well. So I'm really, really pleased with how things are going. On your wholesale question, I think the way you asked the question was that it's not how normally things work. I actually think that's exactly how things work in wholesale, which is wholesale prices generally go up, and it happens in all industries. It may not happen that way in music in the past, but it is how it works in 99% of industries. So we're just trying to align with the way the world works. Bryan Castellani -- Chief Financial Officer And, Ben, I would chime in just on the overall subscription streaming growth. Again, the backdrop is healthy. We continue to see those catalysts, whether in subscriber growth, pricing optimization, as well as share. And our view is that subscribers, there's been 70 million to 80 million new subs brought into the ecosystem a year of late. We continue to see that being the vast driver. Take that as 70%, if not more, with, as Robert said, the glide path on pricing is, I would say, modest. And to the extent wholesale gains are had, those would provide upside to that. And then, of course, on share, we're pleased on the progress we've made, and we have momentum with '24 releases and overall roster and catalog and that carrying into '25. So again, encouraged there about all the underlying trends which we think have upside to the extent pricing optimizes sooner. Benjamin Swinburne -- Analyst Thank you, guys. Appreciate it. Operator Thank you. Our next question comes from the line of Jason Bazinet with Citi. Your line is now open. Jason Bazinet -- Analyst Your commentary is helpful and bullish, I guess, in terms of subscriber growth and potential trends on wholesale pricing and potentially market share. I just wanted to ask how likely do you think it might be that there's a headwind embedded in those three tailwinds you talked about, just from geographic mix, meaning the sub growth comes from more emerging markets as opposed to developed markets. Is that a risk that you think investors should be focused on? Or do you not really think that that could present itself as a headwind? Thanks. Robert Kyncl -- Chief Executive Officer So I won't answer what you should do. I'll just tell you what I do. And then I think you guys extrapolate from that. I -- so I studied the video industry a lot, right, whether it's MVPDs, right; TV; film; cable; satellite television; or subscription video on demand, SVOD, right, because they're extremely adjacent to what we do. And simply studying the penetration, I kind of -- like take two markets, two extremely opposite markets, right, United States and India. One is the largest market in revenue. The other one is the largest market in users in the world, right, and -- but low ARPU, obviously. United States, penetration is somewhere around 30%, but television is around 50%. SVOD is approaching 50% with lots of different subscription services, obviously, investing and growing. There's a lot more to grow in the United States for music. And by the way, we're a lower-priced product that gives you everything, and it's like extremely fluid and easy. So I view it that way. And then in the -- I almost don't want to call it emerging markets because they're really high-growth markets, but the penetration there is extremely low today. And obviously, ARPU is low, but what we will see over there is we're betting on countries that have forward look – that, a, have higher GDPs now but also have movements in GDPs out in the future because higher GDP will translate into more ad revenue, and it's because that's a function of GDP, and it will translate into better conversion rates in subscriptions. So in India, it's an extremely low number of subscribers today in total. I think it's about 15 million. And on television, there's more than 100 million households in India, so there's a lot of room to grow. And so I kind of look at those two bookends, and that is obviously gradation in between by market, then we just study each of those markets. So this is what's giving us confidence. Jason Bazinet -- Analyst That's super helpful. Thank you. Operator Thank you. Our next question comes from the line of Benjamin Black with Deutsche Bank. Your line is now open. Benjamin Black -- Analyst Great. Thank you for taking my question. Last year, a couple of DSPs moved to an artist-centric model. I'm just curious if you could give us an update on how that impacted your streaming growth. And I guess, relatedly, do you think they're doing enough? What else could they do? And what about the other larger DSPs? Why haven't all adopted an artist-centric model at this point? And then just a follow-up to family plans. You mentioned a large discount embedded in these offerings. I guess similar to Ben's earlier question in your Spotify renewal, is this something that you're addressing? Have you been able to accelerate progress here? Thank you. Robert Kyncl -- Chief Executive Officer Sure. So let me just quickly comment on the second. I can't comment on any of our discussions with our partners. So that would not be fair to anyone, whether you're on the call or to our partners, so I'll decline there. But on the artist-centric model, we're very consistent from day one, even before it started, in saying that it is an important initiative. It's -- we're glad that we have a foot in the door on that, and it's something that we obviously have to continually roll out and not keep it static, but it has to keep on evolving with the growing scale of the industry, right? So I don't view this as a one and done. I view this as one and done, as in foot in the door, and then you start expanding it and -- but doing it together with our partners, obviously, right? So this is a collaborative effort. So I think the -- you will continue to see impact from it. Every single year, that will be increasing, but it's hard to like forward forecast exactly what that is, right, because it's obviously a coordination across multiple different distribution partners at the same time. And it's never easy, but it is exactly what we're working on. It is the right thing for artists and songwriters, and they understand it. They appreciate it. And our partners also think it's a good idea, so it's just finding the right balance for all of us. Benjamin Black -- Analyst Great. Thank you. Operator Thank you. Our next question comes from the line of David Karnovsky with J.P. Morgan. Your line is now open. David Karnovsky -- Analyst Hey, thank you. Just on ad-supported streaming, I want to see if you could speak to trends there. Just shaping out the impact of renewals or items like premium video with Meta, how should we kind of think about this line going forward? And then, Bryan, thanks for the multiyear outlook on margins, just kind of bringing it to '25. I don't know if you could kind of walk through specific drivers or any phasing we could think through the year. Thanks. Bryan Castellani -- Chief Financial Officer Sure. On the ad supported, the underlying traditional, what I shouldn't say is traditional ad supported because, again, it's streaming and digital advertising which is the right sector be in. That continues to see some of the macro trends you've seen across others. We see that kind of your low mid-single digits at the moment. The emerging within ad supported, as we had said earlier, we are lapping our TikTok deal. And also, we have done our Meta renewal which we're pleased with. We were -- that underlying deal continues to grow and expand. As you know, they exited the premium music video licensing. And so generally, the underlying core advertising there is stable and growing. The second part of your question on margin for '25, we continue to be committed to 100 basis points a year over a multiyear period. There's always going to be quarter-to-quarter timing where -- whether the timing of releases and marketing, how -- savings and when they're redeployed. But generally, we continue to see this opportunity as our business shifts more and more digital and streaming and is diversified around the world by artists, genres, and so forth that that continues to be a driver of our margin growth. David Karnovsky -- Analyst Thanks. Operator Thank you. Our next question comes from the line of Devin Brisco with Wolfe Research. Your line is now open. Devin Brisco -- Wolfe Research -- Analyst Superfan tier has been a hot topic this year, and I think everyone is anxiously awaiting what that product launch will look like. Are there any details you can share about the potential features and monetization avenues you'd like to see introduced in that product launch? Is that tier something you expect all the DSPs to have potentially globally, maybe with slightly different variations? And given that these tiers will likely have a variety of features, how should we think about how you'll get paid? Will it be similar to existing tiers today sort of a rev split model based on engagement, where there'll be revenue streams on top of that? Anything you could share on that would be appreciated. Robert Kyncl -- Chief Executive Officer Sure. Can I just clarify quickly? You cut off a little bit in the beginning. Were you asking about Music Pro? Devin Brisco -- Wolfe Research -- Analyst I was asking about -- sorry, I was asking about superfan tiers and what you'd like to see in that product and the opportunity there. Thanks. Robert Kyncl -- Chief Executive Officer Sure. So I'll -- again, it's a little bit tough for me to answer on behalf of the retailer. It is ultimately their platform and their features. Obviously, we have to work together. But I know they declined to answer it specifically, and so I can't do that on their behalf. But the -- in general, if you think about music, it is monetized exactly the same way, whether you're superfan or not, right, on subscription streaming. So it's obviously an undervalued -- it's an underexploited opportunity for all of us. And it's -- if you look at the gaming industry, 80% of revenue comes from 20% of users. There are all these obvious dynamics, but that's more of a transactional model, right, rather than a subscription model. So I think adding features that drive engagement give people higher quality, more interactions, all of that, like learning from the gaming industry is a good place to go. And I really don't want to comment on behalf of our partners about their features, but we're engaged in all the conversations deeply. We're bullish about it. We think it's a great opportunity, both for the retailers -- sorry, for the DSPs, as well as for us. And it's yet another one of those catalysts of increased growth that none of us has figured into our business. Operator Thank you. Our next question comes from the line of James Heaney with Jefferies. Your line is now open. James Heaney -- Analyst Great. Thanks for taking the question. Could you just talk about the drivers of the high single-digit growth in subscription streaming on a multiyear basis? What gives you that conviction? And how much of that is coming from ARPU versus subscription? Thank you. Bryan Castellani -- Chief Financial Officer Yeah. I'll go back to those three catalysts that it is subscribers, price, and share. And on subscribers, as I said, we continue to see rising penetrations around the world. I think you have roughly maybe a third of penetration in developed markets that's projected to go to almost half by the end of the decade in emerging markets where massive populations -- you're in the mid to maybe high single digits going to low to mid-double digits over the next four, five years. So those continue to be a vast majority of what we see as the growth driver over the multiyear period, that subscriber growth. Having said that, there's, I think, modest assumptions in industry projections for pricing. We see opportunity there on catalysts, whether it is from things like audience segmentation and superfans and raising ARPU across DSPs, as well as wholesale pricing optimization, as Robert talked about the -- improving on the family plan and multiuser discounts, as well as the per subscriber minimums and trying to move the industry more progressively on the wholesale side, knowing full well that in many of these bundles, music, as we like to say, is an anchor tenant driving high engagement. And then on share, again, we -- the changes we have made, we think, improve our volume, velocity, diversity of artist development, as well as our continuing to scour the market as we always do for bolt-on acquisitions, whether those are IP, catalog, or can help us on the digital side in terms of quickening our initiatives, so a few things there that give us the optimism over the multiyear period for the high single-digit subscription growth. James Heaney -- Analyst That's helpful. Thank you. Operator Thank you. Our next question comes from the line of Batya Levi with UBS. Your line is now open. Batya Levi -- Analyst Great. thank you. Just following up on the multiyear high single-digit growth in subscription revenue growth. Can we maybe talk a little bit more specifically for '25? Should we expect a slower growth in the first half of the year and maybe improvement in the back half as you lap the price increases? And maybe just cadence on artists' releases, do you expect a more linear year similar to last year? Thank you. Bryan Castellani -- Chief Financial Officer Yeah. Batya, thanks. I think what you'll see is -- certainly, there's always going to be quarter-to-quarter changes there, but we do expect '25 to be comparable on the subscription side, just given the drivers. And yes, we are lapping some of those price increases, so we will see some moderation. But again, we think the overall marketplace and the subscriber growth will continue to lift the subscription growth. Robert Kyncl -- Chief Executive Officer And let me take the answer on the releases. I mean, there's a lot in the hopper from Coldplay, Rose, Linkin Park, Charli XCX, Lil Uzi Vert, C.King, Mary J. Blige, Zach Bryan, David Guetta, Fred Again. I could keep going, so there's a lot that we have in the pipeline. Obviously, things can move around across quarters. But one of my big areas of focus is top of the funnel on our pipeline, whether it's deals on the distribution side or releases, and making sure that there is enough volume in our pipes to allow for movements back and forth between different quarters. And obviously then, that, combined with creative success on the charts, which we have had, it's -- it translates into results. Batya Levi -- Analyst Great. Thank you. Operator Thank you. Our next question comes from the line of Stephen Laszczyk with Goldman Sachs. Your line is now open. Stephen Laszczyk -- Analyst Hey, great. Thank you. Two, if I could. First for Robert, on newer forms of music monetization, maybe social media or short-form video, I'm curious if you see any opportunity for other categories to come into the picture over the next year or two that might be able to move the needle on emerging revenue, streaming revenue growth. And then for Bryan, on free cash flow conversion, just curious if there's any puts or takes worth calling out as we think about operating or free cash flow conversion heading into next year. Thank you. Robert Kyncl -- Chief Executive Officer Yeah. So thanks, Stephen. So one, I'll answer this a little bit more broadly, which is music always -- music is the most widely distributed medium of any kind, more than video, more than text, more than anything.And because of that, it becomes a soundtrack to everyone's lives. And because of that, it deserves -- it always finds a way for next new revenue stream. So your question is 100% spot on. The question is, how often those come and how successful they become. I have two to three new revenue streams sketched out but nothing that I would be prepared to speak about publicly because that would be a little bit premature. But it is exciting to actually see when you look at the engagement of people around the world with music, when you see a lot of different distribution partners that we have, when we have a lot of label partners distributing through us, lots of artists, there are many different opportunities to monetize than we do today. But there's nothing that we can offer in terms of specific just yet. But your question is so spot on because it always does happen in music, and so I'm allocating some portion of my time to developing these things as well. Bryan Castellani -- Chief Financial Officer And on the free cash flow conversion, we continue to see, on a full-year basis, 50% to 60% operating cash flow conversion there. Obviously, there is some seasonality in our year just based on the timing of deals, as well as payments. But otherwise, we see it largely consistent year to year. Stephen Laszczyk -- Analyst Great. Thank you both. Operator Thank you. Our last question comes from the line of Jessica Reif Ehrlich with Bank of America Securities. Your line is now open. Jessica Ehrlich -- Analyst Thank you. I guess one follow-up and one question. On the wholesale pricing, obviously, it's a very important piece of the financials. Are you looking for -- I know you're looking for price increases, but I'm not sure I heard you say anything about structural changes. So if you could comment on that. And then also, you've made a lot of tech investments since you've come to the company, Robert. Can you kind of -- can you talk about like kind of what you've seen from those investments and what -- will we see it in the results and then what's left to go? Robert Kyncl -- Chief Executive Officer Sure. Sounds good. So on the first one, on the wholesale prices. So if you think about it, all of the conversations in the past have translated -- have really been done through retail pricing. So you have wholesalers like us talking about retail pricing, and I just don't think that's right. We're wholesalers. Therefore, we should talk about wholesale prices. Whatever happens with retail prices is not what we control, and therefore, that is not how we should think about the business. So I'm very much focused on the things that we control. And we learn from other industries, how they work. So if you look at the television industry, Jessica, you're obviously extremely familiar with how retail pricing works, and it's obviously similar in many other different industries. So that's why you see us talk about wholesale -- talking about wholesale rather than retail. And on the technology investments, the -- over the last 12 to 18 months, we focused on fixing a lot of legacy infrastructure issues that we had in the company, and we've stabilized and upgraded a lot of our core systems which were burdened by a significant amount of technology there. So we focused a lot on things like royalty processing systems for publishing or royalty statements for clients, sync license and systems that allow us to drive more revenue, and look into the black boxes and obviously our digital supply and infrastructure. So there's a lot of foundational investments that we made. And now, as I said in my opening remarks, now the team is able to start focusing much more offensively on driving growth and efficiencies. Operator Thank you. I would now like to turn the call back over to Robert Kyncl for closing remarks. Robert Kyncl -- Chief Executive Officer All right. So thank you, everyone. Thanks for your engagement, all of your questions, which were great. We are -- I said one thing in my opening remarks that it's really exhilarating to see the creative engines of Warner Records and Atlantic coming at the same time. We are up 10 percentage points in market share and top 200 on global Spotify chart since the time that I started at the company, and it's just great to see this continual improvement in relevance, creating hits, creating stars, and having two large engine -- twin engines of growth in the biggest market in the world coming. That doesn't mean that we're resting on our laurels. We continue to invest, and we continue to look inward, look at further efficiencies so that we can keep on delivering on what we said, which is our margin improvement, and at the same time, increasing our growth into the future. So thank you so much for your support, for your attention, and look forward to talking to you in the future. Operator [Operator signoff] Duration: 0 minutes Call participants: Kareem Chin -- Head of Investor Relations Robert Kyncl -- Chief Executive Officer Bryan Castellani -- Chief Financial Officer Kutgun Maral -- Evercore ISI -- Analyst Benjamin Swinburne -- Analyst Ben Swinburne -- Analyst Jason Bazinet -- Analyst Benjamin Black -- Analyst David Karnovsky -- Analyst Devin Brisco -- Wolfe Research -- Analyst James Heaney -- Analyst Batya Levi -- Analyst Stephen Laszczyk -- Analyst Jessica Ehrlich -- Analyst More WMG analysis All earnings call transcriptsStock market today: Wall Street rallies ahead of Christmas

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Staton-McCray grabbed the rebound and he missed a 3 as time ran out. Taje Kelly had 20 points, 11 rebounds and six assists for the Buccaneers (2-7), who snapped a five-game losing streak and defeated a Division I opponent for the first-time this season. Thompson Camara made five 3-pointers and scored 21. Brandon Johnson made six 3-pointers and scored 23 for Miami (3-4). Swartz scored 15 points off the bench and Staton-McCray had 13 points. ___ Get poll alerts and updates on the AP Top 25 throughout the season. Sign up here . AP college basketball: https://apnews.com/hub/ap-top-25-college-basketball-poll and https://apnews.com/hub/college-basketballAndrew RT Davies' decision to quit as Welsh Conservative leader in the Senedd in the face of a split among Tory politicians triggers a potential leadership contest, with no clear frontrunner to take over. It has been assumed in Welsh political circles for a while that a number of Tory MSs are interested in the leadership. As of late on Tuesday only one candidate had come forward - Darren Millar. In theory the group could coalesce around one candidate, and no contest will happen. Whoever wins will lead their party into crucial Senedd elections in 2026, where polling has recently suggested the party is in fourth place, behind Plaid, Labour and Reform. Davies quit on Tuesday after he narrowly won a vote of no confidence , with nine votes for and seven against. He has ruled himself out of the contest. Conservative chief whip Darren Millar was first out of the blocks on Tuesday afternoon. Promising to unify the Welsh Conservatives, the MS was first elected in 2007. Millar is a strong media performer who has been thought of as a leadership contender in the past, but has never run before. Millar made his name making punchy contributions on the Welsh health service when he was the party's NHS spokesman, particularly on North Wales' Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board. He is a trustee of a Christian charity, the Evan Roberts Institute, which has attracted controversy for its association with a pastor called Yang Tuck Yoong, who was criticised for homophobic views . Millar has said he does not endorse those views. Millar is the only individual in this list who supported Andrew RT Davies in the vote of confidence - the rest of those below opposed him on Tuesday. There is a big element of speculation with the other names in this list - including Tory Shadow Transport Minister Natasha Asghar. Based in Newport, Natasha Asghar entered politics after the death of her father , the late MS for South Wales East Mohammad Asghar in 2020, winning election to the Senedd the next year. She was the first woman of colour to be elected to the Welsh Parliament, and made a BBC list of 100 inspiring and influential women from around the world in 2021. 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In 2023 he gave a speech about darts in the Welsh Parliament generated by the ChatGPT AI system - he said he made the speech to show how advanced the technology had become. At a time some Tory activists want to see the Senedd abolished, Sam Kurtz is solidly from the pro-devolution wing of the Conservative party. Back in 2022 he went against Tory policy and called for a larger Senedd, saying the current set up with 60 members "doesn't feel like it works properly" . Like the outgoing leader Andrew RT Davies his roots are in farming - born and raised on a farm outside Fishguard in north Pembrokeshire. He is currently chair of the Pembrokeshire Federation of Young Farmers Clubs, and worked as a reporter before becoming a parliamentary aide. He is seen as a potential leadership candidate but it is not clear if he is interested. Sam Rowlands was elected to the Senedd in 2021 to represent the North Wales region in Cardiff Bay. He has had experience as a frontline local politician in the past, having previously led Conwy council. Before that, he worked as a credit risk manager for HSBC bank. Rowlands was born in Bangor and grew up in Penygroes, near Carmarthen, until he moved to Abergele aged nine. He currently holds the high profile shadow health spokesman position and were he to win the leadership his more understated approach would be in marked contrast to Andrew RT Davies. Rowlands had proposed a law to give every state school pupil the chance to go to an outdoor education centre, which ultimately failed to get the Senedd's support. Any runners and riders will need nominations from three other Tories submitted by 17:00 GMT on 5 December. If there are more than two candidates, the group will need to hold secret ballots until it is just two. If there are two candidates, then a ballot of the party membership will take place. 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Its stock initially sank in afterhours trading Wednesday following the release of the results. Some investors said the market might have been looking for Nvidia’s revenue forecast to surpass expectations by even more. But its stock recovered in premarket trading Thursday, and Wedbush analyst Dan Ives said it was another “flawless” profit report provided by Nvidia and CEO Jensen Huang, whom Ives calls “the Godfather of AI.” The stock meandered through Thursday as well, dragging the S&P 500 and other indexes back and forth. How Nvidia’s stock performs has more impact than any other because it’s grown into Wall Street’s most valuable company at roughly $3.6 trillion. The frenzy around AI is sweeping up other stocks, and Snowflake jumped 32.7% after reporting stronger results for the latest quarter than analysts expected. The company, whose platform helps customers get a better view of all their silos of data and use AI, also reported stronger revenue growth than expected. 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In a 23-page document filed late Wednesday, the U.S. Department of Justice called for sweeping punishments that would include restrictions preventing Android from favoring its own search engine. Regulators stopped short of demanding Google sell Android but left the door open to it if the company’s oversight committee continues to see evidence of misconduct. All told, the S&P 500 rose 31.60 points to 5,948.71. The Dow jumped 461.88 to 43,870.35, and the Nasdaq composite added 6.28 to 18,972.42. In the crypto market, bitcoin eclipsed $99,000 for the first time before pulling back toward $98,000, according to CoinDesk. It’s more than doubled so far this year, and its climb has accelerated since Election Day. President-elect Donald Trump has pledged to make the country “the crypto capital of the planet” and create a “strategic reserve” of bitcoin. Bitcoin got a further boost after Gary Gensler, the chair of the Securities and Exchange Commission, said Thursday he would step down in January . Gensler has pushed for more protections for crypto investors. Bitcoin and related investment have a notorious history of big price swings in both directions. MicroStrategy, a company that’s been raising cash expressly to buy bitcoin, saw an early Thursday gain of 14.6% for its stock quickly disappear. It finished the day with a loss of 16.2%. In the oil market, a barrel of benchmark U.S. crude rose 2% to bring its gain for the week to 4.8%. Brent crude, the international standard, climbed 1.8%. Oil has been rising amid escalations in the Russia-Ukraine war. In stock markets abroad, shares of India’s Adani Enterprises plunged 22.6% Thursday after the U.S. charged founder Gautam Adani in a federal indictment with securities fraud and conspiracy to commit securities and wire fraud. 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