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Kam Jones scored 20 points and dished with 10 assists to lead the No. 10 Marquette Golden Eagles to a 94-62 victory over the visiting Western Carolina on Saturday afternoon in Milwaukee. Jones added six rebounds for Marquette (8-0), which is off to its best start since winning 10 straight to begin the 2011-12 campaign that ended with a Sweet 16 appearance. Ben Gold added 12 points, while Stevie Mitchell scored 10 and had three steals. David Joplin, Caedin Hamilton and Royce Parham each netted nine points for the Golden Eagles. The Catamounts (2-4) were led by Bernard Pelote's 13 points and eight boards. Jamar Livingston chipped in 10 points and CJ Hyland bundled five points with five rebounds and six assists. Marquette controlled most of the game, thanks largely to 51.4 percent shooting and 21 takeaways. The Golden Eagles built a 16-point lead in the first half before Western Carolina clawed within 37-28 with 3:55 left. Marquette responded with a 12-2 run to take a 49-30 advantage into the break, its largest lead of the game to that point. The game quickly got out of hand from there, with the Golden Eagles eventually scoring 11 straight points to push its lead to 81-45 with 7:15 remaining. Marquette finished with 26 points off of Catamount turnovers and hit 14 of 40 shots (35.0 percent) from 3-point range. The win wasn't all smooth sailing for the Golden Eagles, who lost backup guard Zaide Lowery to an apparent left knee injury. Lowery was helped off the court and into the locker room by his teammates with 1:36 left in the game. Saturday's game was a final tune-up for Marquette, which has three challenging games coming up against No. 5 Iowa State, No. 15 Wisconsin and Dayton before Big East conference play begins Dec. 18. --Field Level Media
NEW YORK (AP) — Technology stocks pulled Wall Street to another record amid a mixed Monday of trading. The S&P 500 rose 0.2% from its all-time high set on Friday to post a record for the 54th time this year. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 128 points, or 0.3%, while the Nasdaq composite gained 1%. Super Micro Computer, a stock that’s been on an AI-driven roller coaster, soared 28.7% to lead the market. Following allegations of misconduct and the resignation of its public auditor , the maker of servers used in artificial-intelligence technology said an investigation found no evidence of misconduct by its management or by the company’s board. It also said that it doesn’t expect to restate its past financials and that it will find a new chief financial officer, appoint a general counsel and make other moves to strengthen its governance. Big Tech stocks also helped prop up the market. Gains of 1.8% for Microsoft and 3.2% for Meta Platforms were the two strongest forces pushing upward on the S&P 500. Intel was another propellant during the morning, but it lost an early gain to fall 0.5% after the chip company said CEO Pat Gelsinger has retired and stepped down from the board. Intel is looking for Gelsinger’s replacement, and its chair said it’s “committed to restoring investor confidence.” Intel recently lost its spot in the Dow Jones Industrial Average to Nvidia, which has skyrocketed in Wall Street’s frenzy around AI. Stellantis, meanwhile, skidded following the announcement of its CEO’s departure . Carlos Tavares steps down after nearly four years in the top spot of the automaker, which owns car brands like Jeep, Citroën and Ram, amid an ongoing struggle with slumping sales and an inventory backlog at dealerships. The world’s fourth-largest automaker’s stock fell 6.3% in Milan. The majority of stocks in the S&P 500 likewise fell, including California utility PG&E. It dropped 5% after saying it would sell $2.4 billion of stock and preferred shares to raise cash. Retailers were mixed amid what’s expected to be the best Cyber Monday on record and coming off Black Friday . Target, which recently gave a forecast for the holiday season that left investors discouraged , fell 1.2%. Walmart , which gave a more optimistic forecast, rose 0.2%. Amazon, which looks to benefit from online sales from Cyber Monday, climbed 1.4%. All told, the S&P 500 added 14.77 points to 6,047.15. The Dow fell 128.65 to 44,782.00, and the Nasdaq composite climbed 185.78 to 19,403.95. The stock market largely took Donald Trump’s latest threat on tariffs in stride. The president-elect on Saturday threatened 100% tariffs against a group of developing economies if they act to undermine the U.S. dollar. Trump said he wants the group, headlined by Brazil, Russia, India and China, to promise it won’t create a new currency or otherwise try to undercut the U.S. dollar. The dollar has long been the currency of choice for global trade. Speculation has also been around a long time that other currencies could knock it off its mantle, but no contender has come close. The U.S. dollar’s value rose Monday against several other currencies, but one of its strongest moves likely had less to do with the tariff threats. The euro fell amid a political battle in Paris over the French government’s budget . The euro sank 0.7% against the U.S. dollar and broke below $1.05. In the bond market, Treasury yields gave up early gains to hold relatively steady. The yield on the 10-year Treasury climbed above 4.23% during the morning before falling back to 4.19%. That was just above its level of 4.18% late Friday. A report in the morning showed the U.S. manufacturing sector contracted again last month, but not by as much as economists expected. This upcoming week will bring several big updates on the job market, including the October job openings report, weekly unemployment benefits data and the all-important November jobs report. They could steer the next moves for Federal Reserve, which recently began pulling interest rates lower to give support to the economy. Economists expect Friday’s headliner report to show U.S. employers accelerated their hiring in November, coming off October’s lackluster growth that was hampered by damaging hurricanes and strikes. “We now find ourselves in the middle of this Goldilocks zone, where economic health supports earnings growth while remaining weak enough to justify potential Fed rate cuts,” according to Mark Hackett, chief of investment research at Nationwide. In financial markets abroad, Chinese stocks led gains worldwide as monthly surveys showed improving conditions for manufacturing, partly driven by a surge in orders ahead of Trump’s inauguration next month. Both official and private sector surveys of factory managers showed strong new orders and export orders, possibly partly linked to efforts by importers in the U.S. to beat potential tariff hikes by Trump once he takes office. Indexes rose 0.7% in Hong Kong and 1.1% in Shanghai. AP Business Writers Matt Ott and Elaine Kurtenbach contributed.
Kingsview Wealth Management LLC grew its holdings in CION Investment Co. ( NYSE:CION – Free Report ) by 19.8% in the third quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the SEC. The firm owned 27,910 shares of the company’s stock after acquiring an additional 4,615 shares during the quarter. Kingsview Wealth Management LLC owned 0.05% of CION Investment worth $332,000 as of its most recent SEC filing. Other institutional investors and hedge funds have also modified their holdings of the company. Acadian Asset Management LLC increased its stake in CION Investment by 32.5% during the 2nd quarter. Acadian Asset Management LLC now owns 695,609 shares of the company’s stock worth $8,427,000 after acquiring an additional 170,635 shares during the period. Cetera Investment Advisers increased its holdings in CION Investment by 2,340.1% in the 1st quarter. Cetera Investment Advisers now owns 524,131 shares of the company’s stock valued at $5,765,000 after buying an additional 502,651 shares during the period. Diversify Wealth Management LLC acquired a new position in shares of CION Investment in the 2nd quarter valued at approximately $2,250,000. International Assets Investment Management LLC raised its position in CION Investment by 1,090.0% during the third quarter. International Assets Investment Management LLC now owns 871,080 shares of the company’s stock valued at $103,660,000 after purchasing an additional 797,880 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Van ECK Associates Corp boosted its holdings in shares of CION Investment by 15.7% in the 2nd quarter. Van ECK Associates Corp now owns 1,237,366 shares of the company’s stock valued at $14,996,000 after purchasing an additional 167,567 shares in the last quarter. 32.01% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds. Analyst Ratings Changes A number of research firms have recently commented on CION. Oppenheimer began coverage on CION Investment in a report on Tuesday, October 8th. They set a “market perform” rating and a $13.00 price target for the company. Wells Fargo & Company dropped their price objective on shares of CION Investment from $12.00 to $11.50 and set an “equal weight” rating for the company in a research note on Tuesday, October 29th. CION Investment Trading Up 0.2 % Shares of CION stock opened at $11.75 on Friday. The business’s 50-day moving average price is $11.75 and its 200-day moving average price is $12.02. CION Investment Co. has a 12 month low of $10.52 and a 12 month high of $12.69. The firm has a market capitalization of $626.16 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of 7.99 and a beta of 1.18. CION Investment Dividend Announcement The business also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Monday, December 16th. Investors of record on Monday, December 2nd will be given a dividend of $0.36 per share. This represents a $1.44 annualized dividend and a yield of 12.26%. The ex-dividend date is Monday, December 2nd. CION Investment’s dividend payout ratio is currently 97.96%. CION Investment Company Profile ( Free Report ) CION Investment Corporation is a business development company. It specializes in investments in senior secured loans, including unitranche loans, First Lien, second lien loans, long-term subordinated loans, and mezzanine loans; equity interests such as warrants or options; and corporate bonds; and other debt securities in middle-market companies. Read More Receive News & Ratings for CION Investment Daily - Enter your email address below to receive a concise daily summary of the latest news and analysts' ratings for CION Investment and related companies with MarketBeat.com's FREE daily email newsletter .
[Source: Reuters] U.S. President-elect Donald Trump said he will travel to Paris to attend the reopening of the Notre-Dame Cathedral, which was gutted by fire over five years ago, in his first foreign trip since winning the election. The Gothic masterpiece, one of the French capital’s most beloved and visited monuments, will reopen its doors later this week to tourists and the Catholic faithful. Major reconstruction works have restored the 12th-century cathedral, its spire, rib vaulting, flying buttresses, stained-glass windows and carved stone gargoyles to their past glory, with the white stone and gold decorations shining brighter than ever. Trump, who won the Nov. 5 election and is due to take office on Jan. 20, praised the government of French President Emmanuel Macron in a post on his social-media platform Truth Social on Monday. he wrote.The Supreme Court is scheduled to hear oral arguments on Wednesday in a case that could shape the way gender-affirming health care is provided in the U.S. — specifically for minors. The case in question comes from Tennessee, where the state banned medical care such as puberty blockers, hormone therapy and surgery for transgender minors regardless of parental consent and recommendations from a health care provider. Tennessee’s ban, as it was passed, would require transgender minors who already received gender-affirming care to stop their treatments within nine months of the law’s effective date as well as establish a path of legal action against medical professionals who provide the treatments. RELATED STORY | Ohio governor signs bill limiting bathroom use by transgender students Shortly after the state’s legislation passed the ban in 2023, the American Civil Liberties Union sued on behalf of three families with transgender youths and a Memphis-based medical doctor who wanted to block the ban from going into effect. The U.S. Justice Department later joined in opposition to the law. The plaintiffs argue that Tennessee’s ban violates the 14th Amendment’s Equal Protection Clause by discriminating against trans youth on the basis of sex. Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti has said the law is meant to protect minors from harm in the state. In the lower courts, he claimed that there is uncertainty around the risks and benefits of transition care for minors. RELATED STORY | Supreme Court will take up state bans on gender-affirming care for minors Over half of the states in the U.S. have enacted some type of ban on gender-affirming care for minors to date. The Supreme Court’s decision in the case US v. Skirmetti could have implications across the country. If the Supreme Court rules that Tennessee’s ban is unconstitutional, then similar bans passed by other states could also be deemed unconstitutional. But if the high court affirms that laws prohibiting healthcare for transgender minors do not violate the equal protection clause, then those bans could remain in place.
Equities research analysts at StockNews.com began coverage on shares of Flanigan’s Enterprises ( NYSEAMERICAN:BDL – Get Free Report ) in a note issued to investors on Saturday. The brokerage set a “hold” rating on the stock. Flanigan’s Enterprises Price Performance BDL opened at $24.75 on Friday. Flanigan’s Enterprises has a fifty-two week low of $24.32 and a fifty-two week high of $29.72. The company has a quick ratio of 1.21, a current ratio of 1.57 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.27. Institutional Investors Weigh In On Flanigan’s Enterprises A hedge fund recently raised its stake in Flanigan’s Enterprises stock. Empowered Funds LLC raised its position in Flanigan’s Enterprises, Inc. ( NYSEAMERICAN:BDL – Free Report ) by 5.0% during the third quarter, according to its most recent filing with the SEC. The firm owned 14,030 shares of the company’s stock after purchasing an additional 670 shares during the period. Empowered Funds LLC’s holdings in Flanigan’s Enterprises were worth $375,000 as of its most recent filing with the SEC. 11.03% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds. About Flanigan’s Enterprises Flanigan’s Enterprises, Inc, together with its subsidiaries, operates a chain of full-service restaurants and package liquor stores in South Florida. The company operates in two segments, Package Stores and Restaurants. It operates package liquor stores under the Big Daddy’s Liquors name, which offer private label liquors, beer, and wines; and restaurants under the Flanigan’s Seafood Bar and Grill service mark that provide alcoholic beverages and full food services. Further Reading Receive News & Ratings for Flanigan's Enterprises Daily - Enter your email address below to receive a concise daily summary of the latest news and analysts' ratings for Flanigan's Enterprises and related companies with MarketBeat.com's FREE daily email newsletter .Blackhawks fire Luke Richardson after failing to match expectations
Harvey Weinstein in hospital after 'alarming' testBritain has become a nation of benefits cheats thanks to the rise of online ‘sickfluencers’. A wave of accounts on and YouTube advising how to maximise illness and disability payouts have been getting millions of views – as record numbers of people are signed off for long-term sickness. Some of the cynical influencers, who we’re not naming here, charge nearly £1,000 per session for "expert" advice on gaming the benefits system. More than 15,000 UK folk a week are approved for sick and disability payments. Internet tips to cash in on illness included lists of keywords to use in assessments that match scoring criteria – including "psychological distress". There are also application templates provided to "increase your chances" of getting long-term illness and disability payments. And sickfluencers warn how to avoid answering "trick" questions at interviews with authorities. The number of sickness benefit approvals rose from more than 1,000 before the Covid pandemic to a high of more than 3,000 every working day in March, according to official figures. There were 3.3 million people claiming disability or incapacity benefits last year – up one million since 2019. The cost of sickness benefits to Britain is set to reach £100 billion before the end of the decade. It is more than the budgets for schools, police and courts combined. One Department for Work and Pensions Assessor who works as GP said: "What strikes me about this job is how few people I speak to who are genuinely too sick to work. "Most of the claims are to do with stress or anxiety. I’m speaking to people who, as a GP, I would not say were too sick to work." Come and join The Daily Star on , the social media site set up by ex-Twitter boss Jack Dorsey. It's now the new go-to place for content after a mass exodus of the Elon Musk-owned Twitter/X. Fear not, we're not leaving , but we are jumping on the bandwagon. So come find our new account on , and see us social better than the rest. You can also learn more about The Daily Star team in what Bluesky calls a . So what are you waiting for?! Let's
CHESAPEAKE — Oscar Smith stood at a crossroads. After taking a 14-7 lead with 31 seconds left in a challenging first half, the Tigers saw Colonial Forge march downfield and get to the 2-yard line with 3 seconds left. The Eagles decided to go for it and try to tie the game instead of kicking a field goal. Forge quarterback Brock Brimhall took the snap and plunged forward. Zaire Ziglar and the Tigers’ defense stiffened. When the bodies were moved, the ball hadn’t crossed the goal line and momentum was squarely on Oscar Smith’s side. The Tigers built on the half’s final play and outscored the Eagles 28-0 in the second half en route to a 42-7 victory in a VHSL Class 6 state semifinal at Oscar Smith High School. The Tigers will face James Madison in the title game at 5 p.m. Saturday at James Madison University in Harrisonburg. “It was huge,” Oscar Smith head coach Chris Scott said. “Zaire played an unbelievable game, the whole game, and makes that play right there ... I couldn’t say enough about him or his performance today. It was a big stop and it allowed us to carry the momentum and have a big second half.” The Tigers pounced after halftime. After forcing a three-and-out, Oscar Smith drove 50 yards and scored on a 3-yard run by Brandon Nesbit. “Our coaches just told us not to get our heads down,” Nesbit said. “They told us to keep going and we knew we were playing a bit sluggish and playing down to their level. So we knew at halftime we had to come out and play Oscar Smith football and we did.” Forge tried to respond with a long drive, moving from its 20 and into Oscar Smith territory, but the two teams saw drives stall around midfield before Oscar Smith forced a turnover, setting the Tigers up at the Forge 40. Nesbit was the offense on the Tigers’ drive, moving Oscar Smith to the 11 before running in for his second touchdown and a 28-7 lead. Forge, finding itself down big, went to the air, but couldn’t get a first down. Oscar Smith took over at its 41 and struck fast. On first down, Lonnie Andrews hit Alvin Jones for a 41-yard touchdown and the Tigers led 35-7 with 11:21 left. The Eagles were able to get their offense moving again, but once it got to midfield, the Tigers stiffened. Decorey Cassell sacked Brimhall after the Eagles made it to the 49-yard line and Forge couldn’t recover. After taking over on downs, the Tigers put the nail in the coffin with an 11-play drove that ended with an Andrews pass to Charles McGlown. The score could have been worse. Oscar Smith had a touchdown waved off by a holding penalty and Nebit fumbled inside the 10-yard line. The Tigers in the fourth quarter had a punt return for a touchdown called back because of a penalty. “You could start to feel that little bit of frustration because we were moving the ball and moving the ball, but because of a call or a big-time play from their guy stopped the drive and we just didn’t finish it,” Scott said, noting that the coaches made some adjustments at halftime. “We came out with a mission mindset to complete and finish the game.” Now, it’s on to the state title game for the Tigers — their first since 2021. “It feels good, man, real good,” Nesbit said. “I’ve never been to state before, so it feels real good. We just have to finish this last one.” For Scott, it’s all about delivering a victory for the Oscar Smith community. “It feels unbelievable,” Scott said. “I know how important it is to this community. I know how important it is to those young men and how hard they’ve worked on the field and off the field, so we’re going to do everything we can to make sure they deliver this week.”Exclusive-Italy informally backed Credit Agricole's higher BPM stake, sources say
US lawmakers concluded a two-year investigation Monday into the Covid-19 outbreak that killed 1.1 million Americans -- backing the theory that the virus likely leaked from a Chinese laboratory. A 520-page report from the Republican-controlled House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic looked at the federal and state-level response, as well as the pandemic's origins and vaccination efforts. "This work will help the United States, and the world, predict the next pandemic, prepare for the next pandemic, protect ourselves from the next pandemic, and hopefully prevent the next pandemic," panel chairman Brad Wenstrup said in a letter to Congress. US federal agencies, the World Health Organization and scientists across the planet have arrived at different conclusions about the most likely origin of Covid-19, and no consensus has emerged. Most believe it to have spread from animals in China, but a US intelligence analysis said last year that the virus may have been genetically engineered and escaped from a virology lab in the Chinese city of Wuhan, where human cases first emerged. The congressional panel was persuaded by the lab leak theory after meeting 25 times, conducting more than 30 transcribed interviews and reviewing more than one million pages of documents. The investigation included two days of interviews behind closed doors with Anthony Fauci, the government scientist who became the nation's most trusted expert in the chaotic early days of the 2020 outbreak. Fauci's clashes with former and incoming president Donald Trump over the response sparked fury on the right, and he now lives with security protection following death threats against his family. Republicans accuse the 83-year-old immunologist of helping to set off the worst pandemic in a century by approving funding passed on to Chinese scientists they accuse of manufacturing the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus that causes Covid-19. Among its headline conclusions, the report said the National Institutes of Health had indeed funded contentious "gain-of-function" research -- which seeks to enhance viruses as a way of finding ways to combat them -- at the Wuhan Institute of Virology. Fauci angrily denied covering up the origins of Covid-19 before the panel in June, arguing that it would be "molecularly impossible" for the bat viruses studied at the lab to be turned into the virus that caused the pandemic. But the panel's report said SARS-CoV-2 "likely emerged because of a laboratory or research related accident." The probe found that lockdowns "did more harm than good" and that mask mandates were "ineffective at controlling the spread of Covid-19," contradicting other research showing that masking in public does reduce transmission rates. Social distancing guidelines also came under criticism, although travel restrictions were deemed to have saved lives. Investigators found that Trump's Operation Warp Speed -- the publicly-funded project to develop Covid vaccines -- was a "tremendous success" but that school closures would have an "enduring impact" on US children. ft/jgcNASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The right frame can freeze a moment in time, creating meaning for the masses from a fist pump over a bloodied ear , a bridge crumbled by a ship , towns shredded by nature , and a victory sealed with an on-field kiss . In 2024, photographers across the U.S. captured glimpses of humanity, ranging from a deeply divisive presidential election , to hurricanes and fires that ravaged communities, to campus protests over the war between Israel and Hamas in Gaza. The gallery from The Associated Press illustrates a new chapter of political history — the assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump , the moment President Joe Biden announced he would no longer run again , the campaign sprint by Vice President Kamala Harris in Biden’s place, and the raw emotion from voters during a grueling contest ultimately won by Trump . Hurricanes whipped through the country with devastating imagery, leaving a path of wreckage and death from Florida to Appalachia . After Hurricane Helene , Lake Lure in North Carolina was shown in a jarring photo covered in shards of debris thick enough to hide the surface of the water. Hurricane Milton ripped apart the roof of Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg, Florida, home to Major League Baseball’s Tampa Bay Rays. The scale of destruction experienced in some corners of the country in 2024 was hard to capture and might have been harder to fathom. That was the case when a container ship slammed into the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore, causing it to collapse and crumple around the vessel, killing construction workers on the bridge. As flames torched the landscape in California , another image captured firefighters and sheriff’s deputies pushing a vintage car away from a burning home. Elsewhere in California , one photo is aglow with bright orange flames, broken up only by the subtle features of an animal running through them. But hope also persevered in the face of devastation. In Helene’s aftermath , an image from Crystal River, Florida, shows Dustin Holmes holding hands with his girlfriend, Hailey Morgan, as they sloshed through floodwaters with her 4- and 7-year-old children to return to their flooded home. And in Manasota Key, Florida, a family was lit up by the glow of flashlights as they walked to check on their home damaged by Milton. Other photos from 2024 also grabbed the darkness and shadows to emphasize light: among them, a rocket liftoff and a total solar eclipse . And, yes, eclipse glasses were back in style for a shared moment of skygazing. But many other photos delivered a blast of color, from the spectrum of the northern lights across a Maine sky to a crew of workers wading into the deep-red of a Massachusetts cranberry bog . And, once again, Taylor Swift captured the country’s attention, even as a part of the crowd. She rushed down from the stands to kiss her boyfriend, Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce, after the Chiefs won the AFC Championship , en route to another Super Bowl win.
Jimmy Carter, the 39th US president, has died at 100here is no doubt that the dirty war that arises from politics knows no limits and transcends and permeates the spheres that allow it, and one of the most susceptible and obvious are social networks, the personal profiles of the 'protagonists' of certain stories that have their origin in issues beyond their control. These are the characteristics of a case that has scandalized the whole of Colombia, although the matter has many edges A content creator named Aida Victoria Merlano is the protagonist of a delirious story after her mother, congresswoman Aida Merlano, was accused and detained on charges of criminal association, electoral offenses and possession of weapons The mother's political background Merlano made world news when she escaped from El Buen Pastor prison in Bogota in 2019 while attending a dental appointment, and four months later she was recaptured in Maracaibo, Venezuela. She was then prosecuted on charges of false identity, use of false documents and criminal association, and was deported to her country on March 10, 2023. Merlano's case is noteworthy because, since her imprisonment, she claims to have information implicating powerful people in Colombian politics in corruption scandals and crimes, and because her own daughter is accused of having helped her escape. The plot against the influencer And now, the batteries of an alleged plot that would seek to sink the Merlano family are focused on the daughter, Aida Victoria, influencer and content creator well known in the country and with a considerable fan base. Aida Victoria had a romance for a while with another influencer, named Luis Villa, better known as Westcol, whose followers today leaked some alleged photographs in which a woman - who they claim is Aida Victoria - appears holding bestiality with a horse, which would be a gift from her current partner, whose phone number was leaked, as well as that of the influencer. Of course, Merlano came out to deny these images: "Of course it's not me. Look, I love my number, I'm not going to change it, I don't have a problem. They wanted to put me in jail, my mom flew out of a jail, they parked motorcycles in front of me, they put guns on my back, I mean, those things don't scare me." However, the damage is done and this smear campaign has found an echo in different social networks and of course in media around the world.
TikTok star calls out rapper's shocking behaviour in disability bathroom at Aussie Music Festival READ MORE: Aussie influencer Alessia Allfree breaks down on social media By ALI DAHER FOR DAILY MAIL AUSTRALIA Published: 17:28 EST, 2 December 2024 | Updated: 17:51 EST, 2 December 2024 e-mail View comments Indigenous TikTok star Leanne, known as biglublyleanne, has sparked outrage online after detailing an explosive encounter with a prominent rapper at an Australian music festival. Taking to social media to vent her frustration, Leanne recounted the shocking incident involving her disabled friend, who was left waiting outside the festival's only accessible facility while the celebrity allegedly occupied the space for an extended period. In her now-viral TikTok video, Leanne began: 'Let me come and share this story about a celebrity that I met. I'm not gonna name names. A black fella.' 'So all my friends and I are going to the bathrooms, and there's only one gender neutral disability bathroom, which my friend needed.' 'I'm in the girl's bathroom, taking my sweet time, having a giggle, and when I come out, my friend's still waiting,' she continued. Leanne explained that she heard suspicious noises, which she believed indicated there were two people inside the bathroom. Indigenous TikTok star Leanne has sparked outrage online after detailing an explosive encounter with a prominent rapper at an Australian music festival When she knocked on the door to urge the occupants to leave, she claimed to hear more unsettling sounds. 'I knocked and said, "Could you please hurry up? There are people waiting who actually need the bathroom",' she shared. When the door finally swung open, Leanne said she was confronted by a celebrity whose behaviour she described as both aggressive and entitled. 'This dead, dumb, dying, dopey dog gets in my face,' she recounted. 'A man gets in my face and says, "What's your name? I'm going to get one of my sisters to fight you".' Leanne went on to claim that the rapper's sister, who is also a well-known figure, joined the confrontation, defending her brother's actions and escalating the tension. The TikTok influencer alleged that the rapper had been using the disability bathroom for purposes other than its intended use. 'He's in the disability bathroom... while my friends and others who genuinely need the bathroom are waiting. This person is supposed to be prominent, someone people look up to,' she continued. @biglublyleanne #fyp a yarn lol literally if u just said sorry and we coulda just moved past it and also don’t get ur sister to fight cos SHE just wanted to have fun lmaoo also dont be aggressive to women... ♬ original sound - LEELEE Read More TikTok star Kat Clark left 'fuming' at Virgin Australia after airport staff 'mock' daughter Leanne also took a jab at the rapper's stature, sarcastically referring to him as a 'short king,' before concluding with a scathing remark. 'He looks around and says, "Are you guys disabled?" and we're like "Yeah, c**, what do you think we're waiting for? To f*** spiders?"' The video has sparked widespread debate on TikTok, with many users applauding Leanne for speaking up about the misuse of accessible facilities at public events. Festival organisers and the rapper's representatives have not yet commented on the allegations. TikTok Share or comment on this article: TikTok star calls out rapper's shocking behaviour in disability bathroom at Aussie Music Festival e-mail Add commentNoneNASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The right frame can freeze a moment in time, creating meaning for the masses from a fist pump over a bloodied ear , a bridge crumbled by a ship , towns shredded by nature , and a victory sealed with an on-field kiss . In 2024, photographers across the U.S. captured glimpses of humanity, ranging from a deeply divisive presidential election , to hurricanes and fires that ravaged communities, to campus protests over the war between Israel and Hamas in Gaza. The gallery from The Associated Press illustrates a new chapter of political history — the assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump , the moment President Joe Biden announced he would no longer run again , the campaign sprint by Vice President Kamala Harris in Biden’s place, and the raw emotion from voters during a grueling contest ultimately won by Trump . Related Articles Hurricanes whipped through the country with devastating imagery, leaving a path of wreckage and death from Florida to Appalachia . After Hurricane Helene , Lake Lure in North Carolina was shown in a jarring photo covered in shards of debris thick enough to hide the surface of the water. Hurricane Milton ripped apart the roof of Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg, Florida, home to Major League Baseball’s Tampa Bay Rays. The scale of destruction experienced in some corners of the country in 2024 was hard to capture and might have been harder to fathom. That was the case when a container ship slammed into the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore, causing it to collapse and crumple around the vessel, killing construction workers on the bridge. As flames torched the landscape in California , another image captured firefighters and sheriff’s deputies pushing a vintage car away from a burning home. Elsewhere in California , one photo is aglow with bright orange flames, broken up only by the subtle features of an animal running through them. But hope also persevered in the face of devastation. In Helene’s aftermath , an image from Crystal River, Florida, shows Dustin Holmes holding hands with his girlfriend, Hailey Morgan, as they sloshed through floodwaters with her 4- and 7-year-old children to return to their flooded home. And in Manasota Key, Florida, a family was lit up by the glow of flashlights as they walked to check on their home damaged by Milton. Other photos from 2024 also grabbed the darkness and shadows to emphasize light: among them, a rocket liftoff and a total solar eclipse . And, yes, eclipse glasses were back in style for a shared moment of skygazing. But many other photos delivered a blast of color, from the spectrum of the northern lights across a Maine sky to a crew of workers wading into the deep-red of a Massachusetts cranberry bog . And, once again, Taylor Swift captured the country’s attention, even as a part of the crowd. She rushed down from the stands to kiss her boyfriend, Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce, after the Chiefs won the AFC Championship , en route to another Super Bowl win.Swinney and Brown at memorial service for ‘giant of a man’ Alex Salmond
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