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BOZEMAN, Mont. (AP) — Tommy Mellott threw for 300 yards and four touchdowns and top-seeded Montana State tied a school record with its 13th straight win, dominating Tennessee-Martin 49-17 on Saturday in the second round of the FCS playoffs. Scottre Humphrey ran for 102 yards and a touchdown, one of three rushing touchdowns for the Bobcats (13-0), who are home next weekend against the winner of Saturday's late game between Lehigh and eighth-seeded Idaho. Javascript is required for you to be able to read premium content. Please enable it in your browser settings. Get any of our free email newsletters — news headlines, obituaries, sports, and more.Swiss Olympic snowboarder Sophie Hediger dies in avalanche, aged 26
Mawson Infrastructure Group Inc. ( OTCMKTS:WIZP – Get Free Report )’s stock price traded down 4.8% on Friday . The stock traded as low as $0.92 and last traded at $0.95. 388,687 shares were traded during trading, an increase of 175% from the average session volume of 141,517 shares. The stock had previously closed at $1.00. Mawson Infrastructure Group Trading Down 3.2 % The company has a market cap of $447.61 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of -2.05 and a beta of 1.77. The business has a fifty day moving average price of $1.56 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $1.44. About Mawson Infrastructure Group ( Get Free Report ) Mawson Infrastructure Group, Inc engages in the provision of digital asset infrastructure services. The company is headquartered in North Sydney, Australia. Featured Articles Receive News & Ratings for Mawson Infrastructure Group Daily - Enter your email address below to receive a concise daily summary of the latest news and analysts' ratings for Mawson Infrastructure Group and related companies with MarketBeat.com's FREE daily email newsletter .Royal Bank of Canada stock falls Monday, underperforms market
Nikkei Trading Near 1989 Stock Peak: Double Top?LOS ANGELES — Until he sustained a season-ending knee injury last week in the Western Conference final, Galaxy playmaker Riqui Puig was having a tremendous season. So I heard. I watched Puig play only twice this year, once in the Galaxy's season-opening 1-1 draw with Inter Miami and a second time in his team's Fourth of July defeat to LAFC at the Rose Bowl. Outside of short highlight clips on social media, I never saw the former Barcelona prospect, not even when he assisted on the goal that sent the Galaxy to the MLS Cup final. That wasn't a reflection of my interest. Some of my friends will make fun of me for publicly admitting this, but I like Major League Soccer. I covered the league in my first job out of college and have casually kept up with it since. I take my children to a couple of games a year. My 11-year-old son owns Galaxy and LAFC hats but no Dodgers or Lakers merchandise. When flipping through channels in the past, if presented with the choice of, say, college football or MLS, I usually watched MLS. But not this year. While the MLS Cup final between the Galaxy and New York Red Bulls will be shown on Fox and Fox Deportes, the majority of games are now exclusively behind a paywall, courtesy of the league's broadcasting deal with Apple. MLS Season Pass subscriptions were reasonably priced — $79 for the entire season for Apple TV+ subscribers, $99 for non-subscribers — but I was already paying for DirecTV Stream, Netflix, Amazon Prime, PlayStation Plus and who knows what else. MLS became a casualty in my household, as well as in many others, and the possibility of being out of sight and out of mind should be a concern for a league that is looking to expand its audience. Which isn't to say the league made a mistake. This was a gamble MLS had to take. Now in the second year of a 10-year, $2.5 billion deal with Apple, MLS did what Major League Baseball is talking about doing, which is to centralize its broadcasting rights and sell them to a digital platform. Regional sports networks have been decimated by cord cutting, making traditional economic models unsustainable. The move to Apple not only increased the league's broadcast revenues — previous deals with ESPN, Fox and Univision were worth a combined $90 million annually, according to multiple reports — but also introduced a measure of uniformity in the league. The quality of the broadcasts are better than they were under regional sports networks. Viewers know where to watch games and when, as every one of them is on Season Pass and most of them are scheduled to start at 7:30 p.m. local time either on Wednesday or Saturday. "That's been fueling our growth and driving our fan engagement," MLS Commissioner Don Garber said Friday at his annual state of the league address. Apple and MLS declined to reveal the number of League Pass subscribers, but the league provided polling figures that indicated 94% of viewers offered positive or neutral reviews of League Pass. The average viewing time for a game is about 65 minutes for a 90-minute game, according to Garber. In other words, the League Pass is well-liked — by the people who have it. The challenge now is to increase that audience. The launch of League Pass last year coincided with the arrival of Lionel Messi, which presumably resulted in a wave of subscriptions. But the league can't count on the appearance of the next Messi; there is only one of him. MLS pointed to how its fans watch sports on streaming devices or recorded television than any other U.S. sports league, as well as how 71% of its fans are under the age of 45. The league also pointed to how it effectively drew more viewers to the Apple broadcast of Inter Miami's postseason opener with a livestream of a "Messi Cam' on TikTok, indicating further collaborations with wide-reaching entities could be in its future. Garber mentioned how Season Pass is available in other countries. The commissioner also made note of how Apple places games every week in front of its paywall. "What we have, really, is a communication problem," Garber said. "This is new, and we've got to work with Apple, we've got to work with our clubs and we've got to work with our partners to get more exposure to what we think is a great product." The greatest benefit to the league could be Apple's vested interest in improving the on-field product. MLS insiders said Apple has not only encouraged teams to sign more high-profile players but also pushed the league to switch to a fall-to-spring calendar more commonplace in other parts of the world, reasoning that doing so would simplify the process of buying and selling players. The on-field product is what matters. The on-field product is why MLS continues to face competition for viewers from overseas leagues. The on-field product is why the league hasn't succeeded in converting every soccer fan into a MLS fan. And ultimately, if casual viewers such as myself are to pay to watch the Galaxy or LAFC on a screen of some kind, the on-field product will be why. Get local news delivered to your inbox!College Insider is a periodic compilation of notes, quotes and inside information from the college athletics scene and curated by Forum sports reporters Jeff Kolpack (jkolpack@forumcomm.com) and Eric Peterson (epeterson@forumcomm.com). FARGO — North Dakota State College of Science is launching a women's soccer program next fall, a challenge that Steven Ness embraces. “The first thing that appealed to me was the opportunity to start a program," Ness said. NDSCS recently announced Ness as the program's first head coach. The program will compete at the non-scholarship NJCAA Division III level. The Wildcats are set to compete in the Minnesota College Athletic Conference, which has four current women's soccer members in Rochester Community and Technical College, Anoka-Ramsey Community College, Lake Superior Community College and Alexandria Technical and Community College. NDSCS is set to have seven varsity sports once women's soccer is launched. Ness and athletic director Reggie Jackson both said the Fargo-Moorhead area is going to be a natural recruiting area to target for the Wildcats. “Fargo-Moorhead has always had great talent," Ness said. “Soccer is pretty big in the Fargo metro area and we’re not far from there," Jackson added. "We're another place those kids can look to play soccer." Ness officially starts Dec. 1 and building a roster is a top priority. He would like to have a roster of at least 22 players for the first season and in a best-case scenario around 30. “We’re going to look as hard as we can because we’re already behind," Ness said. "We’re going to be super strategic and we’re going to work very hard.” Jackson said NDSCS President Rod Flanigan was a driving force behind adding women's soccer. "The launch of our women’s soccer program marks a significant milestone in NDSCS’s history," Flanigan said. Jackson said the soccer team will play home games at Frank Vertin Field, where the football team plays. The plan is to have a new artificial turf surface by next fall. The school has a total 2024 fall enrollment of around 3,300 students, Jackson said, so adding another sport is a natural progression. “We have very good enrollment and our students are looking for something to be active in," Jackson said. Jackson added the team has eight conference games slated for next fall and the goal would be to schedule around seven more nonconference contests for the inaugural season. Ness has around 10 years of coaching experience at the high school level between Fergus Falls Public Schools and Fergus Fall Hillcrest. He also has experience as a referee and referee coordinator for the Fergus Falls Youth Soccer Association. “He really wanted to get this off the ground," Jackson said. “It was his energy as well as his vision. This is going to be a five-year process building a program from nothing.” The Concordia women's basketball team has been the top scoring offense over all levels on the NCAA early in the season. The Cobbers are averaging 106.3 points per game through three games to lead Division III. Carson-Newman leads Division II with 94.0 points per game, while Florida State leads Division I with 100.7 points per game. "That's crazy," said Cobbers head coach Kim Wagers . "It's probably skewed a little bit. I think we've probably played the fewest games." The Cobbers have an 83-57 road victory against Minnesota-Morris, a 150-44 home victory against Providence (Manitoba) and an 86-75 road victory against Wisconsin-Stout. “We like to play at a pretty fast pace, which definitely helps from a scoring standpoint," Wagers said. "We’re shooting it well from deep, which is really fun to see. We really emphasize ball movement and pushing pace.” Senior guard Carlee Sieben and senior forward Makayla Anderson lead the way for the Cobbers in scoring. Sieben is averaging 20.7 points per game, while Anderson is netting 19.0 points per contest. “It’s really nice to have that inside-outside presence," Wagers said of the senior duo. “It creates matchup issues for some teams. ... It’s really fun that type of balance to really have two go-to (players).” Concordia is shooting 54% from the field and 53% from 3-point range through three games. The Cobbers play at Wisconsin-River Falls at 5 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 26, to continue their nonconference schedule. “I think our group is a pretty tight-knit group," Wagers said. "They are playing with each other and through each other. It's been fun to see." The 6-foot Anderson was named the Minnesota Intercollegiate Conference offensive player of the week, scoring a career-high 26 points in the team's victory at No. 13-ranked Wisconsin-Stout on Saturday, Nov. 23. Minnesota State Moorhead junior Logan Kinsey scored a career-best 27 points in a 74-70 loss against Michigan Tech on Saturday, Nov. 23, in Duluth, Minnesota. The 6-foot-6 Kinsey shot 9-for-17 from the field and also grabbed nine rebounds. The Dragons (5-1) lost for the first time this season. MSUM next plays Northern State on Dec. 5 at Alex Nemzek Fieldhouse to start Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference play. ... Mayville State senior guard Mackenzie Hughes scored 30 points in a 79-63 women's basketball victory against NCAA Division II Minot State last Thursday. The Comets, an NAIA program, are off to a 5-1 start and host Minnesota-Morris at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 26.
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New Delhi : The Central Bureau of Investigation ( CBI ) and the Enforcement Directorate (ED) are set to start trials in some high-profile cases under the Prevention of Corruption Act and Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA). ET Year-end Special Reads What kept India's stock market investors on toes in 2024? India's car race: How far EVs went in 2024 Investing in 2025: Six wealth management trends to watch out for Although the federal investigative agencies had filed several charge sheets against the accused - most of whom are out on bail - the trials had not been initiated. Most of these cases are at the stage of Section 207 of the Criminal Procedure Code (CrpC), which requires that the accused be provided with certain documents used by the prosecution to buttress its case against the accused. In one of the high profile cases, CBI has concluded its arguments on framing of charges against former Union railway minister Lalu Prasad and co-accused. The need to kick-start trials also stems from the recent orders of the Supreme Court which, while granting bail to the accused, has repeatedly underscored the need to commence trials without delay. Besides completing investigations and starting trials, ED is also focusing on restitution of assets to victims. ET takes a deep dive into the high-profile cases in which agencies will try to commence the trial in 2025. 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In September 2024, the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) had accorded sanction to prosecute Prasad. A month later, the sanction to prosecute 30 co-accused was also received from the authorities. CBI had previously received sanction to prosecute Prasad for his alleged involvement in the alleged scam. The agency had filed two charge sheets, elaborating his alleged role in illegal recruitment of employees in two railway zones - central and western. But CBI filed its final and composite charge sheet in the case, including all the remaining railway zones. Prasad and other public servants were also charged in the final charge sheet. It is for this final charge sheet that the agency had sought sanction from the authorities in June. CBI is awaiting sanction to prosecute a former government servant, RK Mahajan, private secretary to Prasad, following which the agency will argue on framing of charges against Prasad, his kin and co-accused. After CBI, the accused will be given an opportunity to counter the agency's contentions. The counsel of accused will demand discharge, following which the court will take a decision whether to start trial or discharge accused. ED has attached properties of Prasad's family worth ₹6 crore in connection with the case. The properties attached by the agency include Delhi and Patna properties, including a house in New Friends Colony. CBI, in its charge sheet, has described Prasad, his wife and son (Tejashwi) as "ultimate beneficiaries". All three have denied the allegations against them. IRCTC case This is another alleged scandal in which CBI has filed charge sheets against Prasad, Tejashwi Yadav and Rabri Devi. The agency has already concluded its arguments on framing of charges. The special CBI court has already made it clear that hearing needs to be "expedited" and "adjournments are to be avoided". The defence is yet to present its counter arguments, following which the court will pronounce its verdict on whether or not to frame charges against the accused. If the court decides to frame charges, it will mean commencement of trial. The trial hasn't commenced because a co-accused - former government official Vinod Kumar Asthana - had last year obtained a stay from the Supreme Court on framing of charges against him. Asthana has demanded quashing of cognisance of CBI's charge sheet taken by the special court. He had moved SC after the Delhi High Court dismissed his plea in October 2022, ruling "it would not be feasible to quash the proceedings at such an initial stage". CBI has moved an application for early hearing of its plea seeking to vacate the stay granted in favour of Asthana. The plea is yet to come up for hearing in SC. The CBI court in July 2018 took cognisance of a charge sheet against Prasad and the other co-accused registered a year earlier for allegedly making illegal gains by tweaking the terms of a tender for IRCTC hotel contracts. CBI had booked Prasad, Rabri Devi, Tejashwi Yadav and others in July 2017 for allegedly making ill-gotten gains by tweaking the terms of tender of IRCTC hotels. As per CBI, Prasad had colluded with the owners of Chanakya and Sujata Hotel in Patna through IRCTC officials and owners of a front company belonging to Prasad and his wife. Delhi excise policy case All the accused in the erstwhile excise policy case of Delhi have been released on bail. The case includes senior AAP leaders - former CM Arvind Kejriwal , former deputy CM Manish Sisodia, Sanjay Singh and others. The case is at the stage of Section 207 of CrPC. After furnishing of documents sought by the accused, CBI will argue on framing of charges. In a first, in May 2024, the ED filed a charge sheet against AAP as an accused under PMLA. AAP became the first political party to have been accused under anti-money laundering laws. ED invoked Section 70 (1) of PMLA to implead AAP as an accused. It will be significant to observe whether the court decides to charge AAP as an accused and start a trial against it. SC, while ordering release of the accused in the case, had recorded that the trial had not commenced. Granting bail to Kejriwal on September 13, the top court had slammed CBI. "It is imperative that CBI dispel the notion of it being a caged parrot," justice Ujjal Bhuyan, as part of a bench, had said in his judgment. "In a functional democracy governed by the rule of law, perception matters. Like Caesar's wife, an investigating agency must be above board," he had said. CBI's perception should rather be "that of an uncaged parrot", he said. VVIP chopper case CBI is likely to press for deciding its application seeking to segregate the trial. In December 2022, the agency had moved a special court, urging it to segregate the trial of the accused who have been served summons and joined investigation from those (accused) who have till date either not been served upon or have evaded the investigation. In its application, CBI argued that the accused who joined the probe cannot be denied their "right to speedy trial". The trial has yet to begin nearly 12 years after a probe was launched into alleged irregularities in an air force deal to purchase helicopters for transporting VVIPs. So far, CBI and ED have filed more than a dozen chargesheets in the case. However, the trial court could not make a decision on CBI's application seeking segregation of trial because CBI moved the Delhi High Court challenging orders passed by the special CBI court permitting a co-accused to inspect documents not relied upon by the agency. The appeal stated that the agency was required to produce only before the court all material collected by it during investigation which it proposes to rely upon. In July 2024, the CBI had informed the Delhi High Court that it had no difficulty if the accused inspected unrelied documents and statements of witnesses. The agency's stand had contrasted with its earlier position. The high court disposed of CBI's petition after the agency told it that "only for the purpose of expedience and without going into the merits, the present petition may be disposed of" and the accused "may be allowed to inspect unrelied documents and unrelied statements of witnesses". This meant the decks were cleared for the CBI to seek commencement of trial. The accused are being supplied documents, following which CBI will press its application for segregation of trial, said people in the know. Cash-for-jobs case (Bengal) SC in December directed the trial court to decide on framing of charges before the commencement of winter vacations or before December 31, 2024, whichever is earlier. The alleged cash-for-jobs scandal involves former West Bengal education minister Partha Chatterjee. SC ordered expediting the trial on a bail plea of Chatterjee. A bench headed by justice Surya Kant ordered that Chatterjee can be released on bail on or before February 1, 2025, in the money laundering case registered against him by ED. The bench directed the trial court to record the statements of prosecution witnesses who are most material and vulnerable in the second or third week of January 2025. Subject to the completion of these steps, Chatterjee can be released on bail. ED had also arrested Chatterjee's alleged associate, Arpita Mukherjee, in the case. Restitution of assets by ED After taking charge as the new ED director in August 2024, Rahul Navin had made it clear to sleuths that the focus must be on concluding investigations in key cases and initiating trials. The agency has also made significant progress in restitution of assets to victims. The agency has restored properties worth ₹22,280 crore to the victims or rightful claimants and the fight against economic offenders will continue unabated, finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman had informed the Lok Sabha in the winter session. ED has recovered assets worth ₹17,750 crore in connection with various cases involving fugitives Vijay Mallya, Nirav Modi and Mehul Choksi. Sitharaman had also informed that ₹14,131.6 crore worth of properties belonging to Mallya have been restored to public sector banks. (You can now subscribe to our Economic Times WhatsApp channel )Cardinals' feel-good month comes to a screeching halt after a head-scratching loss to Seahawks
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One issue that policymakers around the world should reflect on in these newly inflationary times is that America’s inflation fighting of the 1980s was set in motion by Mr. Carter in the form of deregulation and hawkish monetary policy – well before the Reagan Revolution, the phenomenon associated with Mr. Carter’s successor, to whom the credit is often given. At the end of the 1970s, the U.S. economy was plagued by inflation and financial market volatility. Jimmy Carter, former U.S. president and Nobel Peace Prize winner, dies at 100 Several Federal Reserve chairs, including Arthur Burns, William Miller and Frederick Schultz (in an acting capacity), all had failed to tackle inflation head-on, with dire consequences: inflationary spirals that ravaged the financial well-being of Americans, especially those at or below the median income. In late July, 1979, Mr. Carter nominated Paul Volcker, then the hawkish president of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, to head the central bank. While sitting on the Federal Open Market Committee, Mr. Volcker had made it clear he was in favour of more aggressive interest rate increases. He took action in fighting inflation with increases that past Fed chairs had been too afraid to introduce, eventually raising interest rates to a peak of 21.5 per cent in 1981. Despite contributing to a significant labour market pullback that included unemployment above 10 per cent, the hikes pushed inflation, which had peaked at 14.8 per cent in 1980, to fall below 3 per cent by 1983. The episode is still cited by economists and textbooks as one of the greatest empirical examples of how raising interest rates can reduce inflation by lowering aggregate demand. Opinion: Remembering Jimmy Carter, a presidential study in contradiction and high conduct In 1983, President Ronald Reagan reappointed Mr. Volcker to a second term, beginning a long tradition of reappointing Fed chairs (even across party lines) that would last 35 years and further enshrine central bank independence. President Carter’s initial decision had important long-term consequences. The Carter-Volcker inflation-fighting legacy is a lesson that President Joe Biden, current Fed chair Jay Powell and other Federal Reserve officials should remember as they continue their quest to vanquish the early 2020s inflation spike – after initially hesitating, in the mistaken belief that inflation would subside on its own, without central bank intervention. Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter signs a disaster relief declaration for cold-stricken Buffalo, N.Y., on Feb. 5, 1977. John Duricka/AP Lt. James "Jimmy" Carter, background, peers at instruments in main control room of the submarine USS K-1 (SSK-1) in 1952. From 1952-53, Carter served on temporary duty with the Naval Reactors Branch of U.S. Atomic Energy Commission to assist "in the design and development of nuclear propulsion plants for naval vessels." Courtesy of Naval History and Heritage Command American politician Jimmy Carter looks up while shoveling peanuts on a peanut farm, 1970s. Hulton Archive/Getty Images In a photo provided by Special Collections and Archives/Georgia State University, Dorothy Bolden, left, founder of the National Domestic Workers Union, with Jimmy Carter when he was Georgia's governor, in 1970. Bolden adapted the organizing techniques she learned as a civil rights activist to secure protections for domestic workers, a largely unregulated part of the work force. SPECIAL COLLECTIONS AND ARCHIVES/The New York Times News Service President elect Jimmy Carter (c), flanked by his wife Rosalynn (L), his daughter Amy (2nd L) and family, celebrates his election during a rally in Atlanta on November 3, 1976. Jimmy Carter was elected 39th President of the United States on November 2, 1976, with 51% of votes against 48% for incumbent Republican president Gerald Ford. GENE FORTE/Getty Images Supporters of Democratic presidential candidate Jimmy Carter hold up signs during a rally on May 15, 1976 in New York. Jimmy Carter was elected 39th President of the United States on November 2, 1976, with 51% of votes against 48% for incumbent Republican president Gerald Ford. -/Getty Images Chief Justice Warren Burger administers the oath of office to Jimmy Carter (R) as the 39th President of the United Sates on January 20, 1977. Rosalynn Carter is looking on. -/Getty Images Former Prime Minister Pierre Elliott Trudeau, right, presents former U.S. President Jimmy Carter with a copy of 'Between Friends,' a book of pictures made along the U.S.-Canadian border, on Feb. 21, 1977. Anonymous/The Associated Press In this Tuesday, Aug. 30, 1977 file photo, President Jimmy Carter meets with civic leaders from Georgia and Florida at the White House in Washington to explain his new Panama Canal treaty. Hharvey Georges/The Associated Press In this file photo taken on September 17, 1978, Egyptian President Anwar al-Sadat (back to camera) and Israeli Premier Menachem Begin embrace each other after signing a peace agreement as U.S. President Jimmy Carter looks on, in the East Room of the White House in Washington D.C. -/AFP/Getty Images Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter, left, and Ronald Reagan shake hands before a televised debate in October 1980, in Cleveland, Ohio. The Associated Press Former U.S. president Jimmy Carter, right, with Lowell BruceLaingen, one of the American hostages released by Iran, in Wiesbaden, West Germany, Jan. 21, 1981. D. GORTON/The New York Times News Service Photo shows Bill Gates Sr., (L) former South African President Nelson Mandela and former U.S. President Jimmy Carter holding babies at the Zola clinic, in the Soweto Township outside of Johannesburg, South Africa on March 7, 2002. The babies were born to mothers who have tested positive for HIV. Carter on a trip for the Bill and Melinda Gates foundation in an effort to focus attention on HIV and AIDS prevention. On Oct. 11 2002, Carter won the Nobel Peace Prize for years of tireless effort as an international mediator. JEFF CHRISTENSEN/Getty Images Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter (L) participates in election monitoring 08 May 1994 in Panama City. Carter, 78, on Friday 11 October 2002 won the 2002 Nobel Peace Prize for years of tireless effort as an international mediator. Carter, 78, was honoured for "his decades of untiring effort to find peaceful solutions to international conflicts, to advance democracy and human rights, and to promote economic and social development", the Norwegian Nobel Committee said. RODRIGO ARANGUA/Getty Images Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter holds up his Nobel Peace Prize December 10, 2002 in Oslo, Norway. Carter was recognized for many years of public service and urged others to work for peace during his acceptance speech. Getty Images/Getty Images Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter and former First Lady Rosalyn Carter attach siding to the front of a Habitat for Humanity home being built June 10, 2003 in LaGrange, Georgia. More than 90 homes are being built in LaGrange; Valdosta, Georgia; and Anniston, Alabama by volunteers as part of Habitat for Humanity International's Jimmy Carter Work Project 2003. Erik S. Lesser/Getty Images Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter (L) takes notes 02 December 2004 while listening to a translater during his polling station observation visit in Maputo, Mozambique. Mozambique's long-time President Joaquim Chissano expressed surprise Thursday at the abysmal turn-out in elections to choose his successor, and blamed the poor showing on widespread illiteracy and ignorance of political systems. MARCO LONGARI/Getty Images Jimmy Carter talks with his grandson Hugo Wentzel, 10, during a picnic event on October 31, 2009 in Istanbul, Turkey. Jimmy Carter, Desmond Tutu and their fellow Elders invited their grandchildren to join them this week to remind the world of the catastrophic risk of climate change to future generations. The seven Elders and their thirteen grandchildren from Asia, Africa, Europe and America met in Istanbul with the group ranging in age from 3 to 85. Supplied/Getty Images Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter tries to comfort 6-year-old Ruhama Issah at Savelugu (Ghana) Hospital as a Carter Center technical assistant dresses Issah's extremely painful Guinea worm wound. In May 2010, with Carter Center support, Ghana reported its last case of Guinea worm disease and announced it had stopped disease transmission a year later. Louise Gubb/Carter Center Former U.S. president Jimmy Carter and former first lady Rosalynn Carter at Mr. Carter's 90th birthday celebration at Georgia Southwestern University. Branden Camp/The Associated Press Former U.S. president Jimmy Carter signs copies of his new book at a Barnes & Noble bookstore in New York City in March 26, 2018. Drew Angerer/Getty Images Former President Jimmy Carter greets visitors before teaching a Sunday school class at Maranatha Baptist Church in Plains, Ga., April 15, 2018. MELISSA GOLDEN/The New York Times News Service Former U.S. president Jimmy Carter and former first lady Rosalynn Carter work with volunteers during the first day of the Jimmy & Rosalynn Carter Work Project for Humanity, on Aug. 27, 2018, in Mishawaka, Ind. Robert Franklin/The Associated Press Mr. Carter also played a substantial role in the deregulation of many industries in the United States in the late 20th century. In 1978, he signed the Airline Deregulation Act into law, which removed federal government control over the industry, paving the way for low-cost carriers such as Southwest Airlines. Later that same year, he also signed into law the Energy Act, legislation that would deregulate oil and gas prices and later increase the supply of energy, lowering prices further. It also ended a period in which natural gas was blocked from entering interstate markets from producing states. Deregulating many other industries would follow, even after the Carter administration. This practice has its critics, who say it erodes the rights of workers, but it has unquestionably resulted in further reducing prices and thus improving consumer welfare, especially for those below the median income, as inflation is historically higher for the poor. While Mr. Reagan often gets the credit for deregulation and fighting inflation – he was in office during most of Mr. Volcker’s term at the Fed – some of the seeds of the Reagan Revolution were planted by a kind peanut farmer from Georgia named Jimmy Carter.
NEW YORK — I’ll get you, my pretty! And your little pygmy hippo, too! Forgive us the shameless attempt to link the fantasy hit “Wicked” to the delightful Moo Deng . But, hear us out — there’s something the two have in common as the year draws to a close. Escapism. Whether we found it on the yellow brick road, or in videos from a Thailand zoo, or perhaps in unlikely Olympic heroes , we gravitated toward fantasy and feel-good pop culture moments this year. There were new trends, as always. “Brat summer” became a thing, as did “demure, mindful.” And for some inexplicable reason, we became obsessed with celebrity lookalike contests. People are also reading... There were breakups — Bennifer is, again, a thing of the past — and reunions: Oasis, please try to stay together for the tour. Yet some things stayed, remarkably, the same: Taylor Swift and Beyoncé kept on breaking records and making history. So, after a year where much changed but some things held steady, here’s our annual, very selective trip down pop culture memory lane: Lily Gladstone poses in the press room Jan. 7 with the award for best performance by an actress in a motion picture, drama for "Killers of the Flower Moon" at the 81st Golden Globe Awards at the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, Calif. January It starts as a cheery tweet from a beloved “Sesame Street” figure: “ ELMO is just checking in! How is everybody doing?” The answers hint at something deeper and more worrisome. “Not great, Elmo. Not great,” says one milder reply. Doing much better is the viral phenomenon called “BARBENHEIMER,” which makes its awards season debut at the GOLDEN GLOBES . But perhaps the most poignant moment comes from neither film: LILY GLADSTONE , first Indigenous winner of best actress in a drama for “Killers of the Flower Moon,” begins her remarks in the language of her tribe, Blackfeet Nation. Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce (87) kisses Taylor Swift on Feb. 11 after the Kansas City Chiefs defeated the San Francisco 49ers in overtime during the NFL Super Bowl 58 football game in Las Vegas. February Valentine’s Day — a perfect time to settle into a sweet love saga via TikTok. Only that’s not quite what we get with “Who TF Did I Marry?,” REESA TEESA ’s depressing, fascinating, 50-part account of her disastrous marriage with a man who lied about absolutely everything. Meanwhile, if you're looking for a single week that encapsulates peak SWIFT cultural dominance , try this: she begins with the Grammys in Los Angeles (becoming the first artist to win album of the year four times AND announcing a new album), then heads to Tokyo for four tour dates, then jets back just in time for the Super Bowl in Las Vegas — where she shares a passionate smooch with boyfriend TRAVIS KELCE on the field of victory. Ryan Gosling performs the song "I'm Just Ken" from the movie "Barbie" on March 10 during the Oscars at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. March “What was I made for?” BILLIE EILISH sings at the OSCARS, channeling BARBIE . And what was KEN made for? Not entirely clear — but it's clear RYAN GOSLING was made to play him. His singalong version of “I’m Just Ken” is one of the most entertaining Oscar musical moments in years. Still, Christopher Nolan's “OPPENHEIMER” prevails, a rare case of the top prize going to a blockbuster studio film. Will it happen again in 2025? CYNTHIA ERIVO and ARIANA GRANDE sure hope so; as presenters, they make a sly reference to their upcoming juggernaut, “WICKED.” Speaking of marketing, people are obsessed with that bizarre “DUNE” popcorn bucket. Beyonce And BEYONCÉ carves her space in country music with “Act II: Cowboy Carter,” which will make her the first Black woman to top the Billboard country chart. Taylor Swift performs June 21 at Wembley Stadium in London as part of her Eras Tour. April Tennis, anyone? The game’s been around for centuries, but it’s having a cultural moment right now, helped mightily by “CHALLENGERS,” the sweaty romance triangle starring ZENDAYA, MIKE FAIST and JOSH O'CONNOR (40-love? More like 40-sex.) Elsewhere, a new era dawns: At midnight, SWIFT drops “THE TORTURED POETS DEPARTMENT," then drops another 15 songs two hours later. The fascinating and disturbing “BABY REINDEER,” the story of a struggling comedian’s extended encounter with a stalker, debuts on Netflix. Ben Affleck, left, and Jennifer Lopez arrive Feb. 13 at the premiere of "This Is Me ... Now: A Love Story" at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. May It’s MET GALA time — or as it's known in 2024, another early marketing moment for “WICKED.” ERIVO and GRANDE make fashion waves on the carpet and then musical ones at dinner, with a soulful performance of “When You Believe.” If the “Wicked” tour is in full force, another one stops in its tracks: JENNIFER LOPEZ cancels her summer tour amid reports of both poor ticket sales and trouble in her marriage to BEN AFFLECK . It’s been an eventful year for J.Lo, who's released an album and movie called “THIS IS ME ... NOW" — both reflections on her renewed love with Affleck. June Welcome to BRAT SUMMER ! CHARLI XCX releases her hit “Brat” album , with its lime green cover, and launches a thousand memes. Collins Dictionary defines “brat,” its word of the year, as “characterized by a confident, independent, and hedonistic attitude.” At the celeb-heavy SWIFT shows in London, we see PRINCE WILLIAM shaking it off, which is either charming or cringe, you decide. Even better: KELCE dons a top hat and tux and performs for one night. At another stadium across the pond, METS infielder JOSE IGLESIAS delights the crowd with his cheery number “OMG.” Stephen Nedoroscik is introduced June 29 at the United States Gymnastics Olympic Trials in Minneapolis. July Bonjour, it’s OLYMPICS time! In Paris! An audacious opening ceremony along the Seine is punctuated by a fabulous CELINE DION , perched on the EIFFEL TOWER , singing her heart out — in the rain, too. Controversy swirls over a scene critics feel mocks Leonardo da Vinci’s “The Last Supper” (organizers say it does not). Olympic stars are born — including French swimming superstar LEON MARCHAND , rugby player ILONA MAHER , and bespectacled “Pommel Horse Guy” gymnast STEPHEN NEDOROSCIK , who nets two bronze medals and comparisons to Clark Kent. Baby pigmy hippo Moo Deng plays with a zookeeper Sept. 19 in the Khao Kheow Open Zoo in Chonburi province, Thailand. Also capturing hearts: yep, MOO DENG , born this month. Her name means “bouncy pork.” Australia's Rachael Gunn, known as B-Girl Raygun, competes Aug. 9 during the Round Robin Battle at the breaking competition at La Concorde Urban Park at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France. August This is them ... now: BENNIFER is no more. After two decades, two engagements and two weddings, J.Lo files for divorce. One union dissolves, another returns: OASIS announces a reunion tour. Everyone seems to want to get in on TikToker JOOLS LEBRON 's “ DEMURE, MINDFUL ” act — even the WHITE HOUSE press team. Back at the Olympics, in the new sport of breaking, we meet Australia’s RAYGUN , arguably neither demure nor mindful with her “kangaroo” move. Los Angeles Dodgers' Shohei Ohtani brings his dog Decoy to the mound Aug. 28 before Decoy delivered the ceremonial first pitch prior to a baseball game between the Dodgers and the Baltimore Orioles in Los Angeles. Cute animal alert: SHOHEI OHTANI ’s perky pooch DECOY does a great “first pitch” in his Major League Baseball debut. Chappell Roan performs "Good Luck, Babe" on Sept. 11 during the MTV Video Music Awards at UBS Arena in Elmont, N.Y. September One of the year’s biggest breakout artists, CHAPPELL ROAN , withdraws from a music festival after speaking out about frightening fan interactions. And more on the price of fame: In an excruciating moment, “Bachelorette” JENN TRAN , the franchise’s first Asian American lead, is forced to sit through a painful viewing of her proposal to her chosen suitor, after tearfully explaining how he’d later dumped her over the phone. Tran is keeping busy though — she’s announced as part of the new “Dancing with the Stars” lineup. Also on the list: rugby player Maher, and Pommel Horse Guy! Also, ANNA SOROKIN , dancing with an ankle monitor. Online fandom, meanwhile, is shaken when X is temporarily suspended in Brazil and celebrity stan accounts post tearful farewells, revealing to many across the globe that their favorite accounts are run by Brazilians. Miles Mitchell, 21, wins of the Timothee Chalamet lookalike contest Oct. 27 near Washington Square Park in New York. October “Dune” Chalamets! “Wonka” Chalamets! Thousands gather in Manhattan for a TIMOTHÉE CHALAMET lookalike contest, and things really get interesting when Chalamet himself shows up. He doesn’t enter the contest, though, and with his mustache, he may not even have won. The trend continues with contests for JEREMY ALLEN WHITE, ZAYN MALIK and — in a very Washington version — Kennedy scion JACK SCHLOSSBERG , who's been gathering a following with some interesting social media posts. New York Liberty Kennedy Burke dances with the mascot, Ellie the Elephant, during an Oct. 24 ceremony after a parade in honor of the Liberty's WNBA basketball championship at City Hall in New York. Turning to basketball, who’s that dancing with USHER ? Why it’s ELLIE THE ELEPHANT , the now-viral NEW YORK LIBERTY mascot. Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris, right, appears Nov. 2 with Maya Rudolph on NBC's "Saturday Night Live" in New York. November MAYA RUDOLPH does a pretty good KAMALA HARRIS laugh on “Saturday Night Live,” but you know who does it better? HARRIS herself. The Democratic candidate makes a surprise cameo three days before the U.S. presidential election, following in the footsteps of HILLARY CLINTON , SARAH PALIN and others. Elsewhere in television, Bravo announces that “VANDERPUMP RULES,” the Emmy-nominated reality show that has lived through countless scandals, is entirely recasting its 12th season — apart from namesake LISA VANDERPUMP . As for MOO DENG , she doesn't have her own TV series yet, but our favorite pygmy hippo is generating plenty of merch . And THAT brings us back to ... Ariana Grande, left, and Cynthia Erivo pose for photographers Nov. 11 prior to the premiere of "Wicked" at Auditorio Nacional in Mexico City. December “WICKED” ! Director JON M. CHU ’s emerald-hued fantasy remains very very popular, to quote one of its buzzy show tunes, dancing through life and defying gravity at the multiplex. Moviegoers also come for “GLADIATOR II” and, in a veritable tidal wave, Disney's “MOANA 2,” which beckons us back to the seas of Oceania. Once again, 2024 seems to be telling us: Give people some whimsy, a place to escape, maybe some catchy tunes — and no one knows how far they’ll go. 2024 Year in Review The stories and images that defined 2024. What were the most popular Wikipedia pages of 2024? Searching for something? From queries about U.S. politics to cricket in India, Wikipedia has become a source of information for millions of people across the globe. PHOTOS: The top sports images from 2024 From the Paris Olympics to the Super Bowl. From Simone Biles to Shohei Ohtani. And, of course, Travis Kelce and Taylor Swift. These are the sp... PHOTOS: The top images of 2024 AP photographers assembled a visual catalog of our civilization as life in 2024 hurtled directly at us at every speed and in every imaginable ... PHOTOS: The top images from the US in 2024 In 2024, photographers captured glimpses of humanity, ranging from a deeply divisive presidential election, to hurricanes and fires that ravag... PHOTOS: The top images from the 2024 elections Associated Press photographers captured voters with raw emotions of joy, excitement, contemplation or sorrow. PHOTOS: The top entertainment images from 2024 See entertainment's biggest moments in 2024, through the lens of Associated Press photographers. How to sum up 2024? The Oxford University Press word of the year is 'brain rot' It beat five other finalists: demure, slop, dynamic pricing, romantasy and lore. From Kamala to Chappell, here are some of the most mispronounced words of 2024 News anchors, politicians and other public figures in the U.S. struggled with these words the most this year. 'Polarization' is Merriam-Webster's 2024 word of the year Is it any surprise Merriam-Webster's word of the year is "polarization"? Here are the other words that rounded out the top 10 for 2024. Stay up-to-date on what's happening Receive the latest in local entertainment news in your inbox weekly!
NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — Tariq Francis had 23 points in NJIT's 69-64 win over Navy on Saturday. Francis shot 9 for 26 (1 for 8 from 3-point range) and 4 of 4 from the free-throw line for the Highlanders (2-9). Sebastian Robinson added 19 points while shooting 9 of 16 from the field while they also had five rebounds. Tim Moore Jr. went 4 of 6 from the field (1 for 3 from 3-point range) to finish with 10 points. The Midshipmen (3-7) were led in scoring by Donovan Draper, who finished with 22 points and 16 rebounds. Austin Benigni added 18 points and five assists for Navy. Aidan Kehoe also put up 10 points and seven rebounds. NJIT went into the half tied with Navy 33-33. Moore scored 10 points in the half. Francis' 17-point second half helped NJIT close out the five-point victory. The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar .Judge rejects request to sideline SJSU volleyball player