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Rights advocates decry the nomination of the Florida Republican, who has compared Palestinian civilians to Nazis. Washington, DC – Palestinian rights advocates in the United States are denouncing the selection of Republican Congressman Brian Mast to lead the House Foreign Affairs Committee. Mast, a pro-Israel hawk known for his incendiary remarks about Palestinians, was nominated on Monday by fellow Republicans to be the chair of the influential panel in the incoming Congress, sparking outrage. On Tuesday, the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) highlighted Mast’s history of anti-Palestinian statements, including his vilification of civilians and his call for destroying infrastructure in Gaza . “Brian Mast might be the perfect person to serve as a spokesperson for the war criminals of the Israeli government, but he has no business running congressional hearings on sensitive international issues that impact our nation’s security,” CAIR government affairs director Robert McCaw said in a statement . Mast hit back at CAIR on Wednesday. “I’d be more concerned if they were supporting me. Pace yourselves and buckle up,” he wrote in a social media post. To assume leadership of the committee, the Florida Republican still needs to be elected by the full House, where his party holds a thin majority when the new chamber takes office early in January. If successful, Mast — who wore an Israeli army uniform to the US Capitol last year — will preside over the panel that oversees legislation related to foreign policy. Mast, a US army veteran who lost his legs in an attack in Afghanistan, has previously served as a civilian volunteer in the Israeli military. Comparing Palestinians to Nazis Since the start of Israel’s war in Gaza in October last year, Mast has publicly defended Israel’s right to use any means necessary to attack the Palestinian enclave. Last year, for example, Mast said humanitarian aid to Gaza “should be slowed down”, despite a suffocating Israeli siege that has caused deadly starvation in the enclave. The International Criminal Court (ICC) issued arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his former Defence Minister Yoav Gallant in November for suspected war crimes, including the use of hunger as a weapon of war. Mast has also suggested that all Palestinians in Gaza are legitimate targets for Israeli violence and starvation. “I don’t think we would so lightly throw around the term ‘innocent Nazi civilians’ during World War II. It is not a far stretch to say there are very few innocent Palestinian civilians,” the US congressman said last year. The remarks prompted Democratic Congresswoman Sara Jacobs to lead an unsuccessful push to formally rebuke Mast in the House. “Brian Mast’s comments are incredibly dangerous and dehumanizing as we continue to push for humanitarian aid to reach Palestinians in harm’s way in Gaza and as Islamophobic hate crimes rise,” Jacobs said in a statement at that time. Medea Benjamin, co-founder of the antiwar group Code Pink, described Mast as the “most cruel, heartless member of Congress”. “His total disregard for Palestinian civilians fans the flames of violence. His position as chair of the Foreign Affairs Committee bodes ill for a foreign policy that strives to protect human life and promote peace,” she told Al Jazeera. Benjamin and other activists confronted Mast on Capitol Hill about his views earlier this year. When asked whether he has seen pictures of Palestinian children killed by Israel, the Republican legislator responded: “These are not innocent Palestinian civilians.” Israel has killed at least 44,800 Palestinians, including more than 17,000 children, in Gaza since the start of the war, according to local health authorities. United Nations experts and rights groups have described the Israeli campaign as a genocide: an effort to destroy the Palestinian people in whole or in part. ‘Absurdity and fanaticism’ Mast rejects any criticism against Israel by international groups and the UN. He has also called for disbanding the UN agency for Palestinian refugees, UNRWA. Yasmine Taeb, the legislative and political director at MPower Change, a Muslim American civic engagement group, highlighted Mast’s history of “inflammatory and dehumanizing remarks”. “Mast’s election as the next Chair of the Foreign Affairs Committee just shows the utter absurdity and fanaticism we should expect from the House GOP next year,” Taeb told Al Jazeera in a statement. When asked for comment about the criticism, Mast’s office referred Al Jazeera to the congressman’s response to CAIR on social media. Critics fear Mast’s nomination is likely part of a larger trend towards unquestioning support for Israel’s war. While Democratic President Joe Biden has already provided billions of dollars in unconditional support to Israel, the incoming administration of Republican President Donald Trump is set to be dominated by even more staunchly pro-Israel officials. So Mast may be able to push foreign policy measures in coordination with allies at the White House. Republicans will also have a majority in the Senate. Hassan el-Tayyab, legislative director for Middle East policy at the Friends Committee on National Legislation, a Quaker social justice group, called Mast one of the “most ferociously anti-Palestinian voices” in Congress. “His position unfortunately reflects a broader sentiment among too many Congress members who continue to supply unconditional weapons and military support to Israel, despite the Netanyahu government violating countless US laws and policies through its indiscriminate military campaign in Gaza and beyond,” el-Tayyab told Al Jazeera. Netanyahu’s office welcomed Mast’s nomination earlier this week, hailing the congressman as a “great American patriot and a true friend of Israel”.First trans US congresswoman already in Republican crosshairs

If ever a year deserved to be summed up in a cheap meme, it was 2024. . Sometimes the social media chuckle gallery hits the nail right on the head, but for all the spot-on accuracy of that assessment, it’s also a year that warranted a search for its better angels; a sifting through the flotsam and jetsam for the fairy dust and joy. And there halos to be found if you looked hard enough. There was, for instance, a moment back in February when the MCG – traditionally a place that brings the feels during footy in September or the cricket on Boxing Day – seemed to swallow the entire city in a joyous embrace as host to the . It was a tour, and a show, unlike anything Australia or Swift herself had ever seen. “You’re making me feel like I get to play a show for 96,000 beautiful people in Melbourne tonight,” a visibly stunned which was boosted by several thousand more fans “Taylor-gating” outside the stadium. “This is the biggest show that we have done on this tour, or any tour, ever.” The Swiftian joyfest then moved north to Sydney, where the total turnout was even bigger (320,000 across four shows). “Sydney, you are making me feel absolutely phenomenal,” she declared. The feeling was clearly mutual and spread far beyond the venues. As she had done on other stops on the Eras tour, — from economic worries (Swiftonomics became a subject worthy of study) to general social malaise. We spend much of our time worrying about the yoof; especially young women. Well, in 2024 Taylor Swift turned up to show us that the kids are alright. And she wasn’t alone. Swiftmania was the herald of what would become the year that “girl power” – a worn and slightly tatty ’90s concept – received a fresh, ferocious update for the 21st century as something deeper, stronger and powered by a kind of worldly-wise joy. Forget sense and sensibility; 2024 was all sass and sensibility. Sabrina Carpenter parlayed her supporting status on the into a blockbuster year that elevated her to near the very top of the tree with no need for Swift’s booster seat. In Carpenter, pop music added another voice that was savvy, sassy, sexy and smart — to the come-to-bed brashness of her smash album . Charli XCX took things a step further. The British singer staked her claim to the year by giving 2024 a word, a colour and an attitude all wrapped up in one album – . She summed it up like this: “You’re just like that girl who is a little messy and likes to party and maybe says some dumb things sometimes. Who feels herself but maybe also has a breakdown. But kind of like, parties through it, is very honest, very blunt. A little bit volatile. Like, does dumb things. But it’s brat. You’re brat. That’s brat.” If it doesn’t make sense to you, that’s probably because it isn’t meant to. But as a sensibility, it rode a cultural wave – the joy wave – so adroitly Kamala Harris even hitched her (ill-fated) Joy Wagon to the phenomenon. On a similar train was American Chappell Roan – – whose success confirmed young women were increasingly sailing different seas from the rest of the culture, and landing in happier places. In July, it was a diva of a different era who elevated the Paris Olympics, as a wet and occasionally weird opening ceremony gave way to the thing we mostly remember about it – the moment we heard the voice and then spotted the figure of a glistening . It was a moment of extraordinary power – of personal resilience and vocal artistry – that lifted the event out of the damp Paris streets and elevated it to a moment of genuine collective emotion. Paris in summer was where we went looking for hope during the Australian winter, and our team delivered. Well, the women did anyway, bringing home 13 of the 18 gold and 27 of the 45 medals overall for our greatest Games ever. Alongside the usual heroics in the pool ( was one stand-out among a team of them) there were more eccentric goings-on elsewhere in the Olympic city. You could, if you so chose, react to with a scowl and a sneer, and many did, but the open-hearted were able to see the funny side. As were comedians around the world, who found in the Australian breakdancer . In a year of much misery, this achievement should not be underappreciated. There were happy cultural warriors elsewhere, too. In Hollywood, Nicole Kidman seemed to star in every other movie and series – , “when I see an actor I don’t know, I just say, ‘I loved your scene with Nicole Kidman’, and nine times out of 10, I’m right”. Our Nic took time out from starring in everything to win everything. This included inhaling the very rare air of an . Flying the flag for the younger generation, Adelaide’s Sarah Snook carted home an Emmy and a Golden Globe and warmed up for her 2025 Broadway run in with a Laurence Olivier Award for the same tour de force in London. Acting royalty elevated us to higher planes. Garden variety royalty also played its part. in January, giving hope to everyone who met someone in a bar during the Sydney Olympics almost 25 years ago. You don’t have to love royalty to breathe the occasional sigh of relief at the distraction they provide from the daily grind, and you don’t have to be a monarchist to be pleased that the in strong and dignified spirit. In the natural world, bad news abounds when it comes to climate change – but there were bright spots. Did you know ? Or that renewables surged even in the US, where for the first time? Or that this year? It did. All is not lost yet. For some old-fashioned cheer from Mother Nature, you could wallow in dog and cat videos on social media (and millions of us did) – or you could turn your gaze to another heroine we didn’t know we needed, the Tay Tay of the world. In September, , a pygmy hippo, a girl whose social media fame drew attention to the plight and past of her species. Who knew the pygmy hippo came with a history this rich, in which Moo Deng’s kind find their way through the forest at night by carrying diamonds in their mouths to light the way? Now we know, and we are the better for it. Closer to home, Pesto the king penguin gained global fame as a social media superstar famous on TikTok as the largest chick Melbourne’s Sea Life aquarium has ever seen. Big, beautiful and comfortable in his own skin, Pesto was the kind of hero – “calm, curious and friendly” – we needed in a year when male humans to admire were thin on the ground. For other bright lights in the darkness, we needed look no further than our own southern skies, with the return on several occasions of , which made rare and spectacular appearances as far north as Queensland in May, September and October. Scientists and citizens alike were dazzled by a liquid light show of pinks and whites and purples and greens. Was there a better symbol of hope than this – a phenomenon named for Aurora, the Roman goddess of dawn, announcing the arrival of a new day? It was as if we had been given a celestial preview of what would become the year’s biggest cultural event, one that also asked us to look skyward – or in the words of the song of the year, , “look to the western sky”. landed in cinemas in mid-November, amid one of the strangest promotional tours in memory and hot on the heels of an American political earthquake two weeks earlier. The were at times almost as entertaining as the film they starred in. And the movie’s storyline, adapted from the 2003 stage musical, could have been taken as , very specifically, at the end of 2024. is a tale of defiance and friendship forged in the most difficult of circumstances; of surmounting challenges and differences; of flying, literally, in the face of a world that seeks to define you. It was, as so many of the hopeful things were in 2024, a message delivered by and to young women startling in their confidence and talent, happy to defy the doom with which the times seek to burden them. The song that ends the film became the year’s musical – a moment when art and heart met irresistible force, and art and heart won. If ever a year needed an anthem it was this one – and in it found it. In a year that insisted we be sad and scared – or summed up in a cheap meme – it was proof there was still space for hearts and minds to soar.In Creature Commandos , we learned that in the DCU, the Amazons of Themyscira are something the world at large is aware of. However, they are still more of an urban legend. Some people believe the stories, like Circe’s “Sons of Themyscira, ” while others think it’s all a myth. This indicates that Wonder Woman has yet to appear on the public stage. A proper DCU Wonder Woman introduction could be years away still, but we have some ideas on how James Gunn could introduce the Amazons into the DCU before Wonder Woman arrives. Perhaps first in the announced Paradise Lost series. Here are our ideas on how Wonder Woman and the DCU Amazons should be introduced, and which warrior women could appear before Diana Prince officially debuts herself. Introduce DCU Wonder Woman in the Modern Day Wonder Woman first appeared in All-Star Comics #8 in 1941 before debuting in her own feature in Sensation Comics . From the beginning, she was a bastion of freedom, fighting fascist forces in World War II. In the comics, later iterations moved her entry into the so-called “Man’s World” to the modern day. But the ‘70s Wonder Woman TV series starring Lynda Carter put her origins squarely back in the ‘40s. Later, the 2017 film took her back further, to World War I. Because of this, we think Diana’s origin story this time should take place in the modern day. When Diana leaves Themyscira, we want it in the 2020s, not another period piece. After so many iterations of Wonder Woman portraying her mostly in the past, maybe it’s time for a change-up. Let’s see how Diana would react to our world as it is now, not as it was then. The DCU Amazons Should Lean Into Sci-Fi In William Moulton Marston’s original concept for the Amazons, they were warriors of ancient Greek descent, but not frozen in time technologically. Sequestered from the outside world, they engineered technology far in advance of the rest of humanity. This is how they developed their purple healing rays, mental radios, and Diana’s invisible plane . Marston mixed together a bit of mythological fantasy with a healthy dose of pulpy science fiction for his Amazon women. And the Amazons of Paradise Island remained this way for the better part of four decades. When writer/artist George Perez reinvented Wonder Woman for the modern age in 1986, he envisioned his Amazons as forever stuck in a Bronze Age level of technology. This version informed how the Amazons were portrayed in media from then on, from the animated Justice League to the 2017 Wonder Woman film by Patty Jenkins. And although those both rock, we think it’s time to see a different, more sci-fi version of the Amazons. We want Diana to experience culture shock when she arrives in our world, not because of how futuristic it seems but because of how backward it is in comparison to her homeland, with invisible tech and flying hover chariots. Writer Grant Morrison reintroduced high-tech Amazons in his Wonder Woman: Earth One series, and we’d love a similar version in the DCU. Include Wonder Girl in the Teen Titans Even Before Wonder Woman Wonder Woman is usually presented as the first Amazon to set foot in the outside world. However, that’s not always been the case. She’s the most high-profile Amazon to be sure. But it would be interesting if the DCU approach had other Amazonians living in secret among us, long before Diana ever arrived. One of these could be her adopted sister Donna Troy, Wonder Girl of the Teen Titans. With a Teen Titans movie in development , it would be interesting if the DCU had a Wonder Girl before a Wonder Woman. Donna is as crucial to the Titans as Robin or Raven. DC Studios should include her, whether Wonder Woman has appeared yet or not. The comics have precedent for this, too. In the post- Crisis on Infinite Earths DC continuity, Wonder Woman appeared on the scene years after Wonder Girl did. They didn’t discover their familial connections till much later. The idea that some Amazons were secretly among us before Wonder Woman made Themyscira fact and not fiction to the average person is a fun notion to play with. And, fun fact, Wonder Girl actually appeared in outside comics media before Wonder Woman in real life too. Her first screen appearance was in the 1967 Teen Titans cartoon. Wonder Woman wouldn’t throw her lasso on TV till an episode of The Brady Kids (of all things) in 1972. The Amazon Nubia Should Be Front and Center Another Amazon that the DCU could introduce to set the table for Diana is Nubia. This character was created way back in 1973, as the first Black Amazon. In Wonder Woman #204, Nubia challenges Diana to the title of Wonder Woman. It’s only then that Queen Hippolyta reveals that she’s Diana’s fraternal twin sister, shaped from clay and given life by the Gods the same night as Diana. But the war god Ares kidnapped her and raised her, and she returned as an adult adversary. She eventually went to the side of good, but then the character totally disappeared from DC continuity, despite getting a doll in the 1970s Wonder Woman toy line. Since Nubia has historical importance as DC Comics’ first Black female superhero, DC revived her in modern time. This time, with a revised origin story. In the new version, Nubia was originally Zahavah, a warrior princess of an African tribe. After she died, like all the other Amazons, she was reborn on Themyscira, emerging from the Well of Souls. Now called Nubia in this new life, she was born around the same time as Princess Diana, so they were raised almost as sisters, just not literally. Nubia became the guard of Doom’s Doorway, the portal underneath Themyscira to the underworld. That is where the Olympian gods imprisoned a variety of monsters, and keeping them at bay was the Amazon’s charge. One such monster escaped, leading Nubia to leave Themyscira in secret to pursue it in our world, long before Diana left. This could explain how Nubia lives among regular humans before Wonder Woman makes her official debut. Given that Nubia ultimately becomes Queen of the Amazons, it would make sense for DC Studios to introduce her even before Wonder Woman appears. Queen Hippolyta, Diana’s Mother, Should be the Wonder Woman of World War II Yes, I just made a case for Princess Diana first appearing in our world in the present. But there is something almost cathartic about seeing Wonder Woman punching Nazis in the face. So how do we get both? In the ‘90s comics, DC figured out a solution. After Wonder Woman died at the hands of the demonic Neron, she ascended to become the Olympian Goddess of Truth. But the world still needed a Wonder Woman, so her mother, Queen Hippolyta, became the new Wonder Woman in her place. She then traveled back in time, becoming the Wonder Woman of World War II, serving alongside the Justice Society of America . We actually think that’s all too convoluted for the new DCU, with Diana dying and then time travel. But it would be fascinating if Hippolyta was actually Wonder Woman years before Diana was born, fighting Nazis in Europe. Maybe that’s where all the legends and whispers about Themyscira originally came from. Surely, Hippolyta would have told someone, perhaps her JSA comrades, where she was really from. While some fans might balk at Diana being a legacy hero, we think it could inspire lots of cool stories for both mother and daughter. And it would certainly mark this as a very different take from the old DCEU. This article first appeared on Nerdist and was syndicated with permission.

Apple Google face UK investigation into mobile browser dominanceFranklin Resources Inc. cut its position in shares of HealthStream, Inc. ( NASDAQ:HSTM – Free Report ) by 0.9% in the third quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The firm owned 44,259 shares of the technology company’s stock after selling 407 shares during the period. Franklin Resources Inc. owned approximately 0.15% of HealthStream worth $1,253,000 at the end of the most recent quarter. A number of other large investors have also recently made changes to their positions in the company. GAMMA Investing LLC lifted its stake in HealthStream by 36.0% in the third quarter. GAMMA Investing LLC now owns 1,355 shares of the technology company’s stock worth $39,000 after purchasing an additional 359 shares during the last quarter. The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company lifted its stake in shares of HealthStream by 10.0% during the 2nd quarter. The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company now owns 9,671 shares of the technology company’s stock worth $270,000 after acquiring an additional 876 shares during the last quarter. Quarry LP bought a new stake in shares of HealthStream during the 3rd quarter worth approximately $27,000. Ellsworth Advisors LLC boosted its holdings in HealthStream by 5.1% during the 3rd quarter. Ellsworth Advisors LLC now owns 20,035 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $578,000 after acquiring an additional 972 shares during the period. Finally, Point72 DIFC Ltd bought a new position in HealthStream in the 2nd quarter valued at $38,000. 69.58% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors. HealthStream Price Performance HSTM stock opened at $31.75 on Friday. HealthStream, Inc. has a 1-year low of $23.92 and a 1-year high of $33.52. The business has a 50-day moving average price of $31.37 and a 200 day moving average price of $29.52. The company has a market capitalization of $965.68 million, a P/E ratio of 48.85, a PEG ratio of 4.36 and a beta of 0.38. HealthStream Dividend Announcement The business also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, November 15th. Shareholders of record on Monday, November 4th were given a dividend of $0.028 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Monday, November 4th. This represents a $0.11 annualized dividend and a yield of 0.35%. HealthStream’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 16.92%. Analysts Set New Price Targets A number of brokerages have recently issued reports on HSTM. Craig Hallum raised shares of HealthStream to a “strong-buy” rating in a research note on Thursday, October 17th. Barclays boosted their price objective on shares of HealthStream from $32.00 to $34.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research report on Wednesday, October 23rd. Finally, Canaccord Genuity Group raised their target price on shares of HealthStream from $28.00 to $29.00 and gave the stock a “hold” rating in a research report on Wednesday, October 23rd. One analyst has rated the stock with a hold rating, three have given a buy rating and one has assigned a strong buy rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the stock has an average rating of “Buy” and a consensus target price of $31.50. Read Our Latest Report on HSTM HealthStream Company Profile ( Free Report ) HealthStream, Inc provides Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) based applications for healthcare organizations in the United States. The company’s solutions help healthcare organizations in meeting their ongoing clinical development, talent management, training, education, assessment, competency management, safety and compliance, and scheduling, as well as provider credentialing, privileging, and enrollment needs. Read More Receive News & Ratings for HealthStream Daily - Enter your email address below to receive a concise daily summary of the latest news and analysts' ratings for HealthStream and related companies with MarketBeat.com's FREE daily email newsletter .

Booz Allen Appoints Debra L. Dial to Board of Directors

Booz Allen Appoints Debra L. Dial to Board of Directors

Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva will undergo another operation Thursday to “minimize the risk of future bleeding” in an area under his skull that received emergency surgery this week, his doctor said. The 79-year-old president’s doctor, Roberto Kalil, told journalists on Wednesday outside the Hospital Sirio-Libanes where Lula is convalescing that the procedure was an “expected” follow-up to the surgery carried out on Tuesday. He said Thursday’s operation, estimated to last an hour, would involve inserting a catheter in Lula’s femoral artery, and added that the procedure was “relatively simple and low-risk.” The hospital said in a medical bulletin: “As part of his treatment, complementary to the surgery, an endovascular procedure (embolization of the middle meningeal artery) will be carried out tomorrow morning.” The facility added that Lula was otherwise well. On Wednesday, it said, he “carried out physiotherapy, walked and received family visits.” Doctors performed emergency surgery Tuesday on Lula to relieve pressure on his brain from bleeding in cranial membranes linked to a fall he had in October, in a bathroom at the presidential residence. After complaining of a headache in Brasilia on Monday, an MRI scan found a hemorrhage between his brain and the dura mater membrane that protects it. He was rushed to the Hospital Sirio-Libanes — the country’s top medical facility — where doctors carried out a trepanation, involving drilling through his skull to relieve pressure. Earlier Wednesday, the hospital said Lula was alert and had “progressed well” since the surgery, “without incident.” In a post-surgery news conference on Tuesday, his medical team said he had suffered no brain damage. They said he would spend a couple of days in intensive care, under observation, and he was expected to be released from hospital next week. After suffering his fall on October 19, Lula told an official from his Workers’ Party that the accident had been “serious”. In the weeks following, the president skipped planned overseas trips. But from mid-November he resumed his active schedule, hosting a G20 summit in Rio and attending a Mercosur summit last week in Uruguay. With 2,400 staff representing 100 different nationalities, AFP covers the world as a leading global news agency. AFP provides fast, comprehensive and verified coverage of the issues affecting our daily lives.Castle Biosciences, Inc. ( NASDAQ:CSTL – Get Free Report ) has been assigned an average rating of “Buy” from the seven analysts that are presently covering the firm, MarketBeat.com reports. Seven research analysts have rated the stock with a buy recommendation. The average twelve-month price objective among brokers that have issued a report on the stock in the last year is $39.71. Several research analysts have commented on CSTL shares. BTIG Research upped their price objective on shares of Castle Biosciences from $35.00 to $40.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Monday, October 14th. Canaccord Genuity Group increased their price target on shares of Castle Biosciences from $35.00 to $42.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Tuesday, October 29th. Robert W. Baird lifted their price objective on Castle Biosciences from $37.00 to $39.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research report on Tuesday, November 5th. Scotiabank increased their target price on Castle Biosciences from $37.00 to $44.00 and gave the stock a “sector outperform” rating in a research report on Wednesday, November 6th. Finally, Lake Street Capital lifted their price target on Castle Biosciences from $34.00 to $40.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Tuesday, November 5th. View Our Latest Stock Analysis on Castle Biosciences Insider Transactions at Castle Biosciences Institutional Investors Weigh In On Castle Biosciences Several large investors have recently bought and sold shares of the business. Algert Global LLC boosted its holdings in shares of Castle Biosciences by 0.4% during the 3rd quarter. Algert Global LLC now owns 134,321 shares of the company’s stock valued at $3,831,000 after acquiring an additional 599 shares during the last quarter. The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company grew its position in Castle Biosciences by 7.1% in the 2nd quarter. The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company now owns 10,122 shares of the company’s stock worth $220,000 after purchasing an additional 675 shares during the period. Assetmark Inc. raised its stake in Castle Biosciences by 16.8% during the 3rd quarter. Assetmark Inc. now owns 5,212 shares of the company’s stock valued at $149,000 after buying an additional 748 shares during the last quarter. Y Intercept Hong Kong Ltd lifted its holdings in shares of Castle Biosciences by 3.6% during the 3rd quarter. Y Intercept Hong Kong Ltd now owns 24,206 shares of the company’s stock valued at $690,000 after buying an additional 845 shares during the period. Finally, Zurcher Kantonalbank Zurich Cantonalbank boosted its stake in shares of Castle Biosciences by 10.7% in the 2nd quarter. Zurcher Kantonalbank Zurich Cantonalbank now owns 9,882 shares of the company’s stock worth $215,000 after buying an additional 952 shares during the last quarter. 92.60% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors. Castle Biosciences Price Performance CSTL stock opened at $26.83 on Friday. The stock has a market capitalization of $751.43 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of 134.16 and a beta of 0.92. The firm’s 50-day moving average price is $30.49 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $27.37. The company has a current ratio of 7.78, a quick ratio of 7.64 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.02. Castle Biosciences has a 12-month low of $16.97 and a 12-month high of $35.84. Castle Biosciences ( NASDAQ:CSTL – Get Free Report ) last released its quarterly earnings results on Monday, November 4th. The company reported $0.08 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of ($0.06) by $0.14. The business had revenue of $85.78 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $78.55 million. Castle Biosciences had a return on equity of 1.47% and a net margin of 1.95%. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company posted ($0.26) EPS. As a group, equities analysts predict that Castle Biosciences will post 0.34 earnings per share for the current year. About Castle Biosciences ( Get Free Report Castle Biosciences, Inc, a molecular diagnostics company, provides testing solutions for the diagnosis and treatment of dermatologic cancers, Barrett's esophagus, uveal melanoma, and mental health conditions. It offers DecisionDx-Melanoma, a risk stratification gene expression profile (GEP) test to identify the risk of metastasis for patients diagnosed with invasive cutaneous melanoma; DecisionDx-SCC, a proprietary risk stratification GEP test for patients with cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma; MyPath Melanoma, a test used for patients with difficult-to-diagnose melanocytic lesions; and TissueCypher, a spatial omics test to predict future development of high-grade dysplasia and/or esophageal cancer in patients with non-dysplastic, indefinite dysplasia, or low-grade dysplasia Barrett's esophagus. Read More Receive News & Ratings for Castle Biosciences Daily - Enter your email address below to receive a concise daily summary of the latest news and analysts' ratings for Castle Biosciences and related companies with MarketBeat.com's FREE daily email newsletter .A Chinese student chose to become an international commuter when attending his last three months at a Melbourne university this year instead of living in Australia. Xu Guangli’s story gained traction in China last month after his videos on the Chinese social media platform Douyin went viral. The 28-year-old was travelling from his home in Dezhou to Melbourne’s RMIT University once a week for in-person classes for 11 weeks between August and October. He was finishing off his master’s degree in arts management after studying in Australia for eight years, but his girlfriend had already completed her studies and moved back to China. Chinese media reported that Xu was making the weekly trips “for love” so he could spend more time with his partner. “Life in Melbourne on my own was lonely,” Xu said, according to the South China Morning Post . A round-trip would take him three days and he would stay on his friend’s couch the one night he was in Melbourne, it was reported. He calculated one of the trips to cost $920, which included a $645 return flight ticket, taxis and meals. He said he travelled on different airlines and visited several Chinese cities, and even Vietnam, through layovers. In addition to spending more time with his girlfriend and family, Xu said he wanted to prepare for a career in China after graduation. “I found that the flight routes between China and Australia are frequent, with multiple airlines operating, so I gave it a try ... It turned out to be quite feasible and I haven’t encountered any major issues,” he told SBS Mandarin this month. “I prefer the environment and convenience in China. After living abroad for so many years, I also wanted to spend more time with my family.” Australians were shocked the Chinese student still wanted to study in Australia and stressed the environmental impact of two long-haul flights a week, but others said it was a reflection of how expensive living in Australia had become. “Just goes to show how expensive it is,” one expat said. “I was back recently visiting family in Melbourne. I was stunned at how expensive everything was. Mum asked if I’d consider moving back from Scotland. Even with family support I couldn’t survive for long.” Another wrote: “Makes sense. Our cost of living is astronomical. Once it becomes cheaper to fly back and stay with family, why not. Better than being in poverty here as a student.” Some argued international students who don’t live here should not be allowed to study at our universities, but others countered this could alleviate stress on the housing market. “People complaining because he commutes yet they’d be the first to complain if he bought a house here and lived in it saying they are buying up houses that Aussies miss out on,” one person wrote.

The 26-year-old man charged in the killing of UnitedHealthcare’s CEO appeared in a Pennsylvania courtroom on Tuesday, where he was denied bail and his lawyer said he’d fight extradition to New York City, where the attack happened. Luigi Nicholas Mangione was arrested Monday in the Dec. 4 attack on Brian Thompson after they say a worker at a McDonald’s in Altoona, Pennsylvania, alerted authorities to a customer who resembled the suspected gunman. When arrested, Mangione had on him a gun that investigators believe was used in the attack and writings expressing anger at corporate America, police said. As Mangione arrived at the courthouse Tuesday, he struggled with officers and shouted something that was partly unintelligible but referred to an “insult to the intelligence of the American people.” Mangione is being held on Pennsylvania charges of possession of an unlicensed firearm, forgery and providing false identification to police. Manhattan prosecutors have charged him with five counts, including murder, criminal possession of a weapon and criminal possession of a forged instrument. Here are some of the latest developments: Wearing an orange jumpsuit, Mangione mostly stared straight ahead during the hearing, occasionally consulting papers, rocking in his chair, or looking back at the gallery. At one point, he began to speak to respond to the court discussion but was quieted by his lawyer. Judge David Consiglio denied bail to Mangione, whose attorney, Thomas Dickey, told the court that his client did not agree to extradition and wants a hearing on the matter. Blair County (Pennsylvania) District Attorney Peter Weeks said that although Mangione’s fighting extradition will create “extra hoops” for law enforcement to jump through, it won’t be a substantial barrier to sending him to New York. In addition to a three-page, handwritten document that suggests he harbored “ill will toward corporate America,” NYPD Chief of Detectives Joseph Kenny said Monday that Mangione also had a ghost gun, a type of weapon that can be assembled at home and is difficult to trace. Officers questioned Mangione, who was acting suspiciously and carrying multiple fraudulent IDs, as well as a U.S. passport, New York Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch said. Officers also found a sound suppressor, or silencer, “consistent with the weapon used in the murder,” she said. He had clothing and a mask similar to those worn by the shooter and a fraudulent New Jersey ID matching one the suspect used to check into a New York City hostel before the shooting, the commissioner said. Kenny said Mangione was born and raised in Maryland, has ties to San Francisco and that his last known address is in Honolulu. Mangione, who was valedictorian of his Maryland prep school, earned undergraduate and graduate degrees in computer science in 2020 from the University of Pennsylvania, a university spokesman told The Associated Press on Monday. Mangione comes from a prominent Maryland family. His grandfather Nick Mangione, who died in 2008, was a successful real estate developer. Mangione likely was motivated by his anger with what he called “parasitic” health insurance companies and a disdain for corporate greed, said a law enforcement bulletin obtained by The Associated Press. He wrote that the U.S. has the most expensive health care system in the world and that the profits of major corporations continue to rise while “our life expectancy” does not, according to the bulletin, which was based on a review of the suspect’s hand-written notes and social media postings. The defendant appeared to view the targeted killing of the UnitedHealthcare CEO as a symbolic takedown and may have been inspired by “Unabomber” Ted Kaczynski, whom he called a “political revolutionary,” the document said. Police said the person who killed Thompson left a hostel on Manhattan’s Upper West Side at 5:41 a.m. on Dec. 4. Eleven minutes later, he was seen on surveillance video walking back and forth in front of the New York Hilton Midtown, wearing a distinctive backpack. At 6:44 a.m., he shot Thompson at a side entrance to the hotel, fled on foot, then climbed aboard a bicycle and within four minutes had entered Central Park, according to police. Another security camera recorded the gunman leaving the park near the American Museum of Natural History at 6:56 a.m. still on the bicycle but without the backpack, police said. After getting in a taxi, he headed north to a bus terminal near the George Washington Bridge, arriving at about 7:30 a.m. From there, the trail of video evidence ran cold. Police did not see video of the suspect exiting the building, leading them to believe he likely took a bus out of town. Police said they are still investigating the path the suspect took to Pennsylvania. “We’ll be working, backtracking his steps from New York to Altoona, Pennsylvania,” Kenny said.

LOS ANGELES — If you have a bag of sunflower seeds, throw it to the sky. Teo is back. Break out three giant claps, a dazzling smile and a deafening scream. Teo is back. The Dodgers' heartbeat still pumps. The Dodgers' soul still stirs. The Dodgers are still the Dodgers. A front office that respects the team culture while listening to its fans made certain of this Friday when the Dodgers agreed to re-sign Teoscar Hernández to a three-year, $66 million contract, keeping last season's championship hero where he belongs. In the dugout, showering fellow home-run hitters with sunflower seeds. In the clubhouse, smoothing the path for Shohei Ohtani. And, of course, at the plate, delivering huge hits all summer capped by season-tilting drives in the National League Division Series and World Series. Teo is back, and your sigh is as big as his personality, and your relief is as palpable as one of his late-inning swings. Because, admit it, you were worried. You were even worse than worried. After the final bus had sped past, the final inspirational speech had been delivered, and the last of the hoarse cheers had been uttered, you barely had time to savor November's title celebration before you began waiting for the other blue shoe to drop. Teo was a free agent, and that meant this band of ring bearers could be broken up, and, oh no! The Dodgers couldn't let such a giant presence walk, could they? They weren't really going to be blinded by analytics and age and contract length and fail to sign everybody's newest favorite player, were they? In the past, they might have. In the past, there was actually little chance they would have rewarded a 32-year-old playing for his fourth team with a lucrative three-year deal based partially on intangibles. You knew all this, and you were scared, and it shaded your every perception of what had been an otherwise wildly successful offseason. Signing two-time Cy Young winner Blake Snell was nice, but what about Teo? Extending October hero Tommy Edman was a boss move, but hey, where's Teo? Adding smart-swinging lefty outfielder Michael Conforto was cool, but what does this mean for Teo? Blake Treinen was brought back, and Japanese star pitcher Roki Sasaki could be coming but ... hello? Teo? All those fears were erased Friday afternoon in what is usually a time for sports teams to dump their bad news in hopes that it gets lost in the weekend. This was the opposite of that. Teo is back, and the New Year's party starts now. It turns out, while negotiations were painfully protracted, the end result was always obvious in what is pretty close to a perfect relationship between a star and a team. Hernández wanted to stay, something he had been openly expressing by the end of the championship parade. And the Dodgers, in valuing him as not only an All-Star player but a standout leader, wanted him to stay. It was all pretty simple, really, and now, for the rest of baseball, it's downright suffocating. The Dodgers don't need to do anything else this winter and already they're better than last season. By keeping their title core together while essentially adding two ace pitchers — Snell and the mound return of Ohtani — the Dodgers are a lock to win the National League West for the 12th time in 13 seasons and should be heavy favorites to become the first team to win consecutive World Series since the New York Yankees from 25 years ago. Andrew Friedman and the Dodger ownership group understands this team and this market as well as any front office in franchise history. In bringing back a guy who had 33 homers and 99 RBIs and arguably the team's exciting personality, they have continued to maintain a monster. Look at their lineup, rich with regular-season MVPs, National League Championship Series MVPs, World Series MVPs and, oh yeah, a home-run derby champion. Check out their rotation, led by four aces in Ohtani, Snell, Tyler Glasnow and Yoshinobu Yamamoto. Then there's the bullpen, which could be anchored by the veteran who shut down the New York Yankees for 2 1/3 innings in the World Series clincher, the retention of Treinen being a sneaky good move. If possible, Friedman has had a winter that rivaled Hernández's Game 5 division series homer for excitement. As crazy as it sounds, Friedman has worked an offseason that could come close to matching Hernández's Game 5 World Series two-run double for impact. It all became clear Friday afternoon with two words that appeared on Hernández's Instagram story. "I'm Back," he wrote. Run it back, you shouted. ©2024 Los Angeles Times. Visit latimes.com . Distributed by Tribune Content Agency, LLC.Storm dumps record rain and heavy snow on Northern California. Many in Seattle still without power