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LONDON (AP) — West Ham beat Wolverhampton Wanderers 2-1 in the Premier League and heaped more pressure on beleaguered coach Gary O’Neil on Monday. Both sides came into the match under a cloud and the game was widely billed as a make-or-break match for O’Neill and West Ham counterpart Julen Lopetegui. Wolves started the night second to last while the London side was in 14th place, and the pressure and nerves were apparent in an edgy first half that was devoid of class or composure. Mohammed Kudus and Konstantinos Mavropanos had half chances for West Ham, while at the other end João Gomes shot over from a good position. Things improved after the break, and West Ham took the lead in the 53rd minutes from a corner kick. Wolves left Tomas Soucek unmarked at the back post and his looping header sailed into the far corner. Matt Doherty equalized for Wolves in the 69th. However, just three minute later West Ham’s talismanic captain Jarrod Bowen found time and space in the box to slot home with his left foot. West Ham was without Michail Antonio, its ever-present striker who broke a leg in a car crash on Saturday, and Bowen held up Antonio's No. 9 shirt to celebrate his goal. The West Ham players took the field in training tops with Antonio's name and number on them and the home fans gave him a warm round of applause in the ninth minute. “The goal and victory were for Michail," Soucek said. “I said to myself before the game that I wanted to score even more because he has been here since I came and he’s my favorite. It is difficult for me to play without him but I’m happy he is fine. "We had a video call with him before the game. He smiled at us and gave us all the best.” The result left the Hammers in 14th spot, one point behind Manchester United. It was the third defeat in a row for Wolves, who remain on nine points, equal with third-to-last Ipswich Town. “We were okay and solid and probably had the better chances," O'Neil said. “The lads gave everything but we came up short again, which is the story of the last few weeks.” AP soccer: https://apnews.com/hub/soccer
‘Let’s not panic’: Canada picks up the pieces after ugly Latvia loss at world juniorsThomas Sorber collected 22 points, 12 rebounds and four blocks to pace Georgetown to an 83-53 win against shorthanded Coppin State on Saturday afternoon in Washington, D.C. The Hoyas pulled away from the Eagles with a 21-2 run early in the second half. Georgetown held Coppin State to 22 percent shooting in the second half and 18 percent from behind the arc. Georgetown (11-2) is off to its best start since the 2011-12 season. Drew Fielder recorded 20 points and 13 rebounds while Malik Mack had 15 points and 11 assists for the Hoyas. Georgetown played without its leading scorer Jayden Epps, who missed the game with a lower-body injury. Toby Nnadozie scored 22 points and Julius Ellerbe III added 12 to go along with six steals for the Eagles (1-13). The Hoyas' decisive second-half run started with Caleb Williams' steal that led to a Fielder lay up as Georgetown took 49-37 lead. Moments later, Fielder's turnaround in the lane put the Hoyas up 56-37. Sorber's jam with 6:36 left gave Georgetown a 67-41 advantage. The pesky Eagles rattled off a 7-0 run but got no closer than 19 points the rest of the game. The Eagles played without three of their top four scorers but forced 14 Georgetown turnovers in the first half and hit 5-of-8 3-pointers. Ellerbe corralled a loose ball near half court and distributed it to Nnadozie who converted a contested layup to pull CSU within 12-11. But the Hoyas held a 24-10 rebounding edge in the first half as Sorber and Fielder were a force inside the paint. The Hoyas created separation as Sorber worked the high-low game with a catch in the lane and a left finger roll for a 25-15 Hoyas' lead with 8:40 left in the first half. Zahree Harrison's 3-pointer kept the dogged visitors close and capped a 5-0 run that cut the Georgetown lead to 25-20. Nnadozie closed the first half with a 3-pointer and the Hoyas held a 37-30 lead. --Field Level Media
Princess Diana's former Royal butler Paul Burrell has said he believes that his former employer's spirit 'sent' him his husband after they crossed paths on a train. Burrell, who spent ten years working with the Princess before her untimely death, expressed how he feels the late Royal had a hand in bringing his husband into his life to 'take care of me'. Now 66, he describes it as a 'sliding doors moment' during a journey from Euston to Crewe in 2007, which is where his eyes met those of his future spouse, Graham Cooper. The couple experienced an unexpected spark of romance within the carriage, and at that time, Burrell was not openly gay, having recently moved back to Britain after ending his marriage with his wife and two sons in the USA. Burrell, once serving as the Queen's footman, conveyed that there was an 'understanding' between him and Princess Diana regarding his sexuality, despite him being married to Maria Cosgrove with whom he has two sons and remained hitched from 1982 to 2016. Having divorced a year earlier, the erstwhile butler tied the knot with Mr Cooper, 62, whom he first encountered on that fateful train ride in 2007. Read more Coronation Street star Charlie Lawson shares 3am wild parties with Katie Price Reflecting on the challenges of coming out as gay, Burrell spoke on the What If? podcast: "And one day, a sliding doors moment... I was on a train coming from London.", reports the Mirror . "Euston to Crewe. And on that train, down the other end of the carriage, was a man who smiled at me. That's all, I just looked down the aisle, and he smiled, and I thought 'Oo, what just happened then? Something happened'." He recalled his inner turmoil when the man was leaving the train. "So I didn't speak to him the whole journey, it's an hour and a half to Crewe, he started to get off at Crewe - got his briefcase down and a coat, and I thought 'Oh wow, what if he gets off the train and it's sliding doors and I'll never see him again in my life?" Burrell then revealed what he did next. "He walked towards me and I thought 'I'm going on to Chester, I'm not getting off here!'. And I thought 'What do I say, what do I say, think quick, think quick'. So I looked up at him as he passed me and I said 'Have you got a card?'" The outcome left him pondering a higher power at work. "And he had the card in his hand, ready to leave on the table. He smiled again, and left the train. So I'm left with his number and a card. Now, what if? I think she [Princess Diana] sent him. Yes. To take care of me, yes." When asked by podcast host Lorraine Kelly if he thought Princess Diana knew he was gay, Burrell said: "Oh Lorraine, Lorraine, I did fabulous flower arrangements, I chose the right dress for the right occasion, I knew which jewels and shoes, heels or no heels, stockings or no stockings, come on. "Yeah. Yeah. We had an understanding, we had an understanding and so I was safe and she was safe. So it didn't matter in our world." The former butler has previously shared that he never disclosed his true sexuality to Princess Diana, who passed away in 1997. Speaking about the breakup of his marriage to Ms Cosgrove, mother to his two sons, Mr Burrell expressed: "Maria gave me my two children, you know I still love her to this day. But things happened when Diana died, our world fell apart. And truths came to the surface, as often does after death and things, and a tragedy in a family." He went on to recount how he attempted to forge a new path for his family in America, saying: "And I took my family out to the States, and thought I'd build them a new life so I built them a beautiful home, got them green cards, started their lives there. And I said look, I can't live in America. I can't, I'm British through and through. I've got to go home." He further explained the resultant separation from his family: "So I said to my wife, 'Do you want to come back with me?' and she said 'No, I'd rather stay here' and both boys said the same, they want to stay in America so I came back alone, so I was lonely in England and I came back and didn't know what to do with myself." It was during this period of solitude, he mentioned, that his significant 'sliding doors moment' occurred with his now-husband.Trump vows to pardon January 6 defendants on day one
Hyderabad -based space technology start-up TakeMe2Space is gearing up to launch India's first artificial intelligence (AI) lab in space. The project, dubbed 'Modular Orbital Infrastructure - Technology Demonstrator' (MOI-TD), will be launched on ISRO's PSLV C60 mission in mid-December. It is an innovative initiative that could revolutionize space research by allowing real-time data processing in orbit. AI lab to enhance data processing efficiency The MOI-TD aims to solve the inefficiencies associated with existing space data processing techniques. Satellites produce petabytes of data every day, with as much as 40% being unusable (due to cloud cover, etc). This data is sent back to Earth for processing. But, with MOI-TD, it will be processed in space itself and relevant insights delivered, cutting down cost and latency of transmission by a lot. User access and applications of the AI lab Users will be able to access the satellite platform via OrbitLab, a web-based console. From here, they can upload AI models for applications ranging from environmental monitoring and deforestation tracking to greenhouse gas emission detection, maritime activity observation, and custom Earth observation use cases. The satellite-as-a-service platform has already bagged its first research partners - a Malaysian university and a group of 9th and 10th graders from an Indian school. A step toward building data centers in space The launch of MOI-TD is viewed as a major step toward creating data centers in space. Although the current mission is geared toward Earth observation applications, the technology could easily support a variety of applications, just like existing cloud computing services. All testing and evaluation of the MOI-TD platform were done by IN-SPACe Technical Center, a government agency regulating private sector space activities.
US President-elect Donald Trump says on his first day in office he will pardon rioters involved in the January 6, 2021 Capitol attack, further building expectations for a broad granting of clemency. or signup to continue reading "I'm going to be acting very quickly, first day," Trump said on NBC News' Meet the Press with Kristen Welker on Sunday when asked when he planned to pardon his supporters who were charged in the attack aimed at overturning his 2020 election defeat. Trump told Welker there could be "some exceptions" to his pardons if the individuals had acted "radical" or "crazy" during the assault, which left more than 140 police officers injured and led to several deaths. But Trump described the prosecutions of his supporters as inherently corrupt and did not rule out pardoning the more than 900 defendants who had already pleaded guilty, including those accused of acting violently in the attack. "I'm going to look at everything. We're going to look at individual cases," Trump said. The comments - Trump's most detailed on the issue of pardons since he defeated Vice President Kamala Harris - will likely add to already high expectations for broad action once Trump is sworn in to office on January 20. "He continues to put out the public message closer and closer to what the J6 community is asking for, which is clemency for all of the January 6ers," Suzzanne Monk, a longtime advocate for defendants charged in the riot, told Reuters. Hopes among January 6 defendants and their supporters for broad-based clemency have been growing over the past week after President Joe Biden pardoned his son Hunter, marking a reversal from his pledge not to interfere with his son's criminal cases. Biden said Hunter deserved a pardon because he was the victim of political persecution, an argument Trump will likely use to justify mass pardons. Some Biden critics said his decision would lessen the political cost for Trump. In what has been billed as America's largest-ever criminal investigation, at least 1572 defendants have been charged in the January 6 attack, with crimes ranging from unlawfully entering restricted grounds to seditious conspiracy and violent assault. More than 1251 have been convicted or pleaded guilty and 645 have been sentenced to prison, with punishments ranging from a few days to 22 years, according to the latest data from the Justice Department. Advertisement Sign up for our newsletter to stay up to date. We care about the protection of your data. Read our . Advertisement
Linq Blue Automates and Personalizes iMessage Outreach to Boost Engagement and Efficiency BIRMINGHAM, Ala. , Nov. 22, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Linq, the world's leading mobile CRM and lead capture platform, announces Linq Blue — an iMessage automation tool designed to revolutionize sales communication. This breakthrough feature empowers businesses to automate and personalize customer outreach via iMessage—without requiring an iPhone. Launching January 2025 , Linq Blue offers seamless messaging capabilities that drive higher response rates and unlock new levels of sales efficiency. Why Linq Blue is a Game-Changer Enhanced Engagement : iMessage campaigns have been shown to increase response rates by 29% over traditional SMS outreach. Seamless CRM Integration : Linq Blue integrates with popular CRM platforms such as Salesforce, HubSpot, and Microsoft Dynamics, allowing users to manage iMessage communications directly from their existing workflows. Device-Agnostic iMessage Campaigns : Users can send blue text campaigns from any device, including Android, by utilizing a dedicated phone number provided by Linq. Advanced Automation : Users can schedule messages, create sequences and campaigns, and automate confirmation messages to streamline customer interactions. Unlimited Messaging : Linq Blue offers unlimited messaging capabilities, enhancing communication. Reserve Your Spot Today Linq Blue is now open for early access reservations to a closed beta. Learn more and reserve your spot at https://linqapp.com/s/imessage-automation/ About Linq: Founded in Birmingham, AL , Linq is a rapidly growing tech company that transforms the way businesses manage contacts, relationships, and workflows. With a focus on mobile-first solutions, Linq integrates seamlessly with existing CRM platforms like Salesforce and HubSpot, offering an easy-to-use interface that enables teams to work effectively, no matter where they are. For more information, visit www.linqapp.com . View original content to download multimedia: https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/linq-launches-blue-messages-for-sales-302314658.html SOURCE Linq
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GEORGE TOWN, Cayman Islands (AP) — Matus Hronsky's 13 points off of the bench helped Duquesne to a 67-54 victory over Old Dominion on Tuesday. Hronsky shot 5 for 9, including 3 for 6 from beyond the arc for the Dukes (1-6). Maximus Edwards scored 11 points while going 5 of 9 (1 for 3 from 3-point range) and added seven rebounds. Halil Barre had 10 points and finished 5 of 7 from the floor. The Dukes stopped a six-game slide with the win. Devin Ceaser led the way for the Monarchs (2-6) with 23 points and three steals. Duquesne took a 26-19 lead at halftime, with Edwards racking up seven points. Duquesne extended its lead to 36-23 during the second half, fueled by an 8-0 scoring run. Hronsky scored a team-high 10 points in the second half. The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar .Qatar tribune dpa Washington US President-elect Donald Trump on Friday stepped into the ongoing dispute over the potential ban of the China-based video app TikTok in the United States, asking the Supreme Court to delay a law mandating the app’s sale. Trump argued that continued negotiations could save the platform while addressing national security concerns. The law, which took effect in April, requires TikTok’s Chinese parent company, ByteDance, to divest its ownership by January 19 or face removal from US app stores. The justification cites the risk that China could gain access to US data and exert political influence. While TikTok’s court challenges have so far failed, the Supreme Court has agreed to hear the case. A hearing is scheduled for January 10 to consider whether the law violates the First Amendment right to freedom of speech. While US President Joe Biden has the authority to extend the deadline for TikTok by three months, this would require progress in ongoing sales negotiations. However, TikTok has so far refused to consider a change of ownership. Former and soon-to-be president Trump tried to ban TikTok during his first presidency by issuing an executive order in 2020 that would have had that effect, saying TikTok’s “risks are real.” That attempt was thwarted by a US federal judge, who said the then president did not have the authority to ban the app. Trump has recently reversed his position on the popular app. TikTok says it has 170 million users in the US. Copy 29/12/2024 10
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