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SAN ANTONIO — Colorado secured what it said was record insurance coverage for quarterback Shedeur Sanders and Heisman Trophy winner Travis Hunter as the star duo opted to complete their college careers in the Alamo Bowl rather than sit out and prepare for the NFL draft. Colorado would not disclose the amount of insurance coverage each received, citing privacy laws. Coach Deion Sanders and athletic director Rick George both said it was the largest in college football history. "We happen to have two players that are probably going to be the first two picks of the NFL draft," Sanders said Monday. "We all know who those two are and they have received, I think, the highest number of coverage that has ever been covered in college football. It far exceeds anyone that has ever played this game of college football." While college programs maintain insurance policies for their athletes in case of injury, Colorado increased disability coverage for its entire roster in the Alamo Bowl. Sanders, the coach of the No. 20 Buffaloes, ensured his QB son and two-way star Hunter received larger policies since both are expected to be among the top 10 selections in the upcoming NFL draft. "It was his idea we should get disability insurance for our athletes for this game to ensure that they played and if there was some kind of injury that they would be well taken care of," George said. "So, we worked together on that. We're excited about it. We think it's great that all our players are playing in the game. That's what all bowl games should be like." Colorado (9-3, No. 23 CFP) will face the 17th-ranked BYU Cougars (10-2, No. 17 CFP) in the Alamo Bowl on Saturday. While most teams are scrambling with starters opting out of bowl games this year to enter the transfer portal or NFL draft, the Buffaloes did not lose any player on their two-deep roster. "It's more than what I got (when he played at Kansas State)," Colorado linebackers coach Andre' Hart said. "They gave us a helmet and said pop this on your leg and get out there and play. For them to get that (increased insurance coverage), I just think it's beneficial. To talk about where the game is, where it's going and how leadership is taking care of the players, I thought that's excellent." Shedeur Sanders completed 337 of 454 passes for 3,926 yards and 35 touchdowns this season. Many scouting services have Sanders rated as the top quarterback in this year's draft. Hunter received the Heisman Trophy as a two-way standout at cornerback and wide receiver. He had 92 receptions for 1,152 yards and 14 touchdowns and as a cornerback had four interceptions, broke up 11 passes and limited the opposition to 22 receptions on 688 defensive snaps. "They've taken care of us, everybody," Colorado running back Micah Welch said. "It really means a lot to have every teammate up here. That's a big thing. What I like about Coach Prime, they're taking care of us." Get local news delivered to your inbox!
What are 726 seconds? It may seem like a long time, but actually, we are talking about just 12 minutes, less than a quarter of an hour. If we mortals stop to think about what we have invested in any 12 minutes in our lives to achieve something truly transcendent, we may have a hard time finding an answer. On the other hand, some people, chosen and touched by the hand of the gods, can boast of having put the world at their feet in 12 minutes. One of those privileged ones is Omara Durand (Santiago de Cuba, 1991), who in 726 seconds won 26 races and 11 crowns in the Paralympic Games from London 2012 to Paris 2024. In all this time, which has slipped away almost as quickly as her devilish pace on the track, the indomitable sprinter also collected 10 Paralympic records and four world records. She was simply overwhelming. “There are those who have told us, especially the coaches, that they plan from silver to there. The gold is ours. Rivals see it as something unattainable,” Omara reveals to OnCuba . In her words, one can perceive a certain air of grandeur or superiority, but she quickly qualifies what she says and makes it clear to us that, in addition to her speed, what has most distinguished her career is humility: “I say that, just as I appeared one day, another woman who dominates speed can appear, of course.” For now, that throne of the tracks in the T-12 category (severely visually impaired) has been left vacant after the Paris 2024 Games, which marked her retirement from active sport after almost 25 years of training and sacrifice. Related Posts Cristian Nápoles, the “new Cuban athlete”: sports, music and entrepreneurship November 24, 2024 Deborah Andollo: “I’m not afraid of the sea, but I respect it” October 31, 2024 Paralympic Games: What’s next after the Paris feat? 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I studied at a school for blind and visually impaired children in Santiago de Cuba. I had a physical education teacher called Reynaldo Gaspar del Castillo, and he realized that I could practice athletics. “It was he who encouraged me to get into this world,” Omara recalls in a direct journey to her origins. Her story brings to mind innocent passages from her childhood, the birth of her love for athletics and her journey through the different levels of education, both special and regular, in which she learned essential lessons for life, such as being grateful: “I feel eternal gratitude towards all the people who helped me at school; not everyone does that. “I did not suffer discrimination from the other kids, but in the classroom, everything went faster for me. I went through the distance lessons and I didn’t even watch TV. There I had to find mechanisms to keep going because you can’t stop. I was lucky to find classmates who supported me, who sat next to me to dictate to me what was written on the board,” says Omara. From that stage, she began to forge an iron personality, always focused on seeking a little more, on pushing the limits: “I have always tried to improve myself and never see a wall in front of me because I have a disability, not see a wall that I cannot cross, feel that I have obstacles in my life. I have also been very optimistic, very positive in dealing with society, with my disability, and feeling good, and fulfilled. My mother says that since I was very young, I set goals for myself, whether in sports or at school, and I still do today. When I face new challenges I breathe better,” says the runner. Queen Omara Durand With that mentality, she came to the global spotlight at just 15 years old during the World Games organized in São Paulo, Brazil by the International Federation of Sports for the Blind, and then she was at the Parapan American Games in Rio de Janeiro in 2007. “Getting to an international competition was something big. Imagine, at just 15 years of age. I remember that I was very nervous, restless, insecure, and inaccurate. But one starts with the first time. Then I gained confidence and over time, after trying and trying, I grew. I gained sporting maturity, I understood that I had to be more disciplined and responsible, and that’s how I became what I am today.” Christchurch-London: the road to fame From 2011 to 2024, Omara Durand only didn’t win two races between the World Championships and the Paralympic Games . Both “defeats” occurred at the 2019 Doha World Championships, when she finished second in her qualifying heat of the 400 meters and third in the 200m qualifying heat. These events did not have major consequences, because she then dominated the finals of both events. If we want to find Omara’s other stumbles in significant events, we have to go back in the calendar to 2008. That season, at the Bird’s Nest in Beijing, she made her debut under the 5 rings and was unable to reach the podium in any of the modalities in which she competed. However, that experience at just 20 years old was the basis for her subsequent triumphs, which took almost a cycle to arrive. “Between the Paralympic Games, there are many competitions, including the Diamond League for people with disabilities, but it has always been difficult to find the funds to participate in these events. That has not changed and after I finished in Beijing I competed very little until the World Championships in Christchurch, New Zealand, where I won my first two gold medals in a top-level championship. That not only made me known but also allowed me to arrive at the London 2012 event with my spirits sky-high,” she explains. But her breakthrough has no mysteries or secrets, only work: “In the end, I spent the whole year training, on equal terms with conventional athletes. I prepared with the same rigor and dedication, from Monday to Monday, sometimes without time for family or to go out like the 20-year-old that I was.” Ericka, the girl who ran in London The London 2012 Games hold a special place in Omara Durand’s memories. At the Olympic Stadium in the British capital, the Santiago native ran three times, set the same number of Paralympic records, and won the 100- and 400-meter titles. But another detail forever marked this event for the Cuban sprinter: she competed while pregnant. “I didn’t know. I was lifting weights, jumping, doing very dangerous things. If I had known, I wouldn’t have taken such a risk, but since I didn’t know, I did what any athlete normally does before a top-level competition,” reveals Omara. “I didn’t feel anything. Maybe the level of adrenaline generated by competition, the stress and concentration that athletes must have, didn’t let the body manifest itself,” reflects the sprinter. Omara found out everything when she returned to Havana: “When I returned to Cuba, they did some tests and it turned out that I was pregnant. I had nothing planned, but when I heard the news, it was welcome a blessing. I had Ericka in 2013 when I was only 21, and it didn’t cause me any problems in my sports career, because three months after giving birth, I gradually returned to work. After becoming a mother, I obtained the best sports results of my life.” Genesis of an explosive couple Although motherhood was not an obstacle for Omara Durand to return to training, her return to top competition was conditioned by reclassification to define in which category she would compete. The Santiago native had been competing in the T-13 (visually impaired), which does not require a guide, but after having her daughter, some things changed. “The classification is defined by ophthalmologists from the International Paralympic Committee. They have a platform of doctors and based on studies they decide in which category we will compete. In my case, every 2 years I had to go through that reclassification, and after motherhood, they determined that I had to go down to T-12, in which the guide is not mandatory, but I felt that I needed it to perform better in certain circumstances,” says the sprinter. “In the big events, for example, I almost always had to compete at night, and everything was very difficult for me there. Other times I had to run while it was raining and it also created situations for me with the issue of visual impairment. So, together with Professor Miriam Ferrer, my coach, and the rest of the technical team, we decided to look for a guide,” says Omara, who initially had a strange feeling of uncertainty. At first, she didn’t know how the partnership would work and whether running alongside another person would limit her performance. However, her doubts were quickly dispelled, at least in the competitive arena, because in the first pair test during the 2015 Doha World Championships, they broke all the records: 4 world records and a gold medal in the 100-, 200- and 400-meter dashes. Yuniol Kindelán, the other half Industria, between Habana and Barcelona, just behind the Capitol. Yuniol Kindelán grew up there, and from his childhood, he doesn’t remember doing anything other than wearing out the soles of his shoes and devouring miles of asphalt in the heart of the Cuban capital. “I was always into athletics. I would spend the day running and that’s how I started practicing sports. I then climbed the famous pyramid to the national team, but I didn’t last long,” Yuniol recalls with a certain nostalgia, hiding behind elegant glasses and a very characteristic hairstyle. Omara Durand’s squire, her other half on the track, embraces fame today after a decade of success, but his career was very close to moving away from the spotlight: “In the national athletics team every year they ask you for a record to continue and I didn’t achieve it, so they kicked me out. I was left in limbo.” Was it traumatic? Of course, but that is part of the sport, an almost hidden one because usually successes are always written about, not defeats. I trained, I sacrificed myself, I gave my best, but the record didn’t come out. It was a blank moment, although fortunately brief, because just a few days after leaving the national team Miriam Ferrer spoke to me about the possibility of competing with Omara and we started working. What did you feel at that moment? Honestly, I thought it was going to be very difficult. I had never run with anyone and neither had Omara. Besides, she already had great results and it was a tremendous challenge to maintain them, but we assumed it, although at the beginning it was a disaster. It is not what people are used to seeing, what happens is that we are responsible with the work, very serious, and in the long run, we achieved the necessary rapport and to this day. Did you imagine such a promising future when you were let off? No, never. I never thought I would get so far. Also, sports for the disabled did not get much attention, it was hardly shown on television or talked about in the media, only at the Paralympic Games and that was it. So, I did not know at all what I was facing. At first, I said: “What am I supposed to do here? I don’t understand!” I really couldn’t imagine that after that we would go so far. The change for you was drastic, not only by moving to Paralympic sport but also by facing new distances... Yes, I was always a 400-meter runner, I hadn’t competed as such in speed, so it was a bit complex at the beginning, especially in the 100. Because of starting issues and other technical issues, it was quite difficult for me, but I polished them and improved. Was that the most difficult thing about those beginnings? No, not at all. The most difficult thing was synchronization for the two of us. We knew how to run, but doing it tied with a rope and in short distances with very little margin for error became more complicated. In this type of race, you can’t make a mistake because you lose almost all chance of winning. When we managed to synchronize everything went well. The perfect silhouette With a suitable camera shot, it gives the impression that Omara Durand and Yuniol Kindelán are one body that leaves its trail on the track at the speed of light. Their silhouette is exquisite and barely blurred when the Santiago native steps forward after crossing the finish line. Many runners spend years seeking these levels of perfection and sometimes fail, but the Cuban duo found the key in a matter of a year. Omara and Yuniol began working together before the Parapan American Games in Toronto, but the Havana native was unable to make the trip to that event and their debut together was delayed until the World Championships in Doha, at the end of 2015. Although they claimed all the vacant crowns there, their true test of fire came the following year at the summer event in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. For those Paralympic Games, Cuba was already facing a challenging scenario, as Yunidis Castillo, the queen of the Cuban teams in Beijing 2008 and London 2012, did not seem in a position to repeat her feats on the track. In fact, in the Brazilian city, she only managed to get second place in the long jump and came away empty-handed in the races. Omara was then the candidate for Yunidis’ throne and claimed it in a big way, consolidating one of the most spectacular individual dynasties in Paralympic sport. However, her time in Rio 2016 was a major challenge, since for the first time she competed with someone under the 5 rings and she did so alongside a guide with whom she had only worked for a few months. “We were having synchronization problems that we had a hard time solving, until one day, after hearing Miriam’s complaints for a long time, everything went perfectly. It was hard work at the start and the coordination of the arm and leg movements. But we did it and it never failed us again. We got to a point where we could stop training or do it without the rope and when we came back it would work out wonderfully,” explains Omara. Although it may seem like a routine exercise now, the reality is that achieving that rapport and drawing a perfect silhouette on the track is only for the chosen ones: “I think we achieved that based on our sporting level, my ability as an athlete and Yuniol’s as a guide. On the other hand, we have similar physical characteristics, such as height. In some pairs it is not like that, you find very tall guides next to very short girls. I imagine it is difficult, regardless of the talent they have. “Another thing, sometimes the guides also get desperate because they want the athlete to respond in a different way, and then the lack of coordination occurs. And finally, we got along really well. Yuniol doesn’t even have to talk or tell me anything, I just have to perceive the pace of the race, I already know what I have to do,” Omara explains. And speaking of strategies, I am assailed by the doubt of what the process of setting the pace in a race is like. “Does anyone set the pace?” I ask and Yuniol does not hesitate: “Nobody pulls anyone. No. That does not exist,” he says convinced. “Omara is an exceptional athlete and I had to adapt to her because she is the one who set the timer, the one who crossed the finish line first. During training, I imposed a pace, sometimes above her usual levels, with the aim of seeing her response capacity. We were constantly testing ourselves. One day I was a little ahead of her and when she matched that pace, it stuck in her head. So, in the competition, we didn’t get ahead of ourselves, we simply read what we needed and ran like that,” Yuniol says. With this formula, they set the standard for almost a decade, a period in which the unknown of their careers was whether they were going to break records because their supremacy was not a matter of debate. In this regard, Kindelán assures that they never went out to look for records, only to run hard: “Of course, when we arrived at a competition after good periods of training, we knew that the possibilities were greater, but sometimes when we were at our best, they did not happen and other times, without reaching the maximum, we did achieve them. These are things that happen in sport. What we always had clear is that one can hold on to records, because then it is difficult to achieve them.” Tokyo and the obstacle of confinement On August 25, 2020, the Olympic flame was set to light up the sky of Tokyo, but the coronavirus pandemic froze the flame of the summer event. The world had been in chaos since the beginning of the year and sports did not escape the suspension of events, with dire consequences for all the athletes who were already ready to storm the Japanese capital. “There was a moment when we realized that the postponement of the Paralympic Games was inevitable. Everyone was in quarantine, nothing could be done and I don’t think anyone knew how and when we would return to normal,” recalls Omara. So what to do? “We never stopped exercising. We were always working out wherever and however we could. I needed it to maintain my body weight because I tend to gain weight easily, and to not lose muscle tone. That was essential because if you lock yourself at home without training at all, your muscles start to weaken and when you start again it’s hard for you. “Also, we’ve been practicing sports for many years and the heart is adapted to that routine. When you drop your levels too much, so suddenly, you’re at risk of anything happening to you, even sudden death. So, we had to find a balance through exercise,” explains Omara, who spent 5 months without working with Yuniol Kindelán. Omara Durand and Yuniol Kindelán spent 5 months without working together before the Tokyo Paralympic Games. Photo: Otmaro Rodríguez. “He was on his side and I was on mine. There was no other option. In the end, we started training together in September 2020, already thinking about the Tokyo Games, which were scheduled for August of the following year. Let’s say that it was a setback to be apart, but the same thing happened to everyone. Our rivals also had to isolate themselves, avoid contagion at all costs, and work when the conditions were right,” recalls the sprinter. The preparation was challenging, although for them it did not represent a major problem: “As we have already said, we can stop training without the rope for as long as we want and when we run with it again, we do so without difficulty. That is thanks to years of work, experience, and understanding,” says Omara. And indeed, in Tokyo, there were no cracks in the preparation and they dominated from start to finish, even with a world and Paralympic record in the 200-meter finals. Once again they looked in the rearview mirror at all their rivals, surrendered to the reign of the Santiago native. Paris and the final stretch Retirement did not cause Omara Durand any headaches. She accepted the process as something natural, marked the times in the calendar, and decided to stop at the peak of her career, after reaching 11 Paralympic titles in Paris. The French capital saw her rise to the top again in 3 events. In each of the,m she shone, running against time, against the stopwatch, her true opponent: “That is what we train for, to improve our times. We know that we have no rivals, the runners from other countries themselves say so. But that does not mean that it is comfortable, nor does the fact that we have a big advantage mean that it is comfortable. We always go hard, we try our best, it is not for fun that we train so much.” Paris 2024 involved an exercise in self-control for the simple reason of facing 9 races in a period of 6 days, the highest total of her entire summer career: “The calendar forced us to pace ourselves. In some cases we only ran to qualify, without many demands, which allowed us to lower the pace a little, but always very focused, because at the slightest mistake, we would risk disqualification. Everyone was watching Omara and nothing could fail.” Fortunately, there was no slip-up in the City of Light, which saw her say goodbye in tears and shining, only with gold medals on her chest. In her last stretch, she opened the turbines again and put distance between herself and her rivals, without any pressure: “When you are the best in the world, everyone is ready to beat you, but that never weighed on us. We work with our hearts and with great dedication to achieve a goal and we almost always achieve it.” The place of honor in the Cuban Paralympic movement was then vacant, and it was now forced to look for another reference for the next cycles. Yuniol Kindelán was also left alone, without a partner to share the rope with while running on the track. Omara’s goodbye probably also implies his farewell, although there is always an open door. “I have only run with Omara and the idea was always that when she finished I would follow in her footsteps because I have been doing this for a long time. Although I don’t like to be absolute if someone appeared and I could maintain the motivation, maybe I would try for a few more years, after all, sport is what I like.” Farewell letter “Dreams are always there and one goes after them. In sports, the first thing I dreamed of was participating in an international event, and that’s what happened. Then I decided to grow as an athlete and have many results, and that also happened. But the most impressive thing about this whole journey is that there are things that I never imagined and they happened. I attribute that to the daily effort, to the dedication and to the great love that I feel for athletics. “I am still young, but I have been practicing sports for many years, something that can only be defined with one word: sacrifice. Although it requires a lot of concentration, the most difficult thing is not competing, but training. Sections and kilometers covered, weights, jumps; morning and afternoon; with sun or cold. There is no way to explain the exhaustion. I wish we could compete without training.... “And I wish we could also compete without injuries. I have taken good care of myself, although I have gone through bad times. I came out of the 2019 Doha World Cup in tatters and ended up in an operating room. I recovered and competed again, but high-performance sport demands intensity. High-performance sport forces your heart to beat hard because in a competition you go to the maximum, you always give the extra. “That’s why I decided not to run anymore after Paris. From now on I want to grow my family. I hope life gives me the blessing of having another child, I’m going to try. I’m also going to try to have an eye operation, I’d like to see a little more, study, improve myself and, of course, support Cuban sports in whatever is necessary. “Up to this point, I have to give thanks. I don’t feel famous, but I’ve received so many recognitions that I can hardly believe it. I’m so proud of that. The only way I can give back is by being kind to everyone. Sometimes I am exhausted and want to spend time with my family, but I am reciprocal with the people who recognize my work. Therefore, I greet those who greet me, and those who ask me for an interview I gladly give it. It is nice, it is enjoyable. “I am not sure I deserve so much, but I think it is a reward for how perseverant I have been. In some way, as Paralympic athletes, we have become a paradigm.” Tags: best Cuban athletes Cuban athletics Omara Durand Paralympic GamesDell Technologies Q3 revenue falls short of estimates as weak PC demand weighs
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Glasgow’s most recent European match, a 28-24 defeat away to Harlequins in the last-16 of the Champions Cup back in April, ultimately proved a catalyst for their run to URC glory later in the season. At the time, however, it was just another knockout disappointment to lodge alongside the previous year’s league quarter-final loss at home to Munster and the shellacking dished out by Toulon in the final of the Challenge Cup. Both those games went awry early on and didn’t get much better, whereas at The Stoop, Franco Smith’s men recovered from a poor first half to score 17 unanswered points in the second period, leading right up until the 76th minute only for Quins to edge it at the death. Glasgow were left to reflect on a lack of maturity and game management, qualities which came surging to the fore in those back-to-back wins over the Stormers, Munster and the Bulls — the latter two on the road — which delivered them to the title.Michigan Trolls Ohio State by Reposting Final Score with Subtle TwistNextNav Co-Founder and CTO Arun Raghupathy Receives Distinguished Alumni Award from University of Maryland’s Department of Electrical and Computer EngineeringWASHINGTON, D.C. — The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has announced a significant policy change designed to streamline the process for taxpayers filing returns with duplicate dependents while enhancing protections against identity theft. Starting with the 2025 tax filing season, the IRS will allow e-filed tax returns claiming dependents who have already been listed on another taxpayer’s return, provided the primary taxpayer includes a valid Identity Protection Personal Identification Number (IP PIN). This marks a major shift in the agency’s handling of such cases, which previously required affected taxpayers to file their returns by paper—a more time-consuming alternative. The new policy is expected to expedite tax refund processing for individuals filing in this scenario and underscores the IRS’s broader efforts to address identity theft risks. The change will particularly benefit taxpayers claiming critical credits, such as the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) and Child Tax Credit (CTC), which can significantly impact families’ financial stability. Under existing procedures, when a dependent was already claimed on another return, subsequent returns would be rejected, leaving taxpayers no choice but to file by mail. The updated policy allows taxpayers facing such issues to electronically file their returns by including their IP PIN, a six-digit code issued by the IRS to verified individuals. Beginning in the 2025 tax season, e-filed Forms 1040, 1040-NR, and 1040-SS will be accepted under these conditions. This adjustment does not alter the IRS’s commitment to reject tax returns with duplicate dependent claims that lack an IP PIN. Taxpayers without an IP PIN in these cases must still file paper returns, potentially delaying their refunds. The new protocol also applies to attached forms relevant to dependents, including Forms 2441 (Child and Dependent Care Expenses), 8863 (Education Credits), and Schedule EIC (Earned Income Credit). However, the filing of duplicate dependent claims for prior tax years (2022 and 2023) will only be accepted by paper. The Identity Protection Personal Identification Number plays a pivotal role in protecting taxpayers against identity theft. It ensures that only the rightful owner of a Social Security number or Individual Taxpayer Identification Number can file a federal tax return in their name. The IRS issues IP PINs exclusively to verified individuals, preventing unauthorized use of personal information for fraudulent filings. Commissioner Danny Werfel has highlighted the importance of the IP PIN in preventing tax refund theft and easing filing complications. By incorporating the IP PIN into the electronic filing process, the IRS not only strengthens its fraud prevention mechanisms but also reduces the administrative burden for taxpayers. Eligible individuals must provide their IP PIN each year when filing their federal returns, either electronically or by mail. The number changes annually, further enhancing its security role. The IRS encourages taxpayers to register for an IP PIN as soon as possible to ensure they are prepared for the upcoming tax season. The system will be undergoing annual maintenance until early January 2025, which will temporarily suspend the issuance of new IP PINs. Taxpayers who already have an IRS Online Account are advised to secure their IP PIN . Online Accounts also allow users to access previous filings, current tax information, and records from documents such as Forms W-2 and 1099. For those unable to register online, alternative options, such as in-person verification at IRS Taxpayer Assistance Centers, are available. This policy change is expected to significantly reduce wait times and complications for taxpayers filing returns with duplicate dependent claims. Taxpayers claiming the EITC and CTC stand to benefit the most, as these credits are often crucial for lower- to middle-income individuals and families. Filing electronically ensures faster processing, making access to these financial benefits more seamless. Additionally, the expanded use of IP PINs bolsters the IRS’s broader initiatives to combat tax-related identity theft. The agency has regularly emphasized the importance of protecting taxpayer information as digital filing becomes the norm. This update aligns with the IRS’s ongoing modernization agenda, which seeks to make tax administration more efficient and user-friendly. By expanding digital services, such as the IP PIN and Online Accounts, the agency aims to accommodate the growing number of taxpayers relying on electronic filing while addressing persistent concerns around data security. The IRS’s proactive measures demonstrate its commitment to adapting tax administration policies to meet the evolving needs of taxpayers while upholding strict protections for sensitive financial data. This enhancement positions the agency to better serve taxpayers in an increasingly interconnected technological environment, ensuring fair and simple access to the tax system for all. Taxpayers are encouraged to stay informed about IP PIN registration and the upcoming changes as the IRS continues to implement improvements heading into the 2025 tax season. 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Oliver Glasner declared Crystal Palace are on the right path after they finally broke their away duck with a 1-0 win at Ipswich. Jean-Philippe Mateta struck in the second half with the only real piece of quality in a nervy encounter between two struggling teams. It is now two wins and three draws from the last six matches for Glasner’s side, whose winter revival is gathering pace nicely following a sticky start to the campaign. “I feel very happy, we’re all very pleased with the result, it was not the best performance but the result was more important,” said the Eagles boss. “Most of the time we controlled the game and we scored an amazing goal, a fantastic finish from JP. “We had more chances to decide the game but we couldn’t, but I think the win was well deserved. “We didn’t give them any chances from open play and with a clean sheet you can always take the win. “It’s a big win. Now it’s not time to sit back and relax but to keep going. In four days we face Manchester City. We stay humble. There are still many things to improve but we are on the right path.” Ipswich looked the likelier to score as a low-key first half drew to a close and were denied by a point-blank save by Dean Henderson from Harry Clarke’s near-post header. Shortly after the interval Wes Burns got clear down the right and lifted an inviting cross towards Liam Delap, whose header was straight at Henderson. However, from out of nowhere Palace conjured up a lightning counter-attack to go ahead on the hour. Eberechi Eze led the charge before feeding Mateta, who surged forward with a couple of stepovers before brushing off the attention of Jacob Greaves and finishing superbly past Arijanet Muric. It was the French forward’s sixth goal of the season, and his first away from Selhurst Park. Back came Ipswich with Leif Davis fizzing in another cross for Delap, who somehow mistimed his jump and completely missed the ball from six yards. As time ticked down Greaves looped a header against the far post, with the rebound just eluding substitute Ali-Al Hamadi. “Frustrating night,” said Town boss Kieran McKenna. “It was a tight first half, we weren’t fantastic in terms of the flow of the game and didn’t create as many opportunities as we wanted. But having said that neither did our opponents. “In the second half we conceded a really poor goal and that proved decisive. We can do better than we did tonight.”
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Trump vows to pursue executions after Biden commutes most of federal death rowBy JILL COLVIN and STEPHEN GROVES WASHINGTON (AP) — After several weeks working mostly behind closed doors, Vice President-elect JD Vance returned to Capitol Hill this week in a new, more visible role: Helping Donald Trump try to get his most contentious Cabinet picks to confirmation in the Senate, where Vance has served for the last two years. Vance arrived at the Capitol on Wednesday with former Rep. Matt Gaetz and spent the morning sitting in on meetings between Trump’s choice for attorney general and key Republicans, including members of the Senate Judiciary Committee. The effort was for naught: Gaetz announced a day later that he was withdrawing his name amid scrutiny over sex trafficking allegations and the reality that he was unlikely to be confirmed. Thursday morning Vance was back, this time accompanying Pete Hegseth, the “Fox & Friends Weekend” host whom Trump has tapped to be the next secretary of defense. Hegseth also has faced allegations of sexual assault that he denies. Vance is expected to accompany other nominees for meetings in coming weeks as he tries to leverage the two years he has spent in the Senate to help push through Trump’s picks. The role of introducing nominees around Capitol Hill is an unusual one for a vice president-elect. Usually the job goes to a former senator who has close relationships on the Hill, or a more junior aide. But this time the role fits Vance, said Marc Short, who served as Trump’s first director of legislative affairs as well as chief of staff to Trump’s first vice president, Mike Pence, who spent more than a decade in Congress and led the former president’s transition ahead of his first term. ”JD probably has a lot of current allies in the Senate and so it makes sense to have him utilized in that capacity,” Short said. Unlike the first Trump transition, which played out before cameras at Trump Tower in New York and at the president-elect’s golf club in Bedminster, New Jersey, this one has largely happened behind closed doors in Palm Beach, Florida. There, a small group of officials and aides meet daily at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort to run through possible contenders and interview job candidates. The group includes Elon Musk, the billionaire who has spent so much time at the club that Trump has joked he can’t get rid of him. Vance has been a constant presence, even as he’s kept a lower profile. The Ohio senator has spent much of the last two weeks in Palm Beach, according to people familiar with his plans, playing an active role in the transition, on which he serves as honorary chair. Vance has been staying at a cottage on the property of the gilded club, where rooms are adorned with cherubs, oriental rugs and intricate golden inlays. It’s a world away from the famously hardscrabble upbringing that Vance documented in the memoir that made him famous, “Hillbilly Elegy.” His young children have also joined him at Mar-a-Lago, at times. Vance was photographed in shorts and a polo shirt playing with his kids on the seawall of the property with a large palm frond, a U.S. Secret Service robotic security dog in the distance. On the rare days when he is not in Palm Beach, Vance has been joining the sessions remotely via Zoom. Though he has taken a break from TV interviews after months of constant appearances, Vance has been active in the meetings, which began immediately after the election and include interviews and as well as presentations on candidates’ pluses and minuses. Among those interviewed: Contenders to replace FBI Director Christopher Wray , as Vance wrote in a since-deleted social media post. Defending himself from criticism that he’d missed a Senate vote in which one of President Joe Biden’s judicial nominees was confirmed, Vance wrote that he was meeting at the time “with President Trump to interview multiple positions for our government, including for FBI Director.” “I tend to think it’s more important to get an FBI director who will dismantle the deep state than it is for Republicans to lose a vote 49-46 rather than 49-45,” Vance added on X. “But that’s just me.” While Vance did not come in to the transition with a list of people he wanted to see in specific roles, he and his friend, Trump’s eldest son, Donald Trump Jr., who is also a member of the transition team, were eager to see former Democratic Rep. Tulsi Gabbard and Robert F. Kennedy Jr. find roles in the administration. Trump ended up selecting Gabbard as the next director of national intelligence , a powerful position that sits atop the nation’s spy agencies and acts as the president’s top intelligence adviser. And he chose Kennedy to lead the Department of Health and Human Services , a massive agency that oversees everything from drug and food safety to Medicare and Medicaid. Vance was also a big booster of Tom Homan, the former acting director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement, who will serve as Trump’s “border czar.” In another sign of Vance’s influence, James Braid, a top aide to the senator, is expected to serve as Trump’s legislative affairs director. Allies say it’s too early to discuss what portfolio Vance might take on in the White House. While he gravitates to issues like trade, immigration and tech policy, Vance sees his role as doing whatever Trump needs. Vance was spotted days after the election giving his son’s Boy Scout troop a tour of the Capitol and was there the day of leadership elections. He returned in earnest this week, first with Gaetz — arguably Trump’s most divisive pick — and then Hegseth, who has was been accused of sexually assaulting a woman in 2017, according to an investigative report made public this week. Hegseth told police at the time that the encounter had been consensual and denied any wrongdoing. Vance hosted Hegseth in his Senate office as GOP senators, including those who sit on the Senate Armed Services Committee, filtered in to meet with the nominee for defense secretary. While a president’s nominees usually visit individual senators’ offices, meeting them on their own turf, the freshman senator — who is accompanied everywhere by a large Secret Service detail that makes moving around more unwieldy — instead brought Gaetz to a room in the Capitol on Wednesday and Hegseth to his office on Thursday. Senators came to them. Vance made it to votes Wednesday and Thursday, but missed others on Thursday afternoon. Vance is expected to continue to leverage his relationships in the Senate after Trump takes office. But many Republicans there have longer relationships with Trump himself. Sen. Kevin Cramer, a North Dakota Republican, said that Trump was often the first person to call him back when he was trying to reach high-level White House officials during Trump’s first term. “He has the most active Rolodex of just about anybody I’ve ever known,” Cramer said, adding that Vance would make a good addition. “They’ll divide names up by who has the most persuasion here,” Cramer said, but added, “Whoever his liaison is will not work as hard at it as he will.” Cramer was complimentary of the Ohio senator, saying he was “pleasant” and ” interesting” to be around. ′′He doesn’t have the long relationships,” he said. “But we all like people that have done what we’ve done. I mean, that’s sort of a natural kinship, just probably not as personally tied.” Under the Constitution, Vance will also have a role presiding over the Senate and breaking tie votes. But he’s not likely to be needed for that as often as was Kamala Harris, who broke a record number of ties for Democrats as vice president, since Republicans will have a bigger cushion in the chamber next year. Colvin reported from New York. Associated Press writer Mary Clare Jalonick contributed to this report.FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump promised on Tuesday to “vigorously pursue” capital punishment after President Joe Biden commuted the sentences of most people on federal death row partly to stop Trump from pushing forward their executions. Trump criticized Biden’s decision on Monday to change the sentences of 37 of the 40 condemned people to life in prison without parole, arguing that it was senseless and insulted the families of their victims. Biden said converting their punishments to life imprisonment was consistent with the moratorium imposed on federal executions in cases other than terrorism and hate-motivated mass murder. “Joe Biden just commuted the Death Sentence on 37 of the worst killers in our Country,” he wrote on his social media site. “When you hear the acts of each, you won’t believe that he did this. Makes no sense. Relatives and friends are further devastated. They can’t believe this is happening!” Presidents historically have no involvement in dictating or recommending the punishments that federal prosecutors seek for defendants in criminal cases, though Trump has long sought more direct control over the Justice Department's operations. The president-elect wrote that he would direct the department to pursue the death penalty “as soon as I am inaugurated,” but was vague on what specific actions he may take and said they would be in cases of “violent rapists, murderers, and monsters.” He highlighted the cases of two men who were on federal death row for slaying a woman and a girl, had admitted to killing more and had their sentences commuted by Biden. On the campaign trail, Trump often called for expanding the federal death penalty — including for those who kill police officers, those convicted of drug and human trafficking, and migrants who kill U.S. citizens. “Trump has been fairly consistent in wanting to sort of say that he thinks the death penalty is an important tool and he wants to use it,” said Douglas Berman, an expert on sentencing at Ohio State University’s law school. “But whether practically any of that can happen, either under existing law or other laws, is a heavy lift.” Berman said Trump’s statement at this point seems to be just a response to Biden’s commutation. “I’m inclined to think it’s still in sort of more the rhetoric phase. Just, ‘don’t worry. The new sheriff is coming. I like the death penalty,’” he said. Most Americans have historically supported the death penalty for people convicted of murder, according to decades of annual polling by Gallup, but support has declined over the past few decades. About half of Americans were in favor in an October poll, while roughly 7 in 10 Americans backed capital punishment for murderers in 2007. Before Biden's commutation, there were 40 federal death row inmates compared with more than 2,000 who have been sentenced to death by states. “The reality is all of these crimes are typically handled by the states,” Berman said. A question is whether the Trump administration would try to take over some state murder cases, such as those related to drug trafficking or smuggling. He could also attempt to take cases from states that have abolished the death penalty. Berman said Trump's statement, along with some recent actions by states, may present an effort to get the Supreme Court to reconsider a precedent that considers the death penalty disproportionate punishment for rape. “That would literally take decades to unfold. It’s not something that is going to happen overnight,” Berman said. Before one of Trump's rallies on Aug. 20, his prepared remarks released to the media said he would announce he would ask for the death penalty for child rapists and child traffickers. But Trump never delivered the line. One of the men Trump highlighted on Tuesday was ex-Marine Jorge Avila Torrez, who was sentenced to death for killing a sailor in Virginia and later pleaded guilty to the fatal stabbing of an 8-year-old and a 9-year-old girl in a suburban Chicago park several years before. The other man, Thomas Steven Sanders, was sentenced to death for the kidnapping and slaying of a 12-year-old girl in Louisiana, days after shooting the girl's mother in a wildlife park in Arizona. Court records show he admitted to both killings. Some families of victims expressed anger with Biden's decision, but the president had faced pressure from advocacy groups urging him to make it more difficult for Trump to increase the use of capital punishment for federal inmates. The ACLU and the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops were some of the groups that applauded the decision. Biden left three federal inmates to face execution. They are Dylann Roof, who carried out the 2015 racist slayings of nine Black members of Mother Emanuel AME Church in Charleston, South Carolina; 2013 Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev ; and Robert Bowers, who fatally shot 11 congregants at Pittsburgh’s Tree of Life Synagogue in 2018 , the deadliest antisemitic attack in U.S history. _______ Associated Press writers Jill Colvin, Michelle L. Price and Eric Tucker contributed to this report.
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Biden opens final White House holiday season with turkey pardons and first lady gets Christmas tree WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden has kicked off his final holiday season at the White House, issuing the traditional reprieve to two turkeys who will bypass the Thanksgiving table to live out their days in Minnesota. The president welcomed 2,500 guests under sunny skies as he cracked jokes about the fates of “Peach” and “Blossom.” He also sounded wistful tones about the last weeks of his presidency. Separately, first lady Jill Biden received the delivery of the official White House Christmas tree. And the Bidens are traveling to New York later Monday for an early holiday celebration with members of the Coast Guard. 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The approval ends years of wrangling that launched a federal investigation into why Colorado-based Liberty Media, would not approve the team initially started by Michael Andretti, who has since stepped aside. The 11th team will be called Cadillac F1 and be run by new Andretti Global majority owners Dan Towriss and Mark Walter. The team will use Ferrari engines its first two years until GM has a Cadillac engine built for competition in time for the 2028 season. US goalkeeper Alyssa Naeher is retiring from international soccer U.S. women’s national team goalkeeper Alyssa Naeher is retiring from international soccer. Naeher is on the team’s roster for a pair of upcoming matches in Europe but those will be her last after a full 11 years playing for the United States. Naeher was on the U.S. team that won the Women’s World Cup in 2019 and the gold medal at this year's Olympics in France. She’s the only U.S. goalkeeper to earn a shutout in both a World Cup and an Olympic final. Bah, humbug! Vandal smashes Ebenezer Scrooge's tombstone used in 'A Christmas Carol' movie LONDON (AP) — If life imitates art, a vandal in the English countryside may be haunted by The Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come. Police in the town of Shrewsbury are investigating how a tombstone at the fictional grave of Ebenezer Scrooge was destroyed. The movie prop used in the 1984 adaption of Charles Dickens' “A Christmas Carol” had become a tourist attraction. The film starred George C. Scott as the cold-hearted curmudgeon who is visited by three ghosts on Christmas Eve who show him what will become of his life if he doesn’t become a better person. West Mercia Police say the stone was vandalized in the past week. Megachurch founder T.D. Jakes suffers health incident during sermon at Dallas church DALLAS (AP) — The founder of Dallas-based megachurch The Potter's House, Bishop T.D. Jakes, was hospitalized after suffering what the church called a “slight health incident.” Jakes was speaking to churchgoers after he sat down and began trembling as several people gathered around him Sunday at the church. Jakes' daughter Sarah Jakes Roberts and her husband Touré Roberts said in a statement on social media late Sunday that Jakes was improving. The 67-year-old Jakes founded the non-denominational The Potter's House in 1996 and his website says it now has more than 30,000 members with campuses in Fort Worth and Frisco, Texas; and in Denver. At the crossroads of news and opinion, 'Morning Joe' hosts grapple with aftermath of Trump meeting The reaction of those who defended “Morning Joe” hosts Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski for meeting with President-elect Trump sounds almost quaint in the days of opinionated journalism. Doesn't it makes sense, they said, for hosts of a political news show to meet with such an important figure? But given how “Morning Joe” has attacked Trump, its viewers felt insulted. Many reacted quickly by staying away. It all reflects the broader trend of opinion crowding out traditional journalist in today's marketplace, and the expectations that creates among consumers. By mid-week, the show's audience was less than two-thirds what it has typically been this year. Pilot dies in plane crash in remote woods of New York, puppy found alive WINDHAM, N.Y. (AP) — Authorities say a pilot and at least one dog he was transporting died when a small plane crashed in the snowy woods of the Catskill Mountains, though a puppy on the flight was found alive with two broken legs. The Greene County sheriff’s office says Seuk Kim of Springfield, Virginia, was flying from Maryland to Albany, New York, when the plane crashed at about 6:10 p.m. Sunday in a remote area. Officials believe the pilot died from the impact. The surviving dog was hospitalized, while a third dog was not located. The flight was connected with a not-for-profit group that transports rescue animals. Warren Buffett gives away another $1.1B and plans for distributing his $147B fortune after his death OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Investor Warren Buffett renewed his Thanksgiving tradition of giving by handing out more than $1.1 billion of Berkshire Hathaway stock to four of his family's foundations Monday, and he offered new details about who will be handing out the rest of his fortune after his death. Buffett has said previously that his three kids will distribute his remaining $147.4 billion fortune in the 10 years after his death, but now he has also designated successors for them because it’s possible that Buffett’s children could die before giving it all away. Buffett said he has no regrets about his decision to start giving away his fortune in 2006. Pop star Ed Sheeran apologizes to Man United boss Ruben Amorim for crashing interview MANCHESTER, England (AP) — British pop star Ed Sheeran has apologized to Ruben Amorim after inadvertently interrupting the new Manchester United head coach during a live television interview. Amorim was talking on Sky Sports after United’s 1-1 draw with Ipswich on Sunday when Sheeran walked up to embrace analyst Jamie Redknapp. The interview was paused before Redknapp told the pop star to “come and say hello in a minute.” Sheeran is a lifelong Ipswich fan and holds a minority stake in the club. He was pictured celebrating after Omari Hutchinson’s equalizing goal in the game at Portman Road.
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