PARIS (AP) — Paris Saint-Germain failed to score in Ligue 1 for the first time this season as the reigning champion was denied by outstanding goalkeeping from Auxerre's Donovan Léon in a 0-0 draw on Friday. Léon's string of superb saves thwarted PSG’s attacking stars. After a fairly even first 45 minutes, PSG camped in the Auxerre half but could not find a way past León, who made memorable stops from Gonçalo Ramos, Achraf Hakimi, Kang-In Lee, Désiré Nonka-Maho and Randal Kolo Muani. Vitinha saw one curling shot come back off the bar. PSG had 25 shots to Auxerre’s six and 15 corners to Auxerre’s three but the home side still could have stolen all three points, as PSG keeper Gianluigi Donnarumma had to make a smart stop from Hamed Traorè. PSG remained eight points clear on top of Ligue 1. Auxerre was eighth. Canadian striker Jonathan David scored two and made another as Lille brushed past Brest 3-1 to extend its unbeaten run to 10 games in Ligue 1. The last time Lille lost to Brest at home was in 1989 and that long run never looked likely to fall as David turned in a man-of-the-match performance at Stade Pierre-Mauroy. He put Lille ahead from the penalty spot after nine minutes and he got away from his marker and crossed for Hákon Haraladsson to clip home a second just before halftime. Ludovic Ajorque got one back for Brest early in the second half but David restored Lille’s two-goal cushion when he pounced on a loose ball to slide home his team’s third. David’s goals took his season total to 17 in 23 games. They were his 10th and 11th in the league and lift him to the top of the Ligue 1 goal-scoring chart. Marseille was second ahead of Lille and Monaco on goal difference. AP soccer: https://apnews.com/hub/soccerATLANTA — Former President Jimmy Carter has been leaning on his faith but also his stubbornness during his lengthy hospice, according to his grandson. Carter, who turned 100 years old in October, entered home hospice in his hometown of Plains, Ga., in February of last year. At the time, the family thought he might only live days or weeks longer. “We are not the ones responsible for when and how people leave this world in this kind of a way, and (Jimmy Carter’s) faith story is one that has been important to him, and this is another part of that,” Jason Carter said Monday on The Atlanta Journal-Constitution’s “Politically Georgia” podcast. Jimmy Carter taught Sunday school at Maranatha Baptist Church in Plains for many years before his health deteriorated. “On a more personal level, I just think he’s stubborn. I mean, he’s never given up on anything in his life and he’s not going to start now,” Jason Carter added. The former president did not attend public events celebrating his Oct. 1 birthday. But in mid-October, as early voting in the presidential election got underway, he filled out a ballot for Democratic candidate Kamala Harris that was delivered to a drop box at the Sumter County Courthouse, according to family members. Jason Carter said his grandfather, who has struggled with health problems for years, has days where he is more active than others. “He’s got big, good days where he’s pretty active, he’s up and active and talking and enjoying, including in politics. But most days he’s not that active, he’s going to sleep a lot of the time,” he told the AJC.PEAK6 to Relocate Global Headquarters to Austin, Texas
UTICA — Another level of youth hockey is joining teams in downtown Utica starting in 2025, with the program recruiting top “boys and girls players from across North America” as part of a partnership with Notre Dame Junior-Senior High School. Rob Esche, the top Mohawk Valley Garden (MVG) umbrella group and Utica Comets official, and longtime Utica University men’s hockey coach Gary Heenan have created a hockey development program called the Notre Dame Hockey Academy, it was officially announced Monday. The organization had been teased on social media last Thursday, touting it as a “new era.” Esche, the 46-year-old Whitesboro native and former NHL goaltender, has been the president of MVG and the Utica Comets since 2013. MVG manages the operations for multiple venues and properties, including the Adirondack Bank Center and Nexus Center in downtown Utica. The 50-year-old Heenan has been the men’s hockey head coach for the Utica University team since 2000. He also played for seasons at Hamilton College in Clinton. The academy’s leadership includes Keith Veronesi, who returned to Utica last summer to be chief revenue officer with MVG, according to the release. He worked as the director of scouting for Vegas’ NHL squad and also played hockey at prep school. Notre Dame Hockey Academy is set to begin in fall 2025 and play a schedule in Tier I AAA, which is considered the top youth level in North America. There are to be under-15 and under-16 boys teams as well as an under-16 girls team. As part of the development program, players will be enrolled at Notre Dame Junior/Senior High School on Burrstone Road in Utica, according to a news release. Notre Dame is Utica’s lone co-ed Catholic high school and part of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Syracuse. Paid tuition is required to attend. The Notre Dame Hockey Academy is set to be based out of the Nexus Cen ter, the $64 -million, nearly 170,000-square-foot multi-surface sports complex that opened in November 2022. The venue, which has been host to various sporting events over the last two years, is attached to the Adirondack Bank Center. The organization is set to have “dedicated locker rooms, a players’ lounge, classrooms, and video analysis rooms exclusively for academy use,” a release said. Nexus is also home to the Utica Jr. Comets program — the organization is led by Esche and has multiple teams since 2019 — as well Utica University’s NCAA Division III women’s hockey team. The combined Section III high school teams — the Mohawk Valley Jugglers boys squad and Clinton Comets girls — also play home games at the facility. Notre Dame Athletic Director David Gardinier told the Daily Sentinel on Monday that the Jugglers program “will not be affected by (the creation of the Notre Dame Hockey Academy) and will continue as normal.” The academy’s players will be housed at Campus West Apartments, according to the program’s website. The apartments, which were renovated in recent years, are located near Notre Dame on Burrstone Road. Heenan has had a stake in the property since at least 2018. There are similar hockey programs located around the United States. One of the most notable in New York state is Bishop Kearney Selects in Rochester. The Notre Dame Hockey Academy teams are set to play 50 to 60 games in a “highly competitive” season and participate “in premier showcases designed to attract NHL scouts, NCAA Division I coaches, and high-level junior hockey organizations.” Additional staff announcements, including coaches for the Notre Dame Hockey Academy, were not announced Monday. The program’s website went live Monday morning. More information be can found at ndhockeyacademy.com .
Hal Lindsey, a former New Orleans tugboat captain who embraced end-of-days Christian prophecies and helped sharpen evangelical focus on the Middle East with a book that predicted apocalyptic warfare and sold tens of millions of copies, died Nov. 25 at his home in Tulsa. He was 95. The death was announced on his website, but no cause was noted. The cataclysmal scenarios in Lindsey’s “The Late Great Planet Earth,” first published in 1970, tapped into a long tradition of doomsday visions by American preachers and zealots. One movement in the 1840s led by Baptist clergyman William Miller had tens of thousands of followers awaiting the end of the world. Lindsey did not note any precise dates in his bestseller but used political and culture references that gave a contemporary context. His book (written with Carole C. Carlson) overlaid selected passages from scripture with Cold War-era fears — including forecasting a world war starting in the Middle East — that seemed starkly relevant to many Christian readers and others. Mr. Lindsey said part of his aim was to draw greater attention to belief in the second coming of Jesus and “the most thrilling, optimistic view of what the future could hold.” Yet all that would be preceded by global death and destruction on a mind-boggling scale, according to his writings. “I’ve always wanted to talk to the people who wouldn’t darken the door of a church,” he told the Religion News Service in 1997. “I hope my books would lead them to a curiosity that would drive them to search out these things more carefully, and as a result, come to faith.” Bantam Books acquired the mass-market paperback rights from the original publisher, Zondervan, a small religious imprint. “The Late Great Planet Earth” became a fixture on bestseller lists for much of the 1970s and in 1978 was made into a documentary hosted by Orson Welles. The book also helped launch a subgenre of Christian books with eschatological themes that included evangelist Billy Graham’s “Approaching Hoofbeats: The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse” (1983). None of the books matched the reach of “The Late Great Planet Earth,” which has sold an estimated 35 million copies in about 50 languages, according to Christianity Today magazine and other outlets. For Lindsey, the book provided the foundations for his rise as a powerful voice in Christian media. (His collaborator Carlson died in 1999.) He wrote more than 20 other books and established the Hal Lindsey Ministries, which led trips to the Holy Land and produced shows such as the “Week in Review,” a call-in program hosted by Mr. Lindsey that aired on more than 70 Christian radio stations. In “The Late Great Planet Earth,” he depicted domino-effect crises such as famines, social strife and a Russian invasion of Israel that leads to global nuclear war. “Imagine,” he wrote, “cities like London, Paris, Tokyo, New York, Los Angeles, Chicago — obliterated!” Then, as the “battle of Armageddon” threatens all life on earth, “Jesus Christ will return and save man from self-extinction,” he wrote. While he presented no specific time frames, Mr. Lindsey suggested harbingers of the end times were already in place, including the declaration of Israeli statehood in 1948 and its wartime victories in 1967 that left Israel in de facto control of Jerusalem and other areas. His views helped shape the priorities of many Christian evangelical groups that strongly support Israel. “For all its prophetic razzle-dazzle, ‘The Late Great Planet Earth’ was essentially an evangelistic exercise,” wrote Timothy Weber, a scholar of American Christian history and former dean of the Northern Baptist Theological Seminary (now the Northern Seminary) in Illinois. After “The Late Great Planet Earth,” Lindsey began to suggest that biblical prophecies could be completed by “1988 or so” — around four decades after the founding of the Israeli state. As the years passed after 1988, Lindsey tried to regroup by interpreting events such as the Gulf War in 1991 and the 9/11 terrorist attacks as part of the end-time puzzle being revealed. “There’s just a split second’s difference between a hero and a bum,” Mr. Lindsey told Christianity Today. “I didn’t ask to be a hero, but I guess I have become one in the Christian community. So I accept it. But if I’m wrong about this, I guess I’ll become a bum.” At the same time, his increasingly hostile rhetoric toward Islam brought criticism from mainstream religious leaders and led the influential Trinity Broadcasting Network to temporarily cancel carrying Lindsey’s show. Among his comments were portrayals of Palestinians as “usurpers” of land that he said God promised to the “descendants of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.” Trinity returned his show to its airwaves in 2007 after a more than one-year hiatus. Lindsey also faced questions about how much he used donor funds to bankroll a lifestyle that included luxury properties and salaries totaling more than $1.1 million for him and his wife, Jo Lynn. In February, the religious-affairs monitoring group MinistryWatch put the Hal Lindsey Website Ministries in a category that advised donors to “give with caution.” A MinistryWatch analysis said Mr. Lindsey’s organization spent about $3 million on outreach programs from net assets of about $25 million. Harold Lee Lindsey was born in Houston on Nov. 23, 1929. He enrolled at the University of Houston but left to join the Coast Guard during the Korean War, serving in New Orleans and later becoming a tugboat skipper in the Mississippi Delta. “I was pretty much content with living in the French Quarter and having every other week off with a full paycheck,” he told the AP in 1998. “But then I came to a point where I’d say, ‘What do you do for an encore?’ And that’s when I started searching.” He began reading the Bible, he recounted, and said he had a “born again” experience after meeting a Houston pastor, Robert Thieme Jr. Lindsey left his job to study at the Dallas Theological Seminary, a center of dispensationalist theology that includes a doctrine of events and time periods that lead to the return of Jesus. He graduated in 1962 and joined the Campus Crusade for Christ (now Cru) and made his base the University of California at Los Angeles, seeking to evangelize students. His other books include “The 1980’s: Countdown to Armageddon” (1981); “Prophetical Walk through the Holy Land” (1983) and “The Everlasting Hatred: The Roots of Jihad” (2002). Mr. Lindsay was divorced three times. Survivors include his fourth wife, Jo Lynn Lindsey; and three daughters from his second marriage, to Jan Houghton. He often portrayed the target audience of “The Late Great Planet Earth” as the student skeptics he encountered as a campus evangelist. “As I wrote, I’d imagine that I was sitting across the table from a young person — a cynical, irreligious person — and I’d try to convince him that the Bible prophecies were true,” he wrote.” “If you can make a young person understand, then the others will understand, too.”
UTICA — Another level of youth hockey is joining teams in downtown Utica starting in 2025, with the program recruiting top “boys and girls players from across North America” as part of a partnership with Notre Dame Junior-Senior High School. Rob Esche, the top Mohawk Valley Garden (MVG) umbrella group and Utica Comets official, and longtime Utica University men’s hockey coach Gary Heenan have created a hockey development program called the Notre Dame Hockey Academy, it was officially announced Monday. The organization had been teased on social media last Thursday, touting it as a “new era.” Esche, the 46-year-old Whitesboro native and former NHL goaltender, has been the president of MVG and the Utica Comets since 2013. MVG manages the operations for multiple venues and properties, including the Adirondack Bank Center and Nexus Center in downtown Utica. The 50-year-old Heenan has been the men’s hockey head coach for the Utica University team since 2000. He also played for seasons at Hamilton College in Clinton. The academy’s leadership includes Keith Veronesi, who returned to Utica last summer to be chief revenue officer with MVG, according to the release. He worked as the director of scouting for Vegas’ NHL squad and also played hockey at prep school. Notre Dame Hockey Academy is set to begin in fall 2025 and play a schedule in Tier I AAA, which is considered the top youth level in North America. There are to be under-15 and under-16 boys teams as well as an under-16 girls team. As part of the development program, players will be enrolled at Notre Dame Junior/Senior High School on Burrstone Road in Utica, according to a news release. Notre Dame is Utica’s lone co-ed Catholic high school and part of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Syracuse. Paid tuition is required to attend. The Notre Dame Hockey Academy is set to be based out of the Nexus Cen ter, the $64 -million, nearly 170,000-square-foot multi-surface sports complex that opened in November 2022. The venue, which has been host to various sporting events over the last two years, is attached to the Adirondack Bank Center. The organization is set to have “dedicated locker rooms, a players’ lounge, classrooms, and video analysis rooms exclusively for academy use,” a release said. Nexus is also home to the Utica Jr. Comets program — the organization is led by Esche and has multiple teams since 2019 — as well Utica University’s NCAA Division III women’s hockey team. The combined Section III high school teams — the Mohawk Valley Jugglers boys squad and Clinton Comets girls — also play home games at the facility. Notre Dame Athletic Director David Gardinier told the Daily Sentinel on Monday that the Jugglers program “will not be affected by (the creation of the Notre Dame Hockey Academy) and will continue as normal.” The academy’s players will be housed at Campus West Apartments, according to the program’s website. The apartments, which were renovated in recent years, are located near Notre Dame on Burrstone Road. Heenan has had a stake in the property since at least 2018. There are similar hockey programs located around the United States. One of the most notable in New York state is Bishop Kearney Selects in Rochester. The Notre Dame Hockey Academy teams are set to play 50 to 60 games in a “highly competitive” season and participate “in premier showcases designed to attract NHL scouts, NCAA Division I coaches, and high-level junior hockey organizations.” Additional staff announcements, including coaches for the Notre Dame Hockey Academy, were not announced Monday. The program’s website went live Monday morning. More information be can found at ndhockeyacademy.com .Doha Bank launches Visa commercial payButler out 2 more games, to rejoin Heat next week
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Brazil shares lower at close of trade; Bovespa down 1.50%On the campaign trail, Donald Trump disavowed Project 2025. The post-election Donald Trump is humming a different tune. Perhaps the ditty is called, “No One Should Confuse Campaigning With Governing.” Or maybe Russ Vought’s words are more apt for a song title: The rapture of “Graduate-Level Politics.” Either way, Trump certainly likes the melody and is now embracing the Project 2025 agenda. The most obvious sign that Trump is warming to Project 2025 is that several of his nominees for high-level administrative posts have direct ties to the conservative playbook. The author of Project 2025’s chapter on the Federal Communications Commission, Brendan Carr, has been tapped to lead that same agency. Tom Homan, Trump’s choice to direct his immigration effort as the nation’s “border czar,” is a visiting fellow at the Heritage Foundation and a contributor to Project 2025’s “Mandate for Leadership: The Conservative Promise.” John Ratcliffe, another Project 2025 contributor will, if confirmed, lead the CIA. It is too early to tell if Carr, Homan and Ratcliffe will be confirmed, but if and when they are we’ll have a clearer idea if their comments from the past are actually implemented, and I will report on that in greater depth at that time. However, we don’t have to wait to learn about the intent of two of Trump’s supporters, Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy, who have been tapped to head the yet-to-be-established Department of Government Efficiency, a direct offspring of Project 2025’s principal ambition to “dismantle the administrative state and return self-governance to the American people.” On Nov. 20 they co-authored an op-ed in the Wall Street Journal in which they described how their mandate is to “cut the federal government down to size.” There is no doubt that Democrats, Republicans and independents should applaud every effort to realize efficiencies in government. But we must be vigilant about the specifics of those savings — analyzing the costs and benefits to ensure that cuts are made for efficiency purposes and not based on political or cultural motivations that jeopardize the vulnerable and powerless. Linda McMahon, a longtime Trump ally and the president-elect’s pick to run the Education Department, echoes wherever possible Project 2025’s plan to raze the half-century-old bureaucratic division. She has done so from her perch as leader of the America First Policy Institute, another conservative think tank with growing influence in the Trump administration AFPI’s America First Parents Initiative, its Higher Education Reform Initiative and even its Biblical Foundations Project all reiterate Project 2025’s agenda of parental choice, the promise of charter schools, local and state control of curricula, restoration of a retributive school disciplinary model, and rejection of DEI initiatives, transgender rights in participation, pronouns and naming, critical race theory, exposure to America’s discriminatory past, and so on. Once again, we must be watchful in the coming weeks and months to see if Trump’s appointees follow through with pre-election promises. Vought, widely anticipated to return as Trump’s director of the Office of Management and Budget, is probably the loudest proponent of Project 2025. He wrote the chapter on the Executive Office of the President, but his cheerleading for the Heritage Foundation’s right-wing agenda goes well beyond that individual contribution. The CNN report on Vought’s beliefs should be alarming to all regardless of whether one is a Trump supporter. Vought calls for establishing a “Christian nation.” He refutes the legislative practice of carving out abortion exceptions for rape and incest. He insists that mass deportation of immigrants will “save the country.” He boasts that he is working on “shadow” operations that will control the government. And when asked why the president-elect distanced himself from Project 2025, Vought’s response was teeming with admiration. “Graduate-level politics,” he said with a grin. “We’ve got to win elections.” So true. That’s music to Trump’s ears. The verdict is still out but the trends are becoming more obvious. Stay tuned in the coming weeks as The Fulcrum reports on the nuances and complexities of the issues proposed or implemented from Project 2025. Our goal is to use critical thinking and rigorous analysis, reexamining outdated assumptions, and using reason, scientific evidence, and data as the backbone of these crucial investigations.
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Grange Hill's creator has slammed TV bosses, saying they should take more chances with their storylines, amid rumours that the BBC show could return. Sir Phil Redmond made the iconic show plus Brookside and Hollyoaks, which all featured controversial storylines. But Grange Hill was about life in a typical London comprehensive school. It tackled drugs, teenage pregnancy, racism, HIV and Aids. The most famous one was Zammo McGuire's (played by heroin addiction, which supported the Just Say No anti-drugs campaign. He told BBC Radio 4's Today programme that "the courage has gone out of broadcasting, and there’s just too much risk aversion." He said that soaps should be "more gritty", arguing that school-aged children face huge problems with social media. He also teased fans that the iconic show, which ran for 20 years from 1978 to 1998 - could return, saying: “There is a place for something like Grange Hill." "From my career, I always found that the harder you made the storyline, the more you upset the regulators. "But the audience appreciated it more because the audience lives these issues, and what they want to see is their own life put on screen as realistically as possible.” He added that the problem was TV producers lacked real “life experience” and more should come from working-class backgrounds. He told Sajid Javid , who guest edits The Today episode podcast, “I think the big issue you’d want to tackle is the impact of social media. “There’s no counterpoint to that, and that’s what Grange Hill used to offer. "It didn’t matter what the issue was... Grange Hill would always offer some solution or some way to go and ask somebody about this issue, but at the end of it, it’s basically, you’re not on your own.” He was supported by Ofcom Chairman Sir Michael Grade, who said, "This was an amazing show. "It changed television in more ways than I think people realise. "Prior to Grange Hill, life was (like the world of children’s author) Enid Blyton, gentle comedy, there was (school comedy) Please Sir! on ITV , which was brilliant, but very gentle, it didn’t really deal with the angst of growing up."Judge hears closing arguments on whether Google's advertising tech constitutes a monopoly ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) — The Justice Department and Google have made their closing arguments in a trial alleging Google’s online advertising technology constitutes an illegal monopoly. The arguments in federal court Monday in northern Virginia came as Google already faces a possible breakup of the company over its ubiquitous search engine. The Justice Department says it will seek the breakup of Google to remedy its search engine monopoly. The case in Virginia focuses not on the search engine but on technology that matches online advertisers to consumers on the internet. A judge is expected to rule by the end of the year. ‘Busiest Thanksgiving ever’: How the TSA plans to handle record air travel DALLAS (AP) — The Thanksgiving travel rush is expected to be bigger than ever this year. AAA predicts that nearly 80 million people in the U.S. will venture at least 50 miles from home between Tuesday and next Monday — most of them by car. Thanksgiving Day falling so late this year has altered traditional travel patterns. At airports, the Transportation Security Administration says it could screen a record number of U.S. air travelers on Sunday. Meanwhile, the head of the Federal Aviation Administration says a shortage of air traffic controllers could cause flight delays. Transportation analytics company INRIX says roads could be congested on Monday with both commuters and returning holiday travelers. Macy’s says employee hid up to $154 million in expenses, delaying Q3 earnings Macy’s says it’s delaying the release of its fiscal third-quarter earnings results after it discovered an up to $154 million accounting-related issue. The company did provide some preliminary results for its third quarter, including that net sales fell 2.4% to $4.74 billion. It anticipates reporting its full third-quarter financial results by Dec. 11. Newsom says California could offer electric vehicle rebates if Trump eliminates federal tax credit SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California could offer state tax rebates for electric vehicle purchases if the incoming Trump administration eliminates the $7,500 federal EV tax credit. Gov. Gavin Newsom says Monday he'll propose creating a new version of the state’s successful Clean Vehicle Rebate Program, which was phased out in 2023 after funding nearly 600,000 new cars and trucks. Officials didn’t say how much the program would cost or how the rebates would work. Newsom’s proposal is part of his plan to protect California’s progressive policies ahead of Republican President-elect Donald Trump’s second term. But a budget shortfall could complicate California’s resistance efforts. 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 announcing plans Monday to hand more than $1.1 billion of Berkshire Hathaway stock to four of his family's foundations, 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. Stock market today: Dow hits another record as stocks rise NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks rose, with those benefiting the most from lower interest rates and a stronger economy leading the way. The S&P 500 climbed 0.3% Monday to pull closer to its record set two weeks ago. The Dow Jones Industrial Average added 440 points to its own record set on Friday, while the Nasdaq composite rose 0.3%. They got a boost from easing Treasury yields after President-elect Donald Trump said he wants hedge-fund manager Scott Bessent to be his Treasury Secretary. Smaller companies can feel a big boost from easier borrowing costs, and the Russell 2000 index of small stocks finished just shy of its record. Workers at Charlotte airport, an American Airlines hub, go on strike during Thanksgiving travel week CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — American Airlines says it doesn’t expect significant disruptions to flights this week as a result of a labor strike at its hub in Charlotte, North Carolina. Service workers there walked out Monday during a busy week of Thanksgiving travel to protest what they say are unlivable wages. Employees of ABM and Prospect Airport Services authorized the work stoppage. Union spokesperson Sean Keady says the strike is expected to last 24 hours. The companies contract with American Airlines to provide services such as cleaning airplane interiors, removing trash and escorting passengers in wheelchairs. The companies have acknowledged the seriousness of a strike during the holiday travel season. 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. Eggs are available -- but pricier -- as the holiday baking season begins Egg prices are on the rise again as a lingering outbreak of bird flu coincides with high demand during the holiday baking season. The average price for a dozen eggs in U.S. cities was $3.37 in October, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. That was up 63% from October 2023, when a dozen eggs cost an average of $2.07. Avian influenza is the main culprit. The current bird flu outbreak that began in February 2022 has led to the slaughter of more than 111 million birds, mostly egg-laying chickens. But the American Egg Board says egg shortages at grocery stores have been isolated and temporary so far. ‘Buy now, pay later’ is more popular than ever. It can cost more than you think NEW YORK (AP) — More shoppers are using ‘buy now, pay later’ plans heading into Black Friday and the holiday season, as the ability to spread out payments looks attractive at a time when Americans still feel the lingering effect of inflation and already have record-high credit card debt. Experts say the short-term loans can lead consumers to overextend themselves and warn that those who use credit cards for the service face higher interest expenses. The data firm Adobe Analytics predicts shoppers will spend 11.4% more this holiday season using buy now, pay later than they did a year ago.
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NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov 25, 2024-- Athena Technology Acquisition Corp. II (NYSE American: ATEK.U, ATEK, ATEK WS) (“ATEK” or the “Company”) received an official notice of noncompliance (the “NYSE American Notice”) from NYSE Regulation (“NYSE”) stating that the Company is not in compliance with NYSE American continued listing standards due to the failure to timely file the Company’s Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2024 (the “Delinquent Report”) by the filing due date of November 19, 2024 (the “Filing Delinquency”). The Company intends to file the Delinquent Report in the near future, however, there is currently no anticipated date for when such Filing Delinquency will be cured via the filing of the Delinquent Report. The Company expects, however, to regain compliance with the NYSE American continued listing standards once the Delinquent Report has been filed. In the interim, the NYSE American Notice has no immediate effect on the listing or trading of the Company’s Class A common stock listed on NYSE American. There can be no assurance that the Company will ultimately regain and remain in compliance with all applicable NYSE American listing standards. About Athena Technology Acquisition Corp. II Athena Technology Acquisition Corp. II (NYSE American: ATEK.U, ATEK, ATEK WS), incorporated in Delaware, is a special purpose acquisition company incorporated for the purpose of effecting a merger, capital stock exchange, asset acquisition, stock purchase, reorganization or similar business combination with one or more businesses or entities. ATEK is the third SPAC founded by Isabelle Freidheim, who also serves as its Chief Executive Officer, with Kirthiga Reddy as President and Jennifer Calabrese as Chief Financial Officer. Forward-Looking Statements Certain statements made in this press release are not historical facts but may be considered “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the “safe harbor” provisions under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements generally are accompanied by words such as “believe,” “may,” “will,” “estimate,” “continue,” “anticipate,” “intend,” “expect,” “should,” “would,” “plan,” “predict,” “potential,” “seem,” “seek,” “future,” “outlook,” “intend,” or continue or the negatives of these terms or variations of them or similar terminology or expressions that predict or indicate future events or trends or that are not statements of historical matters. These statements are based on the current expectations of the Company’s management and are not predictions of actual performance. Such statements may include, but are not limited to, statements regarding the Company’s plan to file the Delinquent Report within the provided cure period to regain compliance with the NYSE American continued listing standards. These forward-looking statements are provided for illustrative purposes only and are not intended to serve as, and must not be relied on, by any investor as a guarantee, an assurance, a prediction or a definitive statement of fact or probability. Actual events and circumstances are difficult or impossible to predict and will differ from assumptions. Many actual events and circumstances are beyond the control of the Company. These statements are subject to a number of risks and uncertainties, and actual results may differ materially. These risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to: the Company’s ability to file the Delinquent Report within the Initial Cure Period to regain compliance with the NYSE American continued listing standards; general economic, political and business conditions; the number of redemption requests made by the Company’s stockholders in connection with a potential business combination; the outcome of any legal proceedings that may be instituted against the Company; the risk that the approval of the Company’s stockholders for a potential transaction is not obtained; expectations related to the terms and timing of a potential business combination; failure to realize the anticipated benefits of a business combination; the risk that a business combination may not be completed by the Company’s business combination deadline and the potential failure to obtain an extension of its business combination deadline in the Company’s upcoming Annual Meeting of Stockholders; costs related to a business combination; and other risks that will be detailed from time to time in filings with the SEC, including those risks discussed under the heading “Risk Factors” in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2023 filed with the SEC on September 27, 2024 and in subsequently filed Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q. The foregoing list of risk factors is not exhaustive. There may be additional risks that could also cause actual results to differ from those contained in these forward-looking statements. In addition, forward-looking statements provide the Company’s expectations, plans or forecasts of future events and views as of the date of this press release. And while the Company may elect to update these forward-looking statements in the future, the Company specifically disclaims any obligation to do so, except as required by law. These forward-looking statements should not be relied upon as representing the Company’s assessments as of any date subsequent to the date of this press release. Accordingly, undue reliance should not be placed upon the forward-looking statements. Nothing herein should be regarded as a representation by any person that the forward-looking statements set forth herein will be achieved or that the results of such forward-looking statements will be achieved. 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, /PRNewswire/ -- PEAK6 Investments LLC ("PEAK6") today announced that, effective , it will move its global headquarters from its current location in to the company's existing office in , which it established in 2021. PEAK6 affiliates PEAK6 Group LLC, PEAK6 Strategic Capital LLC, PEAK6 APX Holdings LLC and PEAK6 LLC will also relocate their global headquarters to . PEAK6 will maintain its office in . " has been a cornerstone of PEAK6's growth for over a decade," said PEAK6 Co-Founder and Co-CEO, , who continued, "With the majority of our talented workforce now based in and emerging as our largest office, moving our headquarters was an important decision to be closer to our team. We're excited for the next chapter of PEAK6 that will be written from our new headquarters." unique blend of creativity, technology and culture provides the ideal environment for PEAK6. The city's highly educated workforce, business climate, and strong entrepreneurial spirit have enabled us to attract top talent and drive innovation. PEAK6 uses technology to find a better way of doing things. The company's first tech-based solution was developed in 1997 to optimize options trading, and over the past two decades, the same formula has been used across a range of industries, asset classes, and business stages to consistently deliver superior results. Today, PEAK6 seeks transformational opportunities to provide capital and strategic support to entrepreneurs and forward-thinking businesses. PEAK6's core brands include PEAK6 Capital Management, PEAK6 Strategic Capital, Apex Fintech Solutions, We Insure, FOCUS, Zogo, Evil Geniuses and Poker Power. View original content to download multimedia: SOURCE PEAK6 Investments Get local news delivered to your inbox!How to Watch the NBA Today, December 28
James Clark/Disney via Getty Images and her husband are making time for each other on their 21st wedding anniversary after a hectic year. When asked about their plans for the milestone on Dec. 6, the former Bachelorette, 52, tells PEOPLE that they hadn’t made any big plans yet. "That’s actually funny because we were just talking about it and we don’t know!” she says. “Life is so crazy busy that we may just stay [in and] cuddle up together on the couch and watch our favorite show.” John Parra/Getty Images for Sandals Resorts Related: The anniversary comes less than a month after Trista revealed on on Nov. 15 that she had been of the upcoming season of in May when Ryan, 50, shared , which sparked rumors about their relationship. “Was it a divorce/nervous breakdown/mid-life crisis/death/trial separation back in May?! Not unless that’s what you call ! 😜,” Trista wrote alongside a trailer for the series' third season. “Thankfully, none of those things are associated with my experience in filming the show, but as you get a glimpse of in the trailer, the angel on my shoulder did have to face some pretty big battles,” she continued. “You’ll have to tune in in January to see the battles play out, but for now, just so grateful to be a part of this epic adventure. ❤️.” Related: In May, speculation about the pair’s relationship status began when Ryan shared on about how he wished Trista could spend Mother’s Day with him and their kids Maxwell, 16, and Blakesley, 17. Later that month, he about how he wished he could talk to Trista, but he knew she needed time away to “discover yourself again.” “I’d really like to hear your voice - just for a minute,” he shared at the time. “So many times I’ve called without much to say, not realizing how lucky I was or how much I’d miss the opportunity if it were gone.” Soon after the cryptic post, he clarified that Trista was “fine” and that as a couple. “Trista is at a place in life where she is searching a bit. An opportunity presented itself that may help her on that quest,” he explained. “With her family’s support, she has taken it. Part of that process means that she is temporarily inaccessible to us. I miss her. We miss her.” Trista Sutter/Instagram Related: During an appearance on in June, Ryan noted that the social media posts before calling the response "nuts." “I'll go months without a post, and then suddenly I'll get, like, in a mood, and I'll send something,” he explained. “And this was a particular thing that Trista was doing, and it was the end of the school year. It's been kind of a long year for us, moving and lots of things going on. So, whatever the culmination of all that happened, and I was in that sort of place, so I sent that out.” Ryan assured fans that he wouldn’t air the couple’s dirty laundry online if there were bigger issues at play. “If there was something really, really bad happening in my life, I wouldn't be telling anyone,” Ryan explained. “Like, that's the other side of me that you probably know is that I have a most of my personal life stays pretty personal.” season 3 premieres with a two-hour episode on Wednesday, Jan. 8 at 8 p.m. ET on Fox. Read the original article onNone