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Critics of al-Burhan argue that his military background and close ties to the security establishment could hinder the transition to civilian rule and undermine the democratic aspirations of the Sudanese people. They point to ongoing human rights abuses, restrictions on freedom of expression, and the slow pace of reforms as areas of concern that need to be addressed urgently.
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Title: Pressure Mounting on Inter Milan as Lazio Looks to Push Them Into CrisisManchester United's rising star, Mason Greenwood, has been making headlines in the world of football with his impressive performances in Ligue 1 this season. In just 14 matches, the young forward has already scored double-digit goals, a feat that puts him in elite company alongside footballing giants like Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Neymar.UConn announced a two-year contract extension for head football coach Jim Mora on Saturday, just before the team took the field for the Fenway Bowl against North Carolina. Mora’s contract extension will run through 2028 and will pay him $10 million through the remaining four years, with the opportunity to earn more in incentives. The 63-year-old coach is set to make $1.7 million next season, $1.9 million in 2026 and $2.3 and $2.4 million in 2027 and 2028, respectively. UConn then went out and thrashed North Carolina, 27-14, in a game that wasn’t as close as the score indicated. “I am forever grateful. I’m grateful to (athletic director) David (Benedict) and (school president) Radenka (Maric) and the Board of Trustees, but this is about what the (UConn players) did today,” Mora said when asked about the extension in the postgame press conference. In a statement released by UConn ahead of the game, Mora said: “I’d like to thank David Benedict, Radenka Maric and the University of Connecticut leadership for their trust in me and their commitment to our football program. When I first got here, I talked about where we wanted this program to go and we have shown great progress but we still have plenty of work to do. The commitment and dedication from the university and the athletic department has me excited about the future for our football team.” “Three years ago, I tasked Jim Mora with the challenge of leading our football team back to success and through his experience, energy and leadership he has done just that,” UConn athletic director David Benedict said in a statement. “He has taken our program to post season bowl games twice and just guided our team to one of the best seasons in UConn football history, building a momentum to keep this program moving forward. I look forward to his leadership of our football team in the years ahead.” Mora is coming off one of the most successful seasons in UConn football history, having led the team to an 8-4 record and an appearance in the Fenway Bowl. It’s the Huskies’ second bowl appearance in three years. UConn’s eight wins is the most for the program since 2010, and the Huskies had their first winning season since that year, too. A win Saturday would give UConn nine wins for just the third time in program history, with the last two such seasons coming in 2003 and 2007. UConn quarterbacks coach Brad Robbins is heading to Tulsa as an offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach, according to a report from CBS Sports. Robbins was part of a coaching staff that helped the offense produce its most prolific attack since the 2009 season and fifth-most in program history (32.3 points per game). Robbins worked at FCS Tennessee Tech and Division II North Greenville before joining Jim Mora’s staff in spring 2023. Get local news delivered to your inbox!
The morning after the Sacramento Kings fired coach Mike Brown , they held a shootaround in Los Angeles to prepare for Saturday's game against the Lakers . Interim head coach Doug Christie, who is expected to remain in that role for the rest of the season , ran shootaround for the first time. Asked about his reaction to the controversial decision , Sacramento guard De'Aaron Fox told reporters: "It was surprising. I mean, I found out a minute before everybody else did, so." Then he shrugged his shoulders. Fox has been with the Kings since they drafted him No. 5 overall in 2017. Christie will be his fifth coach in the NBA . "I've been through a coaching change before," Fox said. "I think for some of the guys, it's the first time, but you gotta keep moving. I think we're -- this is Game 32, so you still have a long season to go." A reporter asked Fox if, as a player, he felt any pressure or guilt when a change like this occurs. "Pressure or guilt?" Fox said. "I mean, obviously, we all know the job that we have. You can be traded at any point, released, cut, fired, whatever it may be. I mean, I wouldn't use the word 'guilt.' But that's the nature of the job that we have. But, I mean, obviously him signing his extension this summer, we felt like we'd be together a whole lot longer, but that's the decision that they made. But at the end of the day, too, he's still getting paid. A great part of being an NBA player, NBA coach is those things can happen, but contracts are guaranteed, so." De'Aaron Fox reacts to the firing of Mike Brown, how he found out, where his Sacramento Kings go from here, Doug Christie as interim coach and answers the question about bearing any responsibility. pic.twitter.com/P29C0zeRzR At the end of Friday's practice, Brown had what The Athletic described as an "extended" conversation with Fox. According to Fox, they were "talking about end-game stuff, what we do towards the end of games." He "definitely didn't know that that little conversation," which he called "really normal," would be their last of Brown's tenure. Six months ago, after Brown signed an extension, Fox told reporters that it was great to have "stability" on the coaching front. Asked if his perspective on that had changed since then, Fox said, "Not at all." Before the team plane took off on Friday, Christie addressed the team, Fox said, "and after that, the plane ride was normal. I went to sleep." Fox said that Christie wants to "simplify" the offense, and he wants the team to "continue to be better defensively, be physical defensively." He added that Christie wants the team to try to play fast, just like Brown did. Sacramento big man Domantas Sabonis missed Thursday's loss against the Detroit Pistons because of an illness. He missed Brown's last practice, too, and didn't fly with the team to Los Angeles. On Saturday morning, though, he took an early flight and joined the team in time for shootaround. "Crazy," Sabonis told reporters . "I haven't been with the team for 30 hours, and a lot's happened. Just shocked with everything." Sabonis "got here and went right onto the court," he said. "We're all focused on winning the game, but we obviously we know we haven't been performing our best and we have to do a better job. As one of the leaders of the team, I gotta make sure that happens." Sacramento is 13-18 and has lost five straight games, and Sabonis implied that its struggles cost Brown his job. "Things are happening because we're not performing," Sabonis said. "At the end of the day, we know that we have a standard to be at, and we're not doing it." Domantas Sabonis says he plans to play tonight vs. Lakers, reacts to the firing of Mike Brown and how capable Doug Christie is taking over the head coaching reins pic.twitter.com/m5hw7kNnFi When Brown got fired, Sabonis was sleeping. "I got woken up by the news," he said. Sabonis spoke appreciatively of the two-plus years he spent with Brown. "He trusted me in my career," Sabonis said. "He put me in a position to succeed, and he gave me a lot of confidence." For years, Sabonis has worked individually with Christie before games. Christie has visited him for summer workouts, too. "He's very capable," Sabonis said. "He's been around basketball a lot, as a player, as a coach. He has a true, deep love for the city of Sacramento and the team. His only goal is to win a championship." Christie's message to the team was "to come out and stick together, fight," Sabonis said. "And just be us, be who we are and turn this thing around." Malik Monk reacts to the Kings firing Mike Brown, his message to Kings fans, what he'll miss about his former head coach and thanks him after experiencing the best years of his career. "The energy he brought, the passion he had for the game ... that's what I took most out of... pic.twitter.com/C1orHmPzlc Kings guard Malik Monk told reporters that he was "shocked, just like everybody else" when he found out that Brown was out. "But it's the NBA. Anything can happen. So next man up, I guess." Monk has texted Brown, but they haven't debriefed yet. "He said he's going to call me tomorrow," Monk said. "I guess I'll see what he says tomorrow." Under Brown, Monk played the best basketball of his career. What he'll remember most about playing for Brown, he said, is "the energy he brought, the passion he had for the game, the passion he had for just being on a basketball court, being around the game. That's what I took most out of him. He never took everything for granted." Monk then added, "Thank you, Mike." Asked if he had a message for Kings fans, Monk said, "Sorry, fans. We're going to turn it around. That's it. Short and sweet."Chewy Inc CHWY shares are moving lower in Wednesday’s after-hours session after the company announced a public offering by a selling stockholder and a concurrent share repurchase . What Happened: After the market close on Wednesday, Chewy announced an underwritten public offering of $500 million of its common stock, being sold by Buddy Chester Sub LLC, an entity affiliated with funds advised by Chewy’s largest shareholder BC Partners Advisors. The selling stockholder plans to grant the underwriters a 30-day option to purchase up to an additional $75 million of Chewy common stock. Chewy will not be selling any shares in the offering, and will not receive any proceeds. In connection with the offering, Chewy agreed to purchase $50 million of its common stock at the same price paid by the underwriters in the offering. The repurchased shares will be retired upon completion. The concurrent repurchase was approved by a special committee of Chewy’s board. Check This Out: Magnificent Seven Tech Titans Hit $18.2 Trillion Market Cap: Alphabet, Amazon, Apple, Meta, Tesla Jointly Notch All-Time Highs Chewy shares are up approximately 37% year-to-date. The rally in the pet retailer’s stock accelerated over the summer after meme stock trader Keith Gill , also known as “Roaring Kitty,” announced a stake in the company. Gill sold his entire stake in Chewy a few months later. Chewy shares fell on the news, but the selloff was short-lived. Chewy had been Gill's only other publicly known investment outside of GameStop Corp GME , which has seen increased attention in recent months. GameStop and several other meme stocks popped last week after Gill posted an image of a TIME magazine cover featuring a blank computer screen and a video player paused at the 1:09 mark of a 4:20-long video. Chewy shares traded lower on the post. Chewy reported mixed quarterly financials last week, beating on earnings but missing on revenue. The company guided for fourth-quarter revenue of $3.18 billion to $3.2 billion versus estimates of $3.17 billion. Following the print, Goldman Sachs lifted its price target to $40, RBC Capital raised its target to $42 and JPMorgan maintained an Overweight rating and moved its price target up to $38. CHWY Price Action: Chewy shares were down 2.92% in after-hours, trading at $31.59 at the time of publication Wednesday, according to Benzinga Pro . Photo: Courtesy of Chewy. © 2024 Benzinga.com. Benzinga does not provide investment advice. All rights reserved.Altruism for the Holidays
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UConn announced a two-year contract extension for head football coach Jim Mora on Saturday, just before the team took the field for the Fenway Bowl against North Carolina. Mora’s contract extension will run through 2028 and will pay him $10 million through the remaining four years, with the opportunity to earn more in incentives. The 63-year-old coach is set to make $1.7 million next season, $1.9 million in 2026 and $2.3 and $2.4 million in 2027 and 2028, respectively. UConn then went out and thrashed North Carolina, 27-14, in a game that wasn’t as close as the score indicated. “I am forever grateful. I’m grateful to (athletic director) David (Benedict) and (school president) Radenka (Maric) and the Board of Trustees, but this is about what the (UConn players) did today,” Mora said when asked about the extension in the postgame press conference. People are also reading... Beatrice house suffers severe damage from Christmas fire Is John Dutton real? Meet the powerful rancher seemingly inspiring the 'Yellowstone' legend Beatrice church starts construction on fellowship hall At the courthouse, Dec. 21, 2024 City employee retires after 47 years Gage County supervisors vote down FOP contract offer Former Beatrice man sentenced for sex assault of runaway Two faces charges in January vehicle thefts Beatrice's Schroeder wins at Junior Angus show Downtown Beatrice festive for the holidays BPD and Yellow Cab want to provide a safe ride What’s open and closed on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day 2024? Beatrice man pleads guilty to receiving child sex abuse images Restored Palmer-Epard Cabin reopens to the public at Homestead Main Street welcomes new director In a statement released by UConn ahead of the game, Mora said: “I’d like to thank David Benedict, Radenka Maric and the University of Connecticut leadership for their trust in me and their commitment to our football program. When I first got here, I talked about where we wanted this program to go and we have shown great progress but we still have plenty of work to do. The commitment and dedication from the university and the athletic department has me excited about the future for our football team.” “Three years ago, I tasked Jim Mora with the challenge of leading our football team back to success and through his experience, energy and leadership he has done just that,” UConn athletic director David Benedict said in a statement. “He has taken our program to post season bowl games twice and just guided our team to one of the best seasons in UConn football history, building a momentum to keep this program moving forward. I look forward to his leadership of our football team in the years ahead.” Mora is coming off one of the most successful seasons in UConn football history, having led the team to an 8-4 record and an appearance in the Fenway Bowl. It’s the Huskies’ second bowl appearance in three years. UConn’s eight wins is the most for the program since 2010, and the Huskies had their first winning season since that year, too. A win Saturday would give UConn nine wins for just the third time in program history, with the last two such seasons coming in 2003 and 2007. Robbins heading to Tulsa UConn quarterbacks coach Brad Robbins is heading to Tulsa as an offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach, according to a report from CBS Sports. Robbins was part of a coaching staff that helped the offense produce its most prolific attack since the 2009 season and fifth-most in program history (32.3 points per game). Robbins worked at FCS Tennessee Tech and Division II North Greenville before joining Jim Mora’s staff in spring 2023. Get local news delivered to your inbox!
What a wonderful year 2024 has been for investors. U.S. stocks ripped higher and carried the S&P 500 to records as the economy kept growing and the Federal Reserve began cutting interest rates. The year featured many familiar winners, such as Big Tech, which got even bigger as their stock prices kept growing. But it wasn't just Apple, Nvidia and the like. Bitcoin, gold and other investments also drove higher. Here's a look at some of the numbers that defined the year. All are as of Dec. 20. Remember when President Bill Clinton got impeached or when baseball's Mark McGwire hit his 70th home run against the Montreal Expos? That was the last time the U.S. stock market closed out a second straight year with a leap of at least 20%, something the S&P 500 is on track to do again this year. The index has climbed 24.3% so far this year, not including dividends, following last year's spurt of 24.2%. The number of all-time highs the S&P 500 has set so far this year. The first came early, on Jan. 19, when the index capped a two-year comeback from the swoon caused by high inflation and worries that high interest rates instituted by the Federal Reserve to combat it would create a recession. But the index was methodical through the rest of the year, setting a record in every month outside of April and August, according to S&P Dow Jones Indices. The latest came on Dec. 6. The number of times the Federal Reserve has cut its main interest rate this year from a two-decade high, offering some relief to the economy. Expectations for those cuts, along with hopes for more in 2025, were a big reason the U.S. stock market has been so successful this year. The 1 percentage point of cuts, though, is still short of the 1.5 percentage points that many traders were forecasting for 2024 at the start of the year. The Fed disappointed investors in December when it said it may cut rates just two more times in 2025, fewer than it had earlier expected. RELATED STORY | FBI arrests man charged with planning an attack on the New York Stock Exchange That’s how many points the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose by the day after Election Day, as investors made bets on what Donald Trump’s return to the White House will mean for the economy and the world. The more widely followed S&P 500 soared 2.5% for its best day in nearly two years. Aside from bitcoin, stocks of banks and smaller winners were also perceived to be big winners. The bump has since diminished amid worries that Trump’s policies could also send inflation higher. The level that bitcoin topped to set a record above $108,000 this past month. It's been climbing as interest rates come down, and it got a particularly big boost following Trump's election. He's turned around and become a fan of crypto, and he's named a former regulator who’s seen as friendly to digital currencies as the next chair of the Securities and Exchange Commission, replacing someone who critics said was overly aggressive in his oversight. Bitcoin was below $17,000 just two years ago following the collapse of crypto exchange FTX. Gold's rise for the year, as it also hit records and had as strong a run as U.S. stocks. Wars around the world have helped drive demand for investments seen as safe, such as gold. It's also benefited from the Fed's cut to interest rates. When bonds are paying less in interest, they pull away fewer potential buyers from gold, which pays investors nothing. It's a favorite number of Elon Musk, and it's also a threshold that Tesla's stock price passed in December as it set a record. The number has a long history among marijuana devotees, and Musk famously said in 2018 that he had secured funding to take Tesla private at $420 per share. Tesla soared this year, up from less than $250 at the start, in part because of expectations that Musk's close relationship with Trump could benefit the company. RELATED STORY | Wealthier Americans are driving retail spending and powering US economy That's how much revenue Nvidia made in the nine months through Oct. 27, showing how the artificial intelligence frenzy is creating mountains of cash. Nvidia's chips are driving much of the move into AI, and its revenue through the last nine months catapulted from less than $39 billion the year before. Such growth has boosted Nvidia's worth to more than $3 trillion in total. GameStop’s gain on May 13 after Keith Gill, better known as “Roaring Kitty,” appeared online for the first time in three years to support the video game retailer’s stock, which he helped rocket to unimaginable heights during the “ meme stock craze ” in 2021. Several other meme stocks also jumped following his post in May on the social platform X, including AMC Entertainment. Gill later disclosed a sizeable stake in the online pet products retailer Chewy, but he sold all of his holdings by late October. That's how much the U.S. economy grew, at annualized seasonally adjusted rates, in each of the three first quarters of this year. Such growth blew past what many pessimists were expecting when inflation was topping 9% in the summer of 2022. The fear was that the medicine prescribed by the Fed to beat high inflation — high interest rates — would create a recession. Households at the lower end of the income spectrum in particular are feeling pain now, as they contend with still-high prices. But the overall economy has remained remarkably resilient. This is the vacancy rate for U.S. office buildings — an all-time high — through the first three quarters of 2024, according to data from Moody's. The fact the rate held steady for most of the year was something of a win for office building owners, given that it had marched up steadily from 16.8% in the fourth quarter of 2019. Demand for office space weakened as the pandemic led to the popularization of remote work. That's the total number of previously occupied homes sold nationally through the first 11 months of 2024. Sales would have to surge 20% year-over-year in December for 2024's home sales to match the 4.09 million existing homes sold in 2023, a nearly 30-year low. The U.S. housing market has been in a sales slump dating back to 2022, when mortgage rates began to climb from pandemic-era lows. A shortage of homes for sale and elevated mortgage rates have discouraged many would-be homebuyers.In this context, the decision of the US State Department to provide gear for 18-year-old Ukrainian citizens joining the fight is a reflection of the deep bond between the two countries and a recognition of the sacrifices made by the Ukrainian people in their struggle for independence and freedom. By standing shoulder to shoulder with Ukraine, the United States is reaffirming its commitment to upholding democratic values and supporting nations that seek to defend their sovereignty against external aggression.
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