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Israeli strikes on a Gaza tent camp kill at least 21 people, hospital saysSOUTHAMPTON, England (AP) — West Ham goalkeeper Lukasz Fabianski is “alert” and conscious after being taken off the field on a stretcher during the team's 1-0 win at Southampton in the Premier League on Thursday, manager Julen Lopetegui said. The game was delayed for around eight minutes as Fabianski received treatment on the field at St Mary's Stadium. The 39-year-old Polish goalkeeper was hurt in a collision from a corner and was replaced by Alphonse Areola in the 36th minute. Javascript is required for you to be able to read premium content. Please enable it in your browser settings. Get any of our free email newsletters — news headlines, obituaries, sports, and more.
FILE – Author Percival Everett attends the 75th National Book Awards ceremony at Cipriani Wall Street on Wednesday, Nov. 20, 2024, in New York. (Photo by Andy Kropa/Invision/AP, File) FILE – Taylor Swift performs during “The Eras Tour” on Friday, Dec. 6, 2024, in Vancouver, British Columbia. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson, File) FILE – Riley Keough, left, and her mother Lisa Marie Presley arrive at the 24th annual ELLE Women in Hollywood Awards on Oct. 16, 2017, in Los Angeles. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP, File) FILE – First lady Melania Trump stands next to the 2020 Official White House Christmas tree as it is presented on the North Portico of the White House, Monday, Nov. 23, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File) FILE – This cover image released by FSG shows “Intermezzo” by Sally Rooney. (FSG via AP, File) FILE – This cover image released by Random House shows “From Here to the Great Unknown” by Lisa Marie Presley and Riley Keough. (Random House via AP, File) FILE – This cover image released by Simon & Schuster shows “War” by Bob Woodward. (Simon & Schuster via AP, File) FILE – This cover image released by Dey Street Books shows “Cher: The Memoir, Part One,” releasing on Nov. 19. (Dey Street Books via AP, File) FILE – This cover image released by Random House shows “Knife: Meditations After an Attempted Murder” by Salman Rushdie. The book, about the attempt on his life that left him blind in his right eye, will be published April 16, 2024. Rushdie’s first book since the 2022 stabbing he thought might end his life is both explicit in the violence Rushdie sustains and heroic in the will to live that Rushdie retains. (Random House via AP, File) FILE – Author Percival Everett attends the 75th National Book Awards ceremony at Cipriani Wall Street on Wednesday, Nov. 20, 2024, in New York. (Photo by Andy Kropa/Invision/AP, File) By HILLEL ITALIE NEW YORK (AP) — Even through a year of nonstop news about elections, climate change, protests and the price of eggs, there was still time to read books. Related Articles Books | Nikki Giovanni, poet and literary celebrity, has died at 81 Books | Percival Everett, 2024 National Book Award winner, rereads one book often Books | Gift books for 2024: What to give, and what to receive, for all kinds of readers Books | Our critic’s picks: Best mystery fiction books of 2024 Books | 10 best books of 2024: The surprising reads that stuck U.S. sales held steady according to Circana, which tracks around 85% of the print market, with many choosing the relief of romance, fantasy and romantasy. Some picked up Taylor Swift’s tie-in book to her blockbuster tour, while others sought out literary fiction, celebrity memoirs, political exposes and a close and painful look at a generation hooked on smartphones. Here are 10 notable books published in 2024, in no particular order. Asking about the year’s hottest reads would basically yield a list of the biggest hits in romantasy, the blend of fantasy and romance that has proved so irresistible fans were snapping up expensive “special editions” with decorative covers and sprayed edges. Of the 25 top sellers of 2024, as compiled by Circana, six were by romantasy favorite Sarah J. Maas, including “House of Flame and Shadow,” the third of her “Crescent City” series. Millions read her latest installment about Bryce Quinlan and Hunter Athalar and traced the ever-growing ties of “Maasverse,” the overlapping worlds of “Crescent City” and her other series, “Throne of Glass” and “A Court of Thorns and Roses.” If romantasy is for escape, other books demand we confront. In the bestselling “The Anxious Generation,” social psychologist Jonathan Haidt looks into studies finding that the mental health of young people began to deteriorate in the 2010s, after decades of progress. According to Haidt, the main culprit is right before us: digital screens that have drawn kids away from “play-based” to “phone-based” childhoods. Although some critics challenged his findings, “The Anxious Generation” became a talking point and a catchphrase. Admirers ranged from Oprah Winfrey to Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee, who in a letter to state legislators advocated such “commonsense recommendations” from the book as banning phones in schools and keeping kids off social media until age 16. Bob Woodward books have been an election tradition for decades. “War,” the latest of his highly sourced Washington insider accounts, made news with its allegations that Donald Trump had been in frequent contact with Russian leader Vladimir Putin even while out of office and, while president, had sent Putin sophisticated COVID-19 test machines. Among Woodward’s other scoops: Putin seriously considered using nuclear weapons against Ukraine, and President Joe Biden blamed former President Barack Obama, under whom he served as vice president, for some of the problems with Russia. “Barack never took Putin seriously,” Woodward quoted Biden as saying. Former (and future) first lady Melania Trump, who gives few interviews and rarely discusses her private life, unexpectedly announced she was publishing a memoir: “Melania.” The publisher was unlikely for a former first lady — not one of the major New York houses, but Skyhorse, where authors include such controversial public figures as Woody Allen and Trump cabinet nominee Robert F. Kennedy Jr. And its success was at least a minor surprise. Melania Trump did little publicity for the book, and offered few revelations beyond posting a video expressing support for abortion rights — a break from one of the cornerstones of GOP policy. But “Melania” still sold hundreds of thousands of copies, many in the days following her husband’s election. Taylor Swift was more than a music story in 2024. Like “Melania,” the news about Taylor Swift’s self-published tie-in to her global tour isn’t so much the book itself, but that it exists. And how well it sold. As she did with the “Eras” concert film, Swift bypassed the established industry and worked directly with a distributor: Target offered “The Eras Tour Book” exclusively. According to Circana, the “Eras” book sold more than 800,000 copies just in its opening week, an astonishing number for a publication unavailable through Amazon.com and other traditional retailers. No new book in 2024 had a better debut. Midnight book parties are supposed to be for “Harry Potter” and other fantasy series, but this fall, more than 100 stores stayed open late to welcome one of the year’s literary events: Sally Rooney’s “Intermezzo.” The Irish author’s fourth novel centers on two brothers, their grief over the death of their father, their very different career paths and their very unsettled love lives. “Intermezzo” was also a book about chess: “You have to read a lot of opening theory — that’s the beginning of a game, the first moves,” one of the brothers explains. “And you’re learning all this for what? Just to get an okay position in the middle game and try to play some decent chess. Which most of the time I can’t do anyway.” Lisa Marie Presley had been working on a memoir at the time of her death , in 2023, and daughter Riley Keough had agreed to help her complete it. “From Here to the Great Unknown” is Lisa Marie’s account of her father, Elvis Presley, and the sagas of of her adult life, notably her marriage to Michael Jackson and the death of son Benjamin Keough. To the end, she was haunted by the loss of Elvis, just 42 when he collapsed and died at his Graceland home while young Lisa Marie was asleep. “She would listen to his music alone, if she was drunk, and cry,” Keough, during an interview with Winfrey, said of her mother. Meanwhile, Cher released the first of two planned memoirs titled “Cher” — no further introduction required. Covering her life from birth to the end of the 1970s, she focuses on her ill-fated marriage to Sonny Bono, remembering him as a gifted entertainer and businessman who helped her believe in herself while turning out to be unfaithful, erratic, controlling and so greedy that he kept all the couple’s earnings for himself. Unsure of whether to leave or stay, she consulted a very famous divorcee, Lucille Ball, who reportedly encouraged her: “F— him, you’re the one with the talent.” A trend in recent years is to take famous novels from the past, and remove words or passages that might offend modern readers; an edition of “The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn” cuts the racist language from Mark Twain’s original text. In the most celebrated literary work of 2024, Percival Everett found a different way to take on Twain’s classic — write it from the perspective of the enslaved Jim. “James,” winner of the National Book Award, is a recasting in many ways. Everett suggests to us that the real Jim was nothing like the deferential figure known to millions of readers, but a savvy and learned man who concealed his intelligence from the whites around him, and even from Twain himself. Salman Rushdie’s first National Book Award nomination was for a memoir he wished he had no reason to write. In “Knife,” he recounts in full detail the horrifying attempt on his life in 2022, when an attendee rushed the stage during a literary event in western New York and stabbed him repeatedly, leaving with him a blinded eye and lasting nerve damage, but with a spirit surprisingly intact. “If you had told me that this was going to happen and how would I deal with it, I would not have been very optimistic about my chances,” he told The Associated Press last spring. “I’m still myself, you know, and I don’t feel other than myself. But there’s a little iron in the soul, I think.”
Congressional bicameral team pushes for insurance, pharmaceutical reformAirbus has confirmed a significant restructuring of its Defence and Space division, involving job cuts exceeding 2,000 positions. The European aerospace giant faces stern competition from U.S. satellite players, notably Elon Musk's Starlink, prompting a shift in focus to manage overhead costs. Expected to be in place by mid-2026, these cuts target management roles to help streamline the business. Germany will see the largest impact with 689 roles affected, while France, Britain, and Spain will also face substantial reductions. Despite the cuts, Airbus maintains there will be no compulsory redundancies, aiming instead for a voluntary approach to trim its workforce. (With inputs from agencies.)
On Monday, Dec. 2, Burnaby council voted with a majority of seven to two to cancel the planned trip to three of Burnaby’s sister cities: Kushiro in Japan, Hwaseong in South Korea, and Taichung in Taiwan. The trip, which was supposed to take place in September 2025 would have cost between $106,000 and $116,000 for three councillors and the mayor, as reported by the Beacon on Aug. 7, 2024. Mayor Mike Hurley was the first council member to say he opposed the trip during the meeting. “I will start this out by saying that I’m opposed to this at this time, although I would love to keep our sister city relationships going, and they are important, and they’ve been going for a long time; I just don’t think that this is the right time to be traveling, given the constraints on budgets that we’re going to see moving forward here,” Hurley said. Councillors Joe Keithley, Alison Gu, Daniel Tetrault, and Maita Santiago followed the mayor in opposing the trip due to its high cost and the fact that Burnaby residents are currently struggling to make ends meet. “It just seems very out of touch with what people are facing, and people are struggling to pay their own bills and rent, and us going on a trip that costs $15,000 a head just doesn’t seem right,” Tetrault said. “I also do think it’s worth re-looking at our whole sister city policy and analyzing future trips, whether it merits the cost for not only council, but staff, and also use of staff and council time.” Gu said the trip would also be high in emissions, environmental impact, and financial cost. Three councillors approved the trip and wanted it to occur: Sav Dhaliwal, Pietro Calendino, and Richard Lee. Dhaliwal spoke at length about the many benefits of the sister cities program and how these types of trips can help develop the city and bring new ideas, technologies, and other benefits and opportunities to Burnaby. Dhaliwal added that the sister cities program is “priceless.” “When we embarked on this journey of having friendship and sister cities, it was with the intention of creating some worldwide harmony, learning from each other, and having to share our cultures,” Dhaliwal said. “I had the opportunity to go to Japan once many years ago, to the Kushiro sister city and I marvel at what we learned and what we have gained from that relationship.” Calendino, who is the chair of the International Relations and Friendship Cities Committee, said he was disappointed in the opposition to the trip. “I’m a little bit disappointed at the reaction of the councillors and yourself, Mr. Mayor. This is not something new. We’ve been discussing this for almost a year,” Calendino said. “And to clarify one thing, this does not come from taxpayers’ draw. This comes from game funds, which are to be used for a one-time activity.” Calendino added that while the cost seems excessive in the report, there are options for travel that do not include business-class airfare and may reduce the cost. Lee wanted to direct staff to look into alternative funding sources and explore the possibility of councillors paying a portion of the trip expenses out of pocket. Gu requested that Lee put forward a formal motion about it. “I would appreciate the opportunity to actually vote on that because staff resources are quite limited, and I wouldn’t want us wasting time on something if there wasn’t actually council support for something,” Gu said. Lee’s motion was unsuccessful, and the majority of council members voted against the trip.Nick Kyrgios says positive tests for duo are ‘disgusting’ and ‘a horrible look’Investec Champions Cup Pool 2: Bath 20 La Rochelle 24 Ronan O’Gara’s La Rochelle had just enough in the tank for a priceless away win in their Investec Champions Cup opener against Bath on Friday night. Twice-winners La Rochelle triumphed 24-20 at the Recreation Ground, after the Gallagher Premiership leaders launched a powerful second-half fightback, scoring two converted tries from 15 points adrift. La Rochelle roared clear through tries from flanker Oscar Jegou, prop Reda Wardi and scrum-half Tawera Kerr-Barlow, while fly-half Ihaia West kicked three conversions and a penalty. Bath were in deep trouble at half-time, managing only two Finn Russell penalties, yet they stirred after the break as hooker Tom Dunn and former Connacht and Ireland lock Quinn Roux claimed touchdowns, with Russell adding the extras. Despite swirling rain and a gusting wind, a compelling contest unfolded, although it ramps up pressure on Bath, despite claiming a losing bonus-point, to potentially win at least two of their last three pool games as they chase a last-16 place. They tackle Benetton in Italy next, with Clermont Auvergne and Leinster looming as testing opponents in January. Russell kicked Bath into a fifth-minute lead, but conditions — albeit at the very early stages of Storm Darragh — played their part. La Rochelle’s heavyweight pack soon warmed to the task, and relentless pressure close to Bath’s line resulted in an 18th-minute try for Jegou that West converted. The visitors had a collective power up-front, and they showcased it in all its glory through a long-range lineout drive that Bath could not stop. Wardi claimed the touchdown, with West adding the extras, and although Russell kicked a second penalty, La Rochelle were immediately back on the attack. Another lineout gave them a strong foundation five metres out, but this time they did not have to keep it tight as Kerr-Barlow darted through a huge gap for try number three, with West’s conversion making it 21-6. Bath reduced their deficit midway through the third quarter as Dunn touched down following a driven lineout, before Russell judged his touchline conversion brilliantly to leave his team eight points adrift. Bath struck again five minutes later after Kerr-Barlow failed to ground a kick behind own line, with a charging Roux capitalising and Russell converting. West eased La Rochelle nerves through a penalty on the hour-mark. Bath: Tries: Dunn, Roux. Cons: Russell 2. Pens: Russell 2. La Rochelle: Tries: Jegou, Wardi, Kerr Barlow. Cons: West 3. Pens: West. BATH: de Glanville, Cokanasiga, Redpath, Butt, Muir, Russell, Schreuder, du Toit, Dunn, Stuart, Roux, Ewels, Hill, Pepper, Reid. Subs: Ojomoh for Butt (73), Van Wyk for du Toit (65), Annett for Dunn (55), A. Griffin for Stuart (65), Molony for Roux (65), Bayliss for Hill (65), Coetzee for Reid (55). LA ROCHELLE: Dulin, Nowell, Seuteni, Danty, Leyds, West, Kerr Barlow, Wardi, Latu, Atonio, Lavault, Skelton, Jegou, Haddad, Alldritt. Subs: Reus for West (73), Penverne for Wardi (71), Lespiaucq-Brettes for Latu (61), Colombe for Atonio (61), Botia for Haddad (65). Referee: Andrew Brace (IRFU).
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Today’s is now ready to go with a headliner deal featuring Apple’s elevated 16GB/512GB now down at the Amazon all-time low with . That deal joins the return of Black Friday pricing on at Amazon alongside a series of . You’ll also find ongoing all-time lows on and a host of charging gear starting from just $5. Apple’s elevated 16GB/512GB M4 Mac mini just hit the Amazon all-time low at $100 off for the holidays Apple’s new has been a popular new release this year among readers and staffers, to say the least. While the has been mostly out of stock at Amazon – it’s back now but at only $19 off, the has now dropped to a . Regularly $799, this is $100 off the going rate, $44 under our previous mention, and the best price we have tracked to date. The deals on the have been some of the more popular Apple offers we have covered in the last half of the year. The new M4 Mac mini is a long-awaited upgrade over the previous-generation M2 machines, delivering one of the best values in the Apple Mac family as the most affordable current-generation model in the lineup that is now even more so after Apple upped the entry-level RAM configurations to 16GB. Score a new iPad Pro, M2 Air, or mini 7 for the holidays? Apple Pencil Pro with Find My back at $99 Black Friday price For those who might have scored a new 2024 iPad for the holidays, the official Black Friday pricing on has returned. Amazon’s listing and is also joining the party at the . Amazon’s listing has been going in and out of stock constantly over the last month or more, but you can land it there on sale right now and if you have some bonus Best Buy credit or gift cards in your pocket you can there today. Save up to $200 on the new M4 iMac today courtesy of Amazon, deals from $1,199 While the entry-level 2-port, 8-core model is now ($100 off), or $50 above the lowest we have tracked, there are some of the more affordable 4-port, 10-core M4 iMac configs seeing notable price drops today. Regularly $1,499, you can land the and the 256GB SSD . That’s $130 off and the lowest price we can find, coming within $20 of the all-time low we spotted previously only on select colorways. Whoa! Apple’s M4 Pro MacBook Pro just hit the best price ever at $300 off in Best Buy’s surprise last-minute Doorbusters . Hello! Best Buy just dropped a on Apple’s . You’re looking at a regular $1,999 configuration that is now seeing a straight up $300 price drop with no strings attached here folks – this is a new all-time low. As of right now, is still siting up at $1,749, although we are at some point today. Today’s best accessory and charging deals: Amazon has with holiday delivery. Best Buy’s final blast of for everyone and that means you can now score the to come within $1 of the lowest we have tracked all year long. Regularly $99, this is nearly 30% off the going rate and the lowest price we can find on the 4-pack. This deal also ushers in the lowest per AirTag price around at $17.50 a pop – they are if you buy them individually. EXCLUSIVE Holiday deals for 9to5 readers: Today’s is now ready to go with a headliner deal featuring Apple’s elevated 16GB/512GB now down at the Amazon all-time low with . That deal joins the return of Black Friday pricing on at Amazon alongside a series of . You’ll also find ongoing all-time lows on and a host of charging gear starting from just $5. Apple’s elevated 16GB/512GB M4 Mac mini just hit the Amazon all-time low at $100 off for the holidays Apple’s new has been a popular new release this year among readers and staffers, to say the least. While the has been mostly out of stock at Amazon – it’s back now but at only $19 off, the has now dropped to a . Regularly $799, this is $100 off the going rate, $44 under our previous mention, and the best price we have tracked to date. The deals on the have been some of the more popular Apple offers we have covered in the last half of the year. The new M4 Mac mini is a long-awaited upgrade over the previous-generation M2 machines, delivering one of the best values in the Apple Mac family as the most affordable current-generation model in the lineup that is now even more so after Apple upped the entry-level RAM configurations to 16GB. Score a new iPad Pro, M2 Air, or mini 7 for the holidays? Apple Pencil Pro with Find My back at $99 Black Friday price For those who might have scored a new 2024 iPad for the holidays, the official Black Friday pricing on has returned. Amazon’s listing and is also joining the party at the . Amazon’s listing has been going in and out of stock constantly over the last month or more, but you can land it there on sale right now and if you have some bonus Best Buy credit or gift cards in your pocket you can there today. Save up to $200 on the new M4 iMac today courtesy of Amazon, deals from $1,199 While the entry-level 2-port, 8-core model is now ($100 off), or $50 above the lowest we have tracked, there are some of the more affordable 4-port, 10-core M4 iMac configs seeing notable price drops today. Regularly $1,499, you can land the and the 256GB SSD . That’s $130 off and the lowest price we can find, coming within $20 of the all-time low we spotted previously only on select colorways. Whoa! Apple’s M4 Pro MacBook Pro just hit the best price ever at $300 off in Best Buy’s surprise last-minute Doorbusters . Hello! Best Buy just dropped a on Apple’s . You’re looking at a regular $1,999 configuration that is now seeing a straight up $300 price drop with no strings attached here folks – this is a new all-time low. As of right now, is still siting up at $1,749, although we are at some point today. Today’s best accessory and charging deals: Amazon has with holiday delivery. Best Buy’s final blast of for everyone and that means you can now score the to come within $1 of the lowest we have tracked all year long. Regularly $99, this is nearly 30% off the going rate and the lowest price we can find on the 4-pack. This deal also ushers in the lowest per AirTag price around at $17.50 a pop – they are if you buy them individually. EXCLUSIVE Holiday deals for 9to5 readers: