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Laurie Daley has answered the question on everyone’s lips following his hire as the new Blues coach while also lifting the lid on the key decision which helped New South Wales end Queensland’s eight-year Origin reign in 2014. Watch every ball of Australia v India LIVE & ad-break free during play in 4K on Kayo | New to Kayo? Get your first month for just $1. Limited time offer > MORE NRL NEWS ‘DIDN’T WANT ME’: Tigers recruit’s cheeky sledge in bid to make Dragons ‘regret it’ FIVE POSITIONS IN QUESTION: Daley’s biggest NSW Origin selection headaches ‘BIG PART’: Flanagan’s Hunt admission, plans for recruits in Dragons’ revenge season Daley was officially introduced as NSW coach at a press conference on Monday. It will be Daley’s second stint as Blues coach after five years in charge between 2013-2017. A co-host on Sky Sports Radio’s Big Sports Breakfast , Daley appeared on the show for a ten minute chat on Tuesday morning. Daley was asked by BSB colleague and former Australian cricket captain Michael Clarke on what he learned during his first stint and whether Blues fans should be concerned over his lack of recent coaching experience. “I think you learn when time goes by and you think about decisions you made, you think the about preparation,” Daley said. “I finished coaching back in 2022 when I coached the Indigenous All Stars so it’s only been about two years (out of coaching). The All Stars game is similar to Origin, although not the same, it’s preparing a group of men to go out and play rugby league. “Origin’s a different environment to the NRL. Emotionally you must be heavily attached. “There are a lot of leanings out of it though. If you know the mistakes you made, you wouldn’t do it again, you correct those mistakes, you steel yourself to go again and you just know you are just better for making those mistakes. “Sometimes, the harshest lessons are made in the heat of the battle and unfortunately if you get it wrong, you’re exposed. But this time around, I’m confident I’ll get the majority right.” During his five-year run as Blues coach, Daley won just the one series and lost four, although among the nine games the Blues lost while he was in charge, there were several close defeats. That one series win came in 2014 against an all-conquering Maroons side that had won the previous eight series. In what was a decision that received plenty of criticism at the time, Daley put his faith in the then Bulldogs halves pairing of Trent Hodkinson and Josh Reynolds for Game I of the 2014 series. Hodkinson was an Origin rookie while Reynolds may as well have been as well, given he only played 23 minutes for the Blues in 2013. Reynolds was on the BSB panel on Tuesday and he asked Daley whether he’ll give the 2025 Blues halves ‘ownership’ of the team like he did to Hodkinson and himself in 2014. “It’ll be different this time around,” Daley admitted. “When I selected yourself and Trent, a lot of people were unsure about how that combination would go and one thing I really wanted to do was to give guys trust in you that you could actually control the game. If they got that by you delivering all the messages throughout the week then they’d be very confident you’d deliver on the night. “The guys in the frame now (Nathan Cleary, Jarome Luai, Mitch Moses), they’ve been a part of Origins, they’ve won Origin series, grand finals so they come in with a bit more experience under their belt. “While they’ll still run some of the attacking sessions, that will mostly be driven by the coaches.”
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Steve Yzerman expecting new coach Todd McLellan to get Red Wings back on track DETROIT (AP) — Detroit Red Wings general manager Steve Yzerman knew his team needed a change. So did his captain, Dylan Larkin. Dave Hogg, The Associated Press Dec 27, 2024 1:48 PM Dec 27, 2024 1:50 PM Share by Email Share on Facebook Share on X Share on LinkedIn Print Share via Text Message FILE - Los Angeles Kings head coach Todd McLellan watches his team's NHL hockey game against the San Jose Sharks in Los Angeles, Nov. 25, 2019. (AP Photo/Michael Owen Baker, File) DETROIT (AP) — Detroit Red Wings general manager Steve Yzerman knew his team needed a change. So did his captain, Dylan Larkin. As a result, Yzerman and Larkin were each speaking to the media on Friday — the day after Yzerman fired head coach Derek Lalonde and replaced him with Todd McLellan. “Our team isn't performing up to what my expectations are,” Yzerman said. “Whether anybody agrees or not, I have expectations for the team, and they aren't meeting them because our players aren't playing to each of their own individual expectations.” The Red Wings nearly ended their playoff drought this spring, missing out on a tiebreaker in the last minutes of the regular season, but they have taken a significant step back. At 13-17-4, they are seventh in the Atlantic Division and 28th in the league. “It's been a frustrating start to the season — we're missing something,” Larkin said. “This is something you never want to happen — I really like Derek as a guy — but something needed to happen.” The timing, though, couldn't be worse for McLellan and his top assistant, Trent Yawney. Because of the NHL's holiday break, they will be coaching the Red Wings against the Maple Leafs on Friday night without a single practice in charge. “Trent Yawney and Todd McLellan aren’t coming in here and waving a wand to change the forecheck, the neutral zone system, the D-zone coverage and the power play,” McLellan said after Friday's morning skate. “There just isn't time. What we’ve asked the players is to play harder, play faster and play a little bit smarter.” McLellan does have ties to the Red Wings, having won a Stanley Cup with them as an assistant coach in 2007-08, but that was a different roster in a different building — Joe Louis Arena. Other than Cam Talbot, who he coached in Edmonton and Los Angeles, his only experience with one of his key players is having Larkin on his Team North America roster at the 2016 World Cup. “Cam sent me a text after the announcement saying, in a nice way, ‘Again?'” McLellan said. “Team North America was a great experience, coaching so many great talents at 20, 21 or 22 years old. Dylan was a very responsible part of that team.” McLellan does get one break with the schedule — he expects to have Detroit's No. 2 and No. 3 defensemen, Simon Edvinsson and Ben Chiarot, available for the Maple Leafs. The Red Wings struggled badly before the break when upper-body injuries sidelined both. He'll be using Lalonde's line combinations and defense pairs against Toronto, but Yzerman made it clear Friday that one of McLellan's jobs will be giving more playing time to his young forwards. “We had young guys like Michael Rasmussen and Joe Veleno who took on a bigger role last season, and for whatever reason, those roles were reduced a little bit in the first part of this season,” Yzerman said. “We need those players to play a bigger role again. Jonatan Berggren can play a bigger role.” At the end of the day, McLellan's task is simple, but that doesn't make it easy. “It's a very obvious answer,” Yzerman said. "We need to score more and we need to be better defensively. We need to keep the puck out of our net, whether that's through better defending or better goaltending. “We just need to get better.” ___ AP NHL: https://apnews.com/hub/nhl Dave Hogg, The Associated Press See a typo/mistake? Have a story/tip? This has been shared 0 times 0 Shares Share by Email Share on Facebook Share on X Share on LinkedIn Print Share via Text Message Get your daily Victoria news briefing Email Sign Up More Hockey Senators to embark on road trip without Ullmark or Forsberg healthy Dec 27, 2024 12:09 PM Avalanche reward newly acquired goalie Blackwood with 5-year, $26.25 million contract extension Dec 27, 2024 10:57 AM Alex Ovechkin is on track to break Wayne Gretzky's NHL career goals record Dec 27, 2024 9:36 AM
By Vanessa G. Sánchez, KFF Health News (TNS) LOS ANGELES — President-elect Donald Trump’s promise of mass deportations and tougher immigration restrictions is deepening mistrust of the health care system among California’s immigrants and clouding the future for providers serving the state’s most impoverished residents. At the same time, immigrants living illegally in Southern California told KFF Health News they thought the economy would improve and their incomes might increase under Trump, and for some that outweighed concerns about health care. Community health workers say fear of deportation is already affecting participation in Medi-Cal, the state’s Medicaid program for low-income residents, which was expanded in phases to all immigrants regardless of residency status over the past several years. That could undercut the state’s progress in reducing the uninsured rate, which reached a record low of 6.4% last year. Immigrants lacking legal residency have long worried that participation in government programs could make them targets, and Trump’s election has compounded those concerns, community advocates say. The incoming Trump administration is also expected to target Medicaid with funding cuts and enrollment restrictions , which activists worry could threaten the Medi-Cal expansion and kneecap efforts to extend health insurance subsidies under Covered California to all immigrants. “The fear alone has so many consequences to the health of our communities,” said Mar Velez , director of policy with the Latino Coalition for a Healthy California. “This is, as they say, not their first rodeo. They understand how the system works. I think this machine is going to be, unfortunately, a lot more harmful to our communities.” Alongside such worries, though, is a strain of optimism that Trump might be a boon to the economy, according to interviews with immigrants in Los Angeles whom health care workers were soliciting to sign up for Medi-Cal. Since Election Day, community health worker Yanet Martinez said, people are more reluctant to hear her pitch for subsidized health insurance or cancer prevention screenings. “They think I’m going to share their information to deport them,” Martinez said. (Vanessa G. Sánchez/KFF Health News/TNS) Clinics and community health workers encourage immigrants to enroll for health coverage through Medi-Cal and Covered California. But workers have noticed that fear of deportation has chilled participation. (Vanessa G. Sánchez/KFF Health News/TNS) Community health workers like Yanet Martinez encourage people to enroll for health benefits. But many California immigrants fear that using subsidized services could hurt their chances of obtaining legal residency. (Vanessa G. Sánchez/KFF Health News/TNS) Since Election Day, community health worker Yanet Martinez said, people are more reluctant to hear her pitch for subsidized health insurance or cancer prevention screenings. “They think I’m going to share their information to deport them,” Martinez said. (Vanessa G. Sánchez/KFF Health News/TNS) Selvin, 39, who, like others interviewed for this article, asked to be identified by only his first name because he’s living here without legal permission, said that even though he believes Trump dislikes people like him, he thinks the new administration could help boost his hours at the food processing facility where he works packing noodles. “I do see how he could improve the economy. From that perspective, I think it’s good that he won.” He became eligible for Medi-Cal this year but decided not to enroll, worrying it could jeopardize his chances of changing his immigration status. “I’ve thought about it,” Selvin said, but “I feel like it could end up hurting me. I won’t deny that, obviously, I’d like to benefit — get my teeth fixed, a physical checkup.” But fear holds him back, he said, and he hasn’t seen a doctor in nine years. It’s not Trump’s mass deportation plan in particular that’s scaring him off, though. “If I’m not committing any crimes or getting a DUI, I think I won’t get deported,” Selvin said. Petrona, 55, came from El Salvador seeking asylum and enrolled in Medi-Cal last year. She said that if her health insurance benefits were cut, she wouldn’t be able to afford her visits to the dentist. A street food vendor, she hears often about Trump’s deportation plan, but she said it will be the criminals the new president pushes out. “I’ve heard people say he’s going to get rid of everyone who’s stealing.” Although she’s afraid she could be deported, she’s also hopeful about Trump. “He says he’s going to give a lot of work to Hispanics because Latinos are the ones who work the hardest,” she said. “That’s good, more work for us, the ones who came here to work.” Newly elected Republican Assembly member Jeff Gonzalez, who flipped a seat long held by Democrats in the Latino-heavy desert region in the southeastern part of the state, said his constituents were anxious to see a new economic direction. “They’re just really kind of fed up with the status quo in California,” Gonzalez said. “People on the ground are saying, ‘I’m hopeful,’ because now we have a different perspective. We have a businessperson who is looking at the very things that we are looking at, which is the price of eggs, the price of gas, the safety.” Related Articles National Politics | Mexico tests cellphone app allowing migrants to send alert if they are about to be detained in US National Politics | Trump wants mass deportations. For the agents removing immigrants, it’s a painstaking process National Politics | Immigration agency deports highest numbers since 2014, aided by more flights National Politics | Advocates train immigrants to ‘prepare to stay’ in the US under Trump National Politics | Immigration drives US population growth to highest rate in 23 years as residents pass 340 million Gonzalez said he’s not going to comment about potential Medicaid cuts, because Trump has not made any official announcement. Unlike most in his party, Gonzalez said he supports the extension of health care services to all residents regardless of immigration status . Health care providers said they are facing a twin challenge of hesitancy among those they are supposed to serve and the threat of major cuts to Medicaid, the federal program that provides over 60% of the funding for Medi-Cal. Health providers and policy researchers say a loss in federal contributions could lead the state to roll back or downsize some programs, including the expansion to cover those without legal authorization. California and Oregon are the only states that offer comprehensive health insurance to all income-eligible immigrants regardless of status. About 1.5 million people without authorization have enrolled in California, at a cost of over $6 billion a year to state taxpayers. “Everyone wants to put these types of services on the chopping block, which is really unfair,” said state Sen. Lena Gonzalez, a Democrat and chair of the California Latino Legislative Caucus. “We will do everything we can to ensure that we prioritize this.” Sen. Gonzalez said it will be challenging to expand programs such as Covered California, the state’s health insurance marketplace, for which immigrants lacking permanent legal status are not eligible. A big concern for immigrants and their advocates is that Trump could reinstate changes to the public charge policy, which can deny green cards or visas based on the use of government benefits. “President Trump’s mass deportation plan will end the financial drain posed by illegal immigrants on our healthcare system, and ensure that our country can care for American citizens who rely on Medicaid, Medicare, and Social Security,” Trump spokesperson Karoline Leavitt said in a statement to KFF Health News. During his first term, in 2019, Trump broadened the policy to include the use of Medicaid, as well as housing and nutrition subsidies. The Biden administration rescinded the change in 2021. KFF, a health information nonprofit that includes KFF Health News, found immigrants use less health care than people born in the United States. And about 1 in 4 likely undocumented immigrant adults said they have avoided applying for assistance with health care, food, and housing because of immigration-related fears, according to a 2023 survey . Another uncertainty is the fate of the Affordable Care Act, which was opened in November to immigrants who were brought to the U.S. as children and are protected by the Deferred Action Childhood Arrivals program. If DACA eligibility for the act’s plans, or even the act itself, were to be reversed under Trump, that would leave roughly 40,000 California DACA recipients, and about 100,000 nationwide , without access to subsidized health insurance. On Dec. 9, a federal court in North Dakota issued an order blocking DACA recipients from accessing Affordable Care Act health plans in 19 states that had challenged the Biden administration’s rule. Clinics and community health workers are encouraging people to continue enrolling in health benefits. But amid the push to spread the message, the chilling effects are already apparent up and down the state. “¿Ya tiene Medi-Cal?” community health worker Yanet Martinez said, asking residents whether they had Medi-Cal as she walked down Pico Boulevard recently in a Los Angeles neighborhood with many Salvadorans. “¡Nosotros podemos ayudarle a solicitar Medi-Cal! ¡Todo gratuito!” she shouted, offering help to sign up, free of charge. “Gracias, pero no,” said one young woman, responding with a no thanks. She shrugged her shoulders and averted her eyes under a cap that covered her from the late-morning sun. Since Election Day, Martinez said, people have been more reluctant to hear her pitch for subsidized health insurance or cancer prevention screenings. “They think I’m going to share their information to deport them,” she said. “They don’t want anything to do with it.” This article was produced by KFF Health News , which publishes California Healthline , an editorially independent service of the California Health Care Foundation . ©2024 KFF Health News. Distributed by Tribune Content Agency, LLC.
Nicaragua Enacts Law Nullifying Foreign SanctionsA stroke changed a teacher’s life. How a new electrical device is helping her moveNEW YORK >> Art Cashin, a renowned market pundit and the UBS director of floor operations at the New York Stock Exchange, has died at the age of 83, UBS said. Cashin, once dubbed “Wall Street’s version of Walter Cronkite” by The Washington Post, was a regular on CNBC, delivering stock market commentary and analysis to the business news channel’s viewers for more than 25 years. His Wall Street career spanned more than six decades. “It is with a heavy heart that I inform you of the passing of Arthur Cashin, Jr., a true giant in our industry,” Bill Carroll, head of sales and development at UBS Wealth Management USA, said in a memo sent to employees on Monday. The memo did not say when he had died or give details about the circumstances. In addition to his role at UBS, Cashin was renowned for his daily newsletter, Cashin’s Comments, which was published for over 25 years with a daily circulation of more than 100,000 readers. He was also a regular on CNBC’s “Art Cashin on the Markets,” a segment airing several times a week over more than two decades. “It’s fair to say that over this time, Art Cashin became a household name for investors across the country, who benefited from his savvy insight on the markets, good humor and wit,” the memo said. Arthur D. Cashin was born in Jersey City, N.J., in 1941, according to CNBC. He began his business career at Thomson McKinnon in 1959 and in 1964, at age 23, he became a member of the NYSE and a partner of P.R. Herzig & Co. In 1980, Cashin joined investment bank PaineWebber and managed their floor operation. PaineWebber was acquired by UBS in 2000. At that time, the NYSE floor was the hub for the vast majority of trading activity in the United States. His newsletter, which combined market analysis with trivia, historical tidbits and even recipes, often generated a buzz in Wall Street’s trading rooms and on the NYSE floor. “The day Cashin’s Commentary was released was always a landmark on the Street,” said Art Hogan, market strategist at Baird Wealth Management, who got to know Cashin during the several decades they worked on Wall Street together. One recipe regularly featured was for “White Castle burger stuffing”, which he usually sent ahead of Thanksgiving, Hogan recalled. Its ingredients? The bun and patty from a hamburger bought from budget restaurant chain White Castle. Cashin was also a regular at Bobby Van’s Steakhouse in Manhattan, where for decades he and a group of friends would gather to tell stories and discuss markets. His usual drink was a Dewar’s on ice, and the restaurant would have his first ready for him within five minutes of the closing bell ringing. “Every time I’d be in New York, I’d be sure to be at Bobby Van’s right when the markets closed,” said Julie Werner, an individual investor in the Atlanta area, who first met Cashin back in the mid-1990s when she was taking classes at the NYSE. “They’d have his drink ready and waiting for him at his own seat.” Cashin was one of three senior executive floor governors and also served as a member of the Bond Club of New York. He also chaired the NYSE Fallen Heroes Fund, which assists families of first responders killed in the line of duty. CNBC did not immediately respond to a Reuters request for comment. Cashin’s family could not be reached for comment.
Tom Homan, Donald Trump 's incoming "border czar," has vowed to send "twice as many" Immigration and Customs Enforcement ( ICE ) agents to Los Angeles to enact mass deportations. Los Angeles is one of several so-called sanctuary cities that have indicated they will attempt to disrupt Trump's plan to enact in January the "largest" mass deportation of migrants during his first 24 hours back in the White House. Mayor Karen Bass , a Democrat, supported a sanctuary ordinance that was passed unanimously by the L.A. City Council on Tuesday. On Friday, Homan suggested during a Newsmax appearance that federal immigration officers would ignore the California city's sanctuary status and force Trump's deportations. He said the president-elect has a "mandate" to deport migrants across the country, despite the wishes of local officials. In response to L.A. City Council member Hugo Soto-Martínez recently telling MSNBC that the city would "not be collaborating" or enforcing Trump's "deportation machine," Homan expressed dismay that the official would risk "public safety" by attempting to defy Trump. "Federal law trumps state and local law every time, so if you're not gonna help, get the hell out of the way," Homan said. "We're coming, we're doing it, and they're not going to stop us.... If you knowingly harbor and conceal an illegal alien, that's a felony.... Why would you push back on this?" He went on: "If I've got to send twice as many officers to L.A. because we're not getting any assistance, then that's what we're going to do. We've got a mandate, President Trump's serious about this, I'm serious about this. This is going to happen with or without you." The new L.A. ordinance directs local authorities to not cooperate with federal immigration enforcement efforts in most cases. Bass urged the council to pass the measure last week, saying in a statement that it would help address "growing threats to the immigrant communities here in Los Angeles" and "make our communities stronger and our city better." Newsweek reached out via email for comment to Bass' office on Friday. On November 10, Trump said on Truth Social that Homan, an acting ICE director during his first administration and a Project 2025 contributor , would be the next person "in charge of our Nation's Borders." "I've known Tom for a long time, and there is nobody better at policing and controlling our Borders," Trump wrote. "Likewise, Tom Homan will be in charge of all Deportation of Illegal Aliens back to their Country of Origin." In media appearances since his appointment, Homan has been warning Democrats against defying him and Trump next year. During an interview with Fox News host Sean Hannity earlier this week, he said that migrants have " got a problem " when the White House changes hands. "Out of the gate, we're concentrating on public safety threats and national security threats," he said. "What politician, whether you're a mayor or governor, is saying, 'No, I want public safety threats to remain in my community.' I mean, give me a break." He continued: "Look, if you're in the country illegally, you're not off the table. It's not OK to cross this border, it's a crime. Every illegal alien that crossed that border committed a crime. And it's not OK for you to be in this country illegally.... So if you're in this country illegally, you got a problem." Homan and other Trump allies have suggested that the president-elect's immigration policies are part of a mandate following a "landslide" election victory over Vice President Kamala Harris . However, as vote counts are finalized it has become apparent that his win was relatively narrow. While Trump did manage to pull off a somewhat surprising popular vote win, his final margin of victory is likely to be well under 2 percent, the smallest in a presidential election since George W. Bush defeated Al Gore in 2000.Letter: Seniors want solutions, not excusesSean 'Diddy' Combs' third bid to be released on bail won't be decided until next week
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