slot machine meter online

Duct-taped banana sells for $6.2 million at art auctionEditor's note: This story includes graphic descriptions of violence that some readers may find disturbing. Whoever duct-taped JonBenét Ramsey’s mouth shut, bludgeoned the six-year-old Colorado girl and strangled the child beauty queen in her own home has evaded capture for almost 28 years. Now, a new Netflix documentary series reexamines the gruesome December 1996 killing and suggests modern technology might help solve the homicide that has riveted and perplexed the country for decades. Cold Case: Who Killed JonBenét Ramsey features lengthy interviews with JonBenét’s father and namesake, John Bennett Ramsey, who has lived under a cloud of suspicion despite being formally cleared in 2008. "Our big frustration almost from Day One is that we knew the police did not have the capacity or the capability or the experience to deal with this case," Ramsey, now 80, told CNN Tuesday. While researching the case, director Joe Berlinger was stunned by "just how trampled the crime scene was." But even after the initial, botched police investigation, Berlinger said he believes advanced technology, such as genetic genealogy, "can solve the crime." Here’s what we know about the quest for JonBenét’s killer, including the overseas arrest of an innocent man and how investigators are trying a new strategy after 21,000 tips: The little girl was a local celebrity – and may have drawn unwanted attention By age six, JonBenét had amassed more titles and tiaras than many beauty queens several times her age: Little Miss Colorado. Little Miss Charlevoix. Colorado State All-Star Kids Cover Girl. America’s Royale Miss. National Tiny Miss Beauty. The kindergartener was already wearing high heels and following the footsteps of her beauty queen mother, Patricia “Patsy” Ramsey, a former Miss West Virginia. John and Patsy Ramsey, shown in May 1997, pleaded for the public's help in finding their daughter's killer. (Helen H. Richardson/The Denver Post/Getty Images via CNN Newsource) A week before her death, JonBenét was featured in a Boulder Christmas parade – with her name displayed along the side of her float. Her father later told CNN that may have been a mistake. On the night of December 25, 1996, JonBenét, her brother Burke and their parents returned home from Christmas dinner at a family friend’s house. Patsy Ramsey tucked her daughter into bed. The next day, JonBenét’s lifeless body was found in the family’s basement with a cord around her neck. A cryptic ransom note and a grisly discovery The morning after Christmas, Patsy Ramsey went to the kitchen to make coffee. On her way down the spiral staircase, she found a lengthy, bizarre ransom note. The note was written on paper taken from Patsy Ramsey’s notepad. It demanded a peculiar amount of money – US$118,000 – the same amount John Ramsey received for his Christmas bonus as president of Access Graphics. It's still not clear why that exact dollar amount was demanded, or by whom. Fearing her daughter had been kidnapped, Patsy Ramsey called 911. Investigators found no immediate signs of forced entry into the family’s upscale house. For several hours, no one could find JonBenét. Officers didn’t properly secure the sizeable home, and family friends came and went freely. Eventually, John Ramsey and a friend went down to the basement and opened a cellar door. "JonBenét was there. I saw her immediately," John Ramsey told CNN in 2016. "And it was a rush of relief. I thought, 'God, I found my child.' And then I pretty quickly realized that she may not be alive." JonBenét had a rope embedded deep into her neck. At the end of the rope was a broken paintbrush that looked like it was from Patsy Ramsey’s art set. There was also evidence the six-year-old had been sexually assaulted. The coroner who performed JonBenét’s autopsy said the child died from suffocation in conjunction with forcible trauma to her skull. JonBenét had an 8.5-inch skull fracture. Almost three decades later, it’s still not clear why someone wrote a ransom note describing a kidnapping when the killer left JonBenét’s mutilated body in the house. ‘We were aghast’ after the botched police response, JonBenét’s father says Law enforcement and forensic experts have said local authorities made mistakes in the early hours and days of the investigation. Failing to secure the house while people drifted in and out meant the crime scene had been compromised. Potential evidence was not promptly collected to eliminate the possibility of contamination. John Ramsey said he believes police spent too long focusing on him and Patsy rather than looking for whoever actually killed their daughter. "We knew they were totally focused on Patsy and I, and we were aghast," he told CNN’s Kate Bolduan Tuesday. "But I said to them, 'OK, great. Let’s work through that and then don’t stop there.' Well, they did stop there. And our big frustration with the police all along has been that they’ve refused help from the outside that could have helped." But Boulder police have reiterated their efforts to find JonBenét’s killer. "The killing of JonBenet was an unspeakable crime and this tragedy has never left our hearts,” Boulder Police Chief Steve Redfearn said in a statement posted on X Tuesday. "We are committed to following up on every lead and we are continuing to work with DNA experts and our law enforcement partners around the country until this tragic case is solved." Last year, Boulder police announced a new strategy in trying to resolve the case that has haunted the community for decades. "Boulder Police Department (BPD) convened a panel of outside experts (Colorado Cold Case Review Team) to review the JonBenét Ramsey homicide investigation," the department said in December 2023 . "The purpose of the review was to generate additional investigative recommendations and determine if updated technologies and/or forensic testing might produce new intelligence or leads to solve the case." This week, police refuted the notion that detectives aren’t using every investigative tool possible. "The assertion that there is viable evidence and leads we are not pursuing — to include DNA testing — is completely false," Boulder police said Tuesday. "Additionally, it was the Boulder Police Department — not the Colorado Bureau of Investigation — who convened the Cold Case Review Panel in December 2023 as part of its investigation efforts." A grand jury voted to indict her parents ... but no charges followed After two years of public fascination, rampant speculation and no suspect arrested, the Boulder County district attorney convened a grand jury in 1998. The grand jurors met regularly over 13 months to hear testimony from law enforcement and civilians – including JonBenét’s brother, Burke, who was in the house at the time of his sister’s death. But John and Patsy Ramsey were not asked to testify. The grand jury voted to indict the parents on charges of child abuse resulting in death and being accessories to a crime – though that news didn’t come to light until more than a decade later, after the district attorney declined to file charges. In 2013, the Boulder Daily Camera broke the news that grand jurors voted to indict John and Patsy Ramsey back in 1999. But at the time, District Attorney Alex Hunter said there was insufficient evidence. And in an extraordinarily rare move, the county’s top prosecutor went against the grand jury’s wishes. "There had never been a circumstance quite like this," Stan Garnett, another former Boulder County district attorney, previously told CNN. "A grand jury had returned a true bill, the DA had refused to sign it and ... it remained secret for a long time. And eventually its existence became known." Back in 1999, the grand jury didn’t have DNA findings that emerged in 2008. Over the years, DNA testing improved – and eventually led authorities to clear the Ramseys of suspicion in JonBenét’s death. Forensic scientist Dr. Angela Williamson said a DNA sample had been taken from the crotch of JonBenét's panties, where the girl’s blood was found. The DNA of an unknown male was detected – but the DNA didn’t match anyone who had been near the scene or who had handled her body. The results excluded John, Patsy and Burke Ramsey. Patsy Ramsey didn’t live to see the 2008 apology from a Boulder County district attorney clearing her and her husband of suspicion in their daughter’s death. She died of ovarian cancer at age 49 in 2006. Modern DNA technology reveals a new clue More than a decade after JonBenét’s death, a test using touch DNA – or trace DNA – from JonBenét’s long johns indicated the same unknown male made contact with the young girl’s underwear, Williamson said. "Whoever committed this offense must have pulled down her long johns – but then they pulled them back up, because she was found dressed," Williamson told CNN. Technicians tested DNA on both sides of the long johns’ waist band. "It’s the same DNA," Williamson said. "It’s the same male that’s in the underpants that’s on the side of the long johns.' But the identity of that male remains a mystery. A teacher claims he killed JonBenét Only one arrest has been made in connection with JonBenét’s death – but it turned out to be the wrong man. In 2006, teacher John Mark Karr was arrested in Bangkok, Thailand. The 41-year-old repeatedly said he loved JonBenét and was with her the night she died. He also insisted her death was an accident. Karr allegedly told an investigator that he had drugged JonBenét and sexually assaulted her before accidentally killing her. But soon after his arrest and return to Colorado, prosecutors said DNA evidence proved he had nothing to do with her death. The district attorney decided not to charge him. Thai police escort American teacher John Mark Karr at the Thai Immigration Department in Bangkok on August 17, 2006. (SAEED KHAN/AFP/Getty Images via CNN Newsource) New DNA techniques fuel hope for answers In the decades since JonBenét’s death, detectives have probed 21,000 tips, travelled to more than a dozen states and spoken with over 1,000 people in connection with her killing, Boulder police said. Despite myriad dead ends, authorities have not given up on finding JonBenét’s killer. Boulder County District Attorney Michael Dougherty said if critical evidence or information emerges, JonBenét’s killer could be brought to justice. The challenge is finding that elusive information. "Whether it is DNA or other evidence," the district attorney said, "more is needed to solve this murder." Both Berlinger and JonBenét’s father said they hope genetic genealogy will help bring JonBenét’s killer to justice. "Certain cold cases in recent years have been solved because of that," Berlinger said. "Golden State Killer, Green River Killer – there have been a lot of advances, particularly with genealogical DNA." Investigative genetic genealogy combines DNA analysis from a lab with genealogical research, such as tracing a person’s family tree via GEDMatch – a free website where people can upload their DNA raw data files. Investigators can take an unknown suspect’s DNA profile and upload it to a public database to learn about the suspect’s family members. Investigators can then use the genealogical information and other evidence to build back through the family tree and identify potential suspects. Police aren’t saying what investigative avenues are currently being pursued. A grieving father’s relentless search for justice Since Patsy Ramsey passed away 18 years ago, John Ramsey has remarried and moved to Utah. But the agony of JonBenét’s death follows him everywhere. Despite helping with the Netflix documentary, John Ramsey said he doesn’t intend to watch it. "I don’t think I’ve ever watched any of the broadcasts that I’ve participated in over the years ... it’s hard to watch that stuff," he told CNN. "My wife Jan is watching it. She will be my filter and say, 'Well, you watch this part, but don’t watch this part. It’ll be too hard for you emotionally.'" Ramsey said he doesn’t expect the grief to subside for his family. "This has not gone away from our life for 28 years." __ CNN’s Julie In, Faith Karimi, Eric Levenson and Andi Babineau contributed to this report.slot machine meter online 。

Albert Einstein College of Medicine service learning course brings medical students in Bronx communitiesKohl's Corp. stock rises Tuesday, still underperforms market

Stocks closed higher on Wall Street as the market posted its fifth straight gain and the Dow Jones Industrial Average notched another record high. The S&P 500 rose 0.3%. The benchmark index’s 1.7% gain for the week erased most of its loss from last week. The Dow rose 1% as it nudged past its most recent high set last week, and the Nasdaq composite rose 0.2%. Markets have been volatile over the last few weeks, losing ground in the runup to elections in November, then surging following Donald Trump's victory, before falling again. The S&P 500 has been steadily rising throughout this week to within close range of its record. It's now within about 0.5% of its all-time high set last week. “Overall, market behavior has normalized following an intense few weeks,” said Mark Hackett, chief of investment research at Nationwide, in a statement. Several retailers jumped after giving Wall Street encouraging financial updates. Gap soared 12.8% after handily beating analysts' third-quarter earnings and revenue expectations, while raising its own revenue forecast for the year. Discount retailer Ross Stores rose 2.2% after raising its earnings forecast for the year. EchoStar fell 2.8% after DirecTV called off its purchase of that company's Dish Network unit. Smaller company stocks had some of the biggest gains. The Russell 2000 index rose 1.8%. A majority of stocks in the S&P 500 gained ground, but those gains were kept in check by slumps for several big technology companies. Nvidia fell 3.2%. Its pricey valuation makes it among the heaviest influences on whether the broader market gains or loses ground. The company has grown into a nearly $3.6 trillion behemoth because of demand for its chips used in artificial-intelligence technology. Intuit, which makes TurboTax and other accounting software, fell 5.7%. It gave investors a quarterly earnings forecast that fell short of analysts’ expectations. Facebook owner Meta Platforms fell 0.7% following a decision by the Supreme Court to allow a multibillion-dollar class action investors’ lawsuit to proceed against the company. It stems from the privacy scandal involving the Cambridge Analytica political consulting firm. All told, the S&P 500 rose 20.63 points to 5,969.34. The Dow climbed 426.16 points to 44,296.51, and the Nasdaq picked up 42.65 points to close at 2,406.67. European markets closed mostly higher and Asian markets ended mixed. Crude oil prices rose. Treasury yields held relatively steady in the bond market. The yield on the 10-year Treasury fell to 4.41% from 4.42% late Thursday. In the crypto market, bitcoin hovered around $99,000, according to CoinDesk. It has more than doubled this year and first surpassed the $99,000 level on Thursday. Retailers remained a big focus for investors this week amid close scrutiny on consumer spending habits headed into the holiday shopping season. Walmart, the nation's largest retailer, reported a quarter of strong sales and gave investors an encouraging financial forecast. Target, though, reported weaker earnings than analysts' expected and its forecast disappointed Wall Street. Consumer spending has fueled economic growth, despite a persistent squeeze from inflation and high borrowing costs. Inflation has been easing and the Federal Reserve has started trimming its benchmark interest rates. That is likely to help relieve pressure on consumers, but any major shift in spending could prompt the Fed to reassess its path ahead on interest rates. Also, any big reversals on the rate of inflation could curtail spending. Consumer sentiment remains strong, according to the University of Michigan's consumer sentiment index. It revised its latest figure for November to 71.8 from an initial reading of 73 earlier this month, though economists expected a slight increase. It's still up from 70.5 in October. The survey also showed that consumers' inflation expectations for the year ahead fell slightly to 2.6%, which is the lowest reading since December of 2020. Wall Street will get another update on how consumers feel when the business group The Conference Board releases its monthly consumer confidence survey on Tuesday. A key inflation update will come on Wednesday when the U.S. releases its October personal consumption expenditures index. The PCE is the Fed's preferred measure of inflation and this will be the last PCE reading prior to the central bank's meeting in December.

AP / THE CONVERSATION – Artificial intelligence (AI) can be used in countless ways – and the ethical headaches it raises are countless, too. Consider “adult content creators” – not necessarily the first field that comes to mind. In 2024, there was a surge in AI-generated influencers on Instagram: fake models with faces made by AI, attached to stolen photos and videos of real models’ bodies. Not only did the original content creators not consent to having their images used, but they were not compensated. Across industries, workers encounter more immediate ethical questions about whether to use AI every day. In a trial by the United Kingdom-based law firm Ashurst, three AI systems dramatically sped up document review but missed subtle legal nuances that experienced lawyers would catch. Similarly, journalists must balance AI’s efficiency for summarising background research with the rigor required by fact-checking standards. These examples highlight the growing tension between innovation and ethics. What do AI users owe the creators whose work forms the backbone of those technologies? How do we navigate a world where AI challenges the meaning of creativity – and humans’ role in it? As a dean overseeing university libraries, academic programs and the university press, I witness daily how students, staff and faculty grapple with generative AI. Looking at three different schools of ethics can help us go beyond gut reactions to address core questions about how to use AI tools with honesty and integrity. RIGHTS AND DUTIES At its core, deontological ethics asks what fundamental duties people have toward one another – what’s right or wrong, regardless of consequences. Applied to AI, this approach focuses on basic rights and obligations. Through this lens, we must examine not only what AI enables us to do, but what responsibilities we have toward other people in our professional communities. For instance, AI systems often learn by analysing vast collections of human-created work, which challenges traditional notions of creative rights. A photographer whose work was used to train an AI model might question whether their labour has been appropriated without fair compensation – whether their basic ownership of their own work has been violated. PHOTO: ENVATO PHOTO: ENVATO On the other hand, deontological ethics also emphasises people’s positive duties toward others – responsibilities that certain AI programs can assist in fulfilling. The nonprofit Tarjimly aims to use an AI-powered platform to connect refugees with volunteer translators. The organisation’s AI tool also gives real-time translation, which the human volunteers can revise for accuracy. This dual focus on respecting creators’ rights while fulfilling duties to other people illustrates how deontological ethics can guide ethical AI use. AI’S IMPLICATIONS Another approach comes from consequentialism, a philosophy that evaluates actions by their outcomes. This perspective shifts focus from individuals’ rights and responsibilities to AI’s broader effects. Do the potential boons of generative AI justify the economic and cultural impact? Is AI advancing innovation at the expense of creative livelihoods? This ethical tension of weighing benefits and harms drives current debates – and lawsuits. Organisations such as Getty Images have taken legal action to protect human contributors’ work from unauthorised AI training. Some platforms that use AI to create images, such as DeviantArt and Shutterstock, are offering artists options to opt out or receive compensation, a shift toward recognising creative rights in the AI era. The implications of adopting AI extend far beyond individual creators’ rights and could fundamentally reshape creative industries. Publishing, entertainment and design sectors face unprecedented automation, which could affect workers along the entire production pipeline, from conceptualisation to distribution. These disruptions have sparked significant resistance. In 2023, for example, labour unions for screenwriters and actors initiated strikes that brought Hollywood productions to a halt. A consequentialist approach, however, compels us to look beyond immediate economic threats, or individuals’ rights and responsibilities, to examine AI’s broader societal impact. From this wider perspective, consequentialism suggests that concerns about social harms must be balanced with potential societal benefits. Sophisticated AI tools are already transforming fields such as scientific research, accelerating drug discovery and climate change solutions. In education, AI supports personalised learning for struggling students. Small businesses and entrepreneurs in developing regions can now compete globally by accessing professional-level capabilities once reserved for larger enterprises. Even artists need to weigh the pros and cons of AI’s impact: It’s not just negative. AI has given rise to new ways to express creativity, such as AI-generated music and visual art. These technologies enable complex compositions and visuals that might be challenging to produce by hand – making it an especially valuable collaborator for artists with disabilities. CHARACTER FOR THE AI ERA Virtue ethics, the third approach, asks how using AI shapes who users become as professionals and people. Unlike approaches that focus on rules or consequences, this framework centers on character and judgment. Recent cases illustrate what’s at stake. A lawyer’s reliance on AI-generated legal citations led to court sanctions, highlighting how automation can erode professional diligence. In health care, discovering racial bias in medical AI chatbots forced providers to confront how automation might compromise their commitment to equitable care. These failures reveal a deeper truth: Mastering AI requires cultivating sound judgment. Lawyers’ professional integrity demands that they verify AI-generated claims. Doctors’ commitment to patient welfare requires questioning AI recommendations that might perpetuate bias. Each decision to use or reject AI tools shapes not just immediate outcomes but professional character. Individual workers often have limited control over how their workplaces implement AI, so it is all the more important that professional organisations develop clear guidelines. What’s more, individuals need space to maintain professional integrity within their employers’ rules to exercise their own sound judgment. – Leo S LoSANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) — Once-promising seasons hit new lows for the Chicago Bears and San Francisco 49ers last week. Another late-game meltdown sent the Bears to their sixth straight loss and led to the firing of coach Matt Eberflus. The 49ers suffered their second straight blowout loss and more crushing injuries to go from Super Bowl contenders to outside the playoff picture in a matter of weeks. The two reeling teams will try to get back on track on Sunday when the Bears (4-8) visit the 49ers (5-7) in Chicago's first game under interim coach Thomas Brown . “I told them a minute ago after practice there is no confidence loss at all as far as what I think about them,” Brown said Wednesday. “I don’t care what anybody else thinks about them. I think we have a very talented football team. It’s about just putting the work in every single day to give us an opportunity to win.” The Bears are hoping to get an emotional boost from the first in-season firing of a head coach in franchise history. Over the last 10 seasons, teams with interim coaches are 13-11 in their first game with the new coach. Those teams had a .284 winning percentage at the time they fired their coaches. “I wouldn’t say a new voice was needed. I would say there was change that was needed," rookie quarterback Caleb Williams said, pointing to a need for more accountability and better communication. The Niners came into the season as the favorites to get back to the Super Bowl from the NFC after losing the title game to Kansas City last season. But a series of key injuries, bad losses and spotty play have left them in last place in the NFC West with only slim hopes of even reaching the postseason. San Francisco lost 38-10 to Green Bay and 35-10 to Buffalo in back-to-back weeks and lost star running back Christian McCaffrey to a knee injury last week that will sideline him for at least the rest of the regular season. The Niners already lost key players Brandon Aiyuk and Javon Hargrave to season-ending injuries and are preparing to be without stars Nick Bosa and Trent Williams for a third straight week. “It’s just been a rocky mountain for real with the injuries and other stuff we’ve had to go through this season,” receiver Deebo Samuel said. “Our record don’t show how really good we are as a team. We're still believing in this locker room.” Williams described Eberflus’ firing as “interesting” and “tough” and vowed to “roll with the punches” while insisting the chaos and turnover of the past few weeks could help him handle similar situations in the future. Just 12 games into his NFL career, the prized quarterback is on his second head coach and third offensive coordinator, though Brown will continue to call plays. How does he keep the faith that his career is in good hands with this organization? “The first part is understanding I can’t control,” Williams said. “Even if I understand or don’t understand, that doesn’t matter. I have to roll with the punches like I said before. I don’t control everything.” With McCaffrey and Jordan Mason injured, the Niners running game will turn to rookie Isaac Guerendo . The fourth-round pick has 42 carries for 246 yards and two TDs this season and will be making his second start in either college or the pros. Coach Kyle Shanahan said the progress Guerendo has made since training camp makes him ready for his new role as he sees him running with more “urgency.” “I think it takes guys some time,” Shanahan said. “You start to get a feel for it the more, if you’ve got the right stuff, the more you get reps, the more you can adjust to it. How hard you’ve got to hit stuff, how quick those holes close, how when there is a hole how you have to hit it full-speed and can’t hesitate at all or it closes like that. We’ve seen that stuff get better in practice and we’ve seen it carry over into games.” San Francisco's usually stout run defense has been anything but that this season. The Niners have struggled to slow down the opposition on the ground all year with the problem getting worse recently. The 49ers allowed 389 yards rushing the past two weeks. “It’s been so frustrating because I know what is supposed to look like,” linebacker Fred Warner said. “That’s not it.” Stopping the run also continues to be a sore spot for Chicago. The Bears rank 25th overall against the run and 29th in yards allowed per rush after another difficult outing last week. They gave up 194 yards, including 144 in the first half as the Lions grabbed a 16-0 lead. Losing veteran defensive tackle Andrew Billings to a torn pectoral muscle last month did not help. He was injured in a Week 9 loss at Arizona and is expected to miss the remainder of the season after having surgery. AP Sports Writer Andrew Seligman contributed to this report. AP NFL: https://apnews.com/hub/NFL

Stellantis wants you to know that, even in a premium electric version, a Jeep is still a Jeep. In other words, as the title of the marketing campaign for Jeep’s first all-electric model says: “beautiful things can still get dirty.” The Jeep Wagoneer S EV is slated to arrive at dealerships in January 2025 but parent-company Stellantis aims to launch its marketing campaign on TV during Netflix’s Christmas Day NFL games. A 30-second version of the spot will also run elsewhere on television and on the Jeep brand’s social media channels, including Instagram, Facebook, and YouTube. After showing off the luxurious faux-leather-seat interior, and a glimpse of its front three screens (for instrument, infotainment, and entertainment displays), the Wagoneer is seen breaking out of its cocoon and riding through some muddy roads. “Jeep vehicles, even one as stunning as the Wagoneer S, look even better when they’re muddy,” says Bob Broderdorf, senior VP of Jeep North America, in a statement. Jeep’s electric SUV, he says, breaks free from the confines of luxury stereotypes into the great outdoors, while pushing the boundaries of electric capability. The Wagoneer S can accelerate from 0 to 60 mph in 3.4 seconds, and features Jeep’s Selec-Terrain options, allowing drivers to switch from auto to sport, eco, snow, and sand modes. With a 100kWh battery pack, the SUV offers 300 miles of driving range, and fast-charging from 20% to 80% in 23 minutes. In some ways, Stellantis’ media campaign for the Wagoneer S echoes similar themes used earlier this month in ads for Dodge’s first-ever EV , the Daytona Charger. That ad, while prominently featuring pro-nature themes associated with EVs, presented the Charger as an all-American “muscle car,” reminiscent of the vehicle’s 1960s version as seen in the classic movie Bullitt and the Dukes of Hazzard TV series.Thumzup Media Corp. (NASDAQ: TZUP) Targets Expanded Market Reach With X And Tiktok Integration

Nate Diaz teases boxing return in chilling post just days after Jake Paul vs. Mike TysonWhat's New? Toyota followed Ford 's lead and donated $1 million toward President-elect Donald Trump 's inauguration in January, The Hill reported. Why It Matters Trump has pledged to impose tariffs on Chinese, Canadian and Mexican goods, which could result in a 17 percent drop in automakers' profits, according to a recent report from S&P Global. Carmakers and tech giants appear to be trying to get ahead of that by gaining Trump's favor, by way of generous donations, before he takes office. Newsweek reached out to Toyota North America via phone and Ford via email for comment. What To Know Ford Motor Co. announced on Monday that it would donate $1 million and a small fleet of vehicles toward Trump's inauguration. Toyota North America followed suit on Tuesday, pledging $1 million to Trump's inaugural fund, which is a fundraising effort that supports the president-elect's inauguration and related events. Earlier this month, Meta , Amazon and Open AI CEO Sam Altman all pledged seven-figure donations to Trump's inauguration fund. Facebook's parent company announced it would donate $1 million to the fund, sparking anger from some on both sides of the political aisle. The announcement came two weeks after Meta founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg met with Trump at his Mar-a-Lago residence in Florida. Zuckerberg and Trump have had a strained relationship in recent years. Tensions between the two men hit a boiling point after Facebook banned Trump in the wake of the January 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol. Trump later repeatedly threatened to jail Zuckerberg, alleging that he personally conspired to rig the 2020 election against Trump. The Meta CEO, for his part, has publicly praised Trump, likely in an effort to defuse hostilities before Trump takes office. In addition to commending Trump's response to a July assassination attempt, Zuckerberg joined a slew of other business and tech moguls in congratulating Trump after he won the 2024 U.S. election. The Wall Street Journal reported earlier this month that Amazon would also be donating $1 million to Trump's fund, as will OpenAI 's Altman. What People Are Saying Senator Elizabeth Warren criticized donations to Trump's inaugural fund, telling The Independent : Trump's "reliance on private donors to fund the transition" is "nothing more than a ploy for well-connected Trump insiders to line their pockets while pretending to save taxpayers money." Ford CEO Jim Farley told reporters earlier this month that he's looking forward to working with the Trump administration: Given "Ford's employment profile and importance in the US economy and manufacturing, you can imagine the administration will be very interested in Ford's point of view." What Happens Next? Trump's will be inaugurated on January 20 in Washington, D.C. At around noon, Trump will recite the following oath: "I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will faithfully execute the Office of President of the United States, and will to the best of my ability, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States."PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Haiti’s online media association said two reporters were killed and several others were wounded in a gang attack on Tuesday on the reopening of Port-au-Prince’s biggest public hospital. Street gangs have taken over an estimated 85% of Haiti’s capital, Port-au-Prince, and they forced the closure of the General Hospital early this year. Authorities had pledged to reopen the facility Tuesday but as journalists gathered to cover the event, suspected gang members opened fire in a vicious Christmas Eve attack. Robest Dimanche, a spokesman for the Online Media Collective, identified the dead journalists as Markenzy Nathoux and Jimmy Jean. Dimanche said an unspecified number of reporters had also been wounded in the attack, which he blamed on the Viv Ansanm coalition of gangs. Haiti’s interim president, Leslie Voltaire, said in an address to the nation that journalists and police were among the victims of the attack. He did not specify how many casualties there were, or give a breakdown for the dead or wounded. “I send my sympathies to the people who were victims, the national police and the journalists,” Voltaire said, pledging “this crime is not going to go unpunished.” A video posted online by the reporters trapped inside the hospital showed what appeared to be two lifeless bodies of men on stretchers, their clothes bloodied. One of the men had a lanyard with a press credential around his neck. Radio Télé Métronome initially reported that seven journalists and two police officers were wounded. Police and officials did not immediately respond to calls for information on the attack. Street gangs have taken over an estimated 85% of Haiti’s capital, Port-au-Prince. They forced the closure of the General Hospital early this year during violence that also targeted the main international airport and Haiti’s two largest prisons. Authorities had pledged to reopen the facility Tuesday but as journalists gathered to cover the event, suspected gang members opened fire. Video posted online earlier showed reporters inside the building and at least three lying on the floor, apparently wounded. That video could also not be immediately verified. Johnson “Izo” André, considered Haiti’s most powerful gang leader and part of a gang known as Viv Ansanm, which that has taken control of much of Port-au-Prince , posted a video on social media claiming responsibility for the attack. The video said the gang coalition had not authorized the hospital’s reopening. Haiti has seen journalists targeted before. In 2023, two local journalists were killed in the space of a couple of weeks — radio reporter Dumesky Kersaint was fatally shot in mid-April that year, while journalist Ricot Jean was found dead later that month. In July, former Prime Minister Garry Conille visited the Hospital of the State University of Haiti, more widely known as the General Hospital, after authorities regained control of it from gangs. The hospital had been left ravaged and strewn with debris. Walls and nearby buildings were riddled with bullet holes, signaling fights between police and gangs. The hospital is across the street from the national palace, the scene of several battles in recent months. Gang attacks have pushed Haiti’s health system to the brink of collapse with looting, setting fires, and destroying medical institutions and pharmacies in the capital. The violence has created a surge in patients and a shortage of resources to treat them. Haiti’s health care system faces additional challenges during the rainy season, which is likely to increase the risk of water-borne diseases. Poor conditions in camps and makeshift settlements have heightened the risk of diseases like cholera, with over 84,000 suspected cases in the country, according to UNICEF. Follow AP’s coverage of Latin America and the Caribbean at https://apnews.com/hub/latin-americaCOLUMBIA, South Carolina (AP) — Victims' families and others affected by crimes that resulted in federal death row convictions shared a range of emotions on Monday, from relief to anger, after President Joe Biden commuted dozens of the sentences . Biden converted the sentences of 37 federal death row inmates to life imprisonment without the possibility of parole. The inmates include people convicted in the slayings of police and military officers, as well as federal prisoners and guards. Others were involved in deadly robberies and drug deals. Three inmates will remain on federal death row: Dylann Roof , convicted of the 2015 racist slayings of nine Black members of Mother Emanuel AME Church in Charleston, South Carolina; the 2013 Boston Marathon Bomber, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev , and Robert Bowers, who fatally shot 11 congregants at Pittsburgh’s Tree of life Synagogue in 2018 , the deadliest antisemitic attack in U.S history. Opponents of the death penalty lauded Biden for a decision they'd long sought. Supporters of Donald Trump , a vocal advocate of expanding capital punishment, criticized the move weeks before the president-elect takes office. Donnie Oliverio, a retired Ohio police officer whose partner, Bryan Hurst, was killed by an inmate whose death sentence was commuted, said the killer's execution "would have brought me no peace.” “The president has done what is right here,” Oliverio said in a statement also issued by the White House. But Hurst’s widow, Marissa Gibson, called Biden's move distressing and a "complete dismissal and undermining of the federal justice system,” in a statement to The Columbus Dispatch . Tim Timmerman, whose daughter, Rachel, was thrown into a Michigan lake in 1997 to keep her from testifying in a rape trial, said Biden's decision to commute the killer's sentence offered families “only pain.” "Where’s the justice in just giving him a prison bed to die comfortably in?” Timmerman said on WOOD-TV. Heather Turner, whose mother, Donna Major, was killed in a 2017 South Carolina bank robbery, called the commutation of the killer's sentence a “clear gross abuse of power” in a Facebook post. “At no point did the president consider the victims,” Turner wrote. “He, and his supporters, have blood on their hands.” Corey Groves, whose mother, Kim Groves, was murdered in a 1994 plot by a New Orleans police officer after she filed a complaint against him, said the family has been living with the “nightmare” of her killer for three decades. “I have always wanted him to spend the rest of his life in prison and have to wake up every morning and think about what he did when he took our mother from us," Groves said in a statement through his attorney. Families of the nine people killed and the survivors of the massacre at the Mother Emanuel AME Church have long had a broad range of opinions on Roof's punishment. Many forgave him, but some say they can’t forget and their forgiveness doesn’t mean they don’t want to see him put to death for what he did. Felicia Sanders survived the shooting shielding her granddaughter while watching Roof kill her son, Tywanza, and her aunt, Susie Jackson. Sanders brought her bullet-torn bloodstained Bible to his sentencing. In a text message to her lawyer, Andy Savage, Sanders called Biden’s decision to not spare Roof’s life a wonderful Christmas gift. Michael Graham, whose sister, Cynthia Hurd, was killed, told The Associated Press that Roof’s lack of remorse and simmering white nationalism in the country means he is the kind of dangerous and evil person the death penalty is intended for. “This was a crime against a race of people," Graham said. “It didn’t matter who was there, only that they were Black.” But the Rev. Sharon Risher, who was Tywanza Sanders’ cousin and whose mother, Ethel Lance, was killed, criticized Biden for not sparing Roof and clearing out federal death row. “I need the President to understand that when you put a killer on death row, you also put their victims' families in limbo with the false promise that we must wait until there is an execution before we can begin to heal,” Risher said in a statement. Risher, a board member of Death Penalty Action, which seeks to abolish capital punishment, said during a Zoom news conference that families “are left to be hostages for the years and years of appeals that are to come.” Abraham Bonowitz, Death Penalty Action’s executive director, said Biden was giving more attention to the three inmates he chose not to spare, something they all wanted as a part of their political motivations to kill. “When Donald Trump gets to execute them what will really be happening is they will be given a global platform for their agenda of hatred,” Bonowitz said. Biden had faced pressure from advocacy organizations to commute federal death sentences, and several praised him for taking action in his final month in office. Anthony D. Romero, executive director of the ACLU, said in a statement that Biden has shown "the brutal and inhumane policies of our past do not belong in our future.” Republicans, including Sen. Tom Cotton of Arkansas, criticized the move — and argued its moral ground was shaky given the three exceptions. “Once again, Democrats side with depraved criminals over their victims, public order, and common decency,” Cotton wrote on X. “Democrats can’t even defend Biden’s outrageous decision as some kind of principled, across-the-board opposition to the death penalty since he didn’t commute the three most politically toxic cases.” Two men whose sentences were commuted were Norris Holder and Billie Jerome Allen, on death row for opening fire during a 1997 bank robbery in St. Louis, killing a guard, 46-year-old Richard Heflin. Holder’s attorney, Madeline Cohen, said in an email that Holder, who is Black, was sentenced to death by an all-white jury. “Norris’ case exemplifies the racial bias and arbitrariness that led the President to commute federal death sentences,” Cohen said. “Norris has always been deeply remorseful for the pain his actions caused, and we hope this decision brings some measure of closure to Richard Heflin’s family.” But Ed Dowd Jr., the U.S. attorney in St. Louis at the time of the robbery and now a private attorney, criticized Biden's move. “This case was a message to people who wanted to go out and shoot people for the hell of it, that you’re going to get the death penalty,” Dowd said. Now, "Biden is sending a message that you can do whatever you want and you won’t get the death penalty.” This story has been updated to correct the spelling of Rev. Sharon Risher's name. Swenson reported from Seattle. Associated Press writers Sara Cline in Baton Rouge, Louisiana; Jim Salter in O'Fallon, Missouri; Stephen Smith in New Orleans, and Corey Williams in Detroit contributed.

Patriots coach Jerod Mayo believes narrow loss to Bills shows potential of his young teamThe Value of the Raptors Veteran GroupRobbers crash truck into Rexdale jewelry store, steal merchandise, police say

Ardova HPL: Tojemarine returns to winning in Ardova HPL

Anticipation is building in Massachusetts for a special mission Tuesday, Dec. 24, and it has nothing to do with a jolly man in a sleigh hauled by reindeer. NASA’s unmanned Parker Solar Probe will fly within 3.8 million miles of the surface of the sun, which is much closer than it sounds. "If you were to put the sun and the Earth on a football field, Parker Solar Probe will be on the 4-yard line, between the sun and the Earth," Dr. Joe Westlake, director of NASA's Science Mission Directorate's Heliophysics Division, said. At the Museum of Science, Educator Locke Patton is excited for what will be learned from the historic mission. "This is — of all things humanity has ever made — the closest to the sun we’ve ever gotten," Patton said. Despite the extreme heat, the mission is scientifically possible through cutting-edge heat shield technology. "That heat shield that sits out front was such a technological leap for us — to bring it to where the front of the heat shield is 2,500 degrees and the back of it is 85 degrees," Westlake said. As part of the Parker Probe’s multi-year mission, it is actually orbiting the sun about two dozen times. What’s significant about Tuesday's orbit is this is the closest the probe is coming so far, actually touching the sun’s corona. The probe will be flying by at 430,000 mph, which NASA said is the equivalent of traveling between Washington, D.C., and Philadelphia in just 1 second. While 430,000 mph is fast by earthly standards, it is 'slow' enough to explore the real Hub of the Universe — the massive star that gives earthlings light and heat, phenomena like the total eclipse in April, and intense solar storms that produced the northern lights as far south as Florida earlier this year. Locke Patton said the Parker Probe will be transmitting everything it experiences so NASA researchers can learn more about the forces that impact Earth. "All of that data is constantly going to come back to Earth, and we’re getting a sense of-- figuring out how solar winds are made. We’re figuring out why our magnetic field from the sun is going back and forth and switching up on us," Patton said. Westlake goes a little deeper into "solar speak," explaining, "the stream of particles that come off of the sun — that create the solar wind — is what affects...our infrastructure, GPS satellites, and other things with space radiation."Danaher Corp. stock rises Friday, still underperforms market

Beyoncé has decided to play into Netflix’s previous technology issues during a promotional video for her NFL Christmas Gameday halftime show . The “Texas Hold ‘Em” singer will be performing at the halftime show during the Christmas Day NFL game between the Baltimore Ravens and the Houston Texans at NRG Stadium, in the Grammy winner’s hometown. To advertise the performance, Beyoncé shared a promotional video on both X (formerly Twitter) and in an Instagram post. The video shows the “Halo” singer sitting on a football field as she strums the banjo. However, as she pulls down her sunglasses the screen immediately starts buffering, paying homage to previous issues the streaming service had when airing the Mike Tyson vs Jake Paul fight back in November. After buffering the video ends with the singer winking as the Netflix logo appears alongside the Ravens and Texans logos. “I’m sending you big joy and love on this Cowboy Christmas Eve,” Beyoncé captioned her Instagram post. “I’ll see y’all tomorrow, in my city HTX.” Netflix even joined in on the joke as they commented underneath her X post, “now hold on...” They also changed their X bio to “roasted by beyoncé 12.24.24.” The Texans vs Ravens game will start at 4:30 p.m. ET. This will mark the first time Beyoncé will be performing any songs from her Cowboy Carter album live since it was released in March. The games are part of the three-season deal Netflix signed for $75 million for exclusive Christmas Day game rights. They will also be airing at least one NFL game on Christmas Day in 2025 and 2026 as part of the deal. Throughout the Tyson and Paul fight many people turned to X to complain about how they had seen more buffering symbols on their screens than the fight itself. “I’d love to watch this live but I’ve seen the buffering logo more than any of the fights,” one tweet read. Fans were concerned about how Netflix was going to be able to handle their first year of broadcasting NFL games given their struggles airing the fight. Howard Stern specifically spoke about the buffering issues on his Sirius XM radio show. “I don’t know how this stuff works, but you gotta make sure it works,” Stern said. “You f*** up people’s football, there is hell to pay. You better not.” Shortly after the fight, Netflix’s Chief Technology Officer Elizabeth Stone addressed the complaints , reportedly telling employees: “This unprecedented scale created many technical challenges, which the launch team tackled brilliantly by prioritizing stability of the stream for the majority of viewers.” “I’m sure many of you have seen the chatter in the press and on social media about the quality issues.” “We don’t want to dismiss the poor experience of some members and know we have room for improvement, but still consider this event a huge success,” the CTO concluded, noting that over 60 million viewers streamed the match. In addition to the Ravens vs Texans game, Netflix will also be airing another game at 1 p.m. ET where the Kansas City Chiefs will take on the Pittsburgh Steelers at Acrisure Stadium in Pittsburgh.The Bears look for an interim coach bump when they visit the struggling 49ers

MARPAI ANNOUNCES PRICING OF $700,000 PRIVATE PLACEMENT