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Indiana faces Nebraska in an NCAA men’s college basketball game on Friday, Dec. 13, 2024 (12/13/24) at Pinnacle Bank Arena in Lincoln, Nebraska. How to watch: Fans can watch the game for FREE via a trial of DirecTV Stream or fuboTV . You can also watch via a subscription to Sling TV , which is 50% off the first month. Here’s what you need to know: What : NCAA men’s college basketball Who : Indiana vs. Nebraska When : Friday, Dec. 13, 2024 (12/13/24) Where : Pinnacle Bank Arena Time : 8 p.m. TV : FOX Channel finder: Verizon Fios , AT&T U-verse , Comcast Xfinity , Spectrum/Charter , Optimum/Altice , Cox , DIRECTV , Dish , Hulu , fuboTV , Sling . Live stream: DirecTV Stream , fuboTV , Sling TV AP Story: Indiana Hoosiers (8-2, 1-0 Big Ten) at Nebraska Cornhuskers (6-2, 0-1 Big Ten) Lincoln, Nebraska; Friday, 8 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: Indiana will try to continue its four-game win streak with a victory over Nebraska. The Cornhuskers have gone 5-0 at home. Nebraska scores 79.4 points while outscoring opponents by 8.8 points per game. The Hoosiers play their first true road game after going 8-2 with a 1-2 record in neutral-site games to begin the season. Indiana is ninth in the Big Ten scoring 80.4 points per game and is shooting 50.9%. Nebraska’s average of 6.8 made 3-pointers per game this season is just 0.6 fewer made shots on average than the 7.4 per game Indiana gives up. Indiana has shot at a 50.9% clip from the field this season, 10.5 percentage points greater than the 40.4% shooting opponents of Nebraska have averaged. The matchup Friday is the first meeting this season for the two teams in conference play. TOP PERFORMERS: Brice Williams is shooting 46.5% and averaging 17.5 points for the Cornhuskers. Mackenzie Mgbako is shooting 43.9% from beyond the arc with 1.8 made 3-pointers per game for the Hoosiers, while averaging 15.1 points and 5.1 rebounds. Thank you for relying on us to provide the journalism you can trust. Please consider supporting us with a subscription. Cayden Steele may be reached at CSteele@njadvancemedia.comThousands attend funeral of Afghan minister
EFF snubs MKP’s first anniversary rally celebrationAmid reports that Gaza cease-fire talks may be resuming, Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz expressed optimism that “this time, we can truly advance a hostage deal.” A Qatari newspaper reported that an Israeli delegation—headed by Shin Bet chief Ronen Bar—was set to travel to Cairo on Dec. 5 for talks on a potential deal over hostages and a cease-fire. Katz, speaking to soldiers at an air force base in central Israel, attributed the improved outlook to Israeli military pressure on Hamas. The development comes after a Lebanon cease-fire began on Nov. 27. On Dec. 2, President-elect Donald Trump said there would be “hell to pay” in the Middle East if hostages held in Gaza were not released before his inauguration. Trump’s nominee for national security adviser, Mike Waltz, was set to meet with Israeli Minister of Strategic Affairs Ron Dermer on Dec. 4. Hezbollah, which had previously refused to consider a cease-fire unless Israel pulled out of Gaza, was hard hit in recent months. The Israeli army eliminated many of the terrorist group’s top leaders, including longtime head Hassan Nasrallah, with targeted air strikes. And in an audacious strike on Sept. 17, thousands of pagers exploded on their Hezbollah users simultaneously—followed by a second wave of exploding handheld radios the next day—further crippling its leadership ranks. At least 39 people were killed in the blasts, and Lebanon said nearly 3,000 others were wounded. Hamas, in more than a year of warfare started by its Oct. 7 attack on Israel, has suffered the same kinds of losses. Trump’s impending return to power may be loosening a diplomatic logjam lasting more than a year. The United States, Egypt, and Qatar have tried unsuccessfully to broker a cease-fire and Israeli withdrawal from Gaza in exchange for the return of around 100 hostages, a third of whom are believed dead, still held by Hamas after having been taken captive on Oct. 7, 2023. “Those responsible will be hit harder than anybody has been hit in the long and storied history of the United States of America,” Trump wrote on Truth Social. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu thanked him in a Dec. 3 post on X. “I want to thank President Trump for his strong statement yesterday about the need for Hamas to release the hostages, the responsibility of Hamas, and this adds another force to our continued effort to release all the hostages.” Israeli ministers also thanked the president-elect. “How refreshing it is to hear clear and morally sound statements that do not create a false equivalence or call for addressing ‘both sides’, but rather clarify who are the good and who are the bad,” said Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich. “This is the way to bring back the hostages: by increasing the pressure and the costs for Hamas and its supporters, and defeating them, rather than giving in to their absurd demands,” he said. Foreign Minister Gideon Saar said simply on X: “Thank you, President Trump.” A senior Hamas official interpreted Trump’s words as directed at Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Basem Naim said Netanyahu had sabotaged all efforts to secure a deal that involved exchanging the hostages for Palestinian prisoners held in Israeli prisons. Naim said Trump’s message was intended to pressure Netanyahu to “end this evil game.” A Gaza political analyst, Ramiz Moghani, said Trump’s words might embolden Israel not only to expel Palestinians from Gaza but also to annex the West Bank, which many Israelis refer to as Judea and Samaria. An eight-day cease-fire took place in late November 2023, during which more than 100 Israeli hostages were released. Since then, little progress has been made, with each side blaming the other. Meanwhile, fighting has continued across Gaza. On Dec. 4, an Israeli strike on a camp housing hundreds of thousands of displaced people near Khan Yunis killed 21 people and wounded 29, a Palestinian health official said. Gaza health authorities do not distinguish between civilians and fighters from Hamas and other terrorist groups such as Palestinian Islamic Jihad. Fighting was also reported in Rafah and near a hospital in Beit Lahiya in northern Gaza. Further Hamas threats against the hostages have come to light. In an internal statement on Nov. 22, Hamas told its operatives Israel intended to carry out a hostage rescue operation and threatened to “neutralize” the captives in that event. Hamas told its operatives not to consider any repercussions of following the instructions.
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Donald Trump gives blunt advice to everyday investors as he receives a hero's welcome on the floor of the stock exchange READ MORE: Progress on bringing prices down hits a wall - as inflation edges up By TILLY ARMSTRONG DEPUTY CONSUMER EDITOR FOR DAILYMAIL.COM Published: 14:03 EST, 12 December 2024 | Updated: 14:32 EST, 12 December 2024 e-mail 40 View comments President-elect Donald Trump gave some blunt advice to everyday investors on Thursday after he rang the opening bell to enthusiastic applause at the New York Stock Exchange . Trump was asked by CNBC host Jim Cramer whether the 'working person' should buy more stock as he gets set to take office. Following Trump's victory in the presidential election last month, the stock market has soared to record highs . But the President-elect stopped short of telling investors to buy more stocks, and issued a warning that the market can always come down again. 'I don't want to get into a situation where they do and we have a dip or something because that can always happen,' he said. However he still maintained a bullish outlook for the longer term. 'I think long term this is going to be a country like no other. We had the three best years ever until Covid came,' he added. During his first administration, Trump repeatedly used the stock market as a barometer for his success. During that time, the S&P 500 jumped nearly 68 percent, reaching all-time highs, CNBC reported. Part of that growth was due to corporate tax cuts which were brought into effect at the time, and sustained low interest rates. Trump claimed at the Stock Exchange on Thursday that he would cut taxes 'still further.' 'We're gonna do things that haven't really been done before,' he said. When asked about what he had to say to the American investor, Trump said they should expect some 'very good days ahead.' The President-elect's trip to the Stock Exchange came as he was named Time Magazine's 'Person of the Year' for the second time. As he rang the opening bell, he was flanked by Vice President-elect JD Vance , incoming first lady Melania Trump , NYSE President Lynn Martin, Ivanka Trump and Tiffany Trump . Trump received a hero's welcome from investors on the floor, as the crowd of traders cheered and broke into a chant of 'U-S-A.' Many on Wall Street are looking forward to a second Trump administration, which they see as a boon to business. Trump received a hero's welcome from investors on the floor, as the crowd of traders cheered and broke into a chant of 'U-S-A' As he rang the opening bell, he was flanked by Vice President-elect JD Vance, incoming first lady Melania Trump, NYSE President Lynn Martin, Ivanka Trump and Tiffany Trump The President-elect's trip to the Stock Exchange came after he was named Time Magazine's 'Person of the Year' for the second time Read More BREAKING NEWS Trump's Time magazine 'Person of the Year' cover revealed Among the onlookers were also prominent names in business, including Goldman Sachs' David Solomon, Citigroup's Jane Fraser, Verizon's Hans Vestberg and Brian Cornell, CEO of Target. Billionaire hedge fund manager Bill Ackman, who endorsed Trump in the presidential election, also showed up to watch him ring the opening bell. Ackman, who is the CEO of hedge fund Pershing Square Capital Management, has been vocal in his support of the President-elect , his policy proposals and his Cabinet picks so far. 'Most of the country understands that the more successful businesses are, the more the stock market goes up, the more that their wages rise, the more job growth, the more opportunity, the more businesses who come to this country, it lifts all boats,' he told CNBC on Thursday. Cabinet nominees and allies Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Scott Bessent, Doug Burgum, Ben Carson, Kelly Loeffler, Pam Bondi, Elise Stefanik, and Lee Zeldin were also present for Trump's big day. Consumer Finance Donald Trump Share or comment on this article: Donald Trump gives blunt advice to everyday investors as he receives a hero's welcome on the floor of the stock exchange e-mail Add comment
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Article content For many politicians and political parties, 2024 was a horrible, awful, nasty, no-good year. Incumbent politicians and political parties, that is. The year 2024 was the worst year ever – ever – for incumbents, the political scientists tell us. Either they all lost ground, or they plain old lost. It was nasty, brutish and (sometimes) short-sighted. The reasons are myriad and multiple, as they always are. But topping the list are the surging cost of living, and the surging numbers of migrants. Both issues made voters cranky, everywhere. (Elites, too. Voters got really mad at the elites.) All of this was very good news for politicians or a political parties challenging incumbents. All they needed to do is maintain a pulse, most of the time, and they’d win. That’s the big caveat attached to this year’s “winners” list. They may be political winners, but – in many cases – they didn’t actually earn it. They just had to show up and be the anti-incumbent. 1. Pierre Poilievre: Poll after poll show the Conservative Party dramatically ahead of Justin Trudeau’s Liberals. Interestingly, poll after poll also showed more voter enthusiasm for the Conservative Party than for the Conservative Party’s leader. That may be because voters don’t really know Poilievre, yet. Or, maybe they do, and they find the Mr. Angry stuff wearying. But it doesn’t really matter. At this point, Poilievre is going to win the biggest majority in event Canadian history, which makes him a big winner. 2. Donald Trump: This writer deeply detests Donald Trump, and so do many of the 75 million Americans who voted against him. But he won, decisively – despite two impeachments, one criminal conviction, and one civil finding that he sexually assaulted a woman. To win despite (and perhaps because) of those things also makes Trump a very big winner, indeed. Until the midterms (when the Democrats come roaring back) or until J.D. Vance wins the Oval (when he dislodges Trump using the 25th Amendment, perhaps), Trump remains an undisputed winner. 3. Doug Ford: Justin Trudeau and most of the Premiers have dropped the ball on the aforementioned Trump’s insane tariff threats. Pierre Poilievre has done very well. But Ontario’s Premier? He’s been transformed into Captain Canada by the issue – appearing on American TV shows to defend us, leading Team Canada, getting up in Trump’s grill. Aided and abetted by smart staffers (hello, Patrick, Ivana and Travis), Ford has been terrific, and accordingly looks to be a shoe-in for re-election in 2025. 4. Chrystia Freeland: The former Finance Minister may have been complicit in Justin Trudeau’s serial scandals and missteps but this month, all of that changed. Firing off a rocket disguised as a letter, Freeland blew a hole in Trudeau’s fiscal record, his professed feminism and his legacy. She also made it impossible for former Bank of Canada Governor Mark Carney to be shoehorned into cabinet. It was mean, it was nasty, and it was politically brilliant. A winning move. 5. Israel – not Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who still faces three separate corruption prosecutions. No, the undisputed international winners are Israel’s military and intelligence forces, who have effectively reduced Hamas to a rump, eviscerated Hezbollah with exploding pagers, and dramatically reduced Iran’s influence in the region. Other potential threats loom ahead for the Jewish state in 2025 – such as an al-Qaeda offshoot taking control of Syria – but 2024 saw Israel responding to the horrors of Oct. 7, 2023 with ferocity and justification. It was overdue and needed. There you go: 2024’s big winners. They are all likely to keep on winning in the new year. Next up: the losers of 2024!Photo: The Canadian Press This photo provided by Trisha Bushey shows the evening sky and points of light near in Lebanon Township, N.J., on Thursday, Dec. 5, 2024. That buzzing coming out of New Jersey? It's unclear if it's drones or something else, but for sure the nighttime sightings are producing tons of talk, a raft of conspiracy theories and craned necks looking skyward. Cropping up on local news and social media sites around Thanksgiving, the saga of the drones reported over New Jersey has reached incredible heights. This week seems to have begun a new, higher-profile chapter: Lawmakers are demanding (but so far not getting) explanations from federal and state authorities about what's behind them. Gov. Phil Murphy wrote to President Joe Biden asking for answers. New Jersey's new senator, Andy Kim, spent Thursday night on a drone hunt in rural northern New Jersey, and posted about it on X. But perhaps the most fantastic development is the dizzying proliferation of conspiracies — none of which has been confirmed or suggested by federal and state officials who say they're looking into what's happening. It has become shorthand to refer to the flying machines as drones, but there are questions about whether what people are seeing are unmanned aircraft or something else. Some theorize the drones came from an Iranian mothership. Others think they are the Secret Service making sure President-elect Donald Trump’s Bedminster property is secure. Others worry about China. The deep state. And on. In the face of uncertainty, people have done what they do in 2024: Create a social media group. The Facebook page, New Jersey Mystery Drones — let’s solve it , has nearly 44,000 members, up from 39,000 late Thursday. People are posting their photo and video sightings, and the online commenters take it from there. One video shows a whitish light flying in a darkened sky, and one commenter concludes it’s otherworldly. “Straight up orbs,” the person says. Others weigh in to say it’s a plane or maybe a satellite. Another group called for hunting the drones literally, shooting them down like turkeys. (Do not shoot at anything in the sky, experts warn.) Trisha Bushey, 48, of Lebanon Township, New Jersey, lives near Round Valley Reservoir where there have been numerous sightings. She said she first posted photos online last month wondering what the objects were and became convinced they were drones when she saw how they moved and when her son showed her on a flight tracking site that no planes were around. Now she's glued to the Mystery Drones page, she said. “I find myself — instead of Christmas shopping or cleaning my house — checking it,” she said. She doesn't buy what the governor said, that the drones aren't a risk to public safety. Murphy told Biden on Friday that residents need answers. The federal Homeland Security Department and FBI also said in a joint statement they have no evidence that the sightings pose “a national security?or public safety?threat or have a foreign nexus.” “How can you say it’s not posing a threat if you don’t know what it is?” she said. “I think that’s why so many people are uneasy.” Then there's the notion that people could misunderstand what they're seeing. William Austin is the president of Warren County Community College, which has a drone technology degree program, and is coincidentally located in one of the sighting hotspots. Austin says he has looked at videos of purported drones and that airplanes are being misidentified as drones. He cited an optical effect called parallax, which is the apparent shift of an object when viewed from different perspectives. Austin encouraged people to download flight and drone tracker apps so they can better understand what they're looking at. Nonetheless, people continue to come up with their own theories. “It represents the United States of America in 2024,” Austin said. “We’ve lost trust in our institutions, and we need it.” Federal officials echo Austin's view that many of the sightings are piloted aircraft such as planes and helicopters being mistaken for drones, according to lawmakers and Murphy. That's not really convincing for many, though, who are homing in on the sightings beyond just New Jersey and the East Coast, where others have reported seeing the objects. For Seph Divine, 34, another member of the drone hunting group who lives in Eugene, Oregon, it feels as if it’s up to citizen sleuths to solve the mystery. He said he tries to be a voice of reason, encouraging people to fact check their information, while also asking probing questions. “My main goal is I don’t want people to be caught up in the hysteria and I also want people to not just ignore it at the same time,” he said. “Whether or not it’s foreign military or some secret access program or something otherworldly, whatever it is, all I’m saying is it’s alarming that this is happening so suddenly and so consistently for hours at a time,” he added.