Tulsi Gabbard, Trump's pick for intel chief, faces questions on Capitol Hill amid Syria falloutMichail Antonio spoke to his West Ham team-mates via a video call from his hospital bed before they beat Wolves 2-1 on Monday night. Jarrod Bowen held Antonio’s number nine shirt aloft after scoring the winner in support of the Hammers striker, who is recovering after a horror car crash on Saturday. Boss Julen Lopetegui said: “He is not in his best moment but he kept his humour. It was a special moment for us. “I think we have a lot of reason to win matches but this was one reason more. He’s alive so we are happy.” MA9 ❤️ — West Ham United (@WestHam) West Ham players wore ‘Antonio 9′ shirts while warming up and walking out before kick-off. The shirts will be signed by the players, including Antonio, and auctioned off with the proceeds going to the NHS and Air Ambulances UK. Tomas Soucek headed West Ham into the lead and held up nine fingers to a TV camera. The Czech midfielder told Sky Sports: “He’s been here since I came here. He is really my favourite. I said it would be tough for me to play without him. "He was here since I came and he's really my favourite" Tomáš Souček on dedicating his goal to Michail Antonio ❤️ — Sky Sports Premier League (@SkySportsPL) “I was so scared what was going to happen. It was a really tough week for him, his family and us.” Matt Doherty equalised for Wolves, and boss Gary O’Neil felt they should have had two penalties for fouls on Goncalo Guedes and Jean-Ricner Bellegarde, both of which were checked by VAR. But Bowen’s winner – O’Neil believed there was a foul in the build-up – condemned Wolves to a 10th defeat of the season and a third in a row. While under-pressure Lopetegui may have earned a stay of execution, O’Neil’s future as Wolves manager is now in serious doubt. “A lot of things went against us but ultimately we have not found a way to turn the game in our favour,” he said. “But the players showed they are still fighting for me, for the fans and the group. “Where does this leave me? In the same place I was. I’m aware of the noise. But if anyone expected this to be easy – I’m happy to be judged on results but it should be done in context. “Whenever this journey ends with Wolves I’ll be proud of it.” There was an acrimonious end to the match as captains Bowen and Mario Lemina scuffled after the final whistle, with the Wolves midfielder angrily shoving people including one of his own coaches, Shaun Derry. “I just went to shake his hand after the game,” Bowen said. “He didn’t want to shake my hand, two captains together just to say ‘well done’ after the game. “I know it’s difficult when you lose. I’ve been on the end of that situation.” O’Neil added: “Mario is calm now. He’s a passionate guy and something was said that upset him. “The instinct of the staff was to make sure he didn’t get into trouble, but he took some calming down.”
GREENSBORO — When former President Jimmy Carter announced he had cancer in 2015, Kari Baumann was among people from around the country to flock to Carter's Sunday school class at Maranatha Baptist Church in Plains, Georgia. “He had on a coat and a bolo tie and slacks,” said Baumann, who was a member of Greensboro's College Park Baptist Church at the time and is now pastor to children and families there. “He taught about forgiveness.” The class was held in the church's sanctuary, which was overflowing, and Carter took pictures after regular services were over with anyone who asked. Baumann had already read all his books. “I think that mostly what I walked away with was the humility of someone who had such an impact on our nation,” Baumann said in February of 2023. Kari Baumann of Greensboro with Jimmy and Rosalyn Carter at their Plains, Ga. church. Baumann said she was most impressed by the former president's humility. The country's 39th president, who had been a preacher at heart, died Sunday at the age of 100. North Carolinians who had brushes with the world leader who lived out his life post-presidency through his faith and public service shared those memories earlier this year after Carter decided to transition to hospice care. People are also reading... "He was one of the only people I've met who had enough and knew it, so he and Rosalynn could wake up every day and focus on doing the next right thing," said Gary Gunderson, who oversees spiritual-care services at Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist in Winston-Salem. Gunderson, who worked for Carter to start the Interfaith Health Program in 1994 that collaborated with the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and the World Health Organization to partner with faith communities on health issues, said Carter was a "practical visionary" with a sense of moral urgency. "Where others would think of months, he'd ask, "Why not 4 p.m.?" Gunderson said. The oldest living American president until his death, Carter visited the Triad numerous times during his 1976 presidential campaign and later, including a 1989 trip to Elon University on its centennial, where he met members of the campus Habitat for Humanity chapter. He had earlier partnered with the national Habitat group to build and promote affordable housing. "We all thought, and I think it's true, that he only came because we had a Habitat chapter," joked John Barnhill, one of the founding members of the chapter. Former President Jimmy Carter talks to the media during a press conference at Elon College's Fine Arts Building before he spoke at convocation ceremonies at the campus on April 25, 1989. Barnhill remembers watching Carter getting out of his motorcade at a house the group had been refurbishing. "He took off his suit jacket and rolled up his sleeves and wanted to meet every person," Barnhill said. "I remember him reaching up to Brinkley (then a young boy on someone's shoulder), saying, 'Hey, I'm Jimmy.' He was as gracious as he could be." Barnhill was president of the chapter that year, and in a playful moment one of the other members stepped forward and said, "Mr. President, I'd like to introduce you to Jimmy Carter." Barnhill stepped in front of Carter. "And he's standing there with this big smile," Barnhill said of Carter, who got the joke. "It was one of those magical moments that stay with you." Carter did not take part in any Greensboro or Winston-Salem Habitat builds over the years, but he helped expand the ability of Habitat families to have homes of their own. "We have certainly benefited from his involvement and the increased visibility he brought to the organization," said Christine Byrd of neighboring Habitat Humanity of Greater Greensboro. "He will be greatly missed." As a presidential candidate, Carter saw small towns and burgeoning cities like those in the heart of North Carolina as the route to the Democratic nomination. And those who showed up at his rallies saw a genuineness that would earn him votes. The future president’s visit to Hickory while a candidate included a stop in Morganton where he burst into fluent Spanish to the surprise of a Morganton crowd and accepted a basket of peanuts from a Girl Scout "that are about as good as the ones I grow," according to the Hickory Record's reporting from the time. He then went to Hickory where he addressed a crowd at Lenoir-Rhyne University — then known as Lenoir-Rhyne College — estimated at 1,600 people. Another Hickory resident, Doug Auer, also noted the significance of having a candidate from the South. During the 1976 election cycle, Auer was at two events with Carter in his role as a member of the Democratic Party committee of Tompkins County in upstate New York. Auer said people who lived in the Northeast were arrogant about the South. They did not think much about the South, and their perceptions were shaped by television shows such as "Hee Haw," he said. Carter helped to challenge some of those preconceptions, Auer said. Former News & Record reporter Jim Schlosser was assigned to follow Carter several times as a candidate and as president. “He always had that big smile and everywhere he went in High Point, people seemed to like him,” Schlosser remembered of a 1976 campaign visit to that city. “You had the feeling that he was going to win, and he did.” Schlosser also got a closer view than most of the president during the Democratic National Convention and while being on the other side of a closed-door meeting between the president and North Carolina Gov. Jim Hunt at the White House. “Everyone used to call him a peanut farmer (as a slight), but he was very educated,” Schlosser said. Yet he wasn't above being a peanut farmer, Gunderson said. "He was a nuclear scientist, governor and president, but also a deacon who was not above mowing the lawn of his church, " Gunderson said. As president, Carter was said to be shocked by the 1979 Klan-Nazi shootings in Greensboro and ordered an investigation into the deaths of five demonstrators shot and killed by members of the Ku Klux Klan and American Nazi Party. It was a story Schlosser also covered. "The resurgence of the Klan, not only in the South but other parts of the country, is a matter of concern to this president and this administration," White House press secretary Jody Powell said at a new conference days later. President Jimmy Carter shakes hands with the crowd after delivering an address at Wait Chapel at Wake Forest University concerning the Soviet threat, March 17, 1978. To the right of Carter is Fifth District Congressman Steve Neal. In one of his visits to Winston-Salem in 1978 as president, Carter gave a speech at Wake Forest University on defense policy. During the speech, Carter warned Americans about the threat of the Soviet Union. On Oct. 9, 1980, Carter spoke at the Dixie Classic Fair. When he arrived, parents put their children on their shoulders so the kids could see the president. The Winston-Salem State University Band played. There were local and state Democratic politicians waiting for the president to arrive. When Carter showed up at Smith Reynolds Airport, he was with then-Winston-Salem Mayor Wayne Corpening and other high-ranking Democrats. Several hundred people crowded outside the fence at the airport to catch a glimpse of the president. An issue that meant a lot to local farmers was foreign tobacco that had been designated as scrap being sold in the United States cheaper than the price the farmers got for their crop. Carter told the crowd he would order the U.S. Department of Agriculture to look into the matter and close the loophole that allowed the price difference. He later attended a $500 a couple fundraiser at Tanglewood Park Manor House where he told 600 people from across North Carolina that the upcoming election against Ronald Reagan “could be more important than how much money you make next year, or where your child goes to college. It could be more important than the quality of the automobile you buy or where you live in a neighborhood. ...” Carter left immediately after speaking and went to Smith Reynolds to fly to Tallahassee, Florida. The last time Carter visited Winston-Salem was April 25, 2009, for a regional meeting of the New Baptist Covenant, of which he was the co-chairman. He delivered a sermon during a worship service at Wait Chapel on the Wake Forest campus. While Baptists were dealing with divisive cultural issues, Carter delivered a message about the importance of Christians in general and Baptists in particular setting aside their differences to focus on the part of Christianity that matters. "In Jesus Christ, you are all children of God," Carter said. He was thoughtful as president and as a person of his faith, said Michael Usey of College Park, who met Carter when he was a student at Emory University and participated on Habitat projects that the former president visited. He respects that Carter "tried to do all the good" that he could with all the power that he had, he said. "A president cannot always turn the other cheek," Usey said, but "part of peacemaking is validating the legitimate concerns of the enemy." Usey also recalls the time when, as book editor for "Baptist Today," he wrote to Carter asking him to name his favorite book. "He told me it was, "Let Us Now Praise Famous Men," Usey said of the book about the lives of impoverished tenant farmers. "I've just always admired him." Baumann likened Carter's work to a saying she had picked up from what the late author and pastor Eugene Peterson called "a long obedience in the same direction." “He would never say that he did everything perfectly, but he tried to show up and be faithful to who he believed God was,” Baumann said. “That’s what I think of every time I think of Jimmy Carter.” Bill Leonard, the founding dean of the Wake Forest University Divinity School, recalls Carter going on Bill Maher's "Real Time with Bill Maher" talk show to discuss a book he had written focusing on women and faith. "Maher started in on him and said something like, 'Well, you’ve written this book about women and Christianity, but the church has not always treated women very well,'" recalled Leonard, who was watching it on television. "Carter said something like, 'Yes, the church has not always treated women right, but Jesus did.' Maher, who makes no secret of his disdain of religion, had to change the subject." The Sunday school teacher was always prepared, Leonard said. "I always like to joke that he couldn’t deal with Jimmy Carter and Jesus that night," said Leonard, who also spent time with Carter at The Carter Center in Georgia and on the Wake Forest campus. Although Gunderson thinks Carter would have loved to have more years to do more work, he isn't surprised that Carter chose to forgo additional medical care for end-of-life care. "His decision to choose hospice care is consistent with the rest of his life — practical, wise and selfless," Gunderson said. "His choice will result in many thousands of others making this good decision in the same manner." Gunderson was speaking right after Carter made that decision in February of 2023. He died more than 22 months later, and about 13 months after the death of his beloved wife Rosalynn. "Teaching till the very end of his life with his life," Gunderson said. 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Special teams played a big role in Dubuque Wahlert’s success this season. The Iowa Class 3A District 3 awards reflect that. Nathan Schiesl was named the recipient of the district’s Kicker of the Year and Punter of the Year awards, and Tom Scherr was named the Specialist of the Year. Linebacker Michael Bormann was tabbed the co-Defensive Player of the Year for the Golden Eagles, who claimed the first state championship in program history on Friday. Wahlert’s Jamie Marshall was named the district’s Coach of the Year. Wahlert linemen Matthew Bodnar, Carter Brant, Body Schmidt and Ryan Winter, defensive backs Luke Welbes and Brody Schumacher, linebackers Tate Schope and Will Welbes, and quarterback Drew Reilly were named to the all-district first team, along with West Delaware’s Brent Yonkovic, Owen Pettlon, Jeryn Funke, Seth Jackson, Luke Beswick and Sam Ogden, and Maquoketa’s Charlier Hafner, Ryker Henderson and Pryce Schueller. Wahlert’s Greg Smith, Noah Krapfl, Anderson Herbst and Logan Klein, Maquoketa’s Derek Wilhelm, D’Angelo Donre, Sawyer Burken and Cole Koob, and West Delaware’s Macoy Roling, Jack Cantwell, Macoy Peyton and Ryan Hilby earned spots on the second team. Independence quarterback EJ Miller was named the Offensive Player of the Year. Indee linebacker Tate Wood was the co-Defensive Player of the Year. Schiesl was a secret weapon on special teams for Wahlert and had the ability to pin opponents deep in clutch moments, including punts downed inside the 10-yard line in the state quarterfinals and semifinals. He averaged 42.4 yards on 33 punts and 54 of his 86 kickoffs went for touchbacks. Schiesl, a senior, made 7 of 10 field goal attempts with a long of 38. He was 63-for-66 on extra-point attempts. Scherr, a senior, scored a touchdown in all three phases for Wahlert this season. He averaged 29.5 yards with one touchdown on 11 kickoff returns and had seven punt returns, averaging 21.3 yards and returning two for scores. He was the team’s top receiver, hauling in 25 passes for 598 yards and nine touchdowns. He also averaged 10.8 yards per rush, running 59 times for 637 yards and 11 more touchdowns. On defense he had 56.5 total tackles, 47 solo tackles, 3.0 tackles, 10.0 tackles for loss, one fumble recovery and two interceptions, with one returned for a touchdown. Bormann led the Eagles in both rushing and tackles and was a force on both sides of the ball. The middle linebacker finished his senior season with 95 total tackles and 66 solo stops. He added 3.0 sacks, 22.5 tackles for loss and a fumble recovery. He finished the season with 1,223 rushing yards and 13 touchdowns on 162 carries, averaging 7.5 yards per rush. He also caught 16 passes for 226 yards and two touchdowns. Marshall led the Eagles to the program’s first-ever appearance in the state title game, capping an undefeated season with a 49-14 victory over Humboldt in the championship game. Wahlert set program records for most wins (13) and fewest losses. Wahlert went 5-0 in district play and is will take a program-record 14-game winning streak into next season.BEIRUT — Israel’s military launched airstrikes across Lebanon on Monday, unleashing explosions throughout the country and killing at least 31 while Israeli leaders appeared to be closing in on a negotiated ceasefire with the Hezbollah militant group. Israeli strikes hit commercial and residential buildings in Beirut as well as in the port city of Tyre. Military officials claimed they targeted areas known as Hezbollah strongholds. They issued evacuation orders for Beirut’s southern suburbs, and strikes landed across the city, including meters from a Lebanese police base and the city’s largest public park. The barrage came as officials indicated they were nearing agreement on a ceasefire, while Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Security Cabinet prepared to discuss an offer on the table. Bulldozers remove the rubble of a destroyed building Monday that was hit in an Israeli airstrike in Dahiyeh, in the southern suburb of Beirut, Lebanon. Hussein Malla, Associated Press Foreign ministers from the world’s leading industrialized nations also expressed cautious optimism Monday about possible progress on a ceasefire. “Knock on wood,” Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani said as he opened the Group of Seven meeting outside Rome. “We are perhaps close to a ceasefire in Lebanon,” he said. “Let’s hope it’s true and that there’s no backing down at the last-minute.” A ceasefire in Gaza and Lebanon was foremost on the agenda of the G7 meeting in Fiuggi, outside Rome, that gathered ministers from Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom and the United States, in the last G7 encounter of the Biden administration. For the first time, the G7 ministers were joined by their counterparts from Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Jordan, the United Arab Emirates and Qatar, as well as the Secretary General of the Arab League. Thick smoke, flames and debris erupt Monday from an Israeli airstrike that targeted a building in Tayouneh, Beirut, Lebanon. Hassan Ammar, Associated Press Meanwhile, massive explosions lit up Lebanon’s skies with flashes of orange, sending towering plumes of smoke into the air as Israeli airstrikes pounded Beirut’s southern suburbs Monday. The blasts damaged buildings and left shattered glass and debris scattered across nearby streets. Some of the strikes landed close to central Beirut and near Christian neighborhoods and other targets where Israel issued evacuation warnings, including in Tyre and Nabatiyeh province. Israeli airstrikes also hit the northeast Baalbek-Hermel region without warning. Lebanon’s Health Ministry said Monday that 26 people were killed in southern Lebanon, four in the eastern Baalbek-Hermel province and one in Choueifat, a neighborhood in Beirut’s southern suburbs that was not subjected to evacuation warnings on Monday. The deaths brought the total toll to 3,768 killed in Lebanon throughout 13 months of war between Israel and Hezbollah and nearly two months since Israel launched its ground invasion. Many of those killed since the start of the war between Israel and Hezbollah have been civilians, and health officials said some of the recovered bodies were so severely damaged that DNA testing would be required to confirm their identities. Listen now and subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | RSS Feed | SoundStack | All Of Our Podcasts Israel claims to have killed more than 2,000 Hezbollah members. Lebanon’s Health Ministry says the war has displaced 1.2 million people. Destroyed buildings stand Monday in the area of a village in southern Lebanon as seen from northern Israel. Leo Correa, Associated Press Israeli ground forces invaded southern Lebanon in early October, meeting heavy resistance in a narrow strip of land along the border. The military previously exchanged attacks across the border with Hezbollah, an Iran-backed militant group that began firing rockets into Israel the day after the war in Gaza began last year. Lebanese politicians have decried the ongoing airstrikes and said they are impeding ceasefire negotiations. The country’s deputy parliament speaker accused Israel of ramping up its bombardment to pressure Lebanon to make concessions in indirect ceasefire negotiations with Hezbollah. Elias Bousaab, an ally of the militant group, said Monday that the pressure has increased because “we are close to the hour that is decisive regarding reaching a ceasefire.” Israeli officials voiced similar optimism Monday about prospects for a ceasefire. Mike Herzog, the country’s ambassador to Washington, earlier in the day told Israeli Army Radio that several points had yet to be finalized. Though any deal would require agreement from the government, Herzog said Israel and Hezbollah were “close to a deal.” “It can happen within days,” he said. Israeli officials have said the sides are close to an agreement that would include withdrawal of Israeli forces from southern Lebanon and a pullback of Hezbollah fighters from the Israeli border. But several sticking points remain. A member of the Israeli security forces inspects an impact site Sunday after a rocket fired from Lebanon hit an area in Rinatya, outskirts of Tel Aviv, Israel. Leo Correa, Associated Press After previous hopes for a ceasefire were dashed, U.S. officials cautioned that negotiations were not yet complete and noted that there could be last-minute hitches that either delay or destroy an agreement. “Nothing is done until everything is done,” White House national security spokesman John Kirby said Monday. The proposal under discussion to end the fighting calls for an initial two-month ceasefire during which Israeli forces would withdraw from Lebanon and Hezbollah would end its armed presence along the southern border south of the Litani River. The withdrawals would be accompanied by an influx of thousands more Lebanese army troops, who have been largely sidelined in the war, to patrol the border area along with an existing U.N. peacekeeping force. Western diplomats and Israeli officials said Israel demands the right to strike in Lebanon if it believes Hezbollah is violating the terms. The Lebanese government says such an arrangement would authorize violations of the country’s sovereignty. There are many obstacles preventing shoppers from upholding eco-friendly habits as much as they may want to—but not all of these barriers are necessarily real, or accurately understood. Shopping sustainably simply isn't convenient or accessible for many. Those who live in apartment buildings are 50% less likely to recycle , according to Ipsos. Reasons for this can vary from lack of space to buildings being excluded altogether because of recycling contamination issues. Many believe that sustainable products are too expensive or of a lower quality. The former is often true, which does create a hurdle for many: The manufacturing processes and materials for sustainable products are pricey. For instance, organic cotton requires an intensive production process free of certain chemicals or pesticides; by definition, true eco-friendly products can't be mass-produced, further upping their price tag. Using recycled materials for packaging, or obtaining an eco certification, can also be expensive. However, although the narrative of eco-friendly products being more expensive is true, there is often more of an effort to use better quality materials that last longer than their noneco-friendly counterparts. This could end up saving consumers money in the long run: By paying more upfront, they can get more wear out of sustainable fashion, for instance. There is also undeniable political rhetoric surrounding eco-friendly products—however, despite many Conservative politicians decrying sustainable products, members of all generations are increasingly choosing to prioritize shopping sustainably regardless of their political affiliation, according to research from NYU Stern Center for Sustainable Business . This finding shows a trend toward seeing sustainability as a nonpartisan subject everyone can benefit from, no matter where they lie on the political spectrum. Some might think eco-friendly clothing, in particular, is not fashion-forward; after all, many of the top clothing retailers in the world partake in fast fashion. However, brands are increasingly being recognized as 'cool' and 'trendy' for supporting environmentally ethical practices, particularly as younger generations prioritize sustainability, as noted before. Many increasingly popular online stores are taking advantage of this paradigm shift by offering secondhand shopping options that are not only fashionable, but also more affordable, like ThredUp or Poshmark. Additionally, many legacy large-name brands are hopping on the sustainability movement and are gaining appreciation from loyal customers. Amazon's Climate Pledge Friendly program partners with third-party certification bodies to make it easier for shoppers to identify eco-friendly products as they browse the website. H&M's newly launched H&M Rewear program debuts a resale platform that allows the resale of all clothing brands—not just their own. Similarly, Patagonia's Worn Wear program allows shoppers to trade in and buy used gear and clothing. The federal government is also working to close this gap. The Environmental Protection Agency's Safer Choice program is attempting to make sustainable shopping easier for consumers and companies alike. It includes a directory of certified products, a list of safer chemicals to look out for on labels, a "Safer Choice" label that products can earn to denote they are eco-friendly, and resources for manufacturers looking to adopt more sustainable practices. Most of all, though, the biggest way shoppers can shift toward sustainable shopping is through their behaviors and attitudes amongst their peers and communities. Studies show that humans largely care what others think of their actions; the more shoppers make environmentally conscious shopping the norm, the more others will follow suit. From an economic perspective, the more consumers shop eco-friendly, the more affordable and accessible these products will become, too: Sustainable products are currently more expensive because they are not in high demand. Once demand rises, production rates and prices can lower, making these products more accessible for all. Story editing by Carren Jao. Additional editing by Kelly Glass. Copy editing by Kristen Wegrzyn. This story originally appeared on The RealReal and was produced and distributed in partnership with Stacker Studio. Lindsey Nicholson/UCG/Universal Images Group // Getty Images On paper, being more sustainable and eco-friendly while shopping sounds great—so why don't more people do it? There is growing consumer consciousness about the environmental impact of where people choose to shop and the sustainability of the products they buy. According to McKinsey, over 60% of individuals surveyed in 2020 said they would be willing to pay more for a product that is packaged in an eco-friendly way. Since 2019, products marketed as being environmentally sustainable have seen a 28% growth in revenue compared to 20% for products with no such marketing, a 2023 McKinsey and NielsenIQ report found. Much of this is thanks to the preferences and attitudes of Gen Z, who, on average, care more than their older counterparts about being informed shoppers. The younger generation also has more social justice and environmental awareness altogether. Shoppers are willing to spend around 9.7% more on a product they know is sourced or manufactured sustainably, with 46% saying they would do so explicitly because they want to reduce their environmental footprint, according to a 2024 PwC report. Sustainable practices consumers look for from companies include production methods, packaging, and water conservation. But despite the growing consciousness around being more environmentally responsible, consumer actions don't always align with their values. In psychology, this is defined as the "say-do gap": the phenomenon wherein people openly express concern and intention around an issue, but fail to take tangible action to make a change. According to the Harvard Business Review in 2019, most consumers (65%) say they want to buy from brands that promote sustainability, but only 1 in 4 follow through. So why don't people actually shop sustainably, despite how much they express a preference for eco-friendly products—and how can we close the gap? The RealReal examined reports from the Harvard Business Review and other sources to explore why some shoppers want to buy sustainably but struggle to follow through. This lack of action isn't due to a lack of caring—in many cases, it's hard to know how to be a sustainable consumer and other factors are often outside of shoppers' control. But the more people shop sustainably, the easier and more accessible that market will be for everyone—making it much easier for folks to buy aligned with their values. Emanuele Cremaschi // Getty Images
NoneJarrod Bowen held Antonio’s number nine shirt aloft after scoring the winner in support of the Hammers striker, who is recovering after a horror car crash on Saturday. Boss Julen Lopetegui said: “He is not in his best moment but he kept his humour. It was a special moment for us. “I think we have a lot of reason to win matches but this was one reason more. He’s alive so we are happy.” MA9 ❤️ pic.twitter.com/fXwtdSQWYE — West Ham United (@WestHam) December 9, 2024 West Ham players wore ‘Antonio 9′ shirts while warming up and walking out before kick-off. The shirts will be signed by the players, including Antonio, and auctioned off with the proceeds going to the NHS and Air Ambulances UK. Tomas Soucek headed West Ham into the lead and held up nine fingers to a TV camera. The Czech midfielder told Sky Sports: “He’s been here since I came here. He is really my favourite. I said it would be tough for me to play without him. "He was here since I came and he's really my favourite" Tomáš Souček on dedicating his goal to Michail Antonio ❤️ pic.twitter.com/smNy26wmuX — Sky Sports Premier League (@SkySportsPL) December 9, 2024 “I was so scared what was going to happen. It was a really tough week for him, his family and us.” Matt Doherty equalised for Wolves, and boss Gary O’Neil felt they should have had two penalties for fouls on Goncalo Guedes and Jean-Ricner Bellegarde, both of which were checked by VAR. But Bowen’s winner – O’Neil believed there was a foul in the build-up – condemned Wolves to a 10th defeat of the season and a third in a row. While under-pressure Lopetegui may have earned a stay of execution, O’Neil’s future as Wolves manager is now in serious doubt. “A lot of things went against us but ultimately we have not found a way to turn the game in our favour,” he said. “But the players showed they are still fighting for me, for the fans and the group. “Where does this leave me? In the same place I was. I’m aware of the noise. But if anyone expected this to be easy – I’m happy to be judged on results but it should be done in context. “Whenever this journey ends with Wolves I’ll be proud of it.” There was an acrimonious end to the match as captains Bowen and Mario Lemina scuffled after the final whistle, with the Wolves midfielder angrily shoving people including one of his own coaches, Shaun Derry. “I just went to shake his hand after the game,” Bowen said. “He didn’t want to shake my hand, two captains together just to say ‘well done’ after the game. “I know it’s difficult when you lose. I’ve been on the end of that situation.” O’Neil added: “Mario is calm now. He’s a passionate guy and something was said that upset him. “The instinct of the staff was to make sure he didn’t get into trouble, but he took some calming down.”
A telemedicine provider has helped patients in Wales avoid more than 58,000 unnecessary hospital visits. Consultant Connect’s technology connects NHS clinicians, such as GPs and paramedics, with hospital consultants for expert advice and guidance, aiming to ensure patients receive the right care immediately and are only referred to hospital when absolutely necessary. Before Consultant Connect was rolled out in Wales, healthcare professionals would have to call the hospital switchboard to ask to speak to either a consultant or a department. Now, they use the system to directly ‘hunt down’ a specialist consultant from a pre-defined rota for expert telephone advice. Consultant Connect found that half of all calls and messages led to the avoidance of 58,000 unnecessary hospital visits between December 2023 and November 2024. More than 28,000 of these patients avoided unnecessary A&E attendances. Jonathan Patrick, CEO of Consultant Connect, said: “By making it easier for GPs and paramedics to get expert advice, NHS Wales enables half of all patients to get the care they need immediately, rather than having to wait for a hospital appointment. "Those who do need to go to hospital are sent to the right place, first time, and with the right degree of urgency. This means that patients get better care, hospital clinicians only see patients they need to see and waiting lists are minimised." "We predict that with the support of NHS executives and the local health boards to develop a clear strategy to continue adoption over the next 12 months, it could result in 65,000 patients avoiding an unnecessary hospital visit with savings continuing to increase. Brett Denning, assistant director of planned care, NHS Executive said: "We are immensely proud of how our doctors, nurses, paramedics and other clinicians, across NHS Wales have embraced the technology."‘I can’t see a lyric’: Elton John partially lost sight after eye infection
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save ALTOONA, Pa. — After UnitedHealthcare’s CEO was gunned down on a New York sidewalk, police searched for the masked gunman with dogs, drones and scuba divers. Officers used the city's muscular surveillance system. Investigators analyzed DNA samples, fingerprints and internet addresses. Police went door-to-door looking for witnesses. When an arrest came five days later, those sprawling investigative efforts shared credit with an alert civilian's instincts. A Pennsylvania McDonald's customer noticed another patron who resembled the man in the oblique security-camera photos that New York police had publicized. Deputy Commissioner of Operations Kaz Daughtry speaks during a press conference regarding the arrest of suspect Luigi Mangione, Monday, Dec. 9, 2024, in Hollidaysburg, Pa., in the fatal shooting of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson. (AP Photo/Ted Shaffrey) Luigi Nicholas Mangione, a 26-year-old Ivy League graduate from a prominent Maryland real estate family, was arrested Monday in the killing of Brian Thompson, who headed one of the United States’ largest medical insurance companies. He remained jailed in Pennsylvania, where he was initially charged with possession of an unlicensed firearm, forgery and providing false identification to police. By late evening, prosecutors in Manhattan had added a charge of murder, according to an online court docket. He's expected to be extradited to New York eventually. People are also reading... 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Asked at Monday's arraignment whether he needed a public defender, Mangione asked whether he could “answer that at a future date.” Mangione was arrested in Altoona, Pennsylvania, after the McDonald's customer recognized him and notified an employee, authorities said. Police in Altoona, about 233 miles (375 kilometers) west of New York City, were soon summoned. This booking photo released Monday, Dec. 9, 2024, by the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections shows Luigi Mangione, a suspect in the fatal shooting of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson. (Pennsylvania Department of Corrections via AP) They arrived to find Mangione sitting at a table in the back of the restaurant, wearing a blue medical mask and looking at a laptop, according to a Pennsylvania police criminal complaint. He initially gave them a fake ID, but when an officer asked Mangione whether he’d been to New York recently, he “became quiet and started to shake,” the complaint says. When he pulled his mask down at officers' request, “we knew that was our guy,” rookie Officer Tyler Frye said at a news conference in Hollidaysburg. New York Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch said at a Manhattan news conference that Mangione was carrying a gun like the one used to kill Thompson and the same fake ID the shooter had used to check into a New York hostel, along with a passport and other fraudulent IDs. NYPD Chief of Detectives Joseph Kenny said Mangione also had a three-page, handwritten document that shows “some ill will toward corporate America." An NYPD police officer and K-9 dog search around a lake in Central Park, Monday, Dec. 9, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura) A law enforcement official who wasn’t authorized to discuss the investigation publicly and spoke with The Associated Press on condition of anonymity said the document included a line in which Mangione claimed to have acted alone. “To the Feds, I’ll keep this short, because I do respect what you do for our country. To save you a lengthy investigation, I state plainly that I wasn’t working with anyone,” the document said, according to the official. It also had a line that said, “I do apologize for any strife or traumas but it had to be done. Frankly, these parasites simply had it coming.” Pennsylvania prosecutor Peter Weeks said in court that Mangione was found with a passport and $10,000 in cash — $2,000 of it in foreign currency. Mangione disputed the amount. Thompson, 50, was killed last Wednesday as he walked alone to a midtown Manhattan hotel for an investor conference. Police quickly came to see the shooting as a targeted attack by a gunman who appeared to wait for Thompson, came up behind him and fired a 9 mm pistol. Investigators have said “delay,” “deny” and “depose” were written on ammunition found near Thompson’s body. The words mimic a phrase used to criticize the insurance industry. A poster issued by the Federal Bureau of Investigation shows a wanted unknown suspect. (FBI via AP) From surveillance video, New York investigators gathered that the shooter fled by bike into Central Park, emerged, then took a taxi to a northern Manhattan bus terminal. Once in Pennsylvania, he went from Philadelphia to Pittsburgh, “trying to stay low-profile” by avoiding cameras, Pennsylvania State Police Lt. Col. George Bivens said. A grandson of a wealthy, self-made real estate developer and philanthropist, Mangione is a cousin of a current Maryland state legislator. Mangione was valedictorian at his elite Baltimore prep school, where his 2016 graduation speech lauded his classmates’ “incredible courage to explore the unknown and try new things.” He went on to earn undergraduate and graduate degrees in computer science in 2020 from the University of Pennsylvania, a spokesperson said. “Our family is shocked and devastated by Luigi’s arrest,” Mangione’s family said in a statement posted on social media late Monday by his cousin, Maryland lawmaker Nino Mangione. “We offer our prayers to the family of Brian Thompson and we ask people to pray for all involved.” An NYPD police officer and K-9 dog search around a lake in Central Park, Monday, Dec. 9, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura) Luigi Nicholas Mangione worked for a time for the car-buying website TrueCar and left in 2023, CEO Jantoon Reigersman said by email. From January to June 2022, Mangione lived at Surfbreak, a “co-living” space at the edge of Honolulu tourist mecca Waikiki. Like other residents of the shared penthouse catering to remote workers, Mangione underwent a background check, said Josiah Ryan, a spokesperson for owner and founder R.J. Martin. “Luigi was just widely considered to be a great guy. There were no complaints,” Ryan said. "There was no sign that might point to these alleged crimes they’re saying he committed.” At Surfbreak, Martin learned Mangione had severe back pain from childhood that interfered with many aspects of his life, from surfing to romance, Ryan said. “He went surfing with R.J. once but it didn’t work out because of his back," Ryan said, but noted that Mangione and Martin often went together to a rock-climbing gym. NYPD officers in diving suits search a lake in Central Park, Monday, Dec. 9, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura) Mangione left Surfbreak to get surgery on the mainland, Ryan said, then later returned to Honolulu and rented an apartment. Martin stopped hearing from Mangione six months to a year ago. Although the gunman obscured his face during the shooting, he left a trail of evidence in New York, including a backpack he ditched in Central Park, a cellphone found in a pedestrian plaza, a water bottle and a protein bar wrapper. In the days after the shooting, the NYPD collected hundreds of hours of surveillance video and released multiple clips and still images in hopes of enlisting the public’s eyes to help find a suspect. “This combination of old-school detective work and new-age technology is what led to this result today,” Tisch said at the New York news conference. ___ Scolforo reported from Altoona and Hollidaysburg, Pennsylvania. Contributing were Associated Press writers Cedar Attanasio and Jennifer Peltz in New York; Michael Rubinkam and Maryclaire Dale in Pennsylvania; Lea Skene in Baltimore and Jennifer Sinco Kelleher in Honolulu. Get local news delivered to your inbox!Suspect in UnitedHealthcare CEO killing charged with murder in New York, court records show
KBC Group NV acquired a new stake in shares of AMC Entertainment Holdings, Inc. ( NYSE:AMC – Free Report ) during the third quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The fund acquired 8,234 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $37,000. Several other hedge funds have also recently made changes to their positions in the company. Vanguard Group Inc. grew its stake in AMC Entertainment by 22.9% during the 1st quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 24,804,669 shares of the company’s stock valued at $92,273,000 after purchasing an additional 4,617,007 shares during the last quarter. Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD lifted its holdings in shares of AMC Entertainment by 24.6% during the first quarter. Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD now owns 65,620 shares of the company’s stock worth $245,000 after purchasing an additional 12,975 shares during the period. Public Employees Retirement System of Ohio boosted its position in AMC Entertainment by 14.0% in the first quarter. Public Employees Retirement System of Ohio now owns 95,472 shares of the company’s stock valued at $355,000 after buying an additional 11,760 shares during the last quarter. SG Americas Securities LLC increased its holdings in AMC Entertainment by 1,894.0% in the 2nd quarter. SG Americas Securities LLC now owns 1,121,025 shares of the company’s stock worth $5,583,000 after buying an additional 1,064,805 shares during the period. Finally, Tyche Wealth Partners LLC purchased a new position in AMC Entertainment during the 2nd quarter worth approximately $90,000. 28.80% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds. AMC Entertainment Stock Performance Shares of AMC Entertainment stock opened at $4.55 on Friday. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average of $4.43 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $4.74. AMC Entertainment Holdings, Inc. has a fifty-two week low of $2.38 and a fifty-two week high of $11.88. The company has a market cap of $1.71 billion, a P/E ratio of -2.83 and a beta of 1.83. Analyst Ratings Changes AMC has been the topic of several recent research reports. Macquarie reaffirmed an “underperform” rating and issued a $4.00 price objective on shares of AMC Entertainment in a report on Wednesday, November 13th. B. Riley cut their price target on AMC Entertainment from $8.00 to $6.00 and set a “neutral” rating on the stock in a research report on Thursday, November 7th. Wedbush reissued a “neutral” rating and issued a $4.00 price objective on shares of AMC Entertainment in a report on Monday, August 5th. Benchmark restated a “hold” rating on shares of AMC Entertainment in a research note on Thursday, November 7th. Finally, StockNews.com upgraded AMC Entertainment to a “sell” rating in a research report on Tuesday, November 12th. Four equities research analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating and three have given a hold rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the stock has a consensus rating of “Reduce” and a consensus target price of $5.44. Get Our Latest Analysis on AMC AMC Entertainment Profile ( Free Report ) AMC Entertainment Holdings, Inc, through its subsidiaries, engages in the theatrical exhibition business. It owns, operates, or has interests in theatres in the United States and Europe. The company was founded in 1920 and is headquartered in Leawood, Kansas. Featured Articles Want to see what other hedge funds are holding AMC? Visit HoldingsChannel.com to get the latest 13F filings and insider trades for AMC Entertainment Holdings, Inc. ( NYSE:AMC – Free Report ). Receive News & Ratings for AMC Entertainment Daily - Enter your email address below to receive a concise daily summary of the latest news and analysts' ratings for AMC Entertainment and related companies with MarketBeat.com's FREE daily email newsletter .
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Philadelphia Eagles star Saquon Barkley became the ninth player in NFL history to rush for 2,000 yards in a season on Sunday. Barkley entered the game against the visiting Dallas Cowboys needing 162 yards to join the exclusive club. He reached the milestone with a 23-yard run with about 11 minutes remaining in the fourth quarter and Philadelphia leading 34-7. That gave him 167 for the day on 31 carries and 2,005 for the season. With one game remaining, Barkley has a chance to break Eric Dickerson's NFL single-season record of 2,105 yards, set during a 16-game season in 1984. In addition to Dickerson, the others to rush for 2,000 yards are Adrian Peterson, Jamal Lewis, Barry Sanders, Derrick Henry, Terrell Davis, Chris Johnson and O.J. Simpson. With the Eagles locked into the No. 2 seed in the NFC, it's unclear whether Barkley will play in next weekend's regular-season finale against his former team, the New York Giants. Barkley also broke LeSean McCoy's 2013 franchise record of 2,146 all-purpose yards. --Field Level MediaLight icing could make for slick roads in isolated areas of New Hampshire on Saturday. After a dry and chilly night, clouds lower and thicken on Saturday across New Hampshire. Some very light spotty showers could develop at any time on Saturday, but with surface temperatures below freezing, some light icing is possible in parts of southern and central New Hampshire. >> Interactive Radar Any precipitation that falls looks to be extremely light, but if it does occur, be aware of the chance of slippery travel on any untreated surfaces. Temperatures should climb above freezing on Sunday, with rain showers possible. More rain is likely late Sunday night into Monday before it dries out for Tuesday. Then, the next system approaches late New Year's Eve into New Year's Day, with rain for southern areas and some mixing farther north, mostly well after midnight Tuesday night. Be weather-aware! Download the WMUR app for Apple or Android devices and turn on push notifications. You can choose to receive weather alerts for your geolocation and/or up to three ZIP codes. In addition, you can receive word when precipitation is coming to your area. Get storm coverage through the free Very Local app on your smart TV. Follow the Storm Watch 9 team on social media:Ms Dwane Stanley said she had made the decision after “careful consideration and reflection”. The party responded by saying the decision had not been unexpected. Former Sinn Fein TD Brian Stanley quit the party in October amid a controversy relating to a complaint against him. He claimed he was subjected to a “character assassination” by a clique within the party and likened its processes to a kangaroo court. Sinn Fein rejected his claims and insisted it handled the matter in accordance with proper procedures. In a social media post on Friday his wife said she had now followed her husband out of the party. She said: “During my 27 years of membership, I worked diligently to advance the objectives of the party. “I met and worked with some great republicans on that journey and will always cherish those memories. “I have given this careful consideration and reflection over the recent past and decided to resign my membership of Sinn Fein.” Ms Dwane Stanley claimed since the controversy surrounding her husband, she and her family had endured “outright attacks”. She added: “I had hoped that the party at leadership level would have made the effort to engage with me directly and give some support and assistance to me to try and deal with these matters. “However, no contact has been made by the leadership with me over the past five months.” She said she would continue as an independent republican councillor. Ms Dwane Stanley had been Sinn Fein’s only councillor on Laois County Council. A Sinn Fein spokesperson said: “Coun Caroline Dwane Stanley this evening tendered her resignation from the party. “This decision was not unexpected.”
The US needs to explore expanding its visa options to bring in qualified workers in quantum research and industry to close a “significant” gap with China in the country’s pursuit of a technological edge, a senior American energy official has urged. Rima Oueid of the US Department of Energy on Monday estimated that half of the jobs in quantum computing “are not getting filled” in remarks at the Hudson Institute, a Washington-based think tank. Without disclosing specific figures, Oueid, who works in the DoE’s office of technology transitions, said the shortage ran into “the tens of thousands, so it’s significant”. Even as American universities offer quantum programmes, about half of all PhD students in the US hail from abroad, she added. And US immigration law can make it hard for those foreign nationals to stay. “There’s been conversations around whether we could expedite different types of visas that would allow ... students educated here to build these roles,” Oueid said. “That’s a big part of the problem.”
Industry body CII on Sunday pitched for cuts in personal income tax rates and excise duty on fuel and introducing consumption vouchers in the upcoming budget to boost consumption. Engineering Exports Promotion Council (EEPC) has proposed a faceless GST audit system to support micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs). ET Year-end Special Reads What kept India's stock market investors on toes in 2024? India's car race: How far EVs went in 2024 Investing in 2025: Six wealth management trends to watch out for "Domestic consumption has been critical to India's growth story, but inflationary pressures have somewhat eroded the purchasing power of consumers," said Chandrajit Banerjee, director general of Confederation of Indian Industry (CII). "Government interventions could focus on enhancing disposable incomes and stimulating spending to sustain economic momentum." Persistent food inflation pressures impinge upon low-income rural households who allocate a larger share to food in their consumption basket, Banerjee said. Retail inflation fell to 5.5% in November, after rising to a high of 6.2% in October. Reducing excise duty on fuel, which constitutes a significant part of household expenses, would lower inflation and increase disposable income, CII said. It also suggested reducing the marginal tax rate for personal income up to ₹20 lakh per annum, which would encourage higher consumption and enhance tax revenue. "The gap between the highest marginal rate for individuals at 42.74% and the normal corporate tax rate at 25.17 %, is high," CII said in its release. Additionally, it proposed raising the daily minimum wage under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) to ₹375 from ₹267, which would involve an additional expenditure of ₹42,000 crore. The annual payout under the PM-Kisan scheme should also be raised to ₹8,000 from ₹6,000, incurring an additional cost of ₹20,000 crore, assuming 100 million beneficiaries, the industry body said. 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