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Good football teams don’t make the mistakes the Browns make — not just the ones they made Dec. 8 when their misery in Pittsburgh continued with a 27-14 loss to the Steelers — but over and over and over again this season. The Browns are 3-10 because they are undisciplined, Dustin Hopkins is unreliable as a kicker, they make other special teams blunders, coaches make questionable decisions, the defense doesn’t make stops when they are needed most, the run offense doesn’t scare opponents and their quarterbacks have let them down. Sorry to waste space and the time it takes you [...]
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Tech and growth stocks dragged Wall Street’s main indexes lower on Friday, at the end of an upbeat holiday-shortened week that was driven by expectations around a traditionally strong period for markets. In midday trading, the Dow Jones Industrial Average plunged 528 points, or 1.2%, to 42,796. The S&P 500 lost 1.7%, and the Nasdaq dropped more than 450 points, or 2.3%. All three indexes are still set for weekly gains, with the benchmark index now about 2.3% below its all-time high of 6,099.97 points clinched on Dec. 6. Yields on some US Treasury notes were higher on the day, with the ones on the benchmark 10-year note hovering near an over seven-month high they hit on Thursday. The yields on the benchmark 10-year note were last at 4.587%. Rate-sensitive growth stocks dropped with Nvidia down 3% and Tesla off by 3.8%, while Microsoft shed 2%. Ten of the 11 major S&P sectors, including information technology and consumer discretionary fell the most, down about 2% and 1.9%, after powering most of the broader market’s gains in 2024. “Tech, which has had a tremendous run, is starting to pull back. It is the beginning of a healthy correction that will get focused in on over the next four to eight weeks as we switch administrations,” said Jay Woods, Chief Global Strategist at Freedom Capital Markets. With three sessions left to close out the year, markets are in the stock-buying season called the “Santa Claus rally” – the last five sessions of December and the first two of January. Since 1969, the S&P 500 has climbed 1.3% on average in the seven-day trading period, according to the Stock Trader’s Almanac. US equities have broadly extended their gains from a stellar November, when Donald Trump won the presidential election, as hopes of pro-business policies under the incoming administration stoked optimism. Trading volumes in this holiday-shortened week have been below the average of the last six months and are likely to remain subdued until Jan. 6. The next major focus for markets will be the December employments report due on Jan. 10. Among individual movers, Amedisys gained 4% after the home health service provider and insurer UnitedHealth extended the deadline to close their $3.3 billion merger.No. 24 Louisville women use 16-0 4th-quarter run to beat Colorado 79-71FACT FOCUS: Vermont ruling does not say schools can vaccinate children without parental consent
Alex Ovechkin has a broken left fibula and is expected to be out four to six weeks, an injury that pauses the Washington Capitals superstar captain’s pursuit of Wayne Gretzky’s NHL career goals record. The Capitals updated Ovechkin’s status Thursday after he was evaluated by team doctors upon returning from a three-game trip. The 39-year-old broke the leg in a shin-on-shin collision Monday night with Utah's Jack McBain, and some of his closest teammates knew it was not good news even before Ovechkin was listed as week to week and placed on injured reserve. “Everyone’s bummed out,” said winger Tom Wilson, who has played with Ovechkin since 2013. “We were sitting there saying: ‘This is weird. Like, it’s unbelievable that he’s actually hurt.’ It’s one of those things where like, he’s going to miss games? I’ve been around a long time, and it’s new to me.” Ovechkin in his first 19 seasons missed 59 games — and just 35 because of injury. Durability even while throwing his body around with his physical style is a big reason he is on track to pass Gretzky’s mark of 894 goals that once looked unapproachable. “He doesn’t go out there and just coast around,” Wilson said. “He’s played 20 years every shift running over guys and skating. He’s a power forward, the best goal-scorer ever maybe, and he’s a power forward that plays the game really hard.” Ovechkin surged to the top of the league with 15 goals in his first 18 games this season. He was on pace to break the record and score No. 895 sometime in February. “You know when goal-scorers start scoring, it’s dangerous,” said defenseman John Carlson, who has been teammates with Ovechkin since 2009-10. “There was a bit of that in the downs that everyone was feeling about it too, of course. We see him coming to the rink every day, we know what’s at stake. You never want anyone to get injured, but there’s a lot to it and certainly he was playing his best hockey in years.” AP NHL: https://apnews.com/hub/nhlManulife announces Subordinated Debenture issue
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Welcome to the Week 14 grades! This was supposed to be the week where Kirk Cousins got revenge on his old team. Instead, the Vikings proved they made the smart decision to move on from their former quarterback. Sam Darnold was the quarterback who replaced Cousins in Minnesota, and he went off on Sunday, throwing for five touchdowns in the Vikings' 42-21 win over the Falcons . In the win, Darnold accomplished multiple things that Cousins never did during his six years in Minnesota: Darnold was the first Vikings QB with five or more passing touchdowns in a game since Daunte Culpepper in 2004. Darnold now has four straight games with at least two touchdown passes and zero interceptions, which is the longest single-season streak in franchise history. Darnold is now the first QB to start 11-2 or better in his first season after changing teams since Brett Favre in 2009. Favre also did it with the Vikings. In his first 13 games with the Falcons, Cousins has Atlanta at 6-7. With that in mind, let's get to the grades, starting with Minnesota's big win: Minnesota 42-21 over Atlanta Pittsburgh 27-14 over Cleveland Jacksonville 10-6 over Tennessee Miami 32-26 over N.Y. Jets New Orleans 14-11 over N.Y. Giants Philadelphia 22-16 over Carolina Tampa Bay 28-13 over Las Vegas Detroit 34-31 over Green Bay
Frontline staff invited to serve stints in Whitehall to make state like a 'start up'Ange Postecoglou has revealed Tottenham are looking into why so many players have suffered injury setbacks this season. Ben Davies is the latest to fall into that category, with the Welsh international initially primed to return for Sunday’s visit of Wolves but no longer available. Davies suffered a setback in training this week, which means Spurs could be without a fit centre-back after Radu Dragusin was forced off in the latter stages of Thursday’s 1-0 loss at Nottingham Forest with an ankle issue. Postecoglou is already without first-choice central defenders Cristian Romero and Micky van de Ven after both failed to make it through their comeback fixture against Chelsea on December 7. “Yeah, that’s been our major problem this year. Guys who are coming back from injury rather than us losing players as such,” Postecoglou said. “We’re looking at those things and why they’re happening. It’s certainly happened too often this year where guys have come back and they’re the ones who are missing. “I think just about all of them, apart from Vic (Guglielmo Vicario), are recurrences of an injury. “Even with Romero, it was a different injury but it’s still a guy coming back, so it’s something we’re looking at.” There could be good news on the horizon with attackers Mikey Moore and Richarlison expected to return to training next week. Richarlison suffered his own setback in November when his short-lived return after a calf issue was cut short when he injured the same area against Aston Villa. Moore, meanwhile, has been sidelined by a virus for the best part of two months but the 17-year-old could provide a much-needed spark in the new year when Newcastle visit on January 4. Postecoglou said: “Him and Richy are in the final phases. Next week they can start training. We’ve got a bit of a gap before the Newcastle game. “The plan is Mikey and Richy come back into first-team training next week.” Anticipated returns for Moore and Richarlison will fail to help Postecoglou against Wolves, with makeshift centre-back Archie Gray potentially set to partner up with fellow midfielder Yves Bissouma if Dragusin cannot recover. Pressed on the issue of fixture scheduling, with Spurs definitely missing eight players for Sunday’s fixture, Postecoglou said: “It is challenging. “All clubs are going to have to get their heads around it and authorities are going to have to get their heads around it. “One of two things need to happen: either you somehow change the fixture schedule, which doesn’t seem feasible, or you allow clubs bigger squads. Then you have other issues with that, as well. “The attrition rate you’re seeing and it’s not just us. We’re going through a particularly badly moment. Newcastle went through it last year and it affected them pretty badly. They were obviously in the Champions League as well and probably didn’t have the squad to cope with it. “It hits certain clubs at different times and is probably becoming more prevalent, and for all of us it’s a challenge as to how we navigate this process to keep our players healthy. “It’s not just a physical thing, it’s a mental thing. For us it’s been constant since August and we’re not even halfway through the year. And they’re not going to get a break now, so these things we’re constantly assessing.”
FACT FOCUS: Vermont ruling does not say schools can vaccinate children without parental consentA controversy is unfolding in Israel over the leak of classified military documents to international media that prosecutors say may have harmed efforts to free hostages held by Hamas. An aide to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has been charged. He is accused of passing on top-secret information with the intent to sway public opinion and damage state security. An Israeli soldier was separately charged for handing over the documents, which were allegedly retrieved from Gaza. Mr Netanyahu has not been charged, but questions have been raised by opposition politicians, Israeli media and hostage families over his involvement. There has been speculation the leaks were aimed at giving the prime minister political cover over failed ceasefire talks in September. The information emerged days after six hostages were found executed in a Hamas tunnel in southern Gaza, which sparked mass protests in Israel and outraged hostage families. Mr Netanyahu's office has denied any wrongdoing, downplaying the affair and publicly calling for the gag order to be lifted. The prime minister said the person in question "never participated in security discussions, was not exposed to or received classified information, and did not take part in secret visits". A full picture of the case is yet to emerge, but the indictment and other legal documents tell part of the story. This is what we know. How it all started At the centre of the case is an article published in Germany's tabloid newspaper the Bild on September 6. It was labelled as an exclusive and claimed to outline the hostage plans of Hamas. The report cited documents said to have been taken from the computer of the organisation's then-leader, Yahya Sinwar. The documents detailed how the militant group was purportedly drawing out ceasefire and hostage talks as a form of psychological warfare to increase public pressure on the Israeli government. The article came out as the United States, Qatar and Egypt were mediating ceasefire talks between Israel and Hamas, which also included a deal to release hostages. Hamas rejected the demand and accused Mr Netanyahu of deliberately sabotaging the talks. Israel blamed Hamas for the deadlock. Mr Netanyahu pointed to the article after it was published, saying it vindicated his hardline position on a hostage deal. "Last weekend, the German newspaper Bild published an official Hamas document that revealed its action plan: To sow discord among us, to use psychological warfare on the hostages' families ... to tear us apart from within, and to continue the war until further notice," he said in remarks ahead of a cabinet meeting. Another article had appeared earlier in the London-based Jewish Chronicle newspaper claiming that Sinwar planned to smuggle himself and Israeli hostages out of Gaza through the border area with Egypt known as the Philadelphi Corridor. In the ceasefire talks, Mr Netanyahu was also calling for lasting Israeli control over the Philadelphi Corridor. The Jewish Chronicle later withdrew the article. Next, the arrests An investigation was launched into the articles, jointly conducted by the Shin Bet domestic intelligence agency, the Israeli police and the military. Little had been known about the case until the Rishon Le-Zion Magistrates' Court partially lifted a gag order late last month. It revealed that several arrests had been made, and identified the central suspect in the case as Eli Feldstein. Mr Feldstein was one of Mr Netanyahu's media advisers, according to Israeli media reports. The magistrate's ruling said classified and sensitive intelligence information was illegally taken from Israel Defense Forces (IDF) systems, which may have caused "serious damage to the state's security and posed a risk to information sources". "As a result, there could have been damage to the security forces' ability to achieve the goal of releasing the hostages, as part of the war objectives," it said. The court referred to Mr Feldstein as a "civilian" and said three other suspects in the case were members of the military and security establishment. They have not been publicly named. The media reported that Mr Feldstein was hired weeks after October 7, 2023, and previously worked as an adviser to far-right National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir. Mr Netanyahu has said the person in question "never participated in security discussions, was not exposed to or received classified information, and did not take part in secret visits". Indictment reveals more details An Israeli state attorney has now indicted Mr Feldstein. He has been charged with leaking classified information with the intent of harming state security and obstruction of justice. An Israeli soldier was also charged, accused of passing on the documents. Both men deny the charges, which carry lengthy prison terms. The indictment identified two other Netanyahu aides as being connected to the incident, but they were not charged. Rather than leaking the information to Israeli media, Mr Feldstein is accused of handing it to Bild to bypass local censors, who would have banned its publication. The indictment said the two suspects had created a mechanism for passing on information that bypassed accepted protocols for sharing such documents. "The two charged suspects acted in order to extract information that was classified to the most confidential level, while taking the concrete risk of causing serious harm to critical national security interests," it said. It added that the the leaks were meant "to create media influence on the public discourse in Israel in regards to the handling of the hostage situation, after the news of the murder of six hostages". Asked about the investigation earlier this month, Bild said that it did not comment on its sources. "The authenticity of the document known to us was confirmed by the IDF immediately after publication," it said. The country reacts Mr Netanyahu has faced criticism from families of the hostages in Gaza, who blame him for the failure to reach a deal. They were among the tens of thousands of protesters taking to the streets, accusing the prime minister of torpedoing the ceasefire talks for political reasons. Hamas has said there would be no hostages-for-prisoners swap deal with Israel unless the war in the Palestinian enclave ended. The militant group, which Australia lists as a terrorist organisation, stormed southern Israel on October 7 last year, taking about 250 hostages to Gaza, according to Israeli authorities. About 1,200 people were killed in the terror attacks. Israel's subsequent strikes on Gaza have claimed the lives of more than 43,000 Palestinians , according to the Gaza Health Ministry. About 97 people taken captive by Hamas on October 7, 2023, remain in Gaza. At least a third of them have been declared dead by Israeli authorities. The Hostages and Missing Families Forum, a group that represents many of the families of the hostages still held in Gaza, has called the leaks "one of the greatest frauds in the country's history". "The [hostage] families demand an investigation against all those suspected of sabotage and undermining state security," the forum said in a statement. The Bild article came out six days after Hamas killed a group of hostages as Israeli troops closed in on them. Opposition Leader Yair Lapid said Mr Netanyahu was either incompetent or "complicit in one of the most serious security offences" on the books. In a video posted to social media, the prime minister called the investigation a "witch-hunt" targeting him and his advisers. ABC/Wires ABC
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DETROIT − When a new movie arrives about Flint, Mich., it's usually yet another documentary on the water crisis that has defined the city in the public eye for the past decade. But that's not the case with "The Fire Inside," a film that may put Flint on the map for beating the odds. The gritty, compelling biopic tells the story of Claressa Shields, the two-time Olympic boxing champion who has gone on to win all 15 of her matches as a professional. Shields says it's "about triumph, victory" and "shows the resilience of the people of Flint." "That's how I got to where I am," she says. Shields is 29, but to her hometown, she remains the young girl with an unlikely dream who worked and worked until she made it a reality. "They still see me as that 11-year-old kid that was walking around ... asking for donations to make it to these big tournaments," she says. "Some people gave one hundred (dollars), some people gave a dollar, some gave 10 cents, some gave prayer. But all of it helped me get to where I am. I always want to pay homage to that." On this morning, Shields is sitting on a hotel couch with Ryan Destiny, the rising Detroit actress who portrays her in the film, and Rachel Morrison, the Oscar-nominated cinematographer of "Fruitvale Station" and "Black Panther," who makes her directing debut with "The Fire Inside." The three women express their mutual admiration during a conversation about the drama, with Shields providing much of the candor and humor. She says she initially was disappointed to find out the film would open on Christmas Day, not realizing that Dec. 25 is a popular release date for movies considered awards contenders. "Somebody was like, 'Claressa, the best movies come out on Christmas Day.' And I'm like, 'Oh, (expletive), you're right!" she says as Destiny and Morrison join her in laughter. Starring Destiny as Shields and Brian Tyree Henry as her coach, Jason Crutchfield, the movie details the obstacles faced by the aspiring young boxer (which include a dysfunctional home environment and financial insecurity) as she goes from learning the basics of the sport at age 11 to competing at the 2012 London Olympics at 17. Once she brings home the gold and becomes the first U.S. woman to do so, Shields is confronted by another fierce opponent. The young Black female boxer faces the bias that closes the doors to endorsement deals and wider fame. Although she deserves both, Shields knows she won't get them unless she fights against the gaps in fairness and equity. Shields would go on to another win at the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, becoming the only U.S. boxer, male or female, to earn back-to-back gold medals at the games. By then, she'd been the subject of a documentary, "T-Rex: Her Fight for Gold." (Shields got the nickname T-Rex early on for her short arms and aggressive punching style.) "The Fire Inside," inspired by the documentary, was written by Oscar-winning "Moonlight" filmmaker Barry Jenkins. He also was brought in to possibly direct, but he felt that a woman, specifically Morrison, should be in the directing chair. Morrison already had made Oscar history by becoming the first woman nominated in the cinematography category for 2017's "Mudbound." Filming on "The Fire Inside" began in 2020 and lasted two days before the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown went into effect. Shooting resumed two years later, after the project moved from Universal to Amazon MGM. "The simplest way to put it is that the story of making the movie mirrors a bit of" Shields' journey, says Morrison of the delays. When the film finally debuted at Toronto Film Festival in September, it earned strong notices for its emotional impact. The Guardian raved that "this is a living, breathing drama of real people and real emotions and one that therefore has real heft to it." Both Destiny, who grew up in Detroit, and Morrison say they felt a bond to Shields' story, in different ways. "The fact that we're the same age is crazy," says Destiny, noting that she, like Shields, began striving for success as a tween. The actress, who has appeared in the Fox series "Star" and the movie "A Girl Like Grace" with Meagan Good and Garcelle Beauvais, also relates to Shields as a young Black woman from an underdog city. Detroit is "an amazing place to be from," Destiny says, "but I don't think people understand or respect it because they don't know enough about these places (like Detroit and Flint)." For Morrison, there was resonance in the fact that Shields had to keep proving herself long after a man in the same career path would have. "This idea that it's not enough just to be good at what you do, but you also have all these other hoops you have to jump through." The delays in filming wound up giving Destiny more time for training and honing her ability to convincingly depict Shields in the ring. The actress, who delivers a breakout performance, says transforming herself physically for the role involved "definitely a lot of sweat, definitely a lot of time. Blood, sweat and tears, as you would say. That is definitely how it went for me." Shields gives Destiny high marks for realism. "She was doing her scene of running down the street. And people were texting me and calling me, and I was like, 'What do you guys want?' And they're like, 'Are you in Flint?' No. 'Is that not you running down the street?' No, it's not. It was one of those moments where (I knew) she was doing a good job." Under Morrison's direction, "The Fire Inside" gives viewers a vivid sense of what Shields was going through internally − and sometimes hiding behind a tough, impassive exterior − on her path to the Olympics. There's an intimacy and empathy to the film's focus on Shields that can be missing from classic male-driven boxing dramas. "I really wanted to have the audience feel like they were experiencing it from her perspective," Morrison says. Shields says she didn't interfere with the filmmaking process and trusted Destiny and Morrison to get it right. "I'm a person that believes if we all do our jobs, everybody's job gets done. I think when we start crossing lines is when stuff gets messed up." When Shields finally watched the film at a private screening in Los Angeles, she tried to approach it as a moviegoer, not the main character. She cried at times and clenched her fist at other parts as she felt the emotions being portrayed on the screen. She says she left impressed by the "great job" done by Destiny, Morrison and Jenkins. Not long after that screening in January, Shields finally was able to meet Destiny in person. Although they previously had talked over the phone, texted and chatted on FaceTime, they had never been face to face. Destiny, who was having a birthday party, asked Shields whether she would like to meet there. "I thought to myself ... 'Wow, if she hates this, this is going to be really awkward,' " Destiny recalls with a laugh. Not to worry. Shields has nothing but raves for Destiny's acting. "She did a very great job. The clothing, the confidence, the hair, the ferociousness, the attitude. I had the attitude back then. I still have it now." Perhaps her highest praise is that Destiny's performance was authentic outside and inside the ring. "It shows how great of an actress that she is, because some parts were happy, some were sad, some were tough and rough," Shields says. "And to see her even when punches are being thrown at her, she's not blinking. Boxers do that. Real boxers." Destiny says she feels changed by the whole experience of "The Fire Inside." So does Morrison, who says, "You have a real-life superhero right here and we got to tell that story. It was such a gift." The movie has a strong message on the power of persistence and believing in yourself. Says Shields: "When I was getting ready for the 2016 Olympics, everybody kept saying, 'It's impossible for an American (boxer) to win two Olympic gold medals (back to back). It's never happened and it's not going to happen now. Claressa, you've got to know that. What you're trying to do is not possible." So Shields wrote down the word "impossible" and kept looking at it. "I said, 'What is most important about this word? At the beginning of the word impossible is .... I'm.' You take that off, what does it say? It's possible.'" Destiny, sitting to the right of Shields, joins in by saying, "I am possible." The fire inside these women is still going strong.
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A number of prominent pundits, including former City defender and club ambassador Micah Richards, have questioned why the Belgium international has not been starting games amid the champions’ dramatic slump. City have not won in seven outings in all competitions – their worst run since 2008 – with De Bruyne featuring only as a substitute in the last five of those matches after recovering from a pelvic injury. The latest came with a 12-minute run-out in Sunday’s demoralising 2-0 defeat at Premier League leaders Liverpool, a result which left City 11 points off the pace and fifth in the table. Richards said on The Rest is Football podcast it appeared “there’s some sort of rift going on” between De Bruyne and Guardiola while former England striker Gary Lineker added: “It seems like all’s not well.” Former Liverpool defender Jamie Carragher said he felt “something isn’t right” and fellow Sky Sports analyst Gary Neville, the ex-Manchester United right-back, described the situation as “unusual, bizarre, strange”. Guardiola, speaking at a press conference to preview his side’s clash with Nottingham Forest, responded on Tuesday. The Spaniard said: “People say I’ve got a problem with Kevin. Do you think I like to not play with Kevin? No, I don’t want Kevin to play? “The guy who has the most talent in the final third, I don’t want it? I have a personal problem with him after nine years together? “He’s delivered to me the biggest success to this club, but he’s been five months injured (last season) and two months injured (this year). “He’s 33 years old. He needs time to find his best, like last season, step by step. He’ll try to do it and feel better. I’m desperate to have his best.” De Bruyne has not started since being forced off at half-time of City’s Champions League clash with Inter Milan on September 18, having picked up an injury in the previous game. Both the player and manager have spoken since of the pain he was in and the need to ease back into action, but his spell on the bench has been unexpectedly long. The resulting speculation has then been exacerbated because De Bruyne is in the final year of his contract but Guardiola maintains nothing untoward has occurred. He said: “I’d love to have the Kevin in his prime, 26 or 27. He would love it to – but he is not 26 or 27 any more. “He had injuries in the past, important and long ones. He is a guy who needs to be physically fit for his space and energy. You think I’m complaining? It’s normal, it’s nature. “He’s played in 10 or 11 seasons a lot of games and I know he is desperate to help us. He gives glimpses of brilliance that only he can have. “But, always I said, he himself will not solve our problems, like Erling (Haaland) won’t solve it himself. We attack and defend together. “We want the best players back. Hopefully step by step the confidence will come back and we’ll get the best of all of us.”
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