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Membership of UK's anti-immigration Reform party surpasses ConservativesAlberta Premier Danielle Smith says the government is working to get taxpayer value for the money it paid for medication that has yet to be approved and delivered. Smith announced the plan two years ago amid a national shortage of children’s pain medication. The province spent $70 million upfront to import five million bottles from Turkey-based Atabay Pharmaceuticals. But Alberta Health Services said Friday that Health Canada only approved 1.5 million bottles or $21 million worth of product. That left a credit of $49 million. Smith said this week the holdup is with Health Canada, which would have to approve a new suite of imports for the province to get its money’s worth. “We’re waiting for Health Canada to work with AHS to identify the products, get the formulations, approve it, so that we’re able to execute on it. Those things take time,” Smith said in a year-end interview. The premier said the province had to pay the $70 million upfront. “They delivered a portion, and then the supply chains were restored, and we didn’t need to fulfil it with the two products we’d initially ordered. So we have a credit on file with Atabay,” said Smith. The government and AHS declined to say what specific products they’re seeking or when they might arrive. “We want it to be delivered soon,” said Smith. Health Canada was unable to provide an immediate response. AHS said the $70-million prepayment went to Edmonton-based medical supplier MHCare. AHS did not address questions about how common it is to pay the entire contracting fee upfront with no apparent backstops to ensure fulfilment. The costs of shipping, waste disposal and other administration tied to the deal were initially estimated to be an extra $10 million, but are yet to be finalized. NDP Leader Naheed Nenshi said Smith’s United Conservative government signed a deal that didn’t follow normal procurement practices, and it backfired. “The federal government had already signed a deal to get real Tylenol onto the shelves that arrived before the Turkish Tylenol,” he told The Canadian Press. Smith’s government has stood by the decision to import the medication because, in late 2022, parents were desperate to find relief for their children at the height of the respiratory virus season. The purchase has long been mired in difficulties. It was immediately beset by delays, as the province sought regulatory approvals and sorted out packaging and warning labels. Pharmacists had to keep some of the medicine behind the counter to make sure customers who bought it were aware of the comparatively lower dosage. Hospital neonatal units eventually stopped using it due to safety concerns. The purchase also sparked questions about whether the province’s relaxed ethics rules meant elected officials could be bought for the right price. Multiple UCP cabinet ministers have said they accepted free tickets to Edmonton Oilers hockey games during the Stanley Cup playoffs. They said they followed conflict-of-interest rules and denied any claims of disreputable behaviour. Health Minister Adriana LaGrange has said AHS has identified what imported adult medications it could use, is in negotiations with Atabay and is working to get approval from Health Canada. “Once those processes have been gone through, I will be happy to share exactly what those medications are,” she said Thursday.

For the third straight postseason, Port Neches-Groves and South Oak Cliff will square off. After playing for the Texas UIL 5A Division II title each of the past two seasons, this time the Indians face the Golden Bears Friday night for the 5A DII Region II title. Two years ago, SOC defeated PNG, 34-24 to win state, but the Indians turned the tables on the Golden Bears in last year’s 5A DII title tilt, prevailing 20-17. So, who will take the rubber match between the two teams this time around on the campus of Stephen F. Austin State University in Nacogdoches. We’re about to find out. How to watch Port Neches-Groves vs. South Oak Cliff in 2024 Texas High School Football playoffs: Live stream, game time Follow The Sporting News correspondent Buck Ringgold (@Bucks_Ballpark) for all of the live updates and scoring from Nacogdoches. Scroll down for live score and game updates from kickoff to the postgame. Refresh this page for the latest. PORT NECHES-GROVES VS. SOUTH OAK CLIFF Refresh for latest PREGAME - Coming to you from Nacogdoches as Port Neches-Groves faces South Oak Cliff for the third straight postseason, this time with the 5A Division II Region II championship at stake. ABOUT PORT NECHES-GROVES (12-1) PNG started out this season 7-0 before a 24-21 loss to Nederland on Oct. 25. The Indians have won five straight since, the latest a wild back-and-forth 31-28 win against Texarkana Texas High in last week’s regional semifinals. ABOUT SOUTH OAK CLIFF (11-2) The Golden Bears dropped their opening two games, falling to 6A DI title contenders Galena Park North Shore and Duncanville. The following week, SOC edged Longview, 45-44, jumpstarting the Bears to a current 11-game win streak, including a 35-7 win against Marshall in last week’s regional semis.

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New Syria PM calls for 'stability and calm'The New Mexican The Empty Stocking Fund is a 43-year-old project of The New Mexican . Each year, hundreds of people receive aid from the fund during the holiday season to help cover rent payments, medical bills, utility costs, car repairs, home improvements and other needs. Who it helps: Applicants, who must live within 50 miles of Santa Fe and must provide documents that prove their identity, are considered without regard to race, age, ethnicity, gender identity or sexual orientation. Applications for aid are currently on pause because of overwhelming demand. 2024 goal: $475,000; however, there are already over $500,000 in requests. This holiday charity project, which began in 1981, is administered by the Santa Fe Community Foundation. To donate: Make your tax-deductible donation online by visiting santafecf.org/funds/empty-stocking-fund . In person, visit the Santa Fe Community Foundation at 501 Halona St., or The Santa Fe New Mexican, 150 Washington Ave., Suite 105, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday. Contributions can also be mailed to Empty Stocking Fund, C/O Santa Fe Community Foundation, P.O. Box 1827, Santa Fe, NM 87504-1827. Donors can request to remain anonymous. Anonymous: $103.09 Anonymous: $103.09 Anonymous: $103.09 Anonymous: $103.09 Anonymous: $103.09 Anonymous: $103.09 Anonymous: $103.09 Frank and Maria Gallegos: $200 Pete and Ann Garcia: $100 John Gee and Kathy Kronenberg: $500 Jonathan Goldstein: $1,000 Greene-Stahl Family: $206.19 Michael and Anita Griego — in memory of Edward Griego and Davey Griego: $100.00 Byron J. Gross and Ricky Tovim: $309.28 Kent and Kaki Grubbs: $257.73 Susan Gutheim: $500 Annabelle Gutierrez — in memory of Ray M. Gutierrez: $100 DiAna Gutierrez: $1,000.00 Elizabeth Gutierrez and Richard Schoegler: $1,000 Becca Haffenden: $515.46 Thomas Hall and George Xillas: $50 Harriett Harris: $200 David Henkel and Cleo Griffith: $515.46 Mark and Christine Hickman: $600 Mary Hilderbrand and Andy Ross: $500 Tom and Janet Hirons: $150 David and Barbara Hope: $103.09 Ann Hosfeld: $200 Lyndi Hubbell and Bruce Panowski: $100 Cumulative total: $242,910.03The Boston Red Sox continued to rebuild their pitching staff, acquiring left-hander Jovani Morán on Tuesday from the Minnesota Twins in exchange for catcher and infielder Mickey Gasper. The 27-year-old Morán appeared in 79 games as a reliever for the Twins from 2021 to 2023, posting a 4.15 ERA, striking out 112 with 52 walks and holding opponents to a .208 batting average. He missed all of last season recovering from Tommy John surgery. He originally was chosen in the seventh round of the 2015 draft. In Gasper, the Twins are getting a 29-year-old who made his major league debut last season and appeared in 13 games with Boston. The switch-hitter was selected by the New York Yankees in the 27th round of the 2018 draft. He was picked by Boston in the minor league portion of the 2023 Rule 5 Draft. The Red Sox and Twins both currently have 39 players on their 40-man rosters. ___ AP MLB: https://apnews.com/hub/mlb The Associated Press

Low moisture content, higher basmati area make Punjab miss paddy targetSir Alex Ferguson reportedly had to step in to ensure that the family of Manchester United legend Sir Matt Busby kept seats in Old Trafford amid unpopular changes under the INEOS hierarchy. Busby is a legendary figure at United, having managed the club between 1945 and 1969, winning 13 major trophies. He passed away in 1994, but his family have had complimentary season tickets at Old Trafford ever since. The family have sat in the Sir Bobby Charlton Stand and had access to a lounge, with the club trying to maintain a connection to their past. However, the change of ownership to INEOS and Sir Jim Ratcliffe in February led to a breakdown in communication over the summer over their tickets. The Daily Mail reports that Ferguson felt he needed to reach out to the new chief executive Omar Berrada to ensure that the Busby family retained season tickets. He was successful, with United finding them different seats in the same stand. The move ensured that INEOS did not score a PR own goal, although they have done so on several other occasions this year. Ferguson himself is no stranger to the ruthless edge of the new hierarchy, having lost his lucrative club ambassador role in the restructure implemented by Ratcliffe. The petrochemicals billionaire personally met with Ferguson in October to inform him of the decision to cut his £2million-a-year gig. Ratcliffe has been very open in his desire to cut costs at the club since taking sporting control by buying 27.7 per cent of the club for £1.3bn in February. He has slashed 250 jobs and cancelled the Christmas party as well as other freebies for staff, including tickets for the FA Cup final in May. "Manchester United has become mediocre," he told the United We Stand fanzine last week. "It is supposed to be one of the best football clubs in the world . We have to make some difficult and unpopular decisions. If you shy away from the difficult decisions, then nothing much is going to change.” The Daily Mail reports that former United chairman Martin Edwards, ex-chief executive David Gill and long-serving director Mike Edelson have now been told they can’t visit the dressing room after games. Meanwhile, former players Norman Whiteside and Gordon Hill have been left unhappy after having their season tickets seats moved. Denise Whiteside took to social media in February to brand United a “disgrace” for their treatment of her husband, claiming they had been moved in order to accommodate more executive seating inside the stadium – something the club denied. Ratcliffe has also been criticised after raising the price of tickets to £66. "We need to find a balance – and you can't be popular all the time either,” he said in response. “Here, we are talking about 3 per cent of the tickets. 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Section 1.10.32 of "de Finibus Bonorum et Malorum", written by Cicero in 45 BC "Sed ut perspiciatis unde omnis iste natus error sit voluptatem accusantium doloremque laudantium, totam rem aperiam, eaque ipsa quae ab illo inventore veritatis et quasi architecto beatae vitae dicta sunt explicabo. Nemo enim ipsam voluptatem quia voluptas sit aspernatur aut odit aut fugit, sed quia consequuntur magni dolores eos qui ratione voluptatem sequi nesciunt. Neque porro quisquam est, qui dolorem ipsum quia dolor sit amet, consectetur, adipisci velit, sed quia non numquam eius modi tempora incidunt ut labore et dolore magnam aliquam quaerat voluptatem. Ut enim ad minima veniam, quis nostrum exercitationem ullam corporis suscipit laboriosam, nisi ut aliquid ex ea commodi consequatur? Quis autem vel eum iure reprehenderit qui in ea voluptate velit esse quam nihil molestiae consequatur, vel illum qui dolorem eum fugiat quo voluptas nulla pariatur?" 1914 translation by H. Rackham "But I must explain to you how all this mistaken idea of denouncing pleasure and praising pain was born and I will give you a complete account of the system, and expound the actual teachings of the great explorer of the truth, the master-builder of human happiness. No one rejects, dislikes, or avoids pleasure itself, because it is pleasure, but because those who do not know how to pursue pleasure rationally encounter consequences that are extremely painful. Nor again is there anyone who loves or pursues or desires to obtain pain of itself, because it is pain, but because occasionally circumstances occur in which toil and pain can procure him some great pleasure. To take a trivial example, which of us ever undertakes laborious physical exercise, except to obtain some advantage from it? But who has any right to find fault with a man who chooses to enjoy a pleasure that has no annoying consequences, or one who avoids a pain that produces no resultant pleasure?" 1914 translation by H. Rackham "But I must explain to you how all this mistaken idea of denouncing pleasure and praising pain was born and I will give you a complete account of the system, and expound the actual teachings of the great explorer of the truth, the master-builder of human happiness. No one rejects, dislikes, or avoids pleasure itself, because it is pleasure, but because those who do not know how to pursue pleasure rationally encounter consequences that are extremely painful. Nor again is there anyone who loves or pursues or desires to obtain pain of itself, because it is pain, but because occasionally circumstances occur in which toil and pain can procure him some great pleasure. To take a trivial example, which of us ever undertakes laborious physical exercise, except to obtain some advantage from it? But who has any right to find fault with a man who chooses to enjoy a pleasure that has no annoying consequences, or one who avoids a pain that produces no resultant pleasure?" Thanks for your interest in Kalkine Media's content! To continue reading, please log in to your account or create your free account with us.Four questions (and expert answers) about the EU-Mercosur trade deal

President-elect Donald Trump is signaling his intention to upend the professionalism and independence of institutions that wield some of the federal government’s most awesome powers. Political opponents, journalists and others could be victims. And President Joe Biden just gave him cover. Biden had an unquestionable legal right to pardon his son Hunter. But in so doing, he maligned the Justice Department and invited Trump to draw equivalence between the Hunter Biden pardon and any future moves Trump might take against the impartial administration of justice. ... Any Democrat who refuses to condemn Biden’s pardon will have less credibility to criticize Trump, his meddling at the Justice Department and his choices for key positions in that agency. No one should be surprised if Trump invokes the Hunter Biden pardon to justify clemency for many more of his allies. With this one intemperate, selfish act, the president has undermined, in hindsight, the lofty rationales he offered for seeking the presidency four years ago and indelibly marred the final chapter of his political career. Get local news delivered to your inbox!Ex Demi Moore Shares Update on Bruce Willis’ Dementia Battle

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Travis Hunter is still six months shy of his 22nd birthday, but he already has the entire world at his fingertips. And yet, he has not let the fame or money go to his head. He remains as down-to-earth and mature as you can imagine for a young Heisman Trophy finalist. During a visit to The Pivot podcast, former NFL player Ryan Clark acknowledged this trait that Hunter has and called the two-way star “wise beyond his years.” And Hunter added that he intends to pass that wisdom on to his younger brother. Travis may be just 21 years old, but he’s the oldest of four children in the Hunter clan. He has a younger sister, Taylor, and two younger brothers, Junior and Trayvis. The latter seems to be following in Trav’s footsteps already, as Trayvis has already started to turn heads as a high school sophomore. Travis, however, wants to make sure his brother is “gonna get it just like” he himself got it: on his own. Hunter is speaking to the hustle-and-grind mindset that helped many athletes in previous generations reach the greatest heights in their sport. Things weren’t handed to them. And Travis wants Trayvis to have the same type of mentality he did when he was coming up without a famous older brother. Travis spoke about how “being the oldest” means he has to set an example, not just hold their hands through the process. Travis doesn’t want his newfound wealth and fame to make things too easy for his siblings. But he’s also not ignoring them. The Colorado Buffaloes WR/CB hybrid spoke about how he still supports his brother. He won’t market Trayvis on his social platforms, but he says that his main focus is to “help” him and his other siblings. Trayvis played his freshman season at the same school as Travis: Collins Hill in Suwanee, Georgia. He transferred to Effingham County High School in Springfield, Georgia this past year. As a sophomore, Trayvis—who plays as a receiver like Travis but not as a cornerback—chipped in with 36 receptions for 496 yards and six touchdowns as his team made it to the 5A Georgia state playoffs.Joel Dahmen has stood over thousands of six-foot putts in his golf career, but none were as nerve-racking as the one he faced on Friday afternoon with his PGA Tour status in the balance. With his hands shaking and his heartbeat quickening, Dahmen drilled his par putt into the back of the hole to make the RSM Classic cut on the number. The ensuing fist pump said it all. A clutch putt on 18 with his job on the line. @Joel_Dahmen makes par at the final hole to make the cut @TheRSMClassic . He's currently projected No. 127 in the #FedExCup but 36 holes remain for him to get inside the top 125 bubble. : GOLF Channel pic.twitter.com/eztOgXgG3G Dahmen entered the RSM Classic in a precarious position. The 37-year-old fan favorite needed to finish the week inside the top 125 in the FedEx Cup Fall standings to secure his PGA Tour card for the 2025 season. A missed cut at Sea Island Golf Club would've knocked him off the PGA Tour as a full-time member and sent him back to the minor leagues. After a 2-over 74 in the first round, Dahmen knew he needed something special on Friday to keep his hopes alive. Thankfully for the veteran, he recorded a 3-under 68 in the second round and made the most stressful putt of his career to make the cut on the number. Imagine needing to hole a six-footer to keep your job. Well, Dahmen just did, and he poured it right in the middle. Speaking to reporters after the round, an emotional Dahmen shared how much his family has helped him keep his dreams alive. "I have a lot of great people around me, and so it's hard on them, Dahmen said, per PGA Tour . "But it's just because they love me and they care about me... Thankfully, I have my family here. The only thing I've noticed that gets my mind off of anything is my kid, and that's been great." Dahmen is currently projected to finish 126th in the FedEx Cup Fall, but he has two more rounds of golf to rack up some birdies and fall inside the top 125. The difference between 126 and 125 is career-changing for players like Dahmen, especially now. The PGA Tour plans to eliminate 25 Tour cards and shrink the size of fields starting in 2026. Couple that with the growing number of talented, young players joining the pros at an early age, and it's harder than ever for bubble players like Dahmen to maintain their tour cards. Dahmen is closing in on 40. He won't be able to keep up with the young bombers dominating the sport for much longer. If he lipped out that six-footer and missed the cut on Friday, it could've been the end of his career as a full-time PGA Tour player. Thanks to his nerves of steel, Dahmen will have a chance to play his way to full-time status in 2025. It's safe to say we'll all be Dahmen fans this weekend.Jamie Foxx reveals he suffered a brain bleed and a stroke, says 'I don't remember 20 days'

KINGSTON, Jamaica — Member of Parliament for St Andrew Western, the People’s National Party’s (PNP) Anthony Hylton, is calling for the Government to demonstrate its “genuine concern” for the most vulnerable in society through a targeted programme of cost reduction/elimination for the wiring of houses. He said this would provide those individuals who want to legally connect to the grid with legal access to electricity. “All will be benefitted with the adoption/expansion of such a programme by government, not just the few who will benefit under the vote-buying scheme announced recently on the political platform,” said Hylton. He was speaking in the House of Representatives on Tuesday during his contribution to the State of the Constituency Debate. The vote-buying scheme he referred to was in relation to the announcement by Prime Minister Andrew Holness of a 53 per cent cut in the General Consumption Tax (GCT) component on electricity. The prime minister made the announcement on November 24 at the annual conference of the Jamaica Labour Party. Some public commentators and the Opposition PNP have pointed out that the savings that will accrue to the majority of Jamaica Public Service Company (JPS) customers will be in the region of $200 monthly. Hylton raised the issue as he told the House that over 100 houses in Riverton City in his constituency were recently wired. “This is the first phase of a two-phase programme designed to expand access to legal light by residents of Riverton City, and to reduce revenue losses to JPS by removing illicit connections. This is a partnership between the community and JPS led by myself and the councillor for the Seaview Gardens Division after patient, but deliberate, negotiation,” said Hylton. “The next phase in this collaborative arrangement will be implementation of an improved distribution infrastructure to enable more houses, once successfully wired, to become formalised,” he added. The Opposition MP questioned why only 100 homes were wired considering the benefits of the programme to all stakeholders involved. Answering his own question, Hylton said it was because of “the prohibitive cost involved to wire an individual house”. Meanwhile, Hylton said the residents of Riverton continue to press for a better National Water Commission system for both potable water and a reliable sewer service. “I will continue to advocate for their inclusion in accessing the improved and affordable services available to every community in Western St Andrew. They deserve no less,” he said.

Federal appeals court upholds law requiring sale or ban of TikTok in the US A federal appeals court panel on Friday unanimously upheld a law that could lead to a ban on TikTok in a few short months, handing a resounding defeat to the popular social media platform as it fights for its survival in the U.S. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit denied TikTok's petition to overturn the law — which requires TikTok to break ties with its China-based parent company ByteDance or be banned by mid-January — and rebuffed the company's challenge of the statute, which it argued had ran afoul of the First Amendment. “The First Amendment exists to protect free speech in the United States,” said the court's opinion, which was written by Judge Douglas Ginsburg. “Here the Government acted solely to protect that freedom from a foreign adversary nation and to limit that adversary’s ability to gather data on people in the United States.” TikTok and ByteDance — another plaintiff in the lawsuit — are expected to appeal to the Supreme Court, though its unclear whether the court will take up the case. “The Supreme Court has an established historical record of protecting ans’ right to free speech, and we expect they will do just that on this important constitutional issue," TikTok spokesperson Michael Hughes said in a statement. Police believe the gunman who killed UnitedHealthcare's CEO quickly left NYC on a bus after shooting NEW YORK (AP) — The gunman who killed the CEO of the largest U.S. health insurer likely left New York City on a bus soon after the brazen ambush that has shaken corporate America, police officials said Friday. Three days after the shooting of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, police still did not know the gunman's whereabouts or a motive for the killing. Investigators were looking at whether the shooter may have been a disgruntled employee or client of the insurer, Chief of Detectives Joseph Kenny told reporters. Video of the gunman fleeing Wednesday's shooting showed him riding a bicycle into Central Park and later taking a taxi to a bus terminal that offers commuter service to New Jersey and Greyhound routes to Philadelphia, Boston and Washington, D.C, according to Kenny. Police have video of the man entering the bus station but no video of him exiting, leading them to believe he left the city, Kenny said. CNN first reported that the suspect may have escaped the city by bus. Investigators also believe the shooter left a backpack in Central Park and were carrying out a massive sweep to find it in a vast area with lakes and ponds, meadows, playgrounds and a densely wooded section called “The Ramble.” As dusk approached Friday, small groups of officers could be seen roaming among trees across ground covered with leaves. Trump offers a public show of support for Pete Hegseth, his embattled nominee to lead the Pentagon WASHINGTON (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump on Friday offered a public show of support for Pete Hegseth, his embattled choice to lead the Defense Department, whose confirmation by the Senate is in doubt as he faces questions over allegations of excessive drinking, sexual assault and his views on women in combat. Hegseth, a former Fox News Host, Army National Guard major and combat veteran, spent much of the week on Capitol Hill trying to salvage his Cabinet nomination and privately reassure Republican senators that he is fit to lead Trump’s Pentagon. “Pete Hegseth is doing very well,” Trump posted on his social media site. “He will be a fantastic, high energy, Secretary of Defense." The president added that "Pete is a WINNER, and there is nothing that can be done to change that!!!” The pitched nomination battle over Hegseth is emerging not only as a debate about the best person to lead the Pentagon, but an inflection point for a MAGA movement that appears to be relishing a public fight over its hardline push for a more masculine military and an end to the “woke-ism" of diversity, equity and inclusion efforts. Trump’s allies are forcefully rallying around the embattled Hegseth – the Heritage Foundation’s political arm is promising to spend $1 million to shore up his nomination – as he vows to stay in the fight, as long as the president-elect wants him to. IAEA chief: Iran is poised to 'quite dramatically' increase stockpile of near weapons-grade uranium MANAMA, Bahrain (AP) — Iran is poised to “quite dramatically” increase its stockpile of near weapons-grade uranium as it has started cascades of advanced centrifuges, the head of the International Atomic Energy Agency warned Friday. The comments from Rafael Mariano Grossi came just hours after Iran said it conducted a successful space launch with its heaviest payload ever, the latest for its program that the West alleges improves Tehran’s ballistic missile program. The launch of the Simorgh rocket comes as Iran’s nuclear program now enriches uranium at 60%, a short, technical step from weapons-grade levels of 90%. While Iran maintains its program is peaceful, officials in the Islamic Republic increasingly threaten to potentially seek the bomb and an intercontinental ballistic missile that would allow Tehran to use the weapon against distant foes like the United States. The moves are likely to further raise tensions gripping the wider Middle East over Israel’s continued war on Hamas in the Gaza Strip and as an uneasy ceasefire holds in Lebanon. However, Iran may as well be preparing the ground for possible talks with the incoming administration of President-elect Donald Trump, who in his first term unilaterally withdrew America from Tehran’s nuclear deal with world powers. Grossi, speaking to journalists in Bahrain, on the sidelines of the International Institute of Strategic Studies’ Manama Dialogue, said his inspectors planned to see just how many centrifuges Iran would be spinning after Tehran informed his agency of its plans. US added a strong 227,000 jobs in November in bounce-back from October slowdown WASHINGTON (AP) — America’s job market rebounded in November, adding 227,000 workers in a solid recovery from the previous month, when the effects of strikes and hurricanes had sharply diminished employers’ payrolls. Last month’s hiring growth was up considerably from a meager gain of 36,000 jobs in October. The government also revised up its estimate of job growth in September and October by a combined 56,000. Friday’s report from the Labor Department report showed that the unemployment rate ticked up from 4.1% in October to a still-low 4.2%. Hourly wages rose 0.4% from October to November and 4% from a year earlier — both solid figures and slightly higher than forecasters had expected. The November employment report provided the latest evidence that the U.S. job market remains durable even though it has lost significant momentum from the 2021-2023 hiring boom, when the economy was rebounding from the pandemic recession. The job market’s gradual slowdown is, in part, a result of the high interest rates the Federal Reserve engineered in its drive to tame inflation. The Fed jacked up interest rates 11 times in 2022 and 2023. Defying predictions, the economy kept growing despite much higher borrowing rates for consumers and businesses. But since early this year, the job market has been slowing. Trump taps forceful ally of hard-line immigration policies to head Customs and Border Protection WASHINGTON (AP) — The picture of who will be in charge of executing President-elect Donald Trump's hard-line immigration and border policies has come into sharper focus after he announced his picks to head Customs and Border Protection and also the agency tasked with deporting immigrants in the country illegally. Trump said late Thursday he was tapping Rodney Scott, a former Border Patrol chief who’s been a vocal supporter of tougher enforcement measures, for CBP commissioner. As acting director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Trump said he had chosen Caleb Vitello, a career ICE official with more than 23 years in the agency. They will work with an immigration leadership team that includes South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem as head of the Department of Homeland Security; former acting Immigration and Customs Enforcement head Tom Homan as border czar; and immigration hard-liner Stephen Miller as deputy chief of staff. Here's a closer look at the picks: Romania's top court annuls first round of presidential vote won by far-right candidate BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — A top Romanian court on Friday annulled the first round of the country's presidential election, days after allegations emerged that Russia ran a coordinated online campaign to promote the far-right outsider who won the first round. The Constitutional Court’s unprecedented decision — which is final — came after President Klaus Iohannis declassified intelligence on Wednesday that alleged Russia organized thousands of social media accounts to promote Calin Georgescu across platforms such as TikTok and Telegram. The court, without naming Georgescu, said that one of the 13 candidates in the Nov. 24 first round had improperly received “preferential treatment” on social media, distorting the outcome of the vote. Georgescu denounced the verdict as an “officialized coup” and an attack on democracy, as did the second-place finisher, reformist Elena Lasconi of the center-right Save Romania Union party. Despite being an outsider who declared zero campaign spending, Georgescu emerged as the frontrunner who was to face Lasconi in a runoff on Sunday. Some 951 voting stations had already opened abroad on Friday for the runoff for Romania’s large diaspora, but had to be halted. Crews recover the body of a woman from a Pennsylvania sinkhole after a 4-day search The remains of a woman who fell into a sinkhole were recovered Friday, four days after she went missing while searching for her cat, a state police spokesperson said. Trooper Steve Limani said the body of 64-year-old Elizabeth Pollard was sent to the Westmoreland County Coroner’s Office for an autopsy after rescuers used machinery to bring her to the surface. Limani told reporters Pollard was found at about 11 a.m. approximately 30 feet (9 meters) underground, some 12 feet (4 meters) from the opening of the sinkhole. Limani said Pollard apparently fell onto a cone-shaped pile of debris created by the crumbling mine, then rolled or otherwise moved toward the southwest to where her body was recovered. The autopsy may help determine whether Pollard was killed by the fall, Limani said. The announcement came in the fourth day of the search for Pollard, who had last been seen Monday evening, looking for the cat near a restaurant half a mile (0.8 kilometers) from her home in the village of Marguerite. Jury will consider lesser charge in NYC subway chokehold case, judge dismisses manslaughter charge NEW YORK (AP) — The judge overseeing the trial of a man accused of using a deadly chokehold on an unruly New York subway passenger dismissed the top charge in the case on Friday at prosecutors' request, allowing jurors to consider a lesser count after they deadlocked on whether Daniel Penny was guilty of manslaughter. Judge Maxwell Wiley's decision will let jurors deliberate a charge of criminally negligent homicide, which carries a lighter punishment. “Whether that makes any difference or not, I have no idea. But I’m going to direct you to focus your deliberations on count two,” he said, before directing them to “go home and think about something else.” The judge’s decision came hours after Manhattan jurors sent him a note saying they couldn't agree on a manslaughter verdict. Jurors previously were instructed that they needed to reach a verdict on the top charge before they could consider the lesser count. Jurors have been deliberating since Tuesday on whether to convict Penny in the death of Jordan Neely. Penny, a former U.S. Marine, placed Neely in a chokehold for about six minutes on a New York City subway in May 2023 after Neely got on the car yelling and asking people for money. Vance tells residents in hurricane-stricken North Carolina that they haven't been forgotten FAIRVIEW, N.C. (AP) — Vice President-elect JD Vance on Friday assured residents of western North Carolina still cleaning up from Hurricane Helene that they haven't been forgotten as he surveyed storm wreckage and talked to first responders in one of his first public appearances since the election. Vance said he was visiting because the holidays are approaching and he wants to provide some comfort to those affected by the hurricane as they go about trying to rebuild their homes and livelihoods. “My simple message to the people of Appalachia is that we haven’t forgotten you — we love you,” said Vance, who made a name for himself writing about the region in his memoir “Hillbilly Elegy.” He added, “Certainly when this administration changes hands in the next 45 days, we’re going to do everything that we can to help people rebuild, to get them back on their feet, to bring some commerce back to this area, but, most importantly, to allow people to live in their homes.” The hurricane struck in late September. In North Carolina, the state government estimates that the storm caused a combined $53 billion in damages and needed upgrades to protect against future natural disasters. More than 100 North Carolina residents died from the storm, which the state estimates damaged over 120,000 homes, at least 6,000 miles (9,700 kilometers) of roads and over 160 sewer and water systems.NoneFive holiday wishes for the Minnesota Wild

Dr. Manmohan Singh, a towering figure in Indian politics, served as Prime Minister twice, from 2004 to 2009 and again from 2009 to 2014. During his tenure, he played a pivotal role in strengthening the country’s economy. Before his time as Prime Minister, Singh was the Finance Minister in the government of PV Narasimha Rao, where he was instrumental in implementing economic reforms that transformed India. In 2018, Manmohan Singh filed his nomination for the Rajya Sabha seat. According to this affidavit, Singh’s total assets were valued at Rs 15.77 crore. The affidavit also revealed that he owned flats in both Delhi and Chandigarh. Additionally, Singh was free of any debt, reflecting his prudent financial management and integrity. Dr. Manmohan Singh’s total income for the year 2018-19 was approximately Rs 90 lakh. Besides his residential properties and bank deposits, his apartments in Chandigarh and Delhi were valued at Rs 7.27 crore 11 years ago, and their worth has increased significantly since then. In 2013, he had a total of Rs 3.46 crore in deposits and investments in his SBI account. The affidavit also confirmed that Manmohan Singh had no outstanding debts. He had cash amounting to Rs 30,000, and jewelry valued at Rs 3.86 lakh. Additionally, he had Rs 12 lakh 76 thousand in the Postal Saving Scheme as per 2013 affidavit. Furthermore, Manmohan Singh owned a Maruti 800 car, along with several residential properties and bank deposits. Dr. Manmohan Singh was born on September 26, 1932, in a village in the Punjab province of undivided India. He completed his matriculation from Panjab University in 1948. He pursued further education at Cambridge University, earning a first-class honors degree in economics in 1957. He then obtained a DPhil in economics from Nuffield College, Oxford University, in 1962. Dr. Manmohan Singh and his wife, Mrs. Gursharan Kaur, have three daughters. Also Read: When PM Modi Lauded Manmohan Singh: Economist’s ‘Inspirational’ Wheelchair Vote in Rajya Sabha| Video Written By Lakshmi RanjithNoneHegseth attorney: FBI background check will ‘exonerate him’

Membership of Britain's upstart anti-immigration Reform UK party has overtaken that of the centre-right Conservative Party for the first time, the party said Thursday, as Tories disputed the numbers. Party leader and Brexit figurehead Nigel Farage hailed the figure as a "historic moment". Immigration was a major issue at the ballot box at the UK's July general election which saw the Conservatives ousted after 14 years in power. The digital counter on the Reform website showed a membership tally ticking past the 131,680 figure declared by the main opposition Conservatives during its leadership election earlier this year. "The youngest political party in British politics has just overtaken the oldest political party in the world," wrote Farage on X. "Reform UK are now the real opposition." Party chairman Zia Yusuf said the milestone showed the long "stranglehold on the centre-right of British politics by the Tories has finally been broken". The last declared Conservative Party tally was the lowest on record and a drop on 2022, when there were around 172,000 members. New Conservative Party leader Kemi Badenoch, however, questioned the figures, accusing Farage of "fakery". She said Reform's counter was "coded to tick up automatically". Farage responded by saying he would "gladly invite" a firm to "audit our membership numbers" if the Tories did the same. Reform won five seats in the 650-seat UK parliament in July, though it received roughly 14 percent of total votes cast. Reform maximised the damage to the Conservatives by splitting the right-wing vote and picking up former Tory supporters in key constituencies. The Labour Party won by a landslide although Prime Minister Keir Starmer has had a bumpy first five months in power. An Ipsos opinion poll this month found that 53 percent of Britons said they were "disappointed" in what the Labour government had achieved so far. British politics has been dominated by the two main parties -- Labour and the Conservatives -- for decades but commentators have warned that major parties have seen irreversible downturns in their popularity in the past. In the years after World War I, a divided Liberal Party found itself supplanted by the Labour Party as the main opposition. The party of 19th-century political giant William Gladstone and World War I leader David Lloyd George never again regained its status as a party of government. Farage, a supporter of US President-elect Donald Trump, said earlier this month that he was in talks with tech billionaire Elon Musk about donating to his hard-right party. har/js