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The hits keep coming for Justin Baldoni, as it’s been revealed that the disgraced actor’s own publicist couldn’t “stand” him and found him to be “unlikable,” even as she still allegedly agreed to help him wage a “smear campaign” against his co-star Blake Lively. The Daily Beast reported Wednesday that publicist Jennifer Abel’s apparent animosity towards Baldoni was revealed in text messages she exchanged with colleagues as she prepared to help him boost his public image and his work on the film, “It Ends With Us,” according to a new lawsuit filed against Baldoni and the publicist. Baldoni directed the dramatic film about domestic violence, based on Colleen Hoover’s best-selling novel, and starred as an attractive doctor who becomes abusive to his wife, played by Blake Lively. “I can’t stand (Baldoni),” Abel allegedly wrote in a Jan. 14, 2024, text message, the Daily Beast reported. “He’s so pompous.” In another message sent on the same day, Abel also wrote: “He needs to be humbled. When this movie flops, he’s going to try to blame every person around him for it.” “He may fire us because even if we put together an amazing campaign, it’s not going to change the fact that he’s so unlikable and unrealistic as a leading man,” Abel allegedly wrote in yet another text message, according to the Daily Beast. Abel is being sued by her former boss, Hollywood power publicist Stephanie Jones, for breach of contract and defamation, according to the Daily Beast and other outlets . The CEO alleged in the lawsuit filed Tuesday that Baldoni originally hired her PR company, Joneswork, to represent him, with Abel assigned to be the company’s point person for Baldoni and his studio, Wayfarer. Jones said that Baldoni signed a one-year contract with Joneswork for $25,000 a month, The Hollywood Reporter said . But in August, just as “It Ends With Us” was released theatrically, Baldoni dropped Jones’ firm and followed Abel to her newly launched PR firm. Jones alleges that she fired Abel after learning that Abel had been stealing documents from her firm as she prepared to start her own business, the New York Times also reported . When Abel left the company, she handed over her phone, which allowed Jones and her legal team to uncover a trove of messages that revealed that Abel had been working with Melissa Nathan, a crisis communications manager, on a retaliation campaign against Lively to boost Baldoni’s image, according to the Times and the Daily Beast. Jones’ lawsuit alleges that Abel and Nathan “secretly coordinated with Baldoni and Wayfarer to implement an aggressive media smear campaign” against Lively behind Jones’ back. Jones’ lawsuit was filed three days after Lively filed her own blockbuster complaint against Baldoni, alleging sexual harassment on the set of the film. In her complaint, filed with the California Civil Rights Department, Lively also alleged that Baldoni, Wayfarer and their public relationships representatives — Abel and Nathan — engaged in a “social manipulation” campaign to “destroy” her reputation, as The Hollywood Reporter explained. With the release of “It Ends With Us,” Baldoni allegedly feared that Lively’s allegations about his on-set behavior would be revealed, according to the New York Times. In response, Abel and Nathan began “to formulate a no-holds-barred strategy to discredit and suppress any potential revelations about Baldoni’s on-set behavior” to boost the actor’s profile. But even as Abel and Nathan sought to glorify Baldoni, Abel privately showed her disdain for him, according to the Daily Beast. Jones alleges that Abel and Nathan were motivated to carry out the alleged smear campaign by “avarice” and not because of “any sincere appreciation for Baldoni.” In the text exchange in which Abel called Baldoni “pompous,” she also complained that the actor wanted to go off on a “men’s retreat” over the summer, just as the film was being released. Over the past few years, Baldoni has built a personal brand around positioning himself as a #MeToo ally, who writes and speaks about the harm caused by toxic masculinity and men’s failure to embrace their vulnerability. In another series of text messages exchanged between Abel and an anonymous person on Jan. 13, 2024, the publicist described a kissing scene between Baldwin and Lively in the film as “so cringey,” the Daily Beast reported. When the recipient replied by saying, “Blake was probably grossed out too,” Abel allegedly responded: “Yeah and filed a cease and desist.” Abel appears to be referring to the sexual harassment allegations Lively raised against Baldoni. In her complaint, Lively said she detailed her concerns about Baldoni during an “all-hands” meeting with him and producers in early January 2024. With her husband, Ryan Reynolds, also present, Lively alleged that Baldoni improvised unwanted kissing and intimate touching while filming scenes. She also claimed that he discussed his own sex life and porn addiction and that both he and Heath repeatedly entered her makeup trailer uninvited while she was undressed, including when she was breastfeeding. The Daily Beast said that Abel’s lawyer, Bryan Freedman, did not immediately respond to a request for comment on Jones’ lawsuit. Earlier in the week, Freedman categorically denied the allegations in Lively’s suit, writing in a statement that the suit is “completely false, outrageous, and intentionally salacious.” He also described it as “yet another desperate attempt to ‘fix’ (Lively’s) negative reputation which was garnered from her own remarks and actions during the campaign for the film.” Since news of Lively’s allegations against Baldoni broke over the weekend, the “Jane the Virgin” alum has faced cascading consequences, according to the New York Times. The powerhouse talent agency, William Morris Endeavor, dropped him as a client, while author Hoover and “It Ends With Us” cast members Jenny Slate and Brandon Sklenar voiced public support for Lively. Earlier this week, Liz Plank, who has co-hosted the “Man Enough” podcast with Baldoni and Heath, announced she would no longer be appearing on the show. 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LINCOLN – One by one the Central City players had their medals put around their necks, followed by a hug from coach Troy Huebert. The medals were silver and not gold, like the Bison had hoped. “I can’t say enough about our kids. Our commitment from day one when we met this summer and the buy into our vision, we knew we could get here,” Huebert said. “That was our goal coming into the season and we felt like we had the kids to do that. Our senior leadership was phenomenal.” Central City's Jakob Ruhl (21) recovers a tipped pass in the first quarter of the Class C-1 championship game Tuesday at Memorial Stadium. Wahoo defeated Central City 47-7 in the Class C-1 state championship at Memorial Stadium. It was Central City’s first-ever appearance in the state championship and Wahoo’s first title since 2019. The season was historic for Central City despite the loss. It started the year by announcing itself with a 48-20 win at Ord. In week five Central City beat Adams Central which hadn’t been done in over 30 years. Then in week nine the Bison beat Aurora for the first time since 1997. In that game, Central City junior running back Corbin Kyes ran for 433 yards and six touchdowns. While the loss may sting now, it was a remarkable season. The fans came out in support and filled the bleachers at Memorial Stadium like it had all season in Central City. Central City's Parker Zikmund (7) reacts after Wahoo make an interception in the second quarter of the Class C-1 championship game Tuesday at Memorial Stadium. Central City fell to Wahoo 47-7. “I can’t say enough about our community and our fans,” Huebert said. “They love Central City athletics and it’s just so awesome to give them something to cheer about.” Central City came into the game averaging 41.3 points per game and Wahoo, who’s closest game all season was decided by 14 points, was averaging 50.3 points per game. Yet after the first quarter the score was scoreless and Central City’s defense swarmed the explosive Wahoo run game. In the second quarter Wahoo got on the board and at halftime it led 14-0. “The first half we were phenomenal on defense. We had a couple 50-50 calls that didn’t go our way, and put our defense in some tough spots and they rose up,” Huebert said. “I can’t say enough about them. Unfortunately we just could never get a rhythm on offense.” Wahoo's Landon Fye (2) defends Central City's Wyatt Dent (13) as he tries to catch a pass in the first quarter of the Class C-1 championship game Tuesday at Memorial Stadium. Kyes got hurt in the second quarter and his game was done. He finished a big year with 1,997 rushing yards and 27 touchdowns on the ground. As good as the Warriors offense was, it was the defense that came up big. Central City quarterback Parker Zikmund threw seven interceptions with some going through the hands of receivers and Wahoo recovered a fumble. The Wahoo offense came alive in the second half. It scored first, less than two minutes into the half on a 6-yard run by Kip Brigham, who ran for 133 yards. Central City scored its only points in the third quarter when Zikmund found Turner Hanke, who found a small seam in the Warrior defense and busted loose for an 87-yard touchdown. Central City's Truman Ryan (18) tackles Wahoo's Landon Fye (2) in the first quarter of the Class C-1 championship game Tuesday at Memorial Stadium. Then the floodgates opened and the Warriors scored 27 unanswered points. The Bison senior class was 14 deep. It was part of the team that played in a home playoff game for the first time since 2015 and beat Fort Calhoun 49-14. In the next two rounds Central City beat two previously undefeated teams, Columbus Lakeview (19-7) and Sidney (29-12) to make the state championship game. It just couldn’t knock off one more undefeated team in Wahoo, who’d been atop the Class C-1 Omaha World-Herald and Lincoln Journal-Star rankings all season long. “Just a tremendous senior group. Can’t say enough about those guys in Colter Leuders and Bryce Kunz, those guys have started four years for us,” Huebert said. “We’ve just had such great leadership on and off the field, the way they carry themselves, the way they get us prepared for practice, it’s really a special group.” The Bison reached the mountaintop for the first time ever, just didn’t come back with the trophy. But the foundation is set for another run, and the program is in good hands. “Now we’ve finally been here and this is only going to motivate us more to get back to this sport and hopefully finish it off next time,” Huebert said. Wahoo 47, Central City 7 Central City;0;0;7;0 Wahoo;0;14;27;6 Second Quarter WAH – Landon Fye 33-yard fumble return (Zaragoza kick), 5:02. WAH – Kip Brigham 5-yard rush (Zaragoza kick), 0:42. Third Quarter WAH – Kip Brigham 6-yard rush, 10:48. CC – Turner Hanke 87-yard reception thrown by Parker Zikmund (Poland kick), 10:03. WAH – Kaden Christen 48-yard reception thrown by Jase Kaminski, 7:14. WAH – Caden Smart 4-yard rush (2-pt good), 2:31. WAH – Josh Fox 31-yard reception thrown by Noah Bordovsky (Zaragoza kick), 1:27. Fourth Quarter WAH – Eli Shada 2 yd reception thrown by Noah Bordovsky, 6:20. INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS Rushing - CC, Jacob Brazee 5-18, Zikmund 1-5, Colter Lueders 1-2, Corbin Kyes 8-minus 1, Wyatt Dent 1-minus 3, team 1-minus 4, Jakob Ruhl 1-minus 5, Carter Simonsen 2-minus 6. W, Brigham 24-133, Smart 6-29, Bordovsky 9-26, Fye 1-1, team 1-minus 3, Kaminski 3-minus 11. Passing - CC, Zikmund 10-29-7 172, Simonsen 1-2-0 6. W, Kaminski 7-11-1 111, Bordovsky 2-2-0 33. Receiving - CC, Dent 4-46, Kyes 3-14, Ruhl 2-25, Hanke 1-87, Lueders 1-6. W, Christen 5-106, Fox 1-31, Brigham 1-3, Shada 1-2, Smart 1-2. Tackles (unassisted-assisted-total): CC. Brazee 7-4-11, Truman Ryan 3-6-9, Ruhl 3-4-7, Riley Lavene 2-5-7, Lueders 2-5-7, Josiah Davis 1-4-5, Isaiah Harvill 1-3-4, Conner Erickson 2-2-4, Hanke 1-2-3, Bruce Kunz 0-3-3, Zikmund 2-0-2, Dent 2-0-2, Colby Schneider 0-2-2, Trey Urban 0-2-2, Ryan Brandes 0-2-2, Kaden Van Pelt 0-1-1, Simonsen 0-1-1, Damien Malachia 1-0-1, Bas Luebbe 1-0-1, Tristan Richard 0-1-1, Parker Santin 0-1-1. W, Bordovsky 4-3-7, Harrison Kruege 2-5-7, Shada 2-4-6, Smart 4-2-6, Eli Emerson 0-6-6, Braylon Iversen 3-1-4, Jaymes Gaskins 2-1-3, Christan 1-1-2, Graham Nutzman 0-2-2, Luke Specht 1-1-2, Logan Kelly 1-0-1, Brigham 1-01, Jaden Berggren 0-1-1, Jack Krueger 0-1-1, Jake Scanlon 0-1-1. Sent weekly directly to your inbox! Sports Reporter {{description}} Email notifications are only sent once a day, and only if there are new matching items.

NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks are rising toward records Tuesday after Donald Trump’s latest talk about tariffs created only some ripples on Wall Street, even if they could roil the global economy were they to take effect. The S&P 500 climbed 0.5% and was on track to top its all-time high set a couple weeks ago. The Dow Jones Industrial Average added 81 points, or 0.2%, to its own record set the day before, while the Nasdaq composite was 0.5% higher, with less than an hour remaining in trading. Stock markets abroad were down, but mostly only modestly, after President-elect Trump said he plans to impose sweeping new tariffs on Mexico, Canada and China as soon as he takes office. Stock indexes were down 0.1% in Shanghai and nearly flat in Hong Kong, while Canada's main index edged down by just 0.1%. Trump has often praised the use of tariffs , but investors are weighing whether his latest threat will actually become policy or is just an opening point for negotiations. For now, the market seems to be taking it more as the latter. Unless the United States can prepare alternatives for the autos, energy products and other goods that come from Mexico, Canada and China, such tariffs would raise the price of imported items all at once and make households poorer, according to Carl Weinberg and Rubeela Farooqi, economists at High Frequency Economics. They would also hurt profit margins for U.S. companies, while raising the threat of retaliatory tariffs by other countries. General Motors sank 8.2%, and Ford Motor fell 2.6% because both import automobiles from Mexico. Constellation Brands, which sells Modelo and other Mexican beer brands in the United States, dropped 3.9%. Beyond the pain such tariffs would cause U.S. households and businesses, they could also push the Federal Reserve to slow or even halt its cuts to interest rates. The Fed had just begun easing its main interest rate from a two-decade high a couple months ago to offer support to the job market . While lower interest rates can boost the overall economy and prices for investments, they can also offer more fuel for inflation. “Many” officials at the Fed's last meeting earlier this month said they should lower rates gradually, according to minutes of the meeting released Tuesday afternoon. Unlike tariffs in Trump's first term, his proposal from Monday night would affect products across the board. Trump’s tariff talk came almost immediately after U.S. stocks rose Monday amid excitement about his pick for Treasury secretary, Scott Bessent. The hope was the hedge-fund manager could steer Trump away from policies that balloon the U.S. government deficit, which is how much more it spends than it takes in through taxes and other revenue. The talk about tariffs overshadowed another set of mixed profit reports from U.S. retailers that answered few questions about how much more shoppers can keep spending. They’ll need to stay resilient after helping the economy avoid a recession, despite the high interest rates instituted by the Fed to get inflation under control. Kohl’s tumbled 17.6% after its results for the latest quarter fell short of analysts’ expectations. CEO Tom Kingsbury said sales remain soft for apparel and footwear. A day earlier, Kingsbury said he plans to step down as CEO in January. Ashley Buchanan, CEO of Michaels and a retail veteran, will replace him. Best Buy fell 4.7% after likewise falling short of analysts’ expectations. Dick’s Sporting Goods topped forecasts for the latest quarter thanks to a strong back-to-school season, but its stock lost an early gain to fall 1.4%. A report on Tuesday from the Conference Board said confidence among U.S. consumers improved in November, but not by as much as economists expected. J.M. Smucker jumped 5.4% for one of the biggest gains in the S&P 500 after topping analysts' expectations for the latest quarter. CEO Mark Smucker credited strength for its Uncrustables, Meow Mix, Café Bustelo and Jif brands. Big Tech stocks also helped prop up U.S. indexes. Gains of 2.8% for Amazon and 2% for Microsoft were the two strongest forces lifting the S&P 500. In the bond market, Treasury yields rose following their big drop from a day before driven by relief following Trump’s pick for Treasury secretary. The yield on the 10-year Treasury climbed to 4.30% from 4.28% late Monday, but it’s still well below the 4.41% level where it ended last week. In the crypto market, bitcoin continued to pull back after topping $99,000 for the first time late last week. It's since dipped back toward $91,600, according to CoinDesk. 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B.C. Conservative leader faces test after colleagues' letter attacks Surrey MLAShares of Halma plc ( LON:HLMA – Get Free Report ) hit a new 52-week high during mid-day trading on Thursday after the company announced a dividend. The stock traded as high as GBX 2,757 ($34.56) and last traded at GBX 2,738 ($34.32), with a volume of 4966605 shares. The stock had previously closed at GBX 2,502 ($31.37). The newly announced dividend which will be paid on Friday, January 31st. Investors of record on Thursday, December 19th will be given a dividend of GBX 9 ($0.11) per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, December 19th. This represents a yield of 0.36%. Halma’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 3,098.59%. Analyst Ratings Changes Separately, Shore Capital reiterated a “hold” rating on shares of Halma in a research note on Thursday. Halma Stock Up 1.9 % The company has a market capitalization of £10.16 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 3,794.37, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.93 and a beta of 0.53. The firm’s 50 day moving average price is GBX 2,541.69 and its two-hundred day moving average price is GBX 2,509.24. The company has a current ratio of 2.45, a quick ratio of 1.51 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 45.83. Insiders Place Their Bets In other news, insider Jennifer Ward sold 50,000 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Thursday, November 21st. The shares were sold at an average price of GBX 2,648 ($33.20), for a total value of £1,324,000 ($1,659,771.84). Company insiders own 2.20% of the company’s stock. Halma Company Profile ( Get Free Report ) Halma plc, together its subsidiaries, provides technology solutions in the safety, health, and environmental markets in the United States, Mainland Europe, the United Kingdom, the Asia Pacific, Africa, the Middle East, and internationally. It operates through three segments: Safety, Environmental & Analysis, and Healthcare. Read More Receive News & Ratings for Halma Daily - Enter your email address below to receive a concise daily summary of the latest news and analysts' ratings for Halma and related companies with MarketBeat.com's FREE daily email newsletter .

BrightSphere Investment Group Inc. ( NYSE:BSIG – Get Free Report ) shares hit a new 52-week high during mid-day trading on Thursday . The company traded as high as $30.49 and last traded at $30.49, with a volume of 2628 shares traded. The stock had previously closed at $30.19. Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades A number of brokerages have issued reports on BSIG. Royal Bank of Canada upped their target price on BrightSphere Investment Group from $28.00 to $30.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a report on Friday, November 1st. StockNews.com raised shares of BrightSphere Investment Group from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a research note on Tuesday, November 12th. Evercore ISI lifted their price target on shares of BrightSphere Investment Group from $28.00 to $31.00 and gave the company an “in-line” rating in a research note on Thursday, November 7th. Finally, Morgan Stanley downgraded BrightSphere Investment Group from an “equal weight” rating to an “underweight” rating and boosted their price objective for the company from $23.00 to $26.00 in a report on Friday, October 18th. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, one has given a hold rating and two have issued a buy rating to the company. According to MarketBeat, BrightSphere Investment Group has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $29.00. Read Our Latest Report on BSIG BrightSphere Investment Group Stock Up 1.6 % BrightSphere Investment Group ( NYSE:BSIG – Get Free Report ) last released its earnings results on Thursday, October 31st. The company reported $0.59 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.52 by $0.07. BrightSphere Investment Group had a return on equity of 7,606.72% and a net margin of 13.92%. The business had revenue of $123.10 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $114.95 million. During the same period last year, the business posted $0.45 earnings per share. Equities analysts forecast that BrightSphere Investment Group Inc. will post 2.59 EPS for the current fiscal year. BrightSphere Investment Group Announces Dividend The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, December 27th. Shareholders of record on Friday, December 13th will be given a $0.01 dividend. This represents a $0.04 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 0.13%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, December 13th. BrightSphere Investment Group’s dividend payout ratio is currently 2.42%. Institutional Trading of BrightSphere Investment Group A number of hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in BSIG. Azora Capital LP raised its stake in shares of BrightSphere Investment Group by 10.7% during the 3rd quarter. Azora Capital LP now owns 2,028,358 shares of the company’s stock valued at $51,520,000 after purchasing an additional 195,728 shares during the period. Jennison Associates LLC raised its stake in shares of BrightSphere Investment Group by 25.3% during the 3rd quarter. Jennison Associates LLC now owns 968,936 shares of the company’s stock valued at $24,611,000 after purchasing an additional 195,417 shares during the period. Renaissance Technologies LLC raised its stake in shares of BrightSphere Investment Group by 297.9% during the 2nd quarter. Renaissance Technologies LLC now owns 154,000 shares of the company’s stock valued at $3,414,000 after purchasing an additional 115,300 shares during the period. Marshall Wace LLP purchased a new position in BrightSphere Investment Group during the second quarter worth about $1,870,000. Finally, Maverick Capital Ltd. purchased a new position in BrightSphere Investment Group during the second quarter worth about $1,204,000. 98.69% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors. BrightSphere Investment Group Company Profile ( Get Free Report ) BrightSphere Investment Group Inc is a publically owned asset management holding company. The firm provides its services to individuals and institutions. It manages separate client focused portfolios through its subsidiaries. The firm also launches equity mutual funds for its clients. It invests in public equity, fixed income, and alternative investment markets through its subsidiaries. Read More Receive News & Ratings for BrightSphere Investment Group Daily - Enter your email address below to receive a concise daily summary of the latest news and analysts' ratings for BrightSphere Investment Group and related companies with MarketBeat.com's FREE daily email newsletter .SANTA CLARA – Practicing behind a patchwork line is not how Brock Purdy dreamed of spending his 25th birthday Friday, never mind that he just gifted 49ers linemen a caravan of trucks and sports-utility vehicles on two-year leases. The 49ers are poised to field their most inexperienced offensive line in at least coach Kyle Shanahan’s eight seasons. Monday night’s chore for whoever blocks: protect Purdy and clear lanes for ball carriers Isaac Guerendo and Deebo Samuel against the NFC-leading Detroit Lions at Levi’s Stadium. Injuries have so thoroughly depleted the Niners (6-9) that 3-of-5 spots could feature linemen making their 49ers’ starting debuts. The only healthy starters are center Jake Brendel and right guard Dominick Puni, who might have to shift to other spots to provide for the best five-man look. Left tackle Trent Williams and his backup, Jaylon More, both went this week on injured reserve, which is where left guard Aaron Banks is expected to land before Monday night’s 5:15 p.m. kickoff. Right tackle Colton McKivitz did not practice Thursday, after being limited by a knee issue, and versatile backup Spencer Burford has been out with a calf injury he sustained as the sub at left tackle in Sunday’s loss at Miami. Offensive linemen Ben Bartch and Jon Feliciano are on injured reserve. Nick Zakelj is expected to make the first start of his career, most likely at left guard. “I know it’s just an amazing opportunity to have,” Zakelj said. “I can’t wait to go grasp it and go out there, fly off the ball and let it loose.” Charlie Heck, poached Wednesday off the Arizona Cardinals’ practice squad, made 21 career starts for the Houston Texans from 2020-23, and Thursday acquisition Matt Hennessy made 22 starts as the Atlanta Falcons’ 2020-22 center. No other linemen have starting experience, including Zakelj, Austen Pleasants, Sebastian Gutierrez, Isaac Alarcon and undrafted rookie center Drake Nugent. If McKivitz is healthy, he’s an option to move to left tackle, where he made spot starts at left tackle in 2021 and ’22 in place of Williams. Burford, unbeknownst until last game, had practiced as the No. 3 left tackle most of the season. LYNCH’S STATE OF FRANCHISE General manager John Lynch, speaking for the first time since Sunday’s official elimination from the playoffs, is in the investigation process of examining the 49ers’ 2024 woes and potential cures. “I can’t believe we’re here, but we are. We have to accept that. We have to learn from that,” Lynch said on KNBR 680-AM. “We can’t just chalk it up to, ‘There were a lot of injuries.’ The team we’re playing, Detroit, they had a lot of injuries but they found a way. We have to look at the root, and we have been looking at the root causes. We’ll fix it.” One obvious issue is the 49ers’ inability to close out games, something that’s carried over from past playoff defeats to this season’s four NFC West defeats. Lynch noted that the absences of All-Pros Williams and Christian McCaffrey factors into that. “But we can’t chalk it up to just that. We have to go deeper,” Lynch said. “There are ways we could have gotten it done. When you have division opponents (down) multiple scores, you have to put people away, and that’s what we didn’t do this year. We have to own that. We have to get to the bottom of why exactly that happened, with every decision we make.” HEALTH CENTER Fullback Kyle Juszczyk did not practice because of illness. Juszczyk has played every game this season after taking a pay cut in the spring. He is aiming for his ninth straight Pro Bowl invitation. Running back Isaac Guerendo participated in a second straight practice and looks on track to make his third career start; he did not play in Sunday’s loss at Miami because of hamstring and foot injuries. Running back David Montgomery (knee) was the only player on the Lions’ active roster not to practice. Cornerback Terrion Arnold (illness) was limited after missing Thursday’s session. Full participants were guard Graham Glasgow (knee), wide receiver Kalif Raymond (foot) and linebacker Jalen Reeves-Maybin (neck). GAMEDAY GUIDE Levi’s Stadium parking lots are to open at 1:45 p.m. Stadium gates open 30 minutes later for club- and suite-ticket holders, with entry for all others starting at 3:15 p.m. Halftime entertainment will feature MIMS and Freedom Williams (from the C+C Music Factory). Tony Lindsay will perform the national anthem.

Man City blows 3-goal lead and gets booed by fans in draw with Feyenoord in Champions LeagueSANTA CLARA – Practicing behind a patchwork line is not how Brock Purdy dreamed of spending his 25th birthday Friday, never mind that he just gifted 49ers linemen a caravan of trucks and sports-utility vehicles on two-year leases. The 49ers are poised to field their most inexperienced offensive line in at least coach Kyle Shanahan’s eight seasons. Monday night’s chore for whoever blocks: protect Purdy and clear lanes for ball carriers Isaac Guerendo and Deebo Samuel against the NFC-leading Detroit Lions at Levi’s Stadium. Injuries have so thoroughly depleted the Niners (6-9) that 3-of-5 spots could feature linemen making their 49ers’ starting debuts. The only healthy starters are center Jake Brendel and right guard Dominick Puni, who might have to shift to other spots to provide for the best five-man look. Left tackle Trent Williams and his backup, Jaylon More, both went this week on injured reserve, which is where left guard Aaron Banks is expected to land before Monday night’s 5:15 p.m. kickoff. Right tackle Colton McKivitz did not practice Thursday, after being limited by a knee issue, and versatile backup Spencer Burford has been out with a calf injury he sustained as the sub at left tackle in Sunday’s loss at Miami. Offensive linemen Ben Bartch and Jon Feliciano are on injured reserve. Nick Zakelj is expected to make the first start of his career, most likely at left guard. “I know it’s just an amazing opportunity to have,” Zakelj said. “I can’t wait to go grasp it and go out there, fly off the ball and let it loose.” Charlie Heck, poached Wednesday off the Arizona Cardinals’ practice squad, made 21 career starts for the Houston Texans from 2020-23, and Thursday acquisition Matt Hennessy made 22 starts as the Atlanta Falcons’ 2020-22 center. No other linemen have starting experience, including Zakelj, Austen Pleasants, Sebastian Gutierrez, Isaac Alarcon and undrafted rookie center Drake Nugent. If McKivitz is healthy, he’s an option to move to left tackle, where he made spot starts at left tackle in 2021 and ’22 in place of Williams. Burford, unbeknownst until last game, had practiced as the No. 3 left tackle most of the season. LYNCH’S STATE OF FRANCHISE General manager John Lynch, speaking for the first time since Sunday’s official elimination from the playoffs, is in the investigation process of examining the 49ers’ 2024 woes and potential cures. “I can’t believe we’re here, but we are. We have to accept that. We have to learn from that,” Lynch said on KNBR 680-AM. “We can’t just chalk it up to, ‘There were a lot of injuries.’ The team we’re playing, Detroit, they had a lot of injuries but they found a way. We have to look at the root, and we have been looking at the root causes. We’ll fix it.” One obvious issue is the 49ers’ inability to close out games, something that’s carried over from past playoff defeats to this season’s four NFC West defeats. Lynch noted that the absences of All-Pros Williams and Christian McCaffrey factors into that. “But we can’t chalk it up to just that. We have to go deeper,” Lynch said. “There are ways we could have gotten it done. When you have division opponents (down) multiple scores, you have to put people away, and that’s what we didn’t do this year. We have to own that. We have to get to the bottom of why exactly that happened, with every decision we make.” HEALTH CENTER Fullback Kyle Juszczyk did not practice because of illness. Juszczyk has played every game this season after taking a pay cut in the spring. He is aiming for his ninth straight Pro Bowl invitation. Running back Isaac Guerendo participated in a second straight practice and looks on track to make his third career start; he did not play in Sunday’s loss at Miami because of hamstring and foot injuries. Running back David Montgomery (knee) was the only player on the Lions’ active roster not to practice. Cornerback Terrion Arnold (illness) was limited after missing Thursday’s session. Full participants were guard Graham Glasgow (knee), wide receiver Kalif Raymond (foot) and linebacker Jalen Reeves-Maybin (neck). GAMEDAY GUIDE Levi’s Stadium parking lots are to open at 1:45 p.m. Stadium gates open 30 minutes later for club- and suite-ticket holders, with entry for all others starting at 3:15 p.m. Halftime entertainment will feature MIMS and Freedom Williams (from the C+C Music Factory). Tony Lindsay will perform the national anthem.

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LINCOLN – One by one the Central City players had their medals put around their necks, followed by a hug from coach Troy Huebert. The medals were silver and not gold, like the Bison had hoped. “I can’t say enough about our kids. Our commitment from day one when we met this summer and the buy into our vision, we knew we could get here,” Huebert said. “That was our goal coming into the season and we felt like we had the kids to do that. Our senior leadership was phenomenal.” Central City's Jakob Ruhl (21) recovers a tipped pass in the first quarter of the Class C-1 championship game Tuesday at Memorial Stadium. Wahoo defeated Central City 47-7 in the Class C-1 state championship at Memorial Stadium. It was Central City’s first-ever appearance in the state championship and Wahoo’s first title since 2019. The season was historic for Central City despite the loss. It started the year by announcing itself with a 48-20 win at Ord. In week five Central City beat Adams Central which hadn’t been done in over 30 years. Then in week nine the Bison beat Aurora for the first time since 1997. In that game, Central City junior running back Corbin Kyes ran for 433 yards and six touchdowns. While the loss may sting now, it was a remarkable season. The fans came out in support and filled the bleachers at Memorial Stadium like it had all season in Central City. Central City's Parker Zikmund (7) reacts after Wahoo make an interception in the second quarter of the Class C-1 championship game Tuesday at Memorial Stadium. Central City fell to Wahoo 47-7. “I can’t say enough about our community and our fans,” Huebert said. “They love Central City athletics and it’s just so awesome to give them something to cheer about.” Central City came into the game averaging 41.3 points per game and Wahoo, who’s closest game all season was decided by 14 points, was averaging 50.3 points per game. Yet after the first quarter the score was scoreless and Central City’s defense swarmed the explosive Wahoo run game. In the second quarter Wahoo got on the board and at halftime it led 14-0. “The first half we were phenomenal on defense. We had a couple 50-50 calls that didn’t go our way, and put our defense in some tough spots and they rose up,” Huebert said. “I can’t say enough about them. Unfortunately we just could never get a rhythm on offense.” Wahoo's Landon Fye (2) defends Central City's Wyatt Dent (13) as he tries to catch a pass in the first quarter of the Class C-1 championship game Tuesday at Memorial Stadium. Kyes got hurt in the second quarter and his game was done. He finished a big year with 1,997 rushing yards and 27 touchdowns on the ground. As good as the Warriors offense was, it was the defense that came up big. Central City quarterback Parker Zikmund threw seven interceptions with some going through the hands of receivers and Wahoo recovered a fumble. The Wahoo offense came alive in the second half. It scored first, less than two minutes into the half on a 6-yard run by Kip Brigham, who ran for 133 yards. Central City scored its only points in the third quarter when Zikmund found Turner Hanke, who found a small seam in the Warrior defense and busted loose for an 87-yard touchdown. Central City's Truman Ryan (18) tackles Wahoo's Landon Fye (2) in the first quarter of the Class C-1 championship game Tuesday at Memorial Stadium. Then the floodgates opened and the Warriors scored 27 unanswered points. The Bison senior class was 14 deep. It was part of the team that played in a home playoff game for the first time since 2015 and beat Fort Calhoun 49-14. In the next two rounds Central City beat two previously undefeated teams, Columbus Lakeview (19-7) and Sidney (29-12) to make the state championship game. It just couldn’t knock off one more undefeated team in Wahoo, who’d been atop the Class C-1 Omaha World-Herald and Lincoln Journal-Star rankings all season long. “Just a tremendous senior group. Can’t say enough about those guys in Colter Leuders and Bryce Kunz, those guys have started four years for us,” Huebert said. “We’ve just had such great leadership on and off the field, the way they carry themselves, the way they get us prepared for practice, it’s really a special group.” The Bison reached the mountaintop for the first time ever, just didn’t come back with the trophy. But the foundation is set for another run, and the program is in good hands. “Now we’ve finally been here and this is only going to motivate us more to get back to this sport and hopefully finish it off next time,” Huebert said. Wahoo 47, Central City 7 Central City;0;0;7;0 Wahoo;0;14;27;6 Second Quarter WAH – Landon Fye 33-yard fumble return (Zaragoza kick), 5:02. WAH – Kip Brigham 5-yard rush (Zaragoza kick), 0:42. Third Quarter WAH – Kip Brigham 6-yard rush, 10:48. CC – Turner Hanke 87-yard reception thrown by Parker Zikmund (Poland kick), 10:03. WAH – Kaden Christen 48-yard reception thrown by Jase Kaminski, 7:14. WAH – Caden Smart 4-yard rush (2-pt good), 2:31. WAH – Josh Fox 31-yard reception thrown by Noah Bordovsky (Zaragoza kick), 1:27. Fourth Quarter WAH – Eli Shada 2 yd reception thrown by Noah Bordovsky, 6:20. INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS Rushing - CC, Jacob Brazee 5-18, Zikmund 1-5, Colter Lueders 1-2, Corbin Kyes 8-minus 1, Wyatt Dent 1-minus 3, team 1-minus 4, Jakob Ruhl 1-minus 5, Carter Simonsen 2-minus 6. W, Brigham 24-133, Smart 6-29, Bordovsky 9-26, Fye 1-1, team 1-minus 3, Kaminski 3-minus 11. Passing - CC, Zikmund 10-29-7 172, Simonsen 1-2-0 6. W, Kaminski 7-11-1 111, Bordovsky 2-2-0 33. Receiving - CC, Dent 4-46, Kyes 3-14, Ruhl 2-25, Hanke 1-87, Lueders 1-6. W, Christen 5-106, Fox 1-31, Brigham 1-3, Shada 1-2, Smart 1-2. Tackles (unassisted-assisted-total): CC. Brazee 7-4-11, Truman Ryan 3-6-9, Ruhl 3-4-7, Riley Lavene 2-5-7, Lueders 2-5-7, Josiah Davis 1-4-5, Isaiah Harvill 1-3-4, Conner Erickson 2-2-4, Hanke 1-2-3, Bruce Kunz 0-3-3, Zikmund 2-0-2, Dent 2-0-2, Colby Schneider 0-2-2, Trey Urban 0-2-2, Ryan Brandes 0-2-2, Kaden Van Pelt 0-1-1, Simonsen 0-1-1, Damien Malachia 1-0-1, Bas Luebbe 1-0-1, Tristan Richard 0-1-1, Parker Santin 0-1-1. W, Bordovsky 4-3-7, Harrison Kruege 2-5-7, Shada 2-4-6, Smart 4-2-6, Eli Emerson 0-6-6, Braylon Iversen 3-1-4, Jaymes Gaskins 2-1-3, Christan 1-1-2, Graham Nutzman 0-2-2, Luke Specht 1-1-2, Logan Kelly 1-0-1, Brigham 1-01, Jaden Berggren 0-1-1, Jack Krueger 0-1-1, Jake Scanlon 0-1-1. Sent weekly directly to your inbox! Sports Reporter {{description}} Email notifications are only sent once a day, and only if there are new matching items.Supermarket giant Woolworths has told customers it doesn’t expect any “immediate” impact on stock levels at its stores in two states, after a strike by warehouse workers. Up to 1500 unionised workers at three of the retailer’s distribution centres in Victoria and another in NSW walked off the job indefinitely on Thursday. The workers want better pay amid a cost of living crisis and an end to a performance framework the United Workers Union says pushes them to work faster in ways that risk safety. With Christmas just over a month away, the union warned the liquor, frozen and refrigerated goods shelves at Woolworth could run bare unless its conditions are met. But Woolworths, and its distributor Primary Connect, said there would be little impact. Employment Minister Murray Watt was asked about the strikes on Seven’s where he said these types of disputes weren’t unusual, and that he was confident the issue would be resolved. “I would encourage, obviously, the parties to keep trying to work it out,” Watt said. “It is in the interests of workers at Woolworths to come to an agreement about the wages, and it is in the interest of Woolworths to make sure operations keep going, not to mention the rest of us who want to keep shopping at Woolworths.” Up to 80,000 people of various visa categories could be potentially removed to third countries under the Albanese government’s plan to pay countries to accept its deported non-citizens, as legal experts criticise the bill. The Albanese government has not detailed which countries it has been in discussions with, in a bill that passed the House of Representatives and was examined in a Senate inquiry on Thursday. At the inquiry, several human rights and legal groups, including the Law Council of Australia, slammed the sweeping powers. “Detaining individuals pre-emptively [in Australia or overseas] to prevent them from committing future crimes must not become normalised in an otherwise free and liberal society,” council president Greg McIntyre told the Legal and Constitutional Affairs Legislation committee. The proposed amendments to the Migration Act seek to deport non-citizens, including not just those convicted of crimes, and to pay those third countries for their part in the removal regime. It would also grant extensive immunity to government officials and those in third countries involved with the removals as well as reversing protection findings for refugees. Greens senator David Shoebridge pushed Department of Home Affairs officials to clarify which categories of visa holders who were not citizens would be affected. They said that 4452 people on Bridging Visa E, 986 in immigration detention, 193 in community detention, 246 on Bridging Visa R from the NZYQ cohort, a further 96 individuals also on the same visa and potentially “a fluid cohort” of up to 75,400 people could be included. Earlier in the hearing, former Manus Island detainee and award-winning Kurdish-Iranian writer Behrouz Boochani said the proposed bill was draconian, citing his personal experience being detained in Papua New Guinea. He pleaded with the senators to vote down the bill: “What Australia has done is to banish refugees to be out of sight and out of mind.” Former treasurer Peter Costello has rounded on Treasurer Jim Chalmers’ plan to have the $230 billion Future Fund favour investment in housing, renewable energy and cybersecurity infrastructure, labelling it a “very bad” idea that would ultimately hurt taxpayers. Costello, who created the fund in 2006 and served as its chairman until this year, said the proposal – which the Coalition has vowed to overturn if it wins office – would reduce international respect for the fund. In an opinion piece in , Costello said Labor never raised the proposal with him during his decade as the chair of the fund’s board and that if they had, he “would not have agreed to it”. “A key reason why [the Future Fund] has done so well is because of its independence from government,” Costello wrote. Meanwhile, in comments given to former prime minister John Howard says the changes are “fiscal vandalism with a great dollop of hypocrisy”. But coming in to defend the government was another former treasurer, ALP president Wayne Swan, who questioned “how desperate” the Liberal Party is to “drag out” Howard and Costello. “The fact is, the government has not changed the mandated investment return at all. And that is the critical point,” Swan told Nine’s “I think Australians want their money invested in this country if they can get the required return. What’s wrong with saying that there are some national priorities? “This is just absurd political criticism in the lead-up to the next election. Nothing more, nothing less.” Popular social media platforms Tiktok, Snapchat and Instagram are among the sites that will have to ban children younger than 16, with reforms likely to pass parliament by the end of the fortnight. Federal Communications Minister Michelle Rowland introduced world-first legislation to the House of Representatives on Thursday, saying it would make the online environment safer for young people. TikTok, Facebook, Snapchat, Reddit, Instagram and X (formerly Twitter) will have to impose age limitations on users. But Messenger Kids, WhatsApp, Kids Helpline, Google Classroom and YouTube are expected to be classified as “out-of-scope services”. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said the government wanted this “action to happen as soon as possible”, as the opposition confirmed it would work constructively to see the bill passed next week. Concerns with the speed at which the bill is slated to pass through the parliament have been raised, with only 24 hours allowed for submissions to a Senate enquiry initiated on Thursday. It will report its findings on Tuesday. Advocacy groups, including the Australian Human Rights Commission, have come out against the ban. The AHRC said it would likely have negative human rights impacts on young people: “If there are less restrictive options available to achieve the aim of protecting children from harm, they should be preferred over a blanket ban.” Companies that breach the minimum age obligation will face fines of up to $49.5 million. Under the draft laws, the onus will be on social media platforms to take reasonable steps to prevent children younger than 16 from having accounts. There will be a minimum lead-in period of 12 months before the ban is activated. Parents will not be able to give consent for their children to use social media, and users will not be required to hand over sensitive ID documents to platforms. Australia would be the first country to have an age ban on social media. Age verification trials are underway to determine how the ban will be enforced. The International Criminal Court issued arrest warrants on Thursday for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his former defence chief, as well as a Hamas leader, Ibrahim Al-Masri, for alleged war crimes and crimes against humanity in the Gaza conflict. In their decision, the ICC judges said there were reasonable grounds to believe Netanyahu and Yoav Gallant were criminally responsible for acts including murder, persecution and starvation as a weapon of war as part of a “widespread and systematic attack against the civilian population of Gaza”. Good morning and welcome to the national news blog. As always, my name is Josefine Ganko, and I’m here to guide you through the news as it develops through the first half of the day. It’s Friday, November 22. There’s been plenty of international news overnight, so here’s what you might have missed.

Mexico shares lower at close of trade; S&P/BMV IPC down 0.82%Major Terror Hideout Busted By Indian Army In J-K's Reasi, Huge Cache Of Arms SeizedAuthored by James Howard Kunstler, "Stare into the sun and begin to glimpse the size of what you're up against." - Mike Benz The Hunter Biden super-sized blanket pardon went over so well around the country that “Joe Biden” - or the shadowy league of not-quite-geniuses who run the twilight White House operation - floated the idea of issuing preemptive pardons for a few of the most spectacularly dishonest characters in US political life : Dr. Fauci, Senator-elect Adam Schiff, and Liz Cheney. Does “JB” plan on legally adopting them so he can claim he was moved to act out of a father’s love? Like every official act ever associated with the name “Joe Biden,” the preemptive pardon idea has that reality-optional feel. None of the three has been convicted of a crime to be pardoned for, or even been hauled-in for questioning by federal law enforcement agents on a probable cause writ. But a pardon would necessarily paint them as criminals, ipso facto. Would they accept a pardon, with what it implies, or run shrieking from it as from an apple polished with novichok? The proffer of a pardon itself must amount to a declaration of probable cause, igniting the very legal process it seeks to dispose of. An inquiry would have to be launched to discover what laws these three desperadoes might have broken, followed perhaps by a grand jury to evaluate the evidence, and so on. “Joe Biden” himself might have to answer some basic questions, such as: at what time prior to issuing the pardon did he begin to suspect some laws had been broken? And, since the president’s chief duty is to enforce the law, was “JB” negligent and culpable himself for misprision of felonies? You know, of course, that the Supreme Court decided last summer in Trump v. United States (Docket No: 23-939) that a president is immune from prosecution for official acts. But the misprision of felonies is neither a presidential duty nor anything describable as an official act. Rather it would be grounds for impeachment, being a “high crime.” Now, luckily for Joe Biden, his term-in-office is so close to its conclusion that impeachment must be considered off-the-table as a practical matter. He might be subject to prosecution, though, after the clock strikes noon on one-six-twenty-five. I doubt he will be present at Mr. Trump’s inauguration, so the US marshals will have to root him out of Delaware (or wherever) and haul him into the federal lockup in DC at exactly the moment Mr. Trump pardons the J-6 prisoners. Will they get to see “Joe Biden” coming into the joint on their way out? There would be a certain poetic symmetry in that, and hard to not admire the workings of Providence after all its foot-dragging. You might well ask: how many days, or months, will “Joe Biden” have to endure in solitary detention before the paperwork is in order for a proper arraignment? Considering how the process was applied to those J-6 culprits, a year would seem sufficient. Pardon me for saying: I fear that “Joe Biden” might have started something that isn’t going to end well for “Joe Biden” and many others. The little goldfish bowl of the White House is surrounded by the vast, pulsating DC blob and its million-footed ranks of officials deserving of pardons. You know the floated names Fauci, Schiff, and Cheney were only representative samples, denoting a certain managerial class of blobists that runs to the thousands of federal employees at least. What about Garland, Monaco, and Gupta at DOJ, and their paladin prosecutor Jack Smith, and his many deputies? Or Comey, Wray, Abate, Sallet, McCabe, Rosenstein, Strzok, Page, Pientka, Priestap, McCord, Horowitz out of the FBI? Or Mueller, Weissmann, Dreeben, Van Grack, Rhee, and Quarles from that spin-off Special Counsel venture? Or Boasberg, Chutkan, and Sullivan in the DC judiciary? Or, Collins, Wallensky, Cohen and their many deputies in Covid-land? Surely, they all deserve pardons now, and their crimes can be sorted out later. There would appear to be no precedent for a chief executive pardoning the entire federal government, or we would have heard of it by now. At the conclusion of the Civil War, Abe Lincoln issued a conditional pardon to Southerners — they had to take an oath of allegiance to the Union — but it did not include military officers and high-ranking Confederate officials. The blob of our time is a different breed of porpoise. Actually, it’s more like a systemic fungal infection of the body politic, requiring deep fumigation and exposure to sunlight. The proposed D.O.G.E advisory under Messrs Musk and Ramaswamy might answer as a “good enough” therapeutic approach, wholesale dismissal of entire agencies and departments, actually flushing away the malign parasites en masse, pardons not required. What I await in the sunsetting “Joe Biden” presidency is whether he will go ahead and pardon the other members of the Biden family beyond just “first son” Hunter: brothers Jim and Frank and the wives and various offspring who received cash “gifts” from officials in foreign lands laundered into their personal bank accounts amounting to millions of dollars. None of them enjoy the much talked-about presidential immunity out of mere familial proximity to their illustrious relation, number “46” in the lengthening line of commanders-in-chief. Perhaps that’s what is spurring the league of not-quite-geniuses behind the Big Guy to try to start World War Three this Christmas Season - to distract the public from the inevitable Biden family blanket pardon. At this point, I don’t care if they are ever prosecuted for all that grift. Let the Big Guy and his adjacent family fishes slip through the net. Let that certain someone who authored The Art of the Deal work his magic on the situation so that we don’t become an ashtray from sea to shining sea before the Christmas trees are swagged and lighted. * * * It’s that time of year! In this novella, a boy runs away from home in Manhattan all the way to Vermont the night before Christmas. Tribulations ensue. “A masterpiece of comedy and pathos.” Autographed copies from Battenkill Books, Cambridge, New York.