NEWCASTLE, United Kingdom: West Ham produced a clinical away performance to beat resurgent Newcastle 2-0 on Monday, easing the pressure on beleaguered manager Julen Lopetegui. Tomas Soucek headed the visitors in front against the run of play at St. James’ Park and Aaron Wan-Bissaka grabbed a rare goal in the second half to double the Hammers’ lead. Newcastle were unable to capitalize on the chances they created, failing to build on the momentum created by recent wins against Arsenal and Nottingham Forest. The result, only West Ham’s second win on the road this season, lifts them to 15 points, just three behind 10th-placed Newcastle. The home side made the early running and in-form forward Alexander Isak had the ball in the net in the fifth minute after a delicate dink over Lukasz Fabianski, only for it to be ruled out for offside. West Ham, expected to face a tough test on Newcastle’s home turf, showed little adventure in the opening stages. But their first real foray up the pitch resulted in a corner and the unmarked Soucek powered home a header from close range in the 10th minute. Newcastle enjoyed the bulk of the possession as a lively first half unfolded but West Ham were robust in defense and threatened when they went forward. Anthony Gordon had a glorious chance to level after a poor clearance from Jean-Clair Todibo but fired straight at Fabianski. Minutes later Isak chested down a superb cross from Bruno Guimaraes but steered narrowly wide on the stretch. Eddie Howe’s Newcastle were again on the front foot at the start of the second half but it was West Ham who doubled their lead through Wan-Bissaka. The former Manchester United man scored his first goal for West Ham and just his third career goal after picking up Jarrod Bowen’s pass and firing home. Howe brought on Jacob Murphy and Callum Wilson in a bid to turn the tide but Newcastle failed to build up a head of steam against their determined opponents, who saw out the game with relative ease. The result will be a huge relief for Lopetegui, whose future has been a matter of mounting speculation just months after he replaced David Moyes.80jili com app download apk 。

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WASHINGTON , Dec. 10, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- NASA will host a media teleconference at 1 p.m. EST Tuesday , Dec. 17, to discuss the agency science and technology flying aboard Firefly Aerospace's first delivery to the Moon as part of the NASA's CLPS ( Commercial Lunar Payload Services ) initiative and Artemis campaign. Audio of the call will livestream on the agency's website at: https://www.nasa.gov/live Briefing participants include: Joel Kearns , deputy associate administrator for exploration, Science Mission Directorate, NASA Headquarters Ryan Watkins , program scientist, Exploration Science Strategy and Integration Office, NASA Headquarters Jason Kim , chief executive officer, Firefly Aerospace To participate by telephone, media must RSVP no later than two hours before the briefing to: [email protected] . Firefly's Blue Ghost lunar lander will launch on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Launch Complex 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida . The six-day launch window opens no earlier than mid-January 2025 . The lunar mission, named Ghost Riders in the Sky , will land near a volcanic feature called Mons Latreille within Mare Crisium, a more than 300-mile-wide basin located in the northeast quadrant of the Moon's near side. The mission will carry 10 NASA instruments and first-of-their-kind demonstrations to further our understanding of the Moon's environment and help prepare for future human missions to the lunar surface, as part of the agency's Moon to Mars exploration approach. Science investigations on this flight include testing lunar subsurface drilling, regolith sample collection, global navigation satellite system abilities, radiation tolerant computing, and lunar dust mitigation. The data captured could also benefit humans on Earth by providing insights into how space weather and other cosmic forces impact Earth. Under the CLPS model, NASA is investing in commercial delivery services to the Moon to enable industry growth and support long-term lunar exploration. As a primary customer for CLPS deliveries, NASA is to be one of many customers on future flights. For updates, follow on: https://blogs.nasa.gov/artemis/ SOURCE NASA

Wisconsin Football Coach Provides Vague Update on Injured QuarterbackNEW YORK (AP) — Remember what you searched for in 2024? Google does. Google released its annual “Year in Search” on Tuesday, rounding up the top trending queries entered into its namesake search engine in 2024. The results show terms that saw the highest spike in traffic compared to last year — ranging from key news events, notably global elections , to the most popular songs, athletes and unforgettable pop-culture moments that people looked up worldwide. Sports — particularly soccer and cricket — dominated Google's overall trending searches in 2024. Copa América topped those search trends globally, followed by the UEFA European Championship and ICC Men's T20 World Cup . Meanwhile, the U.S. election led news-specific searches worldwide. Queries about excessive heat and this year's Olympic Games followed. U.S. President-elect Donald Trump topped searches in Google's people category this year — followed by Catherine, Princess of Wales , U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris and Algerian boxer Imane Khelif , who also led athlete-specific searches. Meanwhile, the late Liam Payne , Toby Keith and O.J. Simpson led search trends among notable individuals who died in 2024. In the world of entertainment, Disney and Pixar's “Inside Out 2” was the top trending movie of the year, while Netflix's “Baby Reindeer” led TV show trends. And Kendrick Lamar’s “Not Like Us” dominated song trends. That's just the tip of the iceberg. Queries for the Olympic village's chocolate muffin , made famous by Norwegian swimmer Henrik Christiansen over the summer games, led Google's global recipe trends this year. The New York Times' “Connections” puzzle topped game searches. And in the U.S., country-specific data shows, many people asked Google about online trends like the word “demure” and “ mob wife aesthetic .” You can find more country-specific lists, and trends from years past , through Google’s “Year in Search” data published online . The California company said it collected 2024 search results from Jan. 1 through Nov. 23 of this year. Google isn't the only one to publish an annual recap or top trends as 2024 draws to a close. Spotify Wrapped , for example, as well as Collins Dictionary and Merriam-Webster’s words of the year, have offered additional reflections for 2024.

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‘Dawson’s Creek’s James Van Der Beek sells merch to pay for cancer treatmentSan Francisco 49ers running back Christian McCaffrey and top backup Jordan Mason are being placed on injured reserve. McCaffrey left the snowy field in Buffalo on Sunday night after a 5-yard gain that was preceded by him heading to the sideline in apparent pain at the end of an 18-yard run. McCaffrey was diagnosed with a posterior cruciate ligament injury in his right knee and did not play in the second half. The 49ers also lost Jordan Mason, who emerged in a starting role with McCaffrey out the first two months of the season, to an ankle injury. Head coach Kyle Shanahan said Monday that Mason has a high-ankle sprain, which typically requires a recovery window of 4-6 weeks. Those moves push rookie Isaac Guerendo into the RB1 spot. He scored the team's only touchdown at Buffalo. The IR slots in San Francisco are manned by multiple starters, including wide receiver Brandon Aiyuk, linebacker Dre Greenlaw, defensive tackle Javon Hargrave and safety Talanoa Hufanga. Mason had a team-leading 789 rushing yards and scored three touchdowns. Being placed on IR means he's not eligible to play until the regular-season finale at Arizona. McCaffrey had 53 yards on seven carries on Sunday night and caught two passes for 14 yards before exiting. He was playing in just his fourth game of the season after missing the first eight because of Achilles tendinitis. McCaffrey was the NFL Offensive Player of the Year last season, when he led the league with 2,023 yards from scrimmage: a league-leading 1,459 rushing yards and 14 touchdowns plus 67 catches for 564 yards and seven scores. McCaffrey hasn't scored a touchdown in his four appearances this season. He has rushed for 202 yards on 50 carries and caught 15 passes for 146 yards. "It was frustrating," Shanahan said after the game. "He had a great week of practice and I could feel his urgency and stuff and thought he came out great, looking really good, and it looked like he just got his shoestring there. ... I hurt for him, and tough for our team not having him." The 49ers (5-7) played without defensive end Nick Bosa (oblique) and left tackle Trent Williams (ankle) in the 35-10 loss. San Francisco has lost three in a row heading into next Sunday's game against the Chicago Bears (4-8) in Santa Clara, Calif. San Francisco resides two games behind the NFC West-leading Seattle Seahawks (7-5) with five games remaining on the schedule. Seattle and San Francisco split their season series. --Field Level Media

Watch: Soto sweepstakes ends. Red Sox pivot to Plan B.The last time the New York Islanders won at least three straight games, it catapulted them into the playoffs. A playoff berth isn't imminent for the Islanders, but a third straight win -- this one against the hottest team in the NHL -- will continue to improve an outlook that appeared bleak just days ago. The Islanders will try to build off a successful weekend Tuesday night when they host the Los Angeles Kings in a nonconference clash in Elmont, N.Y. Both teams were off Monday after earning wins this weekend. The Islanders notched their second victory in 24 hours by beating the host Ottawa Senators 4-2 on Sunday, and the Kings extended their winning streak to five games by defeating the visiting Minnesota Wild 4-1 on Saturday. The Islanders won despite taking a season-low 13 shots. But New York, whose power play is ranked next-to-last in the NHL, scored twice with the man advantage and goalie Ilya Sorokin made 29 saves. "I think we were good in the right moments," said Islanders left winger Anders Lee, who had the first power-play goal. "We had to grind it out. It was an ugly one (Sunday) for us. It had to be ugly." The two-game winning streak is just the second of the season for the Islanders, who edged the visiting Carolina Hurricanes 4-3 on Saturday. New York hadn't earned consecutive wins since beating the Pittsburgh Penguins and the Senators back on Nov. 5 and 7. The latest back-to-back wins came immediately after New York lost 10 of 13 (3-5-5) to fall into last place in the Metropolitan Division. The Islanders entered Monday tied for the final wild-card spot in the Eastern Conference with the New York Rangers, though the Rangers had three games in hand heading into Monday's meeting with the Chicago Blackhawks. "This weekend was a good step for us," Islanders defenseman Ryan Pulock said. The Islanders haven't won more than two straight games since April 1-11, when they won six in a row to climb into third place in the Metropolitan Division. New York clinched a playoff berth four days later. Establishing some winning consistency hasn't been a problem for the Kings, whose winning streak has vaulted them into second place in the Pacific Division. The five-game run is the longest active in the NHL and the first such streak for Los Angeles since it won five straight from Nov. 16-25, 2023. Los Angeles has endured just two losing streaks this season and is 7-2-0 since dropping consecutive games to the Calgary Flames and Colorado Avalanche on Nov. 11 and 13. The Kings have thrived during the current surge against the Wild, Winnipeg Jets, Dallas Stars, who are the top three teams in the Central Division. Los Angeles outscored the trio 11-4 overall -- including 7-1 in the last five periods since the Stars took a 2-0 first-period lead last Wednesday night. "We like the challenge of playing against top teams," said Kings goalie Darcy Kuemper, who made 22 saves in his return to the lineup Saturday after an eight-game absence due to a lower-body injury. "You know you have to be at your best. You need everybody, so those are fun as a group and good measuring sticks." Adrian Kempe scored his team-leading 13th goal in the game against the Wild. --Field Level MediaAston Villa's Ross Barkley (right) celebrates after scoring his team's third, winning goal. LEIPZIG, Germany - Aston Villa substitutes Jhon Duran and Ross Barkley bagged second-half goals to salvage a 3-2 victory over RB Leipzig on Dec 10 in a Champions League match marked by a stunning error from keeper Emi Martinez that gifted Leipzig a goal. With 13 points after six games, Unai Emery’s men are just a win away from booking their berth in the Champions League last 16. John McGinn put Villa on the scoresheet inside three minutes when he fired in Ollie Watkins’s header past Peter Gulacsi. But Lois Openda levelled against the run of play in the 27th minute when Martinez ventured well out of his net but misjudged the bounce of the ball, allowing Openda to nudge it past him and score. Duran put the visitors up in the 52nd minute when he latched on to a pass from Youri Tielemans before unleashing a blistering shot from nearly 30 metres out. The home side levelled 10 minutes later when Openda floated the ball to the back post for Christoph Baumgartner to steer in with a volley. But, two minutes after he entered the game, Barkley bagged the winner in the 85th when his long shot took a big deflection off defender Lukas Klostermann and went in. REUTERS Join ST's Telegram channel and get the latest breaking news delivered to you. Read 3 articles and stand to win rewards Spin the wheel nowWASHINGTON—House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) says he and President-elect Donald Trump are working on strategy for the first 100 days of the incoming Republican-dominated government. “I’ve been talking daily with the incoming White House. ... President-elect Trump and I will be talking about this in depth this weekend before the Army-Navy game,” Johnson said during a Dec. 10 press conference. He was referencing the upcoming Dec. 14 football game between the two military academy rivals at Northwest Stadium in Landover, Maryland. Trump and Johnson plan to attend the game. Trump’s team has signaled that they hope to pass substantial legislative reforms on issues like border security, energy policy, and tax policy within days of Trump’s taking office. Johnson said Republicans are ready to begin pursuing “an America First agenda ... right out of the gates” following the transition of power in January. That would include a “very aggressive first 100 days agenda,” Johnson said, referencing the “proverbial playbook” that Republicans have been preparing for over a year to implement legislation quickly. Johnson didn’t address how leadership would handle their paper-thin majority in the House, which will fall as low as 217 seats—below the majority threshold for a full House—in the first couple weeks of the 119th Congress due to resignations by Trump appointees. Such a thin majority still gives Republicans a slight edge over Democrats and would require effectively unanimous GOP support for any of these proposals. The task would be easier in the upper chamber, where Republicans enter with a far more secure 53-seat majority to Democrats’ 47 seats. Generally, large legislative changes on controversial issues stall in the Senate, where most legislation requires a 60-vote majority to advance to a vote on final passage. This has historically left the upper chamber deadlocked on major bills, with the system making it harder for wide-ranging legislation to pass into law. However, the budget reconciliation system provides a tempting alternative. Under budget reconciliation, legislation directly related to federal expenditures and revenues can bypass the upper chamber’s 60-vote hurdle: Reconciliation legislation requires only a simple majority in both chambers to pass. The process traditionally is viable only when a party controls a trifecta of the House, Senate, and White House—a situation last seen during the Democrat-dominated 117th Congress that opened President Joe Biden’s term. House Republicans and Trump himself are largely pushing for the first 100 days to include passage of an all-in-one budget reconciliation bill that wraps in border, energy, and tax policies—all pillars of Trump’s 2024 campaign. Stephen Miller, Trump’s incoming deputy chief of staff, said the president-elect’s team is working with incoming Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) and Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) to craft “the most significant border security investment in American history.” “The bill will be transformational, it will be paid for, and it will go first,” Graham said, referencing support for passing the border legislation before moving on to other issues. Miller said the border bill would include “a massive increase in ICE [Immigration and Customs Enforcement] officers” to carry out Trump’s plans for a massive deportation operation, “a historic increase in border agents,” a pay raise for ICE and border agents, and funding related to a series of other border investments related to barriers, detention beds, technology, and personnel. Miller said he hopes such a bill could land on Trump’s desk as early as January or the beginning of February. Afterward, Miller said, Thune plans to move “immediately” to a tax reform reconciliation bill. That would include provisions on the State and Local Tax (SALT) deduction, for which Trump has expressed support, corporate tax and trade policy reforms, and manufacturing. “Nobody is even talking or considering delay” on that tax bill, Miller said. The goal, he said, was to pass these bills in as little as a few days following Trump’s swearing-in on Jan. 20. This two-part approach backed by Thune—who will hold significant power over what comes to the floor and when—and apparently by Trump has faced some pushback among House Republicans. That includes House Ways and Means Committee Chair Jason Smith (R-Mo.), who has said the border and tax packages should be passed as a single unit. The all-in-one approach could force potential opponents of one bill or the other to cast an all-or-nothing vote. Some said that this can make it easier to pass. On the other hand, with Republicans having only a tiny incoming House majority, even a handful of defectors could tank the bills if other Republicans join Smith’s demands for an all-in-one package.

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MISSOULA, Mont. (AP) — Marcus Adams Jr.'s 19 points helped CSU Northridge defeat Denver 89-60 on Monday night. Adams also added 11 rebounds for the Matadors (5-1). Keonte Jones added 17 points while shooting 4 of 6 from the field and 8 for 8 from the line and also had five rebounds and three blocks. PJ Fuller shot 2 of 8 from the field, including 0 for 4 from 3-point range, and went 6 for 6 from the line to finish with 10 points. Nicholas Shogbonyo led the way for the Pioneers (3-4) with 15 points. Pedro Lopez-Sanvicente added 10 points and two blocks for Denver. The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar .

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