rod fishing simulator The leaders of the Greater Idaho movement have asked President-elect Donald Trump to support their efforts to have counties in eastern Oregon join Idaho – a state they say is more in tune with them politically, economically and culturally. “Unlike typical politicians, you have a unique ability as a practical problem-solver to get things done, and your support can bring a peaceful resolution to Oregon’s long-standing east-west divide,” the three leaders said in a Dec. 4 letter to Trump. Matt McCaw, the executive director of Citizens for Greater Idaho, said Thursday morning that the group has not yet received a response from Trump. “It takes time for these things to filter through, but we are hopeful that somebody from the administration will reach out to us and pick this up,” McCaw said. “This is an idea whose time has come.” The letter also was signed by Mike McCarter, president of Citizens for Greater Idaho, and Sandie Gilson, the vice president. Trump’s background in business and not politics is an advantage, McCaw said: “He’s a businessperson, he’s a problem-solver. He’s shown that he’s been open to outside-the-box thinking. And we think that this is a perfect fit.” Over the last four years, voters in 13 eastern Oregon counties have passed initiatives requiring county commissioners to meet regularly to discuss the merits of moving the Oregon-Idaho border so that the counties are part of Idaho. McCaw said a meeting with Trump or a surrogate would allow the Greater Idaho officials to bring the administration up to speed on the movement. And after that, he said, “what we would hope is that the administration could help get the state of Oregon to the negotiating table.” “The people of eastern Oregon want this to happen,” McCaw said. “The people of Idaho want this to happen.” “However,” the letter to Trump said, “Oregon’s Legislature and governor remain sullen, preferring to ignore the results of these citizens’ initiatives while continuing to march the state ever more left.” The letter added that “eastern Oregon residents recognize that representative government will never come from Oregon because we are outvoted on every issue the progressives put forth, leaving us completely disenfranchised.” While Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris easily won in Oregon, outpolling Trump by more than 320,000 votes, it was a different story in the 13 eastern Oregon counties in the Greater Idaho effort: Trump beat Harris by more than 50,000 votes in the region. Legislative approval needed for Greater Idaho proposal The border change would require the approval of the Oregon and Idaho legislatures and, eventually, the U.S. Congress. A measure urging leaders of the two states to discuss the change passed the Idaho House of Representatives in 2023 but languished in the state Senate. A similar measure was introduced in the 2023 Oregon Legislature but went nowhere. McCaw said he expects Greater Idaho measures will be introduced again in the Oregon and Idaho legislatures in 2025. In July, Greater Idaho leaders sent a letter to Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek asking for a meeting. Kotek has not responded, McCaw said, but the offer stands: “We would love to sit down with the governor and start that conversation and advocate for the people of eastern Oregon and see where it would go from there.” In a September conversation with eastern Oregon journalists, Kotek said she had received the invitation but had not yet decided how to respond. “I’m still considering whether that makes sense to go,” she said at the time. “I very much respect all the Oregonians who made their voices heard and said ‘we’re frustrated’ when they voted for the measures in their counties. .... I think what I’m trying to figure out is, what’s the best way to continue that conversation with Oregonians?” The Oregon governor’s office did not immediately respond to an Oregon Capital Chronicle request for comment on Thursday. This article was first published by The Oregon Capital Chronicle , part of States Newsroom, a nonprofit news network supported by grants and a coalition of donors as a 501c(3) public charity. Oregon Capital Chronicle maintains editorial independence. Follow Oregon Capital Chronicle on Facebook and X .Russian state news agencies say ousted Syrian leader Bashar Assad is in Moscow and given asylum

Hezbollah fired into a disputed border zone held by Israel on Monday after multiple Israeli strikes inside Lebanon since a ceasefire took hold last week. The militant group said the volley, its first during the truce, was a warning shot in response to what it called repeated Israeli violations . Israeli leaders threatened to retaliate, and within hours, Israel’s military carried out a string of strikes in southern Lebanon, state media reported. There was no immediate word on casualties or what was struck. Israel has said its strikes in since the ceasefire began Wednesday have been in response to unspecified Hezbollah violations, and that under the truce deal it reserves the right to retaliate. Hezbollah began launching its attacks in solidarity with Hamas militants who are fighting Israel in the Gaza Strip. The war in Gaza began when Hamas-led militants stormed into southern Israel, killing some 1,200 people, mostly civilians, and taking around 250 people hostage . Israel’s blistering retaliatory offensive has killed at least 44,429 Palestinians , more than half of them women and children, according to Gaza’s Health Ministry, which does not say how many of the dead were combatants. Israel says it has killed over 17,000 militants, without providing evidence. The war in Gaza has destroyed vast areas of the coastal enclave and displaced 90% of the population of 2.3 million, often multiple times . Here’s the Latest: WASHINGTON — U.S. President-elect Donald Trump is demanding the immediate release of Israeli hostages still being held in Gaza, saying that if they are not freed before he is sworn into office for a second term there will be “HELL TO PAY.” “Please let this TRUTH serve to represent that if the hostages are not released prior to January 20, 2025, the date that I proudly assume Office as President of the United States, there will be ALL HELL TO PAY in the Middle East, and for those in charge who perpetrated these atrocities against Humanity,” Trump wrote in a post on his Truth Social site . He added that, “Those responsible will be hit harder than anybody has been hit in the long and storied History of the United States of America. RELEASE THE HOSTAGES NOW!” It was not immediately clear whether Trump was threatening to directly involve the U.S. military in Israel’s ongoing campaign against Hamas in Gaza. Trump allies have said he hopes there will be a ceasefire and hostage release deal before he returns to office early next year. The war in Gaza began when Hamas-led militants stormed into southern Israel, killing some 1,200 people, mostly civilians, and taking around 250 people hostage on Oct. 7, 2023. Some 100 are still held inside Gaza , around two-thirds believed to be alive. WASHINGTON — Senior American officials have had conversations with Israelis to raise questions about some of the strikes they have carried out against Hezbollah since a ceasefire went into place but have not found the Israelis to be in gross violation of the terms of the ceasefire, according to a U.S. official familiar with the matter. The official, who was not authorized to comment publicly about the sensitive conversations with the Israelis, said those conversations were part of a mechanism that was created to ensure that ceasefire agreement is implemented. “This is that mechanism working,” the official added. White House national security spokesman John Kirby on Monday that “largely speaking the ceasefire is holding.” “We’ve gone from, you know dozens of strikes, you know, down to one a day maybe two a day,” Kirby told told reporters aboard Air Force One as President Joe Biden made his way for a visit to Angola. “That’s a tremendous, tremendous reduction. And we’re going to keep trying and see what we can do to get it down to zero so that both sides are fully implementing it. But, this is, this is the only it’s only a, a week or so old.” — By Aamer Madhani JERUSALEM — Hezbollah fired into a disputed border zone held by Israel on Monday, the militant group’s first attack since its ceasefire with Israel took hold last week, after Lebanon accused Israel of violating the truce more than 50 times in recent days. The Israeli military said two projectiles were launched toward Mount Dov, a disputed Israeli-held territory known as Shebaa Farms in Lebanon, where the borders of Lebanon, Syria, and Israel meet. Israel said the projectiles fell in open areas and no injuries were reported. Hezbollah said in a statement that it fired on an Israeli military position in the area as a “defensive and warning response” after what it called “repeated violations” of the ceasefire deal by Israel. It said complaints to mediators tasked with monitoring the ceasefire “were futile in stopping these violations.” The U.S.- and French-brokered ceasefire came into effect on Wednesday calling for a 60-day halt in fighting, aiming to end more than a year of exchanges of fire between Hezbollah and Israel. Since then, Israel has carried out a number of strikes in Lebanon, most recently on Monday, when a drone strike killed a man on a motorcycle in southern Lebanon and another hit a Lebanese army bulldozer in the northeastern town of Hermel, wounding a soldier. The Lebanese army had stayed on the sidelines of the war between Israel and Hezbollah. Israel says the strikes are in response to Hezbollah violations of the ceasefire, without giving specifics. BEIRUT — Lebanon’s parliament speaker on Monday accused Israel of committing 54 breaches of the ceasefire that ended the war between Hezbollah and Israel, demanding urgent intervention to halt what he called “flagrant violations.” Speaking to the Lebanese newspaper Al Joumhouria, Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri condemned Israel’s “aggressive actions,” including the alleged demolition of homes in border villages, the persistent overflight of Israeli reconnaissance drones, and airstrikes that have caused casualties. The Israeli military did not immediately respond to a request for comment on Berri’s assertions. Israel says it reserves the right under the ceasefire deal to respond to perceived ceasefire violations. An Israeli drone strike on Monday hit a Lebanese army military bulldozer in the northeastern town of Hermel, wounding a soldier, the Lebanese army said in a statement. Also on Monday, an Israeli drone strike targeting a motorcycle in Jdeidet Marjayoun in southern Lebanon killed one person, the Lebanese Health Ministry said. In Bint Jbeil province, a drone strike injured one person, the state-run National News Agency said. On Saturday, two people were killed in an airstrike on Marjayoun province, Lebanon’s state media said. Berri called on the technical committee established to monitor the ceasefire to take immediate action, urging it to “oblige Israel to halt its violations and withdraw from Lebanese territories without delay.” He said that Lebanon and Hezbollah have fully adhered to the terms of the ceasefire since the early hours of Wednesday. Berri is the leader of the Shiite Amal movement, which is closely allied with the Shiite militant group Hezbollah. BEIRUT — Lebanon’s state-run National News Agency said Monday one person was killed in an Israeli drone strike that hit a motorcycle, while the Lebanese army said that a soldier was wounded in an Israeli strike on a military bulldozer at an army base. The Israeli military said that it carried out a series of strikes in Lebanon on Sunday and Monday, including one in the same area where the soldier was said to have been wounded. It said it struck several military vehicles in Lebanon’s Bekaa province as well as strikes on Hezbollah militants in southern Lebanon. The incidents underscored the fragility of a ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hezbollah reached after nearly 14 months of cross-border fighting. Since the ceasefire went into effect on Wednesday, Israel has struck several times in response to what it says have been ceasefire violations by Hezbollah. Lebanon has accused Israel of violating the deal but so far Hezbollah has not resumed its rocket fire. Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Saar on Monday rejected accusations that Israel is violating the tenuous ceasefire agreement, saying it was responding to Hezbollah violations. In a post on X, Saar said that he made that point in a call with his French counterpart, Jean-Noël Barrot. France, along with the U.S., helped broker the deal and is part of an international monitoring committee meant to ensure the sides uphold their commitments. Israel says that it reserves the right under the deal to respond to perceived ceasefire violations. TEL AVIV, Israel — The Israeli military said Monday an Israeli American soldier who was believed to have been taken hostage alive on Oct. 7, 2023, is now presumed to have been killed during Hamas’ attack and his body taken into Gaza. Neutra, 21, was a New York native who enlisted in the Israeli military and was captured when Hamas attacked southern Israel. Neutra’s parents, Ronen and Orna, led a public campaign while he was thought to be alive for their son’s freedom. They spoke at protests in the U.S. and Israel, addressed the Republican National Convention this year and kept up ties with the Biden administration in their crusade to secure their son’s release. In a statement announcing the death, the military did not say how it came to the conclusion over Neutra’s fate. He was one of seven American Israelis still held in Gaza, four of whom are now said to be dead. Hamas released a video of one, Edan Alexander, over the weekend, indicating he was still alive. In late summer, Israel said Hamas killed Hersh Goldberg-Polin , another prominent Israeli American hostage, along with five other captives, whose bodies the Israeli military recovered. The war in Gaza began when Hamas-led militants stormed into southern Israel on Oct. 7, 2023, killing some 1,200 people, mostly civilians, and taking around 250 hostage. Some 100 captives are still held inside Gaza , around two-thirds believed to be alive. Iraqi militias supported by Iran deployed in Syria on Monday to back the government’s counteroffensive against a surprise advance by insurgents who seized the largest city of Aleppo, a militia official and a war monitor said. Insurgents led by jihadi group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham launched a two-pronged attack on Aleppo last week and the countryside around Idlib before moving toward neighboring Hama province. Government troops built a fortified defensive line in northern Hama in an attempt to stall the insurgents’ momentum while jets on Sunday pounded rebel-held lines. Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi met with Syrian President Bashar Assad in Damascus Sunday and announced Tehran’s full support for his government. He later arrived for talks in Ankara, Turkey, one of the rebels' main backers. Iran has been of Assad’s principal political and military supporters and deployed military advisers and forces after 2011 protests against Assad’s rule turned into an all-out war. Tehran-backed Iraqi militias already in Syria mobilized and additional forces crossed the border to support them, said the Iraqi militia official, who spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak to the media. According to Britain-based opposition war monitor the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, some 200 Iraqi militiamen on pickups crossed into Syria overnight through the strategic Bou Kamal. They were expected to deploy in Aleppo to support the Syrian army’s pushback against the insurgents, the monitor said. DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — U.S. Navy destroyers shot down seven missiles and drones fired by Yemen’s Houthi rebels at the warships and three American merchant vessels they were escorting through the Gulf of Aden. No damage or injuries were reported. U.S. Central Command said late Sunday that the destroyers USS Stockdale and USS O’Kane shot down and destroyed three anti-ship ballistic missiles, three drones and one anti-ship cruise missile. The merchant ships were not identified. The Houthis claimed responsibility for the attack in a statement and said they had targeted the U.S. destroyers and “three supply ships belonging to the American army in the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Aden.” Houthi attacks for months have targeted shipping through a waterway where $1 trillion in goods pass annually over the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza and Israel’s ground offensive in Lebanon. A ceasefire was announced in Lebanon last week. The USS Stockdale was involved in a similar attack on Nov. 12 . Read more of the AP's coverage of the Middle East wars: https://apnews.com/hub/mideast-warsCOLUMBUS — Almost all the predictions said No. 8 Ohio State (10-2) would play No. 9 Tennessee (10-2) in the first round of the College Football Playoff and that is exactly what was announced on Sunday afternoon. The Buckeyes and Volunteers will play at 8 p.m. Saturday Dec. 21 at Ohio Stadium, the latest in the year OSU has ever played a home night game. “We’re fired up. We’re obviously excited about playing the first playoff game in Ohio Stadium. Night game. Eight o’clock. Our guys are going to be fired up about this,” Day said at a press conference on Sunday. Until a stunning 13-10 loss to Michigan on Nov. 30, Ohio State appeared to be in position to possibly get one of the four first-round byes in the 12-team College Football Playoff field. But a bad game by the Buckeyes’ offense, particularly by the offensive line, against Michigan knocked them out of contention for one of those spots. Season-ending injuries to left tackle Josh Simmons and center Seth McLaughlin took away Ohio State two best offensive linemen and also left it without depth at offensive line. So OSU will be spending some time in practice the next two weeks installing new people or changes to things that didn’t work on the offensive line. “We feel confident in who we are and where we are when we’re playing at our best. We also have to make adjustments and make corrections and fix the things that need to be fixed coming off the last game. That has to happen,” Day said. “It’s similar to kind of what happened on defense in the Oregon game when you saw some of the adjustments that were made. To the naked eye it was like what really was different? But there were differences. That’s how it’s going to be here – up front and how we’re running the ball and how we’re operating. Some of that is execution and some of it is making sure we put the guys in the right position.” “I know who is going to be in the mix. I’m not going to give you that right now. We have two weeks that we have to dive into and identify what gives us the best chance in two weeks to go win this thing. We’ll look at it and make sure it’s right but there will be some guys in the mix – Luke Montgomery will be in the mix, Josh Padilla will be in the mix. We’ll make sure it’s right. Based on how they practice, we’ll figure out how it’s going to look,” Day said. “Taking a couple of key injuries did set us back. But these guys have what it takes to go make this run. So we’ve got to help them and I think there are ways to do that. “I’ve definitely been spending some time with the offense. We’ll look at it and whatever makes the most sense to win this game, we’ll do. Whatever it takes. We’ve already been looking at Tennessee. Now we know for sure. We’ll have a really clear game plan, probably by Tuesday. I’ll make sure I’m a big part of it.” If Ohio State beats Tennessee it would play its second-round playoff game in the Rose Bowl on Jan. 1 against No. 1-seeded Oregon, which won a regular-season matchup against the Buckeyes 32-31 in October. The Ducks got a first-round bye. Winning the national championship would require OSU to win four games. “We’ve got to win the first game and build from there. I don’t think there is one person in this building who is looking way down the road. You’ve got to win this game,” Day said.Bill Maher says he may quit his weekly TV talk show over Donald Trump’s return to the White House. The comedian, who hosts on HBO, said he won’t be able to handle Trump for another four years. “I’m s—ing my pants. I may quit,” Maher told his podcast guest Jane Fonda on Sunday. “Because I don’t want to do another [Trump term]. I did all the Trump stuff before anybody. “I called him a con man before anybody, I did, ‘he’s a mafia boss.’ I was the one who said he wasn’t going to concede the election. I’ve done it.” Maher added he was getting bored talking about Trump. The actress and environmental activist told him to avoid Trump and talk about other topics, but Maher replied that the show is about politics and continued to gripe about the incoming U.S. president. “He’s going to dominate the news like he always does,” he added. They then debated about the far left in American society. Fonda asked him to give her one example. “Last year, the NAACP (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People) issued a travel advisory for Black people not to go [to] Florida,” Maher said. “Every day, there’s stories like that where that just makes people roll their eyes and go, ‘Are you people nuts?’ Even if they don’t matter that much, I don’t think one person listened to this and thought, ‘I can’t go to Florida?'” They also debated about transgender people getting pregnant and climate change, before Fonda concluded that they have nothing in common. “You’re so different than me that it’s hard for me sometimes to even understand what you’re talking about,” Fonda said. She added that his worldview is totally different and that he is a cynic. “I’m not cynical, and I’ve been around longer than you, a good 20 years more,” she said. “You could be my son. I’d put you over my knees and spank you.”

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The search for a new fire chief will begin in the coming weeks after the Manhattan Beach Fire Department's current leader announced his retirement.Chelsea manager Enzo Maresca says Leicester City's Jamie Vardy is England's best striker in his generation - better even than Harry Kane or Wayne Rooney. The Italian is preparing for a reunion with the 37-year-old forward and his former club at the King Power Stadium on Saturday. When asked about Vardy, who has started all 10 of Leicester's Premier League matches this season, scoring four times, Maresca said: "Vardy is fantastic and people don't realise how good he is. "I know that England has been quite lucky with strikers, like Kane, Rooney and many others, but if you ask me he has been the best one. "He can do many things, like run in behind and finish, but the best thing for me is his open mind. "Last year he changed the way he was playing by dropping in, linking the play and he still wants to learn. But of course he still has the one thing that is most difficult to find, which is to score goals. "He can be out for one week, without training, and play on the Saturday or Sunday and he's the one who scores." When asked whether his Chelsea forwards are as easy to manage, Maresca added: "It is easy to coach Nico [Jackson] and Christo [Nkunku] also. "But the biggest difference between Nico, Christo and Jamie is that, with age, you know exactly what you need every day, because of the experience. When you are young, you don't know exactly what you need day by day to arrive at the game 100 per cent. That was the big difference between them." Vardy launched his career in non-league after getting released by boyhood heroes Sheffield Wednesday, going through spells at Stocksbridge Park Steels, Halifax Town and Fleetwood Town before joining Leicester in the Championship in 2012. Within four seasons, he famously grabbed the goals as the Foxes top scorer to help the Foxes win the Premier League in unlikely circumstances, scoring in 11 consecutive matches to break a record set by Ruud van Nistelrooy, winning Premier League and the Football Writers' Association's player of the year awards. Vardy subsequently won the FA Cup in 2021, but his limited international career underwhelmed, scoring seven times in 26 games. He is the oldest player to win the Premier League's golden boot and has scored the most goals in the division, aged over 30 (106). By comparison, Kane has outscored both Vardy and Rooney, becoming the second-top scorer in Premier League history behind Alan Shearer with 213 goals. He joined Bayern Munich at the start of last season and broke the Bundesliga scoring record in a single campaign, netting 36 goals - and 44 in all competitions. Kane also keeps adding to his record 69 goals for England, surpassing Rooney's tally of 53 in March 2023. But Rooney's club career stands him out from the other deadly duo, winning five Premier League titles, three League Cups and a Champions League, FA Cup, Europa League and Fifa Club World Cup. He also holds Manchester United's all-time scoring record with 253 goals in all competitions. Current Plymouth manager Rooney also played as more of a number 10 throughout much of his career, having featured at number nine, on the wing and in central midfield. Kane, 31, has mostly been a classic number nine up front, but has dropped into a number 10 position in the build-up to attacks. At his peak, Vardy was a composed finisher who caused problems with his pace, running in behind defences and forcing mistakes with his pressing. Despite his age, he continues to be the first-choice striking option at Leicester under Steve Cooper. There may be some unease in the stadium on Saturday after Maresca opted to leave Leicester in the summer after winning the Championship title in his only season at the club. But he was full of respect and positive about the Foxes, although unsure how the supporters will react when they see him in the opposition ranks. "I have no idea how they are going to receive me, but I know how I am going to be with them," added Maresca. "I will be thankful to the club, the players and the fans, because it was a fantastic season. But I cannot control how they are going to receive me." He spoke of his surprise - and delight - when the players arrived at his home to celebrate after clinching top-flight promotion, describing it as "probably the best present I got last season". "When I was a player I was lucky to win things but I never thought to go to the manager’s house," said the 44-year-old, whose career included spells at West Brom, Juventus, Sevilla and Palermo. "I feel very lucky and it shows the connection between the players and the staff. "It showed how the team was close - the connection with the players. That they could go for parties to a different place yet they all arrived at my home. "It was a fantastic connection and I will always be thankful to them. It was hard to leave for sure because there was a good connection in terms of human beings."Allcargo Terminals Limited , which is in the process of raising Rs 500 crore, will invest Rs 115 crore in developing a multimodal logistics park in Farrukhnagar, Haryana, said managing director Suresh Kumar R. Assembly Election Results Live Updates Maharashtra Election Results Jharkhand Election Results Bypoll Election Results “Over phases, we will raise funds through various methods and be ready to invest at the right time,” he told ET. The logistics park is being developed in partnership with the Haryana Orbital Rail Corporation Limited (HORCL), part of the Rs 6,000 crore initiative led by Haryana Rail Infrastructure Development Corporation Limited. Allcargo Terminals had acquired a 7.6% stake in HORCL. “The total investment will be based on the operating model we finalise. We have invested in the HORCL equity and are committed to another Rs 23 crore while balance investments for land access, private freight terminal and inland container depot are in advanced stages of finalisation,” said the executive. 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Share pledging is linked to higher corporate misconduct in China, study findsWhy Web3Bay, DOGE, & Neiro Are Must-Haves During the Current Crypto SurgeMozambique’s top court has confirmed the ruling party’s victory in October’s presidential elections, potentially triggering more protests after more than two months of unrest over allegations that the results were rigged. Daniel Chapo, of the ruling Frelimo party, won the 9 October presidential election with 65.2% of the vote, Lúcia Ribeiro, the chair of Mozambique’s constitutional council, told a press conference on Monday. The figure was lower than that previously announced by the election commission, which said Chapo had won 70.7%, but still more than the 50% needed to win. Meanwhile, the second-place opposition candidate, Venâncio Mondlane, who has captured the imagination of young urban voters, got 24.2%, up from 20.3%, but nowhere near the majority he has claimed. The report of the council, whose members are mostly appointed by Frelimo politicians, said there had been “discrepancies” at the district level during the vote counting, without specifying what caused them. It also said that the Podemos party, which supports Mondlane, had submitted “inflated” figures in their challenge to the results. Mozambique has been roiled by weeks of protests , with security forces killing at least 130 people, according to Human Rights Watch. International election observers have said there was evidence of ballot rigging, but some cautioned that Mondlane may still not have won a free and fair election. The protests have repeatedly brought Mozambique’s economy to a standstill. Its north has also been battered by Cyclone Chido , which made landfall in the south-east African country on 15 December, killing 120 people and destroying an estimated 110,000 homes. Before the ruling on Monday afternoon, Mondlane told his supporters to stay at home until Friday, as part of the anti-election protests, whose latest stage he has called “Turbo V8”. He also said they should not commit any violence. However, in a separate video on Facebook, he said: “If we get the electoral truth [from Ribero], we will have peace. If we get electoral lies, we will push the country over a precipice into chaos, into disorder.” After the ruling, Mozambican TV stations broadcast footage of tyres being burned in streets that were otherwise empty apart from armed state security officers. Sign up to The Long Wave Nesrine Malik and Jason Okundaye deliver your weekly dose of Black life and culture from around the world after newsletter promotion Chapo, who is due to take office on 15 January, told a crowd of cheering Frelimo supporters that he would lead an electoral reform process. “Dialogue is the only way to build social harmony,” he said, without elaborating. While it was expected that the constitutional council would validate Chapo’s victory with some changes, Mondlane inciting protests rather than bargaining with Frelimo was uncharted territory for Mozambique, said Alex Vines, head of the African programme at the thinktank Chatham House. “Historically it’s been a weak state with a stronger party,” said Vines, who was part of a Commonwealth election observer team that monitored the vote. “Now you’re finding both a weak state and a weakening party, being challenged by a new politics ... led by a charismatic populist leader who has tapped into the anger of disenfranchised, frustrated youth.”

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South Korea lifts president's martial law decree after lawmakers reject military rule SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — The president of South Korea early Wednesday lifted the martial law he imposed on the country hours earlier, bending to political pressure after a tense night in which troops surrounded parliament and lawmakers voted to reje Kim Tong-hyung, The Associated Press Dec 3, 2024 3:16 PM Share by Email Share on Facebook Share on X Share on LinkedIn Print Share via Text Message A man shouts to demand South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol to step down in front of the National Assembly in Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2024. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon) SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — The president of South Korea early Wednesday lifted the martial law he imposed on the country hours earlier, bending to political pressure after a tense night in which troops surrounded parliament and lawmakers voted to reject military rule. President Yoon Suk Yeol, who appeared likely to be impeached over his actions, imposed martial law late Tuesday out of frustration with the opposition, vowing to eliminate “anti-state” forces as he struggles against opponents who control parliament and that he accuses of sympathizing with communist North Korea. Police and military personnel were seen leaving the grounds of parliament following the bipartisan vote to overrule the president, and the declaration was formally lifted around 4:30 a.m. during a Cabinet meeting. Parliament acted swiftly after martial law was imposed, with National Assembly Speaker Woo Won Shik declaring that the law was “invalid” and that lawmakers would “protect democracy with the people.” In all, martial law was in effect for about six hours. The president’s surprising move harkened back to an era of authoritarian leaders that the country has not seen since the 1980s, and it was immediately denounced by the opposition and the leader of Yoon’s own conservative party. Lee Jae-myung , leader of the liberal Democratic Party, which holds the majority in the 300-seat parliament, said the party’s lawmakers would remain in the Assembly’s main hall until Yoon formally lifted his order. Woo applauded how troops quickly left the Assembly after the vote. “Even with our unfortunate memories of military coups, our citizens have surely observed the events of today and saw the maturity of our military,” Woo said. While announcing his plan to lift martial law, Yoon continued to criticize parliament’s attempts to impeach key government officials and senior prosecutors. He said lawmakers had engaged in “unscrupulous acts of legislative and budgetary manipulation that are paralyzing the functions of the state.” Jo Seung-lae, a Democratic lawmaker, claimed that security camera footage following Yoon’s declaration showed that troops moved in a way that suggested they were trying to arrest Lee, Woo and even Han Dong-hoon, the leader of Yoon’s People Power Party. Officials from Yoon’s office and the Defense Ministry did not respond to requests for comment early Wednesday. Seemingly hundreds of protesters gathered in front of the Assembly, waving banners and calling for Yoon’s impeachment. Some protesters scuffled with troops ahead of the lawmakers’ vote, but there were no immediate reports of injuries or major property damage. At least one window was broken as troops attempted to enter the Assembly building. One woman tried unsuccessfully to pull a rifle away from one of the soldiers, while shouting “Aren’t you embarrassed?” Under South Korea’s constitution, the president can declare martial law during “wartime, war-like situations or other comparable national emergency states” that require the use of military force to maintain peace and order. It was questionable whether South Korea is currently in such a state. When martial law is declared, “special measures” can be employed to restrict freedom of press, freedom of assembly and other rights, as well as the power of courts. The constitution also states that the president must oblige when the National Assembly demands the lifting of martial law with a majority vote. Following Yoon’s announcement of martial law, South Korea’s military proclaimed that parliament and other political gatherings that could cause “social confusion” would be suspended, South Korea’s Yonhap news agency said. The military said anyone who violated the decree could be arrested without a warrant. In Washington, the White House said the U.S. was “seriously concerned” by the events in Seoul. A spokesperson for the National Security Council said President Joe Biden’s administration was not notified in advance of the martial law announcement and was in contact with the South Korean government. Pentagon spokesman Maj. Gen. Pat Ryder said there was no effect on the more than 27,000 U.S. service members based in South Korea. The South Korean military also said that the country’s striking doctors should return to work within 48 hours, Yonhap said. Thousands of doctors have been striking for months over government plans to expand the number of students at medical schools. Soon after martial law was declared, the parliament speaker called on his YouTube channel for all lawmakers to gather at the National Assembly. He urged military and law enforcement personnel to “remain calm and hold their positions. All 190 lawmakers who participated in the vote supported the lifting of martial law. At one point, television footage showed police officers blocking the entrance of the National Assembly and helmeted soldiers carrying rifles in front of the building. An Associated Press photographer saw at least three helicopters, likely from the military, that landed inside the Assembly grounds, while two or three helicopters circled above the site. The leader of Yoon’s conservative party called the decision to impose martial law “wrong.” Lee, who narrowly lost to Yoon in the 2022 presidential election, said Yoon’s announcement was “illegal and unconstitutional.” Yoon said during a televised speech that martial law would help “rebuild and protect” the country from “falling into the depths of national ruin.” He said he would “eradicate pro-North Korean forces and protect the constitutional democratic order.” “I will eliminate anti-state forces as quickly as possible and normalize the country,” he said, while asking the people to believe in him and tolerate “some inconveniences.” Yoon — whose approval rating dipped in recent months — has struggled to push his agenda against an opposition-controlled parliament since taking office in 2022. His party has been locked in an impasse with the liberal opposition over next year’s budget bill. The opposition has also attempted to impeach three top prosecutors, including the chief of the central Seoul prosecutors’ office, in what the conservatives have called a vendetta against their criminal investigations of Lee, who has been seen as the favorite for the next presidential election in 2027 in opinion polls. During his televised announcement, Yoon also described the opposition as “shameless pro-North Korean anti-state forces who are plundering the freedom and happiness of our citizens.” He did not elaborate. Yoon has taken a hard line on North Korea over its nuclear ambitions, departing from the policies of his liberal predecessor, Moon Jae-in, who pursued inter-Korean engagement. Yoon has also dismissed calls for independent investigations into scandals involving his wife and top officials, drawing quick, strong rebukes from his political rivals. Yoon’s move was the first declaration of martial law since the country’s democratization in 1987. The country’s last previous martial law was in October 1979, following the assassination of former military dictator Park Chung-hee. Sydney Seiler, Korean chair at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, argued that the move was symbolic for Yoon to express his frustration with the opposition-controlled parliament. “He has nothing to lose,” said Seiler, comparing Yoon’s move to the Hail Mary pass in American football, with a slim chance of success. Now Yoon faces likely impeachment, a scenario that was also possible before he made the bold move, Seiler said. Natalia Slavney, research analyst at the Stimson Center’s 38 North website that focuses on Korean affairs, said Yoon’s imposition of martial law was “a serious backslide of democracy" that followed a “worrying trend of abuse” since he took office in 2022. South Korea “has a robust history of political pluralism and is no stranger to mass protests and swift impeachments,” Slavney said, citing the example of former President Park Geun-hye, the country’s first female president, who was ousted from office and imprisoned for bribery and other crimes in 2017 . ___ Associated Press writers Hyung-jin Kim in Seoul, South Korea, and Matt Lee, Didi Tang and Tara Copp in Washington contributed to this report. Kim Tong-hyung, The Associated Press See a typo/mistake? Have a story/tip? 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For more information, submit a form , email attorney Aaron Dumas, Jr., or give us a call at (800) 350-6003. The Allegations: Robbins LLP is Investigating Allegations that Wolfspeed, Inc (WOLF) Misled Investors Regarding its Revenue Projections According to the complaint, defendants provided the public with revenue projections that depended on the Mohawk Valley fabrication facility ramping its production to meet and/or exceed demand for its 200mm wafer product. Defendants provided these overwhelmingly positive statements to investors while, at the same time, concealing material adverse facts concerning the true state of Wolfspeed’s growth potential and, in particular, the operational status and profitability of the Mohawk Valley fabrication facility. First, to meet its publicly stated projections, the Company would have to cancel or otherwise indefinitely suspend planned future projects such as the facility in Saarland, Germany. 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Trump’s conquest: President-elect posts bizarre AI pic of himself with Canadian flag (on a Swiss mountain)HENDERSON, Nev. (AP) — Aidan O'Connell might not be Mr. Right for the Raiders, but he is Mr. Right Now. He did enough in Friday's 19-17 loss at Kansas City to show that Las Vegas' quarterback job will be his for the rest of the season — barring, that is, another injury. O'Connell didn't look like a quarterback who hadn't played in nearly six weeks because of a broken thumb . Plus, the Raiders had a short week to prepare for the Chiefs, meaning O'Connell only went through a series of walk-through practices. Even so, he completed 23 of 35 passes for 340 yards, including touchdown passes of 33 yards to tight end Brock Bowers and 58 yards to wide receiver Tre Tucker. He didn't throw any interceptions. “Thought he competed,” coach Antonio Pierce said Saturday morning. “I thought for what we knew we were getting with Spags (Kansas City defensive coordinator Steve Spagnuolo) and that defense, that he stood in the pocket, made some tough throws, took some hits, took the shots down the field like we wanted. We had some opportunities to take shots down the field, he threw them. And I thought our skill guys did a hell of a job competing and making some really good plays for us.” O'Connell's performance would've shined even more if not for the Raiders' final offensive play. He led the Raiders from their 8-yard line to the Chiefs 32 with 15 seconds left. The plan was for O'Connell to take the snap and throw the ball away to run off a few more seconds, then send Daniel Carlson out for the potential winning field goal without giving Patrick Mahomes enough time to mount one of his signature comebacks. But rookie center Jackson Powers-Johnson snapped the ball before O'Connell was expecting it, and the Chiefs recovered to secure another close, last-minute victory. The Raiders were called for illegal shift, which Kansas City declined. But there was some question about whether officials intended to call a false start instead. Though that infraction would have cost Las Vegas 5 yards, the pre-snap penalty still would've given Carlson a shot at the field goal. Pierce said his team heard an official's whistle before the snap, and that will be included in the Raiders' report to the NFL. “We do that every game,” Pierce said. “Typically, anywhere from three to five questions, and then we’ll get a letter within 24 to 36 hours, and we’ll read it and learn from it.” Bowers had another sensational game. He was targeted 14 times, catching 10 passes for 140 yards. For the season, he has 84 receptions for 884 yards and four TDs, making him a strong contender for Offensive Rookie of the Year. “We’re seeing double-teams and them really shifting their zone to him, and I don’t really think it matters,” Pierce said. “I think we've got a really special player on our hand.” The Raiders need to do better on first and second downs to set up more favorable third-down conversions. They have faced 47 third downs from 7 to 10 yards, tied with the Dallas Cowboys for fifth most. Las Vegas' conversion rate on those plays is 36.2%, which actually is favorable compared to the rest of the league, but the Raiders are still creating too many of those situations. Las Vegas made life difficult for Mahomes, sacking him five times. And it wasn't just Maxx Crosby bringing the heat. Four players had at least one-half sack, including K’Lavon Chaisson, who had 1 1/2. It was a season-high total for the Raiders, and they have taken down the opposing quarterback in 30 consecutive games, the third-longest active streak. Carlson is usually money, but he missed field goals from 56, 55 and 58 yards. Hardly chip shots, but he is capable of converting from those distances. He had made 30 of 38 field goals from 50-plus yards entering the game, with a career long of 57 yards. WR DJ Turner injured his knee in the second half. 12 — The Raiders are one of three teams to fall behind double digits in each of their first 12 games of a season. The others were the 1986 Indianapolis Colts and 1972 New England Patriots. The Raiders visit Tampa Bay on Dec. 8. AP NFL: https://apnews.com/hub/nflThe Thing Remastered Release Date Quietly Revealed for Later This Week

The leaders of the state Legislature have a message for voters: We know you’re frustrated with how expensive California is — and we’re going to fix it. After a painful election that sparked recriminations and soul-searching among Democrats across the country, state Senate President Pro Tem Mike McGuire and Assembly Speaker Robert Rivas are returning to Sacramento recommitted to addressing the affordability issues that appear to have pushed more voters toward the Republican Party in November. As a new two-year legislative session kicks off today at the state Capitol, McGuire and Rivas told CalMatters in separate interviews that the priority will be advancing policies that lower the cost of living for working Californians, including by building more housing, making energy cheaper and improving public infrastructure. “Our only way forward is to acknowledge that we have to do better,” Rivas, a Salinas Democrat, said. “It’s clear — we haven’t done enough.” Resistance to Trump Just don’t expect any dramatic changes under the dome. Despite losing a handful of seats, both leaders are adamant that signal that voters are still on board with their values, if not always the outcomes of their governance. Instead, the most significant difference in Sacramento next year is likely to be the shadow of a new president, Republican Donald Trump, who made California a punching bag on the campaign trail and has . With many in state government resuming the resistance posture that defined California’s relationship to Trump during his first term from 2017 to 2021 — a concurrent special session called by Gov. Gavin Newsom to also convenes today — it’s unclear how the Legislature will balance those competing interests and whether responding to Trump will ultimately distract from the work that the leaders say needs to happen on affordability. “I firmly believe that we have to fight the damaging and destructive policies that Donald Trump is going to advance,” McGuire, a Santa Rosa Democrat, said. “We’re going to need to fight the Trump administration, but we can’t take our eye off all the challenges we need to fix.” Taking Losses in Stride The November election was undoubtedly a disappointment, though not a disaster, for legislative Democrats in California. The Assembly caucus defended all of its incumbents but picked up none of the Republican districts it targeted and lost two open seats that had previously been held by Democrats. The Senate caucus also failed to flip its target districts, and members are fuming after a union ally , the first sitting Senate Democrat to lose in a presidential election in more than four decades. It was the for legislative Republicans — all the more remarkable because Trump, who California Democrats have successfully used as a foil for years, was on the ballot. The party has celebrated it as proof that voters are fed up with how the Democrats in charge have handled affordability, homelessness and crime. “As Californians grow increasingly frustrated with the failures of Democrat leadership, they are shifting toward Republican solutions,” Senate Republican Leader Brian Jones of San Diego said in a statement last week. Democrats nevertheless maintain total control in Sacramento, including 60 out of 80 seats in the Assembly and 30 out of 40 seats in the Senate. McGuire and Rivas insist those results refute the notion that they have fallen out of step with what Californians want. Rivas called it a “clear mandate” for Democrats — to focus on the issues that matter to voters, prove they are serious about governing and follow through with better outcomes. “No, I don’t think we are out of touch,” he said. “It’s not about changing who we are, but it’s about changing our approach to addressing these many challenges.” McGuire was even more resolute that legislative Democrats had won in a landslide. “Do we need to reflect? Absolutely. But the numbers don’t lie,” he said. “The Senate Republican Caucus still fits into a minivan.” Crime Isn’t a Priority The leaders have few details yet about how exactly they will address the cost of living in the coming session, as members continue to develop their legislative agendas. McGuire said his caucus would advance an affordability plan “that makes the lives of working Californians and seniors better” and “go to the mat to fix our homelessness crisis.” Rivas said he expected housing to be at the top of the list for his caucus, as well as reviving a that fell short last session. One issue that does not appear to be a priority is crime, a source of increasing anxiety and frustration for many Californians, even after voters overwhelmingly passed Proposition 36, which strengthens penalties for some drug and theft offenses. Legislative Democrats largely backed Newsom earlier this year as he unsuccessfully tried to negotiate the measure off the November ballot. It ultimately won approval from more than 68% of voters, reversing a decade-long trend of the electorate loosening California’s criminal justice laws. McGuire and Rivas defended their approach, which included passing a dozen bills cracking down on retail theft this summer as negotiations over the ballot measure fizzled — a legislative package that McGuire argues will do far more to solve the problem than Proposition 36. Though he said lawmakers “need to listen” to the fact that voters wanted to go even further, McGuire did not commit to any additional action. Rivas said he is serious about holding people who break the law accountable, but added that it is important to ensure more services, such as drug rehabilitation, are available to prevent a return to an earlier era where California’s prisons were deemed unconstitutionally overcrowded. “This is more than just sending people to jail. This is about alternatives to incarceration,” Rivas said. “There is a pendulum. It swings hard left, hard right. We want to do an adequate job where that pendulum does not swing at all.” The Trump Factor The Democratic leaders’ plans could be upended by what Trump decides to do when he takes office on Jan. 20. Fighting back against the president became an inescapable focus of California officials during Trump’s first term. While the Legislature passed laws to protect the environment, prevent cooperation with immigration enforcement and even try to pry loose Trump’s tax returns, the state sued his administration more than 120 times over policy disputes. Just two days after Trump won the presidency again last month, Newsom called a special session seeking additional funding for the state Department of Justice and other state agencies as officials prepare another barrage of litigation. Battles are expected this time over access to abortion medication, California’s commitment to phasing out gas-powered cars and protections for immigrants brought to the country illegally as children. McGuire said the special session is important so that California can move with speed to “build a legal firewall” as it did before. “The United States of America is in the calm before the storm. The hurricane is about to hit,” he said. “And shame on us if we’re not battening down the hatches.” While he’s “all in” on any genuine opportunity to work with Trump to benefit California, McGuire said “there’s also a dark red line” that he won’t accept the president crossing. “I take Donald Trump at his word. He’s coming for those who don’t agree, and California is in the bullseye,” McGuire said. “If the president-elect tries to undermine our state, undermine our democracy, he’ll quickly see how determined the people of California truly are.” But they may not be as determined as they were eight years ago. Trump’s second victory, including in the popular vote this time around, has been met by many Democrats more with resignation than defiance. Even Rivas seems disinclined to leap back into the fray. He said California would defend its values, but with much of that work already done, lawmakers could focus instead on better serving working people and Latino communities who have felt left behind. “This is not 2016,” he said. “Find an area in the last eight years where California hasn’t Trump-proofed already. Now is the time to roll up our sleeves.”

ADHD has long been associated with naughty schoolkids who cannot sit still in class. And that is part of it. Fidgeting, daydreaming and getting easily distracted are all symptoms of the behavioural condition, which is why it is often spotted in children. However, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder is far more complex than simply having trouble focusing — a realisation that has led to a wave of new diagnoses. TV presenter Ant McPartlin is among those who only discovered, as an adult, a side to himself he never truly understood. The 49-year-old, currently hosting ITV’s I’m A Celebrity, revealed everything “made sense” after his ADHD diagnosis aged 43 following years of what he described as “popcorn thinking” — being able to jump between things easily. “Professionally, it’s brilliant,” the telly favourite told The Sun. Read More on Health “Personally, I’m all over the place.” Singer Jessie J, 36, who was diagnosed after having her son Sky in 2023, said motherhood “exposed” her ADHD, but she now considers it her “superpower”. Meanwhile, broadcaster Ben Fogle, 51, was diagnosed after experiencing a “mental health storm”, while Game Of Thrones star Kit Harington’s diagnosis came during a 2019 rehab stint for alcohol issues. Along with dyslexia and autism , ADHD is considered a form of neurodiversity , with up to 15 per cent of the population thought to be neurodivergent. Most read in Health Dr Jessica Agnew-Blais, senior lecturer in psychology at Queen Mary University of London, tells Sun Health: “Hyperactivity may be thought of as the ‘classic’ ADHD picture, like when someone is always on the go, has a lot of energy and feels like they have to be moving around all the time. “But there are some symptoms of ADHD that tend to be less obvious. Often, these are to do with inattention, impulsivity, being forgetful and having poor time management.” Emotional wellbeing An estimated 2.6million people in the UK have ADHD, but that number is on the rise, particularly among adults. Research by University College London found there was a 20-fold increase in diagnoses in UK adults between 2000 and 2018, and an almost 5,000 per cent rise in prescriptions for men aged 18 to 29. But why? Henry Shelford, CEO and co-founder of ADHD UK, says it is a combination of increased awareness, decreased stigma and improved access to healthcare. But he adds: “If it isn’t debilitating, it isn’t ADHD.” In recent years, social media has given rise to trends which conflate specific personality traits or single behaviours with ADHD. You might be thinking, ‘I’m always losing my keys, forgetting birthdays and I can never concentrate at work — I must have ADHD’. But it’s not as simple as that. Though these may all point to the condition, Dr Elena Touroni, a consultant psychologist and co-founder of The Chelsea Psychology Clinic, says: “The key distinction lies in how much a behaviour impacts a person’s daily life. “Genuine ADHD symptoms affect multiple areas of life—work, relationships and emotional wellbeing, whereas personality traits are typically context-dependent and less disruptive.” ADHD UK’s Henry, who has the condition himself, adds: “Having ADHD is hard. One in ten men with ADHD and one in four women with ADHD will at some point try to take their own lives.” Dr Jessica adds: “Just because you occasionally can’t remember where you left your mobile phone, or you procrastinate about filing your taxes, it doesn’t mean you have ADHD. “A lot of us have really busy lives! We are working or going to school, looking after kids or caring for other family members, trying to maintain organisation at work and at home — and this means we are carrying a really heavy load.” She says it is when symptoms take a negative toll on your life and wellbeing that it warrants a formal assessment. So how can ADHD manifest in someone’s life? While hyperactivity is a common indicator, here are nine other subtle signs: TIME BLINDNESS DR Elena says: “Losing track of time or underestimating how long tasks will take is common. This can lead to frequent lateness or rushed efforts to meet deadlines.” Henry adds: “Lots of people with ADHD struggle with tracking time and keeping focus to be on time. “That shows itself as being chronically late or sometimes ridiculously early. "Many people don’t realise that being chronically early — like arriving four hours early for a plane — may be a coping mechanism for ADHD traits.” LACK OF ORGANISATION A MESSY home or frequently misplacing items such as a phone, glasses or keys is also seen in many adults with ADHD. “This can appear as a lack of care, but it is often rooted in difficulty managing executive functioning,” says Dr Elena. “People might struggle to keep their surroundings tidy, misplace everyday items or forget deadlines.” HYPERFOCUS “WHILE many think of ADHD as an inability to concentrate, hyperfocus is another side of the coin,” Dr Elena says. “Someone might become deeply engrossed in an activity, neglecting other responsibilities.” This often means avoiding “boring” tasks, such as filling out forms, and prioritising enjoyable ones. Henry says: “Being locked into something for hours is great if it’s important, but not so great if it isn’t.” PROCRASTINATION MANY adults with ADHD feel overwhelmed by to-do lists and struggle to determine what needs attention first. “This leads to procrastination or a focus on less important tasks,” Dr Elena explains. Difficulty organising the steps needed to complete a task, and poor time management, can also mean a person loses interest, leaving jobs unfinished, according to Dr Jessica. HEIGHTENED EMOTIONS ANOTHER core feature of ADHD is emotional struggle. It can manifest in angry outbursts, feeling flooded with joy or shutting down because you feel too much at once — you are overwhelmed by emotions. Dr Elena says: “These intense emotional reactions, sometimes to minor stresses, can affect personal and professional relationships.” BEING A ‘YES MAN’ IF you constantly find yourself agreeing to new projects at work, or dinner dates with friends when you’re already busy, this could be a sign of ADHD. Dr Elena says: “A desire to please or impulsively saying ‘yes’ to opportunities leads to overcommitment and burnout.” IMPATIENCE INTERRUPTING people mid-conversation is also common. “This can come from feeling uncomfortable waiting for things,” Dr Jessica says. “It can be painful to stand in a queue or you can want to finish other people’s sentences.” Side-effects include frustration as well as being over-chatty. Henry adds: “There’s this need to use your energy and to tell people what has popped into your brain, so you over-talk and over-share.” RESTLESSN­ESS HYPERACTIVITY can manifest in children as excessive physical movement. But in adults, it can cause an “internal sense of restlessness”. “This can prompt a need to tap, pace or fidget,” Dr Elena says. “They may be able to sit still through a meeting to fit with social norms, but they may feel restless on the inside,” Dr Jessica says. Henry describes actively trying to hold still as “almost painful”. EASILY DISTRACTED BEING easily distracted is another hallmark of ADHD — similar to Ant’s “popcorn thinking”. “This can be external things — such as noises or other conversations,” Dr Jessica says. This “noisy brain” can make it hard to get through a book. Celebs reveal ups and downs DOZENS of celebrities have opened up about their ADHD symptoms or diagnosis in recent years. Their experiences highlight how vastly ADHD can present itself and impact life, with links to mental health issues, but also huge career successes. ADRIAN CHILES TV PRESENTER Adrian, 57, who was diagnosed in 2016, wrote: “Until I got a diagnosis, ADHD made my life heart-stoppingly, nerve-shreddingly difficult, as I veered wildly between the thrill of it all and the crippling anxiety and depression. "It was unsustainably exhausting.” BARRY KEOGHAN IN 2020, Saltburn actor Barry, 32, discovered he has the condition. He told Esquire magazine: “My mind used to be like a traffic jam, crazy, and then with the medication, it is like one car goes, then another car goes. "It is something that should be recognised and talked about in adults.” DENISE WELCH LOOSE Women star Denise, 66, spoke out about her ADHD last year. She told Hello mag: “If I don’t say what I think is important, I forget it. "There’s a desperation in me that I need to get out what I want to say, which is a symptom. I’m exhausted. "Even things I look forward to doing, I can’t be bothered.” GEORGIA HARRISON EX-LOVE Islander Georgia, 29, learned she had ADHD four years ago. She told OK! mag: “I was clever, got mostly straight As and always intended to do well, but I had ADHD and didn’t know it. "I found it hard to concentrate, I got in trouble for being loud, interrupting. I had the symptoms.” JAMES HASKELL AT the age of eight, ex-England rugby star and podcaster James, 39, was given his diagnosis. He told inews: “If your mind isn’t chanelled, it can be your undoing. "ADHD was essential to what I achieved. With the right help, it can help you achieve more than you would believe.” OLIVIA ATTWOOD PRESENTER Olivia, 33, was diagnosed in 2020. She told Grazia mag: “My ADHD was causing anxiety, which was causing me to feel depressed. READ MORE SUN STORIES 10 Olivia Attwood said: 'My ADHD was causing anxiety, which was causing me to feel depressed' Credit: Getty "The way it was described to me is like having a computer with too many tabs open. "It is like your brain is always going, like, a million miles an hour.” UNFORTUNATELY, a GP cannot formally diagnose ADHD – but they can refer you for a specialist assessment. Be warned, though, the wait can be long. Data suggests there are at least 196,000 adults on waiting lists across the UK. And a BBC investigation found in many areas it would take at least eight years to clear the backlog. For an adult to be diagnosed with ADHD, the NHS says their symptoms should have a moderate effect on different areas of their life, such as underachieving at work or having difficulties in relationships, and they should have been displaying symptoms continuously for at least six months. There must also be evidence that symptoms have been present since childhood, as it is thought the condition cannot develop for the first time in adults. After a diagnosis, treatment can include psychological therapies, psychotherapy, social skills training and medication. For many, a diagnosis can be a relief, but it may also unravel mixed emotions and feelings of “being different”. ADHD UK (adhduk.co.uk) can offer support and information on considering diagnostic pathways.

AP Business SummaryBrief at 6:23 p.m. ESTdebut cover of the holiday classic has left fans both confused and disturbed after the release of its accompanying music video. The track, produced by brother-in-law , dropped on Sunday night, and the accompanying visuals quickly became the subject of online debate. Check out the eerie video below: Kim Kardashian's "Santa Baby" cover The music video, directed by and , is set to a slowed-down version of the festive tune, but it's the eerie imagery that has taken center stage. Fans have compared the clip to an unsettling filled with bizarre, almost surreal scenes. , dressed in a blonde bob wig, is seen navigating a chaotic house party, where things quickly spiral into the strange and unsettling. The video captures seemingly disoriented, crawling across the floor at a late-night party. As the camera pans around, viewers are introduced to a series of bizarre partygoers, including creepy elves, men in 1980s clothing, and a donkey standing alongside a figure dressed as the . As crawls through the scene, she passes unsettling moments, including a woman dancing in a cheerleader outfit and men fighting over money. The only intensifies as the video progresses. Despite the offbeat visuals, remains a central figure in the clip, moving through scenes filled with tension and absurdity. The strange events unfold rapidly, with moments such as a nun mumbling incoherently, people dressed as Santas stealing items, and a surreal scene featuring a man dressed as who is later revealed to be none other than . Fans have taken to social media to express their shock, with many commenting on the unsettling nature of the video. Some viewers have labeled it a while others have called it Despite the criticism, some fans have praised the video for its avant-garde and abstract approach, calling it and

It’s a notification no parent wants to receive—from the school principal about a weapon on campus, brought in by a former student. But, that’s exactly what Principal David Dominguez, Principal of Ellison High School did. Here is the text posted on the Facebook page “What’s happening in Killeen/Fort Hood, TX”: “Good afternoon, Eagle Parents: This is David Dominguez, Principal of Ellison High School. I am calling to make you aware of an incident that occurred this morning on our campus. A former student was taken into custody for trespassing on our campus, and was found to be (in) possession of a weapon. The individual was transported to the Bell County Juvenile Detention Center and will be subject to criminal charges. There has been no interruption to normal campus operations today. We take any threat to school safety seriously, and we work closely with campus police to investigate any potential threat to the safety of our students and staff. As a precaution we will have an increased police presence on our campus for the remainder of today and tomorrow. The safety of everyone on campus is always our highest priority. As always, thank you for your support.” It is not clear whether all parents received this notification since Dominguez describes it as a “call.” And, as some comments to the Facebook post have said, there was no mention of what type of a weapon. Several parents commented that it is commendable that the perpetrator was apprehended and now is under the jurisdiction of Juvenile Detention. What is not clear are the circumstances surrounding the apprehension. Some have asked if the person was “let in” by another student or staff and some have questioned the strict safety standards imposed in light of the nationwide surge in school shootings. Comments on several social media sites ask why the school wasn’t put on lockdown, and, why did the principal wait until the end of the school day to notify parents? After reaching out to KISD for a statement, Director of Communications Karen Rudolph replied by email. “Killeen ISD commends the swift and effective actions of the campus police and Ellison High School administration in responding to last week’s incident. Thanks to their immediate response and collaboration, the individual was taken into custody without incident, and normal campus operations were able to continue uninterrupted. The safety and security of our students and staff remain our highest priority. Anyone threatening the safety of our students and staff will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law. Students and families are always encouraged to report a threat or safety concern to KISD Police, which can be done through our online platform at www.KISDisSAFE.com .” Some of the comments posted on “What’s happening in Killeen/Fort Hood, TX include: Luz Liliana Gonzalez - “Why am I getting a call (at) 4 p.m.? My (student) said they didn’t hear anything about whathappened.” Courtney Newman - “I wish I could say this was the first time a situation like this has happened but this district seems as if they aren’t going to make any changes until lives are actually lost...” Carlice Marie - “But this is not the KISD page...why not contact them directly... Then post her(e) for FYSA.. Because my concern would have had me at the school meeting with the Principal who has or maybe does not have all the answer.” Shana Spears - “Take this up with Dr. Fey at the next board meeting. I think it’s on Tuesday.” The KISD School Board meets twice Tuesday. Once, for a Special Workshop Meeting at 9 a.m. and again at 1 p.m. for a Workshop Meeting in the Central Administration building at 200 N. W.S. Young Drive.LOS ANGELES — The Dodgers’ signing of Blake Snell became official Saturday, adding the two-time Cy Young Award winner to front a starting rotation stocked with question marks. Snell, who will turn 32 next week, agreed to a five-year, $182 million contract that includes a $52 million signing bonus and $65 million in deferred salary. That deal was pending a physical which Snell passed. The 2018 American League Cy Young Award winner with the Tampa Bay Rays, Snell won the National League Cy Young in 2023 after going 14-9 with a 2.25 ERA for the San Diego Padres. He became a free agent last winter but stayed on the market well into March looking for a long-term deal that never materialized despite his Cy Young history. The Dodgers were involved with Snell at one point before he signed a two-year, $62 million contract with the San Francisco Giants that included an opt-out clause. He exercised that opt-out after going 5-3 with a 3.12 ERA in an injury-interrupted season with the Giants. He had 145 strikeouts and just 44 walks in 104 innings. But he made just 20 starts due to two trips to the injured list with a groin injury (likely related to his late signing affecting his preparation for the season). The 20 starts were his fewest in a full season since his rookie year in 2016 (19 starts). Snell goes to the front of a rotation that includes a number of players returning from injury and/or surgery. Shohei Ohtani is expected to return to pitching after undergoing his second Tommy John surgery in September 2023. But his return to the mound will be delayed by surgery on his non-throwing shoulder following the World Series. Yoshinobu Yamamoto finished the 2024 season healthy but missed three months with a rotator cuff strain. Neither he nor Ohtani will be asked to pitch on less than five days of rest and the Dodgers are planning to go with a six-man rotation in 2025. Tyler Glasnow’s 2024 season ended early with an elbow injury and his status for 2025 is uncertain. Tony Gonsolin will be returning from Tommy John surgery. Dustin May did not pitch in 2024 while recovering from his own elbow surgery and a torn esophagus. Emmet Sheehan is expected back at some point in 2025 after his Tommy John surgery. Clayton Kershaw is expected to re-sign at some point. But he underwent foot and knee surgeries in November and is not likely to be available for a full season. Walker Buehler and Jack Flaherty are free agents. The Dodgers will start the 2025 season early again with another trip to Asia. They are scheduled to open the regular season with two games against the Chicago Cubs on March 18 and 19 in Tokyo.