3bet999 bet ANDOVER, Mass. , Dec. 23, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- TransMedics Group, Inc. ("TransMedics") (Nasdaq: TMDX), a medical technology company that is transforming organ transplant therapy for patients with end-stage lung, heart, and liver failure, today announced that members of the management team will present at the upcoming 43 rd Annual J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference. The presentation will take place on Monday, January 13, 2025 , at 2:15 p.m. Pacific Standard Time / 5:15 p.m. Eastern Standard Time . Javascript is required for you to be able to read premium content. Please enable it in your browser settings.That buzzing coming out of New Jersey? It's unclear if it's drones or something else, but for sure the nighttime sightings are producing tons of talk, a raft of conspiracy theories and craned necks looking skyward. Cropping up on local news and social media sites around Thanksgiving, reported over New Jersey has reached incredible heights. This week seems to have begun a new, higher-profile chapter: (but so far not getting) explanations from federal and state authorities about what's behind them. Gov. Phil Murphy asking for answers. New Jersey's new senator, Andy Kim, spent Thursday night on a drone hunt in rural northern New Jersey, and posted about it on X. But perhaps the most fantastic development is the dizzying proliferation of conspiracies — none of which has been confirmed or suggested by federal and state officials who say they're looking into what's happening. It has become shorthand to refer to the flying machines as drones, but there are questions about whether what people are seeing are unmanned aircraft or something else. Some theorize the drones came from an Iranian mothership. Others think they are the Secret Service making sure President-elect Donald Trump’s Bedminster property is secure. Others worry about China. The deep state. And on. In the face of uncertainty, people have done what they do in 2024: Create a social media group. The Facebook page, , has nearly 44,000 members, up from 39,000 late Thursday. People are posting their photo and video sightings, and the online commenters take it from there. One video shows a whitish light flying in a darkened sky, and one commenter concludes it’s otherworldly. “Straight up orbs,” the person says. Others weigh in to say it’s a plane or maybe a satellite. Another group called for hunting the drones literally, shooting them down like turkeys. (Do not shoot at anything in the sky, experts warn.) Trisha Bushey, 48, of Lebanon Township, New Jersey, lives near Round Valley Reservoir where there have been numerous sightings. She said she first posted photos online last month wondering what the objects were and became convinced they were drones when she saw how they moved and when her son showed her on a flight tracking site that no planes were around. Now she's glued to the Mystery Drones page, she said. “I find myself — instead of Christmas shopping or cleaning my house — checking it,” she said. She doesn't buy what the governor said, that Murphy told Biden on Friday that residents need answers. The federal Homeland Security Department and FBI also said in a joint statement they have no evidence that the sightings pose “a national security?or public safety?threat or have a foreign nexus.” “How can you say it’s not posing a threat if you don’t know what it is?” she said. “I think that’s why so many people are uneasy.” Then there's the notion that people could misunderstand what they're seeing. William Austin is the president of Warren County Community College, which has a drone technology degree program, and is coincidentally located in one of the sighting hotspots. Austin says he has looked at videos of purported drones and that airplanes are being misidentified as drones. He cited an optical effect called parallax, which is the apparent shift of an object when viewed from different perspectives. Austin encouraged people to download flight and drone tracker apps so they can better understand what they're looking at. Nonetheless, people continue to come up with their own theories. “It represents the United States of America in 2024,” Austin said. “We’ve lost trust in our institutions, and we need it.” Federal officials echo Austin's view that many of the sightings are piloted aircraft such as planes and helicopters being mistaken for drones, according to lawmakers and Murphy. That's not really convincing for many, though, who are homing in on the sightings beyond just New Jersey and the East Coast, where others have reported seeing the objects. For Seph Divine, 34, another member of the drone hunting group who lives in Eugene, Oregon, it feels as if it’s up to citizen sleuths to solve the mystery. He said he tries to be a voice of reason, encouraging people to fact check their information, while also asking probing questions. “My main goal is I don’t want people to be caught up in the hysteria and I also want people to not just ignore it at the same time,” he said. “Whether or not it’s foreign military or some secret access program or something otherworldly, whatever it is, all I’m saying is it’s alarming that this is happening so suddenly and so consistently for hours at a time,” he added.Trump's casting call as he builds out his administration: TV experience preferredMax George ‘staying positive’ amid hospital stay due to heart issues

Missoula Invitational Saturday at the Mission Valley Aquatic Center, Polson Girls team scores: Kalispell Glacier 384.5, Missoula Sentinel 285, Missoula Hellgate 264, Helena Capital 223, Missoula Big Sky 200, Helena 166, Butte 149.5, Polson 115, Bigfork 80, Butte Central 20, Kalispell Flathead 2. Boys team scores: Helena Capital 439, Missoula Hellgate 308, Polson 252, Butte 228, Kalispell Glacier 181, Missoula Sentinel 155, Missoula Big Sky 153, Butte Central 75, Kalispell Flathead 61, Helena 11. Girls 200 Yard Medley Relay: 1, Missoula Sentinel 'A' 1:57.03. 2, Glacier High School 'A' 1:58.45. 3, Helena Capital High School 'A' 2:10.17. 4, Butte High School 'A' 2:10.78. 5, Helena High School 'A' 2:14.88. 6, Glacier High School 'B' 2:21.62. Boys 200 Yard Medley Relay: 1, Helena Capital High School 'A' 1:47.52. 2, Glacier High School 'A' 1:52.31. 3, Polson High School 'A' 1:58.13. 4, Missoula Hellgate 'A' 1:59.15. 5, Butte High School 'A' 2:05.94. 6, Helena Capital High School 'B' 2:11.15. Girls 200 Yard Freestyle: 1, Gibbons, Olivia, Glacier, 2:01.47. 2, La, Aeri L, Sentinel, 2:01.96. 3, Stack, Ella J, Big Sky/Loyola, 2:08.25. 4, Lynch, Delaney M, Capital, 2:11.72. 5, Simms, Molly T, Hellgate, 2:14.67. 6, Barkley, Ellie G, Hellgate, 2:15.74. Boys 200 Yard Freestyle: 1, Hommerding, Luke J, Sentinel, 1:52.86. 2, Westenfelder, Leo S, Hellgate, 1:55.43. 3, Chatriand, Beauden K, Hellgate, 1:58.91. 4, McKenzie, Aiden M, Big Sky/Loyola, 1:59.09. 5, Stetson, Finn R, Hellgate, 2:03.40. 6, Major, Jack C, Big Sky/Loyola, 2:06.57. Girls 200 Yard IM: 1, Massey, Ophelia C, Hellgate, 2:30.86. 2, May, Morgan, HHS, 2:34.54. 3, Melnick, Lucy, Glacier, 2:35.90. 4, Waters, Daria L, Sentinel, 2:43.22. 5, McIntosh, Kaidyn L, Big Sky/Loyola, 2:47.31. 6, Montgomery, Dixie, Polson, 3:07.15. Boys 200 Yard IM: 1, Delhomme, PJ J, Big Sky/Loyola, 2:10.93. 2, McNeil, Edward, Glacier, 2:12.18. 3, Bernhardt, Brayden T, Sentinel, 2:16.33. 4, Sawyer, Truman, Polson, 2:20.65. 5, Dennison, Paul F, Hellgate, 2:29.37. 6, Mizner, Nathan, Sentinel, 2:33.74. Girls 50 Yard Freestyle: 1, Ascher, Adalynn L, Sentinel, 26.00. 2, La, Aeri L, Sentinel, 26.07. 3, Urban, Elizabeth G, Capital, 26.31. 4, Lewis, Elly M, Big Sky/Loyola, 26.45. 5, Hiday, Lila G, Sentinel, 26.46. 6, Grochowski, Adalie, Butte Bulldogs, 26.93. 6, Vornbrock, Hanna, Glacier, 26.93. Boys 50 Yard Freestyle: 1, Connors, Everson K, Capital, 23.75. 2, Cochran, Lincoln R, Capital, 23.90. 3, Lindley, James E, Hellgate, 24.29. 4, Jarvis, Callahan, Capital, 24.39. 5, Sloan, Lachlan, Polson, 24.49. 6, Short, Andrew, Glacier, 24.97. Girls 100 Yard Butterfly: 1, McGaughy, Madeleine, Glacier, 59.92. 2, Hensiek, Emily R, Hellgate, 1:04.67. 3, Vornbrock, Hanna, Glacier, 1:08.02. 4, Bishop, Clara G, Sentinel, 1:12.86. 5, Fero, Greta A, Sentinel, 1:14.03. 6, Leland, Kumari B, HHS, 1:21.71. Boys 100 Yard Butterfly: 1, McElwee, Teague, Polson, 53.34. 2, McKenzie, Aiden M, Big Sky/Loyola, 54.51. 3, Dennison, Paul F, Hellgate, 1:05.88. 4, Simpson, Grey, Capital, 1:09.05. 5, Hamry, Blair, Butte Bulldogs, 1:16.37. 6, Hardy, Connor, BCC, 1:17.86. Girls 100 Yard Freestyle: 1, Gibbons, Olivia, Glacier, 55.68. 2, Ascher, Adalynn L, Sentinel, 57.61. 3, Simms, Molly T, Hellgate, 58.05. 4, Hiday, Lila G, Sentinel, 58.18. 5, Barkley, Ellie G, Hellgate, 1:00.40. 6, Hummer, Ella, Glacier, 1:03.49. Boys 100 Yard Freestyle: 1, Westenfelder, Leo S, Hellgate, 51.18. 2, Stetson, Finn R, Hellgate, 53.51. 3, Wendt, Luke, Capital, 55.11. 4, Major, Jack C, Big Sky/Loyola, 55.52. 5, Taylor, Nick, Flathead, 55.60. 6, Sloan, Boden, Polson, 57.60. Girls 500 Yard Freestyle: 1, Lewis, Elly M, Big Sky/Loyola, 5:18.30. 2, Urban, Elizabeth G, Capital, 5:20.76. 3, Grochowski, Adalie, Butte Bulldogs, 6:10.42. 4, Hardy, Morgan, BCC, 6:35.96. 5, Dennison, Torran, Bigfork, 8:36.71. Boys 500 Yard Freestyle: 1, Hommerding, Luke J, Sentinel, 5:12.75. 2, Chatriand, Beauden K, Hellgate, 5:30.21. 3, Wendt, Luke, Capital, 6:00.62. 4, Stone, Nathan N, Butte Bulldogs, 6:07.40. 5, Plum, Gage R, Butte Bulldogs, 6:07.63. 6, Reed, Josh, Polson, 7:08.79. Girls 200 Yard Freestyle Relay: 1, Missoula Hellgate 'A' 1:46.97. 2, Helena Capital High School 'A' 1:54.49. 3, Glacier High School 'A' 1:54.62. 4, Helena High School 'A' 2:00.02. 5, Missoula Big Sky Loyola 'A' 2:02.02. 6, Missoula Sentinel 'A' 2:05.33. Boys 200 Yard Freestyle Relay: 1, Missoula Hellgate 'A' 1:36.21. 2, Helena Capital High School 'A' 1:36.94. 3, Missoula Sentinel 'A' 1:47.56. 4, Polson High School 'A' 1:47.58. 5, Butte High School 'A' 1:51.62. 6, Missoula Big Sky Loyola 'A' 1:55.51. Girls 100 Yard Backstroke: 1, Stack, Ella J, Big Sky/Loyola, 1:04.97. 2, Wagner, Presleigh E, Big Sky/Loyola, 1:05.08. 3, Hensiek, Emily R, Hellgate, 1:05.12. 4, Waters, Daria L, Sentinel, 1:14.95. 5, Remmers, Madison L, Big Sky/Loyola, 1:17.36. 6, Ferguson, Knoelle, Capital, 1:19.28. Boys 100 Yard Backstroke: 1, McElwee, Teague, Polson, 56.79. 2, Delhomme, PJ J, Big Sky/Loyola, 57.14. 3, McNeil, Edward, Glacier, 1:01.25. 4, Short, Andrew, Glacier, 1:03.52. 5, Taylor, Nick, Flathead, 1:03.84. 6, Bernhardt, Brayden T, Sentinel, 1:04.93. Girls 100 Yard Breaststroke: 1, McGaughy, Madeleine, Glacier, 1:11.62. 2, Massey, Ophelia C, Hellgate, 1:16.89. 3, Holland, Ellia, HHS, 1:21.66. 4, Blodgett, Kylie, Glacier, 1:22.03. 5, Macholz, Kaylee T, Hellgate, 1:22.06. 6, Fricke, Abigail C, Hellgate, 1:22.83. Boys 100 Yard Breaststroke: 1, Lindley, James E, Hellgate, 1:04.91. 2, Cochran, Lincoln R, Capital, 1:05.25. 3, VanWyk, Aidan, Capital, 1:11.14. 4, Stone, Nathan N, Butte Bulldogs, 1:13.94. 5, Sloan, Boden, Polson, 1:14.78. 6, Gautam, Madhav, Glacier, 1:17.31. Girls 400 Yard Freestyle Relay: 1, Glacier High School 'A' 3:57.62. 2, Missoula Hellgate 'A' 4:14.86. 3, Butte High School 'A' 4:40.20. 4, Polson High School 'A' 4:42.03. 5, Helena Capital High School 'A' 5:10.75. 6, Glacier High School 'B' 5:22.90. Boys 400 Yard Freestyle Relay: 1, Polson High School 'A' 3:35.63. 2, Glacier High School 'A' 3:47.05. 3, Missoula Hellgate 'A' 3:49.55. 4, Missoula Sentinel 'A' 3:57.31. 5, Helena Capital High School 'A' 4:05.25. 6, Missoula Big Sky Loyola 'A' 4:23.45. Get in the game with our Prep Sports Newsletter Sent weekly directly to your inbox!Senior congressional correspondent Chad Pergram reports the latest from Capitol Hill. A top Team Trump official disclosed the moment that "really set the campaign on a trajectory to victory" – the day President-elect Donald Trump arrived in Columbiana County, Ohio, to survey the East Palestine train derailment. "The ripples from that day do not get enough attention," White House communications director-designate Steven Cheung said on X, formerly Twitter, in retweeting an op-ed making that assertion. In February 2023, a Norfolk-Southern train hauling caustic industrial chemicals – including vinyl chloride – derailed in a small community near the Pennsylvania border, causing immediate chaos and long-lasting, widespread damage to the region. A controlled burn held shortly after the derailment released toxic phosgene into the air. WHISTLEBLOWER ALLEGES MISTAKES IN INITIAL EAST PALESTINE DISASTER RESPONSE Steven Cheung (inset) and Donald Trump. (Getty) On February 23 – Ash Wednesday – Sen. JD Vance, R-Ohio, hosted Trump at the site, where the former and future president highlighted Americans "forgotten" by President Joe Biden – who had not yet shown up and would not visit for several more months. The Republican mogul handed out "Trump"-branded water and met with local officials. Meanwhile, officials in both Ohio and Pennsylvania were also visibly working to hold the railroad accountable. In his tweet, Cheung was responding to an op-ed by Pittsburgh-based Washington Examiner writer Selina Zito, who covered the crisis at the time. Zito wrote that Trump’s arrival had happened at a political nadir for the Republican, following the 2022 midterm losses and amid a then-close presidential primary race with Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis. She noted in a tweet that it was Vance – his future running mate – who brought him to the site. Trump’s mantra of "you are not forgotten" to Rust Belt residents too often forgotten by Washington helped change minds in the area, Zito wrote, quoting a local resident who said she had "switched parties because of the way he spoke directly to the concerns." "I have voted for him both times since then," the woman, who owns an East Palestine farm, said. TRUMP VISITS EAST PALESTINE, HANDS OUT TRUMP-WATER: ‘WE STAND WITH YOU’ Former President Donald Trump, with Sen. JD Vance, R-Ohio, departs after greeting supporters and touring water pumps at Little Beaver Creek during a visit to East Palestine, Ohio. (Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post via Getty) Trump told residents that day that "in too many cases, your goodness and perseverance were met with indifference and betrayal." The disparity between Trump’s eagerness to "show up" and Biden’s apparent putting-off of a visit to East Palestine helped turn the tide in the Republican’s favor, the column continued. "100%," Cheung wrote in his tweet. Trump’s former running mate, Mike Pence, also called out Biden at the time, saying he was "AWOL" and remarking to Fox News that the Delaware Democrat’s policies had "derailed the economy of East Palestine long before that train came through." On the Pennsylvania side of the line, both Democratic Gov. Josh Shapiro and his then-former gubernatorial opponent, state Sen. Doug Mastriano, R-Gettysburg, also responded quickly to the derailment. CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP Shapiro lodged a criminal referral at the time, and Mastriano led hearings that hosted affected residents along the Ohio border wherein Norfolk-Southern CEO Alan Shaw notably no-showed. "It is very disheartening to hear that these alleged delays and botched response approaches took place – especially since those in East Palestine, Ohio, and areas in my district here in Pennsylvania have been dealing with the aftermath of this derailment for over a year now," state Sen. Elder Vogel Jr. told Fox News Digital at the time, after a whistleblower had spoken out about alleged mistakes from Biden’s EPA response – which the agency disputed. Charles Creitz is a reporter for Fox News Digital. He joined Fox News in 2013 as a writer and production assistant. Charles covers media , politics and culture for Fox News Digital. Charles is a Pennsylvania native and graduated from Temple University with a B.A. in Broadcast Journalism. Story tips can be sent to charles.creitz@fox.com.

General Motors’ Cruise robotaxi mapping unit returned to the Bay Area in September, about a year after one of its cars hit a pedestrian . That didn’t last long, though, as GM announced today that it “plans to realign its autonomous driving strategy and prioritize development of advanced driver assistance systems on a path to fully autonomous personal vehicles.” If you don’t speak press release, that’s GM’s way of saying it’s done with robotaxis and will instead focus on bringing more advanced versions of its Super Cruise automated driving technology to privately owned vehicles. GM cited the time and resources it would take the scale up Cruise’s robotaxi business as the motivation for the decision, as well as the competition in the market. While this announcement is probably disappointing for many of the employees who dedicated years of their lives to making Cruise robotaxis a reality, the good news for them is that they should still have jobs for now. GM says it plans to acquire the remaining 10 percent of the self-driving tech company that it doesn’t already own and have its internal technology team eventually absorb Cruise. That said, GM also plans to “restructure and refocus Cruise’s operations” after it acquires the remaining shares, a move that it believes will cut annual spending by more than $1 billion starting in mid-2025. With cuts that large incoming, it’s hard to imagine some jobs won’t be lost in the process. Then again, it’s also possible some employees will simply be assigned to different roles within the company. We’ve reached out to GM for more information on how this decision will impact Cruise’s employees and will update when we receive a response. “GM is committed to delivering the best driving experiences to our customers in a disciplined and capital efficient manner,” said GM Chair and CEO Mary Barra said in a statement. “Cruise has been an early innovator in autonomy, and the deeper integration of our teams, paired with GM’s strong brands, scale, and manufacturing strength, will help advance our vision for the future of transportation.” GM’s decision to focus on bringing self-driving technology to privately owned vehicles will likely be disappointing for urbanists, environmentalists and pedestrian safety advocates who understand that self-driving cars would ruin cities instead of fixing them , but let’s also not forget another group that will be impacted by this decision — the thrill seekers who enjoy playing a forbidden game of Hide the Hog in the back seat of Cruise’s robotaxis . Without driverless taxis to hook up in, what are they supposed to do? Use the bed in an apartment like the rest of us?A fugitive gains fame in New Orleans eluding dart guns and nets

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Gavin McKenna will suit up for Canada at the world junior hockey championship. Set to turn 17 next week, the star forward with the Western Hockey League’s Medicine Hat Tigers headlines the country’s 25-player roster for the annual tournament announced Friday. McKenna, who is projected as the potential top pick at the 2026 NHL draft, will be joined by a pair of fellow youngsters battling for the No. 1 selection spot in June — 18-year-old winger Porter Martone and 17-year-old defenceman Matthew Schaefer. Five of seven eligible returnees from last year’s squad that finished a disappointing fifth in Sweden are back, with forwards Easton Cowan, Brayden Yager and Carson Rehkopf getting the nod, while defencemen Oliver Bonk and Tanner Molendyk will anchor the blue line. The two players unable to hold onto their spots for the event set to run Dec. 26 to Jan. 5 in Ottawa are forward Matthew Wood and goaltender Scott Ratzlaff. Making up the rest of the group up front are Bradly Nadeau, Jett Luchanko, Luca Pinelli, Berkly Catton, Ethan Gauthier, Calum Ritchie, Tanner Howe, Cole Beaudoin and Mathieu Cataford. Nadeau didn’t attend selection camp in Ottawa this week, but was guaranteed a spot after being made available by the NHL’s Carolina Hurricanes from their American Hockey League affiliate. Canada’s defence corps also includes Andrew Gibson, Sam Dickinson, Caden Price, Sawyer Mynio and Beau Akey. The hockey powerhouse’s three-headed crease contingent is made up of goaltenders Jack Ivankovic — another 17-year-old eligible for June’s NHL draft — Carter George and Carson Bjarnason. “We believe we have assembled a competitive and talented roster that will give us the best opportunity to win a gold medal on home ice,” Hockey Canada’s Peter Anholt, who leads the under-20 program’s management group, said in a statement. “We look forward to them wearing the Maple Leaf with pride.” The Canadians, who will be looking to add to a record 20 gold medals at the annual showcase, were ousted in last year’s quarterfinals thanks to a last-minute loss to Czechia. Among the other notable cuts Friday were Calgary Flames defence prospect Zayne Parekh and Beckett Sennecke, who was selected No. 3 overall by the Anaheim Ducks at the 2024 draft. Both players were late injury additions for selection camp and are eligible to try out again next year. Canada will now hold training camp in Petawawa, Ont., before pre-tournament games against Switzerland, Sweden and Czechia. The hosts open Group A at the Canadian Tire Centre, home of the NHL’s Ottawa Senators, on Boxing Day against Finland. The defending champions United States, Latvia and Germany make up the rest of the field. Group B at TD Place, home of the Ontario Hockey League’s Ottawa 67’s, includes Sweden, Czechia, Slovakia, Switzerland and Kazakhstan. Russia remains banned by the International Ice Hockey Federation due to that country’s ongoing war in Ukraine. Ottawa last hosted the world juniors in 2009 when Canada defeated Sweden to secure a record-tying fifth straight gold. Cameron, who guided the country atop the podium in 2022 after winning silver in 2011, was an assistant coach on the staff of the late Pat Quinn at that tournament 15 years ago in the nation’s capital. “This group of 25 players is excited for the opportunity to wear the Maple Leaf in front of Canadian fans in Ottawa, and to represent their country in our quest to win a gold medal,” he said in a statement. “This is a great accomplishment for these players and their families. “We know they will enjoy the world juniors experience while bringing the competitiveness needed for us to be successful and accomplish our goal.” This report by The Canadian Press was first published Dec. 13, 2024.

Drones, planes or UFOs? Americans abuzz over mysterious New Jersey sightings