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11-time Pro Bowl receiver Larry Fitzgerald now helping young players maximize earning potential

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 13:20:55 GMT

Larry Fitzgerald is attacking the board room the same way he took on cornerbacks during a sensational NFL career.The 11-time Pro Bowl wide receiver who caught more passes for more yards than every player in league history other than Jerry Rice has transitioned smoothly to the corporate world since playing his last game with the Arizona Cardinals in 2020.Fitzgerald is aiming to help young athletes maximize their earning potential with more financial opportunities available to them now than ever before.“I was fortunate to have two parents that really put my best interests in hand in every decision they made,” Fitzgerald said on the AP Pro Football Podcast. “It was never about the money. It was always about ‘who can I trust that’s going to have my son’s best interest?’ And then it really helped me flush out all the ideas and thoughts that I had. And, if we didn’t have the answers, we knew where to go to be able to get solid answers.”Fitzgerald saw firsthand the opportunities student-at...

Peso Pluma derroca a Bad Bunny como el rey de la música latina

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 13:20:55 GMT

MIAMI – La música latina tiene un nuevo rey y se llama Peso Pluma. El artista mexicano fue el jueves el más premiado en los premios Billboard Latin a la música latina de 2023, superando al puertorriqueño Bad Bunny, quien llevaba varios años dominando el mercado y las ceremonias de galardones.Peso Pluma recibió ocho premios, entre los que se destacaron cuatro para “Ella Baila Sola”, su colaboración con Eslabón Armado, y el de artista nuevo del año. El Conejo Malo se fue del Watsco Center de la ciudad de Miami (EE.UU.) con siete Latin Billboards, la mayoría por su éxito “Tití Me Preguntó”. Aun así, el número más aplaudido de la noche fue la presentación de Bad Bunny, que marcó su retorno a unos premios en español, después de cuatro años de ausencia. “Moscow Mule”, “Tití Me Preguntó”, “La Neverita”, “Me Porto Bonito” y “WHERE SHE GOES” formaron parte de un popurrí, antes de que interpretara su más...

Medios piden permiso a la Justicia para transmitir el próximo año el juicio federal a Trump por subversión electoral

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 13:20:55 GMT

Washington (CNN) —  Un grupo de grandes medios de comunicación pidió este jueves a la jueza que supervisa el caso federal de subversión electoral de Donald Trump permiso para transmitir su juicio, argumentando que la naturaleza histórica del caso justifica una excepción a una estricta norma que prohíbe las cámaras en las salas de los tribunales.CNN y más de una docena de medios de comunicación y grupos pidieron a la jueza de distrito Tanya Chutkan permiso para “grabar y transmitir” el juicio de marzo de 2024 o para que el tribunal “publique en YouTube sus livestreams audiovisuales administrados internamente y las grabaciones de los procedimientos”.En caso de que Chutkan rechace esas dos solicitudes, la coalición de medios de comunicación le pide que “publique grabaciones visuales y de audio de los procedimientos al final de cada día en que este asunto se vea en el Tribunal”.Trump pide a la jueza Tanya Chutkan que se aparte del caso federal s...

Labour hails ‘seismic’ victory over Scottish National Party in Rutherglen by-election

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 13:20:55 GMT

LONDON — The Scottish Labour Party won a crushing victory over the Scottish National Party in a key by-election Friday morning, as the party eyes a wider revival at the next general election.Labour candidate Michael Shanks won 58.5 percent of the vote in the Rutherglen and Hamilton West contest, vastly outstripping the SNP’s 27.5 percent in a 20.4 percent swing since the last election. While Labour had been expected to re-take the seat — which they last held in 2017 — the margin of victory was notable.The by-election for the House of Commons seat was triggered after local MP Margaret Ferrier was forced out by constituents, following multiple COVID rule breaches in 2020 that sparked fury and saw her booted out of the SNP.Scottish Labour set their sights on the seat, as they seek to challenge SNP hegemony in Scotland. Labour were once-dominant in Scotland but have struggled under a succession of leaders to reverse SNP gains in their heartlands. Under current leader Anas Sar...

Missing San Diego Humane Society pets causes leadership shakeup in Arizona

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 13:20:55 GMT

SAN DIEGO -- The San Diego Humane Society is struggling to find out what happened to the 318 small animals they delivered to the Humane Society of Southern Arizona. Now, independent investigators have followed the route of the small creatures to a dead end to a Maricopa reptile shop.  “Our leading theory and most people’s leading theory is that these animals ended up as food for reptiles. The very fact that they were sent through an online reptile store called the 'Fertile Turtle' can lead nobody to any other conclusion, we hope it’s not the case, but it’s impossible to think otherwise,” said Gary Weitzman, the president of the San Diego Humane Society.   The Humane Society of Southern Arizona initially offered to help find homes for the 318 rabbits, guinea pigs, hamsters and rats, delighting the San Diego Humane Society. The animals were shipped out and the trail went cold and messages stopped. Raves popping up beneath San Diego freeways are ‘extremely dangerous’: CHP Now, the b...

Heavy rains and floods kill 6 people in Sri Lanka and force schools to close

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 13:20:55 GMT

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Heavy rain triggered floods and mudslides and downed trees in many parts of Sri Lanka, killing at least six people and forcing authorities to close schools in some areas, officials said Friday.Strong monsoon rains have been pounding the Indian Ocean nation for more than a week, flooding houses, fields and roads.On Friday, a large tree fell on a moving bus in Colombo, killing five people and injuring five others, said Dr. Rukshan Bellana, a spokesperson for the capital’s main hospital.Separately, one person died when a rock fell on his house during a mudslide in Galle district, about 130 kilometers (80 miles) south of Colombo, the state-run Disaster Management Center said.The center said the floods and mudslides damaged hundreds of houses in 12 districts and affected more than 50,000 people, including 1,473 families who were moved to temporary shelters.The coastal district of Matara was the worst affected, with most parts flooded for more than a week. School...

Retired Australian top judge and lawyers rebut opponents of Indigenous Voice

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 13:20:55 GMT

CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — A former High Court chief justice and dozens of legal academics on Friday rebutted key arguments used in the public campaign against Australians creating an advocacy body for the Indigenous population.Robert French, who retired as Australia’s most senior judge in 2017, used a speech to the National Press Club to urge Australians to vote to enshrine in the constitution a so-called Indigenous Voice to Parliament at an Oct. 14 vote, the nation’s first referendum in a generation. The Voice is aimed at giving Australia’s most disadvantaged ethnic minority more say on government policies that effect their lives.“A vote in favor of the Voice is a new beginning and something in which this generation and generations to come should be able to take justifiable pride,” French said.Separately, 71 Australian university teachers of constitution law and other fields of public law signed an open letter published Friday that rebutted the argument that the Voice would be “ri...

Icy floodwaters burst through major dam in India’s northeast, killing at least 31 people

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 13:20:55 GMT

NEW DELHI (AP) — A flood that burst through a major hydroelectric dam in India’s Himalayan northeast killed at least 31 people, officials said Friday, as ice-cold water swept through mountain towns, washing away houses and bridges and forcing thousands of people to leave their homes.The flood began shortly after midnight Wednesday, when a glacial lake high in the mountains overflowed after a heavy rainfall. The waters cracked open a 6-year-old dam that was the largest in the Indian state of Sikkim, and then cascaded through towns in the Lachan Valley below.It was the latest deadly flood to hit northeast India in a year of unusually heavy monsoon rains. Nearly 50 people died in flash floods and landslides in August in nearby Himachal Pradesh state, record rains in July killed more than 100 people over two weeks in northern India.A report compiled by the Sikkim State Disaster Management Authority in 2019 had identified Lhonak Lake as “highly vulnerable” to flooding that could ca...

Philippines protests after a Chinese coast guard ship nearly collides with a Philippine vessel

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 13:20:55 GMT

ABOARD BRP SINDANGAN (AP) — A Chinese coast guard ship came within a meter (3 feet) of colliding with a Philippine patrol ship it was trying to block in the South China Sea, in an alarming incident that intensified fears that territorial disputes in the waters could spark a larger crisis.The Philippines on Friday strongly condemned the Chinese ship’s maneuvers near Second Thomas Shoal, which the Asian neighbors both claim and has been the scene of frequent confrontations.One other Philippine coast guard vessel was blocked and surrounded by Chinese coast guard and militia ships in the incident, which dragged on for about eight hours on Wednesday. A major clash in the disputed waters could potentially involve the United States, which has vowed to defend the Philippines, its treaty ally, if Filipino forces, ships and aircraft come under armed attack.Two smaller supply boats being escorted by the Philippine coast guard in the contested waters managed to breach the Chinese blockade...

Commission recommends carrying out risk assessments on four critical technology areas: Advanced semiconductors, artificial intelligence, quantum, biotechnologies

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 13:20:55 GMT

On 3 October, the Commission adopted a Recommendation on critical technology areas for the EU's economic security, for further risk assessment with member states. This Recommendation stems from the Joint Communication on a European Economic Security Strategy that put in place a comprehensive strategic approach to economic security in the EU.This Recommendation relates to the assessment of one of four types of risks in that comprehensive approach, namely technology risk and technology leakage. The risk assessment will be objective in character, and neither its results nor any follow-up measures can be anticipated at this stage. In the Recommendation, the Commission puts forward a list of ten critical technology areas. These technology areas were selected based on the following criteria:Enabling and transformative nature of the technology: the technologies' potential and relevance for driving significant increases of performance and efficiency and/or radical changes for sectors, capab...