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ace super set 614 How Washington outsider Jimmy Carter wooed voters tired of Vietnam and WatergateOlympian and five-time Commonwealth Games medallist NigelAvery is set to lead The New Zealand Team to the nextedition of the Commonwealth and Olympic Games. Avery,a former New Zealand representative in weightlifting,athletics and bobsleigh was New Zealand Team Chef de Missionfor the extremely successful Birmingham 2022 CommonwealthGames and Paris 2024 Olympic Games campaigns. NZOC CEONicki Nicol says the organisation is pleased to reappointAvery for the 2026 and 2028 Games. “Nigel did afantastic job as Chef de Mission in Paris and Birmingham andwe’re thrilled to have him with us for another twoGames,” said Nicol. “He is athlete focused, hasbuilt strong relationships across the sporting sector andhas the attention to detail that is needed to help our teamssucceed on the world stage.” Since then, Avery has remainedinvolved in sport through Governance and coaching roles.Avery also led the New Zealand team to the Sydney YouthOlympic festival as Chef de Mission in 2007 and was a memberof the NZOC Athletes’ Commission from2002-2008. “I’m thrilled to be named Chef deMission for Glasgow and LA, it’s an amazingopportunity,” said Avery. “I loved contributing tothe success of the New Zealand Team in Birmingham and Parisand it’s been a great opportunity to give back. I alsolearnt a lot during those campaigns, so I’m pleased to beable to take that knowledge forward with me across the nextcycle.” A unique leadership role, the New ZealandTeam Chef de Mission champions the needs of athletes insidecomplex and high-performance Games environments. The roleensures the New Zealand Team promotes athlete mana,wellbeing and performance at all times throughout the Gamesperiod. “It’s about helping people succeed, so forme it’s all about the athletes and the structures we canput in place around them to ensure they’re supported andto optimise their performance”. The GlasgowCommonwealth Games will be contested from July 23rd toAugust 2nd 2026, with the LA Olympic Games to be held July14th to 30th 2028. The New Zealand Olympic Committee wasestablished in 1911. Since then, we have used ourunique mandate to select and lead more than 60 teams toOlympic and Commonwealth Games across the globe. Ourathletes and teams are at the heart of our organisation andtheir stories have become integral to our national identity.They represent Aotearoa New Zealand with honour and prideand the silver fern is a symbol of their sportingsuccess. For decades our teams and athletes haveshowcased our unique culture and values on the world stageas well as promoting excellence and innovation through theirstories and success. We are a charity and rely heavilyon commercial and other funding partnerships as we promotesport and the Olympic and Commonwealth values and helpcreate New Zealand history. We are engaged ineducation programmes for young New Zealanders and, throughOlympic Solidarity and other partnerships, help fund athleteand sport development. We work in partnership withHigh Performance Sport New Zealand, which investssignificant funding and specialist resources in NSOs,coaches and athletes to support performance on the worldstage in New Zealand’s targeted sports. We are proudto represent the Olympic and Commonwealth sporting movementsin NewZealand.

It was no different for Jimmy Carter in the early 1970s. It took meeting several presidential candidates and then encouragement from an esteemed elder statesman before the young governor, who had never met a president himself, saw himself as something bigger. He announced his White House bid on December 12 1974, amid fallout from the Vietnam War and the resignation of Richard Nixon. Then he leveraged his unknown, and politically untainted, status to become the 39th president. That whirlwind path has been a model, explicit and otherwise, for would-be contenders ever since. “Jimmy Carter’s example absolutely created a 50-year window of people saying, ‘Why not me?’” said Steve Schale, who worked on President Barack Obama’s campaigns and is a long-time supporter of President Joe Biden. Mr Carter’s journey to high office began in Plains, Georgia where he received end-of-life care decades after serving as president. David Axelrod, who helped to engineer Mr Obama’s four-year ascent from state senator to the Oval Office, said Mr Carter’s model is about more than how his grassroots strategy turned the Iowa caucuses and New Hampshire primary into his springboard. “There was a moral stain on the country, and this was a guy of deep faith,” Mr Axelrod said. “He seemed like a fresh start, and I think he understood that he could offer something different that might be able to meet the moment.” Donna Brazile, who managed Democrat Al Gore’s 2000 presidential campaign, got her start on Mr Carter’s two national campaigns. “In 1976, it was just Jimmy Carter’s time,” she said. Of course, the seeds of his presidential run sprouted even before Mr Nixon won a second term and certainly before his resignation in August 1974. In Mr Carter’s telling, he did not run for governor in 1966, he lost, or in 1970 thinking about Washington. Even when he announced his presidential bid, neither he nor those closest to him were completely confident. “President of what?” his mother, Lillian, replied when he told her his plans. But soon after he became governor in 1971, Mr Carter’s team envisioned him as a national player. They were encouraged in part by the May 31 Time magazine cover depicting Mr Carter alongside the headline “Dixie Whistles a Different Tune”. Inside, a flattering profile framed Mr Carter as a model “New South” governor. In October 1971, Carter ally Dr Peter Bourne, an Atlanta physician who would become US drug tsar, sent his politician friend an unsolicited memo outlining how he could be elected president. On October 17, a wider circle of advisers sat with Mr Carter at the Governor’s Mansion to discuss it. Mr Carter, then 47, wore blue jeans and a T-shirt, according to biographer Jonathan Alter. The team, including Mr Carter’s wife Rosalynn, who died aged 96 in November 2023, began considering the idea seriously. “We never used the word ‘president’,” Mr Carter recalled upon his 90th birthday, “but just referred to national office”. Mr Carter invited high-profile Democrats and Washington players who were running or considering running in 1972, to one-on-one meetings at the mansion. He jumped at the chance to lead the Democratic National Committee’s national campaign that year. The position allowed him to travel the country helping candidates up and down the ballot. Along the way, he was among the Southern governors who angled to be George McGovern’s running mate. Mr Alter said Mr Carter was never seriously considered. Still, Mr Carter got to know, among others, former vice president Hubert Humphrey and senators Henry Jackson of Washington, Eugene McCarthy of Maine and Mr McGovern of South Dakota, the eventual nominee who lost a landslide to Mr Nixon. Mr Carter later explained he had previously defined the nation’s highest office by its occupants immortalised by monuments. “For the first time,” Mr Carter told The New York Times, “I started comparing my own experiences and knowledge of government with the candidates, not against ‘the presidency’ and not against Thomas Jefferson and George Washington. It made it a whole lot easier”. Adviser Hamilton Jordan crafted a detailed campaign plan calling for matching Mr Carter’s outsider, good-government credentials to voters’ general disillusionment, even before Watergate. But the team still spoke and wrote in code, as if the “higher office” were not obvious. It was reported during his campaign that Mr Carter told family members around Christmas 1972 that he would run in 1976. Mr Carter later wrote in a memoir that a visit from former secretary of state Dean Rusk in early 1973 affirmed his leanings. During another private confab in Atlanta, Mr Rusk told Mr Carter plainly: “Governor, I think you should run for president in 1976.” That, Mr Carter wrote, “removed our remaining doubts.” Mr Schale said the process is not always so involved. “These are intensely competitive people already,” he said of governors, senators and others in high office. “If you’re wired in that capacity, it’s hard to step away from it.” “Jimmy Carter showed us that you can go from a no-name to president in the span of 18 or 24 months,” said Jared Leopold, a top aide in Washington governor Jay Inslee’s unsuccessful bid for Democrats’ 2020 nomination. “For people deciding whether to get in, it’s a real inspiration,” Mr Leopold continued, “and that’s a real success of American democracy”.Joe Burrow's home broken into during Monday Night Football in latest pro-athlete home invasionThese ChatGPT-ready glasses could be perfect for Advanced Voice Mode

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IT'S taken just 11 months for some Manchester United fans to turn on minority co-owner Sir Jim Ratcliffe. And doubters in the Old Trafford faithful will no doubt be left even more frustrated when they find out what could've been under the Qatari administration, who had plans to revolutionise the club in just THREE DAYS. Fan pressure and soaring costs saw the majority owning Glazer family announce that they were open to selling United in November 2022. And Qatari billionaire banker Sheikh Jassim bin Hamad al-Thani, entered the race to buy Britain's biggest football club. After months of speculation, Sheikh Jassim's final £4.5billion offer for full control was shunned by the Glazers , in favour of Britain's richest man Ratcliffe. Ratcliffe's own £1.2bn offer for a 27.7 per cent stake was accepted, and the 72-year-old, a life long fan, was effectively given the keys, taking control of all operations. But things haven't gone to plan, with sporting director Dan Ashworth leaving the club after just five months in his role in the latest of a string of PR disasters. Almost 12 months on, the 'new' United lurches from horror show to another under Ratcliffe and his Ineos officers. Ahead of Sunday's derby at Man City they find themselves in a lowly 13th place in the Premier League. After 15 games they are 16 points behind Liverpool, who spanked them 3-0 at Old Trafford. FOOTBALL FREE BETS AND SIGN UP DEALS But the Mail have now revealed an inside swoop into what could've happened in M16 if the Qatari's were allowed to buy the club outright. Plans for a United rebirth, fuelled by vast wealth and some of the finest sporting and finance brains on earth , had already been carefully drafted. The strategy for 'Project Ruby' saw the Qatari's pledge to announce the takeover on the first day. The removal of ALL of the club's debt would come on the second day. And United would be taken off the New York Stock Exchange and no longer answerable to far-away stakeholders. By day three, Sheikh Jassim would reveal plans for a brand new state-of-the-art stadium. That's it, a clean break in three days to change the club's history and current predicament. As for Old Trafford, there would be no attempt to grab any money from the taxpayer, or confusion over whether this would be a refurbishment or a rebuild. Ratcliffe was reportedly lobbying the government's "Levelling Up" plan to give the north of England a venue to rival Wembley. And the iconic ground continues to rot away, hampered by an embarrassing leaky roof and dead RATS under seats. Under Sheikh Jassim this would have been a more straightforward process. A senior adviser to the Qatari group told the Mail: "The b****y thing would have been fully in-motion now. "A stadium for a football club paid for by a football club and nobody else. And as for the staff Ratcliffe is firing - we would have been hiring." None of the above will be of solace to the United fans – and the large numbers of staff - who had wanted the Sheikh Jassim bid to succeed. Populous, the designers responsible for many of the venues at the 2022 World Cup , had already drawn up plans, which were shared with bidders for United. It can now be disclosed that an 'adaptable' stadium was being seriously considered, with a capacity of between 90,000 and 100,000. Leading commercial property company JLL, based in Manchester city centre, had already been signed up to work on the project. And there was a separate fund planned for the women's team, who would've had their own training centre in Manchester. Leading commercial property company JLL, based in Manchester city centre, had already been signed up to work on the project. Far from being given the sack, Sir Alex Ferguson was to be cherished and invited onto an advisory board. Others, including Class of '92 members David Beckham and Gary Neville, were also being lined up to add their input. But the opposite has come true. Ratcliffe's hated cost-cutting campaign has seen 250 redundancies made and tickets were hiked to £66 for kids and pensioners. He's even turned into the grinch and replaced the £100 staff Christmas bonus with a £40 M&S voucher in his latest money-saving measure. Fans have already protested outside Old Trafford begging to stop being "exploited". But it might not be the end of the story. The advisor told the Mail: "Sheikh Jassim is still a rich guy. "He is still a United fan. He is not going to rush off and try another Premier League club. 'If the opportunity to buy the whole of Manchester United arose again at some point in the future it is hard to see there not being a big level of interest. The plans are still there." SIR JIM RATCLIFFE'S minority takeover at Manchester United was announced on Christmas Eve in 2023 - and a lot has happened at Old Trafford since... December 2023 - Man Utd confirm Ratcliffe's takeover on Christmas Eve, vowing to invest £245m into Old Trafford January 2024 - Ratcliffe and right-hand man Sir Dave Brailsford photographed meeting Erik ten Hag during tour of Carrington January 2024 - Omar Berrada poached from Man City as new CEO February 2024 - Ratcliffe's £1billion, 27.7 per cent takeover officially completed February 2024 - Former CEO Richard Arnold quits board as Ineos pair John Rees and Rob Nevin added March 2024 - Ratcliffe bans words "awesome" and "lukewarm cappuccino" in bizarre move March 2024 - Matt Johnson appointed head of women's football March 2024 - Ratcliffe announces plans to build "Wembley of the North" to replace Old Trafford March 2024 - Man Utd NYSE share price drops to $13.73 on March 21 - down from $20.52 immediately after Ratcliffe takeover in December April 2024 - Senior staff club credit cards and private cars cancelled April 2024 - John Murtough quits as football director April 2024 - Jason Wilcox appointed technical director after compensation package agreed with Southampton May 2024 - Ratcliffe turns Carrington "toxic" after sending email to employees slamming "disgraceful" lack of cleanliness May 2024 - Work finally starts on leaking Old Trafford roof May 2024 - Man Utd finish eighth in Premier League, worst-ever finish May 2024 - Ratcliffe gives employees just one week to decide if they want to accept redundancy May 2024 - Staff forced to pay for own transport to FA Cup final and only given one ticket May 2024 - Pre-match party and hotel for senior staff before FA Cup final axed May 2024 - Man Utd shock rivals Man City to win FA Cup despite suggestions Erik ten Hag will be sacked regardless of result June 2024 - Man Utd announce £50m plans to upgrade Carrington training ground June 2024 - Ratcliffe introduces strict "back to work" policy forcing staff to come into office June 2024 - Ratcliffe scores own goal with comments about women's team July 2024 - Man Utd finally agree deal to bring in Dan Ashworth as sporting director after four months of gardening leave at Newcastle, who received £3m in compensation July 2024 - Erik ten Hag signs shock new contract extension until 2026 July 2024 - Ruud van Nistelrooy and Rene Hake appointed assistant managers, Andreas Georgson first-team coach and Jelle ten Rouwelaar goalkeeper coach. Darren Fletcher's role changes from technical director to first-team coach. Steve McClaren, Mitchell van der Gaag and Benni McCarthy depart. July 2024 - Ex-Chelsea technical director Christopher Vivell joins on short-term basis as interim director of recruitment July 2024 - Jean-Claude Blanc added to Man Utd board July 2024 - Man Utd cut down number of staff on US pre-season tour to 125 July 2024 - Ratcliffe makes 250 redundancies including popular media man John Allen, historian Cliff Butler and kitman Alex Wylie August 2024 - Man Utd splash out £199m in the summer transfer window August 2024 - Matchday staff lunchboxes scrapped and some forced to eat beside toilet October 2024 - Man Utd stop paying £2m-a-year ambassador salary to Sir Alex Ferguson October 2024 - Staff Christmas party cancelled October 2024 - "Back to work" policy costing Utd fortune to convert hospitality suites into temporary offices between home matches October 2024 - Erik ten Hag sacked with club 14th in Premier League table, costing club £15m November 2024 - Ruben Amorim appointed new Man Utd manager on deal until 2027 after stumping up £10m release clause November 2024 - Coach Ruud van Nistelrooy axed by new manager Ruben Amorim November 2024 - Man Utd chiefs locked in blame game over summer shambles including Erik ten Hag situation and transfer signings November 2024 - Ratcliffe reportedly set to half £40,000 budget paid to Manchester United Disabled Supporters Association December 2024 - Ratcliffe admits "mediocre" Man Utd "still in last century" December 2024 - Fans protest after OAP and children concessions tickets ditched and minimum home ticket cost up to £66 December 2024 - Dan Ashworth sacked after five months as sporting director December 2024 - £100 staff Christmas bonus ditched for £40 M&S voucher

Saquon Barkley becomes ninth running back to rush for 2,000 yards in a seasonRansomware group "Termite" — which recently claimed supply chain vendor Blue Yonder as a victim — may be behind widespread exploit activity targeting a previously fixed vulnerability in Cleo's LexiCom, VLTransfer, and Harmony file transfer software. Cleo is currently developing a new patch for the flaw but nothing is currently available for the issue, which means the vulnerability is a zero-day under active attack. The attacks appear to have begun on Dec. 3 and have claimed at least 10 victims across multiple sectors, including consumer products, trucking and shipping, and the food industry, according to researchers at Huntress Labs who are tracking the activity. A search for vulnerable, Internet-exposed Cleo systems suggests that the actual number of victims may be higher, the security vendor said. Rapid7 also said it had received reports of compromise and post-exploit activity involving the Cleo vulnerability from multiple customers. "File transfer software continues to be a target for adversaries , and for financially motivated threat actors in particular," Rapid7 wrote in a blog post on Dec. 10. The company recommended affected organizations take "emergency action" to mitigate risk related to the threat. More than 4,200 customers from multiple industries such as logistics and transportation, manufacturing, and wholesale distribution use Cleo software for a variety of use cases. Some recognizable names include Brother, New Balance, Duraflame, TaylorMade, Barilla America, and Mohawk Global. Huntress identified the vulnerability that Termite is targeting as CVE-2024-50623 , an unauthenticated remote code execution (RCE) flaw in versions of Cleo Harmony, VLTrader, and LexiCom prior to 5.8.0.21. Cleo disclosed the vulnerability in October and urged customers to immediately upgrade affected products to the fixed version 5.8.0.21. However, the patch appears to have been insufficient, because all previously affected versions of Cleo software, including the patched 5.8.0.21, remain vulnerable to the same CVE, Huntress said. "This vulnerability is being actively exploited in the wild and fully patched systems running 5.8.0.21 are still exploitable," Huntress researcher John Hammond wrote. "We strongly recommend you move any Internet-exposed Cleo systems behind a firewall until a new patch is released." Cleo has acknowledged the issue and said it plans to issue a new CVE, or identifier, for the bug. In an emailed statement, a company spokesperson described the flaw as a critical issue. The statement noted that Cleo has notified customers about the threat and advised them on how to mitigate exposure till its patch becomes available. "Our investigation is ongoing," the statement said. "Customers are encouraged to check Cleo's security bulletin webpage regularly for updates." Hammond said Huntress's analysis of the threat actor's post-exploit activity showed the attacker deploying Web shell-like functionality for establishing persistence on compromised endpoints. Huntress also observed the threat actor enumerating potential Active Directory assets with nltest.exe and other domain reconnaissance tools. In comments to Dark Reading, Huntress director of adversary tactics Jamie Levy says that available evidence points to Termite as the likely perpetrator. Like the victims of the ongoing attacks, Blue Yonder had an instance of Cleo's software open to the Internet, she says. Termite claimed Blue Yonder as one of its victims and appeared to confirm it by publicly listing files belonging to the company, Levy notes. "There have been some rumblings that Termite might be the new Cl0p," Levy says, and data has emerged that appears to substantiate those claims. Also, Cl0p's activities have waned while Termite's activities have increased. Both are operating in similar fashions. "We're not really in the attribution game, but it wouldn't be surprising at all if we are seeing a shift in these ransomware gangs at the moment," Levy says. Max Rogers, senior director of security operations at Huntress, described the new Cleo zero-day as something that enables easy access to Cleo systems for attackers with the exploit code. "The most effective immediate action is to ensure that affected systems are not accessible from the Internet, which significantly reduces the risk of exploitation." Rogers additionally recommends that organizations disable the autorun feature in Cleo software to limit the attack surface while waiting for an updated patch. "However, at this time," he says, "the only guaranteed way to protect systems is to make them inaccessible over the Internet until a new patch is out." Jai Vijayan is a seasoned technology reporter with over 20 years of experience in IT trade journalism. He was most recently a Senior Editor at Computerworld, where he covered information security and data privacy issues for the publication. Over the course of his 20-year career at Computerworld, Jai also covered a variety of other technology topics, including big data, Hadoop, Internet of Things, e-voting, and data analytics. Prior to Computerworld, Jai covered technology issues for The Economic Times in Bangalore, India. Jai has a Master's degree in Statistics and lives in Naperville, Ill.

ANDERSON TOWNSHIP, Ohio (AP) — Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow’s home was broken into during Monday Night Football in the latest home invasion of a pro athlete in the U.S., authorities said Tuesday. No one was injured in the break-in, but the home was ransacked, according to a report provided by the Hamilton County Sheriff’s Office. Deputies weren’t immediately able to determine what items were stolen. A person who is employed by Burrow arrived at the Anderson Township home Monday night to find a shattered bedroom window and the home in disarray. The person called their mother, and then 911 was contacted, according to the report. Deputies reached out to neighbors in an attempt to piece together surveillance footage. “Our investigators are exploring every avenue,” public information officer Kyla Woods said. The homes of Chiefs stars Patrick Mahomes and Travis Kelce were broken into in October. In the NBA , Milwaukee Bucks forward Bobby Portis had his home broken into Nov. 2 and Minnesota Timberwolves guard Mike Conley Jr.'s home was burglarized on Sept. 15 while he was at a Minnesota Vikings game. RELATED COVERAGE Fantasy plays: Players to start and sit for NFL Week 15 Joe Burrow and Ja’Marr Chase stay hot as the Bengals finally break through to end a 3-game skid Raiders sign QB Carter Bradley to active roster and place RB Zamir White on season-ending IR Portis had offered a $40,000 reward for information. Both the NFL and NBA issued security alerts to players after those break-ins, urging them to take additional precautions to secure their homes. In league memos previously obtained by The Associated Press, the NFL said homes of professional athletes across multiple sports have become “increasingly targeted for burglaries by organized and skilled groups.” And the NBA revealed that the FBI has connected some burglaries to “transnational South American Theft Groups” that are “reportedly well-organized, sophisticated rings that incorporate advanced techniques and technologies, including pre-surveillance, drones, and signal jamming devices.” Some of the burglary groups have conducted extensive surveillance on targets, including attempted home deliveries and posing as grounds maintenance or joggers in the neighborhood, according to officials. ___ AP NFL: https://apnews.com/hub/nflMartin scores 17, Southeast Missouri State beats Westminster (MO) 88-39Darius Tahir | (TNS) KFF Health News President-elect Donald Trump’s choice to run the sprawling government agency that administers Medicare, Medicaid, and the Affordable Care Act marketplace — celebrity doctor Mehmet Oz — recently held broad investments in health care, tech, and food companies that would pose significant conflicts of interest. Oz’s holdings, some shared with family, included a stake in UnitedHealth Group worth as much as $600,000, as well as shares of pharmaceutical firms and tech companies with business in the health care sector, such as Amazon. Collectively, Oz’s investments total tens of millions of dollars, according to financial disclosures he filed during his failed 2022 run for a Pennsylvania U.S. Senate seat. Trump said Tuesday he would nominate Oz as administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. The agency’s scope is huge: CMS oversees coverage for more than 160 million Americans, nearly half the population. Medicare alone accounts for approximately $1 trillion in annual spending, with over 67 million enrollees. UnitedHealth Group is one of the largest health care companies in the nation and arguably the most important business partner of CMS, through which it is the leading provider of commercial health plans available to Medicare beneficiaries. UnitedHealth also offers managed-care plans under Medicaid, the joint state-federal program for low-income people, and sells plans on government-run marketplaces set up via the Affordable Care Act. Oz also had smaller stakes in CVS Health, which now includes the insurer Aetna, and in the insurer Cigna. It’s not clear if Oz, a heart surgeon by training, still holds investments in health care companies, or if he would divest his shares or otherwise seek to mitigate conflicts of interest should he be confirmed by the Senate. Reached by phone on Wednesday, he said he was in a Zoom meeting and declined to comment. An assistant did not reply to an email message with detailed questions. “It’s obvious that over the years he’s cultivated an interest in the pharmaceutical industry and the insurance industry,” said Peter Lurie, president of the Center for Science in the Public Interest, a watchdog group. “That raises a question of whether he can be trusted to act on behalf of the American people.” (The publisher of KFF Health News, David Rousseau, is on the CSPI board .) Oz used his TikTok page on multiple occasions in November to praise Trump and Robert F. Kennedy Jr., including their efforts to take on the “illness-industrial complex,” and he slammed “so-called experts like the big medical societies” for dishing out what he called bad nutritional advice. Oz’s positions on health policy have been chameleonic; in 2010, he cut an ad urging Californians to sign up for insurance under President Barack Obama’s Affordable Care Act, telling viewers they had a “historic opportunity.” Oz’s 2022 financial disclosures show that the television star invested a substantial part of his wealth in health care and food firms. Were he confirmed to run CMS, his job would involve interacting with giants of the industry that have contributed to his wealth. Given the breadth of his investments, it would be difficult for Oz to recuse himself from matters affecting his assets, if he still holds them. “He could spend his time in a rocking chair” if that happened, Lurie said. In the past, nominees for government positions with similar potential conflicts of interest have chosen to sell the assets or otherwise divest themselves. For instance, Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen and Attorney General Merrick Garland agreed to divest their holdings in relevant, publicly traded companies when they joined the Biden administration. Trump, however, declined in his first term to relinquish control of his own companies and other assets while in office, and he isn’t expected to do so in his second term. He has not publicly indicated concern about his subordinates’ financial holdings. CMS’ main job is to administer Medicare. About half of new enrollees now choose Medicare Advantage, in which commercial insurers provide their health coverage, instead of the traditional, government-run program, according to an analysis from KFF, a health information nonprofit that includes KFF Health News. Proponents of Medicare Advantage say the private plans offer more compelling services than the government and better manage the costs of care. Critics note that Medicare Advantage plans have a long history of costing taxpayers more than the traditional program. UnitedHealth, CVS, and Cigna are all substantial players in the Medicare Advantage market. It’s not always a good relationship with the government. The Department of Justice filed a 2017 complaint against UnitedHealth alleging the company used false information to inflate charges to the government. The case is ongoing. Oz is an enthusiastic proponent of Medicare Advantage. In 2020, he proposed offering Medicare Advantage to all; during his Senate run, he offered a more general pledge to expand those plans. After Trump announced Oz’s nomination for CMS, Jeffrey Singer, a senior fellow at the libertarian-leaning Cato Institute, said he was “uncertain about Dr. Oz’s familiarity with health care financing and economics.” Singer said Oz’s Medicare Advantage proposal could require large new taxes — perhaps a 20% payroll tax — to implement. Oz has gotten a mixed reception from elsewhere in Washington. Pennsylvania Sen. John Fetterman, the Democrat who defeated Oz in 2022, signaled he’d potentially support his appointment to CMS. “If Dr. Oz is about protecting and preserving Medicare and Medicaid, I’m voting for the dude,” he said on the social platform X. Oz’s investments in companies doing business with the federal government don’t end with big insurers. He and his family also hold hospital stocks, according to his 2022 disclosure, as well as a stake in Amazon worth as much as nearly $2.4 million. (Candidates for federal office are required to disclose a broad range of values for their holdings, not a specific figure.) Amazon operates an internet pharmacy, and the company announced in June that its subscription service is available to Medicare enrollees. It also owns a primary care service , One Medical, that accepts Medicare and “select” Medicare Advantage plans. Oz was also directly invested in several large pharmaceutical companies and, through investments in venture capital funds, indirectly invested in other biotech and vaccine firms. Big Pharma has been a frequent target of criticism and sometimes conspiracy theories from Trump and his allies. Kennedy, whom Trump has said he’ll nominate to be Health and Human Services secretary, is a longtime anti-vaccine activist. During the Biden administration, Congress gave Medicare authority to negotiate with drug companies over their prices. CMS initially selected 10 drugs. Those drugs collectively accounted for $50.5 billion in spending between June 1, 2022, and May 31, 2023, under Medicare’s Part D prescription drug benefit. At least four of those 10 medications are manufactured by companies in which Oz held stock, worth as much as about $50,000. Related Articles National Politics | Special counsel moves to dismiss election interference and classified documents cases against Trump National Politics | Joe Biden begins final White House holiday season with turkey pardons for ‘Peach’ and ‘Blossom’ National Politics | Donald Trump Jr. emerges as a political force of his own as he helps his father launch a second term National Politics | The rising price of paying the national debt is a risk for Trump’s promises on growth and inflation National Politics | What to know about Brooke Rollins, Trump’s pick for agriculture secretary Oz may gain or lose financially from other Trump administration proposals. For example, as of 2022, Oz held investments worth as much as $6 million in fertility treatment providers. To counter fears that politicians who oppose abortion would ban in vitro fertilization, Trump floated during his campaign making in vitro fertilization treatment free. It’s unclear whether the government would pay for the services. In his TikTok videos from earlier in November, Oz echoed attacks on the food industry by Kennedy and other figures in his “Make America Healthy Again” movement. They blame processed foods and underregulation of the industry for the poor health of many Americans, concerns shared by many Democrats and more mainstream experts. But in 2022, Oz owned stakes worth as much as $80,000 in Domino’s Pizza, Pepsi, and US Foods, as well as more substantial investments in other parts of the food chain, including cattle; Oz reported investments worth as much as $5.5 million in a farm and livestock, as well as a stake in a dairy-free milk startup. He was also indirectly invested in the restaurant chain Epic Burger. One of his largest investments was in the Pennsylvania-based convenience store chain Wawa, which sells fast food and all manner of ultra-processed snacks. Oz and his wife reported a stake in the company, beloved by many Pennsylvanians, worth as much as $30 million. ©2024 KFF Health News. Distributed by Tribune Content Agency, LLC.

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ANDERSON TOWNSHIP, Ohio (AP) — Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow's home was broken into during Monday Night Football in the latest home invasion of a pro athlete in the U.S., authorities said Tuesday. No one was injured in the break-in, but the home was ransacked, according to a report provided by the Hamilton County Sheriff's Office. Deputies weren't immediately able to determine what items were stolen. A person who is employed by Burrow arrived at the Anderson Township home Monday night to find a shattered bedroom window and the home in disarray. The person called their mother, and then 911 was contacted, according to the report. Deputies reached out to neighbors in an attempt to piece together surveillance footage. “Our investigators are exploring every avenue,” public information officer Kyla Woods said. The homes of Chiefs stars Patrick Mahomes and Travis Kelce were broken into in October. In the NBA , Milwaukee Bucks forward Bobby Portis had his home broken into Nov. 2 and Minnesota Timberwolves guard Mike Conley Jr.'s home was burglarized on Sept. 15 while he was at a Minnesota Vikings game. Portis had offered a $40,000 reward for information. Both the NFL and NBA issued security alerts to players after those break-ins, urging them to take additional precautions to secure their homes. In league memos previously obtained by The Associated Press, the NFL said homes of professional athletes across multiple sports have become “increasingly targeted for burglaries by organized and skilled groups.” And the NBA revealed that the FBI has connected some burglaries to “transnational South American Theft Groups” that are “reportedly well-organized, sophisticated rings that incorporate advanced techniques and technologies, including pre-surveillance, drones, and signal jamming devices.” Some of the burglary groups have conducted extensive surveillance on targets, including attempted home deliveries and posing as grounds maintenance or joggers in the neighborhood, according to officials. AP NFL: https://apnews.com/hub/nfl

Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Greg McGarity had reason to be concerned. The Gator Bowl president kept a watchful eye on College Football Playoff scenarios all season and understood the fallout might affect his postseason matchup in Jacksonville. What if the Southeastern Conference got five teams into the expanded CFP? What if the Atlantic Coast Conference landed three spots? It was a math problem that was impossible to truly answer, even into late November. Four first-round playoff games, which will end with four good teams going home without a bowl game, had the potential to shake up the system. The good news for McGarity and other bowl organizers: Adding quality teams to power leagues — Oregon to the Big Ten, Texas to the SEC and SMU to the ACC — managed to ease much of the handwringing. McGarity and the Gator Bowl ended up with their highest-ranked team, No. 16 Ole Miss, in nearly two decades. People are also reading... OSU football: A prediction gone badly wrong Philomath driver suspected of DUII in Corvallis pileup Corvallis police seek grinches who stole Christmas As I See It: Six reasons why Trump won again OSU men's basketball: Beavers hope blowout wins pave the way for bigger things Corvallis Samaritan hospital has new CEO 2025 to bring rate increases, new fee for hauling Corvallis waste Graduate employees reach deal with OSU to end strike The real reason Corvallis' Pastega Lights moved to Linn County Why did Trump win? Election debrief hosted by Corvallis group Graduate strike at OSU continues. What's the holdup? Corvallis woman cuts hair for homeless: 'The Lord gave me a calling' OSU football: Beavers add 18 players as signing period opens Albany man pleads to numerous sex crimes Molestation victim’s mother tampered with court case "It really didn't lessen our pool much at all," McGarity said. "The SEC bowl pool strengthened with the addition of Texas and Oklahoma. You knew they were going to push traditional SEC teams up or down. Texas ended up pushing just about everyone down." The long waiting game was the latest twist for non-CFP bowls that have become adept at dealing with change. Efforts to match the top teams came and went in the 1990s and first decade of this century before the CFP became the first actual tournament in major college football. It was a four-team invitational — until this year, when the 12-team expanded format meant that four quality teams would not be in the mix for bowl games after they lose next week in the first round. "There's been a lot of things that we've kind of had to roll with," said Scott Ramsey, president of the Music City Bowl in Nashville, Tennessee. "I don't think the extra games changed our selection model to much degree. We used to look at the New York's Six before this, and that was 12 teams out of the bowl mix. The 12-team playoff is pretty much the same." Ramsey ended up with No. 23 Missouri against Iowa in his Dec. 30 bowl. A lot of so-called lesser bowl games do have high-profile teams — the ReliaQuest Bowl has No. 11 Alabama vs. Michigan (a rematch of last year's CFP semifinal), Texas A&M and USC will play in the Las Vegas Bowl while No. 14 South Carolina and No. 15 Miami, two CFP bubble teams, ended up in separate bowls in Orlando. "The stress of it is just the fact that the CFP takes that opening weekend," Las Vegas Bowl executive director John Saccenti said. "It kind of condenses the calendar a little bit." Bowl season opens Saturday with the Cricket Celebration Bowl. The first round of the CFP runs Dec. 20-21. It remains to be seen whether non-CFP bowls will see an impact from the new dynamic. They will know more by 2026, with a planned bowl reset looming. It could include CFP expansion from 12 to 14 teams and significant tweaks to the bowl system. More on-campus matchups? More diversity among cities selected to host semifinal and championship games? And would there be a trickle-down effect for everyone else? Demand for non-playoff bowls remains high, according to ESPN, despite increased focus on the expanded CFP and more players choosing to skip season finales to either enter the NCAA transfer portal or begin preparations for the NFL draft. "There's a natural appetite around the holidays for football and bowl games," Kurt Dargis, ESPN's senior director of programming and acquisitions, said at Sports Business Journal's Intercollegiate Athletics Forum last week in Las Vegas. "People still want to watch bowl games, regardless of what's going on with the playoff. ... It's obviously an unknown now with the expanded playoff, but we really feel like it's going to continue." The current bowl format runs through 2025. What lies ahead is anyone's guess. Could sponsors start paying athletes to play in bowl games? Could schools include hefty name, image and likeness incentives for players participating in bowls? Would conferences be willing to dump bowl tie-ins to provide a wider range of potential matchups? Are bowls ready to lean into more edginess like Pop-Tarts has done with its edible mascot? The path forward will be determined primarily by revenue, title sponsors, TV demand and ticket sales. "The one thing I have learned is we're going to serve our partners," Saccenti said. "We're going to be a part of the system that's there, and we're going to try to remain flexible and make sure that we're adjusting to what's going on in the world of postseason college football." Get local news delivered to your inbox!Bayer Leverkusen etched their name into this season’s history books with a stunning 1-0 victory over Inter Milan. This was in a dramatic UEFA Champions League Group Stage match day six at the BayArena on Saturday night, PUNCH Online reports. It wasn’t just any goal that decided the night—it was a late, heart-stopping strike by Nordi Mukiele in the 90th minute that ended Inter’s remarkable streak of five clean sheets in Europe. Inter arrived in Leverkusen as a fortress, unbreached and resolute, having played five games in the group stage without conceding a single goal. Their defensive wall, orchestrated by their solid backline and stellar goalkeeping, had been a cornerstone of their campaign. But Leverkusen, buoyed by their fervent home crowd, were determined to break the streak and prove their mettle. PUNCH Online reports that chances were few and far between, as Inter sought to maintain their impeccable defensive record while Leverkusen probed for weaknesses. It seemed destined for a goalless draw, a result that would have cemented Inter’s defensive dominance in Europe this season. Related News UCL: Salah strikes again as Liverpool maintain perfect run, beat Girona 1-0 UCL: Pulisic to miss Red Star clash over calf injury Boniface to get raise in new Leverkusen contract However, Nordi Mukiele, in the dying moments of regulation time, the Leverkusen winger unleashed a precise shot that rippled the net, sending the BayArena into rapturous celebrations. The home team won Filipo Inzaghi’s side 1-0 to the delight of Xabi Alonso who won the side a Bundesliga trophy last season. Mukiele debut goal for Leverkusen The first half offered little excitement, with Leverkusen seeing more possession but failing to capitalize on their dominance. Nathan Tella came closest, striking the crossbar with a volley from a cross. Apart from that, both sides struggled to test the goalkeepers, Yann Sommer and Matej Kovar. The second half followed a similar script, with Leverkusen dictating play but unable to break Inter’s defensive line. However, their patience paid off in the 90th minute when Mukiele pounced on a loose ball in the box to score his first goal for the club. Again, this marked the first goal Inter conceded in the league phase and highlighted Leverkusen’s resolute defensive performance, neutralizing Inter’s attacking threats like Lautaro Martinez and Marcus Thuram, who failed to register a shot on target. Leverkusen’s lack of a traditional striker limited their attacking options, but their defensive solidity in this game offers encouragement. Now second in the group behind Liverpool, they can shift focus to the Bundesliga with renewed confidence as they aim to close the gap on Bayern Munich.

A Missoula City Council committee on Wednesday voted unanimously to approve a request from the Missoula Police Department to pay about $515,000 over the course of five years for 120 new Tasers and a bundle of add-on services, including an artificial intelligence software program that writes up to 80% of police reports. Missoula Police Chief Mike Colyer made the request to the city council's Public Safety, Health and Operations Committee. Colyer said the MPD has had a Taser program since 2001, when he was one of the initial instructors. Colyer gave two examples of how Tasers were used to avoid a potential use of firearms. A representative for Axon Enterprise Inc. demonstrates the company's TASER 7 on May 12, 2022, in Washington. In the first example, he recounted how he and another officer were once chasing a suspect on a stolen bike. "By the time we caught up to him, he had wiped out and he was getting a knife out of his coat," Colyer recounted. "We hollered at him to drop the knife." The suspect refused the orders, Colyer said. "We hit him with the Taser," Colyer said, noting that the man was immobilized by the electric jolt and subsequently detained without harm to anyone. "Often times I've wondered how that might have ended if we didn't have the Taser," Colyer told the city council members. "Our only other option was lethal force." In another case, Colyer said a student at a local school had charged a teacher with a pair of scissors. A school resource officer responded, and when he got there, the young man was holding a chair over his head. Colyer said the officer simply pointed the red laser dot at the student, which in police jargon is called "painting." "The young man looked down, saw the light on his chest, and put the chair down and it was over," Colyer said. "These are not just theories. There are dozens of examples of the value of the program." Colyer said the department has been offered to renew a contract with Axon Technologies for the Taser program. The five-year contract would cost about $103,000 per year. As part of the contract, the department would get 120 new T10 Taser devices. Colyer said they have double the range of the older models. Also, they work with a single probe instead of two probes. "The old models have to have two probes make connection, so if you miss one or you have a clothing disconnect, it's kind of useless," Colyer explained. "In the new one, you have two probes you can fire individually and the distance is twice as far. Time and distance are always our friend, and this new model provides that." Colyer said Axon Technologies has a "moonshot goal" of reducing officer-involved shootings in the U.S. by 50%. "They view the new T10 as a big part of that because of its advanced technology," he said. The contract will also give the officers an unlimited supply of training and duty cartridges. Because about 118 officers will have to train twice a year and deploy at least two in each training session, Colyer said that's a savings of about $35,000. The department will also be able to sell its older models to a company that repurposes them and sells them to private security firms. The department will also get access to four more virtual reality, three-dimensional training headsets. "That will allow us to do more reps for people," he said. The headsets will also be used for the Department's Citizen Academy, where members of the public can see what it's like to engage in a "use of force scenario." The contract from Axon also comes with software called Draft One. It's an AI (artificial intelligence) software that provides 80% of the initial report for an officer to work from. Colyer said that the software gathers data from body cameras and car cameras to write up the first part of a police report from an incident, thus saving staff time. "It creates basically the first draft of a report," Colyer said. "They estimate about 80% of the content is created for the officer. And then throughout the report it cues the officer to provide detail where needed." Colyer said the department is "testing and evaluating" the software right now. "I'm pretty cautious about AI and how that might look, but we will consider it," Colyer said. An article from MSNBC from late November about Draft One quoted several experts as being extremely skeptical about the software. It also quoted Axon's CEO as saying the software has built-in "safeguards" to prevent mistakes. Another tool offered by Axon is Fusus Real-Time Crime Software, which would allow the department to engage with private camera owners, such as banks, schools or private homeowners or renters. "Frankly we don't have the infrastructure to run that right now, or personnel or equipment, so it's not something that I'm considering right now," Colyer said. Colyer said it's cheaper for the department to take the bundle with all the add-ons from Axon rather than just buy the 120 new Tasers. The department will not have to pay the final year of its existing contract with Axon, which will save $70,000. City council member Stacie Anderson was supportive of the contract. "I know training is a huge component of what the police force does, and the more training you have and advantages you have the safer we all are," she said. "Both officers and the public. So definitely want to be mindful of this opportunity to provide more training." David Erickson is the business reporter for the Missoulian. Get Government & Politics updates in your inbox! Stay up-to-date on the latest in local and national government and political topics with our newsletter. 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