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CHICAGO (AP) — As begins to take shape, those on both sides of the abortion debate are watching closely for clues about how his picks might affect reproductive rights policy in the . offer a preview of how his administration could handle abortion after he repeatedly on the campaign trail. He attempted to distance himself from anti-abortion allies by deferring to states on abortion policy, even while boasting about nominating three Supreme Court justices who helped strike down the constitutional protections for abortion that had stood for half a century. In an NBC News interview that aired Sunday, Trump said he doesn’t plan to restrict medication abortion but also seemed to leave the door open, saying “things change.” “Things do change, but I don’t think it’s going to change at all,” he said. The of his , including nominations to lead health agencies, the Justice Department and event the Department of Veterans Affairs, has garnered mixed — but generally positive — reactions from anti-abortion groups. Abortion law experts said Trump’s decision to include fewer candidates with deep ties to the anti-abortion movement could indicate that abortion will not be a priority for Trump’s administration. “It almost seems to suggest that President Trump might be focusing his administration in other directions,” said Greer Donley, an associate law professor at the University of Pittsburgh School of Law. Karen Stone, vice president of public policy at , said while many of the nominees have “extensive records against reproductive health care,” some do not. She cautioned against making assumptions based on Trump’s initial cabinet selections. Still, many abortion rights groups are wary, in part because many of the nominees hold strong anti-abortion views even if they do not have direct ties to anti-abortion activists. They’re concerned that an administration filled with top-level officials who are personally opposed to abortion could take steps to restrict access to the procedure and funding. After Trump’s ambiguity about abortion during his campaign, “there’s still a lot we don’t know about what policy is going to look like,” said Mary Ruth Ziegler, a law professor at the University of California, Davis School of Law. That approach may be revealed as the staffs within key departments are announced. Trump he would nominate anti-vaccine activist to lead the Health and Human Services Department, which anti-abortion forces have long targeted as central to curtailing abortion rights nationwide. Yet Kennedy shifted on the issue during his own presidential campaign. In campaign videos, Kennedy said he until , which doctors say is sometime after 21 weeks, although there is no defined timeframe. But he also “every abortion is a tragedy” and a national ban after 15 weeks of pregnancy, a stance he quickly walked back. The head of Health and Human Services oversees Title X funding for a host of family planning services and has sweeping authority over agencies that directly affect abortion access, including the Food and Drug Administration and Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. The role is especially vital amid legal battles over a federal law known as EMTALA, which President administration has argued requires emergency abortion access nationwide, and FDA approval of the abortion pill mifepristone. Mini Timmaraju, president of the national abortion rights organization Reproductive Freedom for All, called Kennedy an “unfit, unqualified extremist who cannot be trusted to protect the health, safety and reproductive freedom of American families.” His potential nomination also has caused waves in the anti-abortion movement. Former Vice President , a staunch abortion opponent, urged the Senate to reject Kennedy’s nomination. Marjorie Dannenfelser, president of the national anti-abortion group Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America, said the group had its own concerns about Kennedy. “There’s no question that we need a pro-life HHS secretary,” she said. Fox News correspondent is Trump’s pick to lead the FDA, which plays a critical role in access to medication abortion and contraception. Abortion rights groups have accused him of sharing misinformation about abortion on air. , a staunch anti-abortion conservative, has been nominated for director of the Office of Management and Budget. Vought was a key architect of , a right-wing blueprint for running the federal government. Among other actions to limit reproductive rights, it calls for eliminating access to medication abortion nationwide, cutting Medicaid funding for abortion and restricting access to contraceptive care, especially long-acting reversible contraceptives such as IUD’s. Despite distancing himself from the conservative manifesto on the campaign trail, Trump is with people who played central roles in developing Project 2025. Trump acknowledged that drafters of the report would be part of his incoming administration during the Sunday interview with NBC News, saying “Many of those things I happen to agree with.” “These cabinet appointments all confirm that Project 2025 was in fact the blueprint all along, and the alarm we saw about it was warranted,” said Amy Williams Navarro, director of government relations for Reproductive Freedom for All. , Trump’s choice to lead the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, is a who has been accused of dubious medical treatments and products. He voiced contradictory abortion views during his in 2022. Oz has described himself as praised the Supreme Court decision , claimed and referred to abortion as But he also has Trump’s states-rights approach, arguing the federal government should not be involved in abortion decisions. “I want women, doctors, local political leaders, letting the democracy that’s always allowed our nation to thrive to put the best ideas forward so states can decide for themselves,” he said during a Senate debate two years ago. An array of reproductive rights groups opposed his Senate run. As CMS administrator, Oz would be in a key position to determine Medicaid coverage for family planning services and investigate potential EMTALA violations. Related Articles As Florida’s attorney general, defended abortion restrictions, including a 24-hour waiting period. Now she’s Trump’s . Her nomination is being celebrated by abortion opponents but denounced by abortion rights groups concerned she may revive the , an anti-vice law passed by Congress in 1873 that, among other things, bans mailing of medication or instruments used in abortion. An anti-abortion and anti-vaccine former Florida congressman, has been chosen to lead the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, which collects and monitors abortion data across the country. Former Republican congressman is Trump’s choice to lead the Department of Veterans Affairs amid a over and funding for troops and veterans. Collins voted consistently to restrict funding and access to abortion and celebrated the overturning of Roe v. Wade. “This is a team that the pro-life movement can work with,” said Kristin Hawkins, president of the national anti-abortion organization Students for Life.
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Teams eager to move past late losses take the field Saturday when the Louisville Cardinals host the Pittsburgh Panthers. Louisville (6-4, 4-3 Atlantic Coast Conference) returns after allowing Stanford to score 10 points in the final 45 seconds to upset the then-No. 19 Cardinals 38-35. The Cardinals fell out of this week's College Football Playoff rankings when the selection committee released them on Tuesday night. The Panthers (7-3, 3-3) lost their third straight when then-No. 20 Clemson scored a touchdown with 1:16 remaining to win 24-20. Pitt outgained the visitors 438-346 yards but committed two turnovers and allowed eight sacks. In addition, coach Pat Narduzzi's team committed a season-high 13 penalties for 100 yards. Three came in succession when the Panthers had a third-and-goal from the Clemson 1. Instead of possibly scoring a touchdown, Pitt settled for a field goal. Like Pitt, Louisville committed a season-high 13 penalties for 102 yards. Flags negated two interceptions and a sack. Another gave Stanford a second chance for a two-point conversion. Others were even costlier. Stanford got the ball at its 45 with five seconds remaining after Louisville turned it over on downs. In that time, the Cardinals committed two penalties, allowing Stanford to win on a 52-yard field goal as time expired. Speaking to reporters Monday, Louisville coach Jeff Brohm said he's fine if the players are still stung from the loss. "We feel the pain, and you got to let it motivate you to want to not let it happen again," Brohm said. Pitt will get quarterback Eli Holstein back. He suffered two head injuries in the past month but was medically cleared to play earlier this week. Nate Yarnell started against Clemson and threw for 350 yards and a touchdown. The Panthers have dealt with a rash of injuries, but the offensive line has especially taken a beating. With three regulars out, there's been a rotation on the line, which is a reason for some of the penalties. The injuries come at a point in the season when Narduzzi tries to limit practicing to save players. "We've not cut the practice back yet because we needed to work the last two weeks," he explained. Louisville may play Saturday without Isaac Brown, who left the Stanford game with a shoulder contusion. Brohm hopes the freshman, whose 7.4 yards per carry ranks second in FBS, can play but was uncertain on Monday. --Field Level Media REUTERS
KBC Group NV grew its holdings in Howard Hughes Holdings Inc. ( NYSE:HHH – Free Report ) by 34.4% during the 3rd quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the SEC. The fund owned 1,122 shares of the company’s stock after purchasing an additional 287 shares during the period. KBC Group NV’s holdings in Howard Hughes were worth $87,000 as of its most recent SEC filing. A number of other institutional investors also recently modified their holdings of HHH. Swedbank AB acquired a new position in Howard Hughes during the first quarter worth about $2,905,000. Bridges Investment Management Inc. bought a new stake in shares of Howard Hughes during the 2nd quarter valued at approximately $428,000. XTX Topco Ltd increased its position in Howard Hughes by 225.1% during the 2nd quarter. XTX Topco Ltd now owns 10,529 shares of the company’s stock worth $682,000 after purchasing an additional 7,290 shares in the last quarter. Victory Capital Management Inc. lifted its stake in Howard Hughes by 50.0% in the 2nd quarter. Victory Capital Management Inc. now owns 312,181 shares of the company’s stock valued at $20,236,000 after purchasing an additional 103,995 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Bank of New York Mellon Corp boosted its position in Howard Hughes by 7.5% in the second quarter. Bank of New York Mellon Corp now owns 109,407 shares of the company’s stock valued at $7,092,000 after buying an additional 7,602 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 93.83% of the company’s stock. Howard Hughes Stock Up 2.1 % Shares of NYSE:HHH opened at $83.89 on Friday. Howard Hughes Holdings Inc. has a 52-week low of $59.00 and a 52-week high of $86.72. The company has a market capitalization of $4.21 billion, a PE ratio of 54.40 and a beta of 1.46. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.98, a quick ratio of 1.08 and a current ratio of 1.08. The company has a fifty day moving average of $77.79 and a 200-day moving average of $71.88. Howard Hughes Company Profile ( Free Report ) Howard Hughes Holdings Inc, together with its subsidiaries, operates as a real estate development company in the United States. It operates in four segments: Operating Assets; Master Planned Communities (MPCs); Seaport; and Strategic Developments. The Operating Assets segment consists of developed or acquired retail, office, and multi-family properties along with other retail investments. See Also Receive News & Ratings for Howard Hughes Daily - Enter your email address below to receive a concise daily summary of the latest news and analysts' ratings for Howard Hughes and related companies with MarketBeat.com's FREE daily email newsletter .Cowboys set to host Bengals under open roof after falling debris thwarted that plan against Texans
Sora prompt: "Create a video of a person, focusing on a close-up of their face. The camera captures ... [+] their eyes looking directly into the lens. The pupils reflect a galaxy filled with bright stars, nebulas, and glowing planets." Google on Monday announced Veo 2, a new version of its Veo AI video generation tool that it says can create more realistic-looking clips in a range of visual styles, in resolutions up to 4k. The move comes days after its top competitor, OpenAI, reopened sign-ups for its Sora video-creation tool following a pause due to high demand at launch. Veo 2 “brings an improved understanding of real-world physics and the nuances of human movement and expression, which helps improve its detail and realism overall,” Google said in a blog post announcing the update . “While video models often ‘hallucinate’ unwanted details — extra fingers or unexpected objects, for example — Veo 2 produces these less frequently, making outputs more realistic.” Google first announced Veo at its Google I/O developer conference in May. Veo 2, a direct competitor to OpenAI’s Sora text-to-video tool, is only available on Google Labs’ VideoFX platform on a waitlisted basis, but Google researchers are already sharing sample videos on social media. “Veo 2 understands the unique language of cinematography,” Google says. “Ask it for a genre, specify a lens, suggest cinematic effects and Veo 2 will deliver.” The below video shared on X, for example, displays the resulting effect from including “cinematic, 35mm film” in the prompt. Mystery Drones Over New Jersey And Nearby States: Trump Claims The Military Knows What The Sightings Are (Updated) The Fed’s ‘Biggest Nightmare’ Is Suddenly Coming True As Bitcoin Price Surges Gmail Account Deletion Warning—Act Now To Save Your Email In 2025 Veo-Sora Brawls Likely On The Way Once Veo 2 becomes more broadly available, expect to see plenty of Veo-Sora battles online. OpenAI launched its generative AI tool tool on Monday, Dec. 9, making it available to anyone with a paid ChatGPT Plus or Pro subscription. However, later the same day, a message on Sora.com greeted visitors with the news that they’d have to wait to try the tool due to heavy traffic. Account signups resumed on Friday, though OpenAI declined to share how many people have signed up for Sora so far. Sora tool produces short, high-fidelity videos from written text prompts, and users can also input their own visual assets for remixing and blending. OpenAI first introduced Sora in February, but at the time only made it available to a select group of artists, designers and filmmakers. Who Can Sign Up For OpenAI Sora Now? ChatGPT users anywhere can now play with the new version called Sora Turbo — anywhere, that is, except in the United Kingdom, Switzerland and the European Economic Area, which includes European Union members, as well as Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway, which are not part of the EU but participate in the EU's single market. Users of Sora Turbo can generate videos up to 1080p resolution, up to 20 seconds long, in wide-screen vertical or square aspect ratios. Featured videos on Sora.com range from the photorealistic — a little boy smiling in an elf costume, vividly colored birds flapping their wings — to the surreal, such as a bespectacled German Shepherd in a patterned smoking jacket reading a book and a man whose bicep turns into a moss hillside with a shinto shrine on it. In sharing the sample videos, OpenAI also included the prompts used to make them. Spotlighting Sora’s Strengths And Flaws On social media, users are posting their Sora experiments, too — and their impressions of the tool’s strengths and weaknesses. In one widely shared video , a gymnast twirls through the air with surplus limbs and a head that briefly detaches from her body, a bizarre scene that highlights generative AI’s struggles with movement and anatomy. “As cool as the new Sora is, gymnastics is still very much the Turing test for AI video,” venture capitalist Deedy Das wrote on X. With Sora now officially out to the public, those who have a $20-per-month ChatGPT Plus account can generate up to 50 Sora videos per month at 480p resolution or fewer videos at 720p resolution. The new ChatGPT Pro plan, which costs $200 monthly, allows for 10 times more Sora usage, plus higher-resolution videos with longer durations. “We’re working on tailored pricing for different types of users, which we plan to make available early next year,” Open AI said in a blog post about Sora’s release . “We’re introducing our video generation technology now to give society time to explore its possibilities and co-develop norms and safeguards that ensure it’s used responsibly as the field advances.”"Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat. Duis aute irure dolor in reprehenderit in voluptate velit esse cillum dolore eu fugiat nulla pariatur. Excepteur sint occaecat cupidatat non proident, sunt in culpa qui officia deserunt mollit anim id est laborum." Section 1.10.32 of "de Finibus Bonorum et Malorum", written by Cicero in 45 BC "Sed ut perspiciatis unde omnis iste natus error sit voluptatem accusantium doloremque laudantium, totam rem aperiam, eaque ipsa quae ab illo inventore veritatis et quasi architecto beatae vitae dicta sunt explicabo. Nemo enim ipsam voluptatem quia voluptas sit aspernatur aut odit aut fugit, sed quia consequuntur magni dolores eos qui ratione voluptatem sequi nesciunt. Neque porro quisquam est, qui dolorem ipsum quia dolor sit amet, consectetur, adipisci velit, sed quia non numquam eius modi tempora incidunt ut labore et dolore magnam aliquam quaerat voluptatem. Ut enim ad minima veniam, quis nostrum exercitationem ullam corporis suscipit laboriosam, nisi ut aliquid ex ea commodi consequatur? Quis autem vel eum iure reprehenderit qui in ea voluptate velit esse quam nihil molestiae consequatur, vel illum qui dolorem eum fugiat quo voluptas nulla pariatur?" 1914 translation by H. Rackham "But I must explain to you how all this mistaken idea of denouncing pleasure and praising pain was born and I will give you a complete account of the system, and expound the actual teachings of the great explorer of the truth, the master-builder of human happiness. No one rejects, dislikes, or avoids pleasure itself, because it is pleasure, but because those who do not know how to pursue pleasure rationally encounter consequences that are extremely painful. Nor again is there anyone who loves or pursues or desires to obtain pain of itself, because it is pain, but because occasionally circumstances occur in which toil and pain can procure him some great pleasure. To take a trivial example, which of us ever undertakes laborious physical exercise, except to obtain some advantage from it? But who has any right to find fault with a man who chooses to enjoy a pleasure that has no annoying consequences, or one who avoids a pain that produces no resultant pleasure?" 1914 translation by H. Rackham "But I must explain to you how all this mistaken idea of denouncing pleasure and praising pain was born and I will give you a complete account of the system, and expound the actual teachings of the great explorer of the truth, the master-builder of human happiness. No one rejects, dislikes, or avoids pleasure itself, because it is pleasure, but because those who do not know how to pursue pleasure rationally encounter consequences that are extremely painful. Nor again is there anyone who loves or pursues or desires to obtain pain of itself, because it is pain, but because occasionally circumstances occur in which toil and pain can procure him some great pleasure. To take a trivial example, which of us ever undertakes laborious physical exercise, except to obtain some advantage from it? But who has any right to find fault with a man who chooses to enjoy a pleasure that has no annoying consequences, or one who avoids a pain that produces no resultant pleasure?" To keep reading, please log in to your account, create a free account, or simply fill out the form below.The 2024 NWSL Final is as big as it gets. Battling for the playoff title are the top two teams during the regular season, both of which survived the early stages of knockout-round postseason play. The Orlando Pride, winners of the NWSL Shield for the best regular-season record, are the No. 1 seed that will take on the No. 2 Washington Spirit . Orlando is led by the Brazilian icon Marta, while Washington is pioneered by rising U.S. women's national team forward Trinity Rodman. Here's how and where to watch the 2024 final: The 2024 final between Orlando and Washington is slated for Saturday, Nov. 23. Kickoff time is slated for 8 p.m. ET, 5 p.m. PT. CPKC Stadium, home of NWSL side Kansas City Current in Missouri, is the neutral venue for the game. The Orlando-Washington NWSL final will be broadcast by CBS. The Orlando-Washington NWSL final will be available to stream on Paramount+ . The Orlando Pride has not yet won an NWSL championship through the playoffs. The Washington Spirit have won one NWSL title, which transpired in 2021. It finished as runner-ups in 2016.Another stowaway caught on Delta flight raises major concerns about airport safety