fortune rabbit pg

The Showdown: Jam-packed Nebraska week starts with in-state rivalry doubleheaderFreeman has 26 in Bethune-Cookman's 79-67 victory over North Dakota

Ravens reportedly interested in former Giants QB Daniel JonesThey were all exceptional – Mikel Arteta loved seeing Arsenal run riot in LisbonLewandowski scores his 100th Champions League goal. He is the 3rd player to reach the milestone

India News | People Wanted to Break 'arrogance' of Raja Warring, Says BadalDibba scores 19 in Southern Illinois' 73-70 win against Southern Indiana

AP News Summary at 3:38 p.m. EST

WASHINGTON: Elon Musk, the world’s richest person and one of Donald Trump’s closest allies, met with US lawmakers Thursday on his plans for overseeing radical government spending cuts under the incoming administration. President-elect Trump rewarded the Tesla, X and SpaceX chief for his support during the White House campaign by naming him head of the newly created Department of Government Efficiency, along with another wealthy ally, Vivek Ramaswamy. Although the office, dubbed DOGE, has a purely advisory role, Musk’s star power and intense influence in Trump’s inner circle bring political clout. As Musk and Ramaswamy strode into the Capitol for meetings with lawmakers, Republican Speaker Mike Johnson touted “a new day in America.” “There’s an enormous amount of waste, fraud and abuse,” he told reporters. “Government is too big, it does too many things, and it does almost nothing well.” Musk and Ramaswamy have said they can identify billions of dollars of cuts in spending, sparking questions about whether Republicans will even try to slash politically popular social security programs. Wave of terminations Writing in the Wall Street Journal last month, the two businessmen laid out plans for the White House to cut staff, trim government programs and reduce federal regulations, even if it means bypassing Congress, which holds budgetary power. “The entrenched and ever-growing bureaucracy represents an existential threat to our republic, and politicians have abetted it for too long,” Musk and Ramaswamy wrote. “We’re doing things differently. We are entrepreneurs, not politicians. During Trump’s election campaign, Musk vowed to reduce federal spending by $2 trillion. This would represent cutting total US spending by a third, almost certainly meaning devastation of social support programs — something that has never garnered strong political backing. Musk’s emphasis on firing large numbers of government employees, however, echoes Republican talking points about the need to take on an overbearing state and may garner more support. Musk says he is seeking “mass head-count reductions across the federal bureaucracy.” Musk suggested banning government employees from working at home as an opening tactic. “Requiring federal employees to come to the office five days a week would result in a wave of voluntary terminations that we welcome.” Cuts will also target subsidies to public broadcasters and groups such as Planned Parenthood, which campaigns for abortion access and offers an array of reproductive health services. Social welfare But DOGE is unlikely, at least initially, to go after welfare programs such as Social Security or health insurance for the poor and seniors, Ramaswamy said in an interview with Axios on Wednesday. Such cuts should be “a policy decision that belongs to the voters” and their representatives in Congress, Ramaswamy said. A reduction in military spending, which climbed to $820 billion in 2023, is also unlikely to be on the table. Musk’s new role raises the question of potential conflicts of interest, since he could be issuing policy recommendations that impact directly on his own business empire. Underlining the close connection to DOGE, Musk’s favorite cryptocurrency is called Dogecoin. — AFPDolphins coach Mike McDaniel says he was surprised by reports of Shaq Barrett's unretirement plan

SANTA CLARA, Calif. , Nov. 26, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Couchbase, Inc. (NASDAQ: BASE), the cloud database platform company, today announced it has granted equity awards under its 2023 Inducement Equity Incentive Plan to new employees who joined Couchbase. On November 21, 2024 , Couchbase granted 9 non-executive employees equity awards in the form of service-based restricted stock units ("RSU Awards"), representing the right to receive up to 19,905 shares of Couchbase, Inc. common stock in the aggregate, with fifty percent (50%) of the shares subject to such RSU Awards vesting on the first quarterly vesting date following the one (1) year anniversary of the vesting commencement date, and twelve and one-half percent (12.5%) of the shares subject to such RSU Awards vesting on each quarterly vesting date thereafter conditioned upon each employee's continued employment on the vesting date(s). The inducement grants were approved by Couchbase's Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors, as required by Nasdaq Rule 5635(c)(4), and were granted as a material inducement to employment in accordance with Nasdaq Rule 5635(c)(4). About Couchbase Modern customer experiences need a flexible database platform that can power applications spanning from cloud to edge and everything in between. Couchbase's mission is to simplify how developers and architects develop, deploy and run modern applications wherever they are. We have reimagined the database with our fast, flexible and affordable cloud database platform Capella, allowing organizations to quickly build applications that deliver premium experiences to their customers– all with best-in-class price performance. More than 30% of the Fortune 100 trust Couchbase to power their modern applications. For more information, visit www.couchbase.com and follow us on X (formerly Twitter) @couchbase . Couchbase ® , the Couchbase logo and the names and marks associated with Couchbase's products are trademarks of Couchbase, Inc. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners. View original content to download multimedia: https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/couchbase-announces-new-employee-inducement-grants-302316431.html SOURCE Couchbase, Inc.

Nordstrom Reports Third Quarter 2024 EarningsCanada thumped Trinidad and Tobago 38-0 to win the Rugby Americas North (RAN) Sevens on Sunday and qualify for World Rugby’s second-tier Challenger Series. The tournament-favourite Canadian men outscored their opposition 169-0 over five matches in a first step back up the rugby sevens ladder since being relegated from the elite HSBC SVNS circuit in June. The top four teams from the three-event Challenger Series will face off against the bottom four from the HSBC SVNS at the SVNS World Championships May 3-4 in Carson, Calif., in a promotion/relegation playoff. “I think it’s just about continually building,” said Canada captain Elias Hancock. “We know what we’re capable of. We’ve shown it at times. It’s just time to get back to that place where we know we belong.” Prior to relegation, Canada had been a core team on the top sevens circuit since 2012-13 and lifted the trophy in Singapore in 2017. The Canadian men finished eighth at the Tokyo Olympics. Trinidad had plenty of the ball in the first half of Sunday’s final at Larry Gomes Stadium. But Canada, helped by several penalties, scored first with Hancock touching down under the posts for a try converted by Thomas Isherwood. Matt Oworu, beating two defenders, added another converted try for a 14-0 lead at the break. Cooper Coats added a converted try early in the second half. And Hancock, Jack Shaw and Noah Bain added late tries after Trinidad lost a man to the sin-bin for two minutes midway through the second half for an infraction off a Canadian kickoff. Earlier Sunday, the Canadians defeated Jamaica 26-0 in semifinal play and the Cayman Islands 38-0 in the quarterfinal. Trinidad and Tobago made it to the final — for the first time since 2013 — with a 19-7 comeback win over Mexico. Jamaica defeated Mexico 12-0 to finish third. Weather was a factor during the three-day tournament in Arima, some 30 kilometres east of Port of Spain. After enduring 30-plus C heat and humidity Friday, their final Pool A game against Barbados was abandoned Saturday due to a storm. On Sunday, the Canadians played the Cayman Islands in a downpour and the skies opened again at halftime of the Jamaica game. Alex Russell, Josiah Morra, Coats and Hancock scored tries against Jamaica for Canada, which led 12-0 at the break. Thomas Isherwood added three conversions. Morra and Hancock each scored two tries against the Caymans and Ethan Hager and D’Shawn Bowen added singles for Canada, which led 19-0 at the half. Canada added four conversions. Canada, which blanked Guyana 29-0 Friday, dispatched Bermuda 38-0 Saturday and was leading Barbados 10-0 when the game was halted in the first half due to heavy rain and high winds. While play eventually resumed, the interrupted Canada game was ruled a scoreless draw. The Canadian men are coming off a disastrous 3-36-0 HSBC SVNS season that ended with a 22-14 loss to Spain with relegation on the line. It was a 29th straight defeat. After being relegated, coach Sean White’s team fell short in an Olympic repechage tournament in late June in Monaco, finishing fourth after losing 26-0 to eventual winner South Africa in the semifinals. The Blitzboks went on to claim bronze in Paris. The 13-man roster for the RAN 7s includes six players who were part of the relegation playoff in Madrid: Hancock, Isherwood, Morra, Coats, Oworu and David Richard. Morra, Coats and Oworu joined the sevens team from Bucharest where they were part of Kingsley Jones’ Canadian 15s squad for test matches against Chile and Romania. The Canadian men are scheduled to play in an invitational men’s sevens tournament taking place at B.C. Place Stadium alongside the HSBC SVNS Vancouver stop in February. The Canadian women left Sunday for Dubai and the opening stop of the 2005 HSBC SVNS season. The Olympic silver-medallist Canadians open play next Saturday against Japan before facing Brazil and Olympic champion New Zealand.Trump picks Jay Bhattacharya, who backed COVID herd immunity, to lead National Institutes of Health

Dollar Tree Inc. stock underperforms Tuesday when compared to competitorsWASHINGTON — FBI Director Christopher Wray told the bureau workforce Wednesday he plans to resign at the end of President Joe Biden’s term in January, an announcement that came a week and a half after President-elect Donald Trump said he would nominate loyalist Kash Patel for the job. Wray said at a town hall meeting that he would step down “after weeks of careful thought,” three years short of the completion of a 10-year term marked by high-profile and politically charged investigations, including that those led to two separate indictments of Trump last year. Wray’s intended resignation is not unexpected considering that Trump settled on Patel to be director and repeatedly aired his ire at Wray. By stepping down rather than waiting to be fired, Wray is trying to avert a collision with the new Trump administration that he said would have further entangled the FBI “deeper into the fray.” Wray was put in the job by Trump and began the 10-year term — a length meant to insulate the agency from the political influence of changing administrations — in 2017, after Trump fired then-FBI Director James Comey. Get local news delivered to your inbox!

CANCUN, Mexico (AP) — Brayon Freeman had 26 points in Bethune-Cookman's 79-67 victory over North Dakota on Tuesday night. Freeman added three steals for the Wildcats (2-4). Tre Thomas added 17 points while shooting 4 for 12 (4 for 5 from 3-point range) and 5 of 6 from the free-throw line while he also had six rebounds. Daniel Rouzan went 5 of 10 from the field to finish with 10 points. The Fightin' Hawks (3-3) were led in scoring by Treysen Eaglestaff, who finished with 20 points. Mier Panoam added 19 points for North Dakota. Story continues below video The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar .

The team standings in the boys Division I CIF State cross country race at Woodward Park in Fresno had strong Bay League representation. The Redondo (157 points) and Mira Costa (192) cross country team finished third and fifth, respectively. The Sea Hawks’ duo of Alexander Barbarie (15:28.3) and Mario Montoya (15:28.5) crossed the finish line in 18th and 19th place, respectively. Carson Ehman (15:36.5) led Mira Costa, finishing in 28th place. Krish Desai (15:38.8) was 31st. San Pedro was 18th as a team, led Christopher Frelix (15:39.7) in 34th place. In the girls race, Mira Costa finished 13th in the team standings. Anna Clarke (17:58.2) led the Mustangs, finishing in 27th place. Clarke’s time was the best for all South Bay runners. In Division IV, the Palos Verdes boys secured a fourth-place (166 points). Adrian Miller led the Sea Kings (15:32.4) with a 10th-place finish, with Lucas Nulman (15:34.8) finishing 12th. The Palos Verdes girls were sixth in their Division IV race (215 points). Ivanka Malysheva (18:14.3) led PV with a 12th-place finish Peninsula’s Jadeyn Skefich (18:23.8) finished 31st and he teammate Alexandra Himebauch (18:47.6) was 52nd in Division II. They qualified from CIF-SS finals as individuals. Chadwick was 20th in the Division V girls race. In Division III, West Torrance girls were 10th (283 points). Kamilah Salim led the Warriors (18:01.5) with a 15th-place finish. Alexis Wolfinger was next for West (22nd place) with a time of 18:18.9. The West Torrance finished ninth (261 points), led by Andrew Quast (15:04.7). South’s Liam Miller was second in the Division III race (14:51.9). His time led all South Bay runners and was the eighth-best time in the event. Miller finished second to Dana Hills’ Evan Noonan at last week’s CIF-SS finals and again Saturday. Quast (West) had the second-best time among South Bay runners. Mary Star’s Finn Babbitt finished 12th in the Division V with a time of 15:34.7.Samsung TV owners get free new channel with shows featuring iconic late-night host

Young Boys players pay tribute to teammate Meschack Elia in Champions League game after his son diedThe NFL teamed up with Jay-Z’s company Roc Nation in 2019 for events and social activism. A rape allegation against rapper Jay-Z, whose company Roc Nation has produced some of the NFL’s entertainment presentations including the Super Bowl halftime show, will not affect the league’s relationship with the music mogul. “We’re aware of the civil allegations and Jay-Z’s really strong response to that,” NFL (National Football League) commissioner Roger Goodell said on Wednesday after the conclusion of the league’s winter meetings. “We know the litigation is happening now. From our standpoint, our relationship is not changing with them, including our preparations for the next Super Bowl.” A woman who previously sued musician Sean “Diddy” Combs, alleging she was raped at an awards show after-party in 2000 when she was 13 years old, amended the lawsuit on Sunday to include a new allegation that Jay-Z was also at the party and participated in the sexual assault. Jay-Z, real name Shawn Carter, said the rape allegation made against him is part of an extortion attempt. The 24-time Grammy Award winner called the allegations “idiotic” and “heinous in nature” in a statement released by Roc Nation. The NFL teamed up with Jay-Z’s Roc Nation in 2019 for events and social activism. The league and the entertainment company extended their partnership a few months ago. Kendrick Lamar will perform the Super Bowl halftime show at The Caesars Superdome in New Orleans on February 9. Roc Nation and Emmy-winning producer Jesse Collins will serve as co-executive producers of the halftime show. Beyonce, who is married to Jay-Z, will perform at halftime of the Baltimore Ravens-Houston Texans game at Christmas. “I think they’re getting incredibly comfortable not just with the Super Bowl but other events they’ve advised us on and helped us with,” Mr Goodell said. “They’ve been a big help in the social justice area to us on many occasions. They’ve been great partners.”

Federal appeals court upholds law requiring sale or ban of TikTok in the US A federal appeals court panel on Friday unanimously upheld a law that could lead to a ban on TikTok as soon as next month, handing a resounding defeat to the popular social media platform as it fights for its survival in the U.S. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit ruled that the law - which requires TikTok to break ties with its China-based parent company ByteDance or be banned by mid-January — is constitutional, rebuffing TikTok’s challenge that the statute ran afoul of the First Amendment and unfairly targeted the platform. TikTok and ByteDance — another plaintiff in the lawsuit — are expected to appeal to the Supreme Court. Executive of Tyler Perry Studios dies when plane he was piloting crashes in Florida ATLANTA (AP) — The president of Atlanta-based Tyler Perry Studios has died when the small plane he was piloting crashed on Florida’s Gulf Coast. The studio confirmed on Saturday that Steve Mensch, its 62-year-old president and general manager, had died Friday. The crash happened in Homosassa, about 60 miles north of Tampa. Photos from the scene show the plane having come to rest upside down on a road. Mensch helped advocate for Georgia’s film tax credit of more than $1 billion a year. Perry hired Mensch to run his namesake studio in 2016. Mensch died as Perry released his war drama, “The Six Triple Eight." The film was shot at the Atlanta studio. US added a strong 227,000 jobs in November in bounce-back from October slowdown WASHINGTON (AP) — America’s job market rebounded in November, adding 227,000 workers in a solid recovery from the previous month, when the effects of strikes and hurricanes had sharply diminished employers’ payrolls. Last month’s hiring growth was up considerably from a meager gain of 36,000 jobs in October. The government also revised up its estimate of job growth in September and October by a combined 56,000. Friday’s report also showed that the unemployment rate ticked up from 4.1% in October to a still-low 4.2%. The November data provided the latest evidence that the U.S. job market remains durable even though it has lost significant momentum from the 2021-2023 hiring boom, when the economy was rebounding from the pandemic recession. Stock market today: Wall Street hits more records following a just-right jobs report NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks rose to records after data suggested the job market remains solid enough to keep the economy going, but not so strong that it raises immediate worries about inflation. The S&P 500 climbed 0.2%, just enough top the all-time high set on Wednesday, as it closed a third straight winning week in what looks to be one of its best years since the 2000 dot-com bust. The Dow Jones Industrial Average dipped 0.3%, while the Nasdaq composite climbed 0.8% to set its own record. Treasury yields eased after the jobs report showed stronger hiring than expected but also an uptick in the unemployment rate. Killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO spotlights complex challenge companies face in protecting top brass NEW YORK (AP) — In an era when online anger and social tensions are increasingly directed at the businesses consumers count on, Meta last year spent $24.4 million to surround CEO Mark Zuckerberg with security. But the fatal shooting this week of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson while walking alone on a New York City sidewalk has put a spotlight on the widely varied approaches companies take to protect their leaders against threats. And experts say the task of evaluating threats against executives and taking action to protect them is getting more difficult. One of the primary worries are loners whose rantings online are fed by others who are like-minded. It’s up to corporate security analysts to decide what represents a real threat. Days after gunman killed UnitedHealthcare's CEO, police push to ID him and FBI offers reward NEW YORK (AP) — Nearly four days after the shooting of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, police still do not know the gunman’s name or whereabouts or have a motive for the killing. But they have made some progress in their investigation into Wednesday's killing of the leader of the largest U.S. health insurer, including that the gunman likely left New York City on a bus soon after fleeing the scene. The also found that the gunman left something behind: a backpack that was discovered in Central Park. Police are working with the FBI, which on Friday night announced a $50,000 reward for information leading to an arrest and conviction. USDA orders nationwide testing of milk for bird flu to halt the virus The U.S. government has ordered testing of the nation’s milk supply for bird flu to better monitor the spread of the virus in dairy cows. The Agriculture Department on Friday said raw or unpasteurized milk from dairy farms and processors nationwide must be tested on request starting Dec. 16. Testing will begin in six states — California, Colorado, Michigan, Mississippi, Oregon and Pennsylvania. The move is aimed at eliminating the virus, which has infected more than 700 dairy herds in 15 states. Words on ammo in CEO shooting echo common phrase on insurer tactics: Delay, deny, defend A message left at the scene of an insurance executive’s fatal shooting echoes a phrase commonly used to describe insurer tactics to avoid paying claims. The words “deny,” “defend” and “depose” were written on the ammunition used to kill UnitedHealthcare's CEO. That's according to two officials who spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity Thursday. The words are similar to the phrase “delay, deny, defend.” That's how attorneys describe insurers denying services and payment, and the title of a 2010 book critical of the industry. Police haven’t officially commented on the words. But Thompson’s shooting and the messages on the ammunition have sparked outrage on social media and elsewhere, reflecting frustration Americans have over the cost and complexity of getting care. Michigan Democrats move to protect reproductive health data before GOP takes control of House LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Democrats in Michigan are pressing to pass reproductive health care legislation before the party loses its majority with the new legislative session next year. A bill to protect digital reproductive health data including data logged on menstrual cycle tracking apps is a Democratic priority as lawmakers meet this month. Democratic women and supporters of the legislation say they are acting with new urgency before President-elect Donald Trump takes office because they don't believe his campaign promise to leave abortion to the states. The rush is also a reaction to Republicans taking control of the state House in January. Democrats kept control of the state Senate in the November election. Japan's Nippon Steel sets sights on a growing overseas market in its bid to acquire US Steel KASHIMA, Japan (AP) — The signs at Nippon Steel read: “The world through steel,” underlining why Japan’s top steelmaker is pursuing its $15 billion bid to acquire U.S. Steel. Japan's domestic market isn't growing, so Nippon Steel has its eyes on India, Southeast Asia and the United States, where populations are still growing. Nippon Steel gave reporters a tour of one of its plants in Japan on Friday. The bid for U.S. Steet is opposed by President-elect Donald Trump, President Joe Biden and American steelworkers. If the deal goes through, U.S. Steel will keep its name and its headquarters in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, but become subsidiary of Nippon Steel.Supply chain software firm Logility explores sale, sources sayStatistics are raw meat to political junkies like me. It’s time to take a deep dive into the results of Marin County’s vote for president. Voter registration statistics confirm that Marin is solidly in the Democrats’ camp. California’s secretary of state reports that of Marin’s 172,385 registered voters, 61.36% are Democrats, 12.67% Republican and 18.88% are, like me, registered as “no party preference.” Of the 146,707 Marin ballots cast, 89% were by mail. In November’s presidential election there were significant distinctions between Marin’s 11 municipalities and neighborhoods in unincorporated areas. Overall, Marinites cast 80.6% of their ballots for the ticket of Vice President Kamala Harris and Gov. Tim Walz and 16.7% voted for President-elect Donald Trump and Vice President-elect JD Vance. Jill Stein and Robert F. Kennedy Jr. each achieved 1%. The city with the highest percentage of Harris voters was Mill Valley, where 90.4% voted for Harris and 9.6% for Trump. Fairfax was just behind, with Harris capturing 90.2%. Here are other town-by-town results for Harris (in declining order): San Anselmo 89%, Sausalito 85.3%, Corte Madera 85.1%, Larkspur 84.3%, San Rafael 83.2%, Ross, 80.4%, Tiburon 79.6%, Belvedere 75.6% and Novato 75.5%. In unincorporated areas, Harris had 83.7% Trump’s best showing was in Novato, where he garnered 24.5% of the vote. Belvedere was second with 24.4%. Here is Trump’s share elsewhere (in declining order): Tiburon 20.4%, Ross, 19.6%, San Rafael 16.8%, unincorporated neighborhoods 16.3%, Larkspur 15.7%, Corte Madera 14.9%, Sausalito 14.7%, San Anselmo 11%, Fairfax 9.8% and Mill Valley 9.6%. The returns from unincorporated Marin City’s Precinct 31220 showed a relatively low voter turnout. Only 70.4% of its voters participated. Compare that to a countywide average of 85%. In that precinct, Harris scored 892 votes for 77%. Trump came in with 214 votes for 17.7%. The GOP ticket did better in Marin City than in San Rafael or adjacent Sausalito. Mill Valley is rivaling Fairfax, long considered Marin’s most progressive town, for the title of the strongest Democratic municipality. Of course, there’s a big difference between “progressive” Democrats and traditional “liberals,” as election results showed (even in Fairfax). That’s typically the real political divide in booming suburbs like Marin and in big cities where Republicans fail to offer center-right candidates appealing to those voters. Today, political allegiance is about demographics. How one party identifies in the cultural wars is usually more electorally persuasive than their stand on economic policy. Voters’ opinions on cultural issues are often related to their income and education. Prosperous, well-educated, less religious locales now tend to identify with the Democrats’ stand on cultural topics. Those with a blue-collar, agribusiness and fundamental Christian identity find commonality with positions advocated by Republicans. Nationwide, Harris and Walz did far better in prosperous counties like Marin than in faded midwestern manufacturing hubs, which were longtime Democratic strongholds. Historically, Marin’s most Republican towns were the wealthiest. Until recently. Ross, Belvedere and Tiburon voted heavily for Republicans. They also carried Novato when it was still semi-rural. According to the 2020 Census, California contains three of the most prosperous counties in America, with Marin coming in at No. 8. Belvedere and Ross are among the Golden State’s top-10 communities with the highest average income. Trump did well there relative to Marin’s other towns, but Harris still overwhelmed him in Belvedere and Ross. Twenty years ago, political observers would have considered that preposterous. Nationally, Democrats have much to do to catch up to surging Republicans. Conversely, with 40 million Californians, the tables are turned. It’s the GOP that must learn how it can return to political relevance. Novato resident Zach Griggy, a student at the University of California, Berkeley Law School, is a statistical whiz. I want to thank him for his assistance in collecting this data. We were unable to get an accurate count for the heavily Latino-influenced Canal neighborhood in San Rafael, as its Precinct 40918 includes the nearby neighborhoods of Spinnaker Point, Baypoint and parts of Bret Harte. Columnist Dick Spotswood of Mill Valley writes on local issues Sundays and Wednesdays. Email him at spotswood@comcast.net.

Perry Minasian hoping groundwork was laid in Dallas for more Angels upgrades this winterSounders training center tabbed as base camp option for FIFA World Cup