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Tech tip: How to get started with BlueskyRESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C. , Nov. 27, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Charles & Colvard, Ltd. ("Charles & Colvard" or the "Company") (Nasdaq: CTHR) today announced that on November 21, 2024 , it received a letter from the Listing Qualifications Department of the Nasdaq Stock Market LLC ("Nasdaq") notifying the Company that it was not in compliance with Nasdaq Listing Rule 5250(c)(1), which requires the timely filing of all required periodic reports (the "Listing Rule"), as a result of not having timely filed its Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended September 30, 2024 (the "Form 10-Q"), and because the Company remains delinquent in filing its Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2024 (the "Form 10-K"), with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC"). The Form 10-Q was due on November 14, 2024. The Company filed a Notification of Late Filing on Form 12b-25 with the SEC on November 15, 2024. The Notice has no immediate effect on the listing or trading of the Company's common stock on Nasdaq. Under Nasdaq rules, the Company has until December 17, 2024 , to regain compliance with the Listing Rule or to submit to Nasdaq a plan to regain compliance with the Listing Rule (the "Plan"). If Nasdaq accepts the Company's Plan, then Nasdaq may grant the Company up to 180 calendar days from the Form 10-K filing due date, or until April 14, 2025 to file its Form 10-K and Form 10-Q and regain compliance. If Nasdaq does not accept the Company's Plan, then the Company will have the opportunity to appeal that decision to a Nasdaq Hearings Panel. The Company is working diligently to complete its Form 10-K and Form 10-Q and plans to file its Form 10-K and Form 10-Q as promptly as practicable to regain compliance with the Listing Rule. About Charles & Colvard, Ltd. Charles & Colvard, Ltd. (Nasdaq: CTHR) believes that fine jewelry should be as ethical as it is exquisite. Charles & Colvard is the original creator of lab grown moissanite (a rare gemstone formed from silicon carbide). The Company brings revolutionary gems and fine jewelry to market by using exclusively Made, not MinedTM above ground gemstones and a dedication to 100% recycled precious metals. The Company's Forever OneTM moissanite and Caydia ® lab grown diamond brands provide exceptional quality, incredible value and a conscious approach to bridal, high fashion, and everyday jewelry. Charles & Colvard was founded in 1995 and is based in North Carolina's Research Triangle Park region. For more information, please visit https://www.charlesandcolvard.com/ . Forward-Looking Statements This press release contains a number of forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. Words such as "plan," "expect," "will," "working," and variations of such words and similar future or conditional expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, the expected filing of its Form 10-K and ability to regain compliance under the Nasdaq listing rule. These forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future results and are subject to a number of risks and uncertainties, many of which are difficult to predict and beyond our control. Actual results could differ materially from those contemplated by the forward-looking statements as a result of certain factors detailed in the Company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including the risks and uncertainties described in more detail in our filings with the SEC, including our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2023 and subsequent reports filed with the SEC. For example, there can be no assurance that the Company will regain compliance with the Listing Rule during any compliance period or in the future, or otherwise meet Nasdaq compliance standards. Forward-looking statements speak only as of the date they are made. The Company disclaims and does not undertake any obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statement in this press release, except as required by applicable law or regulation and you are urged to review and consider disclosures that we make in the reports that we file with the SEC that discuss other factors relevant to our business. View original content to download multimedia: https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/charles--colvard-ltd-receives-non-compliance-letter-from-nasdaq-302317543.html SOURCE Charles & Colvard, Ltd.THE Commission on Elections (Comelec) en banc has upheld the cancellation of former Mandaue City mayor Jonas Cortes’ certificate of candidacy (COC), affirming the Second Division’s earlier ruling. This decision, which came out on Dec. 27, disqualifies Cortes from running in the May 12, 2025 National and Local Elections. Cortes’ inclusion in the Comelec’s latest updates on Special Proceedings Actions petitions confirmed that his COC was denied due course due to material misrepresentation, citing a “lack of merit.” “We find no cogent reason to depart from the Assailed Resolution of the Commission (Second Division),” read a portion of the en banc decision penned by Comelec Chairman George Erwin Garcia and six other commissioners — Marlon Cosquejo, Rey Bulay, Nelson Celis, Ernesto Ferdinand Macedan Jr., Aimee Ferolino and Socorro Inting. According to Comelec, Cortes “materially misrepresented” in his COC that he is eligible for the office he seeks to be elected to. The commissioners were convinced that the omission was “deliberate,” as there are specific fields that allow Cortes to disclose the facts of the pending case and his previous dismissal from service. “Wherefore, premises considered, the Commission (en banc) resolved, as it hereby resolves, to deny the Motion for Reconsideration. The Assailed Resolution is hereby affirmed,” the decision added. The ruling cited Section 78 in relation to Section 74 of the Omnibus Election Code, which mandates that facts stated in a COC must be true. Any false representation of a material fact serves as a basis for the cancellation of the certificate. The cancellation of his COC stemmed from the Oct. 25 petition filed by Ervin Estandarte. The case According to Mandaue City Administrator Jamaal James Calipayan, the case against Cortes revolves around an alleged misrepresentation in his COC. He marked “N/A” in response to the question, “Have you ever been found liable for a crime with an accessory penalty of perpetual disqualification, which has become final and executory?” The petitioner claimed that this answer was incorrect and that Cortes knowingly provided misrepresentation. On Dec. 19, the Comelec Second Division ruled that this constituted material misrepresentation under election laws. Cortes filed a motion for reconsideration (MR) on Dec. 23, but the poll body’s en banc denied it, effectively finalizing the decision to cancel his COC. Consequences Disqualification from running: Cortes is officially barred from running in the 2025 elections. No substitution allowed: According to Calipayan, the legal effect of a cancelled COC is as if no COC was filed in the first place. Therefore, there is no candidate to replace. Unlike in disqualification cases, a substitute from the same political party or with the same surname can step in. “This is not an ordinary disqualification case. The cancellation of COC means there is nothing to replace in the first place,” Calipayan said. Cancellation or disqualification Cancellation: Treated as if no COC was ever filed, meaning no replacement is possible. Disqualification: A candidate can be substituted by someone from the same party or a relative with the same surname. What happens next? With the Comelec en banc’s decision final and executory, Cortes’ only remaining option is to appeal to the Supreme Court (SC). Cortes’ legal team will file an MR to the SC on Thursday, Jan. 2, 2025, asking for a temporary restraining order (TRO) or other remedies to stop the implementation of the COC cancellation. They may also request a status quo ante order to restore Cortes’ candidacy temporarily while the case is under review. Official ballot Ballot printing is set to begin on Jan. 6, and without a SC’s order reversing the Comelec decision, Cortes’ name will not appear on the official ballots. Calipayan emphasized the urgency of securing a favorable ruling before this process begins, as delays could complicate the legal and electoral scenarios. “If the Supreme Court does not issue a ruling in time, Cortes’ candidacy will not proceed. Even if a favorable decision is issued later, the process will be highly complex,” Calipayan said. Can SC reverse the decision? The SC has the power to overturn the Comelec ruling. Cortes’ legal team will likely argue that there was no material misrepresentation and that Comelec’s decision was erroneous. If Cortes wins his case after the ballots are printed, the SC may order special remedies, which could include adjustments to the election process. As Cortes’ camp prepares to appeal to the SC, time remains a critical factor, with ballot printing fast approaching. For now, Mandaue City voters await clarity on the situation, which could significantly impact the city’s electoral landscape in 2025. / CAV
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That's part of a complicated picture of the impacts of the U.S. Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe v. Wade two and a half years ago. Abortion pills are more common now. So is traveling to other states for care, often on journeys hundreds of miles long. Public support for the right to abortion has also increased since before the ruling. That's been reflected in most ballot measures to add the right to abortion to state constitutions being adopted. Drought, fires and deforestation battered Amazon rainforest in 2024 BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — The Amazon rainforest staggered through another difficult year in 2024. A second year of record drought contributed to wildfires that worsened deforestation across the massive forest, which spans Brazil, Peru, Colombia and other Latin American nations and is a critical counterweight to climate change. There were some bright spots. Both Brazil and Colombia reported lower levels of deforestation compared to prior years. 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The veteran leader, who was also credited for a landmark nuclear deal with the United States, died late Thursday at age 92. Singh’s body was taken Saturday to the headquarters of his Congress party in New Delhi, where party leaders and activists paid tributes to him and chanted “Manmohan Singh lives forever.” Later, his body was transported to a crematorium ground for his last rites as soldiers beat drums. A mild-mannered technocrat, Singh was prime minister for 10 years until 2014. Sweden embarks on a sober search for more cemetery space in case of war GOTHENBURG, Sweden (AP) — Burial associations in Sweden are looking to acquire enough land for something they hope they’ll never have to do. And that's to bury thousands of people in the event of war. The search follows new crisis preparedness guidelines from the country's civil defense agency and the military. The issue is seen in a new light after Russia's invasion of Ukraine led formerly neutral Sweden to join NATO. Sweden and Finland sent out updated civil preparedness guides in November with instructions on how to survive in war. The guides are similar to those in Denmark and Norway, though they don't mention Russia by name. Olivia Hussey, star of the 1968 film 'Romeo and Juliet,' dies at 73 LONDON (AP) — Olivia Hussey, the actor who starred as a teenage Juliet in the 1968 film “Romeo and Juliet,” has died, her family said on social media. She was 73. Hussey died on Friday, “peacefully at home surrounded by her loved ones,” a statement posted to her Instagram account said. Hussey was 15 when director Franco Zeffirelli cast her in his adaptation of the William Shakespeare tragedy. “Romeo and Juliet” won two Oscars and Hussey won a Golden Globe for best new actress for her part as Juliet, opposite British actor Leonard Whiting. Decades later, the pair brought a lawsuit against Paramount Pictures over nude scenes in the film they said they were coerced to perform. The case was dismissed by a Los Angeles County judge in 2023. Winning ticket for $1.22 billion lottery jackpot sold in California, Mega Millions says At least one Mega Millions player has plenty of dough to ring in the New Year after drawing the winning number. After three months without anyone winning the top prize in the lottery, a ticket worth an estimated $1.22 billion was sold in California for the drawing Friday night. The California Lottery said the winning ticket was sold at Circle K (Sunshine Food and Gas) on Rhonda Rd. in Cottonwood. The winning ticket matched the white balls 3, 7, 37, 49, 55 and the gold Mega Ball 6. The identity of the winner or winners was not immediately known. The estimated jackpot was the fifth-highest ever for Mega Millions.Stocks slide after inflation data; tech leads Nasdaq downturn
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (Image: EPA/Abir Sultan) ICC ARREST WARRANTS The International Criminal Court (ICC) has issued arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu , his former defence minister Yoav Gallant and senior Hamas official Mohammed Deif . Judges at the ICC issued the warrants on Thursday for alleged crimes against humanity and war crimes committed during Israel’s war in Gaza, the ABC reports. The BBC flags both Israel and Hamas have rejected the allegations. Israel has also claimed it killed Deif in an airstrike in July, though Hamas has neither confirmed nor denied this, Reuters says. Responding to the warrants, the Israeli Prime Minister’s Office said Israel “utterly rejects the false and absurd charges of the International Criminal Court”, the BBC reports. “Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will not give in to pressure. He will continue to pursue all the objectives that Israel set out to achieve in its just war against Hamas and the Iranian axis of terror,” the office added. The broadcaster quotes Gallant as saying: “The decision sets a dangerous precedent against the right to self-defence and moral warfare and encourages murderous terrorism.” Reuters reports Hamas’ official statement declared: “We call on the International Criminal Court to expand the scope of accountability to all criminal occupation leaders.” The BBC highlights the impact of the warrants issued would depend on whether the ICC’s members, which do not include Israel or the US, decide to enforce them. The Guardian flags that the US has said it “fundamentally rejects” the ICC decision. A US National Security Council spokesperson is quoted as saying: “We remain deeply concerned by the prosecutor’s rush to seek arrest warrants and the troubling process errors that led to this decision. The United States has been clear that the ICC does not have jurisdiction over this matter.” However, EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell is quoted by euronews as saying: “It is not a political decision, it is a decision of a court, of a court of justice, an international court of justice. And the decision of the court has to be respected and implemented.” Elsewhere in world news, Russian President Vladimir Putin has said Moscow fired an intermediate-range ballistic missile at Ukraine on Thursday in response to the use of US and British weaponry by Kyiv earlier this week. The BBC quotes Putin as saying: “In combat conditions, a test was carried out of one of the latest Russian intermediate-range missile systems. In this case, with a non-nuclear hypersonic version of a ballistic missile,” adding the “test was successful. The target was reached.” Yesterday Reuters cited sources claiming Putin was open to discussing a Ukraine ceasefire deal with incoming US president Donald Trump but with an insistence Kyiv gives up on plans to join NATO and ruling out Moscow making any major territorial concessions. In the last few hours, Trump has suffered a setback domestically, with his attorney-general pick, Matt Gaetz , withdrawing his name from consideration. Writing on X Gaetz said: “I had excellent meetings with senators yesterday. I appreciate their thoughtful feedback — and the incredible support of so many. While the momentum was strong, it is clear that my confirmation was unfairly becoming a distraction to the critical work of the Trump/Vance transition. “There is no time to waste on a needlessly protracted Washington scuffle, thus I’ll be withdrawing my name from consideration to serve as attorney-general. Trump’s DOJ must be in place and ready on day one. I remain fully committed to see that Donald J. Trump is the most successful president in history. I will forever be honoured that president Trump nominated me to lead the Department of Justice and I’m certain he will save America.” DEPORTATION RISK Guardian Australia and AAP are giving considerable coverage this morning to claims more than 80,000 people could be potentially removed to third countries by the Albanese government’s migration bill. The newswire says the proposed amendments to the Migration Act would seek to deport non-citizens and pay third countries for their part in the removals. The bill has passed the House of Representatives and was yesterday subject to a Senate inquiry. Guardian Australia reports government officials have said most of those involved could return to their home country and thousands do so voluntarily. AAP flags the government has not detailed which countries it has been in discussion with. Associate legal director of the Human Rights Law Centre Josephine Langbien told the Senate inquiry: “We don’t know which countries will be included. We don’t know how those countries will treat people who are sent there. They could be detained arbitrarily, denied medical treatment, violently attacked or killed, or sent back to their country of origin.” Meanwhile, the AAP flags that thousands of people are expected to march in Melbourne later today demanding an end to gender-based violence. The newswire said “vast” crowds are expected in what is the start of 16 days of activism. Respect Victoria chairperson Kate Fitz-Gibbon said the two weeks represented “great opportunities for all Victorians to get involved in shifting the narrative”. Respect Victoria said on its website this morning’s event “marks the beginning of the 16 days of activism against gender-based violence — a global campaign for the prevention and elimination of violence against women and girls. By joining the walk you can take action to prevent family violence and violence against women and stand in solidarity with victim survivors.” The march is set to begin at 11am at Birrarung Marr. The AAP also reports climate activists will stage a protest against fossil fuels at the world’s biggest coal export port, Newcastle Harbour, later “with a flotilla, live music and other events revolving around protest and climate”. The newswire said the protest comes after organisers Rising Tide launched a successful last-minute legal challenge to overturn a “marine exclusion zone” planned by the NSW government that would have stopped protesters from being able to enter the water. Finally, as we get to the end of what might be the penultimate sitting week of this parliamentary term, the Nine newspapers are amping up the speculation swirling in Canberra that we may get an election in March next year. The Sydney Morning Heralds says Labor will move to a “campaign war footing” before Christmas with the party’s national campaign office reportedly being set up near Surry Hills in Sydney next month. The Liberal and National parties have leased a campaign office in Parramatta, the paper adds. ON A LIGHTER NOTE... Pamela Hayden , the actor who voices numerous characters on The Simpsons including everyone’s favourite Milhouse, is retiring from the show after 35 years, The Guardian reports. Hayden, who also voices Ned Flanders’ children Rod and Todd, Lisa’s friend Janey Powell, school bully Jimbo Jones and Chief Wiggum’s wife Sarah, said in a statement: “The time has come for me to hang up my microphone.” In a video on Instagram , the 70-year-old said of all her characters, Milhouse was her “main guy”. “People are always saying what a nerd he is, but one thing that I love about Milhouse is he’s always getting knocked down, but he keeps getting up. I love the little guy. It’s this wonderful analogy for life.” As a wise boy once said, everything’s coming up Milhouse. Say What? I stand here, neither defeated or disposed, lucky to have served, fortunate to be able to say goodbye. Bill Shorten Someone else who is retiring (from politics) is former Labor leader Bill Shorten who delivered his valedictory speech on Thursday. The Sydney Morning Herald said hundreds of people stood, applauded and cheered Shorten following his speech in the House of Representatives. Shorten is off to be the vice-chancellor of the University of Canberra from February. CRIKEY RECAP Emails reveal how Labor engineered event to support its own teen social media ban CAM WILSON South Australian Premier Peter Malinauskas (Image: AAP/Bianca De Marchi) At a press conference announcing the federal government’s plans to ban Australians under the age of 16 from using social media earlier this month, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese thanked South Australian Premier Peter Malinauskas and New South Wales Premier Chris Minns . The pair had been responsible for organising a jointly-held social media summit, Albanese said, which was “most instructive” as part of the government’s consultation in coming up with the ban. But far from being a frank discussion of the ban’s benefits and drawbacks or a wide canvassing of possible ways to address concerns about social media, internal emails from Malinauskas’ office and interviews with attendees suggest the event was carefully stage-managed with the explicit purpose of creating “momentum” for the social media ban. Simon Holmes à Court on Climate 200, donation reforms and why Kerry Stokes wields more power than he does RACHEL WITHERS Simon Holmes à Court is not a billionaire — “not even close,” he tells me. The Climate 200 founder is often described as the son of Australia’s first billionaire, with Peter Dutton and David Littleproud recently suggesting he is one too . Labor’s electoral reforms, which the Coalition is currently helping rush through, are pitched as getting “big money” out of politics, using him and mining magnate Clive Palmer as examples of said money. But Holmes à Court is adamant he and Palmer are “not in the same league”. The Melbourne-based businessman, who isn’t on rich lists , donated $250,000 at the 2022 election — less than 2% of what Climate 200 raised, paling in comparison to Palmer’s $120 million. He’s not “crying poor”, he says. But he’s clearly exasperated at the way he continues to be portrayed. “ The Australian has pumped me up as a billionaire Palmer-like figure,” he says. “There’s the Karl Rove playbook thing of ‘accuse your opponent of your biggest flaw’, right? Dutton’s taking Gina’s private jet around the country ... Labor has taken millions from Pratt ... But it suits them to paint me as being ‘big money’.” Mass arrests, home raids, excess force: Police treatment of Land Forces protesters could lead to class action CRYSTAL ANDREWS On October 24, five police officers turned up on Jasmine Duff’s doorstep. Despite not having a warrant, Duff claims they insisted on coming into the house to look for her. “They walked into my room as I was climbing out of bed and placed me under arrest,” Duff tells Crikey . “One officer stayed in the room while I stripped down to get dressed, telling my housemate ‘It’s so she doesn’t jump out the window’.” Duff says she was taken to a police station, shown photographs of herself at the anti-war protest outside the Land Forces Defence Expo at the Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre in September, and charged with affray. The expo is an international showcase for weapons and military technology manufacturers, described by anti-war demonstrators as a “one-stop genocide shop” that should not be hosted in Australia or supported by government funding (the Victorian government was a “principal sponsor” of this year’s event). Duff is one of the many Disrupt Land Forces protesters attending hearings today at the Melbourne Magistrates Court. Victoria police have confirmed that 110 people have been arrested for their participation in the protest. While 89 arrests were made on the spot at the demonstrations from September 11 to 13, a further 21 people have since been arrested. Many of these individuals were arrested at their homes in a series of “raids” beginning in late October, like that experienced by Duff. READ ALL ABOUT IT Australian backpacker dies as countries warn of suspected methanol poisonings in Laos (CNN) Mali releases Resolute Mining CEO and other executives after $US160 million random paid (ABC) For Netanyahu, wanted by a landmark warrant, a smaller world ( The New York Times ) ($) Elon Musk to ‘summon MPs to US to explain threats to American citizens’ ( The Guardian ) Sell Chrome to end search monopoly, Google told (BBC) Disney TV star removes snake from a plane ( The Australian ) ($) THE COMMENTARIAT Time to land ‘Airbus Albo’. Letting fly over PM’s travels is plain silly — David Crowe ( The Sydney Morning Herald ): So the complaint that the prime minister travels too much — the “Airbus Albo” line in parts of the media — is puerile. That did not stop The Daily Telegraph from using its front page on Wednesday to smash Albanese for being away. What was revealing, however, was that newspaper had to resort to using the Institute of Public Affairs, a conservative group loyal to the Liberals, to offer a quote saying there was a problem. And this was after the critics wanted Albanese to fly to Israel, Indonesia and a NATO summit at various points this year. Some even suggested he should fly to Mar-a-Lago to see Trump. The hypocrisy is rampant. The government’s mistake was planning two weeks of Parliament at the same time as the G20 when it knew Albanese would have to be away. It could have moved the sittings one week later so Parliament ended in the first week of December rather than November 28. In the end, the prime minister’s absence for three sitting days did not slow the government or the Parliament. While there were some conservative conniptions when Albanese met with Xi, there was no sacrifice of Australian sovereignty in talking to the Chinese president. Albanese listened to Xi across the table and then put Australia’s position on fair trade and the need to maintain the status quo on Taiwan. He also expressed concern at the treatment of Australian writer Yang Hengjun , who is in prison in China after receiving a suspended death sentence. So the prime minister made effective use of the summits. Yes, the plenary sessions were padded with platitudes. All the real work was in the face-to-face talks. Albanese weighed down abroad by parlous state of world — Phillip Coorey ( AFR ): Equally weighing on Albanese’s mind while abroad was the increasingly parlous state of the world, exacerbated by the second coming of Trump. This government has an unfortunate, avoidable and inexplicable habit of scheduling parliamentary sitting weeks to clash with the prime minister’s commitments abroad. This only amplifies his absence, especially when Parliament is blowing up as it did this week over foreign student caps, and gives Albanese’s detractors ammunition to claim he’s not tuned in to domestic concerns, Which, of course, is untrue. Every press conference over the past seven days began with the domestic political spinoffs of the policy positions Australia was putting at the summits or at the bilateral meetings being held — be it job creation, generating growth or lowering inflation.NoneBiden opens final White House holiday season with turkey pardons and first lady gets Christmas tree WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden has kicked off his final holiday season at the White House, issuing the traditional reprieve to two turkeys who will bypass the Thanksgiving table to live out their days in Minnesota. The president welcomed 2,500 guests under sunny skies as he cracked jokes about the fates of “Peach” and “Blossom.” He also sounded wistful tones about the last weeks of his presidency. Separately, first lady Jill Biden received the delivery of the official White House Christmas tree. And the Bidens are traveling to New York later Monday for an early holiday celebration with members of the Coast Guard. Formula 1 expands grid to add General Motors' Cadillac brand and new American team for 2026 season LAS VEGAS (AP) — Formula 1 will expand the grid in 2026 to make room for an American team that is partnered with General Motors. The approval ends years of wrangling that launched a federal investigation into why Colorado-based Liberty Media, would not approve the team initially started by Michael Andretti, who has since stepped aside. The 11th team will be called Cadillac F1 and be run by new Andretti Global majority owners Dan Towriss and Mark Walter. The team will use Ferrari engines its first two years until GM has a Cadillac engine built for competition in time for the 2028 season. US goalkeeper Alyssa Naeher is retiring from international soccer U.S. women’s national team goalkeeper Alyssa Naeher is retiring from international soccer. Naeher is on the team’s roster for a pair of upcoming matches in Europe but those will be her last after a full 11 years playing for the United States. Naeher was on the U.S. team that won the Women’s World Cup in 2019 and the gold medal at this year's Olympics in France. She’s the only U.S. goalkeeper to earn a shutout in both a World Cup and an Olympic final. Bah, humbug! Vandal smashes Ebenezer Scrooge's tombstone used in 'A Christmas Carol' movie LONDON (AP) — If life imitates art, a vandal in the English countryside may be haunted by The Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come. Police in the town of Shrewsbury are investigating how a tombstone at the fictional grave of Ebenezer Scrooge was destroyed. The movie prop used in the 1984 adaption of Charles Dickens' “A Christmas Carol” had become a tourist attraction. The film starred George C. Scott as the cold-hearted curmudgeon who is visited by three ghosts on Christmas Eve who show him what will become of his life if he doesn’t become a better person. West Mercia Police say the stone was vandalized in the past week. Megachurch founder T.D. Jakes suffers health incident during sermon at Dallas church DALLAS (AP) — The founder of Dallas-based megachurch The Potter's House, Bishop T.D. Jakes, was hospitalized after suffering what the church called a “slight health incident.” Jakes was speaking to churchgoers after he sat down and began trembling as several people gathered around him Sunday at the church. Jakes' daughter Sarah Jakes Roberts and her husband Touré Roberts said in a statement on social media late Sunday that Jakes was improving. The 67-year-old Jakes founded the non-denominational The Potter's House in 1996 and his website says it now has more than 30,000 members with campuses in Fort Worth and Frisco, Texas; and in Denver. At the crossroads of news and opinion, 'Morning Joe' hosts grapple with aftermath of Trump meeting The reaction of those who defended “Morning Joe” hosts Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski for meeting with President-elect Trump sounds almost quaint in the days of opinionated journalism. Doesn't it makes sense, they said, for hosts of a political news show to meet with such an important figure? But given how “Morning Joe” has attacked Trump, its viewers felt insulted. Many reacted quickly by staying away. It all reflects the broader trend of opinion crowding out traditional journalist in today's marketplace, and the expectations that creates among consumers. By mid-week, the show's audience was less than two-thirds what it has typically been this year. Pilot dies in plane crash in remote woods of New York, puppy found alive WINDHAM, N.Y. (AP) — Authorities say a pilot and at least one dog he was transporting died when a small plane crashed in the snowy woods of the Catskill Mountains, though a puppy on the flight was found alive with two broken legs. The Greene County sheriff’s office says Seuk Kim of Springfield, Virginia, was flying from Maryland to Albany, New York, when the plane crashed at about 6:10 p.m. Sunday in a remote area. Officials believe the pilot died from the impact. The surviving dog was hospitalized, while a third dog was not located. The flight was connected with a not-for-profit group that transports rescue animals. Warren Buffett gives away another $1.1B and plans for distributing his $147B fortune after his death OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Investor Warren Buffett renewed his Thanksgiving tradition of giving by handing out more than $1.1 billion of Berkshire Hathaway stock to four of his family's foundations Monday, and he offered new details about who will be handing out the rest of his fortune after his death. Buffett has said previously that his three kids will distribute his remaining $147.4 billion fortune in the 10 years after his death, but now he has also designated successors for them because it’s possible that Buffett’s children could die before giving it all away. Buffett said he has no regrets about his decision to start giving away his fortune in 2006. Pop star Ed Sheeran apologizes to Man United boss Ruben Amorim for crashing interview MANCHESTER, England (AP) — British pop star Ed Sheeran has apologized to Ruben Amorim after inadvertently interrupting the new Manchester United head coach during a live television interview. Amorim was talking on Sky Sports after United’s 1-1 draw with Ipswich on Sunday when Sheeran walked up to embrace analyst Jamie Redknapp. The interview was paused before Redknapp told the pop star to “come and say hello in a minute.” Sheeran is a lifelong Ipswich fan and holds a minority stake in the club. He was pictured celebrating after Omari Hutchinson’s equalizing goal in the game at Portman Road. A desert oasis outside of Dubai draws a new caravan: A family of rodents from Argentina AL QUDRA LAKES, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A desert oasis hidden away in the dunes in the far reaches of skyscraper-studded Dubai has drawn a surprising new set of weary world travelers: a pack of Argentinian rodents. A number of Patagonian mara, a rabbit-like mammal with long legs, big ears and a body like a hoofed animal, now roam the grounds of Al Qudra Lakes, typically home to gazelle and other desert creatures of the United Arab Emirates. How they got there remains a mystery in the UAE, a country where exotic animals have ended up in the private homes and farms of the wealthy. But the pack appears to be thriving there and likely have survived several years already in a network of warrens among the dunes.
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