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Armed with a degree in political science and law, Rebecca Samervel waltzed into journalism after a brief stint in modeling. As a reporter at The Times of India, Mumbai, she covers courts. She is a self-confessed food-a-holic. Travelling, politics and television are her passions. If you want to find her during the week the only place to look is the Bombay high court. Read More How to make healthy Oats Palak Chilla for a kid's tiffin 10 best Fried Chicken dishes from around the world 10 ways to use turmeric in winters ​10 animals not allowed as pets in India​ 10 types of Dosa and how they are made Animals and their favourite foods 9 nuts to eat daily for hair growth in winters How to make South Indian Podi Dosa at home From tigers to cheetahs: India’s big cats and where to find them Weekend Special: How to make Multigrain ThaalipeethJalandhar: BJP candidates might have lost their security deposit at three of the four assembly seats in Punjab where bypolls were held recently, but the saffron party’s vote share in these constituencies for the 2022 assembly elections, 2024 parliamentary elections and the bypolls shows the outfit retained its vote base. The party got these votes even as it was known BJP had no chances of winning. IPL 2025 mega auction IPL Auction 2025: Who got whom IPL 2025 Auction: Updated Full Team Squads In Barnala, the party got reasonable traction. In the other three rural seats, BJP candidates lost their security deposit. A comparison of votes shows the saffron party has recovered from what it had lost to AAP’s landslide win in 2022. Perhaps, it had gained more in the parliamentary election as there was polarisation of upper caste Hindu voters towards BJP in Punjab and it made a cut in Congress vote base also in that social base. BJP is the only party to make such a recovery from AAP, whereas Congress and Shiromani Akali Dal are still reeling under those losses. BJP got 1,913 votes in Dera Baba Nanak in 2022. In the 2024 parliamentary elections, it polled 5,981 votes from the assembly segment. In this bypoll, it got 6,505 votes. In Chabbewal, it got 4,073 votes in 2022, 9,472 in parliamentary elections, and 8,692 votes in this bypoll. In 2022, BJP was in an alliance with Capt Amarinder Singh-led Punjab Lok Congress (PLC) and his party contested from Gidderbaha. His party got just 391 votes. However, in the parliamentary elections, BJP got 14,850 votes in Gidderbaha. In this bypoll, party nominee Manpreet Badal got 12,227 votes. The most remarkable consistency appears at Barnala. In 2022, BJP got 9,122 votes. In the 2024 parliamentary elections, it got 19,2018 votes. This time, party nominee Kewal Singh Dhillon got 17,958 votes. In Dera Baba Nanak, BJP registered a slight gain in voters. The votes have also made it evident that senior SAD and Congress leaders fielded by BJP have made little difference. This retention of its vote base by the BJP also assumes significance when municipal bodies polls are scheduled to be held in Dec end. AAP making Aman Arora its Punjab unit president and also making it a point to project him as “a prominent Hindu leader” has apparently been done ahead of the municipal polls as AAP bosses are realising they face a major challenge from BJP among upper caste Hindus. We also published the following articles recently Sishamau bypoll: BJP candidates vehicle attacked; 49.1% votes cast The Sishamau bypoll saw a 49.13% voter turnout amidst accusations of police interference and disruptions. Allegations of fraudulent voting and an attack on the BJP candidate's vehicle fueled tensions. Police responded by detaining individuals suspected of voting irregularities and suspending two officers for misconduct. Sishamau bypoll: BJP candidates vehicle attacked; 49.1% votes cast The Sishamau bypoll saw a 49.13% voter turnout amidst accusations of police interference and disruptions. A BJP candidate's vehicle was targeted with stones, leading to heightened tensions and protests. Police responded by detaining individuals suspected of voter fraud and suspending two officers for misconduct. Vijaypur bypolls election 2024: Congress' Mukesh Malhotra defeats BJP's Ramniwas Rawat by over 7000 votes Mukesh Malhotra of the Congress party emerged victorious in the Vijaypur bypolls, defeating BJP's Ramniwas Rawat by a margin of 7,364 votes. The by-election was necessitated after Rawat switched allegiances from Congress to BJP, leading to his resignation and subsequent ministerial appointment.Maryland sues maker of Gore-Tex over pollution from toxic 'forever chemicals'8bql 。

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By MICHELLE L. PRICE WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — An online spat between factions of Donald Trump’s supporters over immigration and the tech industry has thrown internal divisions in his political movement into public display, previewing the fissures and contradictory views his coalition could bring to the White House. The rift laid bare the tensions between the newest flank of Trump’s movement — wealthy members of the tech world including billionaire Elon Musk and fellow entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy and their call for more highly skilled workers in their industry — and people in Trump’s Make America Great Again base who championed his hardline immigration policies. The debate touched off this week when Laura Loomer , a right-wing provocateur with a history of racist and conspiratorial comments, criticized Trump’s selection of Sriram Krishnan as an adviser on artificial intelligence policy in his coming administration. Krishnan favors the ability to bring more skilled immigrants into the U.S. Loomer declared the stance to be “not America First policy” and said the tech executives who have aligned themselves with Trump were doing so to enrich themselves. Much of the debate played out on the social media network X, which Musk owns. Loomer’s comments sparked a back-and-forth with venture capitalist and former PayPal executive David Sacks , whom Trump has tapped to be the “White House A.I. & Crypto Czar.” Musk and Ramaswamy, whom Trump has tasked with finding ways to cut the federal government , weighed in, defending the tech industry’s need to bring in foreign workers. It bloomed into a larger debate with more figures from the hard-right weighing in about the need to hire U.S. workers, whether values in American culture can produce the best engineers, free speech on the internet, the newfound influence tech figures have in Trump’s world and what his political movement stands for. Trump has not yet weighed in on the rift, and his presidential transition team did not respond to a message seeking comment. Musk, the world’s richest man who has grown remarkably close to the president-elect , was a central figure in the debate, not only for his stature in Trump’s movement but his stance on the tech industry’s hiring of foreign workers. Technology companies say H-1B visas for skilled workers, used by software engineers and others in the tech industry, are critical for hard-to-fill positions. But critics have said they undercut U.S. citizens who could take those jobs. Some on the right have called for the program to be eliminated, not expanded. Born in South Africa, Musk was once on an a H-1B visa himself and defended the industry’s need to bring in foreign workers. “There is a permanent shortage of excellent engineering talent,” he said in a post. “It is the fundamental limiting factor in Silicon Valley.” Related Articles National Politics | Should the U.S. increase immigration levels for highly skilled workers? National Politics | Trump threat to immigrant health care tempered by economic hopes National Politics | In states that ban abortion, social safety net programs often fail families National Politics | Court rules Georgia lawmakers can subpoena Fani Willis for information related to her Trump case National Politics | New 2025 laws hit hot topics from AI in movies to rapid-fire guns Trump’s own positions over the years have reflected the divide in his movement. His tough immigration policies, including his pledge for a mass deportation, were central to his winning presidential campaign. He has focused on immigrants who come into the U.S. illegally but he has also sought curbs on legal immigration , including family-based visas. As a presidential candidate in 2016, Trump called the H-1B visa program “very bad” and “unfair” for U.S. workers. After he became president, Trump in 2017 issued a “Buy American and Hire American” executive order , which directed Cabinet members to suggest changes to ensure H-1B visas were awarded to the highest-paid or most-skilled applicants to protect American workers. Trump’s businesses, however, have hired foreign workers, including waiters and cooks at his Mar-a-Lago club , and his social media company behind his Truth Social app has used the the H-1B program for highly skilled workers. During his 2024 campaign for president, as he made immigration his signature issue, Trump said immigrants in the country illegally are “poisoning the blood of our country” and promised to carry out the largest deportation operation in U.S. history. But in a sharp departure from his usual alarmist message around immigration generally, Trump told a podcast this year that he wants to give automatic green cards to foreign students who graduate from U.S. colleges. “I think you should get automatically, as part of your diploma, a green card to be able to stay in this country,” he told the “All-In” podcast with people from the venture capital and technology world. Those comments came on the cusp of Trump’s budding alliance with tech industry figures, but he did not make the idea a regular part of his campaign message or detail any plans to pursue such changes.Donald Trump's unexpected reaction to Sean Hannity and Ainsley Earhardt's engagement

Judge rejects request to sideline SJSU volleyball playerWWE Survivor Series WarGames 2024 Results: Winners, Live Grades, Reaction, Highlights - Bleacher ReportSpacefaring countries have for decades been sending thousands upon thousands of satellites and other objects into orbit, where they have become an integral component of modern society. From hundreds of miles above Earth, satellites can help scientists make observations about our planet and the surrounding universe, or even provide us access to television and entertainment. But what happens when those aging satellites become defunct and are no longer active? Well, many of those objects - or fragments of them - are still there, languishing above Earth in an ever-expanding space junkyard. Because they're expensive to remove, retired satellites are often left in a low-Earth orbit, where their presence poses a growing threat to both future satellite launches and crewed space missions, according to NASA . Just this November, an incoming piece of space junk prompted the International Space Station to take action to maneuver itself out of harm's way. A Russian cargo ship docked at the space station fired its thrusters for more than five minutes to "provide an extra margin of distance" for the hunk of debris, NASA said. While the inbound object, which was debris from a defunct meteorological satellite, was not necessarily on a collision course with the station, NASA said the evasive maneuver provided a little more cushion for it to safely whizz by. All of this debris floating around in space could lead to a theoretical scenario known as the Kessler Syndrome . Here's what to know about space junk, why it's a problem and what's being done about it. What is space junk? Also called space debris, space junk is comprised of non-operational satellites and other human-made objects that continue to hurtle around Earth's orbit long after they served their purpose. Spacecrafts, spent rocket boosters and even astronauts' lost tool bags can combine with old satellites to create a halo of orbital debris that lasts for decades. Since the dawn of the space age in the 1950s, humankind has launched around 50,000 tons of material into, according to the ESA , which cited data from the U.S Space Surveillance Network. The total mass of all space objects in orbit is estimated to be more than 13,000 tons as of September 2024. And of the 19,590 satellites launched into space since 1957, 13,230 of them - 10,200 of which remain operational - continue to whiz around in space at high speeds as of September, the space agency says . And the pace of satellite launches is quickening. Why is space junk a problem? The risk of all these new objects firing off into space? When combined with all of the satellites that have been there for decades, the ESA warns that the rising threat of collisions puts humanity's future in space into question. In a 2009 incident, two satellites crashed into one another over Siberia. Not only were both satellites - one of which was still active - destroyed, but the collision created a whole bunch more debris in the process, according to a report at the time from the American Scientist . Up until December 2022, the International Space Station had moved out of the way of space junk 32 times since 1999, according to a 2022 quarterly report from NASA. By October 2023, that figure had jumped to 37 orbital debris avoidance maneuvers, including two in August of that year alone. When the ISS maneuvered away from space debris in November this year, it marked its 39th Pre-Determined Avoidance Maneuver. It's also not uncommon for some of those objects to crash back into Earth, scientists say. Earlier this year, a family in Naples, Florida, filed a claim against NASA for more than $80,000 in damages to their home after a chunk of space debris from the International Space Station tore through their roof. What is the Kessler Syndrome? All of this adds up to the likelihood, the ESA warns, that a theoretical scenario known as the Kessler Syndrome could become reality: That left unchecked, the multiplying detritus and subsequent cascade of collisions could make Earth's orbit unusable for space travel. “We are seeing a dramatically increased use of space, but still insufficient technology to prevent the risks that follow," Holger Krag, ESA's head of Space Safety , said in a statement last year. What are NASA, ESA, others doing about space debris? The movement to crack down on the hazardous debris whizzing through outer space has seemed to strengthen in recent years. Many scientists have for years sounded the alarm about Earth's rapidly overcrowding orbit, but now the European Space Agency, NASA and other organizations across the globe are beginning to take more concrete action. Last year, ESA adopted the Zero Debris Charter , which seeks a global commitment to nearly eradicate so-called space junk by 2030. “As space infrastructure has become the backbone of our modern society, the proliferation of space debris is threatening our way of life," Director General Josef Aschbacher said in a statement a the time. "Now is the time to act as a community to channel our collective efforts." In the United States, NASA has its own Orbital Debris Program based in Houston, Texas tasked with creating less orbital debris and designing equipment to track and remove space junk. A previous version of this story published in November 2023. Contributing: Max Hauptman, USA TODAY Eric Lagatta covers breaking and trending news for USA TODAY. Reach him at elagatta@gannett.com

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GAVIN WAX: Trump Is America’s First Bitcoin President — The Results Will Be GloriousKane Crichlow Scores Twice For ChelmsfordBy Stan Choe, The Associated Press NEW YORK — U.S. stocks rose Monday, with those benefiting the most from lower interest rates and a stronger economy leading the way. The S&P 500 climbed 0.3% to pull closer to its all-time high set two weeks ago. The Dow Jones Industrial Average added 440 points, or 1%, to its own record set on Friday, while the Nasdaq composite rose 0.3%. Treasury yields also eased in the bond market amid what some analysts called a “Bessent bounce” after President-elect Donald Trump said he wants Scott Bessent , a hedge fund manager, to be his Treasury Secretary. Bessent has argued for reducing the U.S. government’s deficit, which is how much more it spends than it takes in through taxes and other revenue. Such an approach could soothe worries on Wall Street that Trump’s policies may lead to a much bigger deficit, which in turn would put upward pressure on Treasury yields. After climbing above 4.44% immediately after Trump’s election, the yield on the 10-year Treasury fell back to 4.26% Monday, down from 4.41% late Friday. That’s a notable move, and lower yields make it cheaper for all kinds of companies and households to borrow money. They also give a boost to prices for stocks and other investments. That helped stocks of smaller companies lead the way, and the Russell 2000 index of smaller stocks jumped 1.5%. It finished just shy of its all-time high, which was set three years ago. Smaller companies can feel bigger boosts from lower borrowing costs because of the need for many to borrow to grow. The two-year Treasury yield, which more closely tracks the market’s expectations for what the Federal Reserve will do with overnight interest rates, also eased sharply. The Fed began cutting its main interest rate just a couple months ago from a two-decade high, hoping to keep the job market humming after bringing inflation nearly all the way down to its 2% target. But immediately after Trump’s victory, traders had reduced bets for how many cuts the Fed may deliver next year. They were worried Trump’s preference for lower tax rates and higher spending on the border would balloon the national debt. A report coming on Wednesday could influence how much the Fed may cut rates. Economists expect it to show that an underlying inflation trend the Fed prefers to use accelerated to 2.8% last month from 2.7% in September. Higher inflation would make the Fed more reluctant to cut rates as deeply or as quickly as it would otherwise. Goldman Sachs economist David Mericle expects that to slow by the end of next year to 2.4%, but he said inflation would be even lower if not for expected tariff increases on imports from China and autos favored by Trump. In the stock market, Bath & Body Works jumped 16.5% after delivering stronger profit for the latest quarter than analysts expected. The seller of personal care products and home fragrances also raised its financial forecasts for the full year, even though it still sees a “volatile retail environment” and a shorter holiday shopping season this year. Much focus has been on how resilient U.S. shoppers can remain, given high prices across the economy and still-high interest rates. Last week, two major retailers sent mixed messages. Target tumbled after giving a dour forecast for the holiday shopping season. It followed Walmart , which gave a much more encouraging outlook. Another big retailer, Macy’s, said Monday its sales for the latest quarter were in line with its expectations, but it will delay the release of its full financial results. It found a single employee had intentionally hid up to $154 million in delivery expenses, and it needs more time to complete its investigation. Macy’s stock fell 2.2%. Among the market’s leaders were several companies related to the housing industry. Monday’s drop in Treasury yields could translate into easier mortgage rates, which could spur activity for housing. Builders FirstSource, a supplier or building materials, rose 5.9%. Homebuilders, D.R. Horton, PulteGroup and Lennar all rose at least 5.6%. All told, the S&P 500 rose 18.03 points to 5,987.37. The Dow Jones Industrial Average jumped 440.06 to 44,736.57, and the Nasdaq composite gained 51.18 to 19,054.84. In stock markets abroad, indexes moved modestly across much of Europe after finishing mixed in Asia. In the crypto market, bitcoin was trading below $95,000 after threatening to hit $100,000 late last week for the first time. AP Business Writer Elaine Kurtenbach contributed. More business news Overhauls of ‘heritage brands’ raise the question: How important are our products to our identities? Here’s when Target, Walmart and other retailers will open on Black Friday Shorter holiday shopping season? No problem, Black Friday deals have already begun

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