LOS ANGELES (AP) — Blake Snell and the Los Angeles Dodgers have finalized a $182 million, five-year contract. Read this article for free: Already have an account? To continue reading, please subscribe: * LOS ANGELES (AP) — Blake Snell and the Los Angeles Dodgers have finalized a $182 million, five-year contract. Read unlimited articles for free today: Already have an account? LOS ANGELES (AP) — Blake Snell and the Los Angeles Dodgers have finalized a $182 million, five-year contract. The reigning World Series champions announced the deal with the two-time Cy Young Award winner on Saturday. Snell, who turns 32 on Wednesday, went 5-3 with a 3.12 ERA in 20 starts for San Francisco this year, throwing a no-hitter at Cincinnati on Aug. 2 for one of only 16 individual shutouts in the major leagues this season. The left-hander struck out 145 and walked 44 in 104 innings. He was sidelined between April 19 and May 22 by a strained left adductor and between June 2 and July 9 by a strained left groin. Snell gets a $52 million signing bonus, payable on Jan. 20, and annual salaries of $26 million, of which $13 million each year will be deferred. Because Snell is a Washington state resident, the signing bonus will not be subject to California income tax. Snell joins Shohei Ohtani and Yoshinobu Yamamoto atop Los Angeles’ rotation. Ohtani didn’t pitch this year while recovering from right elbow surgery but the two-way star is expected back on the mound in 2025. Snell won Cy Young Awards in 2018 with Tampa Bay and 2023 with San Diego. He is 76-58 with a 3.19 ERA in nine seasons with the Rays (2016-20), Padres (2021-23) and Giants. Because he turned down a qualifying offer from San Diego last November, the Giants were not eligible to give Snell another one and won’t receive draft-pick compensation. Winnipeg Jets Game Days On Winnipeg Jets game days, hockey writers Mike McIntyre and Ken Wiebe send news, notes and quotes from the morning skate, as well as injury updates and lineup decisions. Arrives a few hours prior to puck drop. ___ AP MLB: https://apnews.com/hub/MLB Advertisement AdvertisementNoneRugby: Alexia Hurdle Earns Player Of Match
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It’s 11.30pm. My husband and five children are peacefully in bed. Work finally done for the night, I crawl into bed, limbs and eyelids heavy. But instead of closing my eyes, I grab my phone. “Just one minute,” I tell myself. I end up doom-scrolling on social media for the next hour. By the time I feel the phone slipping out of my hands, consciousness giving way under the sweet pressure of sleep, it’s 1am. The next morning, I drag myself out of bed with a groan, kicking myself for wasting the last precious hour awake on social media – or what could’ve been an extra hour of much-needed sleep. Besides the exhaustion, I feel tense and worried. It’s time for me to face it: My social media habit is making me an anxious mum. IT’S NEVER “JUST ONE MINUTE” By now, I don’t even think before going on social media anymore. In little pockets of downtime throughout the day, it’s practically instinctive – when I’m putting my toddler down for her daytime nap, when I’m in between pieces of work, when putting my kids to bed, and late at night in bed. Muscle memory guides my hands to reach for my phone and my fingers to tap on the Instagram, Facebook and Reddit icons. I tell myself I’m just “popping in” to look for meal ideas for the next week. Or organisation hacks to sort our growing piles of stuff. Or for easy home activities to keep my preschool children off screens. I also follow a lot of mum influencers who share their perfectly curated lives, their photos and videos full of their carefully coordinated outfits and the delicious meals they whip up daily for the family, their homes saturated in soft golden sunlight. They share meaningful, thought-provoking quotes about motherhood, exhorting me to “treasure every moment while they’re little”, or to quit yelling at my kids because “the way we talk to our children will become their inner voice”. Sometimes I feel compelled and inspired to be a better mum: Never mind all the work deadlines and other responsibilities! Soak in every moment with my children! Sometimes I swing to the other end: I should hustle harder! Live up to my true potential as a #mumboss! But most of the time, even though I know everything’s carefully set up for the ’Gram, I just end up feeling inadequate. ASPIRATIONAL OR ANXIETY-INDUCING? Consuming all this mum content initially made me feel like I may aspire to certain goals. A motherhood model, if you will. The content from mumfluencers always seems so wholesome, encouraging and educational. It would only benefit me to take a leaf out of their books, right? But then I found myself looking at my own mum life and, more and more often, wishing it were something else. For instance, as a busy mum, I was always trying to find simple, tasty meals I could make for the family, so I watched cooking videos for hours on end. Overloading myself with ideas and options often left me feeling overwhelmed and unable to make a swift decision on what we should eat that day. Mum content is often also inundated by mumfluencers advocating for certain modern-day parenting philosophies that I find challenging to live out even though I agree with them in principle. Most of them are genuinely great reminders for me to see my children as individuals in their own right, and to do my best to give them the safety and love they deserve in their childhood. But when we have to be somewhere by 3.30pm, and there are still bags to be packed and outfits to change into and no one’s moving in spite of repeated calm reminders to be ready by 3pm, I’ve found it impossible not to raise my voice. And immediately. I'd feel guilty for failing to be a paragon of “gentle” and “respectful” parenting. “Did I cause them irreparable harm when I raised my voice like that?” “Am I ruining their attention span by pawning them off on the TV because I needed 15 minutes of quiet to attend to an urgent work matter?” These questions really do keep me up at night. And I get stuck in an anxiety spiral, a debilitating loop of panic, worry and self-loathing. I find myself obsessing repeatedly about how I can “do better” – and the very next day, I’m back for more mumfluencer content, hoping that maybe this time, I’ll somehow find the secret to being a better mum on my feed. Instead of feeling empowered, educated or enlightened, my late-night social media scrolling often leaves me anxious and worried instead. Like I can’t measure up to the mums whose lives I follow on social media. Compounding that anxiety is the awareness that I’m responsible for modelling “healthy” behaviours for my children. In this day and age, it’s downright impossible to completely cut our children off from technology and, by extension, social media. But if my children getting sucked into this anxiety-inducing rabbit hole is inevitable, I’d also like to ensure that they’re well equipped with the tools they need to navigate it. I want them to be able to separate their self-worth from the "likes" and comments they get. I want them to be purposeful about consuming content online, instead of mindlessly scrolling until something catches their attention. Most importantly, I want them to have self-control – to be able to unplug and spend time living their lives in the real world , instead of just on their devices. FORMING HEALTHY SOCIAL MEDIA HABITS I do think it would be best for my mental health if I completely disconnected from social media. Unfortunately, there’s no escaping it for now. I need it to stay tuned in to trends for work and keep tabs on what’s going on in Gen Alpha land. What my family and I really need are healthy social media habits – clear lines and firm boundaries. My husband and I agree that this begins with us. For a start, we have decided to leave our phones on the coffee counter from 6pm to 8.30pm every day. Every evening, for two-and-a-half hours, we will commit ourselves wholly and fully to focusing on our children and each other as we wind down from the hustle and bustle of the day. On my part, I’ve vowed to eschew mindless scrolling in my precious few pockets of downtime each day. Instead, I’m going to be more intentional about choosing the content I consume, like e-books or podcasts. This may seem like a small step, but it’s crucial for regaining control over my digital habits. By keeping my social media usage deliberate and focused, I hope to be able to keep my own negative feelings and anxieties about it in check. Most importantly, I hope that by watching their parents model healthy relationships with our devices and digital activities, our children will be able to build the same for themselves. Kelly Ang is a mother of five and a freelance writer.Inside the Gaetz ethics report, a trove of new details alleging payments for sex and drug use
NASHVILLE, Tenn (AP) — Josh Heupel made clear his No. 7 Tennessee Volunteers couldn't have started their regular season finale any worse giving up 14 points within the first five minutes. The Vols showed they can finish, which has them on the verge of hosting a College Football Playoff game. Nico Iamaleava threw for 257 yards and four touchdowns rallying Tennessee to routing in-state rival Vanderbilt 36-23 Saturday. “Finishing the way that we needed to and that we wanted to always is sweet, and these guys earned the right for this to be a big game," Heupel said. "They went out, they took it.” The Volunteers (10-2, 6-2 Southeastern Conference; No. 8 CFP) needed a big victory to impress the College Football Playoff committee. They beat Vanderbilt (6-6, 3-5) for a sixth straight season leaving the Commodores needing to win their bowl game to post their first winning record since 2013. Better yet, the Vols rebounded from a nightmare start giving up the first 14 points by scoring 29 straight points. They led 24-17 at halftime on Iamaleava's first three TD passes. “Once they took the momentum, we kind of allowed them to have it for the rest of the game," Vanderbilt coach Clark Lea said. "And you got to credit Tennessee. I mean, obviously, they were playing for the playoffs and credit coach Heupel and his team for their winning performance.” Junior Sherrill returned the opening kickoff 100 yards for a touchdown for Vanderbilt to stun a mostly orange crowd. Dylan Sampson fumbled on the Vols’ second play from scrimmage, and Sedrick Alexanader's 4-yard TD run on a 26-yard drive put Vandy up 14-0 quickly. Then Iamaleava got Tennessee going with a 28-yard TD pass to Dont’e Thornton Jr. Tennessee got a break when Max Gilbert's 50-yard field goal bounced off the crossbar and over. Iamaleava found Thornton again on an 86-yard catch-and-run TD, then he tossed an 18-yard TD pass to Miles Kitselman. “Nico I just thought played really well throughout the course of the football game ...,” Heupel said. An early interception remained on Iamaleava's mind postgame. He also scrambled six times for 42 yards and wasn't sacked once. “I still feel like I can do better,” Iamaleava said. Iamaleava capped the opening drive of the third quartewith a 14-yard TD pass to Mike Matthews. The Vols added a safety by Tyre West and another Gilbert field goal. Diego Pavia threw a 31-yard TD pass to Richie Hoskins late with Vandy's 2-point conversion failing for the final margin. Tennessee shook off yet another slow start. The Vols may move up a spot or two . The biggest question is whether the Vols get to host a playoff game at Neyland Stadium where they went undefeated. Tennessee put together TD drives of 91 and 96 yards in the first half. The Vols then beat Vandy at its own game of keepaway after not even managing 10 minutes of possession in the first half. They finished with the edge in that stat outgaining Vandy 538-212. Vanderbilt had some of the best offensive success against Tennessee in the first half of any opponent this season. The Commodores had 114 yards rushing and 17 points by halftime against a defense that came in ranked sixth nationally allowing just 98.8 yards a game. The Vols also held 10 opponents under 20 points this season. Lea said the Commodores ran just 11 plays to Tennessee's 44 after halftime. The Tennessee running back, who set the program record with 22 rushing TDs this season, didn't reach the end zone for the first time this season. Sampson finished with 178 yards rushing to reach 1,485 yards for the season, topping the school mark of 1,464 set by Travis Stephens in 2001. “I don’t know if anybody’s played the position better than he has this year,” Heupel said of a running back who wasn't among the Doak Walker finalists. “He’s special. He's dynamic.” Tennessee waits to hear its spot in the CFP field, while Vanderbilt learns its bowl destination Dec. 8. Get poll alerts and updates on the AP Top 25 throughout the season. Sign up here . AP college football: https://apnews.com/hub/ap-top-25-college-football-poll and https://apnews.com/hub/college-football.NoneNone
As fans await the anticipated crossover between Philadelphia-bred series Abbott Elementary and It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia , Quinta Brunson and Rob McElhenney tided viewers over by joining forces to pull for their hometown Eagles in a promo for Sunday Night Football . “Being an Eagles fan in Los Angeles, I mean, of course you feel like an outsider sometimes,” McElhenny, who hails from Philadelphia, began in the ad. Brunson, who is from West Philly and born to a schoolteacher, agreed: “Being born and raised in Philly, living in LA, you know, you never really forget you’re not from here.” The two-time Emmy winning actress and writer was clad in a tracksuit boasting Eagles’ signature green. “Anyone else notice it’s, like, always freaking sunny here?” McElhenney joked in an obvious reference to his show’s namesake and the perpetual sunshine in California. “I guess you could say with the holidays around the corner, it’s nice to have some family in town,” the Welcome to Wrexham executive producer began, with Brunson chiming in “especially when your family is playing like this: The two football fans singled out quarterback Jalen Hurts, who made a cameo in a February 2024 Abbott episode alongside his teammates, and running back Saquon Barkley in highlight reels, including the latter’s iconic “spin hurdle” that was recently added to video game Madden NFL. But the Los Angeles Rams are formidable opponents, the two stars said: “The Rams did the same thing last year, started slow like they were playing possum,” Brunson noted, with McElhenny adding, “next thing you know, they’re in the playoffs.” (Last year, the Rams lost to the Detroit Lions in the wild card round, with the latter team clinching its first playoff win in 32 years.) “I love the contrast though. And at the end of the day,” Brunson began, with McElhenney finishing her sentence: “There is still no place like home.” The two NFL powerhouses will face off in week 12 of SNF at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, Calif. tonight. The game kicks off at 5:20 p.m. PT on NBC and Peacock . Heading into the game, the Eagles are 8-2 with the Rams at 5-5. “All right, thanks guys, you can turn off the lights, I actually sleep here, so,” McElhenney said in closing out the video, set to an instrumental of Saint Motel’s “My Type,” filmed on-location at Paddy’s Bar. Last month, the casts of both Abbott and It’s Always Sunny united in a photo to tease the upcoming Disney crossover event of the year. Plot details of the crossover, which will be told in two parts corresponding to each show’s tonally wide-ranging interpretations, are being kept close to the vest. Abbott Elementary will return in the midseason to finish out Season 4 beginning Jan. 8, with It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia premiering Season 17 sometime in 2025. View the SNF promo below:No. 1 South Carolina Stunned In Upset Loss On Sunday
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INTERVIEW: Wirral golfer Paul Waring on the month that's changed his lifeVictory Capital Management Inc. increased its holdings in shares of Rocket Lab USA, Inc. ( NASDAQ:RKLB – Free Report ) by 4.4% in the 3rd quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The fund owned 40,587 shares of the rocket manufacturer’s stock after purchasing an additional 1,709 shares during the quarter. Victory Capital Management Inc.’s holdings in Rocket Lab USA were worth $395,000 as of its most recent SEC filing. Other large investors have also added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Wellington Shields & Co. LLC lifted its stake in Rocket Lab USA by 3.8% in the second quarter. Wellington Shields & Co. LLC now owns 69,142 shares of the rocket manufacturer’s stock valued at $332,000 after acquiring an additional 2,503 shares during the last quarter. Amalgamated Bank lifted its stake in Rocket Lab USA by 26.7% in the second quarter. Amalgamated Bank now owns 12,038 shares of the rocket manufacturer’s stock valued at $58,000 after acquiring an additional 2,538 shares during the last quarter. 180 Wealth Advisors LLC lifted its stake in Rocket Lab USA by 7.5% in the second quarter. 180 Wealth Advisors LLC now owns 40,180 shares of the rocket manufacturer’s stock valued at $214,000 after acquiring an additional 2,807 shares during the last quarter. Lakeridge Wealth Management LLC lifted its stake in Rocket Lab USA by 30.0% in the third quarter. Lakeridge Wealth Management LLC now owns 13,000 shares of the rocket manufacturer’s stock valued at $126,000 after acquiring an additional 3,000 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Verus Capital Partners LLC lifted its stake in Rocket Lab USA by 11.9% in the second quarter. Verus Capital Partners LLC now owns 33,160 shares of the rocket manufacturer’s stock valued at $159,000 after acquiring an additional 3,525 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 71.78% of the company’s stock. Rocket Lab USA Price Performance NASDAQ:RKLB opened at $27.28 on Friday. Rocket Lab USA, Inc. has a 52 week low of $3.47 and a 52 week high of $28.05. The firm has a market cap of $13.64 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of -73.73 and a beta of 1.29. The firm’s 50-day simple moving average is $13.66 and its 200 day simple moving average is $8.22. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.97, a quick ratio of 2.16 and a current ratio of 2.58. Insider Buying and Selling Wall Street Analyst Weigh In A number of analysts have commented on RKLB shares. Cantor Fitzgerald increased their price target on shares of Rocket Lab USA from $7.00 to $24.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research note on Thursday, November 14th. JMP Securities started coverage on shares of Rocket Lab USA in a research note on Thursday, September 12th. They issued a “market perform” rating for the company. The Goldman Sachs Group raised their target price on shares of Rocket Lab USA from $5.00 to $12.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a research note on Tuesday, November 19th. Bank of America raised their target price on shares of Rocket Lab USA from $10.00 to $30.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Thursday, November 14th. Finally, Citigroup raised their target price on shares of Rocket Lab USA from $13.00 to $22.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Monday, November 18th. Five analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and six have assigned a buy rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat.com, Rocket Lab USA has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $16.50. Check Out Our Latest Stock Analysis on Rocket Lab USA About Rocket Lab USA ( Free Report ) Rocket Lab USA, Inc, a space company, provides launch services and space systems solutions for the space and defense industries. The company provides launch services, spacecraft design services, spacecraft components, spacecraft manufacturing, and other spacecraft and on-orbit management solutions; and constellation management services, as well as designs and manufactures small and medium-class rockets. See Also Want to see what other hedge funds are holding RKLB? Visit HoldingsChannel.com to get the latest 13F filings and insider trades for Rocket Lab USA, Inc. ( NASDAQ:RKLB – Free Report ). Receive News & Ratings for Rocket Lab USA Daily - Enter your email address below to receive a concise daily summary of the latest news and analysts' ratings for Rocket Lab USA and related companies with MarketBeat.com's FREE daily email newsletter .
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UFC President Dana White played a major role in helping Donald Trump win the 2024 presidential election. White has been a vocal supporter of Trump dating back to before the 2016 election. He campaigned for the Republican president-elect in the months leading up to this year's matchup with Democratic vice president Kamala Harris, speaking at the party's national convention in the summer. White also hosted Trump at UFC 309 in New York City last weekend. But while White may have helped Trump win, he wants no part of a future in politics. In a new profile with the New Yorker, White said he's done with the political arena. "I’m never f-----g doing this again,” White said . “I want nothing to do with this s---. It’s gross. It’s disgusting. I want nothing to do with politics.” In late October, a little more than a week before Election Day, White issued a "warning" to American voters about Harris, Trump's opponent. GIORGIO VIERA/Getty Images "She can get your party’s nomination without even facing voters," White said . "What else? What else can she offer the American people other than vague promises and no plan? "She talks a lot about the need for change and her hope for the future. Hope and change. Does that sound familiar? She can use the old Obama playbook, but she’s not Obama, and she is no agent of change. She is the sitting vice president of the United States right now. What she hopes is voters will focus on the future because she doesn’t want us looking at the last four years to see what we really need to change." Barring a change to the Constitution, Trump is ineligible to run again in 2028, so White won't have to worry about campaigning for him again. However, UFC is still a right-leaning sport, meaning its possible that the sport and company become involved somehow in politics down the line, whether White wants to be or not. Related: UFC President Dana White 'Warns' Americans Before The Election
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The Yomiuri Shimbun 6:00 JST, November 23, 2024 * * A false “scoop” that Olena Zelenska, the wife of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, purchased a luxury sports car when she visited France in June drew a great deal of attention as it circulated in the United States, Europe and other Western countries. A photo of a purported receipt of the purchase, showing her name and the amount, also circulated on the internet. On the X social media platform, the claim was included in a post made with Ukraine’s seeking of aid from Western countries in mind. “This is insane. NO more money to Zelensky!” the post said. A French-language news website was the first to report the claim. It was based on a video clip on Instagram in which a man said he worked at a car dealership and assisted Zelenska with the purchase. Many Russian media outlets quoted the allegation, and pro-Russia influencers based in Western countries reposted it on their social media accounts, thus helping spread the claim. The Ukrainian government’s Center for Countering Disinformation immediately warned that it was a false story created by Russia, and that people should be wary. The center said it was highly likely the video clip was a sophisticated deep fake made with AI. The receipt shown in the photo was also a fake. The news site that first reported the story was created just nine days before it carried the claim. False reports that Zelenskyy and his wife have bought expensive goods have repeatedly appeared in Western countries. Aid from various nations is essential to put Ukraine in a favorable war situation. Russia’s aim is to create negative public opinion about Ukraine in Western countries, decrease aid to the country and deepen its hardships. Andriy Kovalenko, head of the Ukrainian center, used the term “media clones” to describe sites that pretend to be local media and transmit fake information. He warned that Russia is using the websites “to create a network” of fake information in Western countries. Kovalenko also said news articles themselves are created by AI in many cases. Tommaso Canetta, a fact-checking coordinator at the European Digital Media Observatory (EDMO), voiced concern about the progress in AI technology. EDMO was established by the European Union to monitor and analyze fake information. “In the near future, AI technology will become good enough to produce content that is indistinguishable from reality, so you will not be able to trust your own eyes anymore,” Canetta said. “This poses a huge, enormous challenge for ... the whole society.” Also inside Ukraine, fake videos and fake graphic images made by AI are circulating on social media. Controversy developed concerning Avdiivka, a town in eastern Ukraine that was captured by Russia in February after a fierce battle, when a fabricated video spread in which Zelenskyy appeared to order forces to retreat. Alona Romaniuk, editor-in-chief of Nota.E.Nota, a private Ukrainian fact-checking organization, said the content of fake news has changed “every day” in accordance with the war situation and the interest shown by the public. Sometimes the fake news pieces spread and “a lot of them work very well,” Romaniuk said. Such fake stories are disseminated to lessen trust in Zelenskyy, stir anxiety among the Ukrainian people about their possible mobilization to the front lines and sap the will to fight among soldiers and the public. Russia is trying to continue its aggression against Ukraine in an advantageous way by shaking that nation’s unity.