Republican Rand Paul opposes Trump talk of using military in deportationsNEW YORK (AP) — used his image as a successful New York businessman to become a celebrity, a reality television star and eventually the president. Now he will get to revel in one of the most visible symbols of success in the city when he rings the opening bell of the on Thursday as he's also named Time Magazine's Person of the Year. Trump is expected to be on Wall Street to mark the ceremonial start of the day's trading, according to four people with knowledge of his plans. He will also be announced Thursday as , according to a person familiar with the selection. The people who confirmed the stock exchange appearance and Time award were not authorized to discuss the matter publicly and spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity. It will be a notable moment of twin recognitions for Trump, who at times has treated the stock market as a measure of public approval and has long-prized signifiers of his success in New York's business world and his appearances on the covers of magazines — especially Time. Trump was named the magazine's Person of the Year in 2016, when he was first elected to the White House. He had already been listed as a finalist for this year's award alongside Vice President Kamala Harris, X owner Elon Musk, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Kate, the Princess of Wales. Time declined to confirm the selection ahead of Thursday morning's announcement. “Time does not comment on its annual choice for Person of the Year prior to publication,” a spokesperson for the magazine said Wednesday. The ringing of the bell is a powerful symbol of U.S. capitalism — and a good New York photo opportunity at that. Despite his decades as a New York businessman, Trump has never done it before. It was unclear whether Trump, a Republican, would meet with New York's embattled mayor, Democrat , who and has not ruled out changing his political party. Adams has been and accused of selling influence to foreign nationals; he has denied wrongdoing. Trump himself was once a symbol of New York, but he gave up living full-time in his namesake Trump Tower in Manhattan and moved to Florida after leaving the White House. CNN first reported Wednesday Trump’s visit to the stock exchange and Politico reported that Trump was expected to be unveiled as Time's Person of the Year. The stock exchange regularly invites celebrities and business leaders to participate in the ceremonial opening and closing of trading. During Trump’s first term, his wife, Melania Trump, rang the bell to promote her “Be Best” initiative on children’s well-being. Last year, Time CEO Jessica Sibley rang the opening bell to unveil the magazine's 2023 Person of the Year: . After the Nov. 5 election, the S&P 500 rallied 2.5% for its best day in nearly two years. The Dow Jones Industrial Average surged 1,508 points, or 3.6%, while the Nasdaq composite jumped 3%. All three indexes topped records they had set in recent weeks. The U.S. stock market has historically tended to rise the White House, with Democrats scoring bigger average gains since 1945. But Republican control could mean big shifts in the winning and losing industries underneath the surface, and investors are adding to bets built earlier on what the that Trump favors will mean. Trump has long courted the business community based on his own status as a wealthy real estate developer who gained additional fame as the star of the TV show “The Apprentice” in which competitors tried to impress him with their business skills. He won the election in part by about an economy that seemed unable to meet the needs of the middle class. The larger business community has applauded his promises to reduce corporate taxes and cut regulations. But there are also concerns about his stated plans to impose broad tariffs and possibly target companies that he sees as not aligning with his own political interests. Trump spends the bulk of his time at his Florida home but was in New York for weeks this spring during his hush money trial there. He was convicted, but his lawyers are pushing for the case to be thrown out in light of his election. While he spent hours in a Manhattan courthouse every day during his criminal trial, Trump took his presidential campaign to the streets of the heavily Democratic city, holding a rally in the Bronx and popping up at settings for working-class New Yorkers: a bodega, a construction site and a firehouse. Trump returned to the city in September to meet with Ukrainian President at his Manhattan tower and again in the final stretch of the presidential campaign when he held a rally at Madison Square Garden that drew immediate blowback as speakers made . At the stock exchange, the ringing of the bell has been a tradition since the 1800s. The first guest to do it was a 10-year-old boy named Leonard Ross, in 1956, who won a quiz show answering questions about the stock market. Many times, companies listing on the exchange would ring the bell at 9:30 a.m. to commemorate their initial offerings as trading began. But the appearances have become an important marker of culture and politics -- something that Trump hopes to seize as he’s promised historic levels of economic growth. The anti-apartheid advocate and South African President Nelson Mandela rang the bell, as has Hollywood star Sylvester Stallone with his castmates from the film “The Expendables.” So, too, have the actors Robert Downey Jr. and Jeremy Renner for an “Avengers” movie and the Olympians Michael Phelps and Natalie Coughlin. In 1985, Ronald Reagan became the first sitting U.S. president to ring the bell. “With tax reform and budget control, our economy will be free to expand to its full potential, driving the bears back into permanent hibernation,” Reagan said at the time. “We’re going to turn the bull loose.” The crowd of traders on the floor chanted, “Ronnie! Ronnie! Ronnie!” The Dow Jones Industrial Average climbed in 1985 and 1986, but it suffered a decline in October 1987 in an event known as “Black Monday.” Long reported from Washington. Associated Press writer Josh Boak in Washington contributed to this report.

Behind Donald Trump's Win, The Misplaced Optimism Of The White LiberalTwo-term councilor and mayor Andrew Coolidge sat down Friday afternoon for the journalistic equivalent of an exit interview.New coach Chris Holtmann has been tasked with rebuilding DePaul to the point where it can return to the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 2004. Northern Illinois coach Rashon Burno knows what it takes to steer DePaul to the NCAAs because he was the starting point guard on the 2000 team that made the tournament -- the Blue Demons' only other NCAA appearance since 1992. Perhaps they can compare notes Saturday afternoon when Burno leads the Huskies (2-3) back to his alma mater as DePaul (5-0) hosts its sixth straight home game in Chicago. Last season, Burno's NIU squad helped accelerate DePaul's need for a new coach -- as the Huskies waltzed into Wintrust Arena and owned Tony Stubblefield's Blue Demons by an 89-79 score on Nov. 25. The Huskies built a 24-point second-half lead before coasting to the finish line. Can history repeat for NIU? There's just one problem with using last year's game as a potential barometer for Saturday's rematch: Almost no players on this year's teams were part of last year's squads. At DePaul, only assistant coach Paris Parham remains as Holtmann had the green light to bring in an all-new roster. UIC graduate transfer Isaiah Rivera (16.0 ppg, .485 3-point rate) and Coastal Carolina transfer Jacob Meyer (15.4 ppg, .406 on 3s) lead a balanced attack that focuses on getting half its shots from beyond the arc. At NIU, Burno retained only two players who competed against DePaul last year -- Ethan Butler and Oluwasegun Durosinmi -- and they combined for three points in 26 minutes in that game. The Huskies' main players used the transfer portal to join such programs as Kansas, Wisconsin, Penn State, Colorado State, James Madison, Georgia State and Niagara. With every starting job open, Butler has jumped into the lineup and produced 11.6 points, 4.8 rebounds, 1.8 blocks and 1.4 steals per game. Transfers Quentin Jones (Cal Poly) and James Dent (Western Illinois) pace the Huskies with 14.4 and 14.0 points per game. NIU is on a two-game losing streak, most recently a 75-48 home defeat at the hands of Elon on Wednesday. Holtmann hopes to have Arkansas transfer Layden Blocker for Saturday's game. Blocker missed Tuesday's 78-69 win over Eastern Illinois with a quad injury. With the combo guard unavailable, point guard Conor Enright handed out a career-high 11 assists in a season-high 38 minutes. "We need (Blocker)," Holtmann said. "I don't want to play Conor 38 minutes." --Field Level Media

School districts throughout Schuylkill County will benefit from recent state grants that are intended to increase safety and security in schools and improve mental health among students, officials announced this week. The grants from the Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency were approved for the Mahanoy Area, Shenandoah Valley and North Schuylkill school districts, as well as Schuylkill Intermediate Unit 29 and the Schuylkill Technology Center campuses in Frackville and Marlin. The amounts are:North Schuylkill – $140,139Shenandoah Valley – $123,289Mahanoy Area – $121,155Schuylkill IU – $70,000Schuylkill Technology Center – $70,000 The Schuylkill IU is using its grant to help pay the costs of a board-certified behavioral analyst who serves students with special needs in all 12 public school districts that belong to the IU. In that role is Randy Lattis, who began this school year and will continue at least through next school year thanks to the grant, said Shannon Brennan, assistant executive director of the IU. The mental health issues of students across the county have risen since the COVID-19 pandemic, Brennan said, and Lattis helps students whose struggles require intervention. He develops support plans for those with behavioral or emotional issues, physical disabilities and other issues that result in a diagnosis, she said. “He’s been a huge asset,” she said. The north and south campuses of the Schuylkill Training Center recently created the position of health and safety coordinator, which its grant is helping to pay for through next school year, Brennan said. In addition to tracking health data in that role, Jennifer Fritz helps students deal with stress and emotional issues, connects them with county resources outside of school, and works on school health and safety plans, including protocols for fire drills and evacuations. Meanwhile, the Mahanoy Area School District is putting half of its grant towards the salary of a staff social worker, who is in place this school year and will continue next school year. The social worker primarily provides mental health services to junior and senior high school students and occasionally works with elementary students. They also address student crisis situations as needed, with student mental health needs having increased significantly since the pandemic, said Jack Hurst, business administrator and school safety and security coordinator. The rest of Mahanoy’s grant money will be used to install safety posts known as bollards in front of its elementary school as a security measure to prevent vehicles from driving into the building, Hurst said. That will bring the school in line with state safety requirements, he said. “These funds allow us to do things we otherwise wouldn’t be able to afford,” he said. Shenandoah will use its grant to add more exterior and interior security cameras across its elementary and secondary campus, and to cover part of the costs of the district’s two police officers, who began last year and will continue at least through next school year, said Brian Waite, superintendent. North Schuylkill will use its grant to hire a second armed security guard for its elementary and junior-senior high school buildings for the next year, and for physical upgrades to the buildings, including improving security at both school entrances, and installing a mass notification system to be used internally in case of crisis, said Robert Ackell, superintendent. Statewide, the financial awards were among the $120 million issued through the school safety grants program package appropriated in Pennsylvania’s 2024-25 budget, officials said. Along with the public school grants, nearly $20 million was awarded to nonpublic schools, municipalities, law enforcement agencies, and approved security vendors supplying school security personnel services to schools. “Our kids can’t focus on learning if we aren’t meeting the basic need for safety within the walls of their schools and making sure students’ mental health needs are met,” said Lt. Gov. Austin Davis, chair of the Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency, and also the School Safety and Security Committee. “This program is more than funding—it’s about investing in the well-being of our kids and giving peace of mind to their families and school staff who are dedicated to helping them learn and grow.”WASHINGTON (AP) — Working-class voters helped Republicans make steady election gains this year and expanded a coalition that increasingly includes rank-and-file union members, a political shift spotlighting one of President-elect Donald Trump’s latest Cabinet picks: a GOP congresswoman, who has drawn labor support, to be his labor secretary. Oregon Rep. Lori Chavez-DeRemer narrowly lost her bid for a second term this month, despite strong backing from union members, a key part of the Democratic base but gravitating in the Trump era toward a Republican Party traditionally allied with business interests. “Lori’s strong support from both the Business and Labor communities will ensure that the Labor Department can unite Americans of all backgrounds behind our Agenda for unprecedented National Success - Making America Richer, Wealthier, Stronger and more Prosperous than ever before!” Trump said in a statement announcing his choice Friday night. For decades, labor unions have sided with Democrats and been greeted largely with hostility by Republicans. But with Trump's populist appeal, his working-class base saw a decent share of union rank-and-file voting for Republicans this year, even as major unions, including the AFL-CIO and the United Auto Workers , endorsed Democrat Kamala Harris in the White House race. Trump sat down with the International Brotherhood of Teamsters union leadership and members this year, and when he emerged from that meeting, he boasted that a significant chunk of union voters were backing him. Of a possible Teamsters endorsement, he said, “Stranger things have happened.” The Teamsters ultimately declined to endorse either Trump, the former president, or Harris, the vice president, though leader Sean O’Brien had a prominent speaking slot at the Republican National Convention. Kara Deniz, a Teamsters spokesperson, told the Associated Press that O’Brien met with more than a dozen House Republicans this past week to lobby on behalf of Chavez-DeRemer. “Chavez-DeRemer would be an excellent choice for labor secretary and has his backing,” Deniz said. The work of the Labor Department affects workers’ wages, health and safety, ability to unionize, and employers' rights to fire employers, among other responsibilities. On Election Day, Trump deepened his support among voters without a college degree after running just slightly ahead of Democrat Joe Biden with noncollege voters in 2020. Trump made modest gains, earning a clear majority of this group, while only about 4 in 10 supported Harris, according to AP VoteCast, a sweeping survey of more than 120,000 voters nationwide. Roughly 18% of voters in this year's election were from union households, with Harris winning a majority of the group. But Trump's performance among union members kept him competitive and helped him win key states such as Pennsylvania, Michigan and Wisconsin. Chavez-DeRemer was one of few House Republicans to endorse the “Protecting the Right to Organize” or PRO Act, which would allow more workers to conduct organizing campaigns and add penalties for companies that violate workers’ rights. The measure would weaken “right-to-work” laws that allow employees in more than half the states to avoid participating in or paying dues to unions that represent workers at their places of employment. Trump's first term saw firmly pro-business policies from his appointees across government, including those on the National Labor Relations Board. Trump, a real estate developer and businessman before winning the presidency, generally has backed policies that would make it harder for workers to unionize. During his recent campaign, Trump criticized union bosses, and at one point suggested that UAW members should not pay their dues. His first administration did expand overtime eligibility rules, but not nearly as much as Democrats wanted, and a Trump-appointed judge has since struck down the Biden administration’s more generous overtime rules. He has stacked his incoming administration with officials who worked on the Heritage Foundation’s “Project 2025” blueprint, which includes a sharp swing away from Biden’s pro-union policies. “Chavez-DeRemer’s record suggests she understands the value of policies that strengthen workers’ rights and economic security,” said Rebecca Dixon, president and CEO of National Employment Law Project, which is backed my many of the country’s major labor unions. “But the Trump administration’s agenda is fundamentally at odds with these principles, threatening to roll back workplace protections, undermine collective bargaining, and prioritize corporate profits over the needs of working people. This is where her true commitment to workers will be tested.” Other union leaders also issued praise, but also sounded a note of caution. “Educators and working families across the nation will be watching ... as she moves through the confirmation process,” the president of the National Education Association, Becky Pringle, said in a statement, “and hope to hear a pledge from her to continue to stand up for workers and students as her record suggests, not blind loyalty to the Project 2025 agenda.” AFL-CIO President Liz Shuler welcomed the choice while taking care to note Trump's history of opposing polices that support unions. "It remains to be seen what she will be permitted to do as secretary of labor in an administration with a dramatically anti-worker agenda,” Shuler said.

SBA Administrator Guzman Hosts Inaugural Artificial Intelligence Small Business Summit at Georgia TechWhile the New York Yankees and Chicago Cubs are locked in a bidding battle for All-Star Houston Astros outfielder Kyle Tucker, there is an interesting fallback option for the Yankees in left field. They reportedly have interest in Jurickson Profar, MLB.com’s Bryan Hoch reported . Once considered the top prospect in the game Profar’s career has largely been disappointing. Now 31, however, Profar is coming off a career year in which he slashed .280/.380/.459 with 24 HR, 85 RBI, and 4.3 fWAR. The switch-hitting Profar earned his first All-Star nod in 2024 with the San Diego Padres. Profar has shown his maturity as a hitter. Last year, he ranked in the 89th percentile in walk rate, the 88th percentile in strikeout rate, and the 90th percentile in both chase and whiff rate. Many believe Profar blossomed in San Diego because he did not have to be“the guy.” He just played his role on a team that featured Manny Machado and Fransisco Tatis, Jr. and in 2023 also included Juan Soto. The Yankees would provide the same ability for Jurickson to just stick to his role behind Aaron Judge, Giancarlo Stanton, and their other stars. Profar is projected to command a deal in the three-year, $30 million range.Researchers from a local university are conducting a community-led research project to map the drug crisis in Surrey. Michael Ma, PhD and Tara Lyons, PhD from Kwantlen Polytechnic University (KPU) are working with the Surrey Union of Drug Users (SUDU) to highlight "the lack of specific research on Surrey’s toxic drug supply crisis, harm reduction and the regulation of people who use drugs," notes a KPU news release Tuesday (Dec. 10). Surrey had the second-highest number of drug overdose deaths in the province for the first nine months of 2024, according to the . Gina Egilson, a board member at SUDU, said, "Surrey's losing more and more people to toxic drug overdoses, with at least four to five people dying every week." “There's a deep urgency to improve the system through more support and resources in Surrey. This research will be an empowering skill-building opportunity that will help guide SUDU's advocacy." In an , Ma noted that the majority of research on overdoses in B.C. is focused on Vancouver's Downtown Eastside, even though most overdoses have occurred in Vancouver, Surrey and Victoria. “For too many years there hasn't been enough focus on the escalating drug crisis in Surrey,” Ma said. “So we want to try to build more capacity and support in Surrey through resources, funding and infrastructure.” The project will draw from people with lived experience of substance use, who will take an "active role as participants and collaborators in the research," notes the KPU release. “This research is just not for pure scholarly academic reasons. It’s a community development project that has a research component. It can be leveraged for social action to generate new social, economic and political policy that could benefit people who are suffering, being misunderstood or being under-researched,” Ma said. Pete Woodrow, a board member at SUDU, said, “I've never seen this kind of collaboration between people of lived experience and established researchers." “It not only creates a bridge of understanding between two groups that would not normally have contact, it also gives us an opportunity to gain a greater handle on where services are most needed. So often the intent of help falls short or misses the mark due to the lack of a proper map of marginalized population.” Lyons added, “We don’t see people as objects of study in the work we're doing. They're experts who are guiding the kind of questions we're going to ask and how we will communicate the information.” A $339,159 grant from the will help fund this project.

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Eric Trump shares Donald's 'Amazon shopping list'... and Justin Trudeau won't like it Sign up for the latest with DailyMail.com's U.S. politics newsletter By SARAH EWALL-WICE, SENIOR U.S. POLITICAL REPORTER Published: 17:58 GMT, 24 December 2024 | Updated: 18:09 GMT, 24 December 2024 e-mail View comments Eric Trump trolled neighboring Canada as well as Greenland and Panama with a recent social media post about his father's Amazon shopping cart, but some do not see it as a laughing matter. President-elect Donald Trump has been making declarations about U.S. expansion ahead of his return to the White House next year including turning his focus on both counties and the territory. In a post on X, Trump's middle son shared an image that appeared to be an image that looked like an Amazon shopping cart. In the online cart were Canada, Greenland and the Panama Canal. The image next to it he shared was the 78-year-old smiling down at the shopping cart on on his phone. The younger Trump captioned his post 'We are so back!!!' But while the president-elect may be trolling other foreign leaders at times with his talk of expanding the U.S., some of his recent declarations appear to be serious including threats aimed at Greenland and Panama. Eric Trump shares post of what looks like an Amazon cart with Canada, Greenland and the Panama Canal in it as his father the president-elect declares he wants to expand U.S. control Trump first turned his ire on Canada and Mexico last month when he accused the neighboring countries of unfair trade with the U.S. and threatened they need to do more to address the border. At the time he threatened both countries with 25 percent tariffs on all imports into the U.S. when he returns to office if they don't take action. It's a move that economists warned would raise costs on American consumers and could be economically devastating to all three countries. In response, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau traveled to Trump's Mar-a-Lago home in Florida to meet with the president-elect in person where Trump suggested according to reports that Canada could become a U.S. state. Since then, the 78-year-old has been trolling Trudeau with social media posts including one of him looking into Canada. He has also referred to the Canadian leader as 'governor' and called for Canada to be the 51st state. Just days ago, he repeated a suggestion in a Truth Social post, even referring to it mockingly as the 'Great State of Canada.' Canadian Prime Minister Justice Trudeau in West Palm Beach, FL on November 29 to meet with Trump after the president-elect threatened tariffs. Since then, Trump has referred to Trudeau as 'governor' and Canada as a 'state' But Trump has gone further with his talk of expansion in just the past few days. The president-elect has also set his sights on the Panama Canal and Greenland with a series of social media posts that do not poke fun but make direct demands for U.S. control. In a post announcing his pick for U.S. ambassador to Denmark, Trump reignited his interest in buying Greenland. 'For purposes of National Security and Freedom throughout the World, the United States of America feels that the ownership and control of Greenland is an absolute necessity,' he wrote on Truth Social. Trump, 78, made the stark declaration Sunday night in announcement about his nominee for U.S. ambassador to Denmark that the U.S. feels 'ownership and control of Greenland is an absolute necessity' Trump first expressed interest in buying Greenland, an autonomous territory of Denmark, during his first term. While the president-elect has repeatedly floated the idea, he has not gone into any detail on how the U.S. would go about making the purchase with the people there or paying for it. The Prime Minister of Greenland Mute Egede responded to Trump's post stating that the territory is 'not for sale.' At the same time, Trump has threatened the country of Panama in recent weeks with the demand that the U.S. take control of the Panama Canal . Over the weekend, the president-elect wrote the canal in Central America which connects the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans is 'considered a VITAL National Asset for the United States, due to its critical role to America's Economy and National Security.' He vowed the U.S. would never let it fall into the wrong hands and wrote 'we will demand that the Panama Canal be returned to us.' Trump reiterated his demands over the canal an criticism of fees to use it to a group of supporters on Sunday during a speech in Phoenix, Arizona. But Panama's president José Raúl Mulino rejected Trump declaring 'every square meter of the Panama Canal belongs to Panama.' In a message released by Panama's President Mulino (pictured December 19, 2024) on Sunday afternoon, the nation's leader said that Panama's independence was non-negotiable and that China had no influence on the canal's administration Mulino said in his statement, which was released on X: 'Every square meter of the Panama Canal and the surrounding area belongs to Panama and will continue belonging (to Panama)' He added that the sovereignty and independence of the country is 'not negotiable.' The Panama Canal was built by the U.S. in the early 1900s, but it turned control over to Panama in 1999 under a treaty signed by President Jimmy Carter back in 1977. Trump responded to Panama's president writing 'We'll see about that!' He and allies have not indicated how the U.S. would seize control without cooperation. 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ORLANDO, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec 12, 2024-- Today, Luminar (NASDAQ: LAZR), a leading global automotive technology company, announced certain key executive updates that include Alex Fishkin joining as Chief Legal Officer, Michael Southard as Vice President of Engineering, and Marc Losiewicz appointed as Chief Business Officer and General Manager. “We’re setting Luminar up for success in 2025 with leadership enhancements to help us achieve our two main goals for next year: strong growth and increased efficiency,” said Austin Russell, Luminar Founder and CEO. “Luminar’s leading position to enable global automakers to achieve drastically improved assisted and autonomous capabilities on production vehicles continues to attract top talent in the industry.” Michael Southard joins Luminar to lead day to day LiDAR engineering activities for the company, with a focus on realizing greater efficiency and R&D leverage as the company concludes its development work on the Iris family of products, and focuses on Halo and beyond. He joins us from leading the hardware team at Block (formerly Square), and prior to that a leader in VR Hardware at Meta. He also has a long history of leading product development across a wide range of technologies at companies such as Amazon, Apple, Google. Mr. Southard’s experience and leadership come at a key inflection point in Luminar’s trajectory now that its technology is in series production, and customers are clamoring for the upcoming technologies in Luminar’s pipeline. Alex Fishkin, who previously served as Luminar’s Chief Legal Officer for three years, will return to the company. Mr. Fishkin is an accomplished business and legal executive and former engineer, with broad experience advising both public and private global technology companies. Mr. Fishkin was a professor of Law at Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law, and has held legal leadership positions at technology companies both large and small, spanning all the way back to Google prior to joining Luminar as its first General Counsel. Mr. Fishkin’s experience in operating highly efficient legal teams and advising companies to navigate industry challenges will be strong assets to the company and its growth. Marc Losiewicz will now serve as Chief Business Officer and General Manager for the company, after more than four years at Luminar. Mr. Losiewicz has previously held various senior roles, including most recently as Chief of Staff and Vice President of Business Development. Prior to Luminar, he was responsible for managing a one billion dollar P&L for the assisted driving platform at ZF, one of the largest automotive Tier 1 manufacturers, and began his career as an engineer. His wealth of experience and knowledge of the automotive and technology industries will be invaluable to helping Luminar achieve its mission. About Luminar Luminar is a global automotive technology company ushering in a new era of vehicle safety and autonomy. For the past decade, Luminar has built an advanced hardware and software/AI platform to enable its various partners, ranging from Volvo Cars and Mercedes-Benz to NVIDIA and Mobileye, to develop and deploy the world's most advanced passenger vehicles. Following the launch of the Volvo EX90 as the first global production vehicle to standardize its technology, Luminar is poised to lead the industry in enabling next-generation safety and autonomous capabilities for global production vehicles. For more information please visit www.luminartech.com . View source version on businesswire.com : https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20241212312564/en/ CONTACT: Media Relations: Milin Mehta Press@luminartech.com Investor Relations: Aileen Smith Investors@luminartech.com KEYWORD: FLORIDA UNITED STATES NORTH AMERICA INDUSTRY KEYWORD: HARDWARE AUTOMOTIVE MANUFACTURING ELECTRONIC DESIGN AUTOMATION DATA MANAGEMENT MANUFACTURING TECHNOLOGY OTHER AUTOMOTIVE EV/ELECTRIC VEHICLES AUTONOMOUS DRIVING/VEHICLES ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE FLEET MANAGEMENT GENERAL AUTOMOTIVE AUTOMOTIVE SOFTWARE VEHICLE TECHNOLOGY ENGINEERING SOURCE: Luminar Copyright Business Wire 2024. PUB: 12/12/2024 05:30 PM/DISC: 12/12/2024 05:28 PM http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20241212312564/enDirexion Daily AAPL Bear 1X Shares (NASDAQ:AAPD) Sees Significant Drop in Short Interest

Feminist clarity begins at homeIsmael Bennacer believes Milan ‘managed’ their emotions well in a , as he feels they could’ve also ‘conceded’ in a second half that saw the Giallorossi create dangerous chances. The Algerian midfielder returned to action four months after a serious injury and was ‘happy’ to be back, as he replaced Filippo Terracciano at half time and played the remaining 45 minutes. “I’m very happy to be back on the field, it was important for me because I worked really hard,” Bennacer told reporters at a post-match press conference “It’s never easy to recover from injuries like this. “It was a bit of a special match for me, we didn’t lose focus and managed our emotions well. We could have gone ahead, but we could have conceded a goal as well, in the end, we didn’t lose. “We have to look ahead because there’s an important goal to prepare for in the coming days. The 27-year-old had played his only minutes under coach Paulo Fonseca on the Serie A debut day against Torino and was back in what may have been the last game in charge for the Portuguese manager. Asked if he has found ‘problems’ in the team, Bennacer conceded they have ‘lost continuity’ and need to recover their ‘winning spirit’. “I won’t say there are problems within the team,” the midfielder continued. “We have new players, some of them young, and it’s up to us more experienced players to push the team. We’ve lost some continuity, but we need to find our winning spirit again. “For this, we just need work, patience, and the will to look forward.” The Rossoneri have won just two of their last five Serie A games and now sit eighth in the standings.

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