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Eli Zimmerman sat in his family hot tub relaxing and basking in the summer sun. Fellow senior Jared Meck was enjoying the beach life in Ocean City, Maryland, with school and football practice weeks away. Zimmerman’s father, Northwestern Lehigh’s athletic director, walked into their back yard. At about the same time, Meck’s phone interrupted his relaxation. Life was calling. Junior football teammate and friend Tucker Wessner was in an accident while doing community service work with the Boy Scouts. The news was jarring but neither Meck nor Zimmerman fully grasped the potential of the situation. “I thought he had accident but would recover,” Zimmerman said. “He was doing well, then things took a turn for the worse. I didn’t expect anything to be totally wrong.” Wessner was improving in the weeks after the June 24 accident. But on July 16, things went totally wrong. Wessner passed away from complications stemming from the accident. “He was one of the nicest kids you could ever meet,” Meck said. “No one was ever mad at him. His whole family is absolutely wonderful. He was always just fun. I don’t think I ever saw that kid have a frown on his face.” Tucker Wessner’s school locker at Northwestern is decorated with memories from those who knew him best. (Cory Chryst/Special to The Morning Call)Frowns did not begin to describe the grief and sickness that spread within the Northwestern Lehigh School District community after the tragic news spread. Counselors were provided for Wessner’s teammates, classmates and other friends in the tight-knit region tucked away from the big-city feel of Allentown, Bethlehem and Easton. Bobby McClarin, a former football player at Liberty High School and the United States Naval Academy, spoke to coach Josh Snyder’s Tigers. McClarin has been helping Lehigh Valley-area youth since 2015 with the creation of the Five-Star Heart project. His calling this time was to share his story of heartbreaking loss of friends at way too young of an age. Wessner’s passing hit Snyder particularly hard. Snyder’s mother endured three brain cancer surgeries before succumbing and brother Brett — one of the best football players and human beings Northwestern ever produced — fought a courageous battle with ALS for 16 years before passing in 2019. “One of my mom’s surgeries was when I was in 10th grade,” he said. “I had to tough it out with my brother and dad. Sports always was something to do to get away from that stuff. I tell the kids no matter what you have going on, that for two-and-a-half hours a day you can put that on the back burner, hang out with your friends and play football. After that you can face the music.” The Tigers have been inspired by Wessner’s love of life from the first summer workout until their last practice Friday ahead of Saturday’s PIAA Class 3A championship game against Avonworth. They have paid tribute to him in every possible way. His football locker remains untouched with his four No. 53 jerseys and helmet there for all to see. His jersey and helmet are on the sideline. A teammate runs onto the field for every game carrying a flag bearing his name and number on it. Each player has a camouflage towel with his number on it tucked inside their uniform pants. Their wrists have tape on them with his number on it. They have helmet stickers. There are pre- and post-game and pre- and post-practice prayers. The team honored his memory on the first play of the first game this season at Tiger Stadium against Wilson when Northwestern’s offensive starters stayed in the huddle while close friend and teammate Colton Popp took Wessner’s jersey, covered the game ball and presented them to Snyder. The team presented Colonial-Schuylkill League and District 11 gold medals to Wessner’s mother, Melinda, after those respective championship games. She has found the strength to contribute to some of the team meals. “Whatever we do,” Snyder said, “we have to do it with class, do it the right way to support the family who comes to all the games. It’s a delicate situation. You can’t force these things. They have to come naturally and make sure the family feels comfortable with it. “I think everything we’ve done naturally and in the flow of life. Adversity happens in life. How you navigate all that, football helps with a routine, structure, discipline. The coaches really care about the kids as individuals. In times of struggles and need, that helps. You have a network already created to help with hardships.” The players and coaches talk openly about how Wessner has inspired them by the way he lived his life. They often —unprovoked — mention his presence and power after games. Football did not define Wessner, who would have been a special teams player and a critical scout team player this season and a starter next year. But football was only a small part of who he was. Scouting was an important part. He loved hunting, farming and helping his dad, Jake, in the family business — JM Dirtworx LLC. It wasn’t that long ago when Wessner was knee deep in dirt helping replace the sewer system in the Zimmerman’s back yard. Wessner was close with teammates Popp, Craig Snyder, Evan Wagstaff and Colin Macaulay, but he was friends with everyone. “No matter what was going on,” Zimmerman said, “he could always put a smile on people’s faces. He could light up a room. He had a huge impact on a lot of kids at the school.” It is why Northwestern’s football season has been so special. The Tigers have won all 15 games to this point, many by the mercy rule. They have enjoyed every moment together. They have not talked much about getting to the state final for the second year in a row, but it was expected. Snyder’s crew inexplicably found a way to graduate their four best players from last year’s state finalist team and be even better this season. Without provocation, the Tigers know why everything has been possible. “It’s all for Tucker,” junior Mason Bollinger said. “He motivated us this summer to push through the workouts. He’s on our minds always.” “You need great leaders, and you need a kid like Tucker Wessner sitting on your shoulder every week,” Snyder added. Not one player or coach in the Northwestern football locker room expected to be processing such a tragedy for the last five months. No answers or explanations make sense. But the Tigers to a man young or old know there is only one fitting end to this challenging season. “We’re playing with an angel on our shoulders,” Zimmerman said. “We have somebody special watching over us. We have Tucker and Brett. Those two are having fun up there watching the Tigers play football. “It has made every practice extra special, every game special knowing you’re playing for someone. We’re going to go win this one for Tucker.” PIAA Class 3A championship game Who: Northwestern (15-0) vs. Avonworth (12-3) When/where: 1 p.m. Saturday at Cumberland Valley’s Chapman Field At stake: Saturday’s winner will capture its program’s first state football title About Avonworth: Serves the northern reaches of Pittsburgh, including Ben Avon, Ben Avon Heights, Emsworth, Ohio Township and Kilbuck Township. ... Lost in last year’s WPIAL (District 7) championship game 26-0 to eventual state champion Belle Vernon. ... Lost in its only previous state final, 74-7 to Southern Columbia in the 2019 Class 2A game. ... Duke Johncour is 121-41 in 14 seasons as head coach. He previously was an assistant at Moniteau (1 year), Grove City (5 years) and Avonworth (10 years). Johncour’s father, Barry, played with former Miami Dolphins running back Mercury Morris at West Texas State. Both played at Avonworth. ... Son Derek Johncour is in his second season as an assistant. ... About the Antelopes: Senior two-way lineman Mason Metz committed to Seton Hill to play baseball. ... Injured senior lineman Nik Engelmore is getting a lot of college interest. ... There are three sets of brothers on the roster: Mason and Bryce Mets, Nico and Luca Neal, Perry and Dmitri Velisaris. ... Luca Neal ran for a career-high 263 yards and two second-half touchdowns on 27 carries in last Friday’s state semifinal win (16-6) over Penn Cambria. He had 26 carries during the regular season for 213 yards. He has 561 yards in five playoff games. ... Nico Neal ran for 102 yards and two TDs in a shutout victory over Central Valley in the WPIAL final two weeks ago. ... Mason Metz has 29 tackles for loss, including 20 sacks. Bryce Metz leads the team with 120 tackles. ... Carson Bellinger has 1,060 passing yards and 11 TDs. ... Nico Neal has 770 of the team’s 2,999 rushing yards. ... Luca Neal is tops with 25 catches for 475 yards and four TDs. ... Nico Neal and Mason Metz each have three of the club’s 17 fumble recoveries. About the Tigers: Eli Zimmerman’s school-record 2,548 rushing yards and 24 touchdowns lead the team. ... Shane Leh has completed 102 of 171 passes for 1,471 yards and 23 TDs. ... Mason Bollinger’s 27 catches leads the team for 523 yards and six scores. Zimmerman has 25 receptions. ... Brady Zimmerman, Eli’s brother, has a team-high 117 tackles. Shane Hulmes has 111. Jared Meck needs one more stop for 100. ... Bryer Reichard has 25 tackles for loss and three fumble recoveries. Brady Zimmerman has three fumble recoveries and three interceptions. Eli Zimmerman leads the club with six picks. Seth Kern has five. ... Eli Zimmerman has six punt returns for scores and averages 32.5 yards per return. ... Josh Snyder is 119-36 in 12 seasons in charge of his alma mater. Prediction: Northwestern 26-21 Last week: 2-0 Season: 137-33 Morning Call senior writer Tom Housenick can be reached at thousenick@mcall.com ©2024 The Morning Call. Visit mcall.com . Distributed by Tribune Content Agency, LLC.However, former President Trump's recent remarks on Ukraine's NATO aspirations have been met with skepticism and criticism. Trump, known for his unorthodox and unpredictable foreign policy approach, suggested in a media appearance that Ukraine's accession to NATO was "meaningless" and questioned the alliance's relevance in the modern world.
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NEW YORK (AP) — Technology stocks pulled Wall Street to another record amid a mixed Monday of trading. The S&P 500 rose 0.2% from its all-time high set on Friday to post a record for the 54th time this year. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 128 points, or 0.3%, while the Nasdaq composite gained 1%. Super Micro Computer, a stock that’s been on an AI-driven roller coaster, soared 28.7% to lead the market. Following allegations of misconduct and the resignation of its public auditor , the maker of servers used in artificial-intelligence technology said an investigation found no evidence of misconduct by its management or by the company’s board. It also said that it doesn’t expect to restate its past financials and that it will find a new chief financial officer, appoint a general counsel and make other moves to strengthen its governance. Big Tech stocks also helped prop up the market. 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The majority of stocks in the S&P 500 likewise fell, including California utility PG&E. It dropped 5% after saying it would sell $2.4 billion of stock and preferred shares to raise cash. Retailers were mixed amid what’s expected to be the best Cyber Monday on record and coming off Black Friday . Target, which recently gave a forecast for the holiday season that left investors discouraged , fell 1.2%. Walmart , which gave a more optimistic forecast, rose 0.2%. Amazon, which looks to benefit from online sales from Cyber Monday, climbed 1.4%. All told, the S&P 500 added 14.77 points to 6,047.15. The Dow fell 128.65 to 44,782.00, and the Nasdaq composite climbed 185.78 to 19,403.95. The stock market largely took Donald Trump’s latest threat on tariffs in stride. The president-elect on Saturday threatened 100% tariffs against a group of developing economies if they act to undermine the U.S. dollar. Trump said he wants the group, headlined by Brazil, Russia, India and China, to promise it won’t create a new currency or otherwise try to undercut the U.S. dollar. Story continues below video The dollar has long been the currency of choice for global trade. Speculation has also been around a long time that other currencies could knock it off its mantle, but no contender has come close. The U.S. dollar’s value rose Monday against several other currencies, but one of its strongest moves likely had less to do with the tariff threats. The euro fell amid a political battle in Paris over the French government’s budget . The euro sank 0.7% against the U.S. dollar and broke below $1.05. In the bond market, Treasury yields gave up early gains to hold relatively steady. The yield on the 10-year Treasury climbed above 4.23% during the morning before falling back to 4.19%. That was just above its level of 4.18% late Friday. A report in the morning showed the U.S. manufacturing sector contracted again last month, but not by as much as economists expected. This upcoming week will bring several big updates on the job market, including the October job openings report, weekly unemployment benefits data and the all-important November jobs report. They could steer the next moves for Federal Reserve, which recently began pulling interest rates lower to give support to the economy. Economists expect Friday’s headliner report to show U.S. employers accelerated their hiring in November, coming off October’s lackluster growth that was hampered by damaging hurricanes and strikes. “We now find ourselves in the middle of this Goldilocks zone, where economic health supports earnings growth while remaining weak enough to justify potential Fed rate cuts,” according to Mark Hackett, chief of investment research at Nationwide. In financial markets abroad, Chinese stocks led gains worldwide as monthly surveys showed improving conditions for manufacturing, partly driven by a surge in orders ahead of Trump’s inauguration next month. Both official and private sector surveys of factory managers showed strong new orders and export orders, possibly partly linked to efforts by importers in the U.S. to beat potential tariff hikes by Trump once he takes office. Indexes rose 0.7% in Hong Kong and 1.1% in Shanghai. AP Business Writers Matt Ott and Elaine Kurtenbach contributed.Odronextamab monotherapy led to complete responses in all patients with previously untreated follicular lymphoma evaluable for efficacy, per initial results from the safety lead-in portion of the confirmatory Phase 3 OLYMPIA-1 trial Primary analysis from an expansion cohort of the ELM-1 trial highlighted continued efficacy and durability in diffuse large B-cell lymphoma patients whose disease had progressed after CAR-T therapy First results from the ELM-2 trial in marginal zone lymphoma demonstrated high complete response rate in patients with relapsed/refractory disease TARRYTOWN, N.Y., Dec. 09, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc. REGN today announced new and updated data for odronextamab were presented at the 66 th American Society of Hematology (ASH) Annual Meeting and Exposition in San Diego, CA. The presentations, including two orals, showcase the depth and breadth of the odronextamab clinical development program, with twelve abstracts spanning several B-cell non-Hodgkin lymphoma (B-NHL) subtypes across earlier lines of treatment. OLYMPIA-1 Part 1 Results Showcased Compelling Potential in Previously Untreated Follicular Lymphoma (FL) The ongoing Phase 3 OLYMPIA-1 confirmatory trial consists of a non-randomized safety run-in (Part 1) followed by a randomized efficacy portion (Part 2) evaluating odronextamab monotherapy versus rituximab plus standard-of-care chemotherapies. In Part 1 (N=13), odronextamab led to complete responses (CR) in all 12 patients evaluable for efficacy at week 12. Historical clinical trial data indicate that the standard-of-care regimen R-Chemo was associated with an objective response rate (ORR) of 89% and 67% CR rate. 1 Among the 13 patients evaluable for safety, none experienced a dose-limiting toxicity (DLT). The most common treatment-emergent adverse events (TEAEs) were cytokine release syndrome (CRS; 62%), diarrhea (46%) and rash (39%). All cases of CRS were Grade 1. Infections occurred in 39% of patients, and 15% experienced a Grade 3 infection. Grade ≥3 TEAEs occurred in 46% of patients, which included one patient who discontinued early due to elevated liver enzymes. There were no reports of tumor lysis syndrome (TLS) or immune effector cell associated neurotoxicity syndrome (ICANS). "The OLYMPIA-1 Phase 3 trial is designed to explore a novel, chemotherapy-free, fixed duration treatment that is being studied in the outpatient setting in patients with previously untreated follicular lymphoma," said Elizabeth Brém, Associate Clinical Professor, Division of Hematology/Oncology at UC Irvine. "These compelling, initial data show the paradigm-changing potential of odronextamab in previously untreated patients and reinforce the remarkable complete response rates odronextamab demonstrated in late-line follicular lymphoma. We look forward to seeing the results of the Part 2 portion, which offers the first head-to-head evaluation of odronextamab monotherapy compared to standard-of-care chemo-immunotherapies." Durable Responses Shown in Diffuse Large B-Cell Lymphoma (DLBCL) that has Progressed After CAR-T Therapy The primary analysis from an expansion cohort of the ELM-1 trial, which evaluated patients with DLBCL who progressed after CAR-T therapy, were presented in an oral session. Among 60 patients – with a median duration of treatment of 12 weeks (range
