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FMC Corporation announces election of Anthony DiSilvestro to Board of DirectorsThe deadliest air accident ever in South Korea killed 179 people on Sunday when an airliner belly-landed and skidded off the end of the runway, erupting in a fireball as it slammed into a wall at Muan International Airport. Jeju Air flight 7C2216, arriving from the Thai capital Bangkok with 175 passengers and six crew on board, was trying to land shortly after 9 am local time at the airport in the south of the country, South Korea's transport ministry said. Two crew members survived and were being treated for injuries. The twin-engine Boeing 737-800 was seen in local media video landing on its belly at the Muan International Airport and skidding off the runway as smoke streamed out of the engines, before crashing into a wall and exploding in flames, killing everyone on board except two crew plucked from the wreckage. "Only the tail part retains a little bit of shape, and the rest of [the plane] looks almost impossible to recognise," Muan fire chief Lee Jung-hyun told a press briefing. The two crew members, a man and a woman, were rescued from the tail section of the burning plane, Lee said. "Passengers were ejected from the aircraft after it collided with the wall, leaving little chance of survival," a local fire official told families at a briefing, according to a statement released by the fire brigade. Only two people—both flight attendants—were rescued from the crash, it said. "Of the 179 dead, 65 have been identified," the country's fire agency said, adding that DNA retrieval had begun. Inside the airport terminal, tearful family members gathered to wait for news. An official began calling out the names of the 65 victims, with each name triggering fresh cries of grief. All of the passengers were Korean apart from two Thais, with the youngest a three-year-old boy and the oldest a 78-year-old, authorities said. The two survivors were transferred to separate hospitals in Seoul, the Yonhap news agency reported. Bits of plane seats and luggage were strewn across the field next to the runway. Authorities combed nearby areas for bodies possibly thrown from the plane, Lee said. Investigators are examining bird strikes and weather conditions as possible factors, Lee said. The control tower had issued a bird strike warning and, shortly afterward, the pilots declared mayday and then attempted to land from the opposite direction, a transport ministry official said. A passenger texted a relative to say a bird was stuck in the wing, the News1 agency reported. The crash was the worst for any South Korean airline since a 1997 Korean Air crash in Guam that killed more than 200 people, transportation ministry data showed. The previous worst on South Korean soil was an Air China crash that killed 129 in 2002. Yonhap news agency cited airport authorities as saying a bird strike may have caused the landing gear to malfunction. Experts, however, said the bird strike report and the way the aircraft attempted to land raised more questions than answers. "A bird strike is not unusual, problems with an undercarriage are not unusual," said Airline News editor Geoffrey Thomas. "Bird strikes happen far more often, but typically they don't cause the loss of an airplane by themselves." Under global aviation rules, South Korea will lead a civil investigation into the crash and automatically involve the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) in the United States, where the plane was built. The NTSB said later it was leading a team of US investigators to help South Korea's aviation authority. Hours after the crash, family members gathered in the airport's arrival area, some crying and hugging as Red Cross volunteers handed out blankets. Many victims appeared to be residents of nearby areas returning from vacation, officials said. Families screamed and wept as a medic announced the names of victims identified by their fingerprints. Papers were circulated for families to write down their contact details. Mortuary vehicles lined up outside to take bodies away, and authorities said a temporary morgue had been established. The aircraft was manufactured in 2009, the transport ministry said. The Boeing model involved in the crash, a 737-800, is one of the world's most flown airliners with a generally strong safety record. It was developed well before the MAX variant involved in a recent Boeing safety crisis. It was the first fatal flight for Jeju Air, a low-cost airline founded in 2005 that ranks behind only Korean Air Lines and Asiana Airlines in terms of the number of passengers in the country. Jeju Air CEO Kim E-bae apologised for the accident, bowing deeply during a televised briefing. Kim said that the aircraft had no record of accidents and there were no early signs of malfunction, adding that the airline will cooperate with investigators and make supporting the bereaved its top priority. All domestic and international flights at the airport were cancelled after the accident, Yonhap reported. The crash site smelled of aviation fuel and blood, according to Reuters witnesses. Workers in protective suits and masks combed the area while soldiers searched through bushes. The accident happened only three weeks after Jeju Air started regular flights from Muan to Bangkok and other Asian cities on December 8. Muan International is one of South Korea's smallest airports but it has become much busier in recent years. South Korean acting President Choi Sang-mok, named interim leader of the country on Friday in an ongoing political crisis, arrived at the scene of the accident and said the government was putting all its resources into dealing with the crash. Two Thai women were on the plane, aged 22 and 45, Thai government spokesperson Jirayu Houngsub said. The Thai foreign ministry later confirmed both were among those killed. Thai officials said that there were no abnormal conditions when the plane took off. Both black boxes—the flight data recorder and the cockpit voice recorder—have been found from the crash site, some 288 kilometres southwest of the capital Seoul, deputy transport minister Joo Jong-wan said at a briefing. COMMENTS Comments are moderated and generally will be posted if they are on-topic and not abusive. For more information, please see our

OKLAHOMA CITY — A new study has found that systemic barriers to voting on tribal lands contribute to substantial disparities in Native American turnout, particularly for presidential elections. The study, released Nov. 19 by the Brennan Center for Justice, looked at 21 states with federally recognized tribal lands that have a population of at least 5,000 and where more than 20% of residents identify as American Indian or Alaska Native. Researchers found that between 2012 and 2022, voter participation in federal elections was 7 percentage points lower in midterms and 15 percentage points lower in presidential elections than among those living off tribal lands in the same states. Chelsea Jones, a researcher on the study, said the study suggests some barriers may be insurmountable in predominately Native communities due to a lack of adequate polling places or access to early and mail-in ballots. Many residents on tribal lands have nontraditional addresses, meaning they don't have street names or house numbers, making mail-in voting even more difficult. As a result, many Native American voters rely on P.O. boxes, but the study notes that several jurisdictions will not mail ballots to P.O. boxes. Colorado counties embrace Pocketalk devices to overcome language barriers in elections Long distances to the polls that do exist on tribal lands and little to no public transportation creates additional hurdles for Native American voters. Additionally, Jones said they found Native American voters were denied the ability to vote using their tribal IDs in several places, including in states where that is legally allowed. All of these roadblocks to the ballot can create a sense of distrust in the system, which could contribute to lower turnout, Jones said. PHOENIX — Arizona top officials certified the state's election results on Nov. 25, including voters' approval of a measure that expands abortion access from 15 weeks to the point of fetal viability. The victory for reproductive rights groups sets the stage for their next battle: challenging other laws on the books in Arizona they say are too restrictive. The 15-week cutoff, for example, allows exceptions only when the mother's life is at risk. Absent a court order or legislative action, those laws will remain unchanged, even if they conflict with the voter-approved measure. Opponents of the constitutional amendment are preparing a defense. For now, providers will have discretion in performing abortions beyond 15 weeks. Legal challenges are expected within days, Attorney General Kris Mayes said at a news conference celebrating expanded access. "The position of the state of Arizona will be that we agree that abortion is legal in our state," Mayes said. Amendment 79 enshrining right to abortion in Colorado Constitution appears to have passed Cathi Herrod, president of the socially conservative Center for Arizona Policy, said the organization is anticipating legal challenges to current laws regulating abortion and is preparing to "intervene where appropriate." Among those current laws is one that requires patients to have an ultrasound at least 24 hours before the procedure, with the option to view the image and hear an explanation of what it shows. Another criminalizes abortions sought solely because of a genetic abnormality. "All the laws that have currently been on the books are under question and are subject to possible challenges at some point," said Darrell Hill, policy director at the American Civil Liberties Union of Arizona. CHEYENNE — The Wyoming Legislature's Joint Transportation, Highways and Military Affairs Committee sponsored two draft bills and a potential efficiency study on Nov. 15, with hopes of diverting additional money and using it more efficiently on the state's highways. The committee voted 13-1 to sponsor the draft bill titled "Severance tax distribution-highway fund,” and unanimously in support of another titled "Vehicle sales tax distribution-highway fund." The purpose of both bills is to divert tax funds from the general fund to the highway fund in order to address safety and return to a period of growth, as opposed to continuing a period of maintenance, according to committee discussion. If passed, the draft bill "Severance tax distribution-highway fund" would change the distribution of severance tax to the highway fund. For fiscal year 2026 and thereafter, funds would be deposited to the highway fund. Colorado officials highlight $7.2B from infrastructure law as America transitions to Trump presidency The other bill would amend the distribution of sales and use taxes on motor vehicles and trailers and send it the highway fund. This would not increase the tax on these vehicles; it would simply change where taxpayer dollars are allocated. "Our position on it is if you're going to buy a vehicle, you're probably going to use it on a road. Therefore, some of those taxes should come to help maintain and work the roads," WYDOT Director Darin Westby said. BISMARCK — North Dakota utility regulators granted approval on Nov. 15 for a span of a proposed carbon dioxide pipeline that would cross five Midwestern states — a key victory for the company that has faced vociferous landowner objections and various hurdles and setbacks in its plans. The state Public Service Commission voted unanimously to approve a siting permit for Summit Carbon Solutions' modified, 333-mile route in North Dakota. The company's proposed $8 billion, 2,500-mile pipeline system would carry tons of planet-warming CO2 emissions from 57 ethanol plants in five states for storage deep underground in North Dakota. Iowa has approved the project, but other hurdles remain in North Dakota as well as South Dakota, Minnesota and Nebraska. Supporters cheer carbon capture projects as a way to combat climate change, with lucrative federal tax credits available for such efforts. The ethanol industry sees Summit's project opening up sustainable aviation fuel markets, a boost for ethanol and No. 1 corn producer Iowa. Tri-State announces plans to shutter final coal plant two years early North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum, President-elect Donald Trump's choice for Interior Secretary, a position with wide influence over natural resources, has touted his state's underground CO2 storage potential as a "geologic jackpot." Carbon-capture skeptics say the technology is untested at scale and allows the fossil-fuel industry to continue largely unchanged. Summit opponents decry the potential of a pipe rupture releasing hazardous, heavy CO2 gas to flow over the land, endangering people's health and lives. They also fear the taking of their land through eminent domain. Biden administration to restrict drilling, renewables to help struggling bird | OUT WEST ROUNDUP Wyoming to sell land in Grand Teton National Park to federal government for $100M | OUT WEST ROUNDUP Vigil held for beloved Grand Teton Grizzly No. 399, who was killed by a vehicle | OUT WEST ROUNDUPAndrej Stojakovic made 11 free throws to help craft a team-high 20 points, freshman Jeremiah Wilkinson had his second consecutive big game off the bench and Cal ran its winning streak to three with an 83-77 nonconference victory over Sacramento State on Sunday afternoon in Berkeley, Calif. Wilkinson finished with 16 points and Rytis Petraitis 13 for the Golden Bears (5-1), whose only loss this season was at Vanderbilt. Jacob Holt went for a season-high 25 points for the Hornets (1-4), who dropped their fourth straight after a season-opening win over Cal State Maritime. Seeking a fourth straight home win, Cal led by as many as 12 points in the first half and 40-33 at halftime before Sacramento State rallied. The Hornets used a 14-5 burst out of the gate following the intermission to grab a 47-45 lead. Julian Vaughns had a 3-pointer and three-point play in the run. But Cal dominated pretty much the rest of the game, taking the lead for good on a Petraitis 3-pointer with 14:50 remaining. Stojakovic, a transfer from rival Stanford, went 11-for-15 at the foul line en route to his third 20-point game of the young season. Cal outscored Sacramento State 26-17 on free throws to more than account for the margin of victory. Coming off a 23-point explosion in his first extended action of the season, Wilkinson hit five of his 10 shots Sunday. The Golden Bears outshot the Hornets 47.2 percent to 43.1 percent. Joshua Ola-Joseph contributed 10 points and six rebounds, Mady Sissoko also had 10 points and Petraitis found time for a team-high five assists. Holt complemented his 25 points with a game-high eight rebounds. He made four 3-pointers, as did Vaughns en route to 18 points, helping Sacramento State outscore Cal 30-21 from beyond the arc. EJ Neal added 16 points for the Hornets, while Emil Skytta tied for game-high assist honors with five to go with seven points. --Field Level Media

Online space for teens needed despite social media banColeen Rooney has branded Donald Trump a “dirty bastard” as she revealed in the latest episode of I’m A Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here! a comment he made about her. The 38-year-old recalled meeting the US president-elect with her former England captain husband Wayne when their family was living in the US during Sunday’s episode. Discussing her encounter, she told her fellow campmates: “When we lived in America, we got invited to the White House for Christmas and we went in to meet Donald Trump. There’s nowhere for Dean and Coleen to run as they face Absolute Carnage... 🐀 Find out how they get on when continues, tonight at 9pm! — I'm A Celebrity... (@imacelebrity) “And so we walked in and we had to get the official photograph taken in front of the Christmas tree. “So Donald Trump said to his son ‘See? Told you, all the soccer players get the good-looking girls’. “And I told my mum, I was like ‘dirty bastard’.” She also revealed that Mr Trump wanted Wayne to “go over to teach his son to play football”. Afterwards, McFly star Danny Jones asked her: “Is he that orange?”, to which she confirmed: “He was very orange.” Sunday’s episode also saw Rooney compete in a Bushtucker Trial a day after her her husband Wayne encouraged viewers to vote for her to do a challenge in a social media post. The former England footballer said he was “proud” of how she was doing in the Australian jungle but said he and their boys would “love” to see her do a trial. The couple, who first met at school and began dating aged 16, share four sons, Kai Wayne, Klay Anthony, Kit Joseph and Cass Mac. Ahead of competing in the Absolute Carnage trial, she said: “I’m a bit scared of the unknown but I’m excited for my boys back home just to see me do something. “Hopefully I’m going to do well, I’m going to try my best.” The trial saw her trapped in a box in the back of a car which was filled with cockroaches, crickets, giant mealworms and rats. Her fellow campmate, BBC Radio 1 presenter Dean McCullough, had to rummage through a garage area which was filled with creepy crawlies to find tools which he would pass to Rooney so she could unlock the stars in the box. The pair worked together to win nine stars for camp, with hosts Anthony McPartlin and Declan Donnelly branding Rooney as “very calm, very quiet, you just got on with it”. Liverpool-born Rooney replied: “That is my way of coping, silence, the silent treatment.” Maura reveals why she went on Love Island... Let’s hope all toothbrushes are safe in the Jungle 🪥 — I'm A Celebrity... (@imacelebrity) Elsewhere, Love Island star Maura Higgins recalled to Jones and Loose Women panellist Jane Moore that she went into the ITV dating show “like a bull in a china shop” after being so angry with her ex-boyfriend before entering the villa. She explained that she had been in a relationship when she got the offer for the show and decided to check her partner’s phone and was unimpressed with what she found. “When he went to the gym the next day I got his toothbrush and I filmed myself scrubbing in the verges, he had a dentist appointment that day,” she said. Jones said you “don’t want to mess with Maura” while Moore described her as “fierce”. It was revealed at the end of the episode that McCullough will take on another challenge during Monday’s episode. I’m A Celebrity...Get Me Out Of Here! continues at 9pm on ITV1, STV and ITVX.Nendah Tarke scores 24 to help Towson defeat Morgan State 64-60

US Senator: Mystery drones over New Jersey could be ‘shot down’For the fourth time in five LaLiga matches, have dropped points. All the while, are racking up wins to close up the title race in . In the , it was another defeat for , and another defeat for , as 's current chaos clubs continue to spiral. The , meanwhile, is proving far more predictable as notched another victory -- but, as has become a trend for the Bavarians, it wasn't easy. What else did you miss around Europe this weekend? ESPN's Sam Tighe, Alex Kirkland and Constantin Eckner recap all the action in this edition of ESPN's Weekend Review. There's been a lot of talk this week about what kind of a team Tottenham really are. Sublime? Silly? A bit of both? Most don't have an answer, as it's hard to gauge a team that can beat 4-0 and 4-1, yet lose just about every other game. That made Sunday's primetime home bout with an emergent side a golden chance to set the record straight, and perhaps they did -- just not in the way they would have wanted. They got off to the perfect start, scoring twice in the first 11 minutes thanks in part to two bizarre slips. But Chelsea then scored four without reply as Spurs fell to pieces, giving away two penalties and watching agonisingly as their two best centre-backs -- and -- exited the fray injured. It's perhaps the way those injuries came about that summed up Spurs best: Romero appeared to hurt his groin while executing a drag and turn in his own penalty box, while Van de Ven's hamstring pinged late on as he was forced into yet another long sprint to chase down Chelsea on the counter. The size of Ruben Amorim's task at Man United was made ever clearer on a helter-skelter evening at Old Trafford, in a match that had it all. Forest were excellent value for a famous victory -- their first on this ground since 1994 -- but were certainly nudged in the right direction by a horror day for between the sticks. There were plenty to pick from in the Premier League this weekend, but the best of the bunch was Lamptey's opener for against . The right-back collected an errant cross from the opposite flank, ducked inside and, from 18 yards out and an angle well wide of goal, curled an incredible effort into the top corner with his weaker left foot. Among a sea of excellent Chelsea performances, Sancho stood out. His mesmeric quick feet absolutely bamboozled the Spurs defence -- only completed more dribbles on the night -- and his goal was a stunner: He squeezed past three defenders before curling a 20-yard effort in off the post. -- Barcelona's at was enough to have Hansi Flick "leaving his technical area, shouting and gesticulating." At least, that was the reason given in the referee's report for the coach's 66th-minute red card, his first since his arrival in Spanish football. And that was with Barça leading 0-1 after 's opener. It only got worse from there for the LaLiga leaders. A 2-2 draw at the Estadio Benito Villamarín -- with Betis levelling in the 94th minute -- made it ten points dropped in Barça's last five league games. Later on Saturday, Real Madrid were waiting to take advantage. After struggling to get going at Montilivi, they eventually ran out against last year's title contenders , thanks to goals from -- his fifth in five league matches -- and . That last goal, a well-taken, low shot from the right-hand side, after a logic-defying assist from , relieved some of the pressure on Mbappé. Despite all the criticism, he's now scored nine goals in 15 league appearances. Those two results left it tighter than ever at the top: Barcelona have 38 points from 17 games, Madrid have 36 from 16. With neither team at their best, there'll be plenty more twists to come. A game that began with a goal-line clearance from , and ended with a glorious, backheel Betis equaliser from substitute in added time. Barça's opening goal was a flowing team move involving , and , and Yamal showed more of his genius with the pass that set up for their second. There wasn't enough of that quality from Barça, though, and Diao had the final say with his nonchalant flick. We've already praised Diao, so let's instead highlight Ramírez's second goal in ' 2-1 win over Valladolid, curled into the net from the edge of the box, in what might be the hardest-struck shot that LaLiga has seen this season. Valladolid goalkeeper was lucky not to get a hand to it. It isn't just that Bellingham opened the scoring in Madrid's win at Girona with his fifth goal in a month. He also played the assist for Güler's second, and was Madrid's best all-round player until he was substituted with discomfort in the 55th minute. There's no question: Bellingham has been Madrid's best, most consistently influential player this season. Again. -- Before drawing with in last weekend, Bayern Munich were seemingly on a roll, with seven consecutive wins and seven consecutive clean sheets. Things have become a little more frantic since, though. First, Bayern were eliminated from the DFB-Pokal on Tuesday, losing 1-0 at home to thanks in part to an early red card shown to goalkeeper . Then the Bundesliga leaders hosted third-from-bottom and had a much tougher time besting the minnows than expected. While Bayern dominated the game at Allianz Arena for the most part, they invited Heidenheim back into things shortly after the interval when a series of mistakes led to an equaliser. Before that, struggling Heidenheim had barely ventured into the opposition half. Eventually, Bayern were able to overcome the visitors who sit third from bottom, and yet, felt like a setback for a side that endured these kinds of wild, up-and-down games at the beginning of the season, before manager Vincent Kompany was able to increase the defensive stability of his team. Individual mistakes like Neuer's ill-advised run outside the box on Tuesday or 's misplaced pass before Heidenheim's opener can happen, but fans and observers rightfully expect more from this side. That said, Bayern have still managed to extend their lead in the Bundesliga standings to six points. only drawing with at home have boosted the Bavarians' margin at the top. Things were not looking promising for an already-wounded Stuttgart side, as last season's runners-up trailed by two goals after 48 minutes. As it turned out, Stuttgart manager Sebastian Hoeness made an inspired substitution by bringing on striker at half-time. The 22-year-old led a dramatic comeback at MHP Arena, scoring two goals before capitalised on a horrendous mistake by Union goalkeeper . Just like in the the previous Saturday, Gittens broke the deadlock in Borussia Dortmund's game once again. The 20-year-old England youth international received a pass from and then fooled both and with a few stepovers before delivering a beautiful strike into the top right corner. While Kompany decided to rest a few of his regular starters, including Musiala, the record German champions needed the 21-year-old's magic in the second half against Heidenheim. He scored twice after coming on for in the 51st minute, putting to rest any suggestion that Musiala is not already the most important piece in the Bayern puzzle, and it will likely stay that way for years to come. -- What else you missed this weekend While the Intercontinental Derby between Fenerbahçe and Galatasaray is considered the most important matchup in Turkish football, any match between the three Istanbul clubs is heated and full of emotion. The clash between Beşiktaş and Fenerbahçe on Sunday was no different. José Mourinho and his side travelled across the Bosporus to play at Tüpras Stadyumu. Led by up front, Fenerbahçe appeared to be the stronger team during the first 45 minutes but did not manage to score a goal, which allowed Beşiktaş -- who are currently sitting outside the European qualification places -- to stay in the game and eventually strike first thanks to Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain. The former and midfielder had been brought on by Serdar Topraktepe only three minutes before scoring the deciding goal. Of course, it would not have been a derby without a red card. Gedson Fernandes was sent off five minutes into stoppage time. Fenerbahçe slipped to only their second league defeat this season, with the other loss in the intercontinental derby against Galatasaray in October. Galatasaray are seemingly pulling away with the lead in the Süper Lig standings, as they edged out a 3-2 win over Sivasspor on Sunday. -- Friday's 2-1 win for over will have been doubly sweet for . Not only did his towering back-post header open the scoring and help on their way to the top of the table, but it was a goal that would have meant a little extra to him -- as it came against his former club. The international's time in Milan was a noted disappointment; he signed for a €35 million transfer fee in 2022 but struggled to live up to the expectations that price tag created and was sent to Atalanta just a year later on loan with an option to make the move permanent. He had a solid first season in Bergamo, helping them win the , and has enjoyed an exceptional start to this one, notching four goals and eight assists in his past eight appearances. This goal (and win) against Milan really emphasised his dramatic change in fortunes. --

ZAGREB, Croatia (AP) — Croatia’s incumbent President Zoran Milanovic won most of the votes in the first round of a presidential election on Sunday, but must face a runoff against a ruling party candidate to secure another five-year term. With nearly all of the votes counted, left-leaning Milanovic won 49% while his main challenger Dragan Primorac, a candidate of the ruling conservative HDZ party, trailed far behind with 19%. Pre-election polls had predicted that the two would face off in the second round on Jan. 12, as none of the eight presidential election contenders were projected to get more than 50% of the vote. Milanovic thanked his supporters but warned “this was just a first run.” “Let’s not be triumphant, let’s be realistic, firmly on the ground,” he said. “We must fight all over again. It’s not over till it’s over.” Milanovic is an outspoken critic of Western military support for Ukraine in its war against Russia. He is often compared to Donald Trump for his combative style of communication with political opponents. The most popular politician in Croatia, 58-year-old Milanović has served as prime minister in the past. Populist in style, he has been a fierce critic of current Prime Minister Andrej Plenković and continuous sparring between the two has lately marked Croatia’s political scene. Plenković, the prime minister, has sought to portray the vote as one about Croatia’s future in the EU and NATO. He has labeled Milanović “pro-Russian” and a threat to Croatia’s international standing. “The difference between him and Milanović is quite simple: Milanović is leading us East, Primorac is leading us West,” he said. Though the presidency is largely ceremonial in Croatia, an elected president holds political authority and acts as the supreme military commander. Milanović has criticized the NATO and European Union support for Ukraine and has often insisted that Croatia should not take sides. He has said Croatia should stay away from global disputes, though it is a member of both NATO and the EU. Milanović has also blocked Croatia’s participation in a NATO-led training mission for Ukraine, declaring that “no Croatian soldier will take part in somebody else’s war.” His main rival in the election, Primorac, has stated that “Croatia’s place is in the West, not the East.” His presidency bid, however, has been marred by a high-level corruption case that landed Croatia’s health minister in jail last month and featured prominently in pre-election debates. During the election campaign, Primorac has sought to portray himself as a unifier and Milanović as divisive. Primorac was upbeat despite such a big defeat in the first round. “I know the difference (in votes) at first sight seems very big,” said Primorac, who insisted that the center-right votes had split among too many conservative candidates. “Now we have a great opportunity to face each other one on one and show who stands for what,” he said. Sunday’s presidential election is Croatia’s third vote this year, following a parliamentary election in April and the European Parliament balloting in June.WASHINGTON (AP) — Former White House adviser Peter Navarro , who served prison time related to the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol, will return to serve in Donald Trump’s second administration, the president-elect announced Wednesday. Navarro, a trade adviser during Trump’s first term, will be a senior counselor for trade and manufacturing, Trump said on Truth Social. The position, Trump wrote, “leverages Peter’s broad range of White House experience, while harnessing his extensive Policy analytic and Media skills.” The appointment was only the first in a flurry of announcements that Trump made on Wednesday as his presidential transition faced controversy over Pete Hegseth , Trump’s choice for Pentagon chief. Hegseth faces allegations of sexual misconduct, excessive drinking and financial mismanagement, and Trump has considered replacing him with another potential nominee. As he works to fill out his team, Trump said he wanted Paul Atkins, a financial industry veteran and an advocate for cryptocurrency, to serve as the next chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission. He wrote on Truth Social that Atkins “recognizes that digital assets & other innovations are crucial to Making America Greater than Ever Before.” Trump also said he was changing course on his choice for White House counsel. He said his original pick, William McGinley, will work with the Department of Government Efficiency, which will be run by Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy with the goal of cutting federal spending. Now David Warrington, who has worked as Trump’s personal lawyer and a lawyer for his campaign, will serve as White House counsel. In addition, Trump announced the selections of former Rep. Billy Long of Missouri as IRS commissioner; former Sen. Kelly Loeffler of Georgia to lead the Small Business Administration; Daniel Driscoll, an Army veteran who was a senior adviser to Vice President-elect JD Vance, as Army secretary; Jared Isaacman , a tech billionaire who conducted the first private spacewalk on Elon Musk's SpaceX rocket, as NASA administrator ; and Adam Boehler, a lead negotiator on the Abraham Accords team, as special presidential envoy for hostage affairs. Navarro was held in contempt of Congress for defying a subpoena from the House committee that investigated Jan. 6. Sentenced to four months in prison, he described his conviction as the “partisan weaponization of the judicial system.” Hours after his release in July, Navarro spoke on stage at the Republican National Convention, where he told the crowd that “I went to prison so you won’t have to." Navarro, 75, has been a longtime critic of trade arrangements with China. After earning an economics doctorate from Harvard University, he worked as an economics and public policy professor at the University of California, Irvine. He ran for mayor of San Diego in 1992 and lost, only to launch other unsuccessful campaign efforts, including a 1996 race for Congress as a Democrat. During Trump’s initial term, Navarro pushed aggressively for tariffs while playing down the risks of triggering a broader trade war. He also focused on counterfeited imports and even helped assemble an infrastructure plan for Trump that never came to fruition. Navarro often used fiery language that upset U.S. allies. In 2018, after a dispute between Trump and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Navarro said “there’s a special place in hell for any foreign leader that engages in bad faith diplomacy with President Donald J. Trump and then tries to stab him in the back on the way out the door.” Canadians were outraged, and Navarro later apologized. Issacman has reserved two more flights with SpaceX, including as the commander of the first crew that will ride SpaceX’s mega rocket Starship, still in test flights out of Texas. He said he was honored to be nominated. “Having been fortunate to see our amazing planet from space, I am passionate about America leading the most incredible adventure in human history,” he said via X. Trump kept rolling out positions on Wednesday afternoon. He announced Gail Slater as assistant attorney general for the Justice Department’s antitrust division. Trump wrote on Truth Social that “Big Tech has run wild for years, stifling competition in our most innovative sector.” Slater worked for Trump’s National Economic Council during his first term, and she's been an adviser to Vance. Trump also said Michael Faulkender would serve as deputy treasury secretary. A professor at the University of Maryland’s Smith School of Business, Faulkender was the Treasury Department’s assistant secretary for economic policy during Trump’s initial term. He has also been the chief economist at the America First Policy Institute, a think tank formed to further the Trump movement’s policy agenda. Outside the White House, Trump said that he had asked Michael Whatley to remain on as chair of the Republican National Committee. Whatley ran the committee during the election along with Lara Trump, the wife of Trump’s son Eric. AP Aerospace Writer Marcia Dunn in Cape Canaveral, Fla., Associated Press writer Josh Boak in Washington and Associated Press writer Rob Gillies in Toronto contributed to this report.

Josh Allen, Bills crush Jets, secure No. 2 seed in AFCA HOLLYWOOD child actor that shot to fame in the 1990s, now looks completely different since he quit acting 24 years ago. Actor Justin Pierre Edmund shot to fame when he first appeared in 1996 film The Preacher's Wife. In the film he played Jeremiah Biggs, which follows the storyline of an angel coming to Earth to help a preacher and his family whilst saving his church. He starred alongside huge names including Courtney B. Vance, Denzel Washington and Whitney Houston , but even with working with huge names it appears acting wasn't right for Justin. The actor quit Hollywood and the film industry just four years later after appearing in four more films. As a child actor he appeared in 'Went to Coney Island On A Mission From God', 'Loving Jezebel', 'Music of the Heart' and 'Once In The Life'. He also appeared in an episode of TV series Law and Order, where he played Andrew Howard in 2000. Now he looks totally different to the cute child star we might have seen him as, and his career has gone in a different direction. The star has now instead embraced a career in social media and marketing. In 2011, he graduated from Carnegie Mellon University with a Bachelor's degree in communication design. From there he went to intern at Facebook before switching to another social media platform as he joined Pinterest to become the company's first designer. He's now believed to work at Slack. The actor has largely stayed out of the spotlight since deciding not to pursue a career in acting.EDITORIAL: Parliamentary privilege vs. partisan politics

Wall Street stocks surged to fresh records, extending a post-election rally on optimism about more interest rate cuts and for an artificial intelligence boom after strong Salesforce results. All three major indices scored records, led by the Dow Jones Industrial Average, which finished above 45,000 for the first time. “The market at this point is looking for excuses to go up, and there’s not really anything that might work against that narrative,” said Steve Sosnick, of Interactive Brokers. “Over the last couple of days, it’s managed to ignore all sorts of inconvenient things,” Sosnick said of the market’s shrugging response to political upheaval in France and South Korea . The Dow Jones Industrial Average finished up 0.7% at 45,014.04.

North Korean hackers aren’t giving up on their fake job scams, it seems, as experts found they have added more variants, diversifying the tools used in the campaign that’s now almost three years old. Cybersecurity researchers from NTT Security Japan revealed a North Korean threat actor engaged in a campaign dubbed “Contagious Interview”. The campaign has been extensively covered by multiple researchers, and most media. The crooks would create a fake job opening, as well as a number of fake social media accounts. Then, they would target software developers, or other high-profile individuals (such as people working in the aerospace, defense, or government sectors), and offer exciting and lucrative new job opportunities. OtterCookie The campaign was first spotted in 2022, and is believed to be operated by Lazarus Group - a known state-sponsored threat actor from North Korea. In the latest report, NTT Security Japan claims to have seen the group deploying more than the usual malware variants - BeaverTail and InvisibleFerret. This time, they’re using malware called OtterCookie. This one is capable of reconnaissance (grabbing system information, for example), data theft (cryptocurrency wallet keys, images, documents, and other high-value files), and clipboard poisoning. Lazarus is known for targeting primarily web3 (blockchain) businesses, and stealing cryptocurrency. The novel technology is valuable for the criminals, since the stolen money is almost impossible to recover. This group was seen targeting multiple businesses in the past, running away with hundreds of millions of dollars in different cryptos. It is also best known for running fake job campaigns, targeting not just businesses, but also individual software developers. Its operatives were observed creating fake personas and applying for positions, but also using the fake identities to approach professionals. In all scenarios, the crooks would try to deploy infostealing malware and grab their sensitive data.Trump offers support for dockworkers union by saying ports shouldn't install more automated systems