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NEW YORK — The Yankees beefed up their bullpen on Friday afternoon, agreeing to a trade that will bring Devin Williams to the Bronx. The Yankees are sending Nestor Cortes and infield prospect Caleb Durbin to the Brewers in the trade for the closer. Milwaukee is also receiving cash considerations. While stress fractures in his back limited Williams to 22 games last season, the 30-year-old has been one of baseball’s best relievers since debuting with Milwaukee in 2019. Over that span, Williams ranks first in H/9 (4.9), second in ERA (1.83), fourth in K.9 (14.3) and sixth in HR/9 (0.6) among relievers with at least 200 innings pitched. A two-time All-Star and two-time National League Reliever of the Year, the right-handed Williams also saved 65 games over the last three seasons, including a career-high 36 in 2023. Armed with a unique change-up nicknamed “The Airbender,” he recorded sub-2.00 ERAs in each of those seasons. Williams, the 2020 National League Rookie of the Year, figures to be the Yankees’ new closer. While he worked as a set-up man earlier in his career, manager Aaron Boone was non-committal when asked if he considered Luke Weaver the Yankees’ closer in 2025 at the winter meetings. Weaver did admirable work in the role late in the 2024 season and playoffs after Clay Holmes lost the gig. “Depends where we go this offseason,” Boone said of Weaver, who worked as a versatile reliever for most of 2024 after being converted from a starter. “I think he was as dominant a reliever as there was in the game, especially in the second half with his emergence. I have a ton of confidence in Luke. Whatever role that ends up being, whether it is the traditional closer, we’ll just hopefully put him in the best position to be successful. And definitely have a lot of expectation and confidence that he’s going to be hopefully a part of another really strong bullpen.” The Yankees’ bullpen, while incomplete, is certainly mightier with the addition of Williams, who also joins the recently re-signed Jonathan Loáisiga, Ian Hamilton, Jake Cousins, Mark Leiter Jr., Scott Effross and Clayton Beeter. The team has also expressed interest in re-signing Tim Hill — the 40-man roster is missing a left-handed reliever — and Tommy Kahnle. The two have mutual interest in a reunion but have received intrigue from other suitors. As dominant as Williams has been in the regular season, he’s struggled over his limited experience in the playoffs. He has allowed six earned runs over 2 1/3 innings in the postseason. Like Cortes, Williams is scheduled to be a free agent after this season. Both pitchers are also scheduled to make $7.7 million in arbitration. Cortes became expendable after the Yankees agreed to an eight-year, $218 million deal with Max Fried during the winter meetings. Even with Cortes shipping out, the Bombers still have six starters (Fried, Gerrit Cole, Carlos Rodón, Clarke Schmidt, Luis Gil and Marcus Stroman) for five rotation spots. With the Yankees also interested in cost-effective Japanese ace Rōki Sasaki don’t be surprised if they trade another member of that group. On Wednesday, Brian Cashman noted that teams were actively asking the Yankees about their starting surplus. “If we find that there are matches that make sense, then you start to seriously consider it,” the general manager said. “So you just have to have those conversations, which we’re having. I don’t know where it’s gonna take us.” Friday’s trade marks the end of Cortes’ third stint with the Yankees. A 36th-round draft pick in 2013, Rule 5 Draft returnee in 2018, and mop-up reliever early in his career, the crafty southpaw matured into a valuable starter and tremendous success story in New York. Known for his trickery on the mound, the 30-year-old Cortes was an All-Star and finished eighth in Cy Young voting in 2022. He had a 2.61 ERA over 251 1/3 innings from 2021-2022, but injuries hindered his performance in 2023, as he finished with a 4.97 ERA after 12 starts. In 2024, Cortes recorded a 3.77 ERA over 31 games (30 starts), but he ended the regular season on the injured list with a flexor strain. However, he avoided surgery, went through an expedited rehab process and returned for the World Series. Pitching out of the bullpen, Cortes allowed a walk-off grand slam to the Dodgers’ Freddie Freeman in his first game back. With Hill, a fellow lefty also warming, Boone was widely panned for the choice. Back in July, Cortes’ name surfaced in trade rumors, but he managed to survive the deadline. “I’m almost confident that the Yankees want me enough to stay here. Sometimes it’s just because they need to improve in other areas,” Cortes said, foreshadowing the circumstances surrounding his eventual departure. Durbin, meanwhile, had been mentioned as an option to replace Gleyber Torres, a free agent, at second base. The 24-year-old was well-liked throughout the Yankees’ organization thanks to his high contact rates and low strikeout numbers. Durbin set career highs with 25 doubles, 10 home runs and a .451 slugging percentage last season, adding some pop to a .275 average, .388 on-base percentage, 60 RBIs, 31 steals and a 9.9 K%. The short, versatile infielder then hit .312/.427/.548 with five home runs and 21 RBIs in 24 Arizona Fall League games. His 29 stolen bases set the league’s record, and he won the AFL’s Breakout Prospect of the Year Award. In 2,392 plate appearances since the start of his college career, Durbin has struck out just 153 times. “He’s been gifted with a superpower of not ever swinging and missing, and with that power comes great responsibility, as they say,” former Yankees Triple-A hitting coach Trevor Amicone, who is now with the Twins, said while detailing Durbin’s focus on hitting for more power last year. “When he swings, he’s going to make contact, so he has got to be very selectively aggressive at the pitches that he swings at.” The Yankees originally acquired Durbin and Indigo Diaz from the Braves for Lucas Luetge in December 2022. With Durbin out of the picture, the Yankees could move Jazz Chisholm Jr. back to second base, his most experienced position, if they add a third baseman via trade or free agency. Other internal candidates at second include Oswaldo Cabrera, Jorbit Vivas and Oswald Peraza. “We were very surprised how he took to a very difficult position, and it certainly wasn’t perfect because it was new to him, but golly, he at least made you realize that it’s possible that you might already have your third baseman,” Cashman said of Chisholm, who learned the hot corner on the fly last season. “I think middle infield is probably easier, because it’s something that he’s done. Third still is something he’ll finish off, if that’s where he stays, but I don’t know, it just depends on the directions, the opportunities.” ©2024 New York Daily News. Visit at nydailynews.com . Distributed by Tribune Content Agency, LLC.Toronto Maple Leafs (13-7-2, in the Atlantic Division) vs. Tampa Bay Lightning (12-8-2, in the Atlantic Division) Tampa, Florida; Saturday, 7 p.m. EST BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Maple Leafs -122, Lightning +101; over/under is 6.5 BOTTOM LINE: The Toronto Maple Leafs visit the Tampa Bay Lightning after the Lightning knocked off the Nashville Predators 3-2 in overtime. Tampa Bay has gone 12-8-2 overall with a 0-2-0 record in Atlantic Division games. The Lightning have a +16 scoring differential, with 83 total goals scored and 67 given up. Toronto has gone 13-7-2 overall with a 4-3-1 record in Atlantic Division games. The Maple Leafs are 5-3-0 in games they serve fewer penalty minutes than their opponents. The teams match up Saturday for the second time this season. The Maple Leafs won the last matchup 5-2. TOP PERFORMERS: Brayden Point has 16 goals and five assists for the Lightning. Anthony Cirelli has eight goals and three assists over the past 10 games. William Nylander has 14 goals and 10 assists for the Maple Leafs. Mitchell Marner has seven goals and nine assists over the last 10 games. LAST 10 GAMES: Lightning: 5-3-2, averaging 3.7 goals, 5.9 assists, 2.7 penalties and 5.9 penalty minutes while giving up 2.7 goals per game. Maple Leafs: 7-2-1, averaging 2.7 goals, 3.9 assists, 3.6 penalties and 7.7 penalty minutes while giving up 1.9 goals per game. INJURIES: Lightning: None listed. Maple Leafs: None listed. ___ The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar . The Associated Press

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NoneWASHINGTON — State Rep. Brian Harrison, a Republican, said Friday he plans to meet with top University of Texas System officials after they announced a plan to provide free tuition and waived fees to students whose families make $100,000 or less. While many elected officials have praised the initiative , Harrison criticized it as an “abuse of power” that makes Texas higher education “more socialist than California.” Harrison said Friday he’s unswayed by statements from the system and supporters who say the move will be funded from university endowments, not taxpayers. Harrison compared such statements to someone saying they’re removing water from the shallow side of a pool, not the deep end. It’s all the same water. “Money is fungible, so that doesn’t satisfy me in the slightest,” Harrison said. The new initiative is an expansion of the Promise Plus Program, a needs-based financial aid initiative, and comes amid widespread concerns about the effect of inflation and college costs on families. Gov. Greg Abbott recently prohibited Texas colleges and universities from raising tuition for the next two years. UT System Chancellor James B. Milliken hailed the expansion as a “game changer” that will make “enormous, real difference” to improve college access for all Texans. Not everyone is a fan. Harrison and like-minded House colleagues have compared it to President Joe Biden’s student loan forgiveness plan that drew intense blowback from conservatives and was largely struck down by the courts . They also said such a consequential change in policy should come from the elected lawmakers serving in the Legislature. “There must be consequences,” Harrison said on X . “UT’s budget must be cut, and bureaucrats should be fired.” He led 10 Republican lawmakers, most of them incoming freshmen, in a letter to the regents demanding answers to a litany of questions, including the price tag of the expansion and the source of that money. “What specific statutory authority did the regents rely on to make a decision this consequential, which will have direct financial consequences for our constituents, many of whom are already struggling to put gas in their tanks and food on their tables?” the lawmakers wrote. UT System spokesman Paul Corliss has said the program is not funded through taxes or any kind of public subsidy. “Rather it is funded through existing UT System endowments,” Corliss said. Rep. Donna Howard, a Democrat, hammered that point in a response to Harrison on social media. “There are no tax dollars involved,” Howard said on X . “Higher Ed institutions are already helping families afford college. This expands philanthropic endowments and helps meet affordability goals of (Abbott and the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board).” Harrison and his colleagues will have to contend with many members of the public embracing a plan that already is encouraging young people to adjust their higher education aspirations. Frank Whitefeather, a high school senior, stayed up until 2:30 a.m. Friday working on his college application essay. He was freshly motivated after the announcement that students whose families make less than $100,000 annually will get free tuition and waived fees at the University of Texas, Austin and other schools in the UT System. “I wouldn’t be in debt,” said Whitefeather, 17. “I wouldn’t have to have student loans.” Whitefeather, who attends Dallas ISD’s Sunset High School, thinks the UT news also could change many of his peers’ lives. It’s already changing his plans. Whitefeather hopes to study engineering and be his own boss one day. Texas A&M and UT Austin were his top two choices, but the free tuition announcement has pushed UT ahead. Harrison said the university system is being contradictory by simultaneously saying it has enough money to offer tuition-free education, but also that a tuition freeze could leave it cash strapped and require more funding from the Legislature. “I guarantee you they’re going to be requesting more tax money from the Legislature next session,” he said. ©2024 The Dallas Morning News. Visit dallasnews.com . Distributed by Tribune Content Agency, LLC.

Kingsview Wealth Management LLC Sells 1,323 Shares of Halliburton (NYSE:HAL)By KELVIN CHAN LONDON (AP) — After a sprawling hacking campaign exposed the communications of an unknown number of Americans, U.S. cybersecurity officials are advising people to use encryption in their communications. Related Articles Trump’s team is delaying transition agreements. What does it mean for security checks and governing? Massachusetts military secrets leaker Jack Teixeira sentenced to 15 years in prison The US election was largely trouble-free, but a flood of misinformation raises future concerns A scammer is imitating your business online. What can you do? The US election system is secure. But human nature is a vulnerability To safeguard against the risks highlighted by the campaign, which originated in China, federal cybersecurity authorities released an extensive list of security recommendations for U.S. telecom companies — such as Verizon and AT&T — that were targeted. The advice includes one tip we can all put into practice with our phones: “Ensure that traffic is end-to-end encrypted to the maximum extent possible.” End-to-end encryption, also known as E2EE, means that messages are scrambled so that only the sender and recipient can see them. If anyone else intercepts the message, all they will see is a garble that can’t be unscrambled without the key. Law enforcement officials had until now resisted this type of encryption because it means the technology companies themselves won’t be able to look at the messages, nor respond to law enforcement requests to turn the data over. Here’s a look at various ways ordinary consumers can use end-to-end encryption: Officials said the hackers targeted the metadata of a large number of customers, including information on the dates, times and recipients of calls and texts. They also managed to see the content from texts from a much smaller number of victims. If you’re an iPhone user, information in text messages that you send to someone else who also has an iPhone will be encrypted end-to-end. Just look for the blue text bubbles, which indicate that they are encrypted iMessages. The same goes for Android users sending texts through Google Messages. There will be a lock next to the timestamp on each message to indicate the encryption is on. But there’s a weakness. When iPhone and Android users text each other, the messages are encrypted only using Rich Communication Services, an industry standard for instant messaging that replaces the older SMS and MMS standards. Apple has noted that RCS messages “aren’t end-to-end encrypted, which means they’re not protected from a third party reading them while they’re sent between devices.” Samsung, which sells Android smartphones, has also hinted at the issue in a footnote at the bottom of a press release last month on RCS, saying, “Encryption only available for Android to Android communication.” To avoid getting caught out when trading texts, experts recommend using encrypted messaging apps. Privacy advocates are big fans of Signal, which applies end-to-end encryption on all messages and voice calls. The independent nonprofit group behind the app promises never to sell, rent, or lease customer data and has made its source code publicly available so that it can be audited by anyone to examine it “for security and correctness.” Signal’s encryption protocol is so reputable that it has been integrated into rival WhatsApp , so users will enjoy the same level of security protection as Signal, which has a much smaller user base. End-to-end encryption is also the default mode for Facebook Messenger , which like WhatsApp is owned by Meta Platforms. Telegram is an app that can be used for one-on-one conversations, group chats and broadcast “channels” but contrary to popular perception, it doesn’t turn on end-to-end encryption by default. Users have to switch on the option. And it doesn’t work with group chats. Cybersecurity experts have warned people against using Telegram for private communications and pointed out that only its opt-in ‘secret chat’ feature is encrypted from end-to-end. The app also has a reputation for being a haven for scammers and criminal activity, highlighted by founder and CEO Pavel Durov’s arrest in France . Instead of using your phone to make calls through a wireless cellular network, you can make voice calls with Signal and WhatsApp. Both apps encrypt calls with the same technology that they use to encrypt messages. There are other options. If you have an iPhone you can use Facetime for calls, while Android owners can use the Google Fi service, which are both end-to-end encrypted. The only catch with all these options is that, as with using the chat services to send messages, the person on the other end will also have to have the app installed. WhatsApp and Signal users can customize their privacy preferences in the settings, including hiding IP address during calls to prevent your general location from being guessed. Is there a tech topic that you think needs explaining? Write to us at onetechtip@ap.org with your suggestions for future editions of One Tech Tip.

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