HUNTSVILLE, Texas (AP) — Jonah Pierce had 20 points in Presbyterian's 67-42 win against Youngstown State on Friday night. Pierce added nine rebounds for the Blue Hose (4-3). Kory Mincy scored 12 points, shooting 5 for 11, including 2 for 5 from beyond the arc. Kobe Stewart had 11 points and finished 4 of 9 from the field. Javascript is required for you to be able to read premium content. Please enable it in your browser settings.Stubblefield accounts for 4 TDs, South Carolina State runs past Norfolk State 53-21Novak Djokovic says his rivalry with Andy Murray has “one final chapter” after his long-time adversary joined him as his coach for the upcoming Australian Open. Murray – Britain’s greatest ever player – retired after this summer’s Olympics at the age of 37 after finally admitting defeat in his battle against his body. Many in the game expected the Scot would one day return to tennis and become a coach, particularly due to his love of the sport, hard work and his tactical acumen. But it came with some degree of shock on Saturday afternoon when a social media post from Djokovic, playing on Murray’s light-hearted tweet upon his departure, read: “He never liked retirement anyway”. The attached video announced Murray, who he lost to in two Slam finals but beat in four Australian showpieces, would coach him over the winter and through January’s Open in Melbourne. “We played each other since we were boys, 25 years of pushing each other to our limits. We had some of the most epic battles in in our sport. They called us gamechangers, risk-takers, history-makers,” Djokovic said. “I thought our story may be over. Turns out it has one final chapter. It’s time for one of my toughest opponents to step into my corner. Welcome aboard, coach Andy Murray.” Murray, who beat Djokovic to win the US Open in 2012 and Wimbledon in 2013, says he wants to help the 24-time grand slam champion achieve his goals. “I’m going to be joining Novak’s team in the off-season, helping him to prepare for the Australian Open, he said. “I’m really excited for it and looking forward to spending time on the same side of the net as Novak for a change, helping him to achieve his goals.” Djokovic, a week younger than his new coach, added: “I am excited to have one of my greatest rivals on the same side of the net, as my coach. “Looking forward to the start of the season and competing in Australia alongside Andy with whom I have shared many exceptional moments on the Australian soil.” Djokovic beat Murray in the 2011, 2013, 2015 and 2016 Australian Open finals as well as the French Open final in 2016. It was after he unseated Djokovic at the top of the rankings in 2016 that Murray suffered the hip injury which ultimately derailed his career. Since his retirement, Murray has been playing golf with the same dedication he pursued his tennis but will now return to his natural habitat. Djokovic, who split with coach Goran Ivanisevic earlier this year, hopes that adding Murray to his team will help him get back to the top of the game after he went through a calendar year without winning a grand slam for the first time since 2017. Jannik Sinner and Carlos Alcaraz have developed a stranglehold at the top of the men’s game and Djokovic, who has seen Murray, Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal all retire in recent years, is still hoping to move clear of the record 24 grand slams he shares with Margaret Court.
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Godzilla and King Kong surely weren't born big. They began small and grew over time to their gargantuan sizes even if the movies don't tell their childhood stories. Likewise, huge companies of today were once much smaller (unless perhaps they were spin-offs). Investors who spotted them early had opportunities to make fortunes. Can you still find such monsters in the making? Three Motley Fool contributors think so. Here's why they think biotech stocks CRISPR Therapeutics ( CRSP 3.44% ) , Summit Therapeutics ( SMMT 3.15% ) , and Viking Therapeutics ( VKTX 1.86% ) could become much larger. An underrated stock with two approvals under its belt David Jagielski (CRISPR Therapeutics): If you're looking for stocks with mammoth upside, you might be tempted to look for risky stocks that don't have any approved drugs or treatments yet. But with CRISPR Therapeutics, you already have a stock that has an approved treatment -- it simply isn't far along in its rollout. In December 2023, regulators approved Casgevy, which is a gene-editing therapy the company has been developing with Vertex Pharmaceuticals . It was approved as a treatment for sickle cell disease for patients 12 years and older. Then, a month later, it was also approved to treat people with transfusion-dependent beta-thalassemia (for the same age group). Casgevy can be a game changer for patients with these rare blood disorders as it is a one-time functional cure. CRISPR will share in the profits with Vertex on Casgevy (collecting 40% of them), which could potentially help the company get to profitability. Currently, its operations are well funded with CRISPR reporting more than $1.9 billion in cash and marketable securities as of the end of September. For a business that has burned through $92.7 million in cash over the past nine months, that can provide it with a lot of runway and time to grow its operations and work on other treatments in its pipeline. At a modest market cap of just $4 billion, there's a lot of room for CRISPR to get a whole lot more valuable in the future as it scales its operations and Casgevy starts to generate revenue. Buying the healthcare stock now can be a great move for long-term investors. Already showing monster potential Keith Speights (Summit Therapeutics): It's practically unheard of for a company with no product on the market to have a market cap of $14 billion. But Summit Therapeutics is no ordinary company. The drugmaker in-licensed cancer immunotherapy ivonescimab in January 2023. That has turned out to be a brilliant move in retrospect. Earlier this year, Akeso (which originally developed ivonescimab) announced the drug beat Merck 's blockbuster immunotherapy Keytruda in a head-to-head late-stage study targeting non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). How big of a deal was this news? Consider that Keytruda was the world's best-selling drug last year, raking in sales of around $25 billion. Summit owns the commercial rights in the U.S., Canada, and Europe of a cancer immunotherapy that could be even more powerful than Keytruda. Granted, Summit can't ride on the clinical success achieved by Akeso. The company must conduct its own clinical studies to hopefully win approval for ivonescimab in the U.S. and elsewhere. However, that's exactly what it's doing with initial results expected from a late-stage study of the immunotherapy as a second-line treatment for NSCLC in mid-2025. Summit is also evaluating ivonescimab in another late-stage trial as a first-line treatment for NSCLC. Wall Street's consensus is that Summit's share price could soar more than 40% over the next 12 months. I'm not sure if this price target will be achieved, but it wouldn't surprise me if that's an overly pessimistic goal assuming the company announces positive clinical results next year. Summit Therapeutics is already showing monster potential. I suspect it will fulfill that potential if ivonescimab wins U.S. regulatory approval. You can still get in on the ground floor Prosper Junior Bakiny (Viking Therapeutics): Weight-loss management is the hottest therapeutic area in the pharmaceutical industry right now. Although the companies dominating the field are the usual suspects, a notable mid-cap biotech called Viking Therapeutics is looking to make waves in this market. Viking's lead anti-obesity candidate, VK2735, reported excellent results in phase 2 studies. It might still be a few years until VK2735 earns regulatory approval, but Viking Therapeutics is not a one-trick pony. The company is working on an oral version of VK2735 -- something many patients would choose over the weekly injections the original formulation comes with. Furthermore, Viking Therapeutics has another promising weight-loss candidate in preclinical studies . And I have yet to mention the drugmaker's VK2809, an investigational medicine for metabolic dysfunction-associated steatohepatitis -- a liver disease with obesity as a risk factor -- and Viking's VK0214, an investigational therapy for a rare nervous system disease called X-linked adrenoleukodystrophy. Many smaller drugmakers tend to hyperfocus on a single medicine, a strategy that allows them to avoid spreading their resources thin. Viking Therapeutics, though, is taking a different approach. The company is showing signs of one of the most critical factors successful biotechs need: innovation. There are still risks involved here. Viking's late-stage studies for VK2735 could flop. However, the company is looking increasingly attractive. In a decade, it could join the ranks of highly successful drugmakers. It's not too late to get in on the ground floor.
2mfODP8D The road to hell is paved with good intentions — and so is the path to a potential surveillance state. After losing its high-profile case in the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia last week, TikTok is now one step closer to being outright banned in this country. If the Chinese-owned app fails to find a political ally in the incoming Trump administration by Jan. 19 (or new domestic ownership), mind-numbing scroll sessions and moronic viral stunts will soon be unavailable for its 170 million American users. While many may view the Biden administration’s actions as overreach, a ban on TikTok would be an act many American parents are desperate to see: the restriction of social media for their children. The harmful effects of predatory algorithms on young people are now as obvious as the link between cigarette smoking and lung cancer. Last year, the US Surgeon General warned the nation that young people who engaged in “more than 3 hours per day on social media faced double the risk of experiencing poor mental health outcomes including symptoms of depression and anxiety.” However, protecting our children from Silicon Valley (and China) isn’t as simple as banning cancerous apps. It’s a reality being demonstrated right now in Australia. Late last month, the Land Down Under passed ground-breaking legislation to outright ban social media for anyone under 16. The new rules toss TikTok, Facebook, Snapchat, Reddit, X, and Instagram onto barbie and fine those companies up to $50 million AUD (about $33 million) for failing to restrict kids from their content. Parents cheered the law, with polls showing that 77% of Australians approve of the government’s new rules. In theory, I do, too. I immigrated to Australia from the US in 2022 and am now the father of a true-blue Aussie ’roo. Like many parents, my wife and I began planning our family’s approach to “screen time” at conception — and a world where scrolling is simply not an option seems like a better one. Unfortunately, Australia’s “fair dinkum” (or cynically political) attempts to woo parents like me are not as straightforward as they might seem. And they won’t be in the US, either. “I think many parents are struggling,” says Lisa Given, an information studies scholar at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology. “They see [the ban] as the government trying to do something. But at the end of the day, the question is, ‘How is this going to be policed?’ “ In fact, no one knows how Australia’s ban will function in practice once it begins in the coming year. All social media users could now be asked to log on with a government-issued ID such as a driver’s license (which the government has said it won’t require). Or worse still, and perhaps even more likely, social media companies will begin using facial recognition or biometrics to confirm a user’s age (although initial reports suggest this approach is less successful for kids who are not Caucasian ). The third approach is “pattern recognition” — tracking a user’s overall internet activity to make a guess at their age. That would require a high level of general internet surveillance and open the doors to privacy issues a la mode. Welcome to China. “I don’t think this will be successful if you are thinking about it as a way to protect children from harm,” says Given. “Many children will still be able to access content, whether they’re using a technical workaround like a VPN, or just a shared device in the home . . . What we actually need to combat are things like image-based abuse, we need to target the algorithms.” And, of course, where there is a will, there’s a way: Teens still vape, they still sneak booze and they’ll still find a way to meme dankly. It’s hard to believe the ban isn’t, on some level, subterfuge to monitor and censor every Australian’s internet activity. Even if it isn’t, the ban leaves the door wide open to government snooping. Worse still, we already know that there is a better way: Tech companies have the ability to modify their algorithms so that they aren’t force-feeding negative content to their users. But they won’t if the government, namely the US government, doesn’t force them. Otherwise, it’s business as usual, greed over good. Sorry Australia, the dingo ate your baby.Packham resigns as RSPCA president after animal cruelty claims at approved farms
Putin's New War: 50,000 Russian & North Korean Troops Ready To Storm U.S. Ally's Bases? DetailsFortinet ( NASDAQ:FTNT – Free Report ) had its price objective boosted by BMO Capital Markets from $88.00 to $100.00 in a report issued on Tuesday, MarketBeat reports. BMO Capital Markets currently has a market perform rating on the software maker’s stock. FTNT has been the topic of a number of other reports. Wells Fargo & Company raised their price target on shares of Fortinet from $62.00 to $64.00 and gave the company an “equal weight” rating in a research note on Wednesday, August 7th. Piper Sandler raised their price target on shares of Fortinet from $70.00 to $80.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a research note on Friday, November 8th. Morgan Stanley raised their price target on shares of Fortinet from $105.00 to $106.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research note on Tuesday. Needham & Company LLC restated a “hold” rating on shares of Fortinet in a research note on Monday, November 11th. Finally, DZ Bank upgraded shares of Fortinet from a “sell” rating to a “hold” rating and set a $65.00 target price on the stock in a research report on Thursday, August 8th. One research analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, nineteen have given a hold rating, thirteen have issued a buy rating and one has given a strong buy rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the stock has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $88.93. Read Our Latest Research Report on Fortinet Fortinet Price Performance Insider Buying and Selling at Fortinet In other news, CFO Keith Jensen sold 4,250 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Tuesday, November 19th. The shares were sold at an average price of $90.83, for a total value of $386,027.50. Following the completion of the sale, the chief financial officer now owns 4,689 shares in the company, valued at $425,901.87. This represents a 47.54 % decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is available through this hyperlink . Also, CEO Ken Xie sold 23,307 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Wednesday, October 16th. The stock was sold at an average price of $81.89, for a total transaction of $1,908,610.23. Following the completion of the sale, the chief executive officer now owns 48,915,530 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $4,005,692,751.70. The trade was a 0.05 % decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here . In the last 90 days, insiders sold 51,095 shares of company stock worth $4,058,575. 18.00% of the stock is owned by corporate insiders. Institutional Trading of Fortinet Several institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in FTNT. Eastern Bank bought a new position in shares of Fortinet during the 3rd quarter valued at approximately $25,000. Ashton Thomas Securities LLC bought a new position in shares of Fortinet during the 3rd quarter valued at approximately $26,000. Private Wealth Management Group LLC grew its position in shares of Fortinet by 73.3% during the 3rd quarter. Private Wealth Management Group LLC now owns 409 shares of the software maker’s stock valued at $32,000 after acquiring an additional 173 shares during the period. City State Bank grew its position in shares of Fortinet by 900.0% during the 3rd quarter. City State Bank now owns 500 shares of the software maker’s stock valued at $39,000 after acquiring an additional 450 shares during the period. Finally, Oakworth Capital Inc. bought a new position in shares of Fortinet during the 2nd quarter valued at approximately $33,000. Institutional investors own 83.71% of the company’s stock. Fortinet Company Profile ( Get Free Report ) Fortinet, Inc provides cybersecurity and convergence of networking and security solutions worldwide. It offers secure networking solutions focus on the convergence of networking and security; network firewall solutions that consist of FortiGate data centers, hyperscale, and distributed firewalls, as well as encrypted applications; wireless LAN solutions; and secure connectivity solutions, including FortiSwitch secure ethernet switches, FortiAP wireless local area network access points, FortiExtender 5G connectivity gateways, and other products. Featured Articles Five stocks we like better than Fortinet How to Invest in Small Cap Stocks Tesla Investors Continue to Profit From the Trump Trade 2 Rising CRM Platform Stocks That Can Surge Higher in 2025 MicroStrategy’s Stock Dip vs. Coinbase’s Potential Rally What is the Hang Seng index? Netflix Ventures Into Live Sports, Driving Stock Momentum Receive News & Ratings for Fortinet Daily - Enter your email address below to receive a concise daily summary of the latest news and analysts' ratings for Fortinet and related companies with MarketBeat.com's FREE daily email newsletter .
Talon Mues: It’s time to think about pesticide trainingGeordie Shore star Charlotte Crosby said she has been admitted to hospital but her baby is “all fine” after masked men attempted to rob her home this week. Her fiancé Jake Ankers announced on social media that a group of men carrying a machete entered their home on Thursday evening while they were in the house with their two-year-old daughter. Crosby, who is nearly eight months pregnant, thanked those who have sent their support to the couple in an Instagram Story post on Saturday. The reality TV star, 34, wrote: “I’m typing this I’m laid in hospital. Baby is all fine, thank you for all the messages!” She added: “This month has had misfortune after misfortune. I want to thank you all for your kind messages about the break-in the other night. Still something I’m really struggling to come to terms with.” Ankers also posted a photo of Crosby lying in a hospital bed to his Instagram Story, saying she had been “rushed in to hospital” as the TV star had been experiencing “serious pains in her stomach”. The businessman thanked their followers for reaching out and their local community for being “fantastic” since the burglary attempt. Ankers, who appeared with the reality star on BBC Three reality show Charlotte In Sunderland, previously said the thieves “tried to rob my house with my two-year-old and my partner who is nearly eight months pregnant, armed with a machete”. He said one of the four men “had a red balaclava on” and was carrying the weapon at the top of the stairs. Durham Constabulary were alerted at 7pm on Thursday to reports of an aggravated burglary in Houghton-le-Spring, a town in the Sunderland area. A spokeswoman for the force said: “Officers attended the area however the suspects left the scene before their arrival. Nobody was injured in the incident and no items are believed to have been taken.” She added that an investigation is under way and anyone with information is asked to contact police. Crosby is best known for appearing in the MTV reality series Geordie Shore and winning the 12th series of Celebrity Big Brother in 2013. She and Ankers got engaged in October 2023 after she gave birth to their first child in 2022. Get the top stories from across London directly to your inbox. Sign up for MyLondon's The 12 HERE to get the biggest stories every day
University System of Georgia to ban DEI, commit to neutrality, teach ConstitutionThe mental health landscape is evolving, and 2025 promises groundbreaking advancements blending technology with timeless practices. At the heart of this transformation lies gratitude—a simple yet profound force that fosters resilience, shifts perspectives, and nurtures holistic well-being. As said by thought leaders like Rhonda Byrne, inspired by Louise Hay, gratitude forms a solid foundation for sustainable mental health practices. Emerging technologies, from AI-driven therapy tools to mindfulness apps, are amplifying the accessibility and effectiveness of mental health care. However, these innovations gain true depth and impact when grounded in core principles like gratitude. By cultivating a grateful mindset, individuals can unlock greater emotional balance, improved relationships, and even better physical health. Top Innovations and Gratitude-Inspired Trends, According to Ontologist, Mental Health and Relationship Expert Aashmeen Munjaal Gratitude Techniques Meet Neurofeedback: The integration of neurofeedback with gratitude practices enhances emotional regulation and mindfulness. “Visualisation techniques combined with brainwave monitoring, allow individuals to reinforce positive neural pathways,” she says. Gratitude Journaling Apps: Digital platforms now integrate guided journaling features that align with gratitude techniques to promote daily reflection and healing. Expect apps in 2025 to include AI-powered prompts to reinforce positivity. Holistic Therapies Become Mainstream: Practices like sound therapy, gratitude meditations, and affirmations that align with mental health treatment plans will see a surge. Community Gratitude Circles: Building on the human connection, gratitude circles will gain momentum as safe spaces for collective healing. The Road Ahead As 2025 unfolds, mental health innovations combined with gratitude education will reshape approaches to well-being. Emerging programs will empower individuals with practical tools to navigate life’s challenges while fostering a mindset of appreciation. Gratitude, when embraced as a daily practice, transforms healing from a distant possibility into a tangible reality. By blending cutting-edge advancements with this timeless principle, the future of mental health care becomes more accessible, sustainable, and impactful. As the world embraces this shift, holistic healing evolves into a shared experience, proving that gratitude isn’t just a practice—it is a powerful catalyst for meaningful, lasting change. Get Latest News Live on Times Now along with Breaking News and Top Headlines from Mental Health, Health and around the world.
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