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FALLS CHURCH, Va. – As part of our new series “The Gift of Adaptive Sports,” retired Army Staff Sgt. Bobby Green explains it quickly and directly. “I tell everyone, even when you think your athletic career is over, life goes on. Through adaptive sports, you can overcome that.” Green knows this. He lives it and has embraced the benefits of adaptive sports every day since 2013.“I suffered a spinal cord injury and a traumatic brain injury after falling off the back of an LMTV (Light Medium Tactical Vehicle) which was quite high up. I was unloading equipment and landed on…

After initially facing internal opposition, Trump-supporting Republican Mike Johnson secured the House speakership in the first round on Friday.Mr. Johnson could not afford to lose more than one Republican vote, and three Republicans initially voted for someone other than the incumbent speaker. All but Thomas Massie of Kentucky, who supported Tom Emmer of Minnesota, later changed their votes to support Johnson, giving Johnson the 218 votes needed to givel the first full term as speaker. was secured.All Democrats supported House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries.Ralph Norman of South Carolina, who initially voted for a third-choice candidate before switching to Johnson, said…

Many US banks have withdrawn climate change coalition The days leading up to Donald Trump’s presidential inauguration.Yesterday evening, Morgan Stanley became the latest US bank to withdraw from the Net Zero Banking Alliance, amid increasing pressure on financial institutions from Republican lawmakers. Despite leaving the partnership, Morgan Stanley said in a statement that its commitment to achieving carbon targets “remains unchanged.”Citigroup and Bank of America left the group Earlier this week, Wells Fargo and Goldman Sachs pulled out in early December.The United Nations-backed alliance, which includes more than 140 banks with more than $70tn (£56.5tn) in assets, is set to…

Park City Mountain Base Area Sunday, December 29th at 11am Photo: Park City Mountain Webcam With an average snowfall of 42 inches last week, 34 lifts and 177 trails (50% of the mountain) were scheduled to be open, but only 18% were actually available, according to historical data. Park City, Utah – Vacationers at Park City Mountain Resort are complaining about limited open terrain, which coincides with the Park City Ski Patrol union’s ongoing strike against Vail Resorts ( NYSE:MTN ). During one of the busiest weeks of the year, guests endured hours-long lift lines, compounded by weather delays despite…

Louisiana Republican Rep. Mike Johnson was elected speaker of the House on the first ballot Friday after two Republicans who initially defected changed their votes in his favor. What you need to know Louisiana Republican Rep. Mike Johnson was elected speaker of the House on the first ballot Friday after two Republicans who initially defected changed their votes in his favor. In the final vote tally, Johnson received the votes of 218 out of 219 Republicans. All the Democrats in attendance rallied around House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries of New York, giving him 215 votes. The House of Commons remained…

Artificial Intelligence (AI) Semiconductor Stock Prices Nvidia (NVDA 4.45%)Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing (TSM 3.49%)Arm Holdings (arm 10.05%) They rose 4.5%, 3.5%, and 10.1%, respectively, in Friday trading before rebounding on Friday. Each of these three companies has benefited greatly from building AI. But each stock was under pressure through December as tech investors took profits after two years of strong gains in these stocks. But a bullish blog post from AI leader Microsoft this morning sent these three stocks back up. Here’s what was so positive about Microsoft’s statement and why it may have allayed recent market concerns. $80 billion in…

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Attendees view the 2025 Ford Bronco Strop Special Edition at the AutoMobility LA 2024 Auto Show at the Los Angeles Convention Center on November 21, 2024.Robin Beck | AFP | Getty ImagesDetroit – both general motors and ford motor on Friday reported the highest annual U.S. new car sales since 2019, before the coronavirus pandemic and long-standing supply chain issues hit.These results are consistent with industry-wide expectations for automakers. The market research firm expects U.S. automakers to report total sales of about 16 million vehicles in 2024, which would be the industry’s best year since 2019, when it sold about…

Thursday, January 2, 2025 A groundbreaking ceremony was held to mark the start of the long-delayed construction of an outdoor dry storage facility for spent nuclear fuel at Taiwan’s shut down Kuosheng Nuclear Power Plant. Groundbreaking ceremony (Image: Taipower) In November 2010, Taiwan Power Company (Taipower) signed a contract with the US company NAC International Inc to supply Magnastor spent fuel storage systems to its Kuosheng plant. The agreement calls for a complete dry storage project solution of 27 Magnastor systems (each capable of storing 87 bundles of spent nuclear fuel), including engineering, licensing, hardware, facility design and construction, fuel…

Tipping is becoming free. Begging for tips is now commonplace in everything from coffee shops to fast food restaurants to airlines and amusement parks. And while it’s an outdated tradition to hand over a few bills to a hotel attendant to get better treatment, some guests are reporting a troubling new trend at luxury hotels. This means that appeals for additional financial considerations are actually made directly at the front desk. Hotel guests were outraged to learn that some Marriott and Hyatt properties require tips at the front desk. New Africa – Stock.adobe.com “Guests are supposed to hand over money…