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On Day 4 of budget deliberations, Edmonton city council passed a spending plan that will see property taxes increase by 6.1 per cent in 2025. City councillors began the week by trying to reduce the 8.1 per cent property tax increase for next year that had been proposed to council by city administrators earlier this fall. In a news release issued on Oct. 31, deputy city manager Stacey Padbury noted that administrators have planned for issues that will create challenges in crafting a budget, but noted “they’re much bigger than forecasted when we developed the four-year budget in 2022.” “We are delivering services beyond what the current budget can support and that’s not sustainable. Like many Edmontonians who continue to deal with high costs, we have to make some tough choices about what money we have coming in and what we’re spending it on.” City administrators have noted that Edmonton’s quickly-growing population, coupled with inflation, has made it increasingly expensive to provide the services that the city currently does. More to come...Patriots coach Jerod Mayo believes narrow loss to Bills shows potential of his young team

'We're going to gut the fish': Republicans give details from closed-door meetings with DOGE's Musk, RamaswamyStirctly star Vito Coppola , has publicly expressed his unwavering support for his former colleague, Graziano Di Prima , following Di Prima's dismissal from the show. Earlier this evening, the two were seen enjoying a coffee together, with Coppola sharing a heartfelt message on social media: "Amico mio ti voglio bene," which translates to "My friend, I love you." The photo, posted on Di Prima's Instagram originally, had a lengthy caption from Di Prima himself. About his co-star, Di Prima penned: "How wonderful it was to hug you again, my friend! Our friendship is stronger than anything, remember you're a special person, with a big heart!! Love you and wish you all the best in everything you do." Di Prima was dismissed from Strictly Come Dancing earlier this year after he admitted that he to kicked his 2023 celebrity partner, Zara McDermott , during rehearsals. Di Prima expressed regret over the incident, attributing his actions to his intense passion and determination to win. Despite the controversy, Coppola has maintained a strong friendship with Di Prima, emphasizing that their bond remains unshaken. This public display of support highlights the close relationship between the two dancers, who have known each other for years and share a common language and cultural background. Di Prima enjoyed a glittering career on the BBC's long-running dance competition - featuring on the line-up from 2018. But earlier this year, the sparkle was washed off to uncover an abusive underside - as Graziano was forced to admit he had kicked his 2023 celebrity partner Zara McDermott while they were working together on Strictly in 2023 and he then dropped out of the show in shame. Now over four months after his exit, Graziano has teased that time of his return to the spotlight is near - and he is raring to get back on the stage. Taking to social media on Tuesday, the star shared a moody video of himself walking around a brightly lit bridge at night time. Strutting along the wooden boards, he was joined by his wife, Giada Lini - who herself is a professional dancer and a star of the Italian version of Dancing With The Stars. In a defiant message alongside the footage, Graziano wrote: "Dance has always been the center of my life, my greatest passion, the path I chose and dedicated years of study, sacrifice, and love to. After a period of reflection, I feel stronger than ever and eager to return to what I love most: dancing." During his tenure on Strictly, Di Prima partnered with celebrities including Vick Hope , Judi Love, Kym Marsh , and Zara . In 2019, he set a Guinness World Record by performing 90 Botafogo steps in 30 seconds on "Strictly Come Dancing: It Takes Two." Follow Mirror Celebs on Snapchat , Instagram , Twitter , Facebook , YouTube and Threads .Chip Stocks Skyrocket! Discover the Unexpected Winner

The following statement was written by CUNY students and workers in solidarity with Amazon and Starbucks workers on strike. Many of us have joined picket lines and want to call on our peers and co-workers to stand in solidarity. Over 150 people and groups have signed this statement. Add you signature here. We, the students, faculty, staff and alumni of the City University of New York (CUNY), declare in this statement our solidarity with the workers striking for higher wages and humane work environments at the Amazon warehouses and at Starbucks stores. Many of these workers on strike are students, including students at CUNY and we the CUNY community stand in solidarity. We demand that the striking Amazon workers have their union acknowledged and that win a contract. They should make a minimum of $30 wage, an end to forced overtime and improved safety measures in their work environments. We demand that the striking Starbucks workers have their demands met, wages raised, and that the company ends its union-busting practices. We stand against repression by the police or by Amazon or Starbucks against workers and supporters. We the CUNY community stand in solidarity with the strikes and will continue to do so until the demands for humane treatment of these workers are fulfilled! As Black and Brown students, immigrants, and low income New Yorkers of a public university, we know the struggle of being workers, many of us working two or more jobs while caring for our children and families while studying for degrees to be able to increase our wages in an already underpaid job market. We pay tuition at a school that used to be free for all students. We stand with the striking Amazon workers because many of us ARE workers in grueling, underpaid jobs like those that they are striking from. As CUNY workers, we struggle to best serve our students in an under-funded university, as well as to make ends meet as CUNY management continues to refuse us real wage increases. Our struggles are all connected: the billionaires who own Amazon and Starbucks profit off of workers’ labor and hoard the immense wealth that our labor has produced. That same wealth could be used for a fully funded and free CUNY that could give Amazon, Starbucks, and CUNY workers the liveable wages for a comfortable and healthy life. We encourage individuals who are CUNY students, workers, or alumni to sign this statement, as well as student and worker clubs and organizations. And if you are able, join a picket line! In Queens 55-15 Grand Ave, Maspeth, NY 11378 In Staten Island 546 Gulf Ave, Staten Island, NY 10314 And various NYC Starbucks locations (check places and dates here!) Left Voice CUNY4Palestine CUNY on Strike Rank and File Action Brooklyn College LGBTA Club DGSC Dominican Studies Group GC Student-Parent Organization Bronx and Hostos Action committee Hostos community college hip-hop club Crafts for Community Llamas United front committee for a labor party Individual Signatures: Fia Sanchez, student, Brooklyn College Tatiana Cozzarelli, Adjunct, Hunter and Brooklyn College Stuart Chen-Hayer, Professor, Lehman Liana DeMasi, Adjunct Lecturer, City College & John Jay Nichole Shippen, Faculty, LaGuardia CC Mariel Acosta, student, CUNY Graduate Center Rebecca Lurie, Faculty, SLU Lucien Baskin, Student, Grad center Eman Shappan, Student, Brooklyn College Helena Najm, Graduate Assistant, The Graduate Center Sonia Sanchez, Student and faculty, Graduate Center Renee Bell, Faculty, Lehman College Lauren Wolf, Faculty, Hostos Jalisa A Alvarez, Student, Hostos Jorge Sanz, Student, HOSTOS Community College Anitta Santiago, Faculty, Hostos CC Linda, Student, Brooklyn College Christopher Santiago, Faculty, College of Staten Island Saadia Toor, Faculty, CSI Anamaría Flores, Faculty, Hostos community college Blessing Adebisi, student, Hostos community college Jean Lewis, Student, Hostos Maria Plochocki, Faculty , Lehman/ citytech Joe Riccio, Student, Adjunct Graduate Center, Baruch Sugeiry Fernandez, Student and staff, New York City College of Technology Vaishali Patra, Student and staff, Queens College Iris Almonte, Student, Brooklyn College Max, Student, Hostos Community College C. Michael Togbah, Student, Hostos Community College Leila Bahssain, Hunter student Sara Morales, Student, Hunter College Marilyn Trahan, student, BMCC Garrett Schmidt, Student, Brooklyn College Sherry Millner, Faculty, CUNY Staten Island Samina Shahidi, Staffer, student, School of Labor and Urban Studies Maya Jean, Student, Hostos Laura Kaplan, Alumni, Hunter College Tess Bilhartz, Adjunct, BMCC Thomas Volscho, Faculty, College of Staten Island Zaira Andrade, Student, Hunter College Isha Nartey Tokoli, Student, Eugenio María de Hostos Community College Jane Marcus-Delgado, Faculty, CSI Ozlem Goner, Faculty, College of Staten Island Ruksana Ruhee, Student, Baruch College Giselle Bermudez, Student, Hostos Community College Evan Smith, Faculty, Baruch Walter Lucken IV, Faculty, Queens College Boyda Johnstone, faculty , BMCC Isabel Ortiz, Adjunct lecturer, Baruch, CCNY Esther, Staff, Medgar Evers College Nicole Lopez-Jantzen, Faculty, BMCC Olivia Wood, faculty, City College Victoria Stratis,Faculty, Baruch College Mica Scalin, Student, Queens College Alycia Sellie, faculty, Graduate Center Nathan Nikolic, Faculty, Baruch Britt Munro,PhD candidate, adjunct instructor, The Graduate Center CUNY Anick Rolland, Alumni/Staff, GC Chad Kidd, Faculty, City College of New York Aaron Braun, Student, Graduate Center Jefferson, Student , School of Labor Christopher Mejia, Alumni, Brooklyn College, School of Labor and Urban Studies Enid Brain , Student, Staff, City College. Graduate Center T , Alumni, Hunter Derek Ludovici, Adjunct Faculty; grad candidate, BC; CCNY; GC Patricia Cipollitti Rodriguez, Student, Graduate Center Jamie Pohl, Student, Hunter College Anthony Arredondo, Student, Hunter Tristan Montañez, Undergrad student , Hunter College Kendall Allison, Student , Grad Center Noelle Bartolotta, Student , Hunter College Joseph Ensio Juntunen, CTS Student, School of Labor and Urban Studies Amanda Long, Alumni and Faculty , Queens College Forrest Pelsue , Student / teaching fellow, Graduate Center / City College Maria Arettines, Alum, Hunter Juan, Almuni, Baruch College Jaime Weida, Faculty, BMCC Sarah Cunningham, Student, Hunter College Trevor Clarke , Student, School of Labor and Urban Studies Mobina Hashmi, Faculty, Brooklyn College Joseph Entin, Professor, Brooklyn College Julie Hegner, Staff, Brooklyn Amazon CUNYA massacre of more than 200 people in Haiti this month followed a gang-ordered manhunt that saw victims, many of them elderly, pulled from their homes and shot or killed with machetes, the UN said Monday. The victims were suspected of involvement in voodoo and accused by a gang leader of poisoning his child, with the suspects taken to a "training center" where many were dismembered or burned after being killed. A civil society organization had said at the time that the gang leader was convinced his son's illness was caused by followers of the religion. "On the evening of December 6, (Micanor Altes) ordered the members of his gang -- around 300 -- to carry out a brutal 'manhunt.' They stormed into about ten alleys of the (Port-au-Prince) neighborhood and forcibly dragged the victims out of their homes," said the report, authored jointly by the UN office in Haiti, BINUH, and the UN Human Rights Commissioner (OCHR). In the days that followed, the gang returned to the neighborhood, abducting adherents from a voodoo temple, targeting individuals suspected of tipping off local media and slaughtering people seeking to escape. Some of the bodies "were then burned with gasoline, or dismembered and dumped into the sea," the report concluded. A total of 134 men and 73 women were killed in total over six days, the report said. - 'Targeting the most vulnerable' A mosaic of violent gangs control most of the Haitian capital Port-au-Prince. The impoverished Caribbean country has been mired for decades by political instability, made worse in recent years by gangs that have grown in strength and organizational sophistication. Despite a Kenyan-led police support mission, backed by the United States and UN, violence has continued to soar. "According to BINUH and OHCHR, since January 2024, more than 5,358 people have been killed and 2,155 injured," the report said. "This brings the total number of people killed or injured in Haiti to at least 17,248 since the beginning of 2022." The UN Security Council "strongly condemned the continued destabilizing criminal activities of armed gangs and stressed the need for the international community to redouble its efforts to provide humanitarian assistance to the population." A spokeswoman for UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said "these crimes touched the very foundation of Haitian society, targeting the most vulnerable populations." Voodoo was brought to Haiti by African slaves and is a mainstay of the country's culture. It was banned during French colonial rule and only recognized as an official religion by the Haitian government in 2003. While it incorporates elements of other religious beliefs, including Catholicism, voodoo has been historically attacked by other religions. gw

Hewlett Packard Enterprise: Fiscal Q4 Earnings SnapshotBurt died over the weekend, the Crocosaurus Cove reptile aquarium in Darwin, Australia, said. He was at least 90 years old. “Known for his independent nature, Burt was a confirmed bachelor – an attitude he made clear during his earlier years at a crocodile farm,” Crocosaurus Cove wrote in social media posts. The aquarium added: “He wasn’t just a crocodile, he was a force of nature and a reminder of the power and majesty of these incredible creatures. While his personality could be challenging, it was also what made him so memorable and beloved by those who worked with him and the thousands who visited him over the years.” A saltwater crocodile, Burt was estimated to be more than 16 feet long. He was captured in the 1980s in the Reynolds River and became one of the most well-known crocodiles in the world, according to Crocosaurus Cove. The 1986 film stars Paul Hogan as the rugged crocodile hunter Mick Dundee. In the movie, American Sue Charlton, played by actress Linda Kozlowski, goes to fill her canteen in a watering hole when she is attacked by a crocodile before being saved by Dundee. Burt is briefly shown lunging out of the water. But the creature shown in more detail as Dundee saves the day is apparently something else. The Internet Movie Database says the film made a mistake by depicting an American alligator, which has a blunter snout. The Australian aquarium where Burt had lived since 2008 features a Cage of Death which it says is the nation’s only crocodile dive. It said it planned to honour Burt’s legacy with a commemorative sign “celebrating his extraordinary life and the stories and interactions he shared throughout his time at the park”.

ROSEN, A GLOBALLY RECOGNIZED LAW FIRM, Encourages Celsius Holdings, Inc. Investors to Secure Counsel Before Important Deadline in Securities Class Action – CELHIndaptus Therapeutics ( NASDAQ: INDP ) announced proposed resale of up to 1.94M shares by selling shareholders. The company will not receive any proceeds from the sale. Souce: SEC Filing More on Indaptus Therapeutics Indaptus Therapeutics announces $2.135M registered direct offering Indaptus Therapeutics signs clinical supply agreement with BeiGene Seeking Alpha’s Quant Rating on Indaptus Therapeutics Historical earnings data for Indaptus Therapeutics Financial information for Indaptus TherapeuticsSANTA CRUZ, Calif. (AP) — Two people were rescued and a third swam to safety after a California pier under construction partially collapsed and fell into the ocean Monday as the state’s central coast was pounded by heavy surf from a major storm expected to bring hurricane-force winds to the seas off the Pacific Northwest, authorities said. Residents were warned to stay away from low-lying areas near the beaches around the Santa Cruz Wharf, about 70 miles (112 kilometers) south of San Francisco, as the storm rapidly gained strength. The storm’s high surf likely pulled a man into the Pacific Ocean around noon Monday at Marina State Beach along the Monterey Bay, authorities said. Strong currents and high waves forced searchers to abandon their efforts roughly two hours later as conditions worsened. The man remained missing Monday evening. In the city of Capitola, police ordered guests at a waterfront hotel to evacuate if they had ocean-facing units. The county sheriff’s office ordered beachfront residents in nearby Rio Del Mar to evacuate as well. In Santa Cruz, lifeguards rescued two people from the water after a section of the Santa Cruz Wharf collapsed, officials said. No one had serious injuries, Mayor Fred Keeley said. The mayor said that section of the wharf had been damaged over time. The structure was in the middle of a $4 million renovation following destructive storms last winter. “It’s a catastrophe for those down at the end of the wharf,” said David Johnston, owner of Venture Quest Kayaking, who was allowed onto the pier to check on his business. Tony Elliot, the head of the Santa Cruz Parks & Recreation Department, estimated that about 150 feet (45 meters) of the end of the wharf fell into the water around 12:45 p.m. It was immediately evacuated and will remain closed indefinitely. Some of the wharf’s pilings are still in the ocean and remain “serious, serious hazards” to boats, the mayor said. Each piling weighs hundreds of pounds and is being pushed by powerful waves. “You are risking your life, and those of the people that would need to try and save you by getting in or too close to the water,” the National Weather Service’s Bay Area office said on the social platform X. Gov. Gavin Newsom’s has been briefed and the state’s Office of Emergency Services is coordinating with local officials, his office said. Forecasters warned that storm swells will continue to increase throughout the day. “We are anticipating that what is coming toward us is more serious than what was there this morning,” the mayor said. Ocean swells along California’s central coast could reach 60 feet (18 meters) as the Pacific storm gains strength through Monday, the weather service said. “A rapidly developing storm will bring hurricane force winds to the areas well offshore of the Pacific Northwest tonight,” the weather service’s Ocean Prediction Center said on X. The end of the pier that broke off had been shut down during renovations. The portion, which included public restrooms and the closed Dolphin restaurant, floated about half a mile (0.8 kilometers) down the coast and wedged itself at the bottom of the San Lorenzo River. Those who fell into the water were two engineers and a project manager who were inspecting the end of the wharf, officials said. No members of the public were in the area. Building inspectors were now looking at the rest of the Santa Cruz Wharf’s structural integrity. Monday’s collapse came about a year after the Seacliff State Beach pier just down the coast was battered beyond repair by a heavy winter storm. Further up the West Coast, dangerous surf conditions and waves up to 30 feet (9.1 meters) were expected from the central Oregon coast up through southwestern Washington. Winds could peak near 80 mph (130 kph) and a high surf warning in effect until 10 p.m. Monday night, forecasters said. In a post on X, the National Weather Service office in Portland, Oregon, said “it will likely go down as some of the highest surf this winter.” ___ Dazio reported from Los Angeles. Martha Mendoza And Stefanie Dazio, The Associated Press