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Percentages: FG .440, FT .926. 3-Point Goals: 10-27, .370 (Byrd 4-5, Gonsalves 3-9, Berrett 2-7, Bieker 1-4, Riley 0-2). Team Rebounds: 5. Team Turnovers: None. Blocked Shots: 4 (Ariyibi 3, Rainwater). Turnovers: 14 (Ariyibi 3, Rainwater 3, Byrd 2, Gonsalves 2, Riley 2, Bieker, Misic). Steals: 5 (Bieker 2, Ariyibi, Byrd, Riley). Technical Fouls: None. Percentages: FG .556, FT .550. 3-Point Goals: 8-17, .471 (Washington 3-6, Jones 2-2, Barbee 1-1, Martindale 1-2, Adams 1-3, Beard 0-1, Brinson 0-1, Cain 0-1). Team Rebounds: 4. Team Turnovers: None. Blocked Shots: 5 (Jones 3, Fofana 2). Turnovers: 11 (Jones 3, Adams 2, Beard, Brinson, Fofana, Fuller, Martindale, Washington). Steals: 7 (Barbee 2, Jones 2, Washington 2, Adams). Technical Fouls: None. A_138 (7,321).

UTAH TECH (1-5) Ariyibi 4-6 6-7 14, Bieker 1-4 2-2 5, Byrd 5-8 9-9 23, Gonsalves 5-11 2-2 15, Riley 1-7 4-5 6, Rainwater 1-2 2-2 4, Berrett 4-10 0-0 10, Misic 0-0 0-0 0, Hutchings 1-2 0-0 2, Schenck 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 22-50 25-27 79. CS NORTHRIDGE (4-1) Fofana 2-3 2-4 6, Jones 8-15 5-10 23, Lewis 1-3 0-0 2, Fuller 0-0 0-0 0, Washington 7-14 2-2 19, Adams 11-16 2-3 25, Brinson 0-2 0-1 0, Beard 2-4 0-0 4, Martindale 2-3 0-0 5, Barbee 2-2 0-0 5, Cain 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 35-63 11-20 89. Halftime_Utah Tech 50-40. 3-Point Goals_Utah Tech 10-27 (Byrd 4-5, Gonsalves 3-9, Berrett 2-7, Bieker 1-4, Riley 0-2), CS Northridge 8-17 (Washington 3-6, Jones 2-2, Barbee 1-1, Martindale 1-2, Adams 1-3, Beard 0-1, Brinson 0-1, Cain 0-1). Rebounds_Utah Tech 22 (Riley 5), CS Northridge 31 (Jones 9). Assists_Utah Tech 16 (Rainwater 4), CS Northridge 15 (Beard 4). Total Fouls_Utah Tech 17, CS Northridge 17. A_138 (7,321).

Liverpool 2-0 Real Madrid: Reds make their case for Champions League glory with dominant win over defending champions thanks to goals from Alexis Mac Allister and Cody Gakpo Liverpool maintained their 100 per cent record in Champions League with the win Real Madrid have lost three of their first five matches in European Cup this term Liverpool correspondent LEWIS STEELE tells all on bombshell chat with Mo Salah - LISTEN NOW to It's All Kicking Off! New episodes every Monday and Thursday By OLIVER HOLT Published: 21:53 GMT, 27 November 2024 | Updated: 22:32 GMT, 27 November 2024 e-mail 12 View comments Ten minutes before full time, when it was clear that their resurgent team had swept Real Madrid aside, the Kop burst into song. ‘ Liverpool , Liverpool, top of the league,’ came the refrain. They could have made it plural. As Arne Slot ’s charmed start as manager gathers pace, everything he touches is turning to gold. Liverpool are indeed top of the league: top of the Champions League table and eight points clear at the top of Premier League , too. Just when it seems things can’t get any better at Anfield, they do. Liverpool didn’t just beat Carlo Ancelotti ’s all-conquering side in this tie: they outclassed them on their way to a 2-0 win that was the absolute minimum they deserved. Jurgen Klopp is not the type to curse his luck but he could be forgiven for thinking that Slot has been a master of good timing. Just as Manchester City seem to be imploding in the Premier League, so this Madrid side looks like a shadow of the sides that stopped Klopp amassing far more European silverware. Alexis Mac Allister opened the scoring for the home side in the 57th minute after neat interplay Cody Gakpo secured the points for the home side with a thumping header from close range Kylian Mbappe squandered a chance to equalise for the visitors on a bruising night for the defending champions Klopp’s Liverpool sides played Real six times during his management and lost five and drew one, a sequence that included defeats in two Champions League finals, in Kyiv and Paris. Slot beat the champions of Europe at the first time of asking. And beat them with ease, courtesy of second half goals from Alexis Mac Allister and Cody Gakpo. There should have been more. Mo Salah missed a chance to strengthen his hand even more in his contract negotiations with the club when he blasted a penalty wide. The class of his overall play, though, did not go unnoticed. ‘FSG,’ a message to Liverpool’s owners written on a banner in the Kop read, ‘He fires a bow. Now give Mo his dough.’ Mo deserves his dough. He certainly outperformed his opposite number, Kylian Mbappe, who endured a personal nightmare at Anfield. Mbappe was a shadow of the player who has set two successive World Cup finals alight and earned a reputation as the best player in the world. His general play was wasteful and utterly lacking in confidence. He had a golden chance to drag Madrid back into the game with a penalty that would have brought them level but he hit it without conviction and it was saved comfortably by Caoimhin Kelleher. Liverpool are two points clear at the top of the European table. Real Madrid sit 24th. Uefa are staring at the horror of the world’s biggest club not qualifying for the knockouts. Jude Bellingham tried to drive his team forward from midfield but was well martialled by Ryan Gravenberch Carlo Ancelotti's side sit perilously close to the qualification cliff edge after falling to 24th after their third loss in five Champions League matches He had eight goals in 16 games for Madrid before this match but after so but after his move from France saw so many false dawns, his actual arrival was always likely to be an anti-climax. Mbappe’s night did not start well. Less than four minutes had gone when he dallied on the ball midway inside the Liverpool half and was robbed by the quicksilver Salah. Salah was away. He ran at the retreating Madrid defence and slipped a pass inside to Darwin Nunez. When Nunez fizzed a low shot at Thibault Courtois, the Madrid goalkeeper pushed it out. It fell to Raul Asencio but when he tried to control it, he only succeeded in pushing it towards his own goal. He lunged after it and cleared it just as it was about to roll over the line. The elegant ease with which Liverpool played through the Madrid press in the opening 20 minutes was bewitching to behold. The axis that ran through Virgil van Dijk and Ryan Gravenberch was particularly effective. Liverpool came close again midway through the half when the ball bobbled around the Madrid area and fell to Nunez. Nunez tried to hammer it past Courtois but the goalkeeper rushed out and blocked the shot with his body. Bellingham, who had come into game accusing the English press, somewhat mystifyingly, of turning him into a scapegoat during the Euros this summer, had a quiet half. If that is construed by Bellingham as vicious criticism, so be it. It is to be hoped that someone advises him soon that his persecution complex is unfounded. Bellingham has received a steady stream of praise in the English press, because that is what his performances have deserved. No one made him a scapegoat. Caoimhin Kelleher smartly stopped Mbappe's penalty to maintain Liverpool's lead in the second half Mohamed Salah repaid the favour just minutes later with an effort that went wide of the target Arne Slot's side returned to the top of the Champions League table and maintained their perfect record If he has read his press and decided it is negative, that is up to him. If someone is whispering poison in his ear, then that is a shame because he is widely recognised as one of the best things to have happened to English football for some time and it would be a shame if some of those around him soured that. He and his teammates struggled to get a foothold in the game. Even when Real attacked, Liverpool turned it into a triumph. Arda Guler tried to free Mbappe down the left but Conor Bradley hurtled across and snuffed out the danger with a superb, crunching tackle. It got the biggest cheer of the night. Read More Liverpool 2-0 Real Madrid - PLAYER RATINGS: Which Reds youngster was man of the match? Liverpool got stronger as the half wore on. Nunez headed just wide and Curtis Jones curled over when well placed but Slot’s team lacked the final composure to finish off all their good work. Liverpool made the best chance of the game so far two minutes after half time when Alexis Mac Allister floated a ball into the box to meet a superb run from Bradley. Bradley rose and directed his header downwards but Courtois produced a fine diving save to push it out. A minute later, the two players combined again and this time Courtois had no answer. Mac Allister initiated a one-two with Bradley and when the Argentine midfielder ran on to it, he got to it just before a Raul Asencio and lashed his shot past Courtois. Madrid thought they had found a way back into the game when Andy Robertson was adjudged to have fouled Lucas Vazquez in the box just before the hour. Mbappe took the kick but Kelleher flung himself to his left and saved brilliantly. Another mighty roar of jubilation rent the night air. Midway through the half, Salah ran on to a pass from Bradley and sprinted at Ferland Mendy. Salah turned Mendy inside out and Mendy brought him down in the box. Salah blasted the penalty with all his might but, to general astonishment, it flew wide. It didn’t matter. Fifteen minutes from time, Robertson played a short corner and when he got the return ball, he swung the ball into the six-yard-box. Substitute Cody Gakpo rose unchallenged and powered the ball past Courtois. Cody Gakpo Champions League Mohamed Salah Share or comment on this article: Liverpool 2-0 Real Madrid: Reds make their case for Champions League glory with dominant win over defending champions thanks to goals from Alexis Mac Allister and Cody Gakpo e-mail Add commentMHSA executive board takes action on realignment for football

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Percentages: FG 43.478, FT .667. 3-Point Goals: 7-15, .467 (Jackson 6-9, Richardson 1-4, Mair 0-2) Blocked Shots: 5 (Donovan 4, Fournier 1) Turnovers: 10 (Mair 3, Jackson 2, Thomas 1, Donovan 1, Richardson 1, Cotton 1, Wood 1) Steals: 8 (Jackson 2, Richardson 2, Thomas 1, Okananwa 1, Fournier 1, de Jesus 1) Technical Fouls: None Percentages: FG 46.296, FT .625. 3-Point Goals: 2-10, .200 (Glenn 1-1, Sundell 1-1, Poindexter 0-3, Walker 0-1, Sanchez 0-2, Sides 0-2) Blocked Shots: 3 (Poindexter 1, Sundell 1, Sanchez 1) Turnovers: 18 (Sides 4, Glenn 3, Sundell 3, Walker 3, Poindexter 2, Team 2, Taylor 1) Steals: 4 (Sundell 2, Taylor 2) Technical Fouls: None A_0 Officials_Brenda Pantoja, InFini Robinson, Cameron InouyeLawyers for a voting machine company that’s suing Fox News want to question founder Rupert Murdoch about his contentious efforts to change his family trust , the attorneys told a court Monday. Election-tech company Smartmatic’s $2.7 billion defamation suit regards Fox’s reporting on 2020 voting fraud claims. But Smartmatic’s attorneys suggest the separate succession fight over Murdoch’s media empire might shed light on any Fox Corp. involvement in editorial matters. It’s an important, if technical, question as Smartmatic seeks to hold the deep-pocketed Fox parent company responsible for statements that the news network aired. Fox contends that there’s no such liability and that it was engaging in journalism, not defamation, when it broadcast election-fraud allegations made by then-President Donald Trump ‘s attorneys. Rupert Murdoch may already have given a deposition — out-of-court questioning under oath — in the defamation suit. Such records aren’t public at this stage, but plans for his deposition were briefly mentioned at a 2022 hearing. Smartmatic now is seeking to talk to Murdoch about his efforts to rewrite his plans for his businesses after his death. The matter is playing out behind closed doors and in sealed files in a Nevada probate court. The New York Times has reported that Rupert Murdoch wants to keep his eldest son, Lachlan , in charge of the conglomerate’s newspapers and television networks in order to ensure a continued conservative editorial outlook . Smartmatic wants to get the 93-year-old patriarch on record while the probate matter plays out, company attorney Edward Wipper told a judge Monday. Fox News lawyer K. Winn Allen said the probate case “has nothing at all to do with” Smartmatic’s claims and is “not appropriate” fodder for the suit. Fox Corp. declined to comment after court. Fox News’ lawyers, meanwhile, want Smartmatic to provide records about a U.S. federal criminal case against people, including Smartmatic co-founder Roger Piñate, accused of scheming to bribe a Filipino election official . Piñate has pleaded not guilty. Smartmatic isn’t charged in the criminal case, and Smartmatic attorneys have said the matter was irrelevant to the defamation suit. Fox lost prior bids for a court order to get the information, but a hearing on the network’s renewed request is set next week. It’s unclear how soon Judge David B. Cohen will decide on that request or on Smartmatic’s bid to dig into the Murdoch family trust case. Both requests are part of pretrial information-gathering, and no trial date has been set. Smartmatic says it was a small player, working only with California’s heavily Democratic Los Angeles County, in the 2020 U.S. presidential election. In subsequent Fox News appearances, Trump lawyers Rudy Giuliani and Sidney Powell portrayed Smartmatic as part of a multi-state scheme to steal the vote from the Republican. Federal and state election officials , exhaustive reviews in battleground states and Trump’s own attorney general found no widespread fraud that could have changed the outcome of the 2020 election. Nor did they uncover any credible evidence that the vote was tainted. Dozens of courts, including by judges whom Trump had appointed, rejected his fraud claims. Fox News ultimately aired an interview with an election technology expert who refuted the allegations against Smartmatic — an interview done after the company demanded a retraction . The network is countersuing Smartmatic , claiming it violated a New York law against baseless suits aimed at squelching reporting or criticism on public issues. The New York defamation suit is one of several stemming from conservative-oriented news outlets’ reports on Trump’s 2020 vote-rigging claims. Smartmatic recently settled with One America News Network and Newsmax . Fox News settled for $787 million last year with Dominion Voting Systems, another election-technology company that sued over conspiracy theories blaming its election equipment for Trump’s 2020 loss.Why EV Stocks Lucid Motors, QuantumScape, and Navitas Semiconductor Rocketed Higher Today

For most TikTok users, creating and posting videos is a fun pastime. But, for three Lake County Public Library staffers, it’s a job responsibility they never expected. LCPL staff created a library TikTok account near the end of 2022, and almost two years later, the page has nearly 4,000 followers and has gotten almost 169,000 likes. The social media account was created to help reach younger patrons, said Kelley McDonnell, assistant branch manager. Max Jackson, assistant librarian, Demi Marshall, assistant librarian, and McDonnell are the three main library employees who create videos for the TikTok account. TikTok is a social media platform where users can post and react to short videos. It was the most downloaded entertainment app in 2022, with 99 million downloads through iOS and Google Play app stores, according to Apptopia . Jackson and McDonnell were creating content for the library’s Instagram account when they had the idea for a TikTok page. They had series including “First Page Fridays,” where someone would read the first page of a book to drum up interest. The two librarians would typically read from young adult books to target teenage patrons, Jackson said. Demi Marshall, assistant librarian, discusses the post she helped to create on TikTok. The library is trying to attract new patrons through TikTok at the Lake County Public Library in Merrillville on Thursday, Nov. 21, 2024. (John Smierciak / Post-Tribune) “We were already doing creative content like that,” he added. “So when TikTok became more prevalent, we were like, ‘Hey, we should transition over and start doing TikToks as well.” When the COVID-19 pandemic hit, the two librarians tried even harder to push for a TikTok account, McDonnell said. McDonnell attended a conference with another librarian that included a session focused on another library’s TikTok account, and she brought that information back to work with her. LCPL’s TikTok follower count is higher than Instagram but lower than Facebook, said Robin Johnsen, technology marketing specialist for the library. TikTok relies more on the viral aspect of videos, Johnsen said, so the library’s views on each video could be greater than the number of followers. “It’s been very interesting,” Johnsen said. “As the TikTok takes off, our other social media accounts become more popular as well. So, we often cross-post TikToks to our other platforms.” LCPL’s social media staff aims to post at least once a week, McDonnell said, but sometimes it can be longer. In the future, she wants to create a more consistent schedule for posts. Although Jackson, Marshall and McDonnell are the three main librarians who post on TikTok, McDonnell said other staff members help generate ideas and help make videos. “Generally, we look at what’s currently trending on TikTok,” McDonnell said. “We look at what other libraries are doing on their accounts and then our own general interests.” Kelley McDonnell assistant branch head librarian, laughs as she relates the various ways the library is trying to attract new patrons through TikTok at the Lake County Public Library in Merrillville on Thursday, Nov. 21, 2024. (John Smierciak / Post-Tribune) Compared to other social media platforms, the library gets more comments on its TikTok account. Marshall, one of the librarians running the account, said she enjoys reading comments on videos. Marshall’s favorite video features multiple librarians, all wearing cardigans and glasses and waving at the camera. The video implies that while librarians might not have a uniform, they all dress similarly. As of Friday morning, the video had more than 93,000 likes and nearly 500 comments. “It brought out a lot of really sweet comments from people,” Marshall said. “People were like, ‘This is what you see at the gates of heaven,’ or, ‘I feel so safe here...’ I loved that one because of the response it got from everybody.” McDonnell’s favorite video features Jackson and a song by Natasha Bedingfield, “Pocketful of Sunshine.” The video highlights books by romance author Emily Henry and is captioned, “When sci-fi/fantasy fans dip their toes into romance.” McDonnell likes the video because Jackson “did a great job editing,” she said. The video had more than 10,000 likes and 225 comments, as of Friday morning. Jackson’s favorite videos are the book recommendations, which he said the staff made more often when they first created the account. He also likes how Marshall edits the videos. Although the TikTok page is more lighthearted, Jackson said it’s important that each video ties back to the library. Videos can spark interest in library services and available books. “While it always ties into the library in some way, a lot of times we’re just trying to have fun with it, engage viewers and just be ourselves,” Jackson said. “There are plenty of times where I’m like, ‘I’m not teaching anybody anything with this video. I just think it’s a fun idea.’” mwilkins@chicagotribune.comA landmark defence pact between North Korea and Russia, signed by its leaders in June, has gone into effect after the two sides exchanged ratification documents, North Korea's official KCNA news agency said Thursday. The formalization of the treaty comes as the United States and South Korea have accused the nuclear-armed North of sending more than 10,000 soldiers to help Russia fight Ukraine. Experts say North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is keen to acquire advanced technology from Moscow and battle experience for his troops in return. Kim and Russian President Vladimir Putin signed the strategic partnership deal during the Kremlin chief's visit to Pyongyang. It obligates both states to provide military assistance "without delay" in the case of an attack on the other, and to jointly oppose Western sanctions. It came into effect from Wednesday, when the ratification documents were exchanged in Moscow by the countries' vice foreign ministers Kim Jong Gyu and Andrei Rudenko, KCNA reported. Lawmakers in Moscow last month voted unanimously for the deal and it was later signed by Putin. Pyongyang said it was ratified by a decree from Kim. The treaty will serve "as a strong driving force accelerating the establishment of an independent and just multi-polarized world order without domination, subjugation and hegemony," KCNA said. Analysts have suggested Pyongyang could be using Ukraine as a means of realigning its foreign policy. By sending soldiers, North Korea is positioning itself within the Russian war economy as a supplier of weapons, military support and labour — potentially even bypassing traditional ally, neighbour and main trading partner China, they say. North Korea and Russia have strengthened their military ties since Moscow's invasion of Ukraine in February 2022. Both countries are under rafts of UN sanctions -- the former for its nuclear weapons programme and the latter for the Ukraine conflict. Kim said last week during a visit to Pyongyang by Russian Defence Minister Andrei Belousov that his government, army and people would "invariably support the policy of the Russian Federation to defend its sovereignty and territorial integrity". Putin hailed the deal in June as a "breakthrough document". bur-sst/bjt

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