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GREENSBORO, N.C. (AP) — Simon Hildebrandt had nine points in High Point's 65-59 victory over Appalachian State on Saturday. Hildebrandt had six rebounds for the Panthers (10-2). Kezza Giffa scored nine points, going 3 of 9 and 3 of 3 from the free-throw line. Abdoulaye had nine points and shot 3 of 7 from the field, including 1 for 3 from 3-point range, and went 2 for 3 from the line. Myles Tate led the Mountaineers (6-4) in scoring, finishing with 24 points, eight rebounds, four assists and three steals. CJ Huntley added 12 points, six rebounds and two steals for Appalachian State. Jackson Threadgill had seven points and six rebounds. Up next for High Point is a Tuesday matchup with Carolina University at home, and Appalachian State visits Louisiana on Wednesday. The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar .

NEW YORK, Dec. 10, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Priority Income Fund, Inc. (“Priority Income Fund” or the “Fund”) announced today that the Fund’s Board of Directors has declared monthly cash “base” and “bonus” common shareholder distributions for December 2024, January 2025 and February 2025. The annualized total cash distribution is $1.34016 per share (12.0% annualized rate for Class R and 12.9% annualized rate for Class I), for distributions with record dates between December 10, 2024 and February 5, 2025 based on the current Class R offering price of $11.16 per common share and the current Class I offering price of $10.41 per common share. The cash “base” distribution will have monthly record dates and will be payable monthly to common stockholders of record at the close of business each month. These declared distributions equal a weekly cash amount of $0.02014 per share of common stock (or $0.26182 on a quarterly basis) as follows: These distributions represent the 132nd, 133rd and 134th consecutive monthly “base” distributions paid by the Fund. The Fund's Board of Directors has also declared new monthly cash “bonus” distributions, as follows: The September, October and November cash “bonus” distributions represents the 51st, 52nd, and 53rd “bonus” distributions that the Fund has declared, which are now paid monthly starting January 2024. The Fund has paid or declared cumulative cash distributions totaling $15.72 per common share since inception in January 2014 through February 2025. The Fund also announced today the declaration of distributions on shares of the Fund’s 7.00% Series D Term Preferred Stock due 2029 (“Series D”), 6.625% Series F Term Preferred Stock due 2027 (“Series F”), 6.000% Series H Term Preferred Stock due 2026 (“Series H”), 6.125% Series I Term Preferred Stock due 2028 (“Series I”), 6.000% Series J Term Preferred Stock due 2028 (“Series J”), 7.000% Series K Cumulative Preferred Stock (“Series K”), and 6.375% Series L Term Preferred Stock due 2029 (“Series L”). Distributions shall first be treated as a distribution of taxable investment company income undistributed from the prior year, and then treated as a distribution of taxable investment company income for the current year. This treatment will not affect tax reporting to shareholders. About Priority Income Fund Priority Income Fund, Inc. is a registered closed-end fund that was created to acquire and grow an investment portfolio primarily consisting of senior secured loans or pools of senior secured loans known as collateralized loan obligations ("CLOs"). Such loans will generally have a floating interest rate and include a first lien on the assets of the respective borrowers, which typically are private and public companies based in the United States. The Fund is managed by Priority Senior Secured Income Management, LLC, which is led by a team of investment professionals from the investment and operations team of Prospect Capital Management L.P. For more information, visit https://www.priorityincomefund.com . About Prospect Capital Management L.P. Prospect Capital Management L.P. (“Prospect”), headquartered in New York City, is an SEC-registered investment adviser that, along with its predecessors and affiliates, has more than 30-years of investing in and managing high-yielding debt and equity investments using both private partnerships and publicly traded closed-end structures. Prospect and its affiliates employ a team of over 100 professionals who focus on credit-oriented investments yielding attractive current income. Prospect, together with its affiliates, has $8.7 billion of assets under management as of September 30, 2024. For more information, call (212) 448-0702 or visit https://www.prospectcap.com . About Preferred Capital Securities, LLC Preferred Capital Securities, LLC (“PCS”) serves as the dealer-manager for Priority Income Fund, Inc. and has been a member of FINRA/SIPC since 2015. Formed in 2013, PCS is a boutique managing broker-dealer that distributes alternative investments, including real estate and credit investment products in private and public structures through broker dealers and registered investment advisors. PCS has raised over $4.8 billion of capital as a wholesale distributor for various alternative investment strategies. For more information, call 855-320-1414 or visit http://www.pcsalts.com . Additional Information Past performance is not indicative of future performance. Our distributions may exceed our earnings, and therefore, portions of the distributions that we make may be a return of the money that you originally invested and represent a return of capital to you for tax purposes. Such a return of capital is not immediately taxable, but reduces your tax basis in our shares, which may result in higher taxes for you even if your shares are sold at a price below your original investment. Investors should consider the investment objective and policies, risk considerations, charges and ongoing expenses of an investment carefully before investing. The prospectus and summary prospectus contains this and other information relevant to an investment in the fund. Please read the prospectus or summary prospectus carefully before you invest or send money. To obtain a prospectus, please contact your investment representative or Investor Services at 866.655.3650. Forward-Looking Statements This press release may contain certain forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, including statements regarding the future performance of Priority Income Fund, Inc. Words such as "believes," "expects," "projects," and "future" or similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements. Any such statements, other than statements of historical fact, are highly likely to be affected by unknowable future events and conditions, including elements of the future that are or are not under the control of Priority Income Fund, Inc. and that Priority Income Fund, Inc. may or may not have considered; accordingly, such statements cannot be guarantees or assurances of any aspect of future performance. Actual developments and results are highly likely to vary materially from any forward-looking statements. Such statements speak only as of the time when made, and Priority Income Fund, Inc. undertakes no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise .Louis-Jacques shot 7 for 13, including 3 for 7 from beyond the arc for the Raiders (3-9). Jalen Cox scored 14 points, going 6 of 11 (1 for 4 from 3-point range). Brady Cummins shot 2 of 6 from the field and 7 for 10 from the line to finish with 11 points. The Raiders snapped a five-game slide. Nick Fiorillo finished with 23 points, six rebounds and two steals for the Catamounts (5-7). TJ Hurley added 19 points for Vermont. Shamir Bogues also had 10 points, seven rebounds and five assists. Colgate went into the half ahead of Vermont 28-26. Cox put up nine points in the half. Colgate used an 8-0 second-half run erase a three-point deficit and take the lead at 55-50 with 5:21 left in the half before finishing off the victory. Cummins scored nine second-half points. Colgate's next game is Sunday against Iona at home. Vermont hosts Miami (OH) on Wednesday. The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar .

A DANGEROUS loophole is allowing migrants to work illegally for Deliveroo, Just Eat and Uber Eats using the details of legitimate staff, a Sun on Sunday investigation can reveal. Our undercover reporter posed as a recent Afghan migrant on Facebook forums dedicated to hiring food delivery drivers, to highlight how riders are subcontracting their accounts to people who do not have the right to work legally in the UK. 10 A dangerous loophole is allowing migrants to work illegally for delivery companies including Just Eat Credit: Getty 10 An Uber Eats bike bag outside a South London migrants’ hotel Credit: Dan Charity 10 Illegal immigrants could be attracted to jobs for firms such as Just Eat Credit: PA Within minutes he was offered the log-ins for company apps so he could receive orders in return for a fee — without any checks on who the driver really was. We discovered some subcontract workers are migrants who are able to skip background checks and earn money illegally without the company they are riding for even being aware. This subcontracting practice, known as substituting, is accepted by the delivery firms and allowed under their terms and conditions. But no checks are made on who they are substituting to, and the loophole could be exploited by dangerous criminals to land jobs. Read More on UK News TOWER OVER Skyscraper over 1,000ft tall and exact same height as the Shard given go-ahead TRAGIC DEATH Woman killed after car crashes into her months after she scooped lottery prize In 2022 Hampshire delivery rider Jennifer Rocha bit off a customer’s thumb in a row over a pizza but continued working for Deliveroo, even after the account she was using at the time was suspended. The same year, convicted drug dealer Jordan Da Silva managed to work for Deliveroo. His past was only exposed when he posted a video of him unwrapping a female customer’s anti-fungal cream in front of her, and he was recognised on social media. No questions In April, food delivery firms agreed to strengthen security checks to prevent illegal working. Most read in The Sun SMASH HORROR Bus crashes into bridge in Glasgow as pics show passengers 'trapped' on board BUSTED Moment 'invisible' Scots cocaine kingpin 'linked to cartel' arrested in Colombia TOUGH LOVE My dad is Scotland’s greatest player but Shearer called me out in X-rated rant NEXT MAN UP Gers finally appoint new permanent chairman as lifelong fan starts after final Deliveroo said it has launched a substitute registration feature including right-to-work checks, Uber Eats said it would be launching identity verification checks while Just Eat said it was trying to “develop a solution which will ensure couriers substituting their work do so in accordance with the law”. But after our reporter posted in the Facebook group asking to hire an account to do deliveries, he was offered Uber Eats, Deliveroo and Just Eat account details and log-ins for £70 to £100 a week, with no questions. Deliveroo driver sacked after mocking woman's order to her face in disgusting video The registered drivers assured our reporter he would easily make that fee back and could expect an average of 42 hours a week earning £600 — around £14 an hour — by downloading an app, using their details to log into the system and get work. One, Brian, agreed to hire out a Just Eat account for £140. He told our reporter it consisted of a £70 deposit and £70 for the first week’s use of the system, and said to take the cash to a run-down housing estate in Beckenham Hill, South London. When our reporter said he didn’t have a UK bank account, he said: “We will get paid every Wednesday and I can give you it in cash. You can easily make £100 daily, working seven to eight hours. If you make £600 I’ll take £70 rent and I’ll give you £530. Nobody is going to check or ask you for anything. This is anonymous work. Another user, Ricky, gave us an account to transfer £180 made up of an £80 deposit and £100 for the first week’s rental of his user details. We made no payment for any account. One Brazilian driver told us: “A person who has the right to work here opens as many accounts as possible, sometimes over 100. 10 10 10 10 “From there, they offer these accounts to people who don’t have the right to work, then they work in another field that pays better, like construction. Illegal workers will happily accept a £3 order to an address three or four miles away.” Migrants are even boasting about using the substituting loophole to get work. One, from Chad in North Africa, detailed his journey to Europe in 2022 on TikTok. In one post he shared a Union Flag and a rowing boat, indicating he had reached the UK on an illegal small boat. And he showed the budget hotel near Heathrow Airport where he was living, and himself riding a bike carrying a Deliveroo bag, as well as buying designer gear. In another hotel in South East London, where small-boat migrants are living, a resident, 32, from Pakistan said: “There are people here working as delivery drivers, but I’m not one of them. I don’t know how they get jobs as we don’t have work permits.” And a Jordanian man, 53, said: “I want a job but I don’t have a work permit. If someone can find me a job as a delivery driver, I will take it.” We showed our findings to industry expert Alfie Pearce-Higgins, a Deliveroo rider since 2021, who campaigns for better pay transparency for workers. He said: “I’m not surprised by the scale of this — the practice is widespread. Anyone who wants an account can rent one easily without any checks. This undercuts the pay of legal, tax-paying drivers and can expose vulnerable people to exploitation. “There is a very simple solution — remove the right of substitution, as Deliveroo recently did in Hong Kong. In my experience most drivers, customers and restaurants and supermarkets would support this.” In 2023, a Home Office spot check found 42 per cent of riders were working illegally. Deliveroo and Uber Eats have more than 120,000 official UK riders between them and Just Eat has tens of thousands — suggesting if it reached that scale, at least 50,000 food delivery workers could be working illegally. 10 Home Secretary Yvette Cooper said: 'The leading delivery firms have made repeated commitments to stamp out the abuse of driver substitution' Credit: EPA 10 Chris Philp said: 'The Government must urgently step up immigration enforcement and checks to stop illegal employment, including in the gig economy' Credit: Alamy 10 Deliveroo said it has launched a substitute registration feature including right-to-work checks Home Secretary Yvette Cooper said: “The leading delivery firms have made repeated commitments to stamp out the abuse of driver substitution, but it is clear from these revelations they have not gone far enough. “They need to get a grip on this fast as we cannot stand for this kind of abuse.” And Tory Shadow Home Secretary Chris Philp said: “Our laws — including employment laws — should be respected. “The Government must urgently step up immigration enforcement and checks to stop illegal employment, including in the gig economy.” Our research shows counter-measures are having little effect. We even found gangs offering “all-inclusive” illegal work packages that can be booked before a person has even reached Britain. An Instagram post in Portuguese offers London accommodation, a motorcycle with insurance and fuel, an active Uber Eats account, plus food, for £500 a week, claiming it offers an £840 weekly profit. A West London delivery driver added: “Three or four I know of are visa overstayers renting accounts and making good money. I think the food delivery accounts are accelerating the boat arrivals and providing a stepping stone to integrate into communities faster.” WHAT ARE THE CHECKS? WHEN a driver creates an account with a delivery firm, it checks their right to work, photo ID, Disclosure and Barring Service status for convictions, and insurance, if they are using a motorised vehicle. Drivers pay nothing to the firms when they create an account with them and there are no minimum working hours, which is why there is no real justification for substitutes. But all major firms allow substitutions, including Deliveroo, Uber Eats, Just Eat and Stuart. An Uber Eats spokesman said: “All couriers who use the Uber Eats app must undergo checks to ensure they have a legal right to work in the UK. "Uber Eats has worked with the Home Office to launch additional identity verification and Right to Work checks to help ensure only those who legitimately use someone else’s account to deliver on the platform are able to. “We are constantly reviewing these processes to ensure they are as robust as possible and if we receive reports that this is not the case we will investigate and take appropriate action.” A Deliveroo spokesman said: “We take a zero-tolerance approach towards any rider who fails to meet their legal obligations. “All riders have to have the Right to Work. If found to be in breach of their obligations, we will stop working with them with immediate effect. "We have taken action to secure our platform and were the first to roll out direct Right to Work checks, a registration process and identity verification for substitutes. Read more on the Scottish Sun XMAS BLOW Dozens sacked by Scots tech firm weeks before Christmas as bosses travel to Spain HAVE A BRAKE Entire Scots town to enforce new 20mph limit in major road shake-up “We are rolling out daily identity checks using facial recognition technology for all riders, including substitutes. "We take our responsibilities extremely seriously and are committed to strengthening our controls and preventing misuse of our platform, with additional checks planned for next year.” THEY CAN EARN £1,400 A WEEK FOOD delivery workers claim they can make as much as £1,400 a week. Uber Eats, Deliveroo and Just Eat do not publicly advertise pay rates. But riders say they can earn large sums by picking the best-paying orders, working in areas with lots of restaurants, take-aways and grocery shops, and working at peak times. If they take multiple orders from the same place or from outlets in the same area, they can do multiple deliveries per hour. The delivery firm apps use an algorithm to determine earnings, depending on the number of orders collected, distance travelled and time taken to complete orders. The algorithm also sets pay rates, based on how many drivers are online. Jobs website Indeed states the average daily income of a Just Eat worker is £202, while Deliveroo riders average £14.99 per hour and Uber Eats drivers are estimated to earn up to £120 a day. One Just Eat worker boasted on Indeed the work was “so simple... I usually get around £15-£20 an hour”. An Uber Eats rider said they “easily earn over £500 per week working 40 hours”, while a Deliveroo rider claimed to have earned £1,400 in a week on a pedal bike, working 7am to 10.30pm. Drivers can also earn money by substituting.MAPS DEADLINE ALERT: ROSEN, A LEADING NATIONAL FIRM, Encourages WM Technology, Inc. Investors with Losses in Excess of $100K to Secure Counsel Before Important December 16 Deadline in Securities Class Action First Filed by the Firm – MAPS

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United States Steel Corp . X shares plunged Tuesday following a report that President Joe Biden will block the company's proposed deal with Nippon Steel . The Details: People familiar with the matter told Bloomberg that Biden views the sale as a national security risk. The Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) is expected to send the case back to Biden later this month. Read Next: SoFi Unlocks SpaceX Exposure For Retail Investors: Here’s How The CFIUS panel has been reviewing the proposed sale of US Steel for much of 2024. It must refer its decision to Biden by Dec. 22 or 23. US Steel and Nippon Steel are preparing to pursue litigation if Biden does block the merger, the sources say. "This transaction should be approved on its merits," US Steel spokeswoman Amanda Malkowski told Bloomberg. "It is inappropriate that politics continue to outweigh true national security interests — especially with the indispensable alliance between the U.S. and Japan as the important foundation," Nippon Steel said in a statement. "Nippon Steel still has confidence in the justice and fairness of America and its legal system, and — if necessary — will work with U.S. Steel to consider and take all available measures to reach a fair conclusion," the company added. The CFIUS, which extended the process in September, moved the deadline for referral to December. The sources told Bloomberg that another extension is unlikely, though that would push the decision to President-elect Donald Trump . Both Biden and Trump, along with the United Steelworkers union, have expressed opposition to the merger. The timing of an official announcement from Biden remains unclear. He will have 15 days from the date of the referral to announce a decision. X Price Action: According to data from Benzinga Pro , United States Steel shares ended Tuesday’s session down 9.68% at $35.26. Read More: New Conservative ETF Aims To Invest In S&P 500 Without DEI: ‘We’re Going To Deliver That Mandate’ Image: Shutterstock © 2024 Benzinga.com. Benzinga does not provide investment advice. All rights reserved.Trump says he can't guarantee tariffs won't raise prices, won't rule out revenge prosecutions

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Tharimmune Announces $2.02 Million Private Placement to Advance Development ProgramsThe Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has sued Comerica Bank for allegedly charging illegal fees, mishandling fraud complaints and deliberately disconnecting service calls. The lawsuit filed in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas seeks a judge’s order to halt the alleged practices at the subsidiary of Comerica Inc. It also seeks to provide refunds to affected customers that includes recipients of Social Security, Supplemental Security Income and veterans benefits, and pay unspecified civil penalties into the CFPB’s victim relief fund. Comerica Bank, one of the 25 largest bank holding companies in the country, is headquartered in Dallas, but was founded in Detroit and based in the city until 2007. “The CFPB is suing Comerica Bank for illegally harming disabled and older Americans who count on Social Security and other federal benefits,” CFPB Director Rohit Chopra said in a statement Friday. “By deliberately disconnecting millions of calls and harvesting illegal junk fees, Comerica boosted its bottom line at the expense of Americans living on a fixed income.” The focus of the lawsuit is the bank’s 3.4 million Direct Express cardholders who the bureau described as Americans who mostly don’t have bank accounts and are receiving federal benefits. It accuses Comerica of intentionally disconnecting 24 million customer service calls, charging illegal ATM fees to more than 1 million cardholders and impeding customers from exercising their rights under the law. In a statement sent by spokesperson Matt Barnhart, Comerica Bank accuses the bureau of “doubling down” with a countersuit after it filed its own lawsuit against the bureau last month that challenges the CFPB’s “regulatory overreach” and its handling of the case, saying it “undermined the legitimacy of its own investigation.” “Throughout the CFPB’s investigation, we have cooperated by sharing information and data to illustrate the unique nature of this program and the fact that we operate with the oversight of the Fiscal Service,” the statement said. “Despite our good faith efforts to provide this critical context, the CFPB has consistently ignored our arguments and documentation.” It added: “Today, the CFPB doubled down by filing a countersuit against Comerica Bank. We will continue to vigorously defend our record as the financial agent for the Direct Express program and remain committed to serving our cardholders.” The CFPB said Comerica cut corners to boost its bottom line by not having sufficient customer service staff to handle calls for recipients, resulting in what it says were millions of purposefully disconnected calls and leaving some customers waiting several hours to speak with a representative about unauthorized transactions, charge disputes and lost or stolen cards. The bureau said cardholders were charged ATM fees in situations where they were entitled legally to free withdrawals. It accused Comerica of misleading fraud victims by saying there had been no error when the bank had found enrollment fraud in the program. Illegal terms of service directed customers to contact merchants to stop pre-authorized payments transfers from their account in situations where the law required Comerica to stop the transfers itself, according to the bureau. — Breana Noble / The Detroit News

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Ramiro Enrique, Pedro Gallese lead Orlando City past Atlanta United 1-0 for trip to conference finalSyrians rejoice as Assad flees, ending brutal reignFiji Women’s Crisis Centre Coordinator, Shamima Ali As Fiji gears up to observe the 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence from today, troubling trends in violence against women and girls have been brought to light by the Fiji Women’s Crisis Centre Coordinator, Shamima Ali. Ali says while longstanding issues like domestic violence, intimate partner violence, and rape remain prevalent, new challenges are compounding the crisis. She says that the violence is further exacerbated by climate change, the intake of the wide use of drugs, and also there’s a new trend of technology-facilitated violence against women and girls. Ali says this year, the FWCC’s campaign theme, “End Impunity,” aims to address the systemic failures that allow perpetrators of violence to escape accountability. Ali adds that over the past 11 years, 53 women in Fiji have lost their lives due to domestic violence, including a one-year-old child this year. The FWCC coordinator stresses the need for government investment and long-term programs in schools and communities to equip young people with the tools to prevent violence.