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Anthony Matesic works on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange in New York, Wednesday, Dec. 10, 2025. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)2025-12-23T06:15:27Z NEW YORK (AP) Stocks are edging closer to records Tuesday following updates that showed the economy grew sharply during the third quarter, but inflation remains high and consumers are losing confidence.The S&P 500 rose 0.3% and is just below the all-time high it set earlier this month. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 68 points, or 0.1%, as of 12:02 p.m. Eastern. The Nasdaq composite rose 0.4%.A majority of stocks with the S&P 500 were losing ground, but several big technology stocks pushed the market higher. Nvidia rose 2.5% and Googles parent company, Alphabet, rose 1.4%. They are among several companies with outsized valuations that tend to have more impact on the broader markets direction.Novo Nordisk jumped 8% after U.S. regulators approved a pill version of the blockbuster weight-loss drug Wegovy, the first daily oral medication to treat obesity. Wall Street is getting the latest economic updates during an otherwise quiet holiday-shortened week. Markets in the U.S. will close early Wednesday for Christmas Eve and remain closed for Christmas on Thursday.The U.S. economy grew at a 4.3% annual rate during the third quarter. That builds on 3.8% growth during the second quarter and marks a sharp turnaround from the first quarter, when the U.S. economy shrank for the first time in three years. The latest report also showed that stubborn inflation continues to hover over the economy. The Federal Reserves favored inflation gauge called the personal consumption expenditures index, or PCE climbed to a 2.8% annual pace last quarter, up from 2.1% in the second quarter. The yield on the 10-year Treasury rose to 4.18% from 4.15% just before the report on gross domestic product for the third quarter was released. The yield on the two-year Treasury, which more closely tracks expectations for Fed actions, rose to 3.54% from 3.49% just prior to the reports release. The Fed has been taking a more cautious policy approach amid mixed signals from the economy. Economic growth has been occurring at the same time that inflation remains stubbornly above the central banks 2% target. The job market is also slowing, adding another layer of concern to whether the central bank should continue cutting interest rates. On Wednesday, the Labor Department will release its weekly data on applications for jobless benefits, which stands as a proxy for U.S. layoffs.The Fed has been balancing off inflation risks versus weakening labor markets and todays report further complicates their dilemma, wrote Dominic Pappalardo, chief multi-asset strategist at Morningstar Wealth, in a note to investors.The Fed has cut interest rates three times in 2025 and the central banks rate-setting committee is divided about additional rate cuts in 2026. The committee members, at their last meeting, projected a wide range of possibilities from holding rates steady to two or more reductions.Wall Street expects the Fed to hold rates steady at its upcoming meeting in January.Consumer spending and confidence has been shaky amid worries about high prices, especially with a wide-ranging U.S. trade war that could drive prices for many goods even higher. The latest update from business group The Conference Board showed that consumer confidence fell in December to its lowest level since tariffs were rolled out in April. Meanwhile, retail sales have been weakening, with consumers growing more cautious.Consumers have become more targeted in their buying during the holiday shopping season, according to Visas Consulting and Analytics division. From Nov. 1 through Sunday, cash and credit card sales rose 4.2%, which is less than the 4.8% increase during the same period a year ago.Markets were mixed in Asia and Europe.The price of gold continued rising. It was up 0.6% Tuesday and is up about 70% for the year.Oil prices were relatively stable after jumping a day prior. U.S. benchmark crude rose 0.2% and the price of Brent crude, the international standard, rose 0.1%.___Matt Ott and Elaine Kurtenbach contributed to this report.

A motorist fills up the tank of a vehicle at a gasoline station Sunday, Nov. 30, 2025, in Littleton, Colo. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski, File)2025-12-23T16:55:38Z This holiday season, many U.S. drivers are getting the gift of lower gas prices.According to data from motor club AAA, December has been the cheapest month for prices at the pump this year. The national average for unleaded gasoline has stayed below the $3 mark since Dec. 2, falling to its lowest level of about $2.85 a gallon on Monday.That figure has inched up slightly since, sitting at closer to $2.86 a gallon Tuesday but overall, consumers hitting the road ahead of the Christmas holiday will likely continue to see mild prices.As always, some states have cheaper averages than others, due to factors ranging from nearby refinery supply to local fuel requirements. Hawaii had the highest average of about $4.44 a gallon on Tuesday, per AAA followed by $4.30 in California and $3.92 in Washington. Meanwhile, Oklahoma had the lowest average at about $2.30 per gallon, followed by nearly $2.42 in both Arkansas and Iowa. Still, nationwide, unleaded gasoline is down more than 18 cents than it was at this time last year, and 21 cents from a month ago. So far, AAA says that prices seen this month mark the cheapest December for gas prices since 2020, when the COVID-19 pandemic roiled the economy. The travel organization notes that this months cheaper prices arrive as supply remains strong. Crude oil, the main ingredient in gasoline, has also been at a relatively mild level with West Texas Intermediate remaining below the $60 per barrel mark for most of December. Relief at the pump is welcome for consumers who have been feeling higher prices in other parts of their budgets as worries about the costs of goods ranging from groceries to holiday gifts rise amid ongoing inflation and U.S. President Donald Trumps tariffs on foreign imports.Government data actually showed that consumer prices cooled in November, rising at just 2.7% from a year earlier. But year-over-year inflation still remains well above the Federal Reserves 2% target and economists quickly warned that last months numbers were suspect because of delays and possible distortions from the 43-day federal shutdown. Most Americans have continued to express anger and frustration about the high cost of living as well as an uncertain job market. On Tuesday, the Conference Board said that its consumer confidence index fell in December to its lowest level since April. WYATTE GRANTHAM-PHILIPS Grantham-Philips is a business reporter who covers trending news for The Associated Press. She is based in New York. twitter mailto

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Sen. Ben Sasse, R-Neb., walks the halls of the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 19, 2022. (AP Photo/Amanda Andrade-Rhoades, File)2025-12-23T16:42:10Z Former Nebraska U.S. Sen. Ben Sasse, a conservative who rebuked political tribalism and stood out as a longtime critic of President Donald Trump, announced Tuesday he was diagnosed with advanced pancreatic cancer.Sasse, 53, made the announcement on social media, saying he learned of the disease last week and is now marching to the beat of a faster drummer.This is a tough note to write, but since a bunch of you have started to suspect something, Ill cut to the chase, Sasse wrote. Last week I was diagnosed with metastasized, stage-four pancreatic cancer, and am gonna die.Sasse was first elected to the Senate in 2014. He comfortably won reelection in 2020 after fending off a pro-Trump primary challenger. Sasse drew the ire of GOP activists for his vocal criticism of Trumps character and policies, including questioning his moral values and saying he cozied up to adversarial foreign leaders. Sasse was one of seven Republican senators to vote to convict the former president of incitement of insurrection after the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol. After threats of a public censure back home, he extended his critique to party loyalists who blindly worship one man and rejected him for his refusal to bend the knee. He resigned from the Senate in 2023 to serve as the 13th president of the University of Florida after a contentious approval process. He left that post the following year after his wife was diagnosed with epilepsy. Stay up to date with the news and the best of AP by following our WhatsApp channel. Follow on Sasse, who has degrees from Harvard, St. Johns College and Yale, worked as an assistant secretary of Health and Human Services under President George W. Bush. He served as president of Midland University, a small Christian university in eastern Nebraska, before he ran for the Senate. Sasse and his wife have three children.Im not going down without a fight. One sub-part of Gods grace is found in the jawdropping advances science has made the past few years in immunotherapy and more, Sasse wrote. Death and dying arent the same the process of dying is still something to be lived.

A mega-prison known as Detention Center Against Terrorism (CECOT) stands in Tecoluca, El Salvador, March 5, 2023. (AP Photo/Salvador Melendez, File)2025-12-23T17:55:07Z A controversial news segment that was abruptly pulled from the television show 60 Minutes, appears to have been leaked online this week after the last minute decision to pull the story exploded into public debate about journalistic independence.The segment featured interviews with migrants who were sent to the notorious El Salvadorian prison called the Terrorism Confinement Center, or CECOT, under President Donald Trumps aggressive crackdown on immigration.A recording of the story appears to have aired on the Global Television Network, which is one of Canadas largest television networks. The story appears to have been taken down, but it is still on a website that captures and preserves webpages after they are taken down.It is not clear how or why the story was leaked. Representatives for CBS News and Global TV did not respond to an emailed request for comment Tuesday morning, and did not confirm the authenticity of the video. Numerous deportees in the leaked video report torture, beatings and abuse. One Venezuelan deportee featured in the leaked video reported being punished with sexual abuse and solitary confinement. Another deportee said guards beat him and broke his bones as soon as he arrived. Stay up to date with the news and the best of AP by following our WhatsApp channel. Follow on When you get there, you already know youre in hell. You dont need anyone to tell you, he said.The story featured numerous experts who called into question the legal basis for deporting migrants so hastily amidst pending judicial decisions. The decision to pull the story that was critical of the Trump administration was met with widespread accusations that leadership at CBS was shielding the president from unfavorable coverage.The journalist who reported the story, Sharyn Alfonsi, in an email sent to fellow 60 Minutes correspondents said the story was factually correct and had been cleared by CBS lawyers and its standards division. CBS news chief Bari Weiss said Monday the story did not advance the ball, and pointed out that the Trump administration had refused to comment for the story. Weiss said she wanted a greater effort made to get their point of view and said that she looked forward to airing Alfonsis piece when its ready.The dispute put one of journalisms most respected brands and a frequent target of Trump back in the spotlight and amplifies questions about whether Weiss appointment was a signal that CBS News was headed in a more Trump-friendly direction. SAFIYAH RIDDLE Riddle covers the Alabama statehouse with a focus on law enforcement. She is based in Montgomery, Alabama. mailto

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President Donald Trump arrives on Air Force One at Palm Beach International Airport, Saturday, Dec. 20, 2025, in West Palm Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)2025-12-23T19:29:49Z WASHINGTON (AP) The U.S. Justice Department has released tens of thousands more documents related to Jeffrey Epstein, a tranche that included multiple mentions of President Donald Trump but added little new revelatory information to the long-anticipated public file on the late financier and convicted sex offender. The release is the most voluminous so far and comes after a massive public campaign for transparency into the U.S. governments Epstein investigations. Many of the mentions of Trump in the file came from news clippings, though it includes an email from a prosecutor pointing out the flights that Trump took on Epsteins private jet during the 1990s. The two men were friends for years before a falling out. Trump has not been accused of wrongdoing in connection with Epstein. The Justice Department issued a statement that some documents contain untrue and sensationalist claims about Trump made shortly before the 2020 election. Here are some takeaways: Prosecutor flagged Trumps travel on Epsteins jetAmong the mentions of Trump in the latest batch of the Epstein files is a note from a federal prosecutor from January 2020 that said Trump had flown on the financiers private plane more often than had been previously known.An assistant U.S. attorney from the Southern District of New York said in an email that flight records the office received on Jan. 6, 2020, showed that Trump was on Epsteins jet many more times than previously has been reported (or that we were aware).The prosecutor who flagged the Trump mentions in the flight logs said they did so because lawyers didnt want any of this to be a surprise down the road.His travels on Epsteins plane spanned the time that would likely be covered in any criminal charges against Epsteins co-conspirator, Ghislaine Maxwell. Trump was listed as a passenger on at least eight flights between 1993 and 1996, and on at least four of those flights, Maxwell was also there, according to the email. On one of those eight flights, in 1993, Trump and Epstein were the only two passengers listed in the flight logs. On another flight, the three passengers listed in records are Epstein, Trump, and a redacted individual, who was 20 years old at the time. Two other flights included two women -- whose names were redacted in follow-up emails identified as potential witnesses in a Maxwell case.Several additional Trump trips on Epsteins plane had been previously disclosed during Maxwells criminal proceedings. Asked for comment about the email, the White House pointed to a Justice Department statement saying Mondays release contained unfounded and false claims against the president submitted to the FBI shortly before the 2020 election, but they were nevertheless being released for full transparency. The Justice Department specifically raised questions about the validity of a document mentioning Trump that was styled as a letter from Epstein to Larry Nassar, the sports doctor convicted of sexually abusing Olympic athletes. The department pointed out that it was processed three days after Epsteins death. Trump calls the files a distraction Trump complained that the files were a distraction from the work he and other Republicans are doing for the country.Speaking during an unrelated event at his Mar-a-Lago home in Palm Beach, Florida, on Monday, the president blamed Democrats and some Republicans for the controversy. What this whole thing is with Epstein is a way of trying to deflect from the tremendous success that the Republican Party has, Trump said. He also expressed frustration about the famous people shown with Epstein in photos released by the Justice Department people who he said may not have known him but ended up in the shot anyway.You probably have pictures being exposed of other people that innocently met Jeffrey Epstein years ago, many years ago. And theyre, you know, highly respected bankers and lawyers and others, Trump said. Other high-profile people are showing up in the files Well-known people shown in the files include former President Bill Clinton, the late pop star Michael Jackson and singer Diana Ross. The mere inclusion of someones name or images in files from the investigation does not imply wrongdoing.The latest release also includes files that put the U.K.'s former Prince Andrew back in the headlines. Among those documents is correspondence between Maxwell and someone who signs off with the initial A. The email exchange includes other references that suggest Maxwells correspondent may be Andrew. He did not immediately respond to a request for comment.The August 2001 email from someone identified only as The Invisible Man, said he is up here at Balmoral Summer Camp for the Royal Family, an apparent reference to the Scottish estate where the royal family have traditionally taken their late summer holidays.A writes: Hows LA? Have you found me some new inappropriate friends?The writer says he has left the RN and refers to the challenges of looking after the Girls. Andrew retired from the Royal Navy in 2001 and has two daughters. Andrew, one of King Charles IIIs younger brothers, was stripped of the right to be called a prince and his other royal titles and honors in October, amid continued publicity about his links to Epstein and concerns about the potential damage to the rest of the royal family. He is now known as Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor.Andrew has repeatedly denied committing any crimes, including having sex with Virginia Giuffre, who alleged that she was trafficked by Epstein and had sex with Andrew when she was 17.Biggest information dump yet Trump tried for months to keep the records sealed before relenting to political pressure, including from some fellow Republicans, though he eventually signed a bill mandating the release of most of the Justice Departments files on Epstein.Mondays release was the biggest dump yet, including nearly 30,000 more pages. The data released by the laws Friday deadline contained a fraction of that amount, mostly photographs taken during FBI searches of Epsteins homes. The new cache includes news clippings, emails and surveillance videos from the New York jail where Epstein was held before taking his own life in 2019, much of which was already in the public domain. The law called for the files to be released within 30 days, but the Justice Department has instead released them in stages starting Friday. Officials have said theyre going slowly to protect victims, though some women assaulted by Epstein have spoken out publicly to call for greater transparency. ___ Associated Press writer Darlene Superville in Washington and Danica Kirka in London contributed to this report. LINDSAY WHITEHURST Whitehurst covers the Supreme Court and legal affairs for The Associated Press. Shes won multiple journalism awards in a career thats spanned two decades. twitter mailto SEUNG MIN KIM Kim covers the White House for The Associated Press. She joined the AP in 2022 and is based in Washington. Kim is also a political analyst for CNN. twitter mailto

President Donald Trump arrives on Air Force One at Palm Beach International Airport, Saturday, Dec. 20, 2025, in West Palm Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)2025-12-23T19:25:32Z ANKARA, Turkey (AP) Turkeys air traffic controllers lost contact on Tuesday with a private jet carrying Libyas military chief and four other people home after a visit to Turkey, the Turkish interior minister said.The minister, Ali Yerlikaya, said the Falcon 50 type business jet took off from Esenboga airport in Turkeys capital, Ankara, at 8:30 p.m. Contact with the aircraft was lost 40 minutes later, the minister said in a social media post. The plane issued an emergency landing signal near Haymana, a district south of Ankara, before all communication ceased, Yerlikaya said.Security camera footage aired on local television stations showed the night sky over Haymana suddenly lit up by what appeared to be an explosion.The Libyan military chief, Muhammad Ali Ahmad al-Haddad, was in Ankara, where he met with Turkish Defense Minister Yasar Guler and other officials.Following the reports, the airport in Ankara was closed and several flights were diverted to other locations, private NTV news channel reported.

A car drives down a flooded road following heavy rains, on Monday, Dec. 22, 2025, in Redding, Calif. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)2025-12-23T19:45:04Z A series of powerful winter storms threatened to slam California with relentless rains, heavy winds and mountain snow as holiday travelers hit the road for Christmas.Millions of people are expected to travel across the state. They will likely meet hazardous, if not impossible, traveling conditions as several atmospheric rivers were forecast to make their way through the state, the National Weather Service warned. Forecasters said Southern California could see its wettest Christmas in years and warned about mudslides and debris flows in areas burned by last Januarys wildfires. Theres going to a lot water on the roadways, and its going be very dangerous traveling for the next couple days, National Weather Service meteorologist Mike Wofford said.Most areas saw scattered showers Tuesday morning, and the system is expected to pick up in the afternoon and intensify into Christmas Eve. Some regions will see rain and winds taper off Wednesday before another storm moves in. Much of the Sacramento Valley and the San Francisco Bay Area were under a flood watch and a high wind warning through Friday. Forecasters warned of heavy snow and gusty winds for parts of the Sierra Nevada starting Tuesday that will create near white-out conditions and make it nearly impossible to travel through the mountain passes. Theres also a risk of severe thunderstorms and a small chance of tornadoes along the northern coast. Stay up to date with the news and the best of AP by following our WhatsApp channel. Follow on Heavy rain and flash flooding that started Saturday in Northern California already led to water rescues and at least one death, local officials said. Southern California typically gets half an inch to 1 inch (1.3 to 2.5 centimeters) of rain this time of year, but this week many areas could see between 4 and 8 inches (10 to 20 centimeters), Wofford said. It could be even more in the mountains. Potential widespread flooding, rockslides and mudslides are highly likely, especially in areas burned by last Januarys deadly Palisades fire, he added. Parts of Los Angeles were under evacuation warnings starting Tuesday and police officers were knocking on doors of particularly vulnerable households to order them to leave, according to Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass office. Forecasters urged people to stay home or make alternative travel plans.Local and state officials are gearing up to respond to emergencies through the week. The state has deployed resources and first responders to a number of counties along the coast and in Southern California ahead of the storms. The California National Guard is also on standby to assist.When severe weather threatens our communities, we dont wait to react. We get ahead of it, Gov. Gavin Newsom said in a statement.An atmospheric river is a long, narrow band of water vapor that forms over an ocean and flows through the sky, transporting moisture from the tropics to northern latitudes.Earlier this month, stubborn atmospheric rivers drenched Washington state with nearly 5 trillion gallons (19 trillion liters) of rain in a week, threatening record flood levels, meteorologists said. That rainfall was supercharged by warm weather and air, plus unusual weather conditions tracing back as far as a tropical cyclone in Indonesia. TRN NGUYN Nguyn is an Associated Press reporter covering California government and politics. mailto

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Dr. Thomas C. Weiner, the oncologist who was the subject of a 2024 ProPublica investigation, will never again practice medicine in the state of Montana.Last week, medical board members revoked Weiners license, citing seven cases of malpractice. The board concluded that he had violated rules of professional conduct and provided substandard care. By law, it must report Weiner to a federal database that tracks doctors whove been disciplined which will make it extremely difficult for him to practice medicine.That decision comes more than a year after ProPublica exposed how, for years, Weiner had been suspected of hurting patients, including some who died, at St. Peters Health, the only major hospital serving the state capital of Helena. The story, built on court and medical records, showed Weiner subjected patients who didnt have cancer to chemotherapy and other dangerous treatments, neglected to properly treat patients who were seriously ill, overprescribed addictive narcotics and was suspected by colleagues to have hastened the deaths of more than a half dozen people.Weiner, 62, has denied mistreating patients. He did not respond to a request for comment about the boards decision to revoke his license. St. Peters Health, which fired him in 2020, accusing him of malpractice, did not provide comment. The hospital has previously attributed the mistreatment of patients to a rogue doctor and says it provides high-quality care.Weiner sued St. Peters for wrongful termination, a case the hospital ultimately won. Weiner also filed a defamation claim against Dr. Randy Sasich, a former St. Peters colleague who lodged complaints about his care. Sasich remains a defendant in that lawsuit.According to an order by the Montana Board of Medical Examiners, Weiner agreed to never again seek a medical license in the state and said he no longer intended to practice there.Before his termination, Weiner was the highest paid doctor at St. Peters. Over the years, he made tens of millions of dollars and wielded his influence in the community to drive out hospital leaders who questioned his judgment. Colleagues feared him, and few challenged him. His firing prompted a public outcry, led by his nursing staff and former patients, many of whom continue to support him in a We stand with Dr. Tom Weiner Facebook group and on billboards expressing their support.The ProPublica investigation identified scores of problematic cases. The medical board, though, focused on just seven. Among them was the case of Scot Warwick, whose death and subsequent autopsy was the catalyst for Weiners downfall.As ProPublica reported, Weiner diagnosed Warwick in 2009 with Stage 4 lung cancer, a disease that kills most people in months. For the next 11 years, Weiner subjected his patient to round after round of debilitating therapies including chemo. In 2020, he started to decline rapidly, gaining the notice of Sasich, who couldnt make sense of his original diagnosis and improbable survival span. But before Sasich could find answers, Warwick died an agonizing death. His widow, Lisa Warwick, ordered an autopsy. It came back negative for cancer a finding Weiner has repeatedly dismissed and concluded he likely died from the chemotherapy that Weiner had ordered.Medical board members confirmed the autopsys findings. In its written order, the board concluded that Warwick died due to gemcitabine-associated pulmonary toxicity. In other words, the chemotherapy killed him.The board noted that Weiner disagrees with this finding and does not admit to it.In response to the boards decision, Lisa Warwick said, Its definitely welcomed news very happy to hear it but with the caveat that this whole thing took way too long. For five years, a board thats supposed to protect patients, she added, blatantly turned a blind eye.Lisa Warwick and her children, Peyton, left, and Brady, stand next to a collage of photographs of their late father, Scot. Louise Johns, special to ProPublicaAccording to a hospital spokesperson, after St. Peters fired Weiner in 2020, it provided the medical board with thousands of pages of documents detailing its allegations, including that Weiner took over complete control of his patients care, which made it difficult for other doctors to see or question his treatment. Those documents, many later obtained by ProPublica, languished for years without review by the board, a mystery its spokespeople have declined to explain.The board renewed Weiners license in 2021 and 2023. After ProPublicas investigation publicly revealed the hospitals allegations against Weiner, the board renewed his license for a third time this year.Weiners troubles extend beyond losing his license. Last year, the U.S. Department of Justice sued him, accusing him of prescribing needless treatments, double billing, seeing patients more frequently than necessary and upcoding billing for more expensive treatments than he delivered. Weiner has denied the charges. For its part, St. Peters already agreed to a $10.8 million settlement for numerous violations of the False Claims Act related to Weiners billing of federal insurance programs.Read MoreEat What You KillSeparately, the parents of a deceased 16-year-old girl whose case was prominently featured in the ProPublica investigation have filed a wrongful death lawsuit against Weiner, the hospital and other staff, accusing them of substandard care and fraud, which is ongoing. In a lengthy interview with ProPublica, Weiner denied that his treatment led to her death.A criminal investigation is also underway, led by the Montana Department of Justice with help from federal investigators, according to several people whove been interviewed by law enforcement. That office did not respond to a request for comment. Weiner has not provided comment on the ongoing criminal investigation.Weiner sold his home in Helena this year, leaving behind a city deeply divided over his legacy and many people who still believe he was a world-class doctor who has been unfairly targeted by the hospital and the media.Anthony Olson, a former patient whom Weiner prescribed nine years of chemotherapy for a cancer that never existed, was among that group of supporters until doctors at St. Peters helped him accept what had happened to him. His body is still recovering from being poisoned for so long. He has thought about joining the Weiner Facebook group to share his story. But, he said: I assume there is nothing I can say to them that will bring them around to reason. Im just glad that no one else is going to be injured.The post Medical License Revoked for Montana Doctor Linked to Suspicious Deaths appeared first on ProPublica.

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