“The positive change we were able to achieve would not have been possible without the passion, dedication and hard work of so many people at Tottenham Hotspur Football Club, together with our community partners, who shared a belief in the power of sport to transform lives. “Tottenham Hotspur has always been more than a football club to me. It is part of the fabric of the local community, and I am immensely proud of the role we have played in helping to regenerate the area through our initiatives in education, employment, health and social inclusion. While our stadium development and on-pitch results often took the headlines, I hope that my legacy will be the positive and lasting impact we have made on the lives of people in Tottenham and beyond. Football clubs have a unique role to play in their local community and at Tottenham Hotspur we always took this responsibility very seriously.”

Alleged Boni gunmen did not train in Philippines, according to policeAn investigation into two men accused of shooting dead 15 people on Sydney's Bondi Beach has found no evidence that they were part of a “broader terrorist cell,” police said on Tuesday. Australian Federal Police Commissioner Krissy Barrett told press that “these individuals are alleged to have acted alone."

US singer Beyoncé is now a billionaire, Forbes magazine said Monday, becoming only the fifth musician to achieve such a milestone. Beyonce reached the landmark after several very lucrative years. She then reinvented her musical profile in 2024 with the Grammy-winning country album “Cowboy Carter” before staging the world’s highest-grossing tour of 2025. READ ALSO: Unreleased Beyonce Music Stolen From Car In AtlantaCombining these earnings with income from her music catalog and other deals, Forbes estimated that Beyoncé brought in $148 million in 2025 before taxes, making her the third highest-paid musician in the world. The publication did not provide a more specific estimate of the former Destiny’s Child member’s net worth, who founded Parkwood Entertainment to manage her career and productions.

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Fireworks are released over the downtown skyline during Austin's New Year at Auditorium Shores, Sunday, Jan. 1, 2023. SARA DIGGINS/AMERICAN-STATESMANAustin will ring in 2026 with a familiar mix: live music, fireworks over Lady Bird Lake, and a national TV audience watching us do it. The free, all-ages event takes place Dec. 31 at Auditorium Shores. Sidner and Champion will anchor the Central Time Zone countdown live from Auditorium Shores, with interviews and appearances that include Flavor Flav and Ariana Madix. When and whereDowntown Austin fireworks closing out the 2016 and welcoming the New Year 2017 for the tens of thusands attending the festivities at Auditorium Shores on Saturday December 31, 2016.

Yet more than a decade after states began legalizing recreational marijuana, or cannabis, effective policies to counter driving while high on it don’t exist. The first challenge is that when police stop a driver suspected of driving under the influence, they have no equivalent of a roadside breathalyzer test for detecting cannabis intoxication. That can skew testing, producing a positive result in a blood or urine test even though the person who consumed the cannabis is no longer high. How states would detect and deter cannabis-impaired driving is one of many policy problems that did not receive sufficient thought. The penalty is enforced with frequent testing and immediate sanctions after a positive test.

Text to speech audio articles made possible by CAST11 Talking Glass MediaCoinciding with the 2026 Under 30 List Launch event in New York, Forbes announced that Phoenix, Arizona, will become the official host city for the Forbes Under 30 Summit beginning in 2026, marking the start of a new multi-year chapter for the global gathering of young leaders, founders, and innovators. The 2026 Summit will take place April 19-22 in locations throughout Phoenix and will be in partnership with the Arizona Commerce Authority. “The Forbes Under 30 Summit is the world’s greatest gathering of young entrepreneurs and game-changers, and Phoenix is the perfect host for the next stage of this impactful event,” said Randall Lane, Chief Content Officer at Forbes. “Hosting the Forbes Under 30 Summit is a testament to the momentum we’ve built in Arizona and why so many of the next generation’s entrepreneurs and problem-solvers call our state home. I’m excited to welcome this global summit to the Grand Canyon State and look forward to making the 2026 Summit one to remember.”

Alleged Boni gunmen did not train in Philippines, according to policeAn investigation into two men accused of shooting dead 15 people on Sydney's Bondi Beach has found no evidence that they were part of a “broader terrorist cell,” police said on Tuesday. Australian Federal Police Commissioner Krissy Barrett told press that “these individuals are alleged to have acted alone."

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Beyoncé has officially reached billionaire status, Forbes reports. Beyoncé, the most decorated artist in Grammys history, has had major success in recent years. In 2023, her 39-city, 56-show Renaissance tour made more than $500 million and drew more than 2.7 million concertgoers. In 2003, she released her first solo album, "Dangerously in Love," which dominated charts worldwide. Beyoncé founded Parkwood Entertainment in 2010, which gives her control over almost every aspect of her music career in-house, according to Forbes.

(CNN) - Forbes has determined Beyoncé has joined the billionaire club. The others are her husband Jay-Z, Taylor Swift, Bruce Springsteen and Rihanna. Those five are among 22 billionaire entertainers Forbes has identified. Beyoncé’s recent successes include her 2023 Renaissance World Tour, which grossed nearly $600 million. The following year, she reinvented herself with her country album “Cowboy Carter.”The tour of that album was the world’s highest-grossing concert tour of 2025.

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Cydcor CEO Vera Quinn Named 2025 Honoree of LA Times Studios Inspirational Women Forum & Leadership AwardsAgoura Hills, California–(Newsfile Corp. – December 29, 2025) – Vera Quinn, Chief Executive Officer of Cydcor, has been named a 2025 honoree of the LA Times Studios Inspirational Women Forum & Leadership Awards, an annual recognition program honoring women leaders for professional achievement, leadership, and organizational impact. The Inspirational Women Forum & Leadership Awards recognize women leaders across industries selected for professional achievement, leadership, and organizational impact. Under her leadership, Cydcor has emphasized operational discipline, quality, revenue growth, and leadership development within an entrepreneurial environment designed to create advancement opportunities at every level of the organization. Under her leadership, Cydcor was also named to the 2025 Inc. 5000 list of fastest-growing privately held companies, reflecting the company’s sustained growth and performance. Headquartered in Agoura Hills, California, Cydcor supports clients across the United States and Canada through a network of independently owned sales companies.

Twelve months later, recovery has been many things: plodding and painful, hard and hopeful, confusing and chaotic. I don’t want to commit to building something if I don’t understand what they’ll allow to be built next to me. Six in 10 Altadena homeowners whose houses were destroyed or severely damaged have neither sold nor applied for a rebuilding permit. Parcel sales data: Parcel sales data was provided by the Los Angeles County Assessor’s Office on Dec. 1. The data categorized buyers and sellers as “corp” and “non-corp.” That data showed more than half of buyers as corporations.

President Donald Trump said the United States took out a “big facility” last week as part of a pressure campaign against Venezuela but provided few additional details on the action. “We just knocked out — I don’t know if you read or you saw — they have a big plant, or a big facility, where the ships come from. One US official said the president was describing a drug facility, but declined to provide further detail about the action. There have been no reports from Venezuela of a major facility like the one the president described being destroyed. The president has also authorized covert CIA action inside Venezuela as part of the campaign to increase pressure on Maduro.