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nn7777 ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistani police arrested thousands of Imran Khan supporters ahead of a rally in the capital to demand the ex-premier’s release from prison, a security officer said Sunday. Khan has been behind bars for more than a year and has over 150 criminal cases against him. But he remains popular and his political party, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf or PTI, says the cases are politically motivated.USU men’s basketball: Aggies hit the boards, shared the ball and shot well in road win

NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks climbed Thursday after market superstar Nvidia and another round of companies said they’re making even fatter profits than expected. The S&P 500 pulled 0.5% higher after flipping between gains and losses several times during the day. Banks, smaller companies and other areas of the stock market that tend to do best when the economy is strong helped lead the way, while bitcoin briefly broke above $99,000. Crude oil, meanwhile, continued to rise. The Dow Jones Industrial Average jumped 461 points, or 1.1%, and the Nasdaq composite edged up by less than 0.1%. Nvidia rose just 0.5% after beating analysts’ estimates for profit and revenue yet again, but it was still the strongest force pulling the S&P 500 upward. It also gave a forecast for revenue in the current quarter that topped most analysts’ expectations due to voracious demand for its chips used in artificial-intelligence technology. Its stock initially sank in afterhours trading Wednesday following the release of the results. Some investors said the market might have been looking for Nvidia’s revenue forecast to surpass expectations by even more. But its stock recovered in premarket trading Thursday, and Wedbush analyst Dan Ives said it was another “flawless” profit report provided by Nvidia and CEO Jensen Huang, whom Ives calls “the Godfather of AI.” The stock meandered through Thursday as well, dragging the S&P 500 and other indexes back and forth. How Nvidia’s stock performs has more impact than any other because it’s grown into Wall Street’s most valuable company at roughly $3.6 trillion. The frenzy around AI is sweeping up other stocks, and Snowflake jumped 32.7% after reporting stronger results for the latest quarter than analysts expected. The company, whose platform helps customers get a better view of all their silos of data and use AI, also reported stronger revenue growth than expected. BJ’S Wholesale Club rose 8.3% after likewise delivering a bigger profit than expected. That may help calm worries about how resilient U.S. shoppers can remain, given high prices across the economy and still-high interest rates. A day earlier, Target tumbled after reporting sluggish sales in the latest quarter and giving a dour forecast for the holiday shopping season. It followed Walmart , which gave a much more encouraging outlook. Nearly 90% of the stocks in the S&P 500 ended up rising Thursday, and the gains were even bigger among smaller companies. The Russell 2000 index of smaller stocks jumped a market-leading 1.7%. Google’s parent company, Alphabet, helped keep indexes in check. It fell 4.7% after U.S. regulators asked a judge to break up the tech giant by forcing it to sell its industry-leading Chrome web browser. In a 23-page document filed late Wednesday, the U.S. Department of Justice called for sweeping punishments that would include restrictions preventing Android from favoring its own search engine. Regulators stopped short of demanding Google sell Android but left the door open to it if the company’s oversight committee continues to see evidence of misconduct. All told, the S&P 500 rose 31.60 points to 5,948.71. The Dow jumped 461.88 to 43,870.35, and the Nasdaq composite added 6.28 to 18,972.42. In the crypto market, bitcoin eclipsed $99,000 for the first time before pulling back toward $98,000, according to CoinDesk. It’s more than doubled so far this year, and its climb has accelerated since Election Day. President-elect Donald Trump has pledged to make the country “the crypto capital of the planet” and create a “strategic reserve” of bitcoin. Bitcoin got a further boost after Gary Gensler, the chair of the Securities and Exchange Commission, said Thursday he would step down in January . Gensler has pushed for more protections for crypto investors. Bitcoin and related investment have a notorious history of big price swings in both directions. MicroStrategy, a company that’s been raising cash expressly to buy bitcoin, saw an early Thursday gain of 14.6% for its stock quickly disappear. It finished the day with a loss of 16.2%. In the oil market, a barrel of benchmark U.S. crude rose 2% to bring its gain for the week to 4.8%. Brent crude, the international standard, climbed 1.8%. Oil has been rising amid escalations in the Russia-Ukraine war. In stock markets abroad, shares of India’s Adani Enterprises plunged 22.6% Thursday after the U.S. charged founder Gautam Adani in a federal indictment with securities fraud and conspiracy to commit securities and wire fraud. The businessman and one of the world’s richest people is accused of concealing that his company’s huge solar energy project on the subcontinent was being facilitated by an alleged bribery scheme. Stock indexes elsewhere in Asia and Europe were mixed. In the bond market, the yield on the 10-year Treasury inched up to 4.43% from 4.41% late Wednesday following some mixed reports on the U.S. economy. One said fewer U.S. workers applied for unemployment benefits last week in the latest signal that the job market remains solid. Another report, though, said manufacturing in the mid-Atlantic region unexpectedly shrank. Sales of previously occupied homes, meanwhile, strengthened last month by more than expected. AP Business Writers Matt Ott and Yuri Kageyama contributed.LYNN — The Lynn Classical vs. Lynn English powderpuff game, an annual tradition in which senior girls compete in a two-hand-touch football game, delivered the theatrics on Sunday – and then some. The Rams escaped the Bulldogs, 20-19, in a thriller that came down to the very last play. With English trailing, 20-13, in the final minute, the girls in maroon nearly pulled it off. Jade Quero rushed for a 12-yard touchdown as time expired, but the extra-point attempt to tie was no good. The Classical faithful bounced up and down on the bleachers in celebration, and that was all she wrote on the Manning Field scoreboard. But truth be told, this one was back-and-forth from the beginning. Classical came out hot on its first drive, led by the explosive ground game of Keisha Perez. From there, Maegan Baker broke free and rushed for a touchdown down the right sideline. “This is something that I’ve thought about since freshman year,” Baker said. “It’s something I really look forward to and I’m really proud of myself and the rest of the team. I think they did really well.” Baker, who has committed to Marymount University (Virginia) to study and play flag football, said powderpuff is “a really good way to involve everyone. “Everyone I play with now, I wouldn’t have expected to be close with,” she said. “It’s a really good way to include everybody and get them out on the field.” English answered Classical’s early score with a touchdown of its own, courtesy of Yankarla Matias in the first quarter. “I had a lot of fun,” said Matias, who found the endzone twice on Sunday. “I was really excited, nervous, and I really wanted to make it down there (the endzone).” But Classical recaptured its lead in the second quarter as Perez spotted Nevaeh Eth for a touchdown through the air. The Rams led, 13-7, at halftime. Matias found the endzone again in the third quarter. This time, a 40-plus yard rush to tie the game, 13-13. But Baker did her thing again in the fourth, just barely squeezing into the endzone for a 7-yard rush. The point-after attempt was good (20-13). “I think we just needed to stay positive,” Baker said. “Our team has worked together a lot and we backed each other up.” Sunday made it three consecutive wins for the Rams. They won last year’s matchup, 34-18.

Indian captain Rohit Sharma's dismal streak with the bat persisted on the fifth day of the fourth Test match in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy series, as he continued to struggle for form. This latest setback marked the sixth occasion on which Pat Cummins has removed Rohit in Test cricket, establishing an unenviable record for the most instances of one captain dismissing the opposing captain in the longest format of the game. ALSO READ: IND vs AUS: Virat Kohli's Flop Show Continues In Australia, Faces Flak From Netizens After Subpar Performance In MCG Test The Indian batting stalwart has been under intense scrutiny from both fans and experts alike, with his recent string of underwhelming performances sparking widespread criticism. The latest lacklustre display against Australia only added fuel to the fire, with the chorus of voices calling for his retirement growing louder by the day. Rohit demonstrated uncharacteristic restraint during India's second innings in Melbourne. However, his cautious approach ultimately came to nil, as he fell victim to a spectacular catch by Mitchell Marsh at gully. ALSO READ: IND vs AUS: Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma Fail To Make Amends As India Totters At 33 For 3 At Lunch On Day 5 Captain dismissing an opposition captain most times in Tests 6 - Rohit Sharma by Pat Cummins * 5 - Ted Dexter by Richie Benaud 5 - Sunil Gavaskar by Imran Khan 4 - Gulabrai Ramchand by Richie Benaud 4 - Clive Lloyd by Kapil Dev 4 - Peter May by Richie Benaud

The management of Ladoke Akintola University of Technology (LAUTECH) Teaching Hospital, Ogbomoso, Oyo State, has said that yesterday’s fire incident left the hospital with no remarkable damage. The hospital’s Public Relations Officer, Mr Omotayo Ogunleye, who disclosed this in a statement on Saturday, said normal activities had commenced in the hospital. Ogunleye said nobody was hurt by the incident and that an investigation to determine the cause of the fire, which occurred on Saturday morning, was ongoing. “At the moment, light has been restored, and work activities have resumed at the section where the fire incident took place. “The management, noting that the fire incident raised no cause for alarm, wishes to thank all staff, Oyo State Fire Service, and all other well-wishers for their concern and prompt responses. Sources revealed that 16 patients had to be urgently evacuated from the ward to ensure their safety.