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Preston striker Milutin Osmajic has been handed a nine-game ban for allegedly racially abusing Burnley’s Hannibal Mejbri earlier this year.It was alleged the forward had breached FA Rule E3.1 by acting in an improper manner and/or using abusive and/or insulting words towards the Clarets midfielder during their Championship fixture on February 15.It was also alleged this matter constituted an “aggravated breach”, which is defined in FA Rule E3.2, as the words included a reference – whether express or implied – to colour and/or race.Osmajic denied the charge against him.However, an independent regulatory commission found the charge to be proven and has imposed an immediate nine-match…

U.S. small businesses are reeling under the weight of President Donald Trump’s tariffs.Unlike large retailers, many of which have the resources and scale to blunt the effects of higher costs, many small companies facing bigger tariff bills are struggling to survive.Eunice Byun, the CEO of Material Kitchen, a small business that sells kitchenware for the home, said the complexity of her supply chain has increased tenfold.”We’ve definitely taken it on the chin year-over-year in terms of our top line revenue,” Byun told CNBC.Anjali Bhargava, the owner of Anjali’s Cup, which sells chai concentrate and turmeric blends, said the current economic…

Inter Miami head coach Javier Mascherano on Friday called the decision to ban Luis Suárez for their final game in the Round 1 MLS playoff best-of-three series against Nashville “very strange.”Suárez earned the one-game ban for kicking Nashville’s Andy Nájar in the second half of the match on Nov. 1 at Geodis Park, where Inter Miami lost 2-1. At the time of the incident, the referee did not issue the player a yellow or red card.MLS on Friday, however, confirmed Nashville submitted the foul for review to the league. All MLS teams retain the right to make one unsuccessful challenge…

Block shares fell nearly 8% Friday after weak third-quarter earnings fell short of Wall Street expectations and showed slowing profit growth for the company’s Square service.Here is how the company did compared with LSEG estimates:Earnings per share: 54 cents adjusted vs. 67 cents expectedRevenue: $6.11 billion vs. $6.31 billion expectedRevenue for the quarter was up 2% over last year. The Jack Dorsey-founded firm’s shares have fallen 24% year to date.Square’s gross payment volume was up 12% year over year, but gross profit growth for the point-of-sale service was only up 9% over a year ago, slowing from last quarter’s 11%.The company attributed…

Kelly Wearstler has had a decades-long career as an interior designer. In addition to celebrity clients like Gwen Stefani and Cameron Diaz, Wearstler owns her own product line and has designed hotels around the world.In college, Wearstler studied interior, architectural and graphic design. Her accolades include Architectural Digest’s AD100 and Time Magazine’s The Design 100, and she was the first interior designer to teach a MasterClass.But before founding her design studio in 1999, Wearstler was working as a waitress to support herself and pay off her student loans. Now, over 20 years later, the 57-year-old South Carolina native credits her…

After every downpour, the displacement camp where Hamza al-Mutawwaq is staying turns into a swamp. Mud clings to shoes and small ponds shimmer between sagging tents, where children slip and parents struggle to stay dry. “It’s as if people are sleeping on a flowing river of rainwater,” said the Palestinian father, speaking from the Nuseirat refugee camp in central Gaza. After two years of relentless Israeli bombardment of civilians, almost the entire 2.2 million-strong population now dreads another danger from the sky: rainfall. Al-Mutawwaq is one of hundreds of thousands of Palestinians forced to make a home from tents, with…

Aston Villa forward Morgan Rogers has agreed terms on a new six-year deal at the club.The England international’s previous contract was set to end in 2030 but the fresh deal will now run until 2031, while also making him one of the top five earners in Unai Emery’s squad. Rogers had previously been on the radar of clubs in both the Premier League and Europe.Rogers signed for Villa from Middlesbrough in 2024 in a deal worth up to £16m and the forward quickly established himself as a key figure in Unai Emery’s squad.The 23-year-old has scored 18 goals and added…

Courtesy: Archer AviationArcher Aviation’s stock plummeted 8% after a share sale overshadowed a narrower-than-expected third-quarter loss.The company posted a net loss $129.9 million, narrower than the FactSet estimate of a $178.6 million loss.However, Archer disclosed a $650 million stock offering for 81.25 million shares to support its $126 million acquisition of Hawthorne Airport in Los Angeles as a hub for air taxi operations there. Archer was chosen as the official air taxi provider for the 2028 Olympics in Los Angeles.The move would dilute the value of the stock for existing shareholders. The weighted average for Archer shares outstanding has grown…

NiaChloe Bowman knew she didn’t want to become one of the millions of student loan borrowers still making payments in their 30s and 40s.During her freshman year accounting class at Babson College, Bowman determined how long it would take for her to pay off the $19,000 she borrowed for school — and how much it would cost her in interest if she stuck to the standard 10-year repayment plan.”I projected out what my loan liability was going to be, and at that time it was going to be $25,000,” the now-28-year-old tells CNBC Make It. Bowman vowed to get rid of her…

CHICAGO (AP) — A federal judge expressed optimism Friday at the government’s progress in making required changes to a Chicago-area federal immigration facility with alleged “inhumane” conditions.Many of the changes included regular cleanings, ordering bedding and making drinking water and soap more readily available for people held in the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in the west Chicago suburb of Broadview.U.S. District Judge Robert Gettleman ordered the changes Wednesday after several hours of emotional testimony from detainees about overflowing toilets, crowded cells, no beds and water that “tasted like sewer.” Gettleman called the alleged conditions “unnecessarily cruel.”The testimony offered…