NoneDALLAS -- The Hilton Anatole has become Major League Baseball's top destination this week as teams converge for the winter meetings with writers, agents and even some fans circling the vast lobby floors. The biggest offseason news came down Sunday night, when the New York Mets and star free agent slugger Juan Soto reportedly agreed on a 15-year, $765 million deal, which would be the largest contract ever given to a professional athlete. That was a key talking point when managers started meeting with the media on Monday. Nationals manager Dave Martinez reflected on when he was Soto's first manager in the big leagues back in 2018. "This kid, he was different," Martinez said. "The ball comes off his bat differently. The way he approaches the hitting was way different than a lot of kids I've seen. But the one thing that I always remember about him, the first conversation I had, the first thing that came out of his mouth when I asked him what motivates him, what drives him, and he just came out and said, 'I love baseball.' Truly you can see it in him. He loves playing the game." The Red Sox were among the clubs in the mix for Soto. Boston manager Alex Cora didn't get into specific details, but he enjoyed the organization's pursuit of the four-time All Star. "It was fun in a way, you know, to get to know people and players of that status," Cora said. "It's amazing. The kid, he gets it. He gets it. Let me put it that way." Royals manager Matt Quatraro, meanwhile, spoke about the impact such a monumental contract may have on smaller market teams in order to compete in today's market. "We have to be creative. We have to put the best 26 guys on a roster or the best 40 guys on a roster, not the best one or two," Quatraro said. "At the end of the day, you have a chance to compete against those guys. Soto is going to hit four to five times a night. Those are impactful at-bats, but there's other ways to combat that with a full 26-man roster." Sasaki Posted Outside of the Soto reaction, Monday's other main storyline - at least going into the afternoon hours - centered on Japanese ace right-hander Roki Sasaki officially being posted. The 23-year-old phenom is available to sign as a free agent from Tuesday through 5 p.m. ET on Jan. 23. The rumor mill was churning with plenty of speculation and talk about where Sasaki might sign. He was just one of many big-name players being discussed on Monday. The list of top free agents behind Soto includes pitchers Corbin Burnes and Max Fried and infielders Alex Bregman, Pete Alonso and Christian Walker. On the trade front, much attention is being placed on White Sox left-handed starter Garrett Crochet. It was a relatively quiet Day 1 through the standard working hours, although things are always subject to change at meetings of this nature. Tito is Back Terry Francona joked that his desire to manage again resurfaced when his daughters went on a 10-day trip to Europe. "I watched the grandkids. That was the one day I thought maybe I'll go back to baseball," Francona said, laughing. All joking aside, Francona said it simply happened that when the Reds reached out, the timing felt right. He's healthy and refreshed as he's set to enter his 24th season as a manager. "I had a really good year and maybe I just needed that," Francona, 65, said. "Then, when these guys called, it just felt right." Honoring Mays The winter meetings kicked off with MLB announcing that its annual charity auction during the event would help revitalize Willie Mays Park in the late Hall of Famer's hometown of Fairfield, Ala. At a news conference, April Brown, MLB's senior vice president of social responsibility and diversity, said the vision for the project includes access for all levels of players, from youth leagues to advanced levels. "This effort will not just be MLB alone," Brown said. "We have the blessing of so many connected to his legacy and that have the mission to instill the love of our game that Willie had to all of the youth in the area growing up in the neighborhood where he grew up." The auction, which features items from every major league club, runs through Thursday. --Drew Davison, Field Level Media

NATO and Ukraine to hold emergency talks after Russian attack with hypersonic missileInvestors with a lot of money to spend have taken a bearish stance on Enphase Energy ENPH . And retail traders should know. We noticed this today when the trades showed up on publicly available options history that we track here at Benzinga. Whether these are institutions or just wealthy individuals, we don't know. But when something this big happens with ENPH, it often means somebody knows something is about to happen. So how do we know what these investors just did? Today, Benzinga 's options scanner spotted 15 uncommon options trades for Enphase Energy. This isn't normal. The overall sentiment of these big-money traders is split between 33% bullish and 66%, bearish. Out of all of the special options we uncovered, 8 are puts, for a total amount of $446,394, and 7 are calls, for a total amount of $257,340. Projected Price Targets Based on the trading activity, it appears that the significant investors are aiming for a price territory stretching from $55.0 to $80.0 for Enphase Energy over the recent three months. Volume & Open Interest Trends In terms of liquidity and interest, the mean open interest for Enphase Energy options trades today is 1476.36 with a total volume of 1,318.00. In the following chart, we are able to follow the development of volume and open interest of call and put options for Enphase Energy's big money trades within a strike price range of $55.0 to $80.0 over the last 30 days. Enphase Energy Option Volume And Open Interest Over Last 30 Days Largest Options Trades Observed: Symbol PUT/CALL Trade Type Sentiment Exp. Date Ask Bid Price Strike Price Total Trade Price Open Interest Volume ENPH PUT SWEEP BULLISH 05/16/25 $14.1 $13.9 $13.92 $70.00 $72.3K 525 119 ENPH PUT SWEEP BEARISH 05/16/25 $19.5 $19.45 $19.5 $80.00 $70.2K 763 32 ENPH PUT TRADE BEARISH 01/16/26 $16.4 $16.3 $16.4 $65.00 $65.6K 440 226 ENPH PUT TRADE BEARISH 01/16/26 $16.4 $16.3 $16.4 $65.00 $65.6K 440 226 ENPH PUT SWEEP BEARISH 05/16/25 $17.35 $17.25 $17.3 $75.00 $55.3K 1.7K 84 About Enphase Energy Enphase Energy is a global energy technology company. The company delivers smart, easy-to-use solutions that manage solar generation, storage, and communication on one platform. The company's microinverter technology primarily serves the rooftop solar market and produces a fully integrated solar-plus-storage solution. Geographically, it derives a majority of revenue from the United States. Following our analysis of the options activities associated with Enphase Energy, we pivot to a closer look at the company's own performance. Present Market Standing of Enphase Energy With a volume of 2,936,074, the price of ENPH is down -0.6% at $68.39. RSI indicators hint that the underlying stock may be approaching overbought. Next earnings are expected to be released in 47 days. Expert Opinions on Enphase Energy In the last month, 3 experts released ratings on this stock with an average target price of $87.33333333333333. Unusual Options Activity Detected: Smart Money on the Move Benzinga Edge's Unusual Options board spots potential market movers before they happen. See what positions big money is taking on your favorite stocks. Click here for access .* Maintaining their stance, an analyst from Piper Sandler continues to hold a Neutral rating for Enphase Energy, targeting a price of $70. * An analyst from RBC Capital has decided to maintain their Sector Perform rating on Enphase Energy, which currently sits at a price target of $71. * An analyst from Goldman Sachs persists with their Buy rating on Enphase Energy, maintaining a target price of $121. Options trading presents higher risks and potential rewards. Astute traders manage these risks by continually educating themselves, adapting their strategies, monitoring multiple indicators, and keeping a close eye on market movements. Stay informed about the latest Enphase Energy options trades with real-time alerts from Benzinga Pro . © 2024 Benzinga.com. Benzinga does not provide investment advice. All rights reserved.

Croatia's President Zoran Milanovic will face conservative rival Dragan Primorac in an election run-off in two weeks' time after the incumbent narrowly missed out an outright victory on Sunday, official results showed. The results came after an exit poll, released immediately after the polling stations closed, showed that Milanovic, backed by the opposition left-wing Social Democrats, had scooped more than 50 percent of the first round vote and would thus avoid the January 12 run-off. Milanovic won 49.1 percent of the first round vote and Primorac, backed by the ruling conservative HDZ party, took 19.35 percent, according to results released by the state electoral commission from nearly all of the polling stations. On Sunday evening, Milanovic pledged to his supporters who gathered in Zagreb to "fight for Croatia with a clear stance, one that takes care of its interests". Such a strong lead for Milanovic, whom surveys labelled a favourite ahead of the vote, raises serious concerns for Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic's HDZ. Late on Sunday, Primorac labelled the big difference between him and Milanovic a "challenge". "In the first round there were... a lot of candidates, it was not easy to present the programme fully. Now it's a great opportunity that Milanovic and I be one on one... to see who represents what," Primorac told his supporters in Zagreb. The election came as the European Union and NATO member country of 3.8 million people struggles with biting inflation, widespread corruption and a labour shortage. Among the eight contenders, centre-right MP Marija Selak Raspudic and green-left MP Ivana Kekin followed the two main rivals, the exit poll showed. The two women each won around nine percent of the vote. The president commands the Balkan country's armed forces and has a say in foreign policy. But despite limited powers, many believe the office is key for the political balance of power in a country mainly governed by the HDZ since independence in 1991. "All the eggs should not be in one basket," Nenad Horvat, a salesman in his 40s, told AFP. He sees Milanovic, a former leftist prime minister, as the "last barrier to all levers of power falling into the hands of HDZ", echoing the view of many that was reflected in Sunday's vote results. The 58-year-old Milanovic has been one of Croatia's leading and most colourful political figures for nearly two decades. Sharp and eloquent, he won the presidency for the Social Democrats (SDP) in 2020 with pledges to advocate tolerance and liberalism. But he used the office to attack political opponents and EU officials, often with offensive and populist rhetoric. Milanovic, who condemned Russia's aggression against Ukraine, has nonetheless criticised the West's military aid to Kyiv. That prompted the prime minister to label him a pro-Russian who is "destroying Croatia's credibility in NATO and the EU". Milanovic countered that he wanted to protect Croatia from being "dragged into war". Milanovic regularly pans Plenkovic and his HDZ party over systemic corruption, calling the premier a "serious threat to Croatia's democracy". Speaking on Sunday, Milanovic said that in the current global situation, all political stakeholders in the country should be "on the same side as much as possible, at least when it comes to fundamental issues such as the national security or borders". For many, the election is a continuation of the longstanding feud between two powerful politicians. "This is still about the conflict between the prime minister and president," political analyst Zarko Puhovski told AFP. "All the rest are just incidental topics." Primorac, a 59-year-old physician and scientist returning to politics after 15 years, campaigned as a "unifier" promoting family values and patriotism. ljv/bcTweet Facebook Mail The suspect police are questioning in the slaying of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson is an Ivy League graduate software engineer from a prominent Baltimore family who appears to have favorably reviewed the manifesto of Ted Kaczynski, known as the Unabomber, on a book website. Luigi Mangione, 26, was identified by New York police this morning as a "strong person of interest" in the shooting of Thompson last week. This is what we know about him so far. READ MORE: Suspected CEO assassin behind bars after McDonald's arrest Luigi Mangione is seen in a photo posted in 2019. (CNN) What is Luigi Mangione's background? Mangione has ties to at least three states – Hawaii, Pennsylvania, and Maryland – and has no history of arrests in New York City, police said. The suspect is the grandson of Nicholas Mangione, a prominent Baltimore real estate developer , and his wife, Mary C Mangione, a philanthropist who died last year. The Mangione family owns Lorien Health Systems, a nursing home chain in Maryland, and Luigi volunteered there in 2014, according to his LinkedIn page. Where did Luigi Mangione go to school? Mangione graduated from the prestigious Gilman School, an all-boys school that is known as one of Baltimore's toniest private schools and was the high school valedictorian in 2016. In his valedictorian speech, Mangione lauded his classmates for "coming up with new ideas and challenging the world," citing successful fundraisers and accomplishments in sports and academics. "To the class of 2016, a kind of class that only comes around once every 50 years, it's been an incredible journey and I simply can't imagine the last few years with any other group of guys," he said. READ MORE: Riot squad called in as teens run amok on island CNN has obtained footage of the gun used by the shooter who shot and killed UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson in New York. (CNN) Mangione attended the University of Pennsylvania, where he graduated in 2020 with a master's and bachelor's degree in computer science and a minor in mathematics, a university spokesperson told CNN. Mangione was a member of the Phi Kappa Psi fraternity, social media photos show. In an interview for a university blog post, Mangione talked about how he had started a video game development club. "In high school, I started playing a lot of independent games and stuff like that, but I wanted to make my own game, and so I learned how to code," Mangione said. "In my freshman and sophomore years of high school, I learned [on my own] how to program, and that's why I'm a computer science major now; that's how I got into it... I just really wanted to make games." READ MORE: Noticed the cicadas are louder this year? There's a few reasons why Police released several photos of a suspect in the shooting before Mangione's arrest. (AP) What was Luigi Mangione's job? After graduating, Mangione worked as a software engineer for the online car sales company TrueCar, according to his LinkedIn page. His most recent address was in Hawaii, NYPD officials said. Mangione is registered to vote at his family's address in Cockeysville, Maryland, a Baltimore suburb, and is registered as unaffiliated with a political party, according to the state's voter registration lookup website. He is the cousin of Maryland State Delegate Nino Mangione, a Republican, the state lawmaker's office confirmed to local media. Private security guards were blocking access to the family's house on a golf club Monday afternoon local time (Tuesday morning AEDT). The shooting was captured on camera. (AP) What was Mangione carrying when he was arrested? Police said that when officers detained Mangione, he was carrying a multipage document that expressed "ill will toward corporate America." The document stated "these parasites had it coming," and "I do apologise for any strife and trauma, but it had to be done," a police official told CNN. It also said that Mangione acted alone and that the attack was self-funded. The shooting has captivated the nation after a man gunned down Thompson on Wednesday morning outside a Midtown Manhattan hotel. Until identifying Mangione Monday afternoon, police had only released a handful of surveillance video screenshots of the man they believed was the shooter. What do we know about Luigi Mangione's digital footprint? A Goodreads profile that appears to belong to Mangione shows that earlier this year, he reported having read the 1995 antitechnology manifesto written by the Unabomber Ted Kaczynski, the infamous domestic terrorist and mathematician known for sending deadly bombs through the mail. "It's easy to quickly and thoughtless[ly] write this off as the manifesto of a lunatic, in order to avoid facing some of the uncomfortable problems it identifies. But it's simply impossible to ignore how prescient many of his predictions about modern society turned out," Mangione wrote in a review of the book in January. "He was a violent individual - rightfully imprisoned - who maimed innocent people. While these actions tend to be characterised as those of a crazy luddite, however, they are more accurately seen as those of an extreme political revolutionary." In his review, Mangione also shared thoughts someone else had shared about Kaczynski in a Reddit thread, quoting a commenter who had described his acts as "war and revolution," saying that he "had the balls to recognise that peaceful protest has gotten us absolutely nowhere" and that "'Violence never solved anything' is a statement uttered by cowards and predators." Twitter photos posted by an account appearing to belong to Luigi Mangione. (Supplied) In total, Mangione's Goodreads profile listed him as reading or wanting to read nearly 300 books, including a book about mental illness, a biography of the creator of the atomic bomb and Michael Pollan's popular book on the science of psychedelics. Also on Goodreads, he reported reading or wanting to read a number of books about coping with chronic back pain. An account on the social media platform X that appears to belong to him features a background profile photo of what looks like an X-ray image of a spine with hardware from a surgery. Posts addressed to the X account suggest that some of Mangione's friends have been trying to get in touch with him since earlier this year. In July, one user tweeted at Mangione, "I haven't heard from you in months," urging him to respond to his wedding invitation. Three months later, another user posted, "Hey, are you ok? Nobody has heard from you in months, and apparently your family is looking for you." DOWNLOAD THE 9NEWS APP : Stay across all the latest in breaking news, sport, politics and the weather via our news app and get notifications sent straight to your smartphone. Available on the Apple App Store and Google Play .

Dayle Haddon's daughter says there are 'no accidents' in life as she pays tribute to her late motherMiami of Ohio forced four turnovers and Kevin Davis scored on an Arizona Bowl-record 97-yard run in a 43-17 victory over Colorado State on Saturday at Tucson, Ariz. Miami (9-5) won its first bowl since 2021 after losing the last two years in the postseason. Colorado State (8-5), making its first bowl appearance since 2017, has lost five consecutive bowl games. "I just want to congratulate Miami. They did what they normally do. They played a very similar game that they've played all year," Rams coach Jay Norvell said. "We talked a lot about what we had to do to win this game and we didn't execute what we needed to do. We talked about we wanted to run the ball effectively, we wanted to play field position and we didn't want to turn the ball over and we didn't do any of those things." Davis finished with 148 yards on nine carries with two touchdowns to earn game MVP honors. "It's like a dream come true," Davis said. "It doesn't even feel real. The biggest thing about it is (that) I get to do it with the guys I love. I've been here for five years ... so just going out in a way like that (with) the guys that have been through it all for the past few years." Brett Gabbert, playing the last game of his six-year career at Miami, completed 13 of 25 passes for 184 yards. Colorado State freshman running back Justin Marshall gained 84 yards on nine carries. Brayden Fowler-Nicolosi was 23 of 45 for 321 yards and a touchdown for the Rams with two interceptions. The teams combined for 48 points in the second half after Miami led 9-3 at halftime. The RedHawks took the opening drive of the second half 75 yards on six plays in only 2:25 to build a 16-3 lead. Davis' 4-yard TD run capped the drive, which included Gabbert completing a 40-yard pass to Kam Perry. A fumble by Colorado State's Vince Brown II, following a reception, allowed Miami to take possession at its 47 with 12:23 left in the third quarter. Gabbert scored five plays later on a 10-yard run to increase the lead to 22-3. Colorado State was stopped on downs at the Miami 3, when Avery Morrow was tackled by Ambe' Caldwell on a 1-yard gain. Davis followed with his 97-yard run on the next play for a 209-3 lead with 6:45 left in the third quarter. Colorado State cut its deficit to 29-10 when Fowler-Nicolosi completed a 56-yard touchdown pass Stephon Daily on a fourth down. The Rams were driving again when Fowler-Nicolosi threw an interception that was returned 54 yards by Ty Wise to the Colorado State 5. Jordan Brunson scored on a 2-yard run to increase the lead to 36-10 and put the game out of reach with 13:30 left. --Field Level Media

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WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — If last month's election wasn't painful enough for Florida Democrats, they're losing another state House seat after one of their members announced Monday that she's switching parties. State Rep. Susan Valdés, a former school board member who was reelected as a Democrat last month, said on X that she is “tired of being the party of protesting.” Valdés ran to be chairperson for her local county’s Democratic executive committee earlier this month. She won her current term by nearly 5 percentage points but can't run for reelection again because of term limits. Republicans have controlled the governor’s office and both branches of the Legislature since 1999. Valdés is serving her final two years before leaving office due to term limits. Republicans now have an 86-34 majority in the House. “I got into politics to be part of the party of progress,” Valdés wrote. “I know that I won’t agree with my fellow Republican House members on every issue, but I know that in their caucus, I will be welcomed and treated with respect.” House Speaker Daniel Perez reposted Valdés’ statement and welcomed her into the House, where Republicans have a supermajority of 86-34. House Democratic Leader Fentrice Driskell said she was surprised and disappointed by Valdés’ announcement. “It is sad that she has elevated her own aspirations above the needs of her district,” Driskell wrote in a statement on X.