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Ravens vs. Lions scouting report for Week 7: Who has the edge?

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 18:45:13 GMT

Despite poor efficiency in the red zone, the Ravens beat the Tennessee Titans, 24-16, in London to regain first place in the AFC North. The Lions handled the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, 20-6, to move to 5-1. Who will have the advantage Sunday?Ravens passing game vs. Lions pass defenseLamar Jackson started hot against the Titans, and Pro Football Focus grades him the fourth best passer in the league despite his unremarkable raw totals. He’s a more pedestrian 13th in ESPN’s QBR, but he has thrown well, and his receivers did not repeat their drop woes from the previous week in Pittsburgh against Tennessee. Rookie Zay Flowers has been Jackson’s most frequent target with 35 catches for 367 yards, and he scored his first career touchdown against the Titans. Tight end Mark Andrews remains the first option in a tight spot, and his 38-yard catch in the second half was one of the most important plays Sunday. The Ravens’ offensive line, featuring all five starters for the fir...

Wednesday’s high school roundup/scores: Ella Cheney nets 200th point, leads St. John Paul II to title

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 18:45:13 GMT

Girls soccerElla Cheney registered her 200th career point, scoring three goals and dishing out an assist as St. John Paul II (11-2-1) won its third consecutive Cape and Islands League girls soccer title with a 7-0 victory over Dennis-Yarmouth.Freshman standout Kelsey Tuttle buried a pair of goals, and Belle Pettit registered her 14th shutout of the season as Norwell (15-1-1) cruised to a 5-0 win over South Shore League opponent Rockland. … Tess Barrett scored three, while Georgia Royston and Ava Carcio each potted two for Cohasset in a 7-1 win over Mashpee. … Ava Williamson, Zoie Maslanka and Avery McCann each tallied a goal, as Abington (8-4-0) cruised to a 3-0 win over Carver.Maggie Schulz scored a decisive penalty kick and made five saves in net to guide North Reading in a 2-0 Cape Ann League win over Georgetown.In nonleague action, Kylie Fuller netted a hat trick and Rachael Geniuch scored twice as West Bridgewater (10-3) took down Bourne 7-0. … Sarah Duran buried three goals, a...

Callahan: It’s time for a Patriots kitchen sink game against Buffalo

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 18:45:13 GMT

In a few months, the Patriots should start stripping their franchise down to the studs.The cupboards, of course, are already bare. The junk drawer is jammed with busted draft picks and turnstile offensive linemen. It’s possible, maybe even likely, the Pats will hold a yard sale before the NFL’s trade deadline and haggle with passing GMs over their trinkets and save for a better future.But why wait?Start the teardown Sunday by running into the kitchen, ripping out the sink and hurling it at the Bills.What does a 1-5 team have to lose?The Bills have owned the Patriots, owned them in the post-Brady era. Since 2019, the Pats are 1-6 against the one-time divisional doormats. In that span, they’ve been outscored by 97 points.Their only victory remains that windstorm win at Buffalo in 2021, a game best remembered for Mac Jones attempting three passes all night. Jones might be lucky to get three clean throws off on Sunday.Jones and Bill Belichick separately admitted Wednes...

Iran opens final registration for candidates in next year’s parliament election

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 18:45:13 GMT

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — The final phase of registration for candidates who want to run in Iran’s parliamentary election next year opened Thursday, state media reported.Nearly 49,000 people filed initial paperwork in August seeking to run for the 290-seat parliament in the election, set for March 1, 2023. The elections will be the first since nationwide protests rocked the country last year.That is a record number and more than three times the 16,000 registrations filed in the last election in 2020, when voter turnout was its lowest since 1979. Just over 42% of eligible voters cast ballots at the time.Candidates have a week to finalize their profiles online. Each hopeful will have to be approved by the Guardian Council, a 12-member clerical body with half of its members directly appointed by the supreme leader.There were no details on the registration of prominent political figures or pro-reform groups. The increase in filings was seen as a result of an easy online registration pro...

Mahsa Amini, the Kurdish-Iranian woman who died in police custody, is awarded EU human rights prize

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 18:45:13 GMT

STRASBOURG, France (AP) — Mahsa Amini, the 22-year-old Kurdish-Iranian woman who died in police custody in Iran last year, sparking worldwide protests against the country’s conservative Islamic theocracy, was awarded the European Union’s top human rights prize on Thursday.The EU award, named for Soviet dissident Andrei Sakharov, was created in 1988 to honor individuals or groups who defend human rights and fundamental freedoms. Sakharov, a Nobel Peace Prize laureate, died in 1989.Other finalists this year included Vilma Núñez de Escorcia and Roman Catholic Bishop Rolando Álvarez — two emblematic figures in the fight for the defense of human rights in Nicaragua — and a trio of women from Poland, El Salvador and the United States leading a fight for “free, safe and legal abortion.”Amini died on Sept. 16, 2022, after she was arrested for allegedly violating Iran’s mandatory headscarf law. European Parliament President Roberta Metsola said that day will “live in infamy,” adding that her...

BMO ranks highest in annual J.D. Power customer satisfaction study

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 18:45:13 GMT

TORONTO — As higher interest rates and the cost of living increasingly pinch Canadians’ wallets, consumers ranked BMO highest in J. D. Power’s annual customer satisfaction survey. The Montreal-based firm unseated last year’s top-ranking bank, Royal Bank of Canada, which came a close second, with CIBC third. Among the midsize banks, Tangerine Bank took the top spot for the 12th year in a row.J.D. Power says the study found more customers have been paying fees during the past year for things like overdraft, minimum account balances and ABM fees. Nearly 80 per cent of customers say the banks could do a better job at communicating how to avoid those fees. The firm says half of Canadian banking customers are considered financially vulnerable or stressed, up from 44 per cent a year ago. “Customers are under increasing economic stress and express a declining feeling that banks are addressing their concerns and financial challenges,” Paul McAdam, senior director of banking...

Woman becomes folk hero for plying Hamas militants with snacks until Israeli rescue mission arrived

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 18:45:13 GMT

JERUSALEM (AP) — When Hamas militants toting grenades appeared in her living room, Rachel Edri served them tea and Moroccan cookies until police stormed in and killed the attackers.Edri's tale of quick-witted survival during the Israel-Hamas war has turned the 65-year old woman into an unlikely folk hero in Israel. For many, she has come to symbolize the ingenuity of everyday Israelis left to fend for themselves as militants turned sleeping southern communities into bloodbaths on Oct. 7.After an early-morning air-raid siren, Edri returned from a bomb shelter in her hometown of Ofakim to find a band of Hamas militants in her living room. As gunfire raged outside, Edri's home saw a 20-hour tete-a-tete between hospitality and brutality.“One of the terrorists said to me: ‘You remind me of my mother.'""I told him, ‘I am really like your mother. I will help you, I will take care of you. What do you need?’” Edri told Ynet.Rachel Edri, center, from Ofakim in southern Israel, poses for a por...

Burt Young, actor who played Paulie in 'Rocky' films, dies at 83

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 18:45:13 GMT

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Burt Young, the Oscar-nominated actor who played Paulie, the rough-hewn, mumbling-and-grumbling best friend, corner-man and brother-in-law to Sylvester Stallone in the “Rocky” franchise, has died.Young died Oct. 8 in Los Angeles, his daughter, Anne Morea Steingieser, told the New York Times on Wednesday. No cause was given. He was 83.Burt Young, a cast member of the film "Rocky Balboa," gestures at the premiere of the film in Los Angeles, Dec. 13, 2006. Burt Young, the Oscar-nominated actor who played Paulie, the rough-hewn, mumbling-and-grumbling best friend, corner-man and brother-in-law to Sylvester Stallone in the “Rocky” franchise, has died. Young died Oct. 8, 2023 in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Kevork Djansezian, File)Young had roles in acclaimed films and television shows including “Chinatown,” “Once Upon a Time in America" and “The Sopranos.”But he was always best known for playing Paulie Pennino in six “Rocky” movies. The short, paunchy, b...

Austin Convention Center employees will help fill city vacancies during expansion

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 18:45:13 GMT

AUSTIN (KXAN) -- The 300 employees who work at the Austin Convention Center will keep their jobs during the four-year expansion project, with some employees being shifted to fill vacancies in other city departments, the center's director told council members this week. Trisha Tatro, the director of the Austin Convention Center, said a core team will remain under her department to operate the Palmer event center, the Marshalling Yard, and three parking garages. The remaining employees will be reallocated to other city departments. "We will work with those department directors," Tatro said during a work session on Tuesday. "We will allocate which employees have which skill sets." What’s happening with the Austin Convention Center? Filling city job vacancies The city of Austin is still trying to fill multiple job vacancies. The Human Resources department tells KXAN the vacancy rate is 12.9% with 2,016 openings out of the 15,669 full-time positions. In October 2022, the vacancy rate w...

Police arrest suspect accused of stealing cop car and rifle

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 18:45:13 GMT

BURLINGTON, N.Y. (NEWS10) -- Vermont State Police arrested a man accused of stealing a cop car and patrol rife on Thursday. Police sought the public's help in finding the suspect on Tuesday, later identified as Timothy Gabriel (29, Burlington and Rutland). Get the latest news, weather, sports and entertainment delivered right to your inbox! Vermont State Police Police say a cop car was stolen outside of a Rutland City home between 2 and 4:40 a.m. on Tuesday. The cruiser was located elsewhere in the city, but a patrol rifle was missing from the car.Around 4:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Vermont State Police found Gabriel walking on Cherry Street in Burlington. Police say he ignored commands directing him to surrender and was subdued by troopers. Police say at this time, the patrol rifle is still unaccounted for, and an investigation is ongoing into its whereabouts. 5 things to know this Thursday, October 19 Police say they worked closely with the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District ...