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Justin Fields and Bears hope to finish strong by keeping Packers out of the playoffs

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 15:21:39 GMT

LAKE FOREST, Ill. (AP) — The uncertain future Chicago Bears quarterback Justin Fields faces is relatively clear to him for one more week.Fields wants to finish the season with a win, help the Bears prevent the Green Bay Packers from making the playoffs and then he can worry about whether he’ll be back with his current team next season.“I think it’d be great,” Fields said. “We know Green Bay’s playing for a lot, what’s at stake. They’re playing for a playoff spot right now, so I just think that with all of that on the table it would be a great feeling to end the season with a win in Lambeau up there.“We’re just going to take it day by day, worry about the rest of today and tomorrow, and of course leading up to Sunday get ready to play ball.”Fields didn’t mind stoking the flames of the rivalry a bit more.“It’s going to be a fun environment to walk into their home field,” Fields said. “I know their fans are going to be loud because there’s not much to do in Green Bay except watch footb...

Rams will sit Stafford, Kupp, Donald, Kyren in regular-season finale vs 49ers to rest for playoffs

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 15:21:39 GMT

THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. (AP) — Matthew Stafford, Aaron Donald, Kyren Williams, Cooper Kupp and linebacker Ernest Jones will not play in the playoff-bound Los Angeles Rams’ regular-season finale at San Francisco.Carson Wentz will make his first start for the Rams (9-7) on Sunday, coach Sean McVay said Wednesday. Los Angeles also will be without Williams, the NFL’s second-leading rusher; Kupp, the Super Bowl 56 MVP; Donald, the seven-time All-Pro defensive lineman; and Jones, the Rams’ leading tackler.Tight end Tyler Higbee (dislocated shoulder) and swing tackle Joe Noteboom (plantar fascia) also will sit out Week 18 due to injury.The Rams have clinched their fifth playoff spot in McVay’s seven seasons, and earning a slightly higher seed clearly means little to the coach with most of the NFC playoff picture still in flux behind the top-seeded 49ers. Even beyond his resting stars, McVay made it clear he wants his key players to do as little as possible in a game with mi...

El Gobierno de Bukele dice que en 2023 hubo nueva baja de homicidios en El Salvador

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 15:21:39 GMT

(CNN Español) — El Salvador registró en 2023 un total de 154 homicidios, informó este miércoles el gabinete de seguridad del país centroamericano en rueda de prensa.El Gobierno dice que la tasa de homicidios en 2023 se redujo a 2,4 por cada 100.000 habitantes. En 2022, había sido de 7,8 y en 2021 de 18,1 por cada 100.000 habitantes.Según cifras de la Policía Nacional Civil, en 2022 contabilizó 495 homicidios. En 2021 fueron 1.147.El gabinete de seguridad de El Salvador dio a conocer los datos sobre los homicidios en una rueda de prensa y entregó a los medios a una presentación en PowerPoint que resume los datos pero no contiene información detallada sobre el comportamiento de la violencia, localidades donde ocurrieron los hechos, la calificación de los delitos, la situación legal de los acusados o detenidos, o cuántos de estos fueron condenados o exonerados, entre otros aspectos.Las organizaciones de derechos humanos aún no se pronuncian ante los datos divulgados por el Gobier...

La fiscal general de Ecuador afirma que la quiere matar la misma estructura criminal que asesinó a Fernando Villavicencio

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 15:21:39 GMT

(CNN) –– La fiscal general de Ecuador, Diana Salazar Méndez, afirmó que está en curso un plan para asesinarla.La funcionaria señaló ––durante la audiencia de vinculación contra ocho personas dentro del caso Metástasis por delincuencia organizada asociada al narcotráfico y corrupción en diferentes instituciones del país–– que la estructura criminal responsable del asesinato del excandidato presidencial Fernando Villavicencio también buscaría acabar con su vida y miembros de su familia.La Fiscalía de Ecuador cierra recopilación de pruebas sobre asesinato de Villavicencio y se alista para el juicioVillavicencio ―quien se desempeñaba como periodista antes de incursionar en la política― fue asesinado el pasado 9 de agosto con varios disparos al salir de un mitin político en Quito. Semanas después del crimen, siete detenidos procesados por la muerte de Villavicencio fueron asesinados en dos cárceles de Ecuador, según informó el Servicio de Atención de Personas Privadas de la Libertad (SNA...

South Korean reliever Woo-Suk Go and San Diego Padres agree to $4.5 million, 2-year deal

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 15:21:39 GMT

SAN DIEGO (AP) — South Korean reliever Woo-Suk Go and the San Diego Padres agreed Wednesday to a $4.5 million, two-year contract that includes a 2026 mutual option plus bonus and escalator provisions that could make the deal worth $9.4 million over three seasons if he closes regularly.The right-hander was 3-8 with a 3.68 ERA and 15 saves in 44 appearances last year for the Korean Baseball Organization champion LG Twins. Go and new Padres teammate Ha-Seong Kim were on South Korea’s World Baseball Classic roster but he did not make an appearance.Go was 19-26 with a 3.18 ERA and 139 saves in seven seasons with LG. He led the KBO with 42 saves in 2022.He’ll receive salaries of $1.75 million in 2024 and $2.25 million in 2025, and the deal includes a $3 million mutual for 2026 with a $500,000 buyout. The Twins get a $900,000 posting fee from the Padres, with more possible if he earns the performance bonuses or triggers the escalators.It’s not clear whether Go or recently...

Unsealed court records offer new details on old sex abuse allegations against Jeffrey Epstein

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 15:21:39 GMT

NEW YORK (AP) — Amid great hype, a court began to release a new batch of previously secret court documents late Wednesday related to Jeffrey Epstein, the jet-setting financier who killed himself in 2019 while awaiting trial on sex-trafficking charges.Social media has been rife in recent weeks with posts speculating that the documents would include a list of rich and powerful men who were Epstein’s “clients” or “co-conspirators.”There was no such list. The initial collection of around 40 documents made public largely contained material that had been released previously, or exhaustively been covered in nearly two decades’ worth of newspaper stories, TV documentaries, interviews, and books about the Epstein scandal.Still, the records — which included transcripts of interviews with some of Epstein’s victims — included reminders that Epstein surrounded himself with famous and powerful figures, including a few who have also been accused of misconduct. Jimmy Kimmel threatens to sue Aaron...

CSP trooper dodges car by inches while helping people during I-70 blizzard

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 15:21:39 GMT

LIMON (KDVR) -- A Colorado State Patrol trooper shared his story Wednesday of a scary scene on Interstate 70 near Seibert the day after Christmas.“Something caught my attention, something was wrong and basically within a few seconds that car was coming on the shoulder in direct line with my vehicle," said Colorado State Trooper Brett Corbin. Hit-and-run ski biker sought in Keystone collision that hurt father, daughter Corbin spoke to FOX31 and Channel 2 exclusively about his experience on Dec. 26. The trooper was working on I-70 just about four miles outside of Seibert helping multiple crashed vehicles during the middle of a snowstorm. “I was actually on vacation," Trooper Corbin said "I just came out to help out during the blizzard." While assisting with one of the cars in a ditch, Corbin was in front of his vehicle. At the same time, a car drove at a high speed into the back of his vehicle. “It is kind of hard to grasp how close that was to being an injury or something worse,"...

Imam fatally shot outside a New Jersey mosque remembered for his community leadership

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 15:21:39 GMT

(CNN) — Hassan Sharif, an imam who worked to keep his community safe, has died after being shot outside his mosque in Newark, New Jersey, officials said Wednesday.Sharif died at about 2:20 p.m., hours after he was shot multiple times, officials said at an afternoon news conference.Sharif worked as a transportation security officer (TSO) at Newark Liberty International Airport since 2006, according to a statement from the Transportation Security Administration.“We are deeply saddened to learn of his passing and send our condolences to his family, friends and co-workers,” TSA said.At an afternoon news conference, New Jersey Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin said, “The evidence collected thus far does not indicate that this was an act motivated by bias or an act of domestic terrorism.” Authorities pledged to use all resources available to solve the case.The shooting happened outside the Masjid Muhammad-Newark mosque about 6 a.m., Newark Public Safety said.The imam...

Musical mystery guessing game ‘I Can See Your Voice’ returns for 3rd season on Fox

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 15:21:39 GMT

If you like guessing games, listen up! The coolest guessing game on TV is ready to kickstart a brand-new season.Deco caught up with one of the stars of “I Can See Your Voice.” What we found out will sound like music to your ears, hopefully.Contestant (singing): “But I said no, no, no, no, no, no.”Looks can be deceiving in “I Can See Your Voice.” People who look like they couldn’t carry a tune in a bucket turn in terrific performances. While others, not so much.Woman (singing): “Black velvet and that little boy smile.”Good or bad, contestants can win big bucks if they guess if someone is a good singer without ever hearing their voice. Celebrity detective Adrienne Houghton filled us in on how the show works, so we wouldn’t have to guess.Adrienne Houghton: “The fact that, like, you are kind of judging a book by its cover, in this case you’ve been told not to do that your whole life, and now this just might win you ...

Lucas Giolito on veteran leadership and “very talented” new teammate Vaughn Grissom

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 15:21:39 GMT

Lucas Giolito won’t get to bond with the newly-traded Chris Sale about swapping White Sox for Red Sox, but he’s already gotten to know one of his new teammates.“I met him last offseason, and he’s a very talented kid,” Giolito said, when speaking to reporters over Zoom on Wednesday evening.He was talking about none other than Vaughn Grissom, the infielder acquired from the Atlanta Braves in the shocking Sale trade on Dec. 30. The veteran starting pitcher and the barely-out-of-rookie-eligibility infielder are both represented by the same agency. Said agency put together a slew of workouts and events in Los Angeles, so Grissom flew out to partake. “(We) worked out together for a few days and I think we went to, like, a Lakers game or something like that,” Giolito recalled. “Looking forward to getting to know him better.”Grissom made his Major League debut at Fenway Park – and hit his first career home run over the Green Monster – wh...