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games bet365 After Trump's Project 2025 denials, he is tapping its authors and influencers for key rolesRJ Johnson, Daylen Berry lift Charleston Southern to surprising 83-79 victory over MiamiThe line item on the Halton Hills council agenda seemed routine enough. Councillors were poised to look at proposed terms of reference for a new “mobility master plan,” a document that would delve into how people in this growing town would be moving around in the decades to come. It’s the kind of document municipalities regularly put together to shape future roadways, bike lanes, stoplight placement and the like. If some councillors were surprised to notice more residents showing up than usual for this particular session, they were stunned by what happened next. Constituents, including longtime neighbours, began accusing the council of laying the groundwork for a shadowy international plot. It was meant, they feared, to imprison residents within their neighbourhoods, using technology that would also enslave them in other ways. “I found language (in the proposed terms of reference) that has the potential to open the door to 15-minute ‘smart’ cities,” a woman who has lived in Georgetown for more than a half-century told the August meeting. “If this document opens up the route to 15-minute cities, every single tower, every single connection to the wireless of that tower, will harm the people of Georgetown through 5G radiation poisoning, or electromagnetic radiation, and every tower will cause harm at every minute.” The crowd applauded. (It’s worth noting here that Health Canada says, based on the available scientific evidence, “There are no health risks from exposure to the low levels of radiofrequency EMF which people are exposed to from cellphones, cellphone towers, antennas and 5G devices .”) Other deputants stepped forward. They said Halton Hills risks falling prey to the World Economic Forum, the United Nations, facial-recognition technology and checkpoints to restrict their movements between the town’s scattered communities. The 15-minute cities conspiracy theory had officially arrived in Halton Hills. Conspiratorial ruminations have jumped from online forums to local council meetings. It’s a situation that’s influencing proposals and debate over good-faith attempts to make communities less car reliant with more options for walking and biking under what’s known as the 15-minute city concept. Many politicians say they’re bewildered. Some are frustrated. But others are lining up with residents and sharing their fears. Warnings across social media channels and podcasts about a global plot to restrict freedom of movement — under the guise of measures to discourage car use, curb climate change and introduce “smart city” technologies — emerged in the wake of COVID-19 pandemic restrictions. They’ve grown ever louder since. As the U.S. under president-elect Donald Trump appears set to enter an era that mainstreams conspiracy theories about government intentions, unfounded fears over 15-minute cities are, on a much more local level, affecting the language some communities use to describe their new mobility options. Some people fear that backlash over imagined plots could begin to shape the communities themselves. Jane Fogal, a Halton Hills councillor for 27 years, said she couldn’t believe the statements at the August meeting triggered by a preliminary planning document written by town staff that doesn’t even mention the 15-minute city concept — or recommend any specific changes to the town. “It came as a big surprise, to me, the level of paranoia and distrust of those of us who are councillors,” said Fogal. She said she knew some of those questioning the aims of council and town staff to be “completely reasonable people.” “That anyone could believe that the municipal level of government that’s all about helping people — providing them with playgrounds, trails, ways to enjoy the entire town — that these people have been made to feel they can’t trust us, that we’re evil people who have a plan to contain them — it’s transformative, it’s unbelievable. “I believe that it was just Halton Hills’s turn to have a mobility master plan, that’s why it became an issue here, but I’m sure that idea of 15-minute neighbourhoods is bubbling up all over the country.” Even without communities explicitly trying to adopt a 15-minute city framework, councils have seen similar protests in other parts of the GTA, including Pickering and Aurora, other parts of Ontario from Essex County near Windsor up to Sudbury , and in other provinces. Some right-wing groups affiliated with the convoy movement give residents online templates to lobby councils against initiatives perceived to be heading down the 15-minute city path , including Toronto’s efforts to limit vehicle traffic in High Park . The Canadian Institute of Planners issued a warning last year that “misinformation” about the concept “has resulted in alarming instances of hostile behaviour and threats toward planners and public servants, disruptive conduct in consultation meetings, and the need for law enforcement interventions.” The backlash is shaping how municipalities describe their efforts to make communities more bikeable and walkable, avoiding terms that could trigger protest, while resisting calls to reject any initiatives that offer people more non-vehicle options. Efforts to curb suburban sprawl and make communities less car reliant have been largely embraced by cities around the world for decades. The planning institute notes that “most urban areas built prior to the overwhelming proliferation of cars have the structure of a 15-minute city.” Goals include convenience for residents, equity for people who can’t afford or don’t want a car, the health benefits of increased walking and biking, and carbon reduction benefits from reduced private vehicle use. Prof. Carlos Moreno, a Paris-based urbanist, coined the “15-minute city” in a 2020 talk that called for cities to be reimagined around ecology, proximity to activities, community connections and citizen participation. Moreno told the New York Times in 2023 that conspiracy theorists quickly turned him from a researcher into an evil character like Adolf Hitler or Pol Pot. “I have become, in one week, Public Enemy No. 1,” he said, adding it was unclear how to fight such unfounded allegations. “I’m not totally sure what is the best reaction — to respond, to not respond, to call a press conference, to write a press release,” he said. Academics, he said, “are relatively alone.” Although the concept did find fans among some city leaders, notably Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo , many people previously uninterested in urban planning soon came to see it not as about mobility choice, but as an attempt to limit vehicle use, paving the road toward a future ban on vehicles. At the Halton Hills meeting, Mayor Ann Lawlor joined Fogal and other council members trying to assure residents that the mobility plan terms of reference — a framework to launch public consultation to inform future proposals — were not part of a plot to enslave them. But Coun. D’Arcy Keene questioned town staff’s use of the word “mobility” rather than “transportation” and told the crowd, to cheers: “This is just the beginning of the inevitable result — restrict people’s movement, take away their freedom of mobility.” Halton Hills Coun. D’Arcy Keene objected to a town report on mobility options that did not stress the primacy of the privately owned automobile. Keene and Coun. Joseph Racinsky questioned town staff’s proposed bullet points to help frame consultation — that the mobility plan should “encourage alternative forms of transportation such as walking, cycling and public transit” and also “reduce dependency on passenger vehicles and increase the modal share of public transit and active transportation.” Those aims, widely promoted by municipalities in recent decades, were a red flag to Keene, a first-term councillor and business owner. “Primacy of the privately owned automobile is the primary source of transportation for this community,” he told council. “That’s what is missing from this report and needs to be included.” Racinsky convinced a majority of his colleagues to erase the goals of encouraging walking and cycling, and reducing dependency on private vehicles, arguing transportation priorities should come from residents and not town staff. The mayor voted with him, but said she had no doubt the final plan would include those goals. In an interview later, Keene applauded residents for questioning town staff and his council colleagues and for resisting efforts to impose an ideology he said is completely at odds with their semi-rural, car-based lifestyle. “There are overall trends on a national and international level — to call it conspiracy theories is offensive,” he said. “Transglobal organizations — government organizations and NGOs, ‘gongos’ I call them — are constantly coming up with new ways to affect people’s lives that (Halton Hills residents) have no interest in hearing about.” Keene said he believes “the power of the unelected administrative state has grown exponentially in the last 20 years,” and questions why town staff want a new mobility plan at all. He branded the proposed terms of reference “a complete minimization of the privately owned automobile as the primary source of transportation in our community. It’s clearly an anti-car report and it ignores the needs and desires of my constituents, and I’m extremely upset about it.” The town of Halton Hills said the mobility plan “isn’t a movement away from cars, but more about encouraging alternative transportation options” and “will be addressing all modes of travel from automobiles, to cycling, to walking, transit and shared mobility.” Chris Mills, the town’s chief administrative officer, told the Star: “It’s unfortunate that the term ’15-minute cities’ has been so misunderstood, it has nothing to do with restricting people’s movements. “Basically, the concept is to construct communities with amenities that people could get to by walking or riding in 15 minutes if they choose to do so. The option to drive will always be there. The more common term we use in Halton Hills is ‘complete communities’ or ‘compact form.’” As to Keene’s statement about “the unelected administrative state,” Mills added that “Over the past 20 years, town staff have increased to meet the expectations of the community and the standards set by council.” At Aurora council last year, a deputant was loudly applauded in the packed chamber after a presentation that included dire warnings about the threat of 15-minute cities. Edmonton council earlier this year took the unusual step of addressing conspiracy theories in a bylaw , adding that new plans “shall not restrict freedom of movement, association, and commerce in accordance with the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms.” A small group of protesters gathered in Edmonton in February last year to protest the 15-minute city. The city later addressed conspiracy thoeries in a bylaw. An August meeting of city council in Brandon, Man. saw members of an overflow crowd accuse council members of planning changes to the city plan to increase government surveillance of residents and restrict movement, travel and vehicle ownership . Carmen Celestini, a University of Waterloo researcher studying conspiracy theories, said online theorists linking benign efforts to improve health and convenience have mobilized a lot of regular people who, during pandemic isolation, retreated deep into their smartphones and online communities protesting lockdown measures. “Most people think conspiracy theorists have the tinfoil hat, but a lot of them are upper or middle class. They’re well-educated,” she said. “If they already distrust government or feel disengaged, their voice isn’t there, these things can make sense to them, they don’t seem far-fetched. But 15-minute cities are about livability — nothing ominous or evil.” Celestini added that “conspiracies are absolutely having an impact on politics at all levels, globally,” triggering baseless moral panics about critical race theory, “groomer” pedophile rings and prompting some politicians to vow to never engage with the World Economic Forum. Governments have a difficult task pushing back against conspiracy theories, Celestini said. “Those who believe in conspiracies do not trust politicians nor do they trust legacy media, so any pronouncements from these groups will be understood as ‘trying to control’ or ‘lies,’” she said. “I do not think there is a concrete form of fighting back this tide, but whatever is done must be a global response, because the internet is borderless,” and so too are the conspiracies and fears. It’s been challenging to pinpoint the source of conspiracy theories. Some people note that fighting efforts to reduce private vehicle use benefits oil and gas companies . Others point to far-right influencers accused of being funded by a Russian government intent on pitting Western nation citizens against each other. What is clear is that many residents deeply believe in the threat to their communities. Pickering Mayor Kevin Ashe said his city is “ground zero” for municipalities coping with conspiracy theories. Pickering council is, according to Mayor Kevin Ashe, “ground zero” for municipalities coping with conspiracy theories, “including the globalist agenda, space force police, geo-engineering with chemtrails — it’s a small minority of residents, but it’s here.” He blames Coun. Lisa Robinson who, he said, “finds links to 15-minute cities and other like-minded thinking in all kinds of reports that have nothing to do with planning.” Robinson, a councillor who has been repeatedly censured by Pickering council for violating its code of conduct since her election in October 2022, said in an email that language promoting 15-minute cities “resembles a system of control rather than empowerment,” and pointed to surveillance and movement controls in China. “The pandemic exposed how governments can use fear to justify sweeping control, and it has made more people vigilant, recognizing that when only one side of the story is permitted, it’s often a red flag that the full truth is being concealed,” she said. Ashe rejected the idea that encouraging alternatives to private vehicles use is in any way nefarious, but concedes that protests by Robinson and her followers are affecting the way the city describes such initiatives. “Our staff and councillors are hesitant to use that (15-minute city) terminology. We don’t want our council chambers filled with conspiracy theorists. We don’t want our municipal agenda hijacked by the alt-right delegates. It’s unfortunate we have to couch our language,” Ashe said. “Hopefully it’s not changing policy,” in any communities, he added. Back at the Halton Hills meeting, a resident warns council members that, while he welcomes assurances they are not trying to force UN sustainability goals onto the community, “You will not be able to scare the people of Georgetown, who see the weather acting normal on a daily basis.” Any attempt to sneak a reduction in carbon emissions into city plans, he added, will result “in the council being thrown out.” Fogal said later she believes a majority of her council colleagues are determined to give residents more ways to get around and enjoy the town even if it means more accusations and more tough meetings. “I don’t want people to think we’re not going to do it because of this opposition. You’ve got to stick with your principles.”None

WASHINGTON (AP) — As a former and potentially future president, Donald Trump hailed what would become Project 2025 as a road map for “exactly what our movement will do” with another crack at the White House. As the blueprint for a hard-right turn in America became a liability during the 2024 campaign, Trump pulled an about-face . He denied knowing anything about the “ridiculous and abysmal” plans written in part by his first-term aides and allies. Now, after being elected the 47th president on Nov. 5, Trump is stocking his second administration with key players in the detailed effort he temporarily shunned. Most notably, Trump has tapped Russell Vought for an encore as director of the Office of Management and Budget; Tom Homan, his former immigration chief, as “border czar;” and immigration hardliner Stephen Miller as deputy chief of policy . Those moves have accelerated criticisms from Democrats who warn that Trump's election hands government reins to movement conservatives who spent years envisioning how to concentrate power in the West Wing and impose a starkly rightward shift across the U.S. government and society. Trump and his aides maintain that he won a mandate to overhaul Washington. But they maintain the specifics are his alone. “President Trump never had anything to do with Project 2025,” said Trump spokeswoman Karoline Leavitt in a statement. “All of President Trumps' Cabinet nominees and appointments are whole-heartedly committed to President Trump's agenda, not the agenda of outside groups.” Here is a look at what some of Trump's choices portend for his second presidency. The Office of Management and Budget director, a role Vought held under Trump previously and requires Senate confirmation, prepares a president's proposed budget and is generally responsible for implementing the administration's agenda across agencies. The job is influential but Vought made clear as author of a Project 2025 chapter on presidential authority that he wants the post to wield more direct power. “The Director must view his job as the best, most comprehensive approximation of the President’s mind,” Vought wrote. The OMB, he wrote, “is a President’s air-traffic control system” and should be “involved in all aspects of the White House policy process,” becoming “powerful enough to override implementing agencies’ bureaucracies.” Trump did not go into such details when naming Vought but implicitly endorsed aggressive action. Vought, the president-elect said, “knows exactly how to dismantle the Deep State” — Trump’s catch-all for federal bureaucracy — and would help “restore fiscal sanity.” In June, speaking on former Trump aide Steve Bannon’s “War Room” podcast, Vought relished the potential tension: “We’re not going to save our country without a little confrontation.” The strategy of further concentrating federal authority in the presidency permeates Project 2025's and Trump's campaign proposals. Vought's vision is especially striking when paired with Trump's proposals to dramatically expand the president's control over federal workers and government purse strings — ideas intertwined with the president-elect tapping mega-billionaire Elon Musk and venture capitalist Vivek Ramaswamy to lead a “Department of Government Efficiency.” Trump in his first term sought to remake the federal civil service by reclassifying tens of thousands of federal civil service workers — who have job protection through changes in administration — as political appointees, making them easier to fire and replace with loyalists. Currently, only about 4,000 of the federal government's roughly 2 million workers are political appointees. President Joe Biden rescinded Trump's changes. Trump can now reinstate them. Meanwhile, Musk's and Ramaswamy's sweeping “efficiency” mandates from Trump could turn on an old, defunct constitutional theory that the president — not Congress — is the real gatekeeper of federal spending. In his “Agenda 47,” Trump endorsed so-called “impoundment,” which holds that when lawmakers pass appropriations bills, they simply set a spending ceiling, but not a floor. The president, the theory holds, can simply decide not to spend money on anything he deems unnecessary. Vought did not venture into impoundment in his Project 2025 chapter. But, he wrote, “The President should use every possible tool to propose and impose fiscal discipline on the federal government. Anything short of that would constitute abject failure.” Trump's choice immediately sparked backlash. “Russ Vought is a far-right ideologue who has tried to break the law to give President Trump unilateral authority he does not possess to override the spending decisions of Congress (and) who has and will again fight to give Trump the ability to summarily fire tens of thousands of civil servants,” said Sen. Patty Murray of Washington, a Democrat and outgoing Senate Appropriations chairwoman. Reps. Jamie Raskin of Maryland and Melanie Stansbury of New Mexico, leading Democrats on the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability, said Vought wants to “dismantle the expert federal workforce” to the detriment of Americans who depend on everything from veterans' health care to Social Security benefits. “Pain itself is the agenda,” they said. Trump’s protests about Project 2025 always glossed over overlaps in the two agendas . Both want to reimpose Trump-era immigration limits. Project 2025 includes a litany of detailed proposals for various U.S. immigration statutes, executive branch rules and agreements with other countries — reducing the number of refugees, work visa recipients and asylum seekers, for example. Miller is one of Trump's longest-serving advisers and architect of his immigration ideas, including his promise of the largest deportation force in U.S. history. As deputy policy chief, which is not subject to Senate confirmation, Miller would remain in Trump's West Wing inner circle. “America is for Americans and Americans only,” Miller said at Trump’s Madison Square Garden rally on Oct. 27. “America First Legal,” Miller’s organization founded as an ideological counter to the American Civil Liberties Union, was listed as an advisory group to Project 2025 until Miller asked that the name be removed because of negative attention. Homan, a Project 2025 named contributor, was an acting U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement director during Trump’s first presidency, playing a key role in what became known as Trump's “family separation policy.” Previewing Trump 2.0 earlier this year, Homan said: “No one’s off the table. If you’re here illegally, you better be looking over your shoulder.” John Ratcliffe, Trump's pick to lead the CIA , was previously one of Trump's directors of national intelligence. He is a Project 2025 contributor. The document's chapter on U.S. intelligence was written by Dustin Carmack, Ratcliffe's chief of staff in the first Trump administration. Reflecting Ratcliffe's and Trump's approach, Carmack declared the intelligence establishment too cautious. Ratcliffe, like the chapter attributed to Carmack, is hawkish toward China. Throughout the Project 2025 document, Beijing is framed as a U.S. adversary that cannot be trusted. Brendan Carr, the senior Republican on the Federal Communications Commission, wrote Project 2025's FCC chapter and is now Trump's pick to chair the panel. Carr wrote that the FCC chairman “is empowered with significant authority that is not shared” with other FCC members. He called for the FCC to address “threats to individual liberty posed by corporations that are abusing dominant positions in the market,” specifically “Big Tech and its attempts to drive diverse political viewpoints from the digital town square.” He called for more stringent transparency rules for social media platforms like Facebook and YouTube and “empower consumers to choose their own content filters and fact checkers, if any.” Carr and Ratcliffe would require Senate confirmation for their posts.

A late-game rally derailed by a missed field goal and Cowboys stun Commanders 34-26 LANDOVER, Md. Canadian Press Nov 24, 2024 2:14 PM Nov 24, 2024 2:35 PM Share by Email Share on Facebook Share on X Share on LinkedIn Print Share via Text Message Dallas Cowboys safety Juanyeh Thomas (30) celebrates after scoring a 43-yard touchdown off a kickoff return during the second half of an NFL football game against the Washington Commanders, Sunday, Nov. 24, 2024, in Landover, Md. (AP Photo/Stephanie Scarbrough) LANDOVER, Md. (AP) — Austin Seibert missed his second extra point of the game with 21 seconds left after Jayden Daniels and Terry McLaurin connected on an 86-yard touchdown, Juanyeh Thomas returned the ensuing onside kick attempt for a touchdown and the Dallas Cowboys pulled out a 34-26 victory Sunday that extended the Washington Commanders’ skid to three games. Seibert, who missed the previous two games with a right hip injury, was wide left on the point-after attempt following a low snap. Thomas then took the kick back 43 yards as the Cowboys (4-7) ended their losing streak at five in improbable fashion. Part of that was the play of backup Cooper Rush, who threw for 247 yards and two TDs in his third start in place of starter Dak Prescott. Part was also the defense forcing two turnovers, as Chauncey Golston ripped the ball out of Brian Robinson Jr.’s hands for what was called an interception of Daniels in the second quarter, and Donovan Wilson stripped John Bates midway through the fourth. KaVonte Turpin provided the fireworks with a spinning, 99-yard kickoff return TD seconds after Daniels found Zach Ertz in the end zone and scored on a 2-point conversion to cut the deficit to three with 3:02 left. In the final three minutes alone, the Commanders (7-5) scored 10 points and allowed Thomas’ TD. All that after the score was 10-9 through three quarters before madness ensued. CHIEFS 30, PANTHERS 27 CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Patrick Mahomes threw for 269 yards and three touchdowns , Spencer Shrader kicked a 31-yard field goal as time expired and Kansas City beat Carolina to reach double-digit wins for the 10th straight season. Noah Gray caught two TD passes as the Chiefs (10-1) bounced back from last week’s 30-21 loss at Buffalo and won at the buzzer yet again in a season of narrow escapes. DeAndre Hopkins also had a touchdown catch for the two-time defending Super Bowl champions, who scored on their first five possessions. Bryce Young finished 21 of 35 for 262 yards and a touchdown for the Panthers (3-8), who had their two-game winning streak snapped. David Moore had six receptions for 80 yards and a touchdown. Trailing 27-19, Young completed a fourth-down pass to Adam Thielen to move the chains, then went deep for the veteran receiver, who drew a pass-interference penalty on Chamarri Conner. That set up a 1-yard touchdown run by Chuba Hubbard. LIONS 24, COLTS 6 INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Jahmyr Gibbs rushed for two scores and David Montgomery added a third touchdown run, leading Detroit to a victory over Indianapolis. Gibbs finished with 21 carries for 90 yards as the Lions (10-1) extended their league-high winning streak to nine straight. Detroit has its been 11-game record since the franchise’s inaugural season in 1934. Jared Goff continued his sensational season, too, completing 26 of 36 throws for 269 yards. The Colts (5-7) lost their second straight home game and for the fourth time in their past five games. Anthony Richardson was 11 of 28 with 172 yards while rushing 10 times for 61 yards. While Indy managed to hold the NFL’s highest-scoring offense largely in check Sunday, it was doomed by its inability to finish drives with touchdowns. BUCCANEERS 30, GIANTS 7 EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) — Baker Mayfield catapulted into the end zone on a spectacular 10-yard scramble for one of Tampa Bay’s four rushing touchdowns, and the Buccaneers beat the Giants and new starting quarterback Tommy DeVito, snapping a four-game losing streak and extending New York’s skid to six. The Giants’ decisions this week to bench and then release quarterback Daniel Jones did nothing to help the NFL’s lowest-scoring offense. DeVito threw for 189 yards, mostly in the second half with New York well on its way to its sixth straight loss at home, where it is winless. Meanwhile, the Buccaneers dominated in every phase in a near-perfect perfect performance that featured TD runs of 1 yard by Sean Tucker, 6 yards by Bucky Irving and 1 yard by Rachaad White. After recent losses to the Ravens, 49ers and Chiefs, Tampa Bay (5-6) moved within one game of idle Atlanta in the NFC South. Tampa Bay scored on five of its on first six possessions to open a 30-0 lead, and none was more exciting than Mayfield’s TD run with 12 seconds left in the first half. On a second-and-goal from the 10, he avoided pressure and went for the end zone. He was hit by Cor’Dale Flott low and Dru Phillips high around the 2-yard line, and he was airborne when he crossed the goal line. The ball came loose when he hit the turf but he jumped up and flexed — seemingly mocking DeVito’s go-to celebration — as the Bucs took a 23-0 lead. DOLPHINS 34, PATRIOTS 15 MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (AP) — Tua Tagovailoa threw for 317 yards and four touchdowns, including two scores to running back De’Von Achane, and Miami routed New England. The Dolphins (5-6) have a thin margin for error the rest of the season but have kept themselves afloat with a three-game winning streak. With their win at New England (3-9) in Week 5, the Dolphins have swept their division rivals in consecutive seasons for the first time since 1999-2000. Tagovailoa, who moved to 7-0 in his career against New England, entered the game with a league-high 73.4% completion rate and went 29 for 40. Backup Skylar Thompson replaced Tagovailoa with about 11 minutes left in what was already a blowout, but a bad handoff on his first play resulted in a fumble that was recovered by cornerback Christian Gonzalez and returned 63 yards for a touchdown. It cut New England’s deficit to 31-15, and Tagovailoa returned the next drive. TITANS 32, TEXANS 27 HOUSTON (AP) — Will Levis threw for 278 yards and his 70-yard touchdown pass to Chig Okonkwo put Tennessee on top in the fourth quarter and the Titans held on for a win over the Texans. Okonkwo grabbed a short pass and rumbled for the touchdown to put the Titans (3-8) up 30-27 with 9 1/2 minutes remaining. Safety Eric Murray missed a tackle that would have stopped him near midfield. The Texans (7-5) had a chance to tie it with less than two minutes remaining, but Ka’imi Fairbairn’s 28-yard field-goal attempt sailed wide left. He fell to the ground after the miss before getting up and slamming his helmet on the field. Titans coach Brian Callahan held both hands in the air and smiled after watching the miss that allowed his team to win on a day it had three turnovers. The Texans forced a three-and-out, but couldn’t move the ball after that and Harold Landry sacked C.J. Stroud in the end zone for a safety to make it 32-27 and allow Tennessee to snap a two-game skid. VIKINGS 30, BEARS 27, OT CHICAGO (AP) — Sam Darnold threw for 90 of his 330 yards in overtime to set up Parker Romo’s game-ending 29-yard field goal , and Minnesota outlasted Chicago after giving up 11 points in the final 22 seconds of regulation. Darnold threw two touchdown passes, Jordan Addison caught eight passes for a career-high 162 yards and a touchdown, and T.J. Hockenson had 114 yards receiving for the Vikings (9-2), who remained one game behind Detroit in the rugged NFC North. Caleb Williams threw for 340 yards and two touchdowns for the Bears (4-7), who lost their fifth straight. Minnesota appeared to have the game in hand, leading 27-16 with 1:56 left after Romo kicked a 26-yard field goal. But the Bears weren’t finished. Deandre Carter made up for a muffed punt that led to a touchdown in the third quarter with a 55-yard kickoff return to the 40. Williams took it from there, capping an eight-play drive with a 1-yard touchdown pass to Keenan Allen. A 2-point conversion pass to DJ Moore made it 27-24 with 22 seconds remaining. The Bears recovered the onside kick and Williams hit Moore over the middle for a 27-yard gain to the 30 before spiking the ball. Cairo Santos made a 48-yard field goal as time expired. 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WASHINGTON (TNS) — The Founding Fathers had a lot to say about Thanksgiving. George Washington issued his Thanksgiving Proclamation in 1789 . His successor, John Adams, recommended a day of fasting, humility and prayer. But what about the Founding Mothers? We’ve all heard of Abigail Adams, Martha Washington and Dolley Madison. Few, however, know historian, playwright, poetess, and scholar Mercy Otis Warren — and that’s a shame. Turning to Mercy on Thanksgiving is particularly appropriate, as she wrote with insight about the virtue of gratitude. Mercy Otis Warren was a political woman among political men. Her father was a delegate in the Massachusetts House of Representatives, where her husband would later serve as speaker. Her brother, James Otis, famously argued in colonial court against British writs of assistance — general warrants that allowed English soldiers to search American homes, ships and other buildings without concrete evidence that the law had been violated. Not only did these arguments portend the Fourth Amendment, but John Adams (who, along with Abigail, was friends with Mercy) wrote that “Then and there the Child Independence was born.” Mercy herself anonymously published satirical plays and poems in the newspapers to drum up support for the patriot cause. They were often thinly veiled depictions and reactions to revolutionary developments in Massachusetts, where the Warrens resided. For example, “The Squabble of the Sea Nymphs,” a poem about the Boston Tea Party, was published in The Boston Gazette. Her series of plays extolling the American patriots and debasing the loyalists were so popular that “Rapatio” (her chosen character name) became a recognized label for Thomas Hutchinson, the loyalist governor who enforced the despised Stamp Act. Later, Mercy would participate in the debates surrounding the merits of the Constitution. Her “Observations on the New Constitution,” published under the pseudonym A Columbia Patriot, would help ensure the passing of the Bill of Rights. She would become the third American woman to produce a significant body of poetry, a feat that caused Alexander Hamilton to write that, “in the career of dramatic composition at least, female genius in the United States has outstripped the Male.” Finally, Mercy’s three-volume "History of the Rise, Progress, and Termination of the American Revolution" is one of the few written by a contemporary and the only Anti-Federalist (the name for the group of men and women who opposed ratification of the Constitution) account of the Revolution. As early as 1791, Mercy observed that the American people were no longer as firmly attached to the republican principles that had birthed the Revolution. Ingratitude would soon follow, she felt, a vice that troubled her so deeply that she opens her "History" with a warning about it, noting that: "the hurry of spirits, that ever attends the eager pursuit of fortune and a passion for splendid enjoyment, leads to forgetfulness; and thus the inhabitants of America cease to look back with due gratitude and respect on the fortitude and virtue of their ancestors." And at the end, Mercy, ever the student of ancient history and philosophy, noted that the: "ancient Persians considered ingratitude as the source of all enmities among men. They considered it 'an indication of the vilest spirit, nor believe it possible for an ungrateful man to love the gods or even his parents, friends, or country.'” Ingratitude breaks down those earthly attachments that make us most human: our bonds to family, fellow citizens, country and ancestors. It causes us to forget that the prosperity we enjoy is not simply of our own making, that generations past made immeasurable sacrifices for the sake of their descendants. When we no longer feel duty-bound to acknowledge and respond to what we’ve received, we open ourselves to meanness and break the goodwill of friends and family. Absent that goodwill and mutual trust, the civic ties of friendship unravel, later supplanted by utilitarian self-interest or, worse, the politics of resentment. Like others of the Founding era, Mercy believed that the American system of government depends on a virtuous people. In a republic, the will of the people will ultimately prevail in institutions and laws. If the people’s reason surrenders to their passions and impulses, the law too becomes unreasonable. It is worth remembering Mercy Otis Warren on Thanksgiving because, as she taught, gratitude is a consequential and tutoring virtue. We practice gratitude in our everyday lives by responding to gifts and services freely offered. We practice it as a nation by preserving our memorials and historic sites, and, with them, our heritage. And, of course, we practice it on Thanksgiving, by gathering over a meal to celebrate the civic friendships that American acts of gratitude have made possible. (Brenda M. Hafera is the Assistant Director and Senior Policy Analyst at The Heritage Foundation's Simon Center for American Studies.)Marxist theory is expansive and essential “All science would be superfluous if the outward appearance and the essence of things directly coincided,” said Karl Marx. If our experience of the world matched reality, we would have no need for theory. Thousands of years ago the consensus was that the earth was flat. But science exposed that belief as false, contradicting experience. Under capitalism, we know what it feels like to be low paid , to desperately want somewhere secure to live and to search for meaningful relationships. But to expose why that is the case, we need to understand the inner workings of capitalism. We need Marxist theory. Opponents of socialism create the impression that Marxism is dogmatic and outdated. Some people have ideas and explanations about society which they think of as “common sense”—bosses create jobs, competition from migrants lowers wages, the police keep society in order and so on. Social and mainstream media fill our minds with partial and misleading explanations for why society is in crisis and who is to blame. The far right puts forward supposedly coherent explanations of social crisis which express people’s anger against elites, but points them in entirely the wrong direction for solutions. Marxism can cut through these false explanations. What we see and experience only partially expose the truth about the hidden processes that drive those appearances. Marx pointed out that the movements of the stars are not perceptible to those looking up at night. Objects can behave in misleading ways. Their real nature must be investigated. Scientific theory helps to get beneath the surface appearance of things to understand the underlying laws and processes that shape the world. But the ruling class needs science to develop new technologies and make more profits. The ruling class also uses ideology in sophisticated ways to obscure or justify the inequalities and violence of capitalism. Marx argued that capitalism is especially good at disguising its true nature. Our societies are shaped by hidden forces that need to be explored. Marx unmasked the economists of his time. “In place of disinterested inquirers”, he argued, “there were hired prize fighters, in place of genuine scientific research, the bad conscience and the evil intent of apologetics”. The existence of these ideological prize fighters makes Marxist theory more important. When Marx wrote Capital, he did not tell people that their lives were hard and their wages low. They knew that from their experience. What Marx wanted to know was why—and what could be done about it. He studied the inner workings of capitalism. His method enables us to look beneath the dynamism of capitalism to see how wealth is based on labour and would inevitably create crises. Marx used what he called the “power of abstraction”. This abstraction means setting aside the superficial aspects of something and looking at its most essential features. The abstractions must then be related back to what we actually see and experience in the real world. So we move from the abstract idea to the concrete reality—how something works in reality rather than how it appears, in the abstract, to function. We can grasp the fundamental nature of things by abstracting and separating out the core elements and then reconstructing the whole as a new, complex totality. In Capital, Marx investigated the commodity—how objects were produced, bought and sold. He revealed the hidden exploitation, alienation and competition involved in their production. Superficial explanations of society can fit when workers are passive. Right wing ideas can gain a purchase when workers are angry. But workers have an interest in understanding how society really works. The experience of previous struggles combines with theoretical insights in Marxism. The combination of struggle and politics reveals the oppressive logic of capitalism and how to transform it. A new series of articles on Marxist ideasUnitedHealth Group Incorporated ( NYSE:UNH – Get Free Report ) traded down 0.4% during trading on Friday . The company traded as low as $507.85 and last traded at $508.85. 719,044 shares traded hands during mid-day trading, a decline of 82% from the average session volume of 4,090,300 shares. The stock had previously closed at $511.15. Analysts Set New Price Targets Several brokerages have issued reports on UNH. Truist Financial reissued a “buy” rating and issued a $625.00 price target (down previously from $640.00) on shares of UnitedHealth Group in a report on Wednesday, October 16th. Oppenheimer raised their price target on shares of UnitedHealth Group from $610.00 to $640.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research note on Friday, December 6th. Bank of America cut their target price on UnitedHealth Group from $675.00 to $650.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research report on Wednesday, October 16th. Barclays increased their price objective on UnitedHealth Group from $603.00 to $655.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research note on Wednesday, November 27th. Finally, KeyCorp initiated coverage on shares of UnitedHealth Group in a research report on Friday, October 11th. They set an “overweight” rating and a $675.00 target price for the company. Three investment analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, eighteen have assigned a buy rating and two have issued a strong buy rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat, the company has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $626.84. Get Our Latest Stock Analysis on UNH UnitedHealth Group Stock Down 0.2 % UnitedHealth Group ( NYSE:UNH – Get Free Report ) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, October 15th. The healthcare conglomerate reported $7.15 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $7.00 by $0.15. UnitedHealth Group had a return on equity of 26.37% and a net margin of 3.63%. The business had revenue of $100.82 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $99.14 billion. During the same period last year, the company earned $6.56 EPS. The firm’s revenue was up 9.2% on a year-over-year basis. As a group, equities research analysts expect that UnitedHealth Group Incorporated will post 27.61 EPS for the current year. UnitedHealth Group Announces Dividend The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, December 17th. Shareholders of record on Monday, December 9th were paid a $2.10 dividend. This represents a $8.40 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.65%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Monday, December 9th. UnitedHealth Group’s payout ratio is presently 54.72%. Institutional Trading of UnitedHealth Group A number of large investors have recently made changes to their positions in UNH. Delta Financial Group Inc. lifted its holdings in shares of UnitedHealth Group by 1.0% during the 3rd quarter. Delta Financial Group Inc. now owns 1,650 shares of the healthcare conglomerate’s stock valued at $965,000 after purchasing an additional 17 shares in the last quarter. Fiduciary Group LLC boosted its holdings in shares of UnitedHealth Group by 0.5% in the second quarter. Fiduciary Group LLC now owns 3,695 shares of the healthcare conglomerate’s stock valued at $1,882,000 after buying an additional 18 shares during the period. First PREMIER Bank lifted its position in UnitedHealth Group by 7.0% in the 3rd quarter. First PREMIER Bank now owns 274 shares of the healthcare conglomerate’s stock valued at $160,000 after acquiring an additional 18 shares in the last quarter. Genesee Capital Advisors LLC raised its stake in shares of UnitedHealth Group by 1.9% in the 3rd quarter. Genesee Capital Advisors LLC now owns 990 shares of the healthcare conglomerate’s stock valued at $579,000 after purchasing an additional 18 shares during the period. Finally, Jmac Enterprises LLC boosted its position in shares of UnitedHealth Group by 2.2% during the third quarter. Jmac Enterprises LLC now owns 823 shares of the healthcare conglomerate’s stock worth $481,000 after buying an additional 18 shares during the period. Institutional investors own 87.86% of the company’s stock. About UnitedHealth Group ( Get Free Report ) UnitedHealth Group Incorporated operates as a diversified health care company in the United States. The company operates through four segments: UnitedHealthcare, Optum Health, Optum Insight, and Optum Rx. The UnitedHealthcare segment offers consumer-oriented health benefit plans and services for national employers, public sector employers, mid-sized employers, small businesses, and individuals; health care coverage, and health and well-being services to individuals age 50 and older addressing their needs; Medicaid plans, children's health insurance and health care programs; and health and dental benefits, and hospital and clinical services, as well as health care benefits products and services to state programs caring for the economically disadvantaged, medically underserved, and those without the benefit of employer-funded health care coverage. Recommended Stories Receive News & Ratings for UnitedHealth Group Daily - Enter your email address below to receive a concise daily summary of the latest news and analysts' ratings for UnitedHealth Group and related companies with MarketBeat.com's FREE daily email newsletter .

Michigan upsets No. 2 Ohio State 13-10 for Wolverines' 4th straight win in the bitter rivalry COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Dominic Zvada kicked a 21-yard field goal with 45 seconds left and Michigan stunned No. 2 Ohio State 13-10, likely ending the Buckeyes’ hopes of returning to the Big Ten title game next week. Late in the game, Kalel Mullings broke away for a 27-yard run, setting up the Wolverines at Ohio State’s 17-yard line with two minutes remaining. The drive stalled at the 3, and Zvada came on for the chip shot. Ohio State got the ball back but couldn’t move it, with Will Howard throwing incomplete on fourth down to seal the Wolverines’ fourth straight win over their bitter rival. Sellers' 20-yard TD run with 1:08 to go lifts No. 16 South Carolina to 17-14 win over No. 12 Clemson CLEMSON, S.C. (AP) — LaNorris Sellers' 20-yard TD run with 1:08 to play lifted No. 16 South Carolina to a 17-14 victory over No. 12 Clemson. The Gamecocks won their sixth straight game, including four over ranked opponents, and may have played themselves into College Football Playoff's 12-team field. They wouldn't have done it without Sellers, who spun away from a defender in the backfield, broke through the line and cut left on his way to the winning score. Sellers rushed for 166 yards and threw for 164 in South Carolina's second straight win at Clemson. Mikaela Shiffrin is alert and being evaluated after crashing in final run of World Cup giant slalom KILLINGTON, Vt. (AP) — American ski racer Mikaela Shiffrin is alert and being evaluated for injuries after crashing in her second run of a World Cup giant slalom race. Shiffrin was going for her 100th World Cup win when she crashed, did a flip and slid into the protective fencing. She stayed down on the course for quite some time as the ski patrol attended to her. The 29-year-old was taken off the hill on a sled and waved to the cheering crowd. The U.S. Ski Team said she was taken to a medical clinic for evaluation. Shiffrin was leading after the first run of the GS. Reigning Olympic champion Sara Hector of Sweden won. Andrew Luck returns to Stanford as the GM of the football program STANFORD, Calif. (AP) — Andrew Luck is returning to Stanford in hopes of turning around a struggling football program that he once helped become a national power. Athletic director Bernard Muir announced that Luck has been hired as the general manager of the Stanford football team and tasked with overseeing all aspects of the program that just finished its fourth straight 3-9 season. Luck will work with coach Troy Taylor on recruiting and roster management, and with athletic department and university leadership on fundraising, alumni relations, sponsorships, student-athlete support and stadium experience. Luck has kept a low profile since his surprise retirement from the NFL at age 29 in 2019. Saka stars in Arsenal rout at West Ham as Van Nistelrooy watches new team Leicester lose Arsenal was inspired by Bukayo Saka in scoring five goals in a wild first half before settling for a 5-2 win over West Ham that lifted the team into second place in the Premier League. Arsenal is attempting to chase down Liverpool and is now six points behind the leader. Saka was one of five different scorers for Arsenal at the Olympic Stadium and also had a hand in three goals, by Gabriel, Leandro Trossard and Martin Odegaard. Ruud van Nistelrooy witnessed at first hand the scale of his task to keep Leicester in the league. Leicester was beaten at Brentford 4-1 in front of Van Nistelrooy, who watched from the stands after being hired on Friday. Jared Porter acknowledges he sent inappropriate text message to reporter, leading Mets to fire him Jared Porter acknowledged he sent an inappropriate text message to a reporter while he was a Chicago Cubs executive in 2016, which led to the New York Mets firing him as general manager in 2021 after just 38 days. Porter made his first public comments on his firing during an episode of the “Baseball Isn’t Boring” podcast released Friday. Porter was hired by the Mets on Dec. 13, 2020, and fired on Jan. 19, 2021, about nine hours after an ESPN report detailing that he sent sexually explicit, uninvited text messages and images to a female reporter. Norris defies orders and gives Piastri the Qatar sprint while Verstappen takes pole LUSAIL, Qatar (AP) — Lando Norris ignored team orders as he handed his McLaren teammate Oscar Piastri the win the sprint race at the Qatar Grand Prix in a one-two finish for the team. Norris started on pole position and kept the lead at the start as Piastri squeezed past the Mercedes of George Russell for second. Norris gave the lead to Piastri with the finish line in sight, paying back Piastri for gifting him a win in a sprint race in Brazil when Norris was still fighting Max Verstappen for the drivers’ title. Champion Max Verstappen secured pole position for Sunday’s Grand Prix. Face facts: Statues of stars like Kane and Ronaldo don't always deliver. Sculptors offer advice LONDON (AP) — One art critic compared the new Harry Kane bronze statue to a bulging-jawed comic strip character. The infamous Cristiano Ronaldo bust in 2017 gave the chiseled soccer star a chubby face and goofy smile. Sculptors are offering tips to avoid pitfalls. London-based Hywel Pratley says sculptors must first get the subject's profile correct “and then you can go forward with more confidence.” Probably best to avoid smiles, Pratley adds because it's “really difficult to do teeth looking good in sculpture." London-based sculptural conservator Lucy Branch suggests an open vote because the public tends "to know whether the artist has hit the nail on the head.” Colorado State advances to MW volleyball final and will take the court against San Jose State LAS VEGAS (AP) — Colorado State coach Emily Kohan said her team will take the floor against San Jose State in the Mountain West volleyball championship rather than become the latest team to forfeit to the Spartans. The top-seeded Rams advanced to the tournament final on Friday by beating San Diego State 20-25, 25-23, 25-21, 25-23. An automatic bid to the 64-team NCAA Tournament is on the line in Saturday’s final. Several schools have forfeited to San Jose State this season. In a lawsuit recently filed by players from various schools against the conference and San Jose State officials, plaintiffs cited unspecified reports asserting there was a transgender player on the San Jose State team. Bears fire coach Matt Eberflus after skid marked by poor decisions late in games CHICAGO (AP) — Matt Eberflus has been fired by the Chicago Bears, one day after botching a timeout in a loss to Detroit. Offensive coordinator Thomas Brown will serve as interim coach. Eberflus was 14-32 in two-plus seasons with the Bears, who fell to 4-8 with their sixth straight loss on Thursday. The Bears began the season eyeing a playoff spot following an offensive overhaul but are now last in the NFC North. Eberflus’ 14-31 record in 2 1/2 seasons ranks among the worst in the history of the founding NFL franchise. 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The AP Top 25 men’s college basketball poll is back every week throughout the season! Get the poll delivered straight to your inbox with AP Top 25 Poll Alerts. Sign up here . TEMPE, Ariz. (AP) — Miguel Tomley scored 28 points as Weber State beat Pepperdine 68-53 in the Desert Division championship game of the Arizona Tip-Off on Saturday night. Tomley shot 7 for 12 (6 for 7 from 3-point range) and 8 of 8 from the free-throw line for the Wildcats (4-4). Blaise Threatt added 21 points and seven rebounds. Boubacar Coulibaly led the Waves (2-6) with 17 points, 11 rebounds and two blocks. Stefan Todorovic added 13 points and Zion Bethea scored 12. Weber State took the lead with 9:18 remaining in the first half and did not relinquish it. The score was 33-23 at halftime, with Tomley racking up 11 points. T ___ The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar .Charlotte Flair Gives Mysterious WWE Return Update

Priyank Kharge challenges PM’s conspiracy claimsAt least 460 fighters from the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces were killed in an ambush by the Sudanese army and allied joint forces in the state of North Darfur in western Sudan, according to a military communique. or signup to continue reading In the statement issued on Sunday, Joint Forces military spokesman Ahmed Mustafa said the army and its allied militias ambushed three RSF convoys north of the town of Malit on Saturday afternoon. "The fighting resulted in the death of more than 460 members of the (RSF) militia, including prominent commanders... notably Taha Mudalal, the nephew of militia leader Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo (alias Hemedti)," Mustafa said in the statement. He also claimed that the army and joint forces destroyed more than a hundred RSF military vehicles and seized 60 others that were "in excellent condition." "We report that three convoys of the (RSF) militia have been completely wiped out, causing them heavy human and material losses, while security control in the liberated areas has been strengthened and secured," the statement added. Malit is about 60km north of Al Fasher, the capital of North Darfur and the only army stronghold in western Sudan. The FAR controls four of the five states that make up the Darfur region and has intensified its attacks on North Darfur, which is home to the army's main headquarters and several displacement camps that house tens of thousands of people. The war in Sudan began on April 15, 2023, and has resulted in tens of thousands of deaths and made the country the site of the world's worst displacement crisis, with more than 14 million people forced to flee their homes, including more than three million who have fled to neighbouring countries. 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Advertisement AdvertisementProspera Financial Services Inc grew its position in Sprott Physical Gold and Silver Trust ( NYSEAMERICAN:CEF – Free Report ) by 5.3% in the 3rd quarter, Holdings Channel.com reports. The institutional investor owned 19,950 shares of the company’s stock after purchasing an additional 1,000 shares during the quarter. Prospera Financial Services Inc’s holdings in Sprott Physical Gold and Silver Trust were worth $489,000 as of its most recent SEC filing. Other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also made changes to their positions in the company. CENTRAL TRUST Co boosted its stake in shares of Sprott Physical Gold and Silver Trust by 0.8% during the third quarter. CENTRAL TRUST Co now owns 7,829,112 shares of the company’s stock valued at $191,735,000 after purchasing an additional 63,310 shares in the last quarter. Bluefin Capital Management LLC boosted its position in Sprott Physical Gold and Silver Trust by 17.4% during the 1st quarter. Bluefin Capital Management LLC now owns 3,385,362 shares of the company’s stock valued at $68,858,000 after acquiring an additional 500,751 shares in the last quarter. Jupiter Asset Management Ltd. increased its holdings in shares of Sprott Physical Gold and Silver Trust by 12.7% in the 2nd quarter. Jupiter Asset Management Ltd. now owns 2,055,164 shares of the company’s stock valued at $45,316,000 after acquiring an additional 232,222 shares during the period. Jane Street Group LLC raised its position in shares of Sprott Physical Gold and Silver Trust by 24.4% in the 1st quarter. Jane Street Group LLC now owns 1,560,442 shares of the company’s stock worth $31,739,000 after acquiring an additional 306,168 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Raymond James & Associates lifted its stake in shares of Sprott Physical Gold and Silver Trust by 7.5% during the 2nd quarter. 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LE MOYNE (2-5) Koroma 4-6 1-4 9, Owens 4-8 6-8 14, Carmody 4-9 4-4 13, Jones 1-3 0-0 3, Tekin 2-6 3-4 7, Dancler 0-2 0-1 0, Fouts 3-6 4-6 11, Mosquera 2-7 0-0 4. Totals 20-47 18-27 61. TEXAS A&M-CC (3-3) Clark 7-10 3-3 17, Dease 3-6 0-0 7, Parker 2-4 0-0 5, Walker 2-4 2-2 6, I.Williams 3-7 1-4 7, S.Williams 1-5 3-6 5, Dennis 4-6 2-2 13, Jackson 3-3 1-3 7, Potter 1-2 0-0 3, Roberts 2-3 0-0 5, Torbor 2-3 1-2 5, Villegas 1-1 0-0 2. Totals 31-54 13-22 82. Halftime_Texas A&M-CC 42-20. 3-Point Goals_Le Moyne 3-13 (Carmody 1-2, Fouts 1-2, Jones 1-3, Dancler 0-1, Owens 0-2, Mosquera 0-3), Texas A&M-CC 7-15 (Dennis 3-5, Parker 1-1, Potter 1-2, Roberts 1-2, Dease 1-3, Walker 0-2). Rebounds_Le Moyne 23 (Fouts 7), Texas A&M-CC 35 (Clark 7). Assists_Le Moyne 9 (Owens, Carmody 3), Texas A&M-CC 15 (I.Williams 6). Total Fouls_Le Moyne 17, Texas A&M-CC 22. A_881 (2,000).Zayn Malik pays onstage tribute to 'brother' Liam Payne

MIAMI — Shaq Barrett’s retirement during the summer stunned the Dolphins and their fans. But after a few months on the sideline, the two two-time Pro Bowler wants back in. Javascript is required for you to be able to read premium content. Please enable it in your browser settings.