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LANDOVER, Md. (AP) — Austin Seibert choked back tears taking responsibility for missing the extra point that would have tied the score in the final minute. Jeremy Reaves choked back tears blaming himself for a missed assignment that led to a kickoff return touchdown. And John Bates choked back tears talking about moving forward from his costly fumble. All of those late mistakes contributed to the Washington Commanders' third consecutive loss , 34-26 to the Dallas Cowboys on Sunday in a game that was wholly unremarkable until fourth quarter chaos. The teams combined to score 31 points in the final four minutes, the most in an NFL game in more than a decade, and the Commanders (7-5) came out on the wrong end of it in a defeat that further endangers their playoff chances. “Any time you lose a game or you lose a game in that type of fashion, it’s very difficult and it’s tough, but it never comes down to one play,” rookie quarterback Jayden Daniels said. “There’s plays throughout the game where little things add up to big things.” There were a lot of little things. After Bates fumbled, the Cowboys (4-7) took an 11-point lead and the Commanders made a 2-point conversion to cut the deficit to three, Dallas' KaVonte Turpin returned the ensuing kickoff 99 yards for a touchdown. “I didn’t make the play when it was there to make, and it cost us,” said Reaves, one of the league’s top special teams players and the All-Pro pick for that two seasons ago. “No excuse, man. I’ve made that play 100 times, and I didn’t make it today and it cost us the game. It’s unacceptable. It’s solely on me. It’s going to sting for a while. It’s going to hurt.” After Seibert made a 51-yard field goal, Daniels connected with Terry McLaurin on an 86-yard TD that made it 27-26 with 21 seconds left. Coach Dan Quinn said no thought was given to going for 2 in that situation. Seibert, who missed the past two games with a right hip injury, was wide left on the point-after attempt. “I just wasn’t striking it well,” said Seibert, who added he felt fine and did not blame a low snap for his miss. "It didn’t make a difference at all. It was on me.” Juanyeh Thomas returned the onside kick immediately after 43 yards for a touchdown to put Dallas up eight with 14 seconds left. The 31 combined points are the second most in a game since at least 2000, behind only Minnesota and Baltimore's 36 in their game Dec. 8, 2013. Cowboys-Commanders was the first game in the Super Bowl era to have two missed extra points, two kickoff return touchdowns and a blocked punt. “We got down to the end there and it was a game-situational extravaganza,” Dallas coach Mike McCarthy said. “It was like Yahtzee. Everything was in there." While Washington's skid continued, the Cowboys ended their losing streak at five thanks to strong play from QB Cooper Rush, a defense that forced two turnovers and, of course, special teams success. Rush was 24 of 32 for 247 yards and TD passes to Jalen Tolbert and Luke Schoonmaker. “Lot of games left,” Rush said. “We’re sitting at 4-7. This is why you play them.” The Commanders have some soul-searching to do after losing as a 10 1/2-point favorite in the meeting of NFC East rivals and doing so in a way that left players so emotional. “The crazy games, I know they feel a little bit better whenever you win them,” punter and holder Tress Way said. “But that’s a tough pill to swallow.” Cowboys: LG Tyler Smith was inactive with ankle and knee injuries. ... RG Zack Martin (ankle), CB Trevon Diggs (groin/knee) and TE Jake Ferguson (concussion) were ruled out prior to game day and did not travel for the game. Commanders: RB Austin Ekeler was concussed on a kickoff return in the final seconds and taken to a hospital for further evaluation. ... RB Brian Robinson Jr. left with an ankle injury in the first half, returned and then left again. ... RT Andrew Wylie was concussed in the third quarter and did not return. ... C Tyler Biadasz was evaluated for a concussion in the fourth. ... CB Marshon Lattimore (hamstring) missed a third consecutive game since being acquired at the trade deadline from New Orleans. Cowboys: Host the New York Giants on Thursday in the traditional Thanksgiving Day game in Dallas. Commanders: Host the Tennessee Titans next Sunday in Washington’s final game before its late bye week. AP NFL: https://apnews.com/hub/nflIn recent years, reports of individuals scamming banks and financial institutions for tens or even hundreds of thousands of dollars in auto loans have been on the rise. One particularly egregious case that has come to light involves a scheme where individuals are borrowing excessive amounts of money, often as much as several times the value of the vehicle they claim to be purchasing. These cases shed light on the dark and intricate web of auto loan fraud, known as the black market chain, which operates under the radar and preys on the vulnerabilities of both lenders and borrowers.
Donald Trump calls them “patriots” and “hostages.” He says they could be pardoned within “nine minutes” after he sits in the Oval Office on January 20. January 6, 2021, was “a day of love,” according to the president-elect. More than 1,500 people who have been criminally charged in connection with a mob’s assault on the Capitol — fuelled by his bogus narrative that the 2020 presidential election was rigged and stolen from him — are now awaiting potential pardons for alleged crimes live-streamed to millions of viewers. Defendants, many of whom have been banned from Washington, D.C., are increasingly asking judges for permission to attend Trump’s inauguration, while judges have quietly been raising alarms about looming pardons for some of the worst offenders. Trump could issue mass amnesty to hundreds of defendants as soon as his first day in office, maintaining that even violent offenders could be granted clemency on a “case-by-case” basis. The scale of legal absolution for January 6 defendants is still unclear, though his promised clemency and his re-election itself mark a symbolic victory for the movement that threatened to derail an American election. In 2023, Trump appeared noncommittal about whether he would pardon some of the defendants charged with more serious crimes “I don’t know. I’ll have to look at their case,” he said. “But I will say in Washington, D.C., you cannot get a fair trial, you cannot. Just like in New York City, you can’t get a fair trial either.” Asked by NBC correspondent Kristen Welker after his election victory about the nearly 200 people who have pleaded guilty to assaulting law enforcement, Trump said “they had no choice.” “Look, I know the system,” Trump said. “The system’s a very corrupt system.” The leader of the far-right anti-government militia group was sentenced to 18 years in prison after a jury found him guilty of seditious conspiracy. Stewart Rhodes and Oath Keepers members spent weeks discussing plans for their response to the 2020 election on encrypted messaging apps, then organized a weapons and supply cache at a nearby hotel before joining the mob. Rhodes did not enter the building that day, but the founder of the group “not only contributed to the attack on the Capitol but helped to organize it,” federal prosecutors wrote in court filings. Enrique Tarrio, the former leader of the neo-fascist group, and three of his lieutenants who stormed the halls of Congress were convicted of seditious conspiracy for their roles in the attack. A jury did not reach a verdict for a fifth member of the group who was on trial. Tarrio wasn’t even in Washington, D.C. on January 6, but the former leader and his allies “saw themselves as Donald Trump’s army, fighting to keep their preferred leader in power no matter what the law or the courts had to say about it,” according to federal prosecutors. He was sentenced to 22 years in prison. Joe Biggs was sentenced to 17 years, Zach Rehl to 15 years, and Dominic Pezzola — who smashed through a Capitol window with a police shield and lit up a cigar in celebration — received 10 years. After sobbing and pleading for leniency at his sentencing hearing, Pezzola raised his fist and shouted “Trump won” as he was escorted out of the courtroom. At his campaign rallies , Trump played a recording from a group of January 6 defendants in a Washington, D.C., jail singing “The Star-Spangled Banner” through a prison phone. Trump produced the song, and sales have been used to pay for their legal aid. Members of the so-called J6 Choir have not been identified, but federal prosecutors have said in court filings that they “were so violent that their pretrial release would pose a danger to the public.” Department of Corrections rosters list 20 defendants jailed in connection with January 6, including 17 who are accused of assaulting law enforcement officers. One of those men, Shane Jenkins, is accused of hurling “nine different objects” at police officers, “including a solid wooden desk drawer ... a flagpole, a metal walking stick, and a broken wooden pole with a spear-like point,” according to federal prosecutors. He was sentenced to 84 months in prison. Jonathan G. Mellis, who was sentenced to 51 months in prison, used a “large wooden stick like a sword and stabbed at the faces and heads of officers at least five times, violently striking some officers in the face, head, neck, and body area,” according to prosecutors. A California man who attacked police officers with his hands, feet, a flagpole, crutches, pepper spray and pieces of furniture was sentenced to 20 years in prison. David Dempsey, a former construction worker and restaurant employee, “was one of the most violent rioters, during one of the most violent stretches of time, at the scene of the most violent confrontations at the Capitol,” prosecutors wrote in court filings. He was accused of treating the crowd as “human scaffolding” as he climbed over rioters to face off against police, “swinging pole-like weapons more than 20 times, spraying chemical agents at least three times, hurling objects at officers at least 10 times, stomping on the heads of police officers as he perched above them five times, attempting to steal a riot shield and baton, and incessantly hurling threats and insults at police while rallying other rioters to join his onslaught,” prosecutors wrote. The Pennsylvania rioter was sentenced to 14 years in prison after he was found guilty on 10 charges for throwing a chair at officers and spraying them with pepper spray. Metropolitan Police Department officer Michael Fanone’s body camera captured him screaming in pain while Daniel Rodriguez hit him with a stun gun. He later shot a fire extinguisher at officers and shoved a wooden pole into a police line. In an interview with federal agents , he described himself as a “f****ing piece of s***” and regreted falling for the “joke” theory that the attack could stop Joe Biden from becoming president. After a judge sentenced him to 12 years in prison, he screamed “Trump won” as he was led out of the courtroom. The retired New York City police officer tackled an officer and grabbed his gas mask while wearing a bulletproof vest and carrying a Marine Corps flag on a metal pole. He was sentenced to 10 years in prison. Julian Khater pleaded guilty to two felony counts of assaulting officers for spraying Capitol Police Officer Brian Sicknick and another officer with a chemical irritant. He was sentenced to 80 months in prison with credit for 22 months of time served. Khater’s co-defendant, George Tanios, was also sentenced to time served. Sicknick died of a stroke one day after the attack. Richard “Bigo” Barnett — whose defense attorneys compared to “everyone’s crazy redneck uncle from out of town” — left a “nasty” note for then-House Speaker Nancy Pelosi before putting his feet up on her desk. “Hey Nancy, Bigo was here you biotch,” he wrote, according to court filings. He phoned into his trial, calling the proceedings a “bunch of crap” and accused prosecutors of “dragging this out.” The retired firefighter was convicted on eight counts, including felony charges of civil disorder and obstruction of an official proceeding, and sentenced to roughly four years in prison. A mother-and-son duo who carried zip ties as they searched for lawmakers after breaching the Capitol were convicted on obstruction and conspiracy charges. Eric Munchel – who was also armed with a Taser – was additionally found guilty of disorderly or disruptive conduct in a restricted building or grounds with a deadly or dangerous weapon and unauthorized possession of a deadly or dangerous weapon on Capitol grounds. He was sentenced to five years in prison. His mother Lisa Marie Eisenhart was sentenced to 30 months in prison. As they made their way into the Senate gallery, with Munchel shouting “I want that f****** gavel,” the pair wondered aloud where the “traitors” and “cowards” who evacuated the chamber had gone. Prosecutors said the pair were looking for “potential hostages.” In one rioter’s footage of the attack, a voice over a megaphone can be heard yelling about “Trumpy bear” before helping rioters smash through a glass window and crawl through it. “You are not going to take away our Trumpy bear!” Gina Bisignan yelled. “They are not going to take our Trumpy bear! They will not take away our Trumpy bear! We love you, President Trump!” The California beautician — who was pictured with makeup streaming down her cheeks behind aviator sunglasses after being hit with a chemical irritant — withdrew her guilty pleas for a number of charges and will face a new trial in 2025. A rioter clad in a stars-and-stripes jacket was sentenced to five years in prison in December 2021 after pleading guilty to assaulting police officers with a fire extinguisher, a plank and a pole. He was the first rioter to be sentenced on a charge of assaulting, resisting, or impeding officers using a dangerous or deadly weapon, and received the longest sentenced at the time. “I was caught up in the moment,” he said from prison. Trump could have stopped him, he said. “He could have tampered it down a bit,” he told Voice of America . “If he didn’t say, ‘We’re going to go up there, and we are not going to let this election happen,’ I wouldn’t have gone.”
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Whether or not Minnesota Wild fans believe in Santa Claus is irrelevant as families all across the State of Hockey gather near their Christmas trees, real or artificial. Whether or not they believe, truly, in the second round of the NHL playoffs is the real factor determining their level of holiday spirit. Save for a recent blip of four straight losses, this has been a hockey season filled with unexpected fun from a team for whom preseason expectations were low. The Wild entered the three-day holiday break in solid contention for the top of not only the Central Division but also the Western Conference with a 21-10-4 record after a 4-3 victory over the Blackhawks on Monday. ADVERTISEMENT As the NHL enjoys a holiday break that comes just a few games shy of the 2024-25 season’s midway mark, we offer a quintet of wishes that would help bring a Merry Christmas and, even more importantly, a Happy New Year to the State of Hockey. The Wild have not seen top-line center Joel Eriksson Ek or veteran defenseman Jake Middleton play a game in weeks. They lost top-line winger Mats Zuccarello for a month. They lost mainstay goalie Filip Gustavsson for a week. They have had live through games without Marat Khusnutdinov, Yakob Trenin, Jakub Lauko, Jonas Brodin, Ryan Hartman and Jared Spurgeon. Even superstar forward Kirill Kaprizov missed a game after a nasty knee-on-knee check during a November win in Edmonton. The injury bug pays a visit to every team at some point, and we hear lots of brave talk about the “next man up” and other cool clichés. But a healthy roster in 2025 could mean the difference between sneaking into the playoffs and contending for a new banner for the Xcel Energy Center rafters. On Dec. 6, the Wild won convincingly in Anaheim by a 5-1 count. Roughly 19 hours after that game concluded, they had to face the powerful Kings in downtown Los Angeles and lost 4-1. Last weekend, a home loss to Utah was followed, less than 24 hours later, by a visit to Central-leading Winnipeg, which won handily. On Jan. 11, they will play in San Jose, then have roughly 19 hours to get to Las Vegas for a night with the Knights. Like injuries, everyone deals with schedule quirks, especially in a season like this when things are condensed due to the two-week break for the 4 Nations Cup in February. But the spate of back-to-backs in different rinks has certainly done Minnesota no favors in the realm of getting healthy and staying healthy. Of the Wild’s 21 wins, two have been notably impressive. In October, they went on the road to Florida and blasted past the defending Stanley Cup champion Panthers 5-1. A month later, in Edmonton, they rallied from an early deficit and beat the Oilers — who were within one win of the Cup last season — by a 5-3 count. Beyond those two games, the Wild have generally beaten the teams they should beat (San Jose, Anaheim, Chicago, Nashville, Columbus, etc.) and have had trouble with the NHL’s elite. ADVERTISEMENT Heading into Friday’s visit to Dallas, the Wild are a collective 1-6-1 versus the others among the top five in the West — Winnipeg, Vegas, Edmonton and Los Angeles. And it’s worth noting that after those signature wins in Florida and Edmonton, both of those foes won handily during visits to Minnesota in December. More wins, and more signature wins, are going to be needed if this team is to contend for anything notable. In the smiling Russian kid that wears number 97, the Wild have their first true contender for NHL most valuable player honors in the quarter-century history of the franchise. His seemingly nightly habit of getting pucks past the opposing goalie — honed by hours and hours of “we need to drag him off the ice” work post-practice — is like nothing Minnesota fans have seen, maybe ever. On July 1, Kaprizov will be a free agent, and Wild owner Craig Liepold vowed in a preseason meeting with reporters that no other team will offer Kaprizov more money or more years on his next contract. That might mean an eight-year pact worth $15 million a season. Having given fans a taste of the good life with a superstar wearing green and Iron Range red, keeping Kaprizov in Minnesota is their most important New Years’ resolution. The entertainment complex that Marcus Foligno dubbed the “Kirill and Zuccy” show is a sight to behold, with numbers 97 and 36 showing off some amazing chemistry as they torment opposing goalies and defenses. But the Wild need more than an amazing top line if they are to play games in May. The holiday break perhaps comes at the best time for a few players mired in some mid-winter doldrums, such as Marcus Johansson (six straight games without a point), Matt Boldy (one assist in the past five games) and Ryan Hartman, who has not appeared on the offensive score sheet in more than a month, going an unexpected 16 consecutive games without a goal or assist. “I’ve had opportunities to score. I think I’ve made plays where some guys have had opportunities, the puck just hasn’t gone in,” Hartman said as he headed into the Christmas break. “Obviously, if they do, it’s going to make you feel much better.” ADVERTISEMENT And as the Wild’s unexpectedly great season moves into 2025, that is something all Wild fans can agree on. ______________________________________________________ This story was written by one of our partner news agencies. Forum Communications Company uses content from agencies such as Reuters, Kaiser Health News, Tribune News Service and others to provide a wider range of news to our readers. Learn more about the news services FCC uses here .Lindsey Vonn takes another step in comeback at age 40, competes in a pair of downhills