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Say that, with Christmas only a few weeks away, you’re in the mood to watch something festive. Netflix’s frothy best hardly lack in holiday spirit, but gravitas ? That’s another story. So...classic Christmas movies it is! But before you press play on It’s a Wonderful Life , consider the alternatives. You’re likely well-versed in Frank Capra’s wintertime drama, and filmdom is filled with Christmastime tales for kids from 1 to 92. Why not try something a little different? Much like Henry Travers’s guardian angel, we won’t lead you astray. Here, 27 of the best classic Christmas movies, from can’t-miss favorites to more out-of-the-box selections, to watch now. The Thin Man (1934) Should you like a film that’s only subliminally Christmas-y, look to this murder-mystery flick. Starring William Powell and Myrna Loy as Nick and Nora, The Thin Man follows the married couple on a holiday break that takes them from San Francisco to New York. A retired, booze-soaked detective, Nick can’t help being called back into action when a murder takes place. The killer is revealed in a whodunit-style dinner party—and the costumes worn by Nora throughout the film are just to die for. How to watch: Stream Apple TV , Prime Video , or YouTube . A Christmas Carol (1938) If you’re a little out of touch with the real meaning of Christmas, this adaptation of Charles Dickens’s 1843 novella about crotchety Ebenezer Scrooge’s slow journey to locate his Christmas spirit will be just the thing. God bless us, every one! How to watch: Stream on Max , Apple TV , Prime Video , or YouTube . Remember the Night (1940) In Remember the Night , Barbara Stanwyck is arrested for shoplifting, and let out on bail by the New York district attorney (played by Fred MacMurray) to prevent her spending Christmas in jail. He soon takes a liking to her, but his mother does not—so Stanwyck opts to serve out her sentence. How to watch: Stream on Plex . The Shop Around the Corner (1940) Jimmy Stewart stars opposite Margaret Sullavan in the charming love story that inspired Meg Ryan and Tom Hanks’s AOL-centered rom-com You’ve Got Mail : A man and a woman are at odds with each other, yet find themselves besotted by their respective mystery pen pals. Guess who’s on the other side of that envelope? How to watch: Stream on MGM+ , Apple TV , Prime Video , or YouTube . Holiday Inn (1942) Bing Crosby, Fred Astaire, and Marjorie Reynolds make holiday magic in this Irving Berlin movie-musical, for which the classic song “White Christmas” was written. The story is anchored by a sharp-edged love triangle, with Crosby, Astaire, and Reynolds playing members of a musical performance group. How to watch: Stream on Apple TV , Prime Video , or YouTube . Meet Me in St. Louis (1944) Not a Christmas movie exactly , but we have this film to thank for the tune “Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas.” And at the Christmas Ball, Judy Garland (in a pseudo turn-of-the-century gigot-sleeve red velvet gown) gives us all a lesson in chic holiday dressing. How to watch: Stream on Tubi , Apple TV , Prime Video , or YouTube . Christmas in Connecticut (1945) This Christmas-y film is white with lies! Barbara Stanwyck stars yet again, now assuming the role of a columnist who chronicles her fictitious life as a housewife at a bucolic Connecticut farm. She’s found out and puts on a charade so as not to disappoint a fan: a celebrated war hero played by Dennis Morgan. Somewhere along the way the two fall in love, of course. How to watch: Stream on Apple TV , Prime Video , or YouTube . The Bishop’s Wife (1947) Before we had Whitney Houston and Denzel Washington in The Preacher’s Wife in 1996, there was Loretta Young and Cary Grant’s The Bishop’s Wife . In it, Grant plays a Christmas angel sent to give a bishop’s strained marriage some celestial guidance. How to watch: Stream on Peacock , Tubi , Apple TV , or Prime Video . It Happened on Fifth Avenue (1947) In this film, a drifting war veteran (played by Don DeFore) finds himself squatting in a well-appointed Fifth Avenue townhouse owned by an out-of-town mogul, the world’s second-richest man. His presence goes unnoticed until a charming Gale Storm, playing the daughter of the owner, shows up unannounced. It’s not a B&E if you’re in love! How to watch: Stream on Tubi , Apple TV , Prime Video , or YouTube . Miracle on 34th Street (1947) You’ve likely seen the 1994 film of the same name (starring the delightful Mara Wilson as the little girl who believed), but don’t let that deter you from watching the original—in which that faithful child is played by none other than the great Natalie Wood. How to watch: Stream on Disney+ , Apple TV , Prime Video , or YouTube . Holiday Affair (1949) Look to this film for another Christmastime tale of a shoplifting damsel in distress—this time, a single mother and war widow played by Janet Leigh. The sales clerk, played by Robert Mitchum, can’t bring himself to turn her in and is ultimately held responsible. Then, because it’s Christmas, the two fall in love. How to watch: Stream on Apple TV or Prime Video . The Lemon Drop Kid (1951) While most early holiday classics warm the heart, they are rarely out to get laughs. Enter the screwball comedy The Lemon Drop Kid , starring Bob Hope and Marilyn Maxwell and based on the short story of the same name. Around Christmas time, New York gangsters come to collect a $10,000 IOU from Hope’s character (shocker, he doesn’t have it), and comical mayhem ensues. Somewhere along the way, the Christmas classic “Silver Bells” is performed for the very first time. How to watch: Stream on Prime Video . White Christmas (1954) Another can’t-miss Christmas musical with Bing Crosby. The movie also stars Danny Kaye, Vera Ellen, and Rosemary Clooney (aunt of George!) in a colorful, feather-filled musical extravaganza you could watch for the Edith Head costumes alone. How to watch: Stream on Apple TV , Prime Video , or YouTube . Babes in Toyland (1961) This fantastical film strings together Mother Goose’s coterie (Little Bo Peep; Mary, Quite Contrary; Tom, the Piper’s Son) in a theatrical musical based on Victor Herbert’s operetta of the same name. Before Tom and Mary can live happily ever after, seemingly everything goes awry. How to watch: Stream on Disney+ , Apple TV , or Prime Video . Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (1964) It’s not for nothing that this stop-motion classic is the longest-running Christmas special on television. Partly inspired by the “Ugly Duckling” story, it sees Rudolph bullied by everyone at the North Pole—even Santa!—for his bright-red honker. But when Rudolph gets picked to guide the sleigh— oof , that gets us every time. How to watch: Stream on Apple TV or Prime Video . The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (1964) It’s not a holiday movie, per se , but Jacques Demy and Michel Legrand’s color-saturated 1964 musical—starring Catherine Deneuve and the late Nino Castelnuovo as young lovers separated by the Algerian War—does conclude on Christmas Eve, in spectacularly sad (if also prettily snow-dusted) fashion. How to watch: Stream on Max , Apple TV , or YouTube . A Charlie Brown Christmas (1965) A Charlie Brown Christmas may have been made nearly 60 years ago, but it’s still hard to top as one of the best animated Christmas movies of all time. If the adventures of Charlie, Lucy, Snoopy, and the gang aren’t enough of a selling point for you, the music—composed by jazz legend Vince Guaraldi—is holly-jolly enough to get you in the holiday mood. How to watch: Stream on Apple TV+ . How the Grinch Stole Christmas! (1966) Sure, there’s a more modern reboot of this story, but there’s nothing like the original. Based on the eponymous Dr. Seuss book, this cartoon can be tricky to locate. But it’s worth the trouble—after all, who among us doesn’t cry when the Grinch’s heart grows three sizes? How to watch: Stream on Peacock or Prime Video . The Lion in Winter (1968) Imagine your typical family reunion at Christmastime, only dad is Henry II, King of England, and mom is his estranged wife, Eleanor of Acquitane, freed from prison for the holidays. Set in the late 12th century, Anthony Harvey’s The Lion in Winter is a tour-de-force of familial tensions, political drama, and—buried in there somewhere—a great deal of love; just the ticket for this time of year. Peter O’Toole, Katharine Hepburn, and a young Anthony Hopkins star. How to watch: Stream on Apple TV , Prime Video , or YouTube . Fanny and Alexander (1982) Ingmar Bergman’s 1982 film—first conceived as a five-part television miniseries, released later—was inspired, in part, by his childhood with his sister, Margareta, and father, Erik Bergman, a strict Lutheran minister. But before the marital strife unfolds and the ghosts appear, the film lingers on a Nativity play and sprawling Christmas feast in 1907, comprising some of the most colorful and joyful moments in Bergman’s oeuvre. How to watch: Stream on Max or Apple TV . A Christmas Story (1983) Do you remember that one coveted Christmas gift from your childhood? In my zillennial world, it was all about the Nintendo DS, but for nine-year-old Ralphie Parker (played by Peter Billingsley), it was the “official Red Ryder carbine action, 200-shot, range model air rifle with a compass in the stock and this thing that tells time.” A uniquely unhinged Gen X relic that’s absolutely worth a revisit. How to watch: Stream on Max , Apple TV or Prime Video . Falling in Love (1984) Unfairly maligned at the time of its release, Falling in Love actually has it all: Meryl Streep, Dianne Wiest, an appealing romantic turn from Robert DeNiro, and some light Brief Encounter cosplay—not to mention two meet-cute-y scenes at Rizzoli’s old Fifth Avenue store during the Christmas-shopping rush. How to watch: Stream on Apple TV , Prime Video , or YouTube . The Dead (1987) For his final film, released a few months after his death, director John Huston movingly adapted the 1914 short story “The Dead” from James Joyce’s Dubliners. Set at an Epiphany party in early 1904—so, not on Christmas, exactly, but the atmosphere is similar—the drama unfolds over a snowy night in Dublin, where guests recite Old Irish poetry, sing songs, and moodily reflect on times gone by. ’Tis the season, after all! How to watch: Stream on Tubi , Apple TV , Prime Video , or YouTube . National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation (1989) All Clark Griswold wants is a picture-perfect Christmas with his family! This comedy, starring Chevy Chase alongside Beverly D’Angelo, Juliette Lewis, and Johnny Galecki, is a what-else-could-go-wrong journey of holiday chaos. How to watch: Stream on Max , Apple TV , Prime Video , or YouTube . Home Alone 2: Lost in New York (1992) We’re by no means disputing Home Alone ’s cult status, but this sequel is no slouch. On the way to Florida with his family, Kevin ( Macaulay Culkin ) takes an unplanned detour, mistakenly boarding the wrong plane and finding himself in New York City, armed with his dad’s credit card. That sounds sort of fun, right? Well, things soon take a turn when Kevin crosses paths with his forever foes, the Wet Bandits. How to watch: Stream on Disney+ , Apple TV , or Prime Video . The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993) No roundup of holiday films is complete without a Tim Burton movie, and voila— The Nightmare Before Christmas (directed by Henry Selick) is the festive treat for Halloween lovers. Danny Elfman's score and the hauntingly stylish animation make this a must-watch. How to watch: Stream on Disney+ , Apple TV , Prime Video , or YouTube . The Santa Clause (1994) In a holiday twist (or tragedy, depending on how you see it), divorced dad Scott Calvin (played by Tim Allen) unintentionally finds himself filling in for Santa Claus, after the real Kris Kringle takes a tumble from his roof on Christmas Eve. Teaming up with his son Charlie (played by Eric Lloyd), Scott finishes Santa’s deliveries—but even more festive chaos ensues. How to watch: Stream on Apple TV , Prime Video , or YouTube .
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The fury over the state of U.S. health care isn't going away. It's been a week since UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson was shot and killed in Manhattan. That shocking, targeted killing has also sparked a reckoning over the business he ran, in a country that has the most expensive health care in the world. Thompson led the largest U.S. health insurer, part of a massive, for-profit conglomerate that touches almost every part of how Americans access health care. His company has been widely criticized for making health care more expensive and more difficult to access. And those frustrations have boiled over in the response to his death, ranging from widespread jokes to outright celebrations. UnitedHealth has not directly responded to the widespread consumer criticisms since last week; a spokesperson for UnitedHealth declined to comment to NPR for this story. This week, after police arrested Luigi Mangione for the fatal shooting, some even rushed to support him. An online fundraiser for Mangione's legal defense had raised more than $65,000 by Thursday evening. Meanwhile, social-media videos showed "wanted" posters for other CEOs posted in downtown Manhattan. "We're facing an apocalyptic moment in the human story, where hundreds of thousands of Americans are going bankrupt because of medical bills – and the executive suites of these private health insurance [companies] are laughing all the way to the bank," says Sam Beard, an organizer of the Mangione legal-defense fundraiser. This rhetoric echoes the last time that consumers broadly mobilized to protest against powerful corporations and their wealthy executives, in the Occupy Wall Street movement in late 2011 that swept the country after the financial crisis. Those Occupy protests ultimately did not yield immediate consequences for the companies or CEOs they criticized; no Wall Street chief executives ever went to jail for the business decisions that led to the subprime mortgage crisis or the resulting waves of foreclosures. But those protests did articulate an overwhelming populist anger with the United States' stark income inequality . Now the response to Thompson's killing "has become a kind of marker of our age of inequality, where people feel fairly powerless," says Helaine Olen, managing editor at the American Economic Liberties Project, an anti-monopoly nonprofit. That populism and economic fatigue remains a powerful force in U.S. politics today, as inflation-weary voters recently demonstrated by reelecting former President Donald Trump. As Olen adds, "You've seen this really from the time of the financial crisis onward: There's just this sense of 'how can I get a fair deal'?" Consumers' sense of powerlessness is often amplified when dealing with health insurance companies, which govern the care that patients receive. But navigating those huge and opaque companies can be maddening at best , and consumers rarely have much of a say; for about 154 million Americans, employers select and provide health insurance coverage. UnitedHealth is the most dominant of these. It's the fourth-largest U.S. company by revenues overall, with divisions that employ doctors , provide pharmacy benefits , and process patients' medical claims. It — along with its largest competitors — is the subject of antitrust scrutiny , consumer lawsuits over widespread denials of claims, and bipartisan criticism. This week, Democratic Sen. Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts and Republican Sen. Josh Hawley of Missouri introduced legislation that would break up large healthcare conglomerates, including UnitedHealth. "The insurance companies are out of control. They need to be broken up," Hawley said on X . "No more buying up doctors' practices. No more owning pharmacies. Start putting patients first." Everyone interviewed for this story emphasized the need for change, and many health care providers are hoping that some good can come out of this tragic event. "This is not a heroic vigilante, and it's important that he be brought to justice," says Dr. A. Mark Fendrick of the University of Michigan. "That said, maybe there's a tiny lesson we could learn to move forward." Fendrick studies ways to improve health insurance and advocates for a more wholistic approach of what is known as "value-based" insurance. He published an article in a medical journal last week urging the healthcare industry to rethink how it does business and the kinds of services it charges higher prices for. "Now, in the wake of a tragedy that has captured the national conscience, might be the time to reframe the dialogue from how much we spend to how well we spend our medical care dollars," Fendrick wrote. Dr. Diana Girnita, a rheumatologist in Irvine, Calif., is already trying a different approach. After years of fighting with insurance companies, Girnita started a direct-care practice that bypasses insurance and offers her services to patients for often-lower fees. She published an article on LinkedIn last week in response to Thompson's death. Its headline asked : "How many more lives must be lost before we change healthcare?" Top executives at large healthcare companies have generally insisted that they are working to improve the quality of care available to all Americans. In an email to employees on Wednesday, UnitedHealth Group CEO Andrew Witty remembered Thompson as "one of the good guys," and shared anonymous testimonials and notes of support from UnitedHealth customers. 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New York Gov. Kathy Hochul Proposes $300 'Inflation Refund' PaymentsDenton’s food truck scene has grown in recent years, which means there are plenty of spots around town where locals can check out and taste a variety of unique dishes. Many of these food trucks offer international cuisines and flavors. The Denton Record-Chronicle has rounded up a guide for locals to find food trucks around Denton. Did we miss one of your favorite roadside dining spots? Let us know at drc@dentonrc.com . Hours are listed for some food trucks, but many don’t keep regular schedules or might be serving food at special events. Be sure to check out these businesses on social media to confirm when and where they’re serving. A variety of food trucks can be found at downtown Denton’s long-running Austin Street Truck Stop, 208 N. Austin St., which is open between 11 a.m. and 2 a.m. behind East Side Denton. Each food truck operates on individual schedules . Mexorean offers a blend of Mexican and Korean cuisines. Expect Korean barbecued meats in tacos, burritos and quesadillas. Hours: Tuesday through Thursday, 6 to 9 p.m.; Friday and Saturday, 6 p.m. to midnight; and Sundays, noon to 4 p.m. The Pickled Carrot offers Vietnamese cuisine and is known for its banh mi sandwiches. Hours: Monday and Tuesday, 5:30 to 10 p.m.; Wednesday and Thursday, noon to 10 p.m.; Friday and Saturday, noon to 1 a.m., and Sunday, noon to 9 p.m. Munchie’s Food Truck offers classic snacks with a new twist, such as a fried PB&J. Hours: Monday through Friday, 5 p.m. to midnight; Saturday, 2 p.m. to midnight, and Sunday, 2 to 9 p.m. The Saucy Hibachi is known for serving rice bowls, shrimp dippers and more. Hours: Monday through Friday, 10 a.m. to 2 a.m., and Saturday and Sunday, 11:30 a.m. to 2 a.m. El Cucuy Burritos, which now has a storefront at 424 Bryan St., still slings burritos at the food truck stop. Hours: Tuesday through Thursday, 6 to 11 p.m.; Friday, 6 p.m. to 1 a.m.; Saturday, noon to 1 a.m., and Sunday, noon to 10 p.m. While Feta’s Lone Star Greek is a few blocks away at 308 E. Oak St., it’s still counted as part of the Denton downtown food truck scene. It offers Greek-style foods, including gyros, feta fries, spinaki and more. Locals in Denton may have noticed food trucks filling the parking lot at Smiley’s Express, 601 Fort Worth Drive. A store employee said the trucks operate every day starting at 6 p.m. Most notably, four Indian food trucks are located at the parking lot. Eat N Joy claims to be the first Indian-based juice truck in the North Texas area. They offer Indian juices, milkshakes, ice creams and street sweets. Tandoor Truck , Masala Courtyard Denton and Desi Cravings each offer a variety of authentic South Asian plates. The Blind Fox , 200 E. McKinney St., is well known for offering Asian fusion street eats outside Denton County Brewing Co. Hours: Thursday and Friday, 6 to 11 p.m.; Saturday, 5 to 11 p.m., and Sunday, 5 to 9 p.m. Insurgent , which was recently crowned grand champion and won $10,000 in the Food Truck Championship of Texas, can be found parked on Industrial Street near the Kava Bar and Steve’s Wine Bar, as well as at True Leaf Studio during events. Momo Mobile , 1025 Dallas Drive, offers momos, which are Nepalese dumplings, a traditional dish from the Himalayan country that are popular in India, Tibet and Bhutan. Hours: Daily, 3 to 11 p.m. Chubz Spudz , 717 Sunset St., specializes in loaded spuds, brisket tacos and traditional-style barbecue. Hours: Daily, 2 to 11 p.m. Don Pancho’s Taco Place , 1804 Fort Worth Drive, offers traditional tacos, quesadillas, nachos and more. Hours: Monday through Thursday, 8 a.m. to 9 p.m., and Friday and Saturday, 8 a.m. to 10 p.m. El Sazón Tex-Mex Mobile , next to the Shell gas station at 2803 Fort Worth Drive, offers a variety of Tex-Mex-inspired menu options. Hours: Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Closed Sundays. Food truck Golconda Xpress Denton , 1501 Eagle Drive, also offers Indian flavors. Groovy Chicken and Waffles specializes in chicken and waffles, of course, as well as mac and cheese, fried cabbage and more. Render Texas Delicatessen , 413 E. Sycamore St., describes themselves as "Texas smoked meats meet upstate deli." Render takes their deli-barbecue sandwiches seriously, stacking up reubens, cubans, BLTs and even vegetarian options. The El Zocalo food truck park, 204 E. McKinney St., in between Second Hand Sports and Ambro’s Tacos Y Más, houses four different food trucks. Mr. Lomito offers Latin fast food. LM on the Grill offers barbecue, burgers and wings. Chanti Gadu Local offers Indian food. Mexa Cocina has tapas and tacos. Dallaspuram Dhaba , 209 N. Carroll Blvd., is serving up Indian and Indo-Chinese classics such as noodle plates, rice plates, schwarma, biryani and even dosa and idly for breakfast. The truck also offers catering and delivery within five miles of the truck's location. Hot Box Barbecue specializes in Texas-style smoked barbecue and dishes like burgers, bacon-wrapped jalapenos, brisket and funnel cake for dessert. The truck does not have any set hours or location and caters often, so keep up with Hot Box's socials for updates on where to find the truck at any given time. NJ's Taqueria , 3572 FM Rd. 2181, Hickory Creek has been in business for over 15 years, specializing in authentic street tacos, burritos, quesadillas, tortas and other Mexican cuisine. Hours: Monday through Saturday, 8 a.m. to 9 p.m., Sunday 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Thindam Mama , 125 Bonnie Brae St., is serving up authentic Indian cuisine including tiffins (an in-between meal snack), curries, biryanis, pulavs, Indo-Chinese plates and special weekend-only goat dishes. Hours: Monday-Sunday, 5 p.m. to 2 a.m. Food Junction , 701 S. Elm St., proudly cooks up Indian classics in a cozy outdoor atmosphere. The truck mainly serves up dishes featuring dosa and idly, but also makes sandwiches, pesarattu and maggi (noodle dishes). Hours: Monday-Sunday, 5 p.m. to 1 p.m. Venkat Kitchen , 231 Hickory St. also sells Indian flavors, with a few of the most popular dishes being fried rice, mutton pulav, biryani, punugulu and corn manchuria. Hours: 4 p.m. to 1:40 a.m. Chanti Gadu Local , 204 E. McKinney St., offers Indian food with a twist. Alongside classic dishes of biryani and idli are "lollipops," breaded filling (veg, chicken, paneer, etc.) on a popsicle stick. Hours: 6 p.m. to 2 a.m. Don Maiz TX , 1025 Dallas Drive, has Mexican street food as it was meant to be served; on the street! The truck serves up street corn (esquites), nachos, antojitos (more corn dishes with extra toppings) and a la carte toppings to add. Bachelor's Box , 1720 W. University Drve, features a large tiffin menu as well as the classic Indian dishes you know and love like biryani and curries. 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KANSAS CITY, Mo. — As his team’s frantic last play from scrimmage was unfolding against the Kansas City Chiefs on Friday, Raiders coach Antonio Pierce was under the impression officials had called the play dead. “We heard a whistle on our sideline,” Pierce said Saturday, less than 24 hours after the Raiders’ gut-wrenching 19-17 loss. Had Pierce’s initial understanding of the situation held up, the fumbled shotgun snap between Raiders center Jackson Powers-Johnson and quarterback Aidan O’Connell would have been moot. The Raiders would have gotten another chance to run a third-down play against the Chiefs. Or, just brought on kicker Daniel Carlson to attempt a game-winning field goal from 54 yards out. But after the officials huddled, they cited the Raiders (2-10) for an illegal shift rather than an illegal procedure. The Chiefs (11-1) immediately declined the penalty, which meant the fumble Nick Bolton recovered stood — as did one of the most improbable Raiders losses in years. Pierce, who said he would not have done anything differently tactically on the final play, said the Raiders will send a complaint to the NFL, as they typically do after most games when concerns are raised. The NFL, according to Pierce, typically responds within 24 to 36 hours. “We’ll read it and learn from it,” Pierce said. Big pass rush The Raiders registered a season-high four sacks against Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes on Friday, the most they have had since Week 18 last year against the Denver Broncos. It was the 30th straight game the Raiders have recorded at least one sack. The key? Getting help alongside Maxx Crosby, who had one sack, two tackles for loss and four of the Raiders’ 12 quarterback hits. K’Lavon Chaisson added three tackles, 1 1/2 sacks, one tackle for loss and three quarterback hits. Zach Carter added two tackles and a sack, and Adam Butler had six tackles and a half-sack. Pierce was impressed. “We just talked about being relentless. No different than every year we play Kansas City with Patrick,” Pierce said. “It takes everybody. It can’t be the Maxx Crosby show.” Injuries to Malcolm Koonce and Christian Wilkins have reduced what was expected to be a dominant Raiders pass rush. But on Friday, the Raiders finally put together a solid group effort. “Just the overall rush coordination, rush plan. The strain, the finish,” Pierce said. “I thought they all had some great opportunities, some great rushes where we were winning.” O’Connell’s huge day Playing in his first game after missing over a month with a fractured right thumb, Raiders quarterback Aidan O’Connell threw for 340 yards and two touchdowns. The last time a Raiders quarterback threw for more than 340 yards without an interception was Derek Carr in 2021. O’Connell’s 116.4 passer rating on 35 pass attempts was the best rating for a Raiders quarterback with that many throws since Carr in 2021. O’Connell’s four games with a passer rating of 100 or better over his first 15 starts is the most in franchise history. O’Connell said he would have traded it all for a win. “It’s been a hard season,” O’Connell said. “I feel really bad for the guys who work so hard. I’ve been out for five weeks, and it’s been hard to watch because I know how hard the guys work throughout the week. It’s tough to stomach right now. But again, I couldn’t be more proud of our coaching staff and our players. It was a great game except for the last play.” ©2024 Las Vegas Review-Journal. Visit reviewjournal.com. . Distributed by Tribune Content Agency, LLC.
Former five-star defensive end Williams Nwaneri transfers from Missouri to NebraskaAmazon just dropped tons of early Black Friday deals over 50% off: here's what to get before they sell outJimmy Carter’s critics turned his name into a synonym for weakness over the Iranian hostage crisis. But by any measure, he also scored major achievements on the world stage through his mix of moralism and painstaking personal diplomacy. The 39th president of the United States, who died at age 100 on Sunday, transformed the Middle East by brokering the Camp David Accords, which established an enduring and once inconceivable peace between Israel and its most serious adversary at the time, Egypt. Carter again brought a sense of righteousness and nearly obsessive attention to detail to negotiate the return of the Panama Canal to Panama, defying furor by US conservatives. In two decisions with lengthy reverberations, Carter followed up on Richard Nixon’s opening by recognizing communist China, and he began arming jihadists in Afghanistan who fought back against the Soviet Union, which would collapse a decade later. But Carter was crushed by Ronald Reagan in the 1980 election in no small part due to foreign affairs after religious hard-liners toppled Iran’s shah and seized US embassy staff, whose 444 days in captivity were broadcast nightly on US television. Carter ordered an aborted rescue mission in which eight US troops died in a helicopter crash. Asked at a 2015 news conference about his biggest regret, Carter replied: “I wish I’d sent one more helicopter to get the hostages — and we would have rescued them and I would have been reelected.” – Nagging ‘weak’ attack – The Iran debacle led to attacks that Carter was “weak,” an image he would struggle to shake off as Republicans cast him as the archetypal contrast to their muscular brand of foreign policy. The former peanut farmer’s public persona did little to help, from a widely panned speech pleading for shared sacrifice to an incident that went the pre-internet version of viral in which Carter shooed away a confrontational rabbit from his fishing boat. Robert Strong, a professor at Washington and Lee University who wrote a book on Carter’s foreign policy, said the late president had been inept in public relations by allowing the “weak” label to stick. “The people who worked with Carter said exactly the opposite — he was stubborn, fiercely independent and anything but weak,” Strong said. “That doesn’t mean he was always right, but he wasn’t someone who held his finger in the wind allowing whatever the current opinion was to win.” Strong said that Carter defied his political advisors and even his wife Rosalynn by pushing quickly on the Panama Canal, convinced of the injustice of the 1903 treaty that gave the meddlesome United States the zone in perpetuity. “Every president says, ‘I don’t care about public opinion, I’ll really do what’s right,'” Strong said. “Most of the time when they say that, it’s not true. To a surprising extent with Carter, it was true.” – Carter and Iran – Carter, a devout Christian, vowed to elevate human rights after the cold realpolitik of Nixon and Henry Kissinger. Years after the fact, he could name political prisoners freed following his intervention in their cases, and took pride in coaxing the Soviet Union to let thousands of Jewish citizens emigrate. But the rights focus came to a head on Iran when Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi — a Western ally whose autocratic rule by decree brought economic and social modernization — faced growing discontent. Reflecting debate throughout the administration, Zbigniew Brzezinski, Carter’s more hawkish national security advisor, believed the shah should crush the protests — a time-tested model in the Middle East. Secretary of state Cyrus Vance, who would later quit in opposition to the ill-fated helicopter raid, wanted reforms by the shah. Stuart Eizenstat, a top adviser to Carter, acknowledged mistakes on Iran, which the president had called an “island of stability” on a New Year’s Eve visit a little more than a year before the revolution that ultimately saw the shah flee the country. But Eizenstat said Carter could not have known how much the shah had lost support or that he was to die from cancer within months. “It was the single worst intelligence failure in American history,” Eizenstat said in 2018 as he presented a book assessing Carter as a success. – Peacemaker legacy – Uniquely among modern US presidents, much of Carter’s legacy came after he left the White House. He won the Nobel Peace Prize more than two decades after his defeat at the polls. The Carter Center, which he established in his home state of Georgia, has championed democracy and global health, observing elections in dozens of countries and virtually eradicating guinea worm, a painful infectious parasite. Carter also took risks that few others of his stature would. He paid a landmark visit to North Korea in 1994, helping avert conflict, and infuriated Israel by asking if its treatment of the Palestinians constituted “apartheid.” But the accusations of weakness never went away. Conservative academic William Russell Mead, in a 2010 essay in Foreign Policy magazine, called on then-president Barack Obama to avoid “Carter Syndrome,” which he described as “weakness and indecision” and “incoherence and reversals.” Carter personally responded in a letter that listed accomplishments on the Camp David accords, China, the Soviet Union and human rights, while describing the fall of Iran’s shah as “obviously unpredictable.” “Although it is true that we did not become involved in military combat during my presidency, I do not consider this a sign of weakness or reason for apology,” he wrote. 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