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Emboldened by the view from the top of the NFC North, the Detroit Lions are out to eliminate nightmare holiday gatherings when the Chicago Bears come to town Thursday for a lunchtime division duel. The Lions (10-1) are streaking one direction, the Bears (4-7) the other in the first matchup of the season between teams on opposite ends of the division. Riding a nine-game winning streak, their longest since a 10-game streak during their first season in Detroit in 1934, the Lions are burdened by losses in their traditional Thanksgiving Day game the past seven seasons. Three of the defeats are courtesy of Chicago. The Bears and Lions get together for the 20th time on Thanksgiving -- the Bears have 11 wins -- this week in the first of two meetings between the teams in a 25-day span. Detroit goes to Soldier Field on Dec. 22. "I think there's two things," Campbell said of the Thanksgiving losing streak. "Number one -- Get a W. And it's a division win that's why this huge. Number two is because the players are going to get a couple of days off. So, they have family, friends in, it'd be nice to feel good about it when you're with everybody because it's just not real fun. It's not real fun to be around." Detroit (10-1) owns the best record in the NFC but the Lions aren't even assured of a division title. Minnesota sits one game behind them and Green Bay is two games back. The Bears (4-7) sit in last place and would likely need to run the table to have any chance of making the playoffs. The Lions have been dominant in all phases and haven't allowed a touchdown in the past 10 consecutive quarters. Detroit's offense ranks first in points per game (32.7) and second in total yardage (394.3) The Lions defense has not given up a touchdown in the last 10 quarters. Rookie placekicker Jake Bates has made all 16 of his field goal attempts, including four from 50-plus yards over the past three games. Chicago shows up in a foul mood. The Bears are saddled with a five-game losing streak and Chicago's defense has been destroyed for nearly 2,000 total yards in the last four games. The Bears failed to reach the 20-point mark four times in five outings since they last won a game. In their latest defeat, rookie quarterback Caleb Williams and the offense perked up but they lost to Minnesota in overtime, 30-27. "We have to play complementary football for us to be able to win these games," coach Matt Eberflus said. "The games we have won, we have done that. The games we have been close we've missed the mark a little bit. Over the course of the year, it's been one side or the other, this side or that side. In this league you have to be good on all sides to win. That's what we are searching for." Williams threw for 340 yards and two touchdowns without an interception. The wide receiver trio of DJ Moore, Keenan Allen and Romeo Odunze combined for 21 receptions and two touchdowns while tight end Cole Kmet caught seven passes. "What I've been impressed with is just how he has grown," Campbell said. "He has grown every game but these last two I really feel like he's taken off and what they're doing with him has been really good for him and he just looks very composed. He doesn't get frazzled, plays pretty fast, and he's an accurate passer, big arm, and he's got some guys that can get open for him." Detroit's banged-up secondary could be susceptible against the Bears' veteran receivers in their bid to pull off an upset on Thursday. The Lions put two defensive backs on injured reserve in the past week and top cornerback Carlton Davis isn't expected to play due to knee and thumb injuries. Detroit offensive tackle Taylor Decker (knee) and top returner Kalif Raymond (foot) are also expected to miss the game, though Campbell expressed optimism that running back David Montgomery (shoulder), formerly of the Bears, would play. Bears safety Elijah Hicks was listed as a DNP for Tuesday's walkthrough. --Field Level Media
NoneMost Pennsylvania counties were done or almost done with the U.S. Senate recount by the time incumbent Democrat Bob Casey conceded to incoming Republican Dave McCormick on Thursday evening. And when the Department of State told counties to stop work on the recount Friday morning, election officials across the state were finally seeing light at the end of the tunnel. Elections offices have been working non-stop since September and will finally put the 2024 election in the rear view mirror with Monday’s certification deadline. Lebanon County’s election director Sean Drasher says he and his staff put in 90 hours of overtime in multiple two-week pay periods. “We’ve never had anything like anything even close to this. There’s nothing even to compare it to, with that many hours going in.” Every presidential election pushes counties’ elections staff to exhaustion, but interest in the state’s version of early voting option added even more to the workload. In many counties across the state, voters lined up to request, fill out, and return on-the-spot by-mail ballots, an approach not seen in large numbers in previous elections. “Everyone knew it was coming, and even though we all knew it was coming, it still hit us like a truck.” Now, counties are submitting their final, certified election results to the state and wrapping up a few additional reports. Many counties, like Columbia and York, have already finalized, audited and reported their vote totals. Election officials also have to finalize voter history, precinct-level vote totals, and a few other reports before starting in December to prepare for next year’s judicial retention and municipal elections. Electoral votes will be cast on Dec. 17, new state and federal legislators will be sworn into office in early January, and President-elect Donald Trump will be inaugurated on Jan. 20. Recount canceled Twenty-one counties had finished and reported their recount numbers for U.S. Senate by Thursday night. Several others, like Columbia, Lebanon, Perry, Schuylkill and York had finished the work but not yet submitted their official numbers to the state. Others still, like Cumberland County, said they were all but done. Per state law, the state reimburses counties for costs incurred to conduct the recount. The Department of State told election directors it still expects to pay recount-related costs even with the cancellation, according to Perry County Election Director Sarah Geesaman. The formal paperwork for the reimbursements have not yet been shared, she said. The counties that already submitted their recount numbers will use those as the final, official vote totals, while other counties will use the numbers they had before the recount, according to multiple county election directors. The differences between the pre- and post-recount numbers are marginal. Perry County had no change in results. In Columbia County, Casey gained 90 votes in the recount to McCormick’s 70, a consequence of finding additional marks on ballots that machines didn’t read the first time through. Those include check marks or other ways of filling out a ballot that aren’t always detected by machines, according to election director Matthew Repasky. In the end, McCormick beat Casey by less than a quarter of one percent of the vote, a margin of 16,000 votes out of seven million votes cast. Read more from our partners, WITF .
NEW YORK (AP) — The huge rally for U.S. stocks lost momentum on Thursday as Wall Street counted down to a big jobs report that’s coming on Friday. The crypto market had more action, and bitcoin briefly burst to a record above $103,000 before pulling back. The S&P 500 slipped 0.2% from the all-time high it had set the day before, its 56th of the year so far, to shave a bit off what’s set to be one of its best years of the millennium . The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 248 points, or 0.6%, while the Nasdaq composite slipped 0.2% from its own record set the day before. Bitcoin powered above $100,000 for the first time the night before, after President-elect Donald Trump chose Paul Atkins, who's seen as a crypto advocate, as his nominee to head the Securities and Exchange Commission. The cryptocurrency has climbed dramatically from less than $70,000 on Election Day, but it fell back as Thursday progressed toward $99,000, according to CoinDesk. Sharp swings for bitcoin are nothing new, and they took stocks of companies enmeshed in the crypto world on a similar ride. After rising as much as 9% in early trading, MicroStrategy, a company that’s been raising cash just to buy bitcoin, swung to a loss of 4.8%. Crypto exchange Coinbase Global fell 3.1% after likewise erasing a big early gain. Elsewhere on Wall Street, stocks of airlines helped lead the way following the latest bumps up to financial forecasts from carriers. American Airlines Group soared 16.8% after saying it’s making more in revenue during the last three months of 2024 than it expected, and it will likely make a bigger profit than it had earlier forecast. The airline also chose Citi to be its exclusive partner for credit cards that give miles in its loyalty program. That should help its cash coming in from co-branded credit card and other partners grow by about 10% annually. Southwest Airlines climbed 2% after saying it’s seeing stronger demand from leisure travelers than it expected. It also raised its forecast for revenue for the holiday traveling season. On the losing end of Wall Street was Synposys, which tumbled 12.4%. The supplier for the semiconductor industry reported better profit for the latest quarter than analysts expected, but it also warned of “continued macro uncertainties” and gave a forecast for revenue in the current quarter that fell short of some analysts’ estimates. American Eagle Outfitters fell even more, 14.3%, after the retailer said it’s preparing for “potential choppiness” outside of peak selling periods. It was reminiscent of a warning from Foot Locker earlier in the week and raised more concerns about how resilient U.S. shoppers can remain. Solid spending by U.S. consumers has been one of the main reasons the U.S. economy has avoided a recession that earlier seemed inevitable after the Federal Reserve hiked interest rates to crush inflation. But shoppers are now contending with still-high prices and a slowing job market . This week’s highlight for Wall Street will be Friday’s jobs report from the U.S. government, which will show how many people employers hired and fired last month. A report on Thursday said the number of U.S. workers applying for unemployment benefits rose last week but remains at historically healthy levels. Expectations are high that the Fed will cut its main interest rate again when it meets in two weeks. The Fed began easing its main interest rate from a two-decade high in September, hoping to offer more support for the job market. In the bond market, the yield on the 10-year Treasury edged down to 4.17% from 4.18% late Wednesday. The S&P 500 fell 11.38 points to 6,075.11. The Dow sank 248.33 to 44,765.71, and the Nasdaq composite lost 34.86 to 19,700.26. In stock markets abroad, indexes were mostly calm in Europe after far-right and left-wing lawmakers in France joined together to vote on a no-confidence motion that will force Prime Minister Michel Barnier and his Cabinet to resign. The CAC 40 index in Paris added 0.4%. In South Korea, the Kospi fell 0.9% to compound its 1.4% decline from the day before. President Yoon Suk Yeol was facing possible impeachment after he suddenly declared martial law on Tuesday night. He revoked the martial law declaration six hours later. Crude oil prices slipped after eight members of the OPEC+ alliance of oil exporting countries decided to put off increasing oil production. AP Business Writers Yuri Kageyama and Matt Ott contributed.
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TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Two-time Pro Bowl linebacker Shaquil Barrett is rejoining the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. The Bucs signed the two-time Super Bowl champion on Saturday, while also announcing safety Jordan Whitehead was activated from injured reserve ahead of Sunday’s home game against the Carolina Panthers. Barrett spent five seasons with Tampa Bay from 2019 to 2023. He led the NFL with a franchise-record 19 1-2 sacks in his first year with the Bucs, then helped the team win its second Super Bowl title the following season. In all, Barrett started 70 games with Tampa Bay, amassing 45 sacks, 15 forced fumbles, two fumble recoveries and three interceptions. He was released last winter in a salary cap move, signed a one-year contract with the Miami Dolphins in free agency, then abruptly announced his retirement on social media before the start of training camp in July. Barrett, who also won a Super Bowl during a four-season stint with the Denver Broncos, decided to unretire last month. He signed with the Bucs after clearing waivers earlier in the week. Whitehead has missed the past four games with a pectoral injury. His return comes of the heels of the Bucs placing safety Christian Izien on IR with a pectoral injury. On Saturday, the Bucs also activated rookie wide receiver Kameron Johnson from IR and elevated punter Jack Browning to the active roster from the practice squad. NFL: https://apnews.com/hub/nfl
'Drone' sightings in the Northeast spark 'unfounded' panic, says expertPrime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday recalled the 26/11 terrorist attacks and reiterated that every terrorist organisation challenging India's security will be dealt with a befitting reply. NEW DELHI: Speaking at a function organised by Supreme Court to celebrate the 75th year of the adoption of the Constitution, PM Modi said, "In discharging the duties entrusted to me by the Constitution, I have always strived to remain within the boundaries set by the Constitution." The remark was possibly aimed at SCBA president and MP Kapil Sibal, who said that to protect the values of the Constitution and centrality of the people of India to governance, SC must keep reminding govt of the day about its duties to preserve the independence of the judiciary. The PM said, "Some wise man raised this issue, that's why I thought it fit to place my view. For this august gathering, a hint is enough and requires no elaboration." Modi began his speech by paying homage to victims of the 26/11 terror attack in Mumbai and said while the country celebrates Constitution Day and pays homage to the framers of the Constitution, which remains the guiding light for his govt, "we must not forget the heinous terror attack on this day in 2008. I pay homage to those innocents who lost their lives." "I am reiterating the resolve of the country that every terror outfit which challenges the safety and security of the country will get a befitting response (muh tod jawab)," he said, hinting that the response of the then UPA govt to 26/11 was delayed and inadequate. The PM outlined the work of his govt in the last 10 years, and said: "Our aim is to provide a dignified quality of life to every citizen and achieve social justice." "The humane values of Ram, Sita, Hanuman, Buddha, Mahavir and Nanak, whose pictures adorn the pages of the original Constitution, are at the core of our policies," he said. Modi said Constituent Assembly chairperson Rajendra Prasad had said the country needed people at the helm of governance who do not want anything for themselves but keep the nation as the priority. He said his govt functions on the mantra of 'nation first'. CJI Sanjiv Khanna said judges while discharging their duties walk a razor's edge and attempt a balancing act while deciding issues involving conflict between rights of people. He said faith of the people is foremost for the judiciary along with transparency, efficiency and accountability. Referring to the oft-repeated political barb, "tyranny of unelected", for constitutional court judges, the CJI said, "Imagine a world where judges campaign for votes, solicit views and decisions from the public and make promises about future judgments. This ensures that its decisions are unbiased, without affection or ill-will, free from external pressures and guided solely by the Constitution and the law. Therefore, it is said that administration of justice is the firmest pillar of governance." CJI Khanna said though pendency of cases has crossed the dreaded five-crore mark, the disposal rate of cases registered a remarkable 102% this year in trial courts and 97% in SC. The institution of an equally high number of cases shows the faith of people in the judiciary, and the rate of disposal reflects the efficiency of the justice delivery system, the CJI said. While Justice B R Gavai gave the welcome address, Justice Surya Kant gave the vote of thanks. Centrality of rule of law in justice dispensation was the overlapping themes of the brief addresses of both SC judges. Minister of state for law and justice Arjun Ram Meghwal said the Constitution is a dynamic document that allows govt to achieve its objectives through policies for social justice.