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Mac Jones details what he saw on Patriots costly last-minute safety

Published Sat, 28 Dec 2024 15:40:31 GMT

The Patriots’ Week 6 comeback attempt was officially foiled when quarterback Mac Jones was sacked in the end zone late in the fourth quarter for safety.Facing third-and-15 at the Patriots’ own 4-yard line with 1:54 on the clock, Jones’ three wide receivers ran downfield routes, tight end Mike Gesicki slipped as he attempted to chip Raiders defensive end Maxx Crosby off the edge, and running back Rhamondre Stevenson was open in the middle of the field after running a swing route. Jones stood in the pocket and was sacked by Crosby and defensive lineman Bilal Nichols in 3.3 seconds. The Raiders fair caught the Patriots’ safety punt and then kneeled on the ball for the 21-17 victory.Related ArticlesNew England Patriots | Important Patriots QB question remains a mystery New England Patriots | Is Kendrick Bourne playing his final games with the Patriots? New England Patriots | How Patriots’ Jabrill Peppers avoided fl...

Baseball, softball to return to Summer Olympics in 2028

Published Sat, 28 Dec 2024 15:40:31 GMT

Baseball and softball will return to the Los Angeles Summer Olympics in 2028.The International Olympic Committee announced the approved additions, as well as cricket, flag football, lacrosse, and squash, in the early hours of October 16. Flag football and squash are newcomers to the international event, but it’s been over a century since cricket (1900 Paris Olympics) and lacrosse (1904 St. Louis, 1908 London) made the cut.Baseball has occupied an inconsistent place in Olympic history. It technically made its debut at the 1904 event in St. Louis, but wasn’t played as a demonstration sport until the 1912 Stockholm Olympics. In that first contest, the United States bested Sweden – a team filled out by several Americans – 13-3 in a six-inning contest that inexplicably included the Swedes having a six-out sixth inning. Brief exhibition and modified games were featured at the Paris Summer Olympics in 1924, Berlin in ‘36, Helsinki in ‘52, ‘56 Melbourne, and ‘64 Tokyo before a tournament fo...

Ticker: Gas prices drop in Bay State; CCC names acting executive director

Published Sat, 28 Dec 2024 15:40:31 GMT

Gas prices have dropped a nickel in the last week, hitting $3.64 in Massachusetts despite the war in Israel and the decision by OPEC countries earlier this year to ratchet down production. The price at the pump is a full 13 cents lower than just a month ago.“Domestic gasoline prices have continued their daily decline despite uncertainty and volatility gripping oil markets last week after the outbreak of war in Israel …” said AAA Northeast Senior Spokesperson Mark Schieldrop. “Meanwhile, domestic oil production reached an all-time high last week and demand remains tepid, which suggest further price drops at the pump in the weeks ahead.”Gas in Massachusetts is running about 4 cents higher than the national average, which came in at $3.60 per gallon in the most recent survey.CCC names acting directorCannabis regulators decided Monday to appoint their head of human resources as acting executive director of the Cannabis Control Commission while its administrative head is out on leave and...

Belgian authorities raise terror alert after 2 Swedes are fatally shot in Brussels

Published Sat, 28 Dec 2024 15:40:31 GMT

BRUSSELS (AP) — Belgian authorities raised the terror alert to its highest level in the capital late Monday after the fatal shooting of two Swedes in Brussels that Prime Minister Alexander De Croo linked to terrorism. The gunman remained at large.The killings happened some 3 miles (5 kilometers) from a stadium where over 35,000 fans were watching a Belgium-Sweden soccer match, Belgium’s anti-terror center said. The match was abandoned half way through.“The population needs to be actively vigilant and avoid any unnecessary travel,” anti-terror center spokeswoman Laura Demullier said, adding that the top priority for authorities was to get the thousands of fans safely out of the King Baudouin Stadium.The center also said that the terror alert for the rest of the country was raised to its second-highest level. Raising the terror level in the capital to the top 4 rating means that a “threat is extremely serious.” It previously stood at 2, which means the threat was average.“I have...

Feds, Atlantic premiers meeting in Ottawa as Atlantic Loop project teeters

Published Sat, 28 Dec 2024 15:40:31 GMT

OTTAWA — Energy Minister Jonathan Wilkinson is meeting in Ottawa today with the premiers of Nova Scotia and New Brunswick, seeking an agreement to help the two provinces get off coal power by the end of the decade.Wilkinson invited Nova Scotia Premier Tim Houston and New Brunswick Premier Blaine Higgs to Ottawa in August after publishing a draft of federal clean electricity regulations.The regulations require all electricity produced in Canada be free of greenhouse gas emissions by 2035.Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and Saskatchewan are the only provinces that still rely heavily on burning coal for electricity.The meeting comes less than a week after Nova Scotia pulled back on the idea of building new electricity connections with New Brunswick and Quebec, citing ballooning costs and a lack of commitment from Quebec to share more power.The Atlantic Loop was intended to build new electricity links to share hydro power from Quebec and Newfoundland and Labrador.This report by The Canadian ...

Former Navajo Nation president announces his candidacy for Arizona’s 2nd Congressional District

Published Sat, 28 Dec 2024 15:40:31 GMT

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — Former Navajo Nation President Jonathan Nez announced Monday that he’s running for Congress.Nez, a 48-year-old Democrat, will vie for the seat occupied by incumbent Eli Crane, a Republican who has represented Arizona’s redrawn 2nd Congressional District since last year.The district covers a large portion of northern and eastern Arizona and includes 14 of the 22 federally recognized tribes within the state.“I grew up in a rural, low-income home, in a long-overlooked community where my family lived paycheck-to-paycheck, worried about how we’d make ends meet. I understand the struggles that many Arizona families are facing right now,” Nez said in a statement Monday.Nez was born in Tuba City and grew up in Shonto, both located on the vast Navajo reservation.He was the Navajo Nation’s president from 2019-23 after serving four years as the tribe’s vice president.Nez lost in his presidential reelection bid last year and now hopes to become the first Native American ...

Unifor set to begin Stellantis negotiations after successful GM vote

Published Sat, 28 Dec 2024 15:40:31 GMT

TORONTO — Unifor is set to begin negotiations with Stellantis after union members at General Motors voted 80.5 per cent in favour of a tentative deal over the weekend.While the union has yet to announce a specific start date, Dave Cassidy, president of Local 444 that covers the Stellantis plant in Windsor, Ont., said Monday that he’s hoping to begin meetings with the Unifor national committee and the company as soon as Tuesday.Unifor will be looking to repeat the terms it set at Ford Motor Co. and that it got GM to agree to as well, but Cassidy said he’ll be looking for more from Stellantis.“In our membership meeting, members weren’t happy with the pattern agreement that was in place,” he said.“Our members decide whether it’s a good deal or not, so we have some work to do for sure.”Cassidy declined to name specific areas that he’ll be looking to make inroads, and also noted the important gains made in the contracts already agreed...

TSX gains more than 150 points as markets start week on positive note

Published Sat, 28 Dec 2024 15:40:31 GMT

TORONTO — Strength in base metal, financial and technology stocks helped lead a broad-based rally Monday, with Canada’s main stock index rising more than 150 points while U.S. stock markets also climbed higher.Markets began the week on an optimistic note, said Danick Dutrisac, vice-president and portfolio manager at Fiduciary Trust Canada. “It’s been pretty much a risk-on day … there’s really not a lot of negative in the markets on both sides of the border,” he said. The S&P/TSX composite index was up 157.94 points at 19,620.80.In New York, the Dow Jones industrial average was up 314.25 points at 33,984.54. The S&P 500 index was up 45.85 points at 4,373.63,while the Nasdaq composite was up 160.75 points at 13,567.98.The start to earnings season, which kicked off with major U.S. banks on Friday, has gone “relatively well,” said Dutrisac, likely contributing to the optimism.Even rate-sensitive sectors were up Monday, he said, but added that doesn’t denote a longer-...

NDP claims evidence is mounting that process for Ontario Place redevelopment was ‘rigged’

Published Sat, 28 Dec 2024 15:40:31 GMT

Another rally has been held to oppose the province’s plans for Ontario Place at Queen’s Park on Monday, just hours after the NDP said it has “mounting evidence that suggests the Ford’s government’s process for this redevelopment was rigged.”“A rigged process that ultimately saw this public parkland handed over to a very particular private luxury spa company,” NDP leader Marit Stiles said.The NDP says a Freedom of Information Act request from Infrastructure Ontario shows that the government had plans to build a parking garage for the Therme Spa at Ontario Place two years before the public knew of the structure. The document is dated January 28, 2021, six months before it announced on July 30, 2021, that Therme and Live Nation were among the successful bidders for this project.“It suggests that Mr. Ford gifted a publicly funded half-billion-dollar parking garage to Therme and hid it from the public for two years,” S...

Northwestern St-SE Louisiana game moved up for Caldwell’s funeral

Published Sat, 28 Dec 2024 15:40:31 GMT

NATCHITOCHES, La. (AP) — Northwestern State’s home game against Southeastern has been moved to this Thursday night so that the contest won’t conflict with a wake and funeral services for recently slain Demons defensive back Ronnie Caldwell.Officials from both schools agreed to change the game time from Saturday after learning services for Caldwell were scheduled on Friday and Saturday in Austin, Texas. The new game time allows Northwestern State coaches and players to attend.Caldwell was found dead with multiple gunshot wounds by Natchitoches police officers who responded shortly after 1 a.m. last Thursday to a report of a shooting at an apartment complex near campus. The coroner’s office pronounced Caldwell dead at the scene.Police Cpl. John Greely has said no arrests have been made in connection with the case.The university had canceled last Saturday’s football game at Nicholls State.Caldwell played safety for the Demons after transferring from Tyler Junior College following...