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Chargers scratch cornerback J.C. Jackson for matchup with Jefferson, Vikings

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 06:08:00 GMT

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Los Angeles Chargers cornerback J.C. Jackson was a surprise scratch on Sunday for the game at Minnesota after not being listed on the injury report this week.Jackson played in about two-thirds of the snaps in the first two games. Jackson, who signed a five-year, $82.5 million contract as a free agent with the Chargers before last season, has had a rough time with his new team after making the Pro Bowl in 2021 in his last of four years with New England. Jackson had nine interceptions in 2020 and eight in 2021, when he also led the NFL with 23 passes defensed.Last season, Jackson was sidelined after five games because of a ruptured patellar tendon in his right knee. He worked his way back to the starting lineup for the opener at Miami, when he had an interception and two pass breakups but allowed catches on three of the eight times the ball went his way for 98 yards and also committed a 30-yard pass interference penalty. The Chargers also held out former Vikings lin...

Europe keeps Solheim Cup after first-ever tie against US. Home-crowd favorite Ciganda thrives again

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 06:08:00 GMT

CASARES, Spain (AP) — With a big finish by home-crowd favorite Carlota Ciganda, Europe retained the Solheim Cup after securing a first-ever tie with the United States on Sunday.The U.S. needed a win to get the trophy back after two consecutive losses against the Europeans in the top team event in women’s golf. Europe has never won three in a row against the Americans.The teams split the decisive singles match to finish tied 14-14 with Europe doing just enough to keep the trophy. Ciganda, the only Spaniard in the European team, came up with two superb approach shots on the closing holes and made the short putts for consecutive birdies that secured the clinching 14th point for Europe.She beat Nelly Korda 2 and 1 for her fourth straight victory after sitting out the opening session on Friday morning. She was the only player to win four matches this week.Ciganda’s teammates raised her on their shoulders, and the celebration continued with champagne being splashed around by the Eur...

Packers will be missing four starters on offense, one on defense as they face Saints

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 06:08:00 GMT

GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — The Green Bay Packers will be missing four usual starters on offense as well as one of their top defensive players when they open their home schedule Sunday against the New Orleans Saints.Running back Aaron Jones is missing a second straight game and wide receiver Christian Watson is sitting out a third consecutive game because of hamstring injuries. Left tackle David Bakhtiari is missing a second straight game with lingering issues in a left knee that has required three separate surgeries over the past three years. Left guard Elgton Jenkins is out with a sprained medial collateral ligament.On defense, cornerback Jaire Alexander won’t play because of a back issue.The Packers (1-1) already had ruled Jenkins out on Friday’s injury report. Jones, Watson, Bakhtiari and Alexander all had ben listed as questionable.This game marks Packers quarterback Jordan Love’s first career regular-season home start as he faces a Saints defense that has allowed 20 points or fewer...

De Zerbi’s double substitution leads Brighton to 3-1 win over Bournemouth with Mitoma brace

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 06:08:00 GMT

BRIGHTON, England (AP) — Roberto De Zerbi’s inspired double substitution helped Brighton come from behind to beat Bournemouth 3-1 in the Premier League on Sunday.The Seagulls trailed to Dominic Solanke’s opportunist strike but went in level at the interval thanks to Milos Kerkez’s own-goal.Brighton coach De Zerbi, who had made nine changes to his starting lineup from Thursday’s Europe League defeat by AEK Athens, sent on Ansu Fati and Kaoru Mitoma at halftime.And the pair had an instant impact, combining for an exquisite goal just 15 seconds into the second half, with Mitoma applying the finishing touch.Japan winger Mitoma then wrapped up the victory with a late header to leave the Cherries still winless from their first six league matches.High-flying Brighton is third — three points behind leader Manchester City — with five wins in six games.___AP soccer: https://apnews.com/hub/SoccerSource

Gunmen storm village in northern Kosovo in attack blamed on Serbia

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 06:08:00 GMT

Gunmen in armored vehicles stormed a village in an ethnic Serbian-majority region of northern Kosovo on Sunday, battling police and barricading themselves in a monastery in a resurgence of violence in the region.Kosovo police said one officer was killed and three of about 30 attackers died in shootouts around the village of Banjska, Reuters reported.Monks and pilgrims were locked in the Serbian Orthodox monastery’s temple as the siege raged for hours, according to the report.Kosovo’s Prime Minister Albin Kurti said the assailants opened fire on a police patrol at 3 a.m. Sunday in Banjska, some 55 kilometers north of the capital of Pristina.“The attackers are professionals wearing masks and heavily armed,” Kurti said in a statement on Facebook. Kurti and Kosovo’s President Vjosa Osmani described the shooting as a terrorist attack and blamed neighboring Serbia for seeking to destabilize their country.“Organized crime, which is politically, financially and...

A long-awaited asteroid sample has landed in the US

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 06:08:00 GMT

(CNN) — An asteroid sample collected by NASA has touched down on Earth, giving scientists the opportunity to learn more about the origins of the solar system and capturing a piece of a massive space rock that has a chance of colliding with our planet in the future. It’s the first time the agency has accomplished such a feat.Seven years after launching to space, the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft flew by Earth Sunday to deliver the pristine sample from the near-Earth asteroid Bennu.NASA is providing a livestream of the delivery and recovery efforts.OSIRIS-REx, which stands for Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, Security, Regolith Explorer, lifted off in 2016 and began orbiting Bennu in 2018. The spacecraft collected the sample in 2020 and set off on its lengthy return trip to Earth in May 2021. The mission traveled 3.86 billion miles total to Bennu and back.The spacecraft dropped the sample capsule — containing an estimated 8.8 ounces of asteroid rocks a...

CBP uncovers $5M worth of narcotics concealed in tractor trailers

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 06:08:00 GMT

SAN DIEGO -- Over $5 million worth of liquid methamphetamine and cocaine was seized at the Otay Mesa port of entry in two separate incidents earlier this month.U.S. Customs and Border Protection says officers found the drugs concealed in two tractor trailers.First incidentAround 8:53 p.m. on Sept. 12, CBP officers encountered a 25-year-old Mexican citizen driving a tractor trailer while seeking entry into the U.S. from Mexico. During initial inspection, CBP says officer referred the driver and tractor trailer for further examination.A thorough inspection of the tractor’s gas tank led officers, with the assistance of Laboratory and Scientific Services technicians, to detect liquid methamphetamine, CBP explained. With a total weight of 663.15 pounds, officers extracted 25 5-gallon buckets of the liquid drug. Buckets of liquid methamphetamine are seen. (Credit: CBP)Second incidentAround 6:33 p.m. on Sept. 15, CBP officers encountered a 33-year-old man Mexican citizen driving a tractor ...

Kosovar police surround a village after gunmen storm a monastery in violence that has killed 4

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 06:08:00 GMT

PRISTINA, Kosovo (AP) — At least 30 gunmen killed a Kosovar Albanian police officer then stormed an Orthodox monastery in Kosovo near its border with Serbia, setting off ongoing gunbattles that have left three assailants dead and raised tensions between the two former wartime foes as they seek to normalize ties. Police have surrounded Banjska, a village located 55 kilometers (35 miles) north of the Kosovo’s capital where the monastery is located, and the gunfire is continuing, according to Prime Minister Albin Kurti, who said the attack had support from neighboring Serbia.The Kosovo Diocese of the Serbian Orthodox Church said a temple of the monastery in Banjska was locked down after gunmen stormed it. A group of pilgrims from Serbia was inside the temple in Kosovo along with an abbot, the Rev. Danilo. Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic was expected to speak later Sunday to “expose Kurti’s lies,” according to pro-government media. It was unclear if the gunmen were Serbs.Serbia...

Giorgio Armani closes Milan Fashion Week with good vibes and familiar guests in the front row

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 06:08:00 GMT

Giorgio Armani closed Milan Fashion Week on Sunday with good vibes and a front row that included frequent guests such as Cate Blanchette and Juliette Binoche. Armani’s Spring-Summer 2024 collection mirrored a sky’s shifting colors and light at dusk, an idea conveyed with changing colors on the back wall of the showroom in his historic, central Milan headquarters.The 89-year-old designer employed translucent, diaphanous fabrics alongside silks and satin to create lightness and movement. The palette captured the mood, moving from bronze on silvery gray to jewel blue, green and purples that bled together, and back to dusky shades of gray and silver that faded to white.“No beige,″ Armani joked after the show. The collection conveyed elegance but also practicality: clothes that put the wearer at ease in any context and without prodding toward overt, revealing sexiness. Satiny trousers anchored many of the looks — jackets, transparent blouson layers, shimmering tops and off-sh...

Suspect arrested after shooting at the Oklahoma State Fair injures 1, police say

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 06:08:00 GMT

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — One person was injured when shots were fired during an argument between two groups of people at the Oklahoma State Fair on Saturday, sending a crowd of people running for safety, police said.One person was arrested on a charge of assault with a deadly weapon after the evening shooting, Oklahoma City police Lt. Jeff Cooper said Sunday. Police initially took two people into custody but Cooper said one of them was later released.Police have not yet released the suspect’s name.The injured person was taken to the hospital and remained in critical condition Sunday, police said.The shooting happened at an event center on the fairgrounds. Capt. Valerie Littlejohn said that after the initial shooting, someone fired some rounds into the air as people started running.Guns are prohibited on the fairgrounds, and there are security and detectors at entrances, police said.The Associated Press