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Live updates | Israel intensifies strikes on Gaza, and a hospital is damaged by nearby bombardment

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 14:52:30 GMT

The Israeli military intensified airstrikes in Gaza including near its largest hospital, and another hospital was damaged by bombardment close by. Thousands of people desperate for food and basic items broke into aid warehouses in the besieged enclave. Internet and phone connectivity were restored for many people on Sunday after Israeli strikes had knocked out most communications in the territory late Friday. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced on Saturday a “second stage” in the 3-week-old war and said Israel is determined to bring back 229 hostages taken by the militant group during its deadly Oct. 7 incursion. Four of the hostages have been released.The Palestinian death toll passed 8,000, most of them women and children, according to the Health Ministry in Gaza. In the occupied West Bank, more than 110 Palestinians have been killed in violence and Israeli raids, and on Sunday, a Jewish settler fatally shot a Palestinian man harvesting olives near the city of Nablus.More ...

49ers’ Christian McCaffrey scores touchdown in 17th straight game

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 14:52:30 GMT

SANTA CLARA — Lenny Moore has some company in the record books.Christian McCaffrey scored a touchdown in his 17th straight game including playoffs Sunday against the Cincinnati Bengals at Levi’s Stadium.With 3:19 left in the first quarter, McCaffrey scored on a 2-yard run to camp a 75-yard drive in eight plays, taking 4:52 off the clock and tying the score 7-7.McCaffrey came in one touchdown behind Moore after scoring two touchdowns in last week’s 22-17 road loss to the Minnesota Vikings. In 21 games including the one in each of the 49ers’ three playoff games last season, McCaffrey came having scored 21 touchdowns. He arrived on Oct. 20 of last season.The streak began on Dec. 4 of last season, catching a 3-yard pass from Brock Purdy in a 33-17 win over MIami. That was the same game in which Jimmy Garoppolo broke his ankle, thrusting Purdy into the role of starter.Moore set the record, which includes playoff games, by scoring a touchdown in the last three game...

Santa Rosa PD announces Halloween parking and street closures

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 14:52:30 GMT

(KRON) – The Santa Rosa Police Department announced parking and street closures for downtown on Oct. 31.According to Santa Rosa PD, vehicle traffic will not be permitted from Pacific Avenue from Water Street to Laurel Street. These streets will be closed from noon Oct. 31 until Nov. 1 at 10 a.m. No parking will be permitted at City Lot 12.

Derek Carr rebounds from a tough week as the Saints beat the Colts 38-27

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 14:52:30 GMT

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Derek Carr threw for 310 yards and two touchdowns in a bounce-back performance, Taysom Hill and Alvin Kamara scored two TDs apiece, and the New Orleans Saints beat the Indianapolis Colts 38-27 on Sunday.The Saints (4-4) snapped a two-game skid with their fifth consecutive win in the series — a streak that began with their lone Super Bowl victory after the 2009 season — and moved into a share of the NFC South lead with Atlanta.Carr, who went 19 of 27, spent this week answering questions about scolding teammates on the sideline and shouting at offensive coordinator Pete Carmichael. Rashid Shaheed caught three passes for a career-best 153 yards and one TD, and for the second time this year, he helped seal the win with a long third-down catch in the final minutes.Indy (3-5) has lost three straight and four of its five home games. Jonathan Taylor rushed for 95 yards, and Zack Moss added 66 yards rushing and a touchdown. Gardner Minshew went 23 of 41 for 213 yards, wit...

Lions hope Jared Goff bounces back, Raiders welcome return of Jimmy Garoppolo on Monday night

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 14:52:30 GMT

DETROIT (AP) — Jared Goff has been much more than a stopgap quarterback for the Detroit Lions since they acquired him and three draft picks from the Los Angeles Rams in a blockbuster trade.After a shaky start in which Goff didn’t lead Detroit to a win until Week 13 in 2021, he has looked like a quarterback talented and savvy enough to have been the No. 1 overall pick in the NFL draft as he was out of California in 2016.Goff threw 17 touchdowns and only one interception as the Lions closed last season with eight wins in 10 games. When they lived up to the hype with a 5-1 start this year, Goff had a lot to do with it, throwing for 11 touchdowns with just three interceptions.Goff and the team, though, are coming off a humbling game. He had an interception, fumbled twice and was sacked five times in a 38-6 loss at Baltimore.Goff and the NFC North-leading Lions (5-2) are hoping to bounce back against the Las Vegas Raiders (3-4) on Monday night at Ford Field.“Had this one circled fo...

Rookie Will Levis throws 4 TDs in his NFL debut as Titans beat Falcons 28-23

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 14:52:30 GMT

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Rookie Will Levis threw for 238 yards and four touchdowns in his NFL debut, and the Tennessee Titans scored their most points since 2021 in beating the Atlanta Falcons 28-23 on Sunday. The Titans (3-4) capped an alumni weekend wearing Houston Oilers’ throwback uniforms down to an oil derrick logo at midfield with the old nickname in each end zone. Levis became the seventh rookie quarterback to start this season, the most rookies to start in the first eight weeks since the NFL merger, excluding the 1987 strike season. Six rookie quarterbacks started in that span in both 1971 and 2021. The Titans quarterback became the third rookie to start in the AFC South alone, joining Anthony Richardson and C.J. Stroud. Levis joined Marcus Mariota (2015) as the only quarterbacks to throw at least four TD passes in their NFL debuts — both for the Titans — since the merger in 1970. Two-time Pro Bowl defensive lineman Jeffery Simmons had two of Tennessee’s six sack...

Eddy Pineiro’s 23-yard FG as time expires helps Bryce Young, Panthers get 1st win over Texans 15-13

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 14:52:30 GMT

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Bryce Young outdueled C.J. Stroud in a battle of the NFL’s top two draft picks, and Eddy Pineiro made a 23-yard field goal as time expired to send the Carolina Panthers over the Houston Texans 15-13 on Sunday for their first win of the season.Young, the No. 1 overall pick, threw for 235 yards and a touchdown. He led a winning 15-play, 86-yard drive that took more than six minutes off the clock in helping the Panthers (1-6) snap a 56-game losing streak in games they trailed at any point in fourth quarter, the longest in NFL since at least 1991.Carolina’s last fourth-quarter comeback win was Oct. 21, 2018, against the Philadelphia Eagles.Stroud, the second overall pick, was 16 of 24 for 140 yards and ran for a touchdown for Houston (3-4).The ending was filled with drama with the Panthers lining up for three different field-goal attempts.On a 38-yarder, Tavierre Thomas ran into the backfield early in an attempt to block the kick and ran into holder Johnny Hekker....

MATCHDAY: Atalanta visits struggling Empoli in Serie A. Villarreal at Granada in Spanish league

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 14:52:30 GMT

A look at what’s happening in European soccer on Monday:ITALYAtalanta visits struggling Empoli in Serie A and is looking to move on from a Europa League match in which it allowed a late equalizer in a 2-2 draw at Sturm Graz. Fiorentina visits Lazio coming off a 6-0 rout of Serbian club Cukaricki in the Conference League and will be looking for continuity after highly touted striker Lucas Beltran scored his first two goals with the Viola. Lazio is coming off a disappointing 3-1 loss at Feyenoord in the Champions League.SPAINVillarreal tries to move further away from the relegation zone when it visits second-to-last Granada in the Spanish league. Villarreal is three points from danger and winless in its last five league games, with two losses and three draws. Its last league win was against last-place Almeria in September. Granada hasn’t won in seven consecutive games, with four losses and three draws.___AP soccer: https://apnews.com/hub/soccerSource

Cousins throws 2 TD passes before leaving with injury in Vikings’ 24-10 victory over Packers

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 14:52:30 GMT

GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — Kirk Cousins threw a pair of touchdown passes before leaving with an ankle injury in the fourth quarter and the Minnesota Vikings beat the slumping Green Bay Packers 24-10 on Sunday.Cousins walked gingerly to the sideline after getting sacked on consecutive plays during a series that ended with Green Bay’s Karl Brooks blocking Greg Joseph’s 44-yard field-goal attempt. Jaren Hall, a rookie fifth-round pick from BYU, took over for the rest of the game.This marked the first Packers-Vikings matchup since 2006 in which both teams entered the game with losing records, but Minnesota got back to .500 on Sunday with its third consecutive victory.Now the Vikings (4-4) must wonder whether they’re going to have to try continuing this surge without Cousins, who went 23 of 31 for 274 yards. Cousins has never missed a game because of injury in his 12-year career, though he did sit out a game at Green Bay during the 2021 season because of a positive COVID-19 test.Minnesota’s ...

‘Five Nights at Freddy’s’ notches $130M global debut 

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 14:52:30 GMT

It hardly mattered that “Five Nights at Freddy’s” was released simultaneously in theaters and on streaming this weekend.Fans flocked to movie theaters across the country to see the scary video game adaptation on the big screen, which made $78 million to top the North American box office, according to studio estimates Sunday.Universal Pictures bet on a day-and-date release on the weekend before Halloween, sending it to 3,675 theaters in the U.S. and Canada, while also making it available for Peacock subscribers, the subscription streaming service owned by NBCUniversal. The movie also opened in 64 markets internationally, where it’s expected to gross $52.6 million, giving the film a $130.6 million global launch – the biggest of any horror released this year.“It was an extraordinary debut,” said Jim Orr, the president of domestic distribution for Universal, who praised Blumhouse, the filmmakers and the studio’s marketing department for the targ...