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On Sunday, the Lions defeated the Bears 34-17 at Soldier Field. Here’s what happened in the game: first half The Lions took a 3-0 lead on Jake Bates’ 30-yard field goal on their first possession. Detroit recovered a fumble in the Bears’ 36 resulting from a missed handoff on a jet sweep by quarterback Caleb Williams and receiver Roma Odunze. The Lions converted the takeaway into a 1-yard touchdown run by Jahmil Gibbs, increasing their lead to 10-0 with 5:34 left in the first quarter. After a 19-yard reception and a force-and-recovery of Odunze’s fumble at the Lions’ 40, Detroit…

Altoona Area School District Business Manager Camilla Howie is retiring after 26 years in the district’s office. Provided photo After 26 years in the Altoona Area School District sales office, Camilla Hoyey is ready to enjoy the next chapter of her life as she passes the torch as the district’s business manager to Sue Franks. Hui, who will retire Dec. 31, will volunteer with the Altoona Kiwanis Club, an adult education program in the Altoona area, and work as a Sunday school teacher at a church. She also plans to take some pottery classes and take her grandchildren to see…

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Copenhagen: Greenland is not for sale, Greenland’s elected leader said on Monday, responding to U.S. President-elect Donald Trump’s comments about “ownership and control” of the vast Arctic island that has been part of Denmark for more than 600 years. said.”Greenland is ours. We are not and will not be for sale. We must not lose our long struggle for freedom,” the island’s Prime Minister Mute Egede said in written comments.President Trump on Sunday announced the appointment of former special envoy to Sweden Ken Howley as ambassador to Copenhagen, commenting on the status of Greenland, a semi-autonomous region of Denmark and…

With first deliveries just around the corner, Jeep’s new luxury electric SUV is already proving that even beautiful things can get dirty. Wagoneer S is Jeep’s first global all-electric model, marking a new chapter for the rugged SUV maker. Jeep’s new electric SUV is built to get dirty “As we launch our first marketing campaign for the new Jeep Wagoneer S, we are reminding consumers that luxury and functionality don’t have to go hand in hand,” said Raj Register, director of marketing for Stellantis North America. I explained. Jeep on Monday unveiled its first marketing campaign for its upcoming luxury…

Walmart delivery drivers were forced to use illegally opened payment accounts, a federal lawsuit alleges. Nam Y. Ho/AP Hide caption toggle caption Nam Y. Ho/AP Federal lawsuit alleges Walmart defrauded more than 1 million delivery workers by using Social Security numbers and other personal information to create savings accounts without their knowledge or consent. I am doing it. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau on Monday accused Walmart and payments platform Branch Messenger of forcing delivery workers to pay more than $10 million in fees through those accounts starting in 2021. Walmart, in turn, accused authorities of filing a hasty lawsuit…

ORLANDO, Fla. – It wasn’t a storybook finish for Team Woods, thanks to a near-flawless performance from the 67-year-old German, who is aging like Benjamin Button, but for Team Woods, the PNC Championship was a tough one. Everything about the final round was special.Tiger Woods and his 15-year-old son Charlie lost to Bernhard Langer and his son Jason, a 24-year-old investment banker, on the first overtime hole at the Ritz-Carlton Golf Club, but it wasn’t close for Team Woods. I made a mistake in the 36-hole scramble, which was important for me, and I was disappointed that I wasn’t even…

Welcome to the Christmas Eve Eve of the Pick Six newsletter! Since it’s Christmas week, that means things will be slightly changing around here over the next few days. We’ll be coming at you tomorrow with a Christmas Eve edition of the newsletter, so ho ho ho, but Santa has asked us to take Christmas day off since that’s his time to shine and I will never not do what Santa says.Speaking of Santa, he delivered the Buccaneers some coal in their stocking on Sunday night. The Bucs were in total control of the NFC South, but that’s no longer the…

Recognized as a Suncap Community Bank Sanibel Captiva Community Bank has been named to Independent Banker magazine’s 2024 Best Community Banks to Work List. We were selected for our family-oriented culture, commitment to professional growth, and dedication to supporting our employees and the Southwest Florida community during difficult times. Independent Banker is the official publication of Independent Community Bankers of America. The bank is featured in the December issue and represents banks in the $751 million to $1 billion asset category. Award winners were selected based on employee surveys conducted by Avanis, an independent research organization…

In January, as this bumper year of elections got under way, breathless editorials and reheated hot takes made it clear the stakes could not be higher. Time magazine pronounced it a “make-or-break year for democracy”, while others declared it “democracy’s biggest test” and asked whether the very concept could make it to December intact.Guardian Weekly cover illustration | Did democracy survive? Illustration: Peter ReynoldsIn 2024, billions of people voted across more than 80 countries, including some of the most populous, most authoritarian and most fragile. Russians voted in polls that were characterised by their repression, while in Senegal, an attempt…