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‘League on notice’: Chargers earn signature win under Harbaugh

INGLEWOOD, Calif. – Jim Harbaugh’s reaction postgame was appropriate for what transpired during a thrilling 34-27 Sunday night win over the Cincinnati Bengals.

‘Great win,’ Harbaugh yelled. ‘Great team win. It was awesome.’

Harbaugh might’ve solved what’s traditionally plagued the Los Angeles Chargers. The Chargers have notoriously found unique ways to lose games. Sunday night was reminiscent of the Chargers’ most recent epic nightmare collapse, a playoff loss to the Jacksonville Jaguars in the 2022 postseason.

Los Angeles had a 27-point lead before faltering to Jacksonville in 2022.

On Sunday, the Chargers gave up a 27-6 advantage in the second half and were tied at 27 in the fourth quarter.

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Unlike the Jacksonville debacle, though, the Chargers battled through adversity and withstood a furious second-half rally by Cincinnati.

‘It was like two heavyweights going at it,’ Harbaugh said. ‘Offense, we were at our best when our best was needed. Defense was at our best when our best was needed. Special teams, we’re at our best when our best was needed. It’s a complete team effort in doing that. But all three phases stepped up and played their best football when our best football was needed the most.’

In a game that was a tale of two halves, the Chargers had a commanding 24-6 lead at halftime. But the Chargers’ lead withered away as Joe Burrow and the Bengals scored 21-unanswered points to tie the game, 27-27, in the final quarter.

Bengals kicker Evan McPherson missed a field goal from 48 yards out, and a 51-yard field goal with under two minutes left in the fourth quarter that gave the Chargers an opening. The Chargers defense then forced Cincinnati to punt with 55 second remaining in the game.

Justin Herbert and the Chargers only needed 27 seconds to go 84 yards down that field for a game-winning drive that was capped off by a 29-yard touchdown run by running back J.K. Dobbins.

Burrow had one more desperation attempt, but his Hail Mary pass with 3 seconds remaining was batted down by Chargers safety Derwin James Jr.

‘Shout out to the defense for giving us that opportunity,’ Herbert said. ‘We knew that we had to go make a play. It came down to that drive. Ladd (McConkey) had a couple of great big catches, and then, you know, J.K. (Dobbins) with that huge run. So, props to the guys sticking through, staying patient and getting the job done.’

Los Angeles has won four straight games, the team’s longest winning streak since the 2022 season. But Sunday’s win in primetime versus a Burrow-led Bengals team was a signature victory the team was missing prior to Week 11.

Sunday’s performance could be a turning point for a Harbaugh-led Chargers club trying to establish a winning culture.

‘We’re trying to put the league on notice. Let them know that we’re serious about what we’re doing. I think that just goes to the type of culture that we have,’ Chargers linebacker Daiyan Henley, who had a game-high 11 tackles, said. ‘This is a different team. This is not what the Charges have been. This is not what the fans should be used to. When we got moments where we should win, we’re trying to hold it down and make sure we do that. That’s what we prepare to do, that we work for. Nothing’s guaranteed, but we’re working for it.’

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Thune threatens International Criminal Court with sanctions if it doesn’t drop Netanyahu warrant for arrest

South Dakota Republican Sen. John Thune on Sunday threatened to slap the International Criminal Court (ICC) with sanctions if it did not drop its application for an arrest warrant against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

Thune – who was selected Wednesday to be the next Senate Majority Leader once the GOP takes the upper chamber come January 2025 – warned that if the current Democratic leader does not take on the international court, he will.

‘If the ICC and its prosecutor do not reverse their outrageous and unlawful actions to pursue arrest warrants against Israeli officials, the Senate should immediately pass sanctions legislation, as the House has already done on a bipartisan basis,’ Thune wrote on X. ‘If Majority Leader Schumer does not act, the Senate Republican majority will stand with our key ally Israel and make this – and other supportive legislation – a top priority in the next Congress.’

In May, the ICC issued applications for arrest warrants against Netanyahu, as well as then-Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant and three Hamas terrorists for alleged war crimes and crimes against humanity following the Oct. 7, 2023 attacks. All three Hamas leaders are believed to since have been killed.

Thune’s threats were made in coordination with a bill introduced by Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., in June – which closely aligned with a bill that passed in the House with bipartisan support just days prior – that called for sanctions against prosecutors who have gone after ‘U.S., Israeli, or any other allied citizen wrongfully targeted by the ICC.’

The U.S. does not officially recognize the ICC’s authority, but it is not the first time Washington has looked to halt the court’s actions.

In 2020, the Trump administration opposed attempts by the ICC to investigate U.S. soldiers and the CIA involved in alleged war crimes between 2003-2004 ‘in secret detention facilities in Afghanistan,’ and issued sanctions against ICC prosecutors. 

However, the sanctions did more than target individuals through asset freezing and international travel bans and were deemed, at the time, to have the potential for ‘wide-reaching consequences.’

‘Service providers to the ICC – from banks to vending machine companies – may reassess whether continuing to work with the institution is prudent given the risk of inadvertently violating U.S. sanctions,’ Human Rights Watch explained. 

‘[It] created apprehension and uncertainty for nongovernmental organizations, consultants, and lawyers who work with the ICC in investigative and adjudicative capacities,’ the organization added. 

Richard Goldberg, who served on the White House National Security Council during the Trump administration and who is now a senior adviser to the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, told Fox News Digital the 2020 sanctions were also ‘effective in shaking up the organization since it was coming up on an election for a new chief prosecutor.’

‘Many believed that the presence of U.S. sanctions led Karim Khan to put investigations of Israel and the U.S. in a drawer once he was elected,’ Goldberg explained in reference to the ICC’s chief prosecutor who filed the applications for warrants of arrest against Netanyahu and Gallant.

Goldberg argued that sanctions against prosecutors may not be enough to dissuade Khan from pursuing the case against Netanyahu and warned the ICC chief might view them as ‘a badge of honor.’

Goldberg said he thinks lawmakers should consider going after the ICC as a whole rather than individual prosecutors this time around. 

‘It’s one thing to threaten sanctions against individuals involved in illegitimate schemes to indict American or Israeli soldiers, it’s another thing to use sanctions as a tool to cut off the ICC’s access to funds,’ he told Fox News Digital.

‘I think countries like Japan and Germany will put enormous pressure on the ICC to back down if they think their own banks may be subject to sanctions for wiring money to the ICC,’ he added. 

Decisions by the court on arrest warrants are generally made within three months, according to Reuters, though it remains unclear when the panel will reach a decision.

The last time the Pre-Trial Chamber of the ICC was asked to make a decision over issuing a warrant for the arrest of a government leader was when an application was filed against Russian President Vladimir Putin in February 2023. The panel reached a decision within one month of the application having been filed. 

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Youngest House Republican-elect reveals how GOP won back America’s youth

The GOP appears to be attracting more of America’s youth than in previous elections, with the 2024 cycle seeing a double-digit shift by young voters toward the top of the Republican ticket.

One of the Republicans leading that new wave is Rep.-elect Brandon Gill, of Texas, who at age 30 will be the youngest member of the House GOP conference and among the youngest in the 119th Congress overall.

‘I think that’s a few things. One is that younger voters are looking, more than anything, for sincerity. They’re looking for people who understand what they’re going through,’ Gill told Fox News Digital.

‘And the reality is, the younger voters, they don’t like things like censorship. They don’t like government authorities telling them what they can and can’t say. Younger voters don’t like entering the workforce and finding out that it’s really difficult to buy a home in Joe Biden’s economy, that it’s really difficult to get a good paying job, to put food on the table, to get groceries.’

The Trump-Vance campaign made multiple overtures to young voters, and young men in particular, who Republicans believed felt largely left behind and disaffected by Democratic leaders’ push toward progressivism. 

President-elect Trump and Vice President-elect JD Vance sat for interviews with an array of podcasts that generally appeal to young men, including ‘The Joe Rogan Experience’ and a one-on-one with comic Theo Vonn.

The strategy appears to have paid off; Fox News’ voter analysis of the 2024 election saw an 11-point shift by voters under 30 toward Trump, compared to 2020.

Vice President Kamala Harris also significantly underperformed with that age group, netting 51% of those voters compared to President Biden winning 61% when he beat Trump.

Gill spoke with Fox News Digital on Friday afternoon, just after being elected president of the freshman class of House Republicans – a largely ceremonial role for incoming new lawmakers with leadership aspirations.

‘We’ve got to take our country back,’ Gill said. ‘And I jumped in the race because we’ve got to have real, conservative, hard-core fighters who are willing to stand up to the swamp, to the establishment, and actually get real conservative reform here.’

The Texas Republican was elected to represent a deep-red district occupied by retiring House Rules Committee Chairman Michael Burgess, R-Texas, who is four decades older than Gill.

Asked how Republicans can sustain the momentum of 2024 in future elections, Gill said it was about following through on promises.

‘I think that the Republican Party, especially President Trump, has a very, very clear mandate, right?… We’ve got a majority in the House. We’ve got a majority in the Senate. President Trump not only won the Electoral College, he won every single swing state. He won the popular vote as well,’ Gill said.

‘And if Republicans, if we come in, and we execute on the mandate, we do what we said we were going to do, then in two years and four years… people are going to reward us at the ballot box in future cycles.’

In addition to his own fundraising during the 2024 election cycle, Gill also contributed over $170,000 to other House GOP candidates and incumbents, his campaign said.

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House Ethics Committee to meet Wednesday after postponing Gaetz investigation meeting

The House Ethics Committee is meeting this Wednesday after previously postponing a meeting when the panel was expected to discuss its investigation of now-former Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., Fox News has learned.

Lawmakers were expected to vote last Friday on whether to release the committee’s report into Gaetz before that meeting was canceled without explanation.

House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., told reporters that Gaetz had resigned from Congress effective immediately on Wednesday, hours after he was tapped to serve as President-elect Donald Trump’s attorney general.

House Ethics Committee Chairman Michael Guest, R-Miss., told reporters after Gaetz’s nomination that his panel would lose jurisdiction over the Florida Republican if he left Congress.

‘Once the investigation is complete, then a report will be issued, assuming that at that time, that Mr. Gaetz is still a member of Congress. If Mr. Gaetz were to resign because he is taking a position with the administration as the attorney general, then the Ethics Committee loses jurisdiction at that point,’ Guest said before news of Gaetz leaving.

‘Once we lose jurisdiction, there would not be a report that would be issued. That’s not unique to this case.’

The committee’s probe was put to an end after Gaetz’s resignation.

However, several Republicans have already said the report should be released if Gaetz were to go through the attorney general vetting process, including GOP senators whose support would be critical to Gaetz being confirmed.

The House Ethics Committee’s investigation into Gaetz, which began in 2021, stems from accusations of illicit drug use and sex with a minor.

The Department of Justice (DOJ), which Gaetz has been tapped to lead, also previously investigated the matter but closed that probe with no charges filed.

Gaetz himself has denied any wrongdoing.

A spokesperson for the House Ethics Committee declined to comment on the new Wednesday meeting, which was first reported by CNN.

Johnson lent his voice to the increasingly heated debate on Friday, telling reporters he did not believe the report should be released.

‘The Speaker of the House is not involved with those things. I am reacting to media reports that a report is currently in some draft form and was going to be released on what is now a former member of the House. I do not believe that that is an appropriate thing,’ the house speaker said.

‘That would open up Pandora’s box and I don’t think that’s a healthy thing for the institution, so that’s my position.’

Fox News Digital reached out to a Gaetz spokesperson for comment.

Fox News’ Daniel Scully contributed to this report.

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Harris campaign costs for star-studded events on election eve ballooned to over $10M: report

Vice President Kamala Harris spent a whopping $1.5 billion during her 15-week campaign that ended in defeat to President-elect Donald Trump, including burning through millions of dollars on star-studded events on the eve of the election, according to a report.

According to The New York Times, Harris’ swing state rallies on the night before Election Day exceeded the campaign’s planned budget, ballooning to over $10 million. 

These pricey celebrity events featured Lady Gaga in Philadelphia, Jon Bon Jovi in Detroit, Christina Aguilera in Nevada, James Taylor in North Carolina and Katy Perry in Pittsburgh. While the singers did not receive compensation, the newspaper said officials confirmed that the support staff was compensated.

Part of the higher-than-expected costs came from having to rebuild an entire rally venue in Pittsburgh after the Secret Service said the initial location could not be properly secured, The Times reported.

How Harris spent such an exorbitant amount of money during her compressed campaign has left questions as to where all that cash went. 

One payment being scrutinized in recent days has been the reported $1 million payment to Oprah Winfrey’s Harpo Productions.

An initial report by the Washington Examiner showed the Harris campaign made two $500,000 payments to Winfrey’s Harpo Productions on Oct. 15, a month after Winfrey’s town hall with Harris and weeks before the pair appeared at a Harris Philadelphia rally. Now, two sources have told The Times that the full price of the event with Winfrey was closer to $2.5 million.

A Harpo Productions spokesperson acknowledged to Variety that the company took money from the campaign but claimed it was for ‘production costs.’

‘Oprah Winfrey was at no point during the campaign paid a personal fee, nor did she receive a fee from Harpo,’ the spokesperson said.

Other major costs for Harris’ failed campaign included $111 million in online ads seeking donations, about $50 million for door-to-door canvassers and $2.5 million paid to three digital agencies who work with online influencers, The Times reported.

Eyebrow-raising expenses were listed in a Federal Election Commission (FEC) filing obtained by Fox News Digital. According to the FEC filing, in the month of October alone, the Harris campaign spent $2,626,110 on private flights. 

The costs ranged from $3,500 to $940,000 per disbursement, with $2.2 million going to a company named Private Jet Services Group, while $430,000 went to Advanced Aviation Team, a charter flight broker.

The Harris campaign is believed to be $20 million in debt, but Harris campaign chief financial officer Patrick Stauffer said in a statement reported by the Times that ‘there will be no debt’ on the upcoming December filings for the campaign and the Democratic National Committee.

Fox News Digital’s Stepheny Price and Andrea Margolis contributed to this report.

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Equities Look for “Energy” in “Go” Trend

Good morning and welcome to this week’s Flight Path. Equities saw the “Go” trend continue this week but we saw weaker aqua bars at the end of the week. Treasury bond prices painted strong purple “NoGo” bars as the weight of the evidence suggested the “NoGo” will continue. U.S. commodities painted aqua “Go” bars after flirting with amber “Go Fish” bars of uncertainty last week. The dollar showed no weakness this week with an uninterrupted string of bright blue “Go” bars.

$SPY Paints Weaker “Go” Bars after High

The GoNoGo chart below shows that after hitting a new higher high on strong blue “Go” bars we saw a Go Countertrend Correction Icon (red arrow) signaling that price may struggle to go higher in the short term. Indeed, price fell in the following days, and GoNoGo Trend has painted weaker aqua bars. We will watch to see if price finds support at last month’s high. GoNoGo Oscillator also has fallen to test the zero line from above and we will watch to see if it finds support here as well. If the oscillator rallies back into positive territory we will look for price to make an attempt at another higher high.

A Go Countertrend Correction Icon (red arrow) has showed itself on the weekly chart after last week saw price fall into the end of the week. GoNoGo oscillator is in positive territory at a value of 3 and so no longer overbought. We will watch to see if it falls toward the zero line from here and if it does we will monitor for signs of support. GoNoGo Trend is painting strong blue “Go” bars as momentum remains positive confirming the direction of the trend.

Treasury Rates See Continued Strength

Treasury bond yields saw the “Go” trend continue this week and after a couple of weaker aqua bars the indicator showed a return to strength with bright blue bars all week as price rallied to challenge for new highs. GoNoGo Oscillator was perhaps responsible for the rally as we saw it bounce of the zero line into positive territory at the beginning of the week. Now, with GoNoGo Trend painting strong blue bars the oscillator is in positive territory at a value of 2.

The Dollar Remains at Elevated Levels

A week of strength propelled price to new highs again this week as GoNoGo Trend painted a string of unbroken bright blue “Go” bars. We are seeing a Go Countertrend Correction icon (red arrow) on the current bar as there is some waning momentum finally.  GoNoGo Oscillator has fallen out of overbought territory and is approaching the zero line. We will watch to see if it finds support as and when it gets there. If it rallies quickly back into positive territory we will see that as a sign of trend continuation for the greenback.

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Northwestern reveals renderings, plans for new $850M Ryan Field

Northwestern football hosted No. 2 Ohio State at Wrigley Field on Saturday, showcasing one of Chicago’s most iconic venues.

On Monday, the Wildcats unveiled renderings of their brand-new stadium, Ryan Field, which will open in 2026. In a news release, the university said the new stadium will be ‘a state-of-the-art $850 million sports and entertainment venue set to become a landmark for college football and Chicago.’

Northwestern announced that the brand-new state-of-the-art stadium would be funded directly by the Ryan family and would have no public investment. The Ryan family is a minority owner of the Chicago Bears and owns a stake in the English Premier League club AFC Bournemouth.

‘With the new Ryan Field, we are introducing a bold new vision for the future of college sports,’ said Pat Ryan Jr. ‘This stadium is not just a world class football stadium; it’s for our students, and student-athletes, our fans, our alumni, and the Northwestern and Evanston communities. We’re committed to creating spaces that embody the best of what the modern fan experience can be, while building a legacy of economic empowerment and cultural benefits for our community.

‘The Ryan Family is proud to be partnered with Northwestern in creating this transformational project.’ In addition to the Ryan Foundation providing the majority of the funding for the new Ryan Field, the Ryan Family’s sports development team is leading the design and development of the new stadium on a pro bono basis in partnership with Northwestern Athletics.’

Here’s what you need to know about the new Ryan Field for Northwestern football, along with a look at the renderings:

Look: Northwestern releases renderings for new Ryan Field

According to the university, the stadium will host Northwestern football games and serve as an ‘asset’ for the Evanston, Illinois, and Northwestern community for youth sports, holiday festivals, and student activities.

The new 35,000-seat stadium ― the Big Ten’s smallest capacity ― is expected to have a $1.3 billion impact on the Chicago area, with a $659 million impact in Evanston alone. In addition to that, the project is expected to provide $208 million in contracts for minority and women-owned businesses and the Ryan Foundation is providing $10 million to fund workforce development programs for Evanston residents.

According to Northwestern, here are other elements at the new Ryan Field:

All 35,000 seats will offer better-than-tv sightlines. By leveraging modern engineering, each level is optimized for putting it as close to the field as possible, and every seat will feature a comfortable seat back protected from the weather by a canopy
The seating canopy is also specifically engineered to create a powerful homefield sound advantage at games
With 194% of the required ADA seating, universal accessibility and the opportunity for every fan, regardless of physical ability to experience the stadium the same way, it will be the most accessible stadium ever built
More than 200,000 square feet of parks and plazas surrounding the stadium, with the ability to host pregame activities for every type of fan, including pop up restaurants, live music and a community tailgating zone
All main concourses at the new Ryan Field will be open to the stadium bowl, allowing fans to never miss a moment of game
Four premium clubs for every type of fan, from the most hardcore Wildcat supporter to opportunities for corporate entertainment at Chicago’s Big Ten Stadium. Designed by world-renowned architecture and design firm Rockwell Group, the clubs will be available year round for all types of events, meetings and private gatherings.
Partners in the new Ryan Field include Turner Walsh, who is leading construction on the project, as well as architecture firms Perkins & Will and HNTB.

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32 things we learned in NFL Week 11: Rivalries reveal plenty

The 32 things we learned from Week 11 of the 2024 NFL season:

1. Sunday provided ample evidence that the league should brand at least one official rivalry weekend per season. Several consequential outcomes emerged in key games between opponents who are all too familiar with one another.

2. No bigger matchup thus far in this regular season than the one between the Kansas City Chiefs and Buffalo Bills, the latter handing the former their first loss of the 2024 campaign. Now only a half-game game behind K.C. in the overall AFC standings, the Bills are very legitimate threats to win home-field advantage.

3. We can also get the obligatory celebration of the undefeated ’72 Miami Dolphins out of the way, though sad that recently deceased Mercury Morris is no longer a part of it.

4. Buffalo’s victory was secured thanks to QB Josh Allen’s highlight reel, 26-yard TD run with little more than two minutes to play. He may not finish with stats as gaudy as Baltimore Ravens counterpart Lamar Jackson, but Allen’s success with a team seemingly depleted in the offseason should put him squarely in the conversation for his first MVP award.

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5. In their last seven meetings with the Chiefs, the Bills have won all four regular-season matchups … but dropped all three in the playoffs.

6. Amid the spirited and smashmouth rivalry that exists between the Ravens and Pittsburgh Steelers – and things got plenty chippy Sunday afternoon at Acrisure Stadium – could the difference between them in 2024 be their kickers? With the decided advantage going to Pittsburgh’s Chris Boswell? Boswell scored all of Pittsburgh’s points in Sunday’s 18-16 win, three of his field goals from 50+ yards, including a 57-yarder. Meanwhile, Baltimore’s Justin Tucker missed from 47 and 50 yards – effectively costing his team the win – in what continues to shape up as the potential Hall of Famer’s worst season.

7. Meanwhile, Boswell has now hit 29 of his 30 field-goal tries in 2024, including all 20 inside 50 yards (yes, he’s 9 of 10 beyond). He has at least four field goals in four games this season, and Sunday was the second time he posted a six-pack for all of Pittsburgh’s Iron City points.

8. Incidentally, wasn’t QB Russell Wilson supposed to solve the Steelers’ red-zone issues? Pittsburgh was 0-for-4 Sunday against the league’s worst pass defense and is 3-for-12 over its past three contests. Wilson’s 22-game streak with a TD pass – which was the NFL’s longest active one – came to an end.

8a. The Steelers had 18 points and 18 first downs. The Ravens had 16 points and 16 first downs.

9. Leave it to Steelers coach Mike Tomlin to sum up the state of affairs for his 8-2 squad: ‘I love Boz, man. I’m tired of him getting (special teams) player of the week. He probably got player of the week again this week. He’s deserving of it, but it reminds us of our warts. It reminds us of the work that we need to do. But, man, no doubt, I’m thankful that he’s on our team.’

10. Baltimore’s offense, which entered the game comparing favorably to the best units in league history – at least by the numbers – scored its fewest points of the season and also posted its fewest yards (329).

11. Could another uninspiring performance against Pittsburgh cost Jackson his third league MVP award? Stay tuned.

12. And, much as we might want to thing of Pittsburgh-Baltimore as the NFL’s best rivalry in the past 15 years or so, it must be noted that the Steelers have won eight of the last nine meetings.

13. The number of penalties committed Sunday by the error-prone Tennessee Titans in their 23-13 loss to the Minnesota Vikings. The Titans entered the game among the league leaders by averaging 7.7 flags per game before nearly doubling that rate.

14. Vikes WR Justin Jefferson didn’t have a huge game, but his 81 receiving yards gave him 6,811 in his career, most ever by a player in his first five seasons – and “Jets” has seven more games to extend that standard.

15. Speaking of Jets – at least lesser models – the New York Jets were expected to have one of the league’s elite defenses, and maybe its best in 2024, but have allowed at least 23 points in five of the six games since former coach Robert Saleh’s abrupt firing after Week 5.

16. Appears the Indianapolis Colts turned back to QB Anthony Richardson just in time. After a two-game benching, his 4-yard TD run in the final minute not only kept Indy’s playoff hopes alive with a 28-27 win, it might have officially staked Gang Green. Richardson’s 106.5 passer rating Sunday was his best in a full NFL game, and he matched his career high by accounting for three touchdowns (1 passing, 2 rushing). Richardson’s 66.7% completion rate was also his best in a game in which he attempted at least 15 throws.

17. The Chicago Bears’ new offense – now run by newly promoted coordinator Thomas Brown – largely outperformed the hated Green Bay Packers on Sunday, posting more yards (391-366) and first downs (23-19), a significantly better time of possession (nearly 12 minutes) and didn’t turn the ball over (Green Bay did once). But the Windy City residents will hate it that the Packers had more points in a 20-19 victory and more blocks on game-winning field-goal attempts.

18. The Pack ran their record in the league’s most storied rivalry to 108-95-6, including victories in the past 11 meetings – the longest streak in the historic series.

19. The Seattle Seahawks ambushed the team they’ve come to dislike the most in recent years, beating the San Francisco 49ers 20-17 in Silicon Valley and – technically – dropping the Niners into last place in the NFC West.

20. The idle Arizona Cardinals (6-4) continue to lead the division but are only one game ahead of cellar-dwelling San Fran (5-5).

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21. The Detroit Lions’ 52-6 obliteration of the Jacksonville Jaguars is as about as bad a beatdown as you’ll see in the NFL, especially in this era of parity. It was the worst defeat in the Jags’ 30-season history.

22. The Lions had 475 yards … more than Jacksonville. Detroit scored a touchdown on each of its first seven possessions.

23. Now 9-1, the Lions are off to their best start since going 10-0 in 1934 – their first year in Detroit after being born as the Portsmouth Spartans in 1930.

24. The number of consecutive games – a league record – that the current NFC leaders have scored at least one rushing TD. The Lions had three against Jacksonville.

25. Note to Lions WR Jameson Williams: The NFL will eventually edit your highlights – though it didn’t on Sunday – if you continue to celebrate like Marshawn Lynch.

25a. And that would be a bummer given Williams scores’ are always thunderbolts, all seven of his regular-season TD grabs from beyond 30 yards.

26. Detroit QB Jared Goff had a 158.3 passer rating after completing 24 of 29 throws for 412 yards and four TDs against the Jaguars. It was only the second perfect rating of Goff’s nine-year career but the third time he’s eclipsed 150.0 in the past seven games.

27. While it seems something of a foregone conclusion that Washington Commanders QB Jayden Daniels will eventually be named Offensive Rookie of the Year, don’t count out Las Vegas Raiders TE Brock Bowers just yet. He leads all first-year players with 70 catches for 706 yards after a 13-grab, 126-yard outburst Sunday in Miami.

27a. Bowers’ 13 receptions Sunday are a single-game record for a rookie tight end.

28. However Bowers wasn’t the most impactful man at this position on the same field Sunday, the Dolphins’ Jonnu Smith posting a career day (6 catches, 101 yards, 2 TDs) as Miami won again and continued to claw back into the boundaries of the playoff picture.

29. While it seems something of a foregone conclusion that Washington Commanders QB Jayden Daniels will eventually be named Offensive Rookie of the Year, don’t count out Denver Broncos QB Bo Nix juuuuuust yet. In Sunday’s 38-6 thrashing of the NFC South-leading Atlanta Falcons, Nix eclipsed 300 passing yards for the first time this season and threw four TDs for the first time in an NFL game. The sixth quarterback drafted in the first round this year, Nix can’t match Daniels’ talent, but he certainly might have an equally impactful splash as a rookie with both Denver and Washington currently in wild-card position.

30. Is there an NFC Offensive Player of the Week award coming to New Orleans Saints QB/RB/FB/TE/KR Taysom Hill after he piled up 188 yards from scrimmage on 15 touches while scoring three TDs in a 35-14 blowout of the Cleveland Browns? He even returned a kickoff 42 yards.

30a. Or are we holding Hill’s interception and fumble against him?

31. Regardless, the Saints are now 2-0 since firing HC Dennis Allen and quietly climbing back up the NFC South standings.

32. Uniform note of the week: The Cincinnati Bengals really seem to be committing to the orange pants they debuted this season. Sunday night was the first time they wore them with their white jerseys and … meh. Team founder Paul Brown intentionally mimicked the Browns uniforms when he founded the Bengals in 1968, and his son, current owner Mike Brown, seems to be rekindling that “tradition.”

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Clippers’ star shoots to No. 2 for most 3-pointers in NBA history

Los Angeles Clippers star James Harden passed Ray Allen for No. 2 on the NBA’s all-time 3-pointers made list with a 3 in the first quarter against the Utah Jazz Sunday.

The make gave Harden 2,974 made 3s – second-most behind Golden State Warriors star Steph Curry who has made 3,782 3-pointers.

Harden, the 2017-18 MVP, missed his first three 3-pointers against Utah – he tied Allen in Friday’s loss to the Houston Rockets – but made his fourth attempt with 6:09 remaining in the first quarter.

The Clippers went on to beat the Jazz 116-105. Harden went 2-for-8 from beyond the arc, bringing his career total to 2,975 made 3-pointers.

A future Hall of Famer, Harden shoots 36.3% from beyond the arc for his career and led the NBA in made 3s in 2017-18 (265), 2018-19 (378) and 2019-20 (299). His 378 3-pointers in 2018-19 are second-most in a single season behind Curry’s 402 in 2015-16. Harden is one of three players to make at least 300 3s in a season.

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Allen is now No. 3, Damian Lillard is No. 4, Reggie Miller No. 5 and Klay Thompson No. 6. Thompson is expected to pass Miller this season and LeBron James is just 10 made 3s from passing Kyle Korver for No. 7.

Harden, who has played for Oklahoma City, Houston, Philadelphia, Brooklyn and the Clippers, is one of the game’s all-time great scorers, leading the league in points per game for three consecutive seasons, including a career-high 36.1 points per game in 2018-19.

“James has always been a dynamic scorer,” Clippers coach Tyronn Lue told reporters Friday. “Once he got (to Houston) and had his own team and figured out the style he wanted to play with (former Rockets coach Mike) D’Antoni, he just took off. And 3-point shooting is a big weapon of his.”

Most 3-pointers in NBA history

(Note: Through Sunday’s games; *-active)

Steph Curry* … 3,782
James Harden* … 2,975
Ray Allen … 2,973
Damian Lillard* … 2,639
Reggie Miller … 2,560
Klay Thompson* … 2,523
Kyle Korver … 2,450
LeBron James* … 2,441
Vince Carter … 2,290
Jason Terry … 2,282

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(This story was updated with the final score of Clippers vs. Jazz and Harden’s 3-point stats through Sunday night.)

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Charity leaders slam Biden admin’s response to US planes shot in Haiti amid chaos: ‘What are we doing?’

As the FBI investigates three incidents of U.S. commercial airliners being fired upon departing Haiti and the FAA orders a 30-day ground stop, nonprofit leaders are up in arms about the Biden administration’s overall response.

Jack Brewer, a retired New York Giants safety who runs the Jack Brewer Foundation, said in a Thursday interview the halt to civil aviation is a drop in the bucket compared to what President Biden can and should do against ‘terrorists’ attacking U.S. citizens.

Brewer’s foundation has helped build churches, aided in the medical realm and ministered to underserved populations in Haiti and East Africa. In the states, the Jack Brewer Foundation’s major focus is on the fatherlessness epidemic that he said is particularly glaring in the Black community.

Brewer said he and his foundation are a consistent presence in Haiti, arriving regularly at Toussaint Louverture International Airport in Port-au-Prince, where the jets have been targeted.

‘We’ve also had some tragedy – we’ve had some unfortunate deaths,’ he said, describing how the head of one of his schools was murdered and parents and children either kidnapped, attacked or burned alive by the gangs that have taken over their half of the island shared with the Dominican Republic since Haitian President Jovenel Moise was assassinated.

‘They give FAA ground-stops for verbal threats… you don’t do FAA ground-stops when your planes are getting shot in the sky – you do military action,’ he said, adding the FAA shouldn’t be the main agency for such a high-level threat.

A JetBlue flight bound for JFK, an American Airlines plane headed for Miami and, most recently, last Monday, a Spirit Airlines flight that attempted to land in Port-au-Prince but rerouted to Santo Domingo, were all found to have been hit by gunfire.

Brewer said the Biden administration is content to fight proxy wars in Ukraine and elsewhere, but not against a nation-state 90 minutes away from its shores where Americans are being maimed.

‘If we really want to say we stand for democracy… then what are we doing in Haiti?’

He also criticized the Congressional Black Caucus for what he saw as relative silence against attacks on Americans, and in a global sense, an extremely dangerous environment for Black people.

‘They’ll talk about Black Lives Matter and cops and all these other scenarios, but when you have this, the first independent Black nation in the world that’s in utter chaos, and we’re going to sit back here and do nothing about it. It’s a slap in the face as a Black man,’ he said.

‘And it should be a sign to all of the American people just how these Democrats on the left and their woke politics is nothing about except for themselves. If they can’t raise money for it, where it doesn’t benefit them politically, they stay out of it.’

In recent public actions, the CBC’s subset House Haitian Caucus held a news conference in September condemning hate against Haiti. 

CBC members Reps. Ayanna Pressley, D-Mass., Yvette Clarke, D-N.Y., and Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick, D-Fla., in May, spoke on Capitol Hill to call for federal action on the Haiti crisis.

Cherfilus-McCormick, considered the first Haitian American in Congress, said Haiti is a ‘facing a political crisis of epidemic proportions with its people calling out for refuge.’

‘The increasing violent gang activity and attacks on commercial airlines in Haiti have further destabilized the island, putting the Haitian people at greater risk and underscored the need for a comprehensive humanitarian response from the United States,’ Clarke, Pressley and Cherfilus-McCormick said in a separate statement Friday.

‘[W]e renew our call for the Biden-Harris administration to immediately halt all deportations, further combat illicit arms trafficking, and deliver the humanitarian assistance needed in Haiti.’

The three congresswomen are co-chairs of the House Haiti Caucus.

Brewer, however, said Biden had four years to better address Haiti, including after Moise was killed in 2021 and the ensuing migrant surge.

Brewer said he believes Trump is the right man to properly address the situation and that he should immediately sanction the country and appoint a ‘Frederick Douglass’-like ambassador instead of career civil servants to hold public officials there accountable.

‘I would give them 24 hours. I tell all those gang members, whether it’s ‘Barbecue’ or whomever, all the gang members, just know you’ve got 24 hours to throw your guns in [or have] the U.S. military in there and smoke them all out.’

JP Decker, head of Mercury One – a charity that does similar work in Haiti – told Fox News Digital the group is trying to help an American family get their adopted daughter out of Haiti amid the chaos.

‘This [FAA] decision has left many families in a state of uncertainty and has delayed the opportunity for many children to start their new lives with their adoptive families,’ he said, calling on the feds to work with international partners to reopen the airspace and quell the threat.

Victor Marx, who leads the Haitian orphanage organization All Things Possible, said the feds had not acted to ‘stabilize the situation and protect innocent lives before it reached this critical point.’

‘Whatever support or assistance the United States might offer at this point must come with accountability,’ he said. ‘Trust me, no one trusts that government. I would urge the U.S. to work through private organizations to bypass the government and bring stability to the region.’

A representative for the FAA said it is responsible for the safety of civil aviation operations, and that it indeed issued a ‘NOTAM’ prohibiting flight within 10,000 feet above Haitian airspace for 30 days. The representative further directed Fox News Digital to the Pentagon.

Fox News Digital reached out to the White House and Pentagon. The CBC declined comment.

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