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No. 2 Michigan starts slow but finishes strong in a 31-7 win over Rutgers

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 18:01:15 GMT

ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) — J.J. McCarthy threw a tiebreaking, 18-yard touchdown pass to Semaj Morgan late in the first half and No. 2 Michigan went on to beat Rutgers 31-7 on Saturday with coach Jim Harbaugh on the sideline for the first time since serving a school-imposed three-game suspension.The Wolverines (4-0, 1-0 Big Ten) went ahead by 17 points on Mike Sainristil’s 71-yard interception return with 4:31 left in the third quarter. Blake Corum’s second rushing touchdown of the game — his eighth score of the season — put Michigan up 31-7 early in the fourth.The Scarlet Knights (3-1, 1-1) took a 7-0 lead on the third snap of the game on Gavin Wimsatt’s 69-yard touchdown pass to Christian Dremel, but they missed chances to score more in each quarter.Corum capped a 94-yard drive with a 2-yard touchdown run to help Michigan pull into a tie on its second possession and the All-American running back finished with 97 yards on 21 carries. McCarthy was 15 of 21 for 214 yard...

Renzi’s 40-yard FG as time expires lifts Sacred Heart past St. Francis 37-34

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 18:01:15 GMT

LORETTO, Pa. (AP) — Jon Moccia’s 34-yard kickoff return set up Sam Renzi’s 40-yard field goal as time expired expired, lifting Sacred Heart to a 37-34 win over St. Francis (Pa.) on Saturday afternoon.St. Francis tied it on Cole Doyle’s pin-point 17-yard pass to Aaron Tutino with 2:29 to play. Doyle kept the drive alive with a 17-yard gain on 4th-and-4 from from his own 31.Moccia’s return put the Pioneers at their 45 and Rob McCoy calmly drove the team into range for Renzi’s third field goal.McCoy was 14 of 23 for 285 yards and two touchdowns for the Pioneers (1-3, 1-1 Northeast Conference). Malik Grant had 120 yards and a touchdown on 18 carries.Doyle was 16 of 28 for 193 yards and three touchdowns for Sacred Heart (0-4, 0-1).The Red Flash took a quick 10-0 lead but after three-straight punts, Sacred Heart scored on five-straight possessions, taking a 20-17 lead at the half on a 40-yard field goal as time expired. The Pioneers added a touchdown to open the th...

Coastal North Carolina hit by flooding as Tropical Storm Ophelia moves inland

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 18:01:15 GMT

ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Residents in parts of coastal North Carolina and Virginia experienced flooding Saturday after Tropical Storm Ophelia made landfall near a North Carolina barrier island, bringing rain, damaging winds and dangerous surges.The storm came ashore near Emerald Isle with near-hurricane-strength winds of 70 mph (113 kph) at around 6:15 a.m. but was expected to weaken as it moves north Saturday and then shifts northeast on Sunday, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said, noting that the maximum sustained winds had dropped to 45 mph (80 kph) by the afternoon.Videos from social media showed riverfront communities in North Carolina such as New Bern, Belhaven and Washington experiencing significant flooding.Even before it made landfall, the storm proved treacherous enough that five people had to be rescued by the Coast Guard on Friday night from a boat anchored down near the North Carolina coastline.Ophelia promises a weekend of windy conditions and heavy rain as it churns ...

United Auto Workers strike: Negotiations continue after walkouts expand to other plants

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 18:01:15 GMT

YPSILANTI, Mich. — Negotiations between the Detroit Three and the United Auto Workers continue on day nine of a targeted plant strike — one day after the union sent all workers at General Motors Co. and Stellantis NV parts plants nationwide to picket lines.UAW President Shawn Fain on Friday expanded the union’s strike, adding 38 GM and Stellantis parts distribution centers. The move added 5,600 workers at those facilities, which span 20 states, to the 12,700 other Detroit Three workers who remain on strike at three assembly plants run by GM, Stellantis and Ford Motor Co. The union spared Ford in adding more plants to the strike since it made more progress in talks with the Dearborn automaker.The union is pushing for significant wage increases, an end to a tiered-wage scale, cost-of-living increases and other demands.One of the plants added to the target list is GM’s processing center in Ypsilanti, where 161 people work. On Saturday, a handful of employees from first shif...

Amazon’s Prime Video to incorporate commercials next year

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 18:01:15 GMT

Amazon will be adding advertisements to shows and movies streamed on its Prime Video platform early next year, the tech and e-commerce giant said Friday morning.Amazon said Prime Video will have “meaningfully fewer ads than” traditional TV channels and other streaming services. U.S. subscribers will be able to opt out of commercials for an additional charge of $2.99 a month, with pricing for other countries to come later.The ads will launch in early 2024 in the U.S., the United Kingdom, Germany and Canada; as well as, later that year, Mexico, Australia and certain other European countries.The change reflects a larger shift in the entertainment industry, which has grown gradually disenchanted with the model of online content popularized by Netflix: unlimited ad-free streaming for a fixed monthly rate.In August, the Walt Disney Co.’s quarterly earnings report came alongside the announcement that the media conglomerate would be raising the price of ad-free Disney+ — t...

Marc McLaughlin, Oskar Steen throw their hats into crowded Bruin ring

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 18:01:15 GMT

The good news for some young Bruin hopefuls is that there are jobs available, especially in the bottom six forward slots.The more, shall we say, challenging news is that the B’s brass has not handed what could be the next Black and Gold generation anything, signing young veterans like Patrick Brown and Jesper Boqvist and bringing in established vets Alex Chiasson and Danton Heinen on PTOs, both of whom have looked more than capable so far in camp of earning contracts.So while opportunity is there, players like Oskar Steen and Marc McLaughlin will have to seize it with both hands, much like AJ Greer and Jakub Lauko did last season.It won’t be easy making this roster, despite the turnover.But both Steen and McLaughlin bring some tools to the table that could give them an advantage. Let’s start with Steen. At 5-foot-10, 195 pounds he brings a physicality that the B’s are looking for this year in front of both nets. When he first came up two years ago, he brought...

Catholic Memorial starts new win streak vs. St. Francis (NY)

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 18:01:15 GMT

WEST ROXBURY — When star running back Mekhi Dodd was injured in Catholic Memorial’s loss to Cardinal Newman of Florida last weekend, the Knights knew they would be missing one of the best playmakers in the state.But there were still games to be played, and CM had strong players ready to step in.Behind the running of Chris Sanchez and Lesean Sharp, CM rolled to a 50-36 victory Saturday against St. Francis of New York.With the win, CM improves to 2-1, while St. Francis drops to 0-4.“We have very limited depth,” CM coach John DiBiaso said. “We go from seniors and juniors down to sophomores and freshmen real fast. We’re very fortunate. We had three guys at the beginning of the year. We lost one. We still have two.”“The Florida game, it was obviously very humbling,” Sanchez said. “We came off good, but we had too many injuries. (Against St. Francis), we just played CM football, really.”Sanchez rushed for four touchdowns — all in...

Red Sox notebook: Closer back from Covid

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 18:01:15 GMT

It’s too late for his team, but Kenley Jansen is back in time to try and finish his season strong.The Red Sox reinstated their veteran closer from the Covid-related injured list on Saturday morning.Jansen last pitched for the Red Sox on September 12, when he left the game after facing two batters. Over 51 appearances this season, the team’s lone All-Star owns a 3.63 ERA with 52 strikeouts across 44 ⅔ innings.Though Jansen has 42 games finished and 29 saves in 33 opportunities, he hasn’t looked like himself recently. He’s been dealing with a lingering hamstring ailment, and though he avoided a stint on the injured list in that regard, it’s impacted his work. After racking up six saves and only allowing one run in nine August games, the 35-year-old right-hander allowed five earned runs in his four September outings and blew his one save opportunity.In order to reopen a spot on the roster for Jansen, the club optioned Zack Weiss back to Triple-A Worcester.The Red Sox claimed Weiss off ...

Meet Lachlan Murdoch, the new head honcho of Fox News and the Murdoch empire

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 18:01:15 GMT

For Lachlan Murdoch, this moment has been a long time coming. Assuming, of course, that his moment has actually arrived.On Thursday, his father Rupert Murdoch announced that in November he’ll step down as the head of his two media companies: News Corp. and Fox Corp. Lachlan will become the chair of News Corp. while remaining chief executive and chair at Fox Corp., the parent of Fox News Channel.The changes make Rupert’s eldest son the undisputed leader of the media empire his father built over decades. There’s no real sign that his siblings and former rivals James and Elisabeth contested him for the top job; James in particular has distanced himself from the company and his father’s politics for several years. But Rupert, now 92, has long had a penchant for building up his oldest children only to later undermine them — and sometimes to set them against one another — often flipping the table without notice.Given Rupert Murdoch’s advanced age, this might ...

An Iowa man who failed to show up for the guilty verdict at his murder trial has been arrested

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 18:01:15 GMT

OTTUMWA, Iowa (AP) — An Iowa man who failed to show up for the guilty verdict at his murder trial has been found and taken into custody, state officials announced Saturday.In a brief statement, the Iowa Department of Public Safety thanked everyone who provided information that led to the arrest of Gregory Showalter Sr. of Ottumwa and said more details would be released later. The statement did not provide any additional information about Showalter’s arrest or how or where authorities found him.A judge issued an arrest warrant for Showalter after he missed the reading of the jury verdict on Friday, according to the Ottumwa Courier. He was convicted of killing his wife, 60-year-old Helen Showalter.Showalter, 63, had been out on bail since August 2021, when a judge allowed him to post 10% of his $250,000 bond as long as he attended court hearings and wore a GPS monitor.Prosecutors argued that Showalter strangled his wife on July 31, 2021, then dumped her body along the Des Moines...