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☆ The all-time great NFL kicker who suddenly can't make field goals
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-19 | by ( Rohan Nadkarni | Rohan Nadkarni Is A Sports Reporter For Nbc News. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +4 min

Baltimore was lucky to be trailing only 3-0 after a fumble and missed field goal on two of its first three drives. The Ravens, on the other hand, missed two field goals in the narrow defeat. His accuracy has taken a tumble this season, however, as Tucker has made only 16 of 22 field goals through 11 games. From 2016-22, Tucker made 65 field goals in a row in the fourth quarter and overtime. He hit all 11 of his playoff field goals for the Super Bowl-winning Chiefs last season.)

Persons: —, Chris Boswell, that’s, Justin Tucker, Tucker, he’s, John Harbaugh, “, Lamar Jackson, Derrick Henry, Kansas City's Harrison Butker, Harbaugh, Justin, ” Harbaugh, ”, Tucker wasn’t, “ I’m, ” Tucker Organizations: Baltimore Ravens, Pittsburgh Steelers, Ravens, Baltimore, AFC North —, Steelers, Kickers, NFL, ” Ravens, Kansas City's, Super, Chiefs Locations: Pittsburgh, Baltimore, Kansas

Does Sunday’s wild win in Pittsburgh tell us more about the Steelers or Ravens when it comes to AFC contenders? Nguyen: This Packers team is better than last year’s edition. A month from now, are we going to be talking about the Dolphins, Colts, both or neither as competing for the seventh seed in the AFC? Pompei: The competition for the last wild-card spot in the AFC could come down to the Dolphins, Colts, Bengals and Broncos. The Colts defense has improved, and on Sunday Richardson executed better than he did prior to his benching.

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☆ Israel issues rare warning to Lebanese civilians and Johnson's new strategy to avert a shutdown: Morning Rundown
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-23 | by ( Elizabeth Both | Elizabeth Both Is An Associate Platforms Editor For Nbc News | Based In New York. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +8 min

House Speaker Mike Johnson makes a deal with Democrats in an attempt to avert a shutdown. Israel launches ‘’extensive’’ strikes across Lebanon. Johnson’s CR should sail through the House — with backing from a large number of Republicans and Democrats. Donald Trump said he doesn’t believe he would run for office again in four years if he loses the November election. Aziz Taher / ReutersThe Israeli military warned civilians in southern Lebanon to move away from Hezbollah positions this morning as it intensified attacks on its neighbor.

Persons: Mike Johnson, ‘, Tom Williams, Donald Trump, Trump, Johnson, Joe Biden, Chuck Schumer, Johnson’s, —, doesn’t, Aziz Taher, “, Daniel Hagari, pagers, ”, NFL Dale Zanine, Greg Rosenstein, 🤩, Rav e, Rob, bev e rage spa, hur Organizations: Israel, NFL, Getty, White, SAVE, Trump, CR, Israel Defense Forces, NBC News, Hezbollah, Police, NBC, Sports, ste Locations: Lebanon, Washington, Tyre, Israel, Beirut, Birmingham , Alabama, Birmingham

The question for some of us is, why some people want to keep working decades beyond retirement age? CNN Opinion editor Stephanie Griffith asked seven people who are past the conventional retirement age why they are still at the job and got as many responses as there were respondents. They continue to work happily and productively, and were happy to explain to us how and why they do it. Over the years I’ve had to adapt frequently to the changing technology, which isn’t always easy for someone my age. That may be the secret of working well past the time society tells us we’re supposed to retire.

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☆ Evan Gershkovich has spent a year behind bars. The Wall Street Journal’s top editor hopes it will be his last
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-29 | by ( Oliver Darcy | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

New York CNN —Emma Tucker is hopeful that by next year Evan Gershkovich will be free. “But my expectation and sincere hope is that this time next year, he will not be imprisoned in Russia,” Tucker said. Tucker’s remarks come as Friday marks the one-year anniversary of Gershkovich being detained by the Vladimir Putin-led country. While Gershkovich sits in a Russian cell, his colleagues at The Journal have done everything in their power to keep his story alive in the press. “He knows that his mom and his dad are pouring over images of him … and I think he knows that.

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☆ DNA collected from chewing gum leads to arrest and conviction in 1980 cold case murder
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-23 | by ( Andi Babineau | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

CNN —DNA found in a piece of discarded chewing gum led to the arrest and conviction of a suspect in a 1980 cold case murder in Oregon, prosecutors say. Robert Plympton, 60, was found guilty last week on one count of first-degree murder and four counts of second-degree murder in the killing of Mt. Nineteen-year-old Tucker was “kidnapped, sexually assaulted, and beaten to death” on January 15, 1980, the release states. Witness heard screamingBarbara Tucker Tucker Family/Gresham Police DepartmentWitnesses had seen a woman in apparent distress around the time of the murder, the document from the DA’s office states. DNA pulled from the gum matched the profile from the autopsy swabs and Plympton was arrested on June 8, 2021.

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☆ Mitt Romney criticizes Fox News and right-wing media for warping Republican Party
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-19 | by ( Oliver Darcy | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

CNN —Mitt Romney, once the Republican Party’s standard-bearer, believes the right-wing media machine is at fault for much of the radicalization that has disfigured the GOP. In another excerpt, Romney expressed alarm at how prominent storylines in the right-wing media space demonized people that he believed should have been celebrated, such as an Olympian struggling with mental health. The warped political environment made Romney, once the archetype of its traditional conservative values, an outcast to right-wing media figures, which after a brief civil war, wholly embraced Trump following his election. But the call didn’t go well, with Hannity scolding Romney and accusing him of making certain comments to appease the mainstream press. “You’re just doing this because you want to get praise on MSNBC!” Hannity told Romney, according to the book.

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Brenda Tracy, the activist and survivor, said Tucker sexually harassed her during the phone call in April 2022. Tucker has acknowledged having phone sex with her but said it was consensual. Michigan State’s investigation was completed in July and the university informed Tucker last week it planned to fire him for misconduct. Political Cartoons View All 1179 ImagesBelveal said the school previously knew Tucker acknowledged during the investigation in March that he had phone sex with Tracy. Michigan State spokeswoman Emily Guerrant said Monday the school will review Tucker’s response.

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☆ Michigan State Seeks to Fire Football Coach Amid Sexual Harassment Case
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-18 | by ( Livia Albeck-Ripka | More About Livia Albeck-Ripka | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

Mr. Tucker could not be immediately reached for comment on Monday evening. According to the letter, the woman, an activist against sexual violence and herself a survivor of gang rape, visited the university in July 2021 to teach its football team how to prevent sexual misconduct. Mr. Tucker described these conversations as “phone sex” and “a late-night intimate conversation,” the letter said. Monday’s announcement evoked painful memories of the university’s role in another sexual misconduct case. Michigan State was heavily criticized for its handling of sexual abuse reports regarding Lawrence G. Nassar, the former physician for the American gymnastics team, who was long employed by the university.

Persons: Tucker, “, Tucker’s, Lawrence G, Nassar Organizations: Associated Press, Michigan State Locations: American

☆ Top moments from the White House Correspondents Dinner
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-30 | by ( Kaanita Iyer | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

Washington CNN —President Joe Biden joked about a range of topics at the White House Correspondents Dinner on Saturday but struck a serious tone as he called for the release of wrongfully detained Americans abroad. In attendance Saturday evening was Brittney Griner, the WNBA star who was freed from Russia late last year after being wrongfully detained. Biden and First Lady Jill Biden held a pull-aside meeting with Griner and her wife at the event, per the White House pool. During the event, identical twin brothers Drew and Jonathan Scott, who host “Property Brothers” on HGTV, drew big laughs as their sketch-style video showcased how they would renovate the White House. “We’ve been doing this a long time and we think we know how to turn the White House into the White Home,” the pair said in video.

In 2019, Cambodia supplied 8,571 of the 33,818 research monkeys imported to the U.S., or 25%. In 2021, the number of monkeys from Cambodia more than doubled to 18,870, making up nearly 60% of the 31,844 research monkeys brought to America. Earlier this year, long-tailed macaques and pig-tailed macaques were listed as endangered species by the International Union for Conservation of Nature. The decades long effort by animal rights groups to derail the monkey trade has made some impact. The incident shined a rare spotlight on the monkey trade, which largely goes on outside the view of the public.

☆ Holocaust survivors turn to TikTok to teach a new generation not to forget
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-13 | by ( Emma Barnett | Emma Barnett Is An Associate Producer For Nbc News Now. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +8 min

In a recent TikTok video, 98-year-old Lily Ebert told her 1.9 million followers about the Auschwitz number tattooed on her forearm: A-10572. Like many Holocaust survivors, Ebert didn’t talk about the experience for decades. The last family photo of Lily and her siblings, taken around 1944; Lily Ebert is bottom right. The social media sensation known for her lighthearted dance videos has 8.7 million followers on TikTok and 2.8 million on Instagram. Those followers are learning through her new TikTok documentary series “How to: Never Forget” that she is also the granddaughter of two Holocaust survivors.

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