Someone (hand raising nervously) lit the fuse this week on the conversation about a potential trade of 49ers coach Kyle Shanahan to the Bears. After Sunday’s 38-13 thrashing of the Bears, Shanahan was asked about his commitment to his current employer. “I know I don’t want to be any place in the world more than … Read more
Adam Thielen turned back the clock for fantasy football managers in Week 14. (Photo by Kyle Ross/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images) With six teams on a bye in Week 14, fantasy managers who’d previously had the luxury of sitting struggling veterans — or, at the very least, starting them with the knowledge that you’d have … Read more
A woman chased by Muscatine police and other agencies after she drove through the city on Sunday shooting at people died when her vehicle collided head on with another, police said. Police said in a news release they received multiple reports about shots being fired from a car about 3:15 p.m. It said they located … Read more
Dec. 8—She never made it to Fort Knox. But as America’s 45th treasurer, the first Native American to hold the post, Lynn Malerba left her mark on U.S. currency and, more important, on U.S. relations with Indian Country as the first head of the Department of the Treasury’s Office of Tribal and Native Affairs. Malerba, … Read more
Josh Allen did just about everything possible to lift the Buffalo Bills to a win on Sunday afternoon. While it wasn’t enough to lead them past the Los Angeles Rams, Allen set multiple NFL records in the process. Allen accounted for six total touchdowns in the Bills’ wild 44-42 loss to the Rams at SoFi … Read more
Dec. 8—Pay for state lawmakers in Connecticut will increase by 4.5% in each year of the two-year term that begins on Jan. 8 under a provision of the pay-raise bill that sped through the General Assembly two years ago. Passage of the bill by the House and Senate on the same day in May 2022 … Read more
Dec. 8—A local nonprofit is set to give away free new toys for kids just in time for the holidays. Grace House, 2638 Lafayette St., will begin offering items for infants and children up to age 12 at 10 a.m. on Saturday, Dec. 14. Grace House Executive Director Ruth Costello said that in these challenging … Read more
The burning of a Melbourne synagogue has offically been deemed as a terrorist attack. The Adass Israel Synagogue in Ripponlea was firebombed in the early hours of Friday morning last week, sending shockwaves through the Jewish community. On Monday, following a meeting between the AFP and Victoria, police Chief Commissioner Shane Patton said confirmed they … Read more
Aaron Rodgers and the New York Jets are officially out of the playoff hunt. The Jets were eliminated from postseason contention on Sunday afternoon after their 32-26 overtime loss to the Miami Dolphins. That defeat, their fourth straight, dropped the Jets to 3-10 on the season. They’re now tied for last in the AFC East … Read more
The civil trial of former Indiana Attorney General Curtis Hill, who was accused of groping four women in 2018, was called off Sunday on the eve of its expected start. The parties to the case — Hill and the women and Hill — “have agreed to have their case dismissed,” a court official told media … Read more