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Tuesday, November 26, 2024

John Harbaugh beats brother Jim as Baltimore Ravens overcome Los Angeles Chargers on Monday Night Football

November 26, 2024 0

 Ravens head coach John Harbaugh beat his brother and Chargers head coach Jim as Baltimore outlasted Los Angeles 30-23 on Monday Night Football.



Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson threw two touchdowns – one apiece to Mark Andrews and Rashod Bateman – and ran for another as Baltimore exploded on offense after the Chargers had raced into a 10-0 lead at SoFi Stadium.

A 51-yard rushing score from Ravens running back Justice Hill midway through the fourth wrapped up the victory for Baltimore, extending their lead to 14 points with just over seven minutes remaining in the game.

Although Gus Edwards scored a touchdown against his former team in the final few seconds to reduce the deficit to seven, it was too little, too late as the Ravens improved to 8-4 while the Chargers slipped to 7-4.

The victory means that John is now 3-0 over Jim all-time, with their last meeting coming in Super Bowl XLVII in 2013 when John’s Ravens beat Jim’s San Francisco 49ers.

After the game, the brothers shared a hug at midfield and exchanged a few words before going back to their respective locker roomsL

When asked afterwards what the two said to one another in the immediate aftermath of the game, Jim said: “We said the same thing and congratulated him on the victory. ‘Yeah, love you.’”

John added: “I just told him: ‘You’re a great coach and you have a great team. I love you,’ and he said: ‘I love you and congratulations.’ It was good.”

John elaborated on being part of the only brother head coach duo to face off in NFL history – or, as the Ravens official website put it, the ‘HarBros.’

“It’s just something that is just an incredible thing. It does mean a lot, and I’m so proud of him,” John said afterwards. “It’s an amazing thing to look back to where we are from where we came. We had different paths. We grew up in the same room and have always lived our life side by side.

“But that’s not what the game is about. The game really is about the players, and the players are always going to win the game or lose the game or whatever.”

Ravens quarterback Jackson said winning for his head coach “means a lot.”

“I feel like for me being a big brother, it’s like I can’t lose to my little brother,” Jackson said after the game. “That’s what I believe going into that game he was thinking a lot. And then Jim on the other side, I believe he was like, ‘I got to beat my big brother,’ but we came out victorious, so I feel like that’s a good thing.”

Jackson (No. 8) accounted for three touchdowns during the Ravens' win over the Chargers.

‘Big turning point’

Monday’s game was billed as a heavyweight clash between two AFC playoff hopefuls – and it didn’t disappoint.

Chargers quarterback Justin Herbert gave his team the lead on the first drive of the game when he barrelled into the endzone from five yards out before Los Angeles kicker Cameron Dicker extended the lead with a field goal early in the second.

Although the Ravens got on the board midway through the second quarter through the legs of Jackson, the momentum really swung in the favor of the road team on the very next drive.

Trailing by three and facing a fourth-and-one on their own 16-yard line, John Harbaugh made the gutsy decision to call for a direct snap to Ravens right end Andrews who successfully got the first down with his running attempt. The drive was capped off a few plays later with a 40-yard touchdown pass from Jackson to Bateman on the stroke of halftime.

“The downside is that you give them the ball at the 16-yard line. That’s the downside, but the upside or the thought is that I really thought that we’d get it,” John said afterwards. “I thought Mark could get it with a quarterback sneak.

“I just thought he and Tyler (Linderbaum) and our interior offensive line, I mean Pat Ricard coming off the ball the way he did and Daniel Faalele coming off the ball the way he did, I just thought we would get it and they did. So hats off to them and that led to like a 90-something yard drive and got us seven points. That was a big turning point in the game.”

The Chargers suffered a blow midway through the second quarter, with running back JK
Dobbins – a former Ravens players – going down with an injury.

And after halftime, it was one-way traffic predominately with Baltimore’s running game keeping them moving – Derrick Henry had 140 yards on the ground – as they steadily built their lead with Hill’s explosive late touchdown sealing the win.

Hill's long touchdown run in the fourth quarter extended the Ravens' lead.

The victory sees the Ravens leapfrog the Chargers in the AFC playoff standings, with Baltimore moving up to fifth and the Bolts falling to sixth.

The Chargers travel to face the Atlanta Falcons in Week 13 while the Ravens host the Philadelphia Eagles.

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Monday, November 25, 2024

Thanksgiving Weather Travel Forecast: Here's A Look At Where Rain, Snow Could Interrupt Plans

November 25, 2024 0

 A​AA estimates nearly 80 million will travel for Thanksgiving this year and for some, weather could interrupt some of those plans.



Here's a look at the forecast for those hitting the roads and taking to the skies this week, followed by a glimpse of the Thanksgiving forecast.

Monday and Tuesday: A​ cold front and jet stream disturbance will produce some rainfall and gusty winds in parts of the Great Lakes, South and East. Snowfall with that system will be limited to the Upper Midwest.

T​he West will see wide swaths of rain and snow as new storm begins to take shape in west of the Rockies.

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Monday's Forecast
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Tuesday's Forecast

W​ednesday: For the big travel day, the central states and Rockies appear to have the most active weather at this time.

S​now could impact travel in Colorado and Utah, including Denver. Meanwhile, a developing wave of low pressure could bring rain to the mid-Mississippi valley and parts of the Ohio Valley. There might be a sliver of snowfall or wintry mix on the northern fringe of that rainfall.

A​t this time, it appears much of the East Coast and West Coast will stay dry and avoid any major travel hassles.

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T​hanksgiving Day And Beyond

The forecast for Thanksgiving Day doesn't look great for much of the East. The eastern third of the country could be impacted by active weather, from possible thunderstorms in the Southeast to wintry mix and slush in the Great Lakes, to a little bit of everything in the Northeast and New England.

A​s of right now, it looks like much of the I-95 corridor will be all rain, but make sure you check back for updates throughout the week. Much of the interior Northeast and northern New England could see a wintry mix and/or snow for Thanksgiving.

A rather quiet Thanksgiving day is on tap for m​uch of the central and western U.S.

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B​eyond Thanksgiving, the forecast gets a little more unclear, however, by Friday the systems causing rain and snow in the east should be wrapping up and starting to push out. We should see clearing in the East for the weekend's rush of travelers returning home.

O​ne thing that is more certain is a blast of cold air will sweep through the central and eastern states as we end November and begin December.

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Philippines President Slams Vice President’s Assassination Plot

November 25, 2024 0

 Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr has said he would fight back against what he described as a “troubling” threat against him, just days after his estranged ally Sara Duterte said she had asked someone to assassinate the president if she was killed.




In a strongly-worded video message addressing the nation on Monday, Marcos said, “Such criminal plans should not be overlooked.” He, however, did not name Vice President Duterte, his presidential running mate in 2022.

In a dramatic twist in the fierce spat between Marcos and the powerful Duterte family, the daughter of firebrand former President Rodrigo Duterte on Saturday said she had instructed an assassin to kill Marcos, his wife and the parliament speaker if she was killed.

She was responding to a question during an online news conference about whether she feared for her safety. She did not cite any specific threat against her.

“The statements we heard in the previous days were troubling,” Marcos said. “There is the reckless use of profanities and threats to kill some of us.”

If planning the assassination of the president is that easy, how much more for ordinary citizens?”

Duterte told reporters she had yet to hear the president’s statement but would respond later.

Earlier on Monday, Duterte said her statement against Marcos was “maliciously taken out of logical context”.

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Bishop TD Jakes 'stable' after experiencing health incident during Sunday sermon

November 25, 2024 0

 Bishop T.D. Jakes, 67, had what his church described as a "slight health incident" during a sermon Sunday.



The megachurch celebrity pastor was seen to pause his sermon and shake as people approached him on stage in footage posted to social media.

The Potter's House Church, the nondenominational Christian church in Dallas, Texas led by Jakes where he was preaching Sunday, released a statement on Jakes' official X account saying that he received "immediate medical attention" after the sermon.

"Bishop Jakes is stable and under the care of medical professionals," the statement said.

Jakes appeared in an Instagram post promoting the service before it began at 9 a.m. CT.

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Sunday, November 24, 2024

Mick Fleetwood plays to the future in Maui

November 24, 2024 0

 The island of Maui is a mere dot in the enormity of the vast Pacific Ocean, but it's not hard to see why millions visit every year, and why there are some who never want to leave. Fleetwood Mac founder Mick Fleetwood fell in love with Maui decades ago, and put down deep roots. "Long story, a long love affair," he said.



"But it really is your heart and your home?" I asked.

"Uh-huh. People often think, 'Oh yeah, how often are you on Maui?'" Fleetwood said. "This is my home. No other place."

As a young man he'd dreamed of a place, a club, where he could get his friends together, and 12 years ago he made it happen in the west Maui city of Lahaina:  Fleetwood's on Front Street. The menu was eclectic – they served everything from Biddie's Chicken (just like Fleetwood's mom, Biddie, made it) to cookie dough desserts dreamed up by his children. It was also a place where Mick and friends could play. "We created, I created, a band of people under a roof," he said. "Instead of a traveling circus, it was a resident circus at Fleetwood's on Front Street."


The island of Maui is a mere dot in the enormity of the vast Pacific Ocean, but it's not hard to see why millions visit every year, and why there are some who never want to leave. Fleetwood Mac founder Mick Fleetwood fell in love with Maui decades ago, and put down deep roots. "Long story, a long love affair," he said.

"But it really is your heart and your home?" I asked.

"Uh-huh. People often think, 'Oh yeah, how often are you on Maui?'" Fleetwood said. "This is my home. No other place."

As a young man he'd dreamed of a place, a club, where he could get his friends together, and 12 years ago he made it happen in the west Maui city of Lahaina:  Fleetwood's on Front Street. The menu was eclectic – they served everything from Biddie's Chicken (just like Fleetwood's mom, Biddie, made it) to cookie dough desserts dreamed up by his children. It was also a place where Mick and friends could play. "We created, I created, a band of people under a roof," he said. "Instead of a traveling circus, it was a resident circus at Fleetwood's on Front Street."

A wind-driven fire tore through western Maui, killing more than a hundred people, and consuming more than 2,000 buildings. Fleetwood was in Los Angeles when the fire started, and he hurried back to a scene of utter devastation. 

And his beloved restaurant? A charred sign was about all that was left.  

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The burned sign of Fleetwood's on Front Street. CBS NEWS

I said, "I understand your not wanting to be, 'Me, me, me,' especially in light of the lives that were lost, the homes that were lost; you don't want to make too big of a deal out of a restaurant."

"No."

"But at the same time, this was your family. This was your home. That must've been a huge loss."

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Mick Fleetwood.CBS NEWS

"It was a huge loss," Fleetwood said. "And in the reminding of it, that wave comes back. Today knowing we're doing this, I go, like, Okay, this is gonna be … a day."

We took a walk with Fleetwood down the street where his place once stood: the last time he was here, the place was still smoldering. "Literally, parts of it were still hot," he said.

More than a year later, the Lahaina waterfront is still very much a disaster zone.

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Correspondent Tracy Smith with Mick Fleetwood on Front Street in Lahaina. CBS NEWS

The decision about what to do with the land is still up in the air; the priority is housing for the displaced residents. But Fleetwood says he's determined to rebuild, just maybe not in the same place.

Asked what he pictures in a new place, he said, "For me, it has to encompass being able to handle playing music. There has to be music. We had it every day. That's a selfish request!"

But before anything is rebuilt, there's still a massive cleanup that needs to be completed here.

"We will see," he said. "You have a blank [canvas] to paint on, and there's a lot of painting to do.

"You have to be careful, even in this conversation, of going like, 'How sad that was,' when really it's about, 'Yes, but now we need this.' In the end you go like, it happened. And what's really important is absorbing maybe how all these things happened, and can they be circumnavigated to be more safe in the future, and be more aware? Of course that's part of it. But the real, real essence is the future."

Fleetwood's ukelele is one of the few things that survived the fire, and he's hoping his dream survives as well.

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Game show host Chuck Woolery of 'Wheel of Fortune,' 'Love Connection,' dies at 83

November 24, 2024 0

 Woolery died at his home in Texas in the presence of his wife, Kristen, his friend and podcast co-host Mark Young told The Associated Press. Along with his wife, Woolery is survived by his sons Michael and Sean and his daughter Melissa.



"Chuck Woolery was without doubt the Real Deal. Our 7 years as the original host and hostess on Wheel of Fortune were like magic," Susan Stafford, who was Chuck Woolery's co-host on "Wheel of Fortune," said in a statement to Fox News.

Our deep friendship continued after our time on the show," the statement continued. "He was an original. There was no one like Chuck. He had so much energy and was the same warm caring genuine person offstage as he was on. He was very spiritual and we shared a true love for God which made it even more worthwhile. So grateful to know I will see him again."

COLIN PETERSON, BEE GEES ORIGINAL DRUMMER, DEAD AT 78

Chuck Woolery

Game show host Chuck Woolery attends the Meow Mix Think Like a Cat Game Show Premiere on November 12, 2008, in Hollywood, California. (Getty Images)

Woolery was inducted into the American TV Game Show Hall of Fame in 2007 and earned a daytime Emmy nomination in 1978.

In 1983, Woolery began an 11-year stint as host of "Love Connection," during which time he coined the phrase, "We’ll be back in two minutes and two seconds." In 1984, he began hosting "Scrabble," simultaneously hosting both game shows until 1990.

Other shows he hosted include "Lingo," "Greed" and "The Chuck Woolery Show," as well as the short-lived syndicated revival of "The Dating Game" from 1998 to 2000. In 1992, he played himself in two episodes of "Melrose Place."

PAUL TEAL, 'ONE TREE HILL' ACTOR, DEAD AT 35

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Chuck Woolery at the "Game Show Networks 2003 Winter TCA Tour" at the Renaissance Hotel in Los Angeles, California, Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2003. (Getty Images)

Woolery was the subject of the Game Show Network's first attempt at a reality show, "Chuck Woolery: Naturally Stoned," which premiered in 2003 and lasted six episodes.

Woolery began his TV career on "Wheel of Fortune," which debuted Jan. 6, 1975, on NBC.

"Wheel of Fortune" started life as "Shopper’s Bazaar." After Woolery appeared on "The Merv Griffin Show" singing "Delta Dawn," Griffin asked that he host the new show with Stafford.

NBC initially passed, but they changed it to "Wheel of Fortune" and were approved. After a few years, Woolery demanded a raise to $500,000 a year, or what host Peter Marshall was making on "Hollywood Squares." Griffin rejected the request and replaced Woolery with Pat Sajak, who, along with Vanna White, are most commonly associated with the show.

Game show host Chuck Woolery

Chuck Woolery performs at the "Game Show Networks 2003 Winter TCA Tour" at the Renaissance Hotel in Los Angeles, California, Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2003. (Getty Images

Woolery, who was born in Ashland, Kentucky, served in the U.S. Navy before attending college. He played double bass in a folk trio before starting the psychedelic rock duo, The Avant-Garde, in 1967 while he worked as a truck driver to support himself as a musician.

Following his TV career, Woolery began podcasting. He told The New York Times that he described himself as a gun-rights activist, a conservative-libertarian and constitutionalist, noting that he had not revealed his politics in liberal Hollywood over fear of retribution.

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