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The Loop NFL Picks: Week 6

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 17:52:00 GMT

Vikings at Bears (+2½)Star wideout Justin Jefferson will be sidelined at least a month, the latest blow to the postseason hopes for the 1-4 Vikings. The big question is whether the official campaign of tanking the season begins immediately, or whether they’ll wait until Sunday’s next debacle.Pick: Bears by 3MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA – OCTOBER 08: Justin Jefferson #18 of the Minnesota Vikings attempts to catch a pass during the second quarter against the Kansas City Chiefs at U.S. Bank Stadium on October 08, 2023 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. (Photo by Stephen Maturen/Getty Images)Panthers at Dolphins (-13½)Three Dolphins (Tyreek Hill, De’Von Achane and Raheem Mostert) have posted the top speeds in NFL action this season, all in excess of 21.5 mph. The only pass catcher to move faster this year has been the Vikings’ Jordan Addison in his Lamborghini.Pick: Dolphins by 21MIAMI GARDENS, FLORIDA – OCTOBER 08: Tyreek Hill #10 of the Miami Dolphins runs the ball to score a touchdown ...

Dutchess County eatery on NYT's 'most excited about' list

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 17:52:00 GMT

PINE HILLS, N.Y. (NEWS10) -- A Dutchess County restaurant has been recognized by the New York Times. Stissing House in Pine Plains was one of the 50 restaurants that made the New York Times third annual "The Restaurant List" for 2023. Get the latest news, weather, sports and entertainment delivered right to your inbox! "The Restaurant List" was released in September. It features 50 places around the United States that the New York Times is most excited about. Half of this year's list includes new restaurants that have opened since the 2022 restaurant list was published."Despite the upheavals in recent years, this is an expansive moment for independent restaurants," said the New york Times. "We can’t help but feel that cities and towns in the United States are better to eat in today than they have ever been." Inside the new selfie studio at Crossgates Mall Stissing House is owned by Clare de Boer and is in a historic tavern with an open hearth. The menu includes coal-roasted day-...

Musician Marquise Knox will start The Blues home opener on a high note!

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 17:52:00 GMT

ST. LOUIS - St. Louis Blues Hockey is doing a collaboration with musician Marquise Knox to highlight the rich history of blues musicians in the area.Marquise and a big furry bear (Louie from the St. Louis Blues) both stopped by to make this the most fun Band in the Box segment.Get tickets to The Blues home opener Saturday night by visiting StLouisBlues.com and hearing Marquise sing a brand-new song just for The Blues.

FOX 2's Hispanic Heritage Month special

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 17:52:00 GMT

ST. LOUIS -- Welcome to our celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month. FOX 2 host Chelsea Haynes takes you on a tour of the rich cultures that you will find in the St. Louis area.

Car flies off freeway, destroys home

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 17:52:00 GMT

A car veered off the 15 Freeway and crashed into a home in Temecula, causing a massive explosion early Thursday. Siblings Gaby Rivera and Angel Vega were two of eight people inside the home when the crash occurred around 2:45 a.m. “All of a sudden, I heard screeching,” Angel told KTLA’s Rick Chambers. “Then the next you thing know, a loud crash and bang.” He said the car hit the gas line and the fuse box. Within a matter of seconds, they started seeing the flames.  “It was scary. I’m trying to run my grandma out and the flames are right next to us,” Angel explained. “It was definitely very traumatic.”  A home in Temecula burned to ashes after a car on the 15 Freeway veered off the roadway and into the residence on Oct. 12, 2023. (KTLA)Unfortunately, the fire spread rapidly, and the family only escaped with what they could grab on the way to their front door. The family’s dogs made it out okay, but their cat, Stevie, did not survive.  “She was too scared...

Male Rider Dies in Motorcycle Accident on Highway 180 [Fresno, CA]

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 17:52:00 GMT

32-Year-Old Man Killed in Motorcycle Collision near Highway 41FRESNO, CA (October 13, 2023) – Early Thursday, a motorcycle accident claimed the life of one male rider on Highway 180.Police arrived at the scene near the connector ramp to State Route 41 around 6:30 a.m. As of now, the circumstances leading up to the incident remain unclear. Although, initial reports suggest that a motorcyclist was involved.Paramedics responded and rushed the 32-year-old rider to a nearby hospital, where he later succumbed to his injuries. The identity of the victim has not yet been disclosed by authorities.Emergency crews temporarily closed off the surrounding area to facilitate cleanup and carry out preliminary tasks.Additional information will be made available as soon as it is released. Currently, an active investigation is in progress. Fresno Officials will furnish further details regarding the motorcycle accident on Highway 180 as soon as they become accessible.The team at Sweet James offer...

1 Airlifted Following Two-Vehicle Crash on Sutter Avenue [Fresno County, CA]

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 17:52:00 GMT

Car Collision near Jayne Avenue Left One Person HospitalizedFRESNO COUNTY, CA (October 13, 2023) – Tuesday evening, a two-vehicle crash on Sutter Avenue sent one person to a hospital.Units from Fresno County Fire responded to a collision around 6:00 p.m. at Sutter Ave., just south of Jayne Avenue.At this time, the cause of the incident remains under investigation. However, the crash caused a small fire in a nearby field in the area.In addition, emergency crews airlifted one person to a nearby hospital to treat minor injuries.Authorities shut down the surrounding area to allow for cleanup and preliminary duties but has since been reopened.No further details regarding the two-vehicle crash have been released to the public.Those with additional information regarding the Sutter Avenue collision are encouraged to contact Fresno County officials as soon as possible.One small driving mistake can lead to a car accident. This is why it is important to drive defensively and always abide...

After surprise Grammy nomination, säje takes the next step

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 17:52:00 GMT

The American music scene is littered with one-hit wonders, acts that briefly catapulted to the top of the charts and then plunged back into oblivion. The jazz vocal ensemble säje put a very different spin on the renown-bounding phenomenon, scoring a 2020 Grammy Award-nomination with the quartet’s first (and, at that time, only) track, a sumptuously lapidary original called “Desert Song.”The tune emerged out of a creatively febrile 2019 weekend session in Palm Springs that was intended as a trial run to see whether it made sense for the four women to sing, compose and arrange together. Instead of following the game plan, spending their time writing and workshopping material, Los Angeles-based Sara Gazarek and Erin Bentlage and Seattle-situated Johnaye Kendrick and Amanda Taylor ended up talking, sharing and bonding over their overlapping and divergent creative practices.Though the women had various ties to each other, it wasn’t a given that some kind of collaboration would emerge. As...

Mailbag: ‘Pac-2’ leadership options, the blame game (Scott vs. Kliavkoff), Pac-12 board moves, CFP scenarios, emergency funds and more

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 17:52:00 GMT

The Hotline mailbag publishes each Friday. Send questions to [email protected] and include ‘mailbag’ in the subject line. Or hit me on Twitter: @WilnerHotline.Please note: Some questions have been edited for clarity and brevity.So it seems we may have a two-team conference next year while things play out. If that happens, who is going to be commissioner? Do they even need one? — @brycetacomaAppreciate the question because it allows us to address two topics at once: Why George Kliavkoff remains  commissioner of the Pac-12, and who would lead a ‘Pac-2’ if Washington State and Oregon State compete alone in 2024.The Hotline has received numerous questions about Kliavkoff’s continued employment after he steered the conference to ruin in early August and lost all credibility with, well, everyone. Our sense: Nobody is motivated to cut him loose.The two remaining schools aren’t relying on Kliavkoff for strategic advice as they plot their future....

Teacher dead, 2 people wounded in France knife attack

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 17:52:00 GMT

By John Leicester, Samuel Petrequin and Jeffrey Schaeffer | Associated PressARRAS, France — A man of Chechen origin who was under surveillance by French security services over suspected Islamic radicalization stabbed a teacher to death at his former high school and critically wounded two other people Friday in northern France, authorities said.The attack was being investigated by anti-terror prosecutors amid soaring global tensions over the war between Israel and Hamas. It also happened almost three years after another teacher, Samuel Paty, was beheaded by a radicalized Chechen near a Paris area school.President Emmanuel Macron said France had been “hit once again by the barbarity of Islamist terrorism.”“Nearly three years to the day after the assassination of Samuel Paty, terrorism has hit a school again and in a context that we’re all aware of,” Macron said at the site of the attack in Arras, a city 115 miles (185 kilometers) north of Paris.A colleagu...