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Patriots mailbag: How to acquire QB of the future while falling down draft board

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 00:35:08 GMT

There was a certain subset of Patriots fans upset to see rookie kicker Chad Ryland knock through a last-second field goal against the Broncos on Sunday night.Those are the fans who have been rooting for the Patriots to select higher in the 2024 NFL Draft since the team was eliminated from playoff contention. The win pushed the Patriots down from No. 2 overall, where they could have taken one of the top two QBs in the draft, to No. 4.So, what do the Patriots do now, since it looks difficult to move back up to one of the top two picks?We’ll answer that and more in this week’s mailbag.Related ArticlesNew England Patriots | Position switch has paid off for Patriots impending free agent New England Patriots | Marco Wilson excited about Patriots’ history developing cornerbacks New England Patriots | Patriots Christian Barmore reluctantly acknowledges he just had his best game New England Patriots | Patriots OC Bill O&#...

City of San Diego truck runs into Naval Base fence; driver taken into custody

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 00:35:08 GMT

SAN DIEGO — The driver of a City of San Diego truck was taken into custody early Tuesday morning after the vehicle crashed into a fence at Naval Base San Diego, military officials confirmed to FOX 5.The incident happened sometime before 4:45 a.m. According to a Navy spokesperson, base security were the first to arrive on scene after responding to reports of a "fence line incident" near 32nd Street.Upon arrival, Navy officials discovered a City of San Diego vehicle that had run into the perimeter fence. No injuries were reported in the incident.San Diego police were also called to the scene and took the driver, who appears to be a city employee, into custody. New traffic laws bringing changes for California drivers in 2024 Officials did not confirm what the suspected charges against the driver were, although video obtained by FOX 5 shows a Tecate Beer can and what appeared to be a mixed drink inside the vehicle. SDPD officers were also seen conducting an in-field DUI evaluation of ...

Directional signs for tourists in Tijuana to be installed around San Ysidro Port of Entry

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 00:35:08 GMT

SAN DIEGO (Border Report) -- Starting next month, the City of Tijuana will begin installing directional signs on the south side of the San Ysidro Port of Entry as a way to help tourists navigate the area around the border crossing."In 2024 we'll begin putting in signs to help people get back to the United States," said Karim Chalita Rodríguez, president of the Convention and Tourism Committee in Tijuana. "We'll be working with the city's economic development secretary to get this done. City of Tijuana getting ready to receive large caravan of migrants For many years, people have complained about how confusing it can be for tourists coming back from Baja California to get to the port of entry and into the U.S.The signs will be for people crossing the border in cars and on foot."The first phase will include large signs as far back as city hall," said Chalita Rodríguez.Tijuana's city administration building is about two miles south of the border."We're trying to avoid confusion that ...

A rebel group in the Indian state of Assam signs a peace accord with the government

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 00:35:08 GMT

NEW DELHI (AP) — A rebel group that fought for decades to free India’s northeastern state of Assam from New Delhi’s rule on Friday signed a peace accord with the government pledging to end the insurgency in the region. The United Liberation Front of Asom or ULFA, led by Arabinda Rajkhowa, concluded 12 years of negotiations with the Indian government. The signing ceremony in New Delhi was attended by India’s Home Minister Amit Shah and the top elected official of Assam state Himanta Biswa Sarma. However, the group’s hard-line faction, led by Paresh Baruah, is not part of the agreement. Baruah is believed to be hiding somewhere along the China-Myanmar border, the Press Trust of India news agency said. ULFA, formed in 1979 demanding a “sovereign Assam,” carried out a reign of terror in Assam state in the late 1980s, including extortion, kidnappings and killings, especially targeting the state’s flourishing tea companies. It killed several tea planters. India banned ULFA in 1990. It the...

New Ontario laws and regulations come into effect on New Year’s Day

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 00:35:08 GMT

Several new Ontario laws and regulatory changes are set to come into effect on New Year’s Day, including daycare safe-arrival rules and penalties for inappropriately accessing patients’ personal health information.As of Jan. 1, 2024, the province will require all child-care operators to develop a policy outlining what steps they will take to closely monitor when a child does not arrive or is not picked up as expected.The changes are intended to prevent the rare, but horrendous deaths of young children inadvertently left in hot cars.Safe arrival systems have long been in place in schools, where children are as young as three or four when starting junior kindergarten, but not in child-care settings, where children are younger and more vulnerable.Other new regulations taking effect on Monday will allow Ontario’s Information and Privacy Commissioner to fine individuals or organizations who inappropriately access or share a patient’s personal health information.Se...

Woman struck and killed by car late Thursday night on city's South Side

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 00:35:08 GMT

CHICAGO — A woman was hit and killed by a car in the Washington Heights neighborhood on the city's South Side overnight.Chicago police report that around 11 p.m. Thursday, a driver was heading southbound when a 25-year-old female walked into the street in the 10000 block of S. Halsted St.The woman was hit and transported by the Chicago Fire Department to Advocate Christ Medical Center, where she later died.Police say the driver of the vehicle was not injured. The Major Accidents Unit is investigating.

Dean's Weekender: 'Shrek: The Musical,' 16 Candles and more

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 00:35:08 GMT

Check out Dean's Weekender for all the latest events coming to the Chicagoland area this weekend.Get Dean's reviews and A-List interviews delivered right to your inbox. Sign up for Dean's Downloads weekly newsletter. You'll also get his Dean Cooks recipes too!

Symptoms of RSV, strep, flu, COVID: How to tell them apart

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 00:35:08 GMT

(WGN Radio) – Feeling a little gross after the holidays? You may have one (or two, or three) of the overlapping symptoms of RSV, flu, COVID and strep. We asked Dr. Sindhu Aderson at Northwestern Medicine to run through some of the most common symptoms and treatments for each virus and bacteria, to break down the differences. With strep, the most common signs are sore throat and fevers, but not often a cough, Aderson said. When it comes to flu, you're more likely to see body aches. With COVID, one distinguishing symptom Aderson sees is fatigue, and occasionally loss of taste and/or smell. With RSV, you'll often hear wheezing and coughing as the main symptom. However, coughing is reported with all three of the viral illnesses (COVID, RSV and flu). It's less common with strep, which is caused by a bacteria, Aderson said. Testing negative but still feeling sick? Doctors explain why Trouble breathing is most common with COVID and RSV, but it can also be seen with patients with the flu,...

US military space plane blasts off on another secretive mission

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 00:35:08 GMT

(AP) — The U.S. military's X-37B space plane blasted off Thursday on another secretive mission that’s expected to last at least a couple of years.Like previous missions, the reusable plane resembling a mini space shuttle carried classified experiments. There's no one on board.The space plane took off aboard SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy rocket from NASA's Kennedy Space Center at night, more than two weeks late because of technical issues.It marked the seventh flight of an X-37B, which has logged more than 10 years in orbit since its debut in 2010.The last flight, the longest one yet, lasted 2 1/2 years before ending on a runway at Kennedy a year ago. Mystery note found in sealed cereal box in Pennsylvania Space Force officials would not say how long this orbital test vehicle would remain aloft or what's on board other than a NASA experiment to gauge the effects of radiation on materials.Built by Boeing, the X-37B resembles NASA’s retired space shuttles. But they're just one-fourth the siz...

Marjorie Taylor Greene says daughters' homes were 'swatted'

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 00:35:08 GMT

(The Hill) — Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) claimed that her two daughters were “swatted” Thursday — just days after she experienced what she estimated was her eighth swatting incident.Swatting refers to a large-scale response by law enforcement officials in response to false claims of an emergency, often at the homes of public officials.“Both my daughter’s houses just got swatted today. Big thanks to the police who responded! We appreciate you and support you!” Greene wrote Thursday afternoon in a post on X, the platform formerly known as Twitter. Greene says she was swatted while at home with family on Christmas “Whoever is doing this, you are going to get caught and it won’t be funny to you anymore,” Greene added, before tagging the FBI account.Greene did not provide more information about the incidents her daughters experienced.On Christmas Day, Greene reported she was swatted at her home in Rome, Ga., for what she estimated was the eighth time.“I was just swatted. This i...