Chicago Bears release 2023 schedule: They’ll open and close against the Green Bay Packers and play 4 prime-time games

Published Thu, 28 Mar 2024 22:30:57 GMT

Chicago Bears release 2023 schedule: They’ll open and close against the Green Bay Packers and play 4 prime-time games The Chicago Bears will open and close their 2023 regular season against the Green Bay Packers, the team announced Thursday night as part of their full schedule release.The first Bears-Packers game after the Aaron Rodgers era will be in the season opener Sept. 10 at Soldier Field. Fans are expected to get their first good look at the Packers under new quarterback Jordan Love. The teams are scheduled to meet again in Week 18 at Lambeau Field.The Bears won only three games last season, but the NFL still scheduled them to play four games in prime time in 2023, highlighted by a “Thursday Night Football” matchup against the Carolina Panthers on Nov. 9 at Soldier Field.The game is notable because it is expected to feature Bears quarterback Justin Fields against new Panthers quarterback Bryce Young. The Bears traded the No. 1 draft pick to the Panthers this offseason so that the Panthers could draft Young. The Bears received Panthers wide receiver DJ Moore as a part of the trade...

Giants full 2023 schedule with predictions from Daily News’ Pat Leonard

Published Thu, 28 Mar 2024 22:30:57 GMT

Giants full 2023 schedule with predictions from Daily News’ Pat Leonard The Giants have a 3-22 record against the Dallas Cowboys and Philadelphia Eagles in the past six seasons, including a combined 0-5 last year. Their success or failure starts and ends there.So it’s appropriate that a 2023 season with higher expectations starts there, too:Week 1. Sunday Night Football. Dak Prescott. Daniel Jones. Cowboys and Giants. MetLife Stadium. Under the lights.Rekindling a Week 1 tradition that saw the NFC East rivals clash six times in eight years from 2012-19, with Dallas winning five. The Giants are hosting for the first time since 2012.The schedule makes clear, though, that the NFL has dubbed Brian Daboll’s Giants as ready for prime time in the early going coming off a year one playoff berth.John Mara’s club will face a Sunday Night, Thursday Night and Monday Night Football gauntlet in three of the regular season’s first four weeks. They’re scheduled for four prime time games in the season’s first six weeks and five total,...

NFL 2023 schedule: Patriots open with Eagles, play Chiefs and Steelers among 4 primetime games

Published Thu, 28 Mar 2024 22:30:57 GMT

NFL 2023 schedule: Patriots open with Eagles, play Chiefs and Steelers among 4 primetime games Here it is.The Patriots’ 2023 regular-season schedule has been released, a slate that starts with the reigning NFC champion Eagles in Week 1. The Pats will host Philadelphia for a 4:25 p.m. kickoff on Sept. 10, then the Dolphins in a Sunday Night Football matchup in Week 2.  Their home clash with Miami is the first of four primetime games on the schedule, including a stretch of three straight in December.The complete schedule is below.MNF = Monday Night Football; SNF = Sunday Night Football; TNF = Thursday Night FootballRelated ArticlesNew England Patriots | Patriots back James Robinson looking forward to showing his mettle New England Patriots | Patriots 2023 schedule: Home opener set against NFC East power New England Patriots | Tom Brady returning for Patriots’ 2023 home opener New England Patriots | Patriots sign CB Tae Hayes, cut practice-squad wide receiver New England Patriots | Patriots 20...

5.5 magnitude earthquake shakes Northern California

Published Thu, 28 Mar 2024 22:30:57 GMT

5.5 magnitude earthquake shakes Northern California (KTXL) — A 5.5 magnitude earthquake struck in Northern California Thursday afternoon around 4:19 p.m., with the shaking felt across the northern half of the state, including the Pacific coast, and parts of Nevada. Preliminary readings had the quake at 5.7 and then 5.4 magnitudes, but the USGS website updated its reading to 5.5. The quake struck about 2.5 miles southwest of the community of East Shore near Lake Almanor, about 120 miles directly northeast of Sacramento, according to the USGS.The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said there was no tsunami warning, advisory, watch or threat related to the California earthquake. The California Highway Patrol said that the earthquake caused a disruption at the agency's Chico dispatch center, and that 911 lines are currently down. The agency said that people in the region should call 530-332-1200 to report emergencies. In the hour after the original earthquake, at least five aftershocks were registered in the same region, all...

Migrants, border officers in limbo as time winds down on Title 42

Published Thu, 28 Mar 2024 22:30:57 GMT

Migrants, border officers in limbo as time winds down on Title 42 SAN DIEGO (Border Report) -- In the hours leading up to the end of Title 42, migrants and border authorities are playing the waiting game while preparing for the worst.Migrants continue to gather at various spots along the border between San Diego and Tijuana, with one of the larger groups congregating about a mile and a half to the west of the San Ysidro Port of Entry.Here, like at the other spots along the border, migrants wait to be picked up by agents.In the meantime, they survive with water and food provided by good Samaritans, with the Border Patrol making two stops daily to deliver water and granola bars. What is Title 42 and how has U.S. used it to curb migration? On the south side of the border, you'll find people like Juan delivering groceries to migrants."I've also delivered medicine for a baby," he said.While Juan is doing this free of charge, others are seen selling food and charging for delivery.Aida Meza, a commuter at the San Ysidro Port of Entry, had to wait whil...

18-year-old arrested in fatal San Ysidro shooting

Published Thu, 28 Mar 2024 22:30:57 GMT

18-year-old arrested in fatal San Ysidro shooting SAN DIEGO -- An 18-year-old has been arrested in connection with a fatal shooting in San Ysidro last month, according to San Diego police.Authorities were first notified of the shooting around 10:20 p.m. on April 7, located outside a home in the 100 block of East Park Avenue.Upon arrival, officers from the SDPD Southern Division found a man in front of the home with a gunshot wound to his upper body, police said. Officers attempted life-saving measures on the victim until paramedics with San Diego-Fire Rescue arrived to transport him to a nearby hospital.The victim was declared dead at 11:06 p.m. at the hospital by medical personnel, according to SDPD Lt. Steve Shebloski. Antisemitic symbols found in UCSD residence hall During the preliminary investigation into the shooting, SDPD learned that the victim, later identified as 20-year-old Carlos Arvizu, was confronted by one or more suspects in a vehicle before he was shot, police said. The vehicle then sped away from the area where ...

Justice Dept. seeks to put Trump deposition on hold in case of FBI agent fired over text messages

Published Thu, 28 Mar 2024 22:30:57 GMT

Justice Dept. seeks to put Trump deposition on hold in case of FBI agent fired over text messages WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department asked a judge Thursday to put on hold a scheduled deposition of Donald Trump in a lawsuit brought by an FBI agent who was fired over text messages critical of the former president.The government said in a federal court filing that a judge should order lawyers for Peter Strzok to take the deposition of FBI Director Christopher Wray before they seek to question Trump. The Justice Department says an interview with Wray may eliminate the need for Trump’s deposition, and that if the judge handling the lawsuit does not grant its request, it will ask a federal appeals court to intervene.Lawyers for Trump support the Justice Department’s position, according to a footnote in the government’s filing, while Strzok’s attorneys oppose it. Strzok’s legal team has scheduled the deposition for May 24.Strzok was a veteran counterintelligence agent and a lead official in the FBI’s investigation into Hillary Clinton’s use of a private em...

UN human rights body passes resolution on human rights abuses in Sudan, amid worsening conflict

Published Thu, 28 Mar 2024 22:30:57 GMT

UN human rights body passes resolution on human rights abuses in Sudan, amid worsening conflict GENEVA (AP) — The United Nation’s top human rights body adopted a resolution Thursday that drew attention to mounting civilian deaths and rights abuses in Sudan since a bloody conflict erupted between the African country’s two top generals last month.The violence in Sudan has so far killed more than 600 people, including civilians, and displaced hundreds of thousands. The fighting has also spread to other regions, namely the restive Darfur province. The Human Rights Council — made up of 47 U.N. member states — narrowly passed the resolution with 18 states voting for the resolution, 15 against and 14 other nations abstaining. The resolution aims to further scrutinize human rights violations taking place in Sudan since April 15.The fighting in Sudan started as a result of a power struggle between the chief of Sudan’s military, Gen. Abdel Fattah Burhan, and rival Gen. Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, who commands the powerful paramilitary Rapid Support Forces. Arab and African nation...

ACM Awards open with Keith Urban, Garth and Dolly and early win for Cole Swindell

Published Thu, 28 Mar 2024 22:30:57 GMT

ACM Awards open with Keith Urban, Garth and Dolly and early win for Cole Swindell FRISCO, Texas (AP) — Cole Swindell spent a lot of time onstage early at the Academy of Country Music Awards, performing and then quickly collecting the night’s first award, song of the year.Swindell and a team of songwriters won for “She Had Me at Heads Carolina,” the song he and Jo Dee Messina had just performed onstage.Swindell said he was honored by the win in a songwriting category because it was one of the reasons he got into country music.The show opened with Keith Urban performing, fittingly, of his song “Texas Time.” The ACMs are being handed out at Ford Center at the Star in Frisco. Host Garth Brooks started the show with a discussion of the country music’s history and who was the greatest of all time, or GOAT. After listing off numerous male performers, he tossed to Dolly Parton, who wheeled a live goat onto the stage.The easy banter between Brooks, in his first hosting gig, and Parton carried the show’s early moments. The pair are co-hosting, and Parton will close out the...

Christian nonprofit punished for feeding homeless people in California city gets federal backing

Published Thu, 28 Mar 2024 22:30:57 GMT

Christian nonprofit punished for feeding homeless people in California city gets federal backing SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) — The U.S. Department of Justice has lent its support to a religious nonprofit that was penalized and threatened with criminal prosecution by the Southern California city of Santa Ana for feeding homeless people.A lawsuit by Micah’s Way claims Santa Ana infringed on the nonprofit’s right to religious exercise when the city ordered it to stop distributing food and drinks at its resource center. The city denied the group’s certificate of occupancy and warned it could be fined and prosecuted for allegedly violating municipal code. The Justice Department on Tuesday filed a statement of interest backing Micah’s Way, saying the the Christian organization’s distribution of food to homeless people “is an integral part of its religious exercise.” The statement was made in response to the city’s motion to dismiss the lawsuit.“Many faith-based organizations across the country are on the front lines serving the needs of people experienc...