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First Nations chiefs in Manitoba call on Ottawa to address Jordan's Principle backlog OTTAWA — First Nations leaders in Manitoba are calling on the federal government to address a backlog in requests for Indigenous children to receive swift access to health care and other services. Canadian Press Dec 5, 2024 3:59 PM Dec 5, 2024 4:05 PM Share by Email Share on Facebook Share on X Share on LinkedIn Print Share via Text Message Executive Director of First Nations Child & Family Caring Society of Canada, Cindy Blackstock speaks on child welfare during the Assembly of First Nations (AFN) Special Chiefs Assembly in Ottawa, on Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2024. First Nations leaders in Manitoba are calling on the federal government to address a backlog in requests for First Nations children to receive swift access to health-care and other services. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Spencer Colby OTTAWA — First Nations leaders in Manitoba are calling on the federal government to address a backlog in requests for Indigenous children to receive swift access to health care and other services. They say the delay in approval of requests under Jordan's Principle has resulted in communities paying out of pocket for health, social or educational services that are supported under the principle, putting other important programming at risk. The Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs said the backlog has added financial strain to communities, forcing them to provide essential services with limited resources. "Many First Nations are trying to meet the needs of their families. They are not receiving funding to provide these services. They are currently running deficits," acting Grand Chief Betsy Kennedy told reporters in Ottawa on Thursday during the Assembly of First Nations annual winter meeting. "First Nations need (Indigenous Services Canada) to fully resource and prioritize full and equitable funding and reimbursement for costs before year's end." Kennedy added First Nations often have to refer their members to other organizations that are also not getting fully funded to complete requests for assistance. The principle is named after Jordan River Anderson of Norway House Cree Nation in northern Manitoba. Born in 1999 with multiple disabilities, Anderson died at the age of five without ever leaving the hospital because federal and provincial governments couldn't decide who should pay for his at-home care. The principle stipulates that when a First Nations child needs health, social or educational services, they are to receive them from the government first approached, with questions about final jurisdiction worked out afterward. Some projects in the 11 First Nations the Keewatin Tribal Council in northern Manitoba represents are at a standstill because money has had to be allocated to cover the costs of service requests, said Grand Chief Walter Wastesicoot. "There's a deep, deep hole there right now," he said. The Keewatin Tribal Council previously had to pay $7 million out of pocket for Jordan's Principle requests before the federal government reimbursed them, said Wastesicoot. He said the Keewatin communities are currently owed millions, but could not provide an exact amount. Kennedy said a regional Indigenous Services Canada representative told the assembly that there may not be further funding for First Nations until the fiscal year ends. Indigenous Services Canada did not immediately respond to a request for comment. The department says on the government's website that Ottawa has provided more than 8.2 million products, services and supports under the principle from 2016 to the end of October of this year. The office of Indigenous Services Minister Patty Hajdu previously told The Canadian Press that the department remains focused on ensuring First Nations children can access the services they need, and that since 2016, the federal government has allocated nearly $8.1 billion to meet the needs of First Nations children. The Manitoba chiefs' complaints come as the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal has ordered Canada to address a backlog of requests. The First Nations Child and Family Caring Society raised concerns earlier this year that Ottawa was taking too long to process requests for financing through Jordan's Principle, leaving children without access to services. Cindy Blackstock, executive director of the Caring Society, said the ever-growing backlog is of Canada's own making. "Canada chose to create these backlogs," she said while supporting chiefs on Thursday. "They're not saying they're overwhelmed and backlogged with thousands of cases under a Canadian pension plan or under an unemployment insurance. The government does this stuff. It is choosing not to do it and it's making excuses for itself." Urgent Jordan’s Principle requests are supposed to be processed within 24 hours. But they are taking up to one month to be reviewed, says Independent First Nations, an advocacy body representing a dozen First Nations in Ontario and Quebec. Blackstock filed an affidavit earlier this year that said nearly half of requests made by individuals from those First Nations in 2023-24 are still in review, along with 10 per cent of the files submitted in 2022-23. The tribunal ordered Canada to return to it with a detailed plan, timelines and targets to address the backlog before Dec. 10. -- By Brittany Hobson in Winnipeg. This report by The Canadian Press was first published Dec. 5, 2024. The Canadian Press See a typo/mistake? Have a story/tip? This has been shared 0 times 0 Shares Share by Email Share on Facebook Share on X Share on LinkedIn Print Share via Text Message Get your daily Victoria news briefing Email Sign Up More Health Police release new photos as they search for the gunman who killed UnitedHealthcare CEO Dec 5, 2024 3:50 PM Eli Lilly invests $3B to expand Wisconsin factory to help meet demand for Mounjaro, Zepbound Dec 5, 2024 3:11 PM Eli Lilly invests $3B to expand Wisconsin factory to help meet demand for Mounjaro, Zepbound Dec 5, 2024 2:27 PM( MENAFN - Jordan Times) Although the title of this article may seem familiar to you from the Academy Award winning film starring Colin Firth, who portrays the late King George VI, it is actually referring to his majesty King Abdullah's speech at World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos via teleconference on January 28 2021. The King is no stranger to giving opening speeches at WEF (in both its Davos and Dead Sea editions), but this year's event coincides with two monumental Jordanian occasions: The Centennial of the Hashemite reign in Jordan, as well as the birthday of the fourth sovereign from that reign. The King's speech at the WEF was shortly followed by His Majesty issuing directives to Bishr Khassawneh's Cabinet after the Prime Minister was able to capture the Parliament's vote of Confidence. The King also gave a comprehensive interview to the Jordanian News Agency (Petra). So it Is safe to say that the media has had a handful of Royal events and speeches to analyse and write about recently. Jordan is fighting an up-hill battle on the political and economic fronts, so the King - much like King George VI at the start of World War II - delivered a powerful message of hope and optimism to his people. He gave a promise that the economic situation in Jordan is on the verge of making a rebound for the better. Not many specifics were given, yet the speech was full of good omens and positive signs. The speech also promised better management and control of the Corona pandemic, as well as the implementation of ardent efforts to stabilise and pacify tensions in the Levant, and highlighted the reports coming from world economic and financial institutions indicating that the world economy is about to“cross the curve”. The content of the King's message was not only meant to be morale-lifting, but it also underlined the new avenues Jordan must take in order to put its economic prospects on a new track. His Majesty emphasised the need for both the private and public sectors to form harmonious engagement and effective partnerships, since neither sector has what it takes to address the pending issues alone. Both sectors need each other, and must adopt the measures to ensure a successful recovery. Since unemployment and poverty are on the rise, investment should be the vehicle for fighting those twin calamities. Unemployment amongst the youth is especially high, particularly among women, therefore, SMEs should be encouraged, and there should be proper training available for the youth to become vital members of the economy. The sectors of agriculture, energy, IT, education and health should be top-priority, along with restructuring the energy and transportation sectors. As for the tourism sector, it needs to be ready to bounce back once travel becomes safe, and poses less of a threat on the public's well-being. The questions that need to be addressed are: Can the current private sector institutions rise up to the challenges they face? And will the current government, which does not respect the private sector in its current composition, convince the latter to work together? 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First Nations chiefs in Manitoba call on Ottawa to address Jordan's Principle backlogNEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stock indexes rose to more records Wednesday after tech companies talked up how much of a boost they’re getting from the artificial-intelligence boom. The S&P 500 climbed 0.6% to add to what’s set to be one of its best years of the millennium. It’s the 56th time the index has hit an all-time high this year after climbing in 11 of the last 12 days . The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 308 points, or 0.7%, while the Nasdaq composite added 1.3% to its own record. Salesforce helped pull the market higher after delivering stronger revenue for the latest quarter than analysts expected, though its profit fell just short. CEO Mark Benioff highlighted the company’s artificial-intelligence offering for customers, saying “the rise of autonomous AI agents is revolutionizing global labor, reshaping how industries operate and scale.” The stock price of the company, which helps businesses manage their customers, jumped 11%. Marvell Technology leaped even more after delivering better results than expected, up 23.2%. CEO Matt Murphy said the semiconductor supplier is seeing strong demand from AI and gave a forecast for profit in the upcoming quarter that topped analysts’ expectations. All the optimistic talk helped Nvidia , the company whose chips are powering much of the move into AI, rally 3.5%. It was the strongest force pushing upward on the S&P 500 by far. They helped offset an 8.9% drop for Foot Locker, which reported profit and revenue that fell short of analysts’ expectations. CEO Mary Dillon said the company is taking a more cautious view, and it cut its forecasts for sales and profit this year. Dillon pointed to how keen customers are for discounts and how soft demand has been outside of Thanksgiving week and other key selling periods. Retailers overall have offered mixed signals about how resilient U.S. shoppers can remain. Their spending has been one of the main reasons the U.S. economy has avoided a recession that earlier seemed inevitable after the Federal Reserve hiked interest rates to crush inflation. But shoppers are now contending with still-high prices and a slowing job market . This week’s highlight for Wall Street will be Friday’s jobs report from the U.S. government, which will show how many people employers hired and fired last month. A narrower report released Wednesday morning suggested employers in the private sector increased their payrolls by less last month than economists expected. Hiring in manufacturing was the weakest since the spring, according to Nela Richardson, chief economist at ADP. The report strengthened traders’ expectations that the Fed will cut its main interest rate again when it meets in two weeks. The Fed began easing its main interest rate from a two-decade high in September, hoping to offer more support for the job market. The central bank had appeared set to continue cutting rates into next year, but the election of Donald Trump has scrambled Wall Street’s expectations somewhat. Trump’s preference for higher tariffs and other policies could lead to higher inflation , which could alter the Fed’s plans . Fed Chair Jerome Powell said Wednesday that the central bank can afford to cut rates cautiously because inflation has slowed from its peak two years ago and the economy remains sturdy. A separate report on Wednesday said health care, finance and other businesses in the U.S. services sector are continuing to grow, but not by as much as before and not by as much as economists expected. One respondent from the construction industry told the survey from the Institute for Supply Management that the Fed’s rate cuts haven't pulled down mortgage rates as much as hoped. Plus, “the unknown effect of tariffs clouds the future.” In the bond market, the yield on the 10-year Treasury fell to 4.18% from 4.23% late Tuesday. On Wall Street, Campbell’s sank 6.2% for one of the S&P 500’s sharper losses despite increasing its dividend and reporting a stronger profit than analysts expected. Its revenue fell short of Wall Street’s expectations, and the National Football League’s Washington Commanders hired Campbell’s CEO Mark Clouse as its team president. Gains for airline stocks helped offset that drop after JetBlue Airways said it saw stronger bookings for travel in November and December following the presidential election. It also said it’s benefiting from lower fuel prices, as well as lower costs due to improved on-time performance. JetBlue jumped 8.3%, while Southwest Airlines climbed 3.5%. All told, the S&P 500 rose 36.61 points to 6,086.49. The Dow climbed 308.51 to 45,014.04, and the Nasdaq composite rallied 254.21 to 19,735.12. In stock markets abroad, South Korea’s Kospi sank 1.4% following a night full of drama in Seoul. President Yoon Suk Yeol was facing possible impeachment after he suddenly declared martial law on Tuesday night, prompting troops to surround the parliament. He revoked the martial law declaration six hours later. In the crypto market , bitcoin climbed near $99,000 after Trump said he would nominate Paul Atkins , a cryptocurrency advocate, to chair the Securities and Exchange Commission. AP Writers Matt Ott and Zimo Zhong contributed.

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) — Reniya Kelly had 18 points and six assists, Maria Gakdeng added 16 points and nine rebounds, and No. 16 North Carolina beat 14th-ranked Kentucky 72-53 on Thursday night in the SEC/ACC Challenge. North Carolina opened the game on a 14-4 run, capped by Alyssa Ustby’s fifth 3-pointer of the season. The Tar Heels led 36-25 at halftime after holding the Wildcats to 36% shooting. North Carolina only made one field goal in the opening five minutes of the third quarter as Kentucky got as close as seven points. But The Tar Heels made five field goals in the final five minutes to take a 50-39 lead into the fourth. Kentucky’s opening four baskets of the fourth were from 3-point range to get within 60-51 with 5:52 left on Dazia Lawrence’s basket off a nice assist from Georgia Amoore on an inbounds play. North Carlina sealed it by scoring the next six points — all from the free-throw line. Ustby scored 13 points with eight rebounds for North Carolina (8-1). The Tar Heels outscored Kentucky 42-10 in the paint. Lawrence scored 17 points and Amelia Hassett had 13 points and 13 rebounds for Kentucky (7-1). Amoore added 10 points and eight assists and Clara Strack, averaging a team-high 18.3 points per game, was held to four points on 2-of-10 shooting. North Carolina stays at home to play Coppin State on Sunday. Kentucky returns home to face Queens University on Monday. ___ Get poll alerts and updates on the AP Top 25 throughout the season. Sign up here . AP women’s college basketball: https://apnews.com/hub/ap-top-25-womens-college-basketball-poll and https://apnews.com/hub/womens-college-basketballIntech Investment Management LLC acquired a new stake in shares of Omnicell, Inc. ( NASDAQ:OMCL – Free Report ) during the 3rd quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The firm acquired 17,270 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $753,000. A number of other large investors also recently bought and sold shares of OMCL. Vanguard Group Inc. lifted its stake in shares of Omnicell by 1.4% during the 1st quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 5,651,732 shares of the company’s stock worth $165,200,000 after purchasing an additional 80,312 shares during the last quarter. Pacer Advisors Inc. lifted its position in shares of Omnicell by 32.6% during the second quarter. Pacer Advisors Inc. now owns 2,070,434 shares of the company’s stock valued at $56,047,000 after buying an additional 508,789 shares during the last quarter. Dimensional Fund Advisors LP boosted its holdings in shares of Omnicell by 0.3% in the 2nd quarter. Dimensional Fund Advisors LP now owns 1,180,503 shares of the company’s stock valued at $31,955,000 after buying an additional 3,570 shares in the last quarter. Victory Capital Management Inc. grew its position in shares of Omnicell by 11,982.3% in the 3rd quarter. Victory Capital Management Inc. now owns 1,148,426 shares of the company’s stock worth $50,071,000 after buying an additional 1,138,921 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Federated Hermes Inc. raised its stake in shares of Omnicell by 1,113.6% during the 2nd quarter. Federated Hermes Inc. now owns 991,151 shares of the company’s stock worth $26,830,000 after acquiring an additional 909,480 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors own 97.70% of the company’s stock. Omnicell Price Performance NASDAQ OMCL opened at $46.59 on Friday. The stock’s fifty day moving average price is $44.55 and its 200 day moving average price is $37.94. Omnicell, Inc. has a 1 year low of $25.12 and a 1 year high of $55.74. The company has a market cap of $2.16 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of -119.46, a PEG ratio of 36.82 and a beta of 0.81. 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NEW YORK — Juan Soto put on a New York Mets jersey and cap for the first time Thursday after his record $765 million, 15-year contract was finalized and talked about what made the difference in his decision. “They showed me a lot of love. ... How they're going to make it comfortable for me,” he said. "That's one of the things I was looking for." Soto was introduced at Citi Field a day after his deal was finalized. Speaking in the Piazza 31 Club, he was flanked by Mets owner Steve Cohen, president of baseball operations David Stearns and his agent, Scott Boras. “They always talk about family. They always talk about stick(ing) together,” Soto said. “That's one of the things that opened my eyes.” Security men in gray suits wearing earpieces were off to the side. Soto walked in led by Boras, wearing a dark suit, black turtle neck shirt and gold chain with his No. 22. “I’m excited by the Mets future,” Cohen said. “I think this accelerates our goal of winning championships.” Soto chose the Mets' offer on Sunday, deciding to leave the Yankees after helping them reach the World Series in his only season in the Bronx. SAN FRANCISCO — Willy Adames wasted little time making one thing clear: He wants to play all 162 games for the San Francisco Giants. So when introduced as their new shortstop Thursday, Adames looked to his left and gently put a hand on manager Bob Melvin's right shoulder, smiled and said, “if he lets me.” Melvin might not need much convincing, thrilled to suddenly have stability at a position that lacked continuity this year in his first season as skipper. Adames didn't hesitate to also offer a thought to new boss Buster Posey: He plans to win a few championships with the Giants just like the catcher-turned-executive did here. Surrounded by his parents and other family and friends, Adames was formally introduced and welcomed at Oracle Park after signing a $182 million, seven-year contract — the first big, splashy move made by Posey since he became President of Baseball Operations in late September. “There’s no words to describe my feeling right now to be here in this beautiful city, I’m just so happy to be here,” Adames said. "... This is a dream come true for me. I’m thrilled to be here, I’m so excited. Hopefully we can win a few championships like you did, and that’s one of the main reasons I’m here.” PUERTO PLATA, Dominican Republic — The trial against Tampa Bay Rays shortstop Wander Franco, who has been charged with sexually abusing a minor, sexual and commercial exploitation against a minor, and human trafficking, was postponed on Thursday and scheduled to resume June 2, 2025. Dominican judge Yacaira Veras postponed the hearing at the request of prosecutors because of the absence of several key witnesses in the case. Only three out of 31 witnesses arrived to the hearing on Thursday. Franco’s lawyers asked the court to reconsider the postponement, arguing Franco must report to spring training in mid-February. “There is no case against Wander, for as many witnesses as they present, there is no case now,” Franco's lead lawyer Teodosio Jáquez told The Associated Press after the hearing. The judge replied that Franco is obligated to continue with the trial schedule and his conditional release from detainment. Get local news delivered to your inbox!Dak Prescott shares his hope for Mike McCarthy’s Cowboys future

SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) — Once-promising seasons hit new lows for the Chicago Bears and San Francisco 49ers last week. Another late-game meltdown sent the Bears to their sixth straight loss and led to the firing of coach Matt Eberflus. The 49ers suffered their second straight blowout loss and more crushing injuries to go from Super Bowl contenders to outside the playoff picture in a matter of weeks. The two reeling teams will try to get back on track on Sunday when the Bears (4-8) visit the 49ers (5-7) in Chicago's first game under interim coach Thomas Brown . “I told them a minute ago after practice there is no confidence loss at all as far as what I think about them,” Brown said Wednesday. “I don’t care what anybody else thinks about them. I think we have a very talented football team. It’s about just putting the work in every single day to give us an opportunity to win.” The Bears are hoping to get an emotional boost from the first in-season firing of a head coach in franchise history. Over the last 10 seasons, teams with interim coaches are 13-11 in their first game with the new coach. Those teams had a .284 winning percentage at the time they fired their coaches. “I wouldn’t say a new voice was needed. I would say there was change that was needed," rookie quarterback Caleb Williams said, pointing to a need for more accountability and better communication. The Niners came into the season as the favorites to get back to the Super Bowl from the NFC after losing the title game to Kansas City last season. But a series of key injuries, bad losses and spotty play have left them in last place in the NFC West with only slim hopes of even reaching the postseason. San Francisco lost 38-10 to Green Bay and 35-10 to Buffalo in back-to-back weeks and lost star running back Christian McCaffrey to a knee injury last week that will sideline him for at least the rest of the regular season. The Niners already lost key players Brandon Aiyuk and Javon Hargrave to season-ending injuries and are preparing to be without stars Nick Bosa and Trent Williams for a third straight week. “It’s just been a rocky mountain for real with the injuries and other stuff we’ve had to go through this season,” receiver Deebo Samuel said. “Our record don’t show how really good we are as a team. We're still believing in this locker room.” Chaotic education Williams described Eberflus’ firing as “interesting” and “tough” and vowed to “roll with the punches” while insisting the chaos and turnover of the past few weeks could help him handle similar situations in the future. Just 12 games into his NFL career, the prized quarterback is on his second head coach and third offensive coordinator, though Brown will continue to call plays. How does he keep the faith that his career is in good hands with this organization? “The first part is understanding I can’t control,” Williams said. “Even if I understand or don’t understand, that doesn’t matter. I have to roll with the punches like I said before. I don’t control everything.” Guerendo's chance With McCaffrey and Jordan Mason injured, the Niners running game will turn to rookie Isaac Guerendo . The fourth-round pick has 42 carries for 246 yards and two TDs this season and will be making his second start in either college or the pros. Coach Kyle Shanahan said the progress Guerendo has made since training camp makes him ready for his new role as he sees him running with more “urgency.” “I think it takes guys some time,” Shanahan said. “You start to get a feel for it the more, if you’ve got the right stuff, the more you get reps, the more you can adjust to it. How hard you’ve got to hit stuff, how quick those holes close, how when there is a hole how you have to hit it full-speed and can’t hesitate at all or it closes like that. We’ve seen that stuff get better in practice and we’ve seen it carry over into games.” Stop the run San Francisco's usually stout run defense has been anything but that this season. The Niners have struggled to slow down the opposition on the ground all year with the problem getting worse recently. The 49ers allowed 389 yards rushing the past two weeks. “It’s been so frustrating because I know what is supposed to look like,” linebacker Fred Warner said. “That’s not it.” Stopping the run also continues to be a sore spot for Chicago. The Bears rank 25th overall against the run and 29th in yards allowed per rush after another difficult outing last week. They gave up 194 yards, including 144 in the first half as the Lions grabbed a 16-0 lead. Losing veteran defensive tackle Andrew Billings to a torn pectoral muscle last month did not help. He was injured in a Week 9 loss at Arizona and is expected to miss the remainder of the season after having surgery. ___ AP Sports Writer Andrew Seligman contributed to this report. ___ AP NFL: https://apnews.com/hub/NFL Josh Dubow, The Associated PressZoom Shares Sink Despite Revenue Beat. Is It Time to Buy the Stock on the Dip as It Turns to AI to Drive Growth?

5 of the Best System Monitoring Tools in LinuxAt times, Week 13 made it fair to wonder what year it was. Russell Wilson was lighting up an opposing secondary. Geno Smith was chucking the ball around MetLife Stadium. The biggest showdown of the week was between a pair of superstar running backs. Here is what to know: In the first week of November, Buffalo left tackle Dion Dawkins reflected on the eighth Bills team he has been part of. The defining trait of this version, he believed, was its pervasive happiness. “This is a different team,” Dawkins said then. “Everybody is just happy all of the time. No complaints. Honestly, it’s because the sun is shining. When it’s sunny outside, everybody is happy. I haven’t seen that dark cloud that just lays over Buffalo just yet. But we’ll see. We’ll see how it goes when Dec. 1 comes, when it’s real cloudy and mucky and they got to scrape ice off their windows.” Dec. 1 arrived with a wicked storm cloud, and the Bills discovered the muck suits them just fine. In a majestic snowstorm, the host Bills annihilated the once-dominant San Francisco 49ers, 35-10, in a victory that clinched the AFC East title and showed what makes these Bills different from their predecessors. For years a finesse offense, the Bills finally have a team designed to play in the nasty weather that occurs so often in their city. Offensive coordinator Joe Brady has emphasized the running game more than Ken Dorsey, the man he replaced last season. The Bills’ personnel reshuffling included the addition of multiple large, strong skill players — wideout Mack Hollins and rookie running back Ray Davis each scored a touchdown Sunday. They still revolve around Josh Allen, who added a defining moment to his MVP résumé. Allen executed a hook and lateral with Amari Cooper that resembled a basketball give-and-go: He fired a quick pass to Cooper in the left flat, sprinted toward him, caught a lateral and dived into the end zone for a 7-yard touchdown. Allen became the fourth player in NFL history to be credited with a passing touchdown and a receiving touchdown on the same play. For good measure, he added an eight-yard touchdown run that made it 35-10 and brought “M-V-P!” chants. Russell Wilson threw a pick-six to Cincinnati Bengals cornerback Cam Taylor-Britt on the Pittsburgh Steelers’ first possession, which a few hours later stood as an odd way to begin one of the best days of his exceptional career. Wilson rebounded from Pittsburgh’s snowy loss in Cleveland — and that interception — by throwing for 414 yards in a 44-38 victory that effectively eliminated the Bengals from playoff contention and maintained the Steelers’ place atop the AFC North. Wilson had exceeded that total only once in his 13-year career, in October 2017. There were few signs such an explosion was coming. Even in his Seattle prime, Wilson rarely punched up massive statistical totals. With the Steelers, he had been piloting a ball-control offense, relying on his running game and short passes while making a few key throws per game. Against the Bengals’ dismal pass defense, though, Wilson was an explosive-play machine. He passed for 257 yards by halftime, the highest first-half total of his career. George Pickens caught a 36-yard moonball down the right sideline. Wilson fired a running, sidearm dart to Pat Freiermuth for a 25-yard touchdown. A remarkable eight Steelers receivers caught at least one pass that gained at least 20 yards. Wilson won’t have another game like Sunday’s anytime soon. The Steelers probably wouldn’t even want him to. For one day, at 36, Wilson turned back the clock and threw the ball as well as he ever has. The Eagles’ 24-19 statement victory over the Ravens in Baltimore included the dominance of Jalen Carter in the middle of the NFL’s best defense, the brilliance of Saquon Barkley and, for much of the afternoon, the Ravens’ defense rounding into form. The most lasting development may be the continued deterioration of Ravens kicker Justin Tucker. The Ravens were forced to go for a fourth-and-8 on their side of the field with 6:18 left because they trailed 21-12 after Tucker had left seven points on the field with three misses. He doinked an extra point off the left upright, pulled a 47-yard field goal wide left and pushed a 53-yarder wide right. Tucker’s struggles have persisted all season. He entered Sunday having made 17 of 23 field goals, a 73.9% success rate that ranked 28th in the NFL. Tucker, the best long-range kicker in league history, has made just 4 of 9 field goals from 50 yards or beyond. After a cosmetic late touchdown, Tucker’s extra point barely sneaked inside the right upright. For most teams, a struggling kicker presents an annoying problem with a straightforward solution: Cut him and find a replacement among the many candidates who, if given a chance, might become one of the most accurate ever. The current depth and quality of kickers, including those on the periphery of the league, mean never having to trot out a lousy one. The Ravens are not most teams because Tucker is not most kickers. Tucker may be the greatest kicker in NFL history, even if this season has cost him that title from a statistical standpoint. He was automatic from almost anywhere inside midfield for more than a decade. He was the rare kicker who gave his team swagger. The equity Tucker has built demands the Ravens give him time to solve his problems. They also can’t allow that equity to undermine their realistic Super Bowl aspirations. To this point, coach John Harbaugh has been steadfast that the Ravens are not considering a kicking change, reiterating his stance Sunday night that it “wouldn’t be wise.” He will have to ponder it now, whether the kicker in question is a legend or not. The Minnesota Vikings have not been a dominant team for the past two months, but they are still 10-2 because they continue to outperform expectations in close games under Coach Kevin O’Connell. The Vikings squeezed out another victory — and stayed on the heels of the Detroit Lions — with a two-minute drill touchdown to beat the Arizona Cardinals, 23-22, in Minneapolis. The Vikings have played 47 games under O’Connell, one playoff game included, and 34 have been decided by one score. Those are coin flips for most NFL teams. The Vikings have gone 24-10, including 7-1 this season. The Vikings trailed Arizona for nearly the entire game, and they didn’t lead until Sam Darnold hit Aaron Jones for a five-yard touchdown with 1:13 left. On fourth and five just before the two-minute warning, Darnold found Justin Jefferson for 12 yards. Coordinator Brian Flores’s defense forced the Cardinals to kick four field goals after reaching the red zone. Time and again, the Vikings are prepared to make crucial plays and execute at their highest level when they most need to. The number of close games they play may indicate they are not one of the NFL’s elite teams. But their record in them is a reflection of the infrastructure O’Connell (with Flores’s assistance) has built.

Advertisement 2 This advertisement has not loaded yet.A British political stoush has erupted over the "great British institution" of sandwiches. In an interview with Spectator magazine, Conservative party leader Kemi Badenoch suggested sandwiches were not real food. Speaking of taking a lunch break she said: "lunch is for wimps". "I have food brought in and I work and eat at the same time. "Sometimes I will get a steak... I'm not a sandwich person, I don't think sandwiches are a real food, it's what you have for breakfast." Badenoch was particularly against soggy bread. "I will not touch bread if it's moist," she said. In response, a spokesperson for British Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer told media the sandwich was a "great British institution". "I think he was surprised to hear that the leader of the opposition has a steak brought in for lunch. "The prime minister is quite happy with a sandwich lunch." Starmer enjoys a tuna sandwich and occasionally a cheese toastie, the spokesperson was reported as saying by Sky News . Reform leader Nigel Farage took to social media to weigh in on the debate. Appearing in a restaurant drinking a glass of red wine, Farage said he enjoyed lunch. But when he was short on time a sandwich in the office would do, he said.