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LOS ANGELES — A Hail Mary that left the Detroit Lions stunned. A fourth-quarter comeback that came up a touchdown short. Trading touchdowns until a failed two-point conversion ended the Lions’ two-decade-long road losing streak to the Green Bay Packers.Quarterbacks Matthew Stafford and Aaron Rodgers will face each other again on Sunday when the Rams (8-6) travel east to face the New York Jets (4-10). It will be the 18th meeting between the two, who played for NFC North rivals Detroit and Green Bay, respectively, for much of their careers.Asked to pick any games that stand out between the two…

By BIANCA VÁZQUEZ TONESS and COLLIN BINKLEY, Associated PressChildren of the wealthy and connected get special admissions consideration at some elite U.S. universities, according to new filings in a class-action lawsuit originally brought against 17 schools.Georgetown’s then-president, for example, listed a prospective student on his “president’s list” after meeting her and her wealthy father at an Idaho conference known as “summer camp for billionaires,” according to Tuesday court filings in the price-fixing lawsuit filed in Chicago federal court in 2022.Although it’s always been assumed that such favoritism exists, the filings offer a rare peek at the often secret deliberations of…

By STAN CHOE, Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks tumbled to one of their worst days of the year after the Federal Reserve hinted Wednesday it may deliver fewer shots of adrenaline for the U.S. economy in 2025 than earlier thought. The S&P 500 fell 2.9%, just shy of its biggest loss for the year, to pull further from its all-time high set a couple weeks ago. The Dow Jones Industrial Average lost 1,123 points, or 2.6%, and the Nasdaq composite dropped 3.6%. The Fed said Wednesday it’s cutting its main interest rate for a third time this…

An Anaheim man who shot his sexual partner in the face at a Garden Grove home and then led police on a high-speed pursuit in a rented U-Haul pickup in Riverside County was convicted Wednesday, Dec. 18, of second-degree murder.An Orange County Superior Court jury deliberated for several hours before finding Ali Samoodi, 53, guilty of shooting 57-year-old Dave Abbot during the early morning hours of May 7, 2022, following a multi-day methamphetamine and sex binge in a room Abbott was renting at a home in the 5300 block of Santa Barbara Avenue.Deputy District Attorney Harris Siddiq told jurors during…

By LISA MASCARO and KEVIN FREKING, Associated PressWASHINGTON (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump abruptly rejected a bipartisan plan Wednesday to prevent a Christmastime government shutdown, instead telling House Speaker Mike Johnson and Republicans to essentially renegotiate — days before a deadline when federal funding runs out.Trump’s sudden entrance into the debate and new demands sent Congress spiraling as lawmakers are trying to wrap up work and head home for the holidays. It leaves Johnson scrambling to engineer a new plan before Friday’s deadline to keep government open.“Republicans must GET SMART and TOUGH,” Trump and Vice President-elect JD Vance said in a statement.The president-elect made…

LOS ANGELES — He hadn’t been home for a week, the campus invites flooding Eli Sanders’ phone as soon as his name dropped in the transfer portal.First he hopped on a plane to East Lansing, and Michigan State, the very Monday and Tuesday the portal opened. Then came a trip westward, to Arizona, the following Wednesday and Thursday. Friday yo-yoed him back east to Arkansas. Saturday and Sunday was Virginia Tech. All of these programs pitching themselves, across the country, to one of the most productive backs in the portal, the 5-foot-11 Sanders coming off a season in which he…

Electeds in the smaller cities of Los Angeles County tout local control as politics at its best. If you’re one of five City Council members in a city of some 72,000 residents, say, right in the middle of the teeming 10 million-people county, you can claim  to provide real constituent service right there on the ground.Citizens and those with business interests in your fair city can shake your hand,  kvetch about public safety and potholes, or the regulatory climate. Or, you know, bribe you with an envelope kindly filled with $15,000 in cash. Whichever.We don’t mean to sound too cynical…

By Funto Omojola, NerdWalletMobile wallets that allow you to pay using your phone have been around for well more than a decade, and over those years they’ve grown in popularity, becoming a key part of consumers’ credit card usage. According to a “state of credit card report” for 2025 from credit bureau Experian, 53% of Americans in a survey say they use digital wallets more frequently than traditional payment methods.To further incentivize mobile wallet usage, some credit card issuers offer bonus rewards when you elect to pay that way. But those incentives can go beyond just higher reward rates. In…

By FARNOUSH AMIRI and LISA MASCAROWASHINGTON (AP) — The House Ethics Committee voted in secret to release the long-awaited ethics report into ex-Rep. Matt Gaetz, raising the possibility that the allegations against the Florida Republican who was President-elect Donald Trump’s first choice for attorney general could be made public in the coming days.The decision by the bipartisan committee was made earlier this month, according to a person familiar with the vote who was not authorized to publicly discuss the matter and spoke on condition of anonymity Wednesday. CNN first reported the vote.It’s a stunning turnaround for the often secretive panel of…

So many questions, so few answers.How will the Chargers respond Thursday night against the Denver Broncos after their blowout loss Sunday to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers?How effective will quarterback Justin Herbert be after his mobility was limited by a sprained left ankle, a left thigh contusion and a sore left knee?How will the Chargers’ defense hold up against quarterback Bo Nix and the Broncos after they failed to contain Baker Mayfield and the Bucs?Anyone who claims to know the answers is either a liar or a fool. Or maybe both.So much is at stake that the NFL flexed this game…