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The Super Bowl champion Philadelphia Eagles lost to the Chicago Bears 24-15 in the NFL’s Black Friday game at Lincoln Financial Field, drawing boos from fans. With six minutes left, the home fans started pouring in, and Caleb Williams hit Cole Kmet for a 28-yard touchdown, giving Chicago a 24-9 advantage. Offensive coordinator Kevin Pattullo and his sputtering offense will be under even more scrutiny. He lost a fumble during a push attempt in a crucial second-half exchange and was unable to punish Williams for an interception. The Bears outscored the Eagles 425 to 317 yards, ran 85 plays to…

Investor and author Eric Becker says great leaders must trust their instincts and have the confidence to be the first to speak up when they see a colleague considering a bad idea, even if it makes them uncomfortable to criticize.If you can’t do either of these two things consistently, Becker says, your career can stall. He is a co-founder and co-chairman of Cresset Capital. Cresset Capital is a Chicago-based wealth management firm with more than $70 billion in assets under management. Becker’s book, “The Long Game: Strategies for the World’s Most Enduring Companies,” was published on October 14th, and he…

Visas and asylum applications have been suspended following the shooting of two National Guardsmen in Washington, D.C.The US State Department announced it would “immediately” suspend issuing visas to individuals traveling on Afghan passports to protect “public safety,” as President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown escalates following the attack on two National Guard members.Friday’s announcement came as U.S. immigration officials announced they were also suspending decisions on all asylum applications for the time being.Recommended stories list of 3 itemsend of listUS Secretary of State Marco Rubio confirmed in a post on X on Friday that the State Department has “suspended visa issuance…

Przemysław Placeta scored a stunning goal to give Oxford a shock 2-1 victory over in-form Ipswich, their first win in six Sky Bet Championship games.Mark Harris put the Americans ahead in the 28th minute, latching on to a poor pass from Azor Matuszyva and beating Christian Walton for his second try, scoring his first goal of the season. Ipswich equalized in the 53rd minute with a free volley from the edge of the area after Marcelino Nunez scored Leif Davies with a pinpoint outswinging corner. However, in the 77th minute, substitute Placheta broke through the defense on the right wing…

Number of Billionaires: 57 Total Wealth: $125 billion Known as a playground for the rich and famous, Switzerland ranks 8th in the World Billionaires Sweepstakes and 7th as the home of the ultra-rich with wealth of over $30 million. Swiss billionaires represent the top 1 percent of the 5,597 ultra-high net worth population and control more than 19 percent of Switzerland’s total wealth. group. On average, each of these billionaires is worth $2.2 billion. Despite the decline seen across Europe,Photo: Ingolf Pompe | LOOK-PhotographySwitzerland has long been a haven for the super-rich. The 300 richest residents have a combined wealth…

When three nuns in their 80s escape from a nursing home and return to their former convent in Salzburg, Austria, they become stars overnight. Almost every major news outlet covered them. They gained 100,000 followers on Instagram. So they posted a daily routine that combines prayer, community interaction, and even more amazingly, boxing to stay healthy. Now, three months later, the local diocese has granted permission for Sister Regina (86 years old), Sister Rita (81 years old) and Sister Bernadette (88 years old) to stay at Goldenstein Castle. However, this is only possible if you agree to certain conditions. The…

Oscar Piastri took pole position for the Qatar GP sprint, but title rivals Lando Norris and Max Verstappen finished third and sixth respectively.Piastri put in a strong performance at the Lusail International Circuit, taking pole position just three-hundredths of a second ahead of Mercedes’ George Russell, but championship leader Norris made a mistake on his second flying lap in SQ3, leaving him two tenths behind. Verstappen made a mistake on his first flying lap in SQ3 and was overtaken by Aston Martin’s Fernando Alonso and Red Bull teammate Hiroki Tsunoda, who overtook Verstappen for the first time this season. Norris…

Bob Schrader was nearing retirement, but he had no intention of taking it easy.Schrader worked for 37 years as deputy director of the Agriculture Center at UMass Cooperative Extension, part of the University of Massachusetts Amherst. Five years before he retired, he purchased a Christmas tree farm.”I had a good experience working on a farm when I was younger, much younger,” says Schrader, 72.Today, with the help of his son Jake, he owns and operates Chestnut Mountain Christmas Tree Farm, a 133-acre farm located in Hatfield, Massachusetts. The farm had not been operated for nearly a decade and was “very…

Here’s what happened on Saturday, November 29th:finding Timur Tkachenko, head of Kiev’s military junta, said Russian drones struck six locations in Kiev’s city center and eastern suburbs early Saturday, hitting apartments and other residential buildings and injuring four people. Ukrainian military commander-in-chief Oleksandr Shirskyi said Ukrainian troops were holding positions in the northeastern city of Kupiansk and hunting down subversive groups, despite Kremlin claims that the Ukrainian military had complete control of the region. Russia captured Kupiansk in the first weeks of a full-scale invasion in 2022, but Ukrainian forces recaptured it later that year. Russian President Vladimir Putin then…

Reuters — The EU’s top court ruled on Tuesday that same-sex marriages must be respected across the region, slamming Poland for not recognizing a marriage between its citizens that took place in Germany. The court argued that Poland’s law did not recognize same-sex marriages and that Poland was wrong to not recognize the couple’s marriage upon their return to Poland. “This violates not only freedom of movement and residence, but also the fundamental right to respect for private and family life,” the court said. For years, the fight for LGBT equality in Catholic-majority Poland has been branded by those in…