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17+ min ago (267+ words) The Oregon Ducks are looking to put a final stamp on their 2025 regular season with a win against Washington in rivalry week, which would lock up a spot in the College Football Playoff. The Ducks need not look past a frisky Washington team, which is 8-3 overall and 5-3 in Big Ten play this season. Let's dive into the odds and my best bet for this Big Ten showdown. He's not going to win the Heisman Trophy, but Dante Moore has had an extremely impressive season and will find himself on an NFL roster in the future. He threw for 257 yards and two touchdowns against USC last week and now has a 75.0 QBR on the season. I believe Oregon will win this game, but I'm going to take the points with this underrated Washington team. The Huskies enter this week ranking 15th in…...

1+ hour, 13+ min ago (602+ words) National Guard Staff Sgt. Andrew Wolfe is fighting for his life in a D.C. hospital after a gunman ambushed him and fellow guard member Specialist Sarah Beckstrom, who died on Thanksgiving at age 20. News4s Jessica Albert reports from outside the hospital early Friday. A National Guard member remains in critical condition at a D.C. hospital on Friday after a gunman shot him and a fellow guard member in an ambush in downtown D.C. on Wednesday, authorities say. Specialist Sarah Beckstrom died on Thanksgiving at age 20. Staff Sgt. Andrew Wolfe, 24, is "fighting for his life," President Donald Trump said on a Thanksgiving call with U.S. troops. He announced that Beckstrom had died of her injuries. "Shes no longer with us. Shes looking down at us right now. Her parents are with her," Trump said. The mood was somber outside MedStar Washington Hospital Center early Friday, News4 video…...

1+ hour, 39+ min ago (226+ words) SILVER SPRING, Md. " Police said they believe Demetreis Lee stabbed and killed 28-year-old Andrea Guirola before jumping 21 stories to his death at a Silver Spring apartment complex." The two 28-year-olds' deaths were described as "a domestic-related murder-suicide" by the Montgomery County Department of Police"as the department identified the two on Friday. First responders arrived at the 1100 block of University Boulevard West at around 1 p.m. on Wednesday. MCPD said first responders found the 28-year-old Lee dead, near the apartment's pool area. Witnesses apparently told police that they had seen Lee on the building's balcony before falling." Arriving on the 21st floor to trace where Lee had come from, officers found Guirola lying on the floor with stab wounds. She was declared dead at the scene Wednesday by first responders." A witness told police that Lee stabbed Guirola inside an apartment unit and that…...

1+ hour, 42+ min ago (249+ words) WASHINGTON " A top Trump administration intelligence official said Friday that the suspected Afghan terrorist who gunned down two National Guard service members was "not vetted" before being allowed to enter the US in 2021. "During Biden's disastrous withdrawal from Afghanistan, his administration negligently used the vetting standard described above as the standard for being brought directly into the U.S., foregoing previous vetting standards applied to Special Immigrant Visas and any common sense vetting or concern for Americans," Kent said. "As a result, over 85k Afghans"including individuals with backgrounds similar to this shooter" were rapidly admitted into our country without the rigorous vetting that has protected us in the past." The NCTC director said there were more than 2 million in total who entered "from Muslim majority nations & regions surged " often with minimal scrutiny amid record border crossings." "This is a deadly combination," Kent…...

1+ hour, 56+ min ago (84+ words) German start-ups are looking to fill the British army's "drone gap, and are investing in UK factories as the government pushes to remedy the growing shortage of unmanned weapons. UK defence officials ... Then $75 per month. Complete digital access to quality FT journalism on any device. Cancel anytime during your trial. Premium & FT Weekend Print FT Weekend newspaper delivered Saturday plus complete digital access. Check whether you already have access via your university or organisation. Explore our full range of subscriptions....

2+ hour, 53+ min ago (256+ words) After more than a decade, the program is reopening their waitlist. Here's what to know. [View image] Housing Choice Voucher Program waitlist reopens in Prince George's County LARGO, Md. " As counties across the DMV are finding more ways to aid their residents, Prince George's County just opened a resource that will address housing issues that many are facing. The Housing Authority of Prince George's County announced Friday, Nov. 28, that for the first time since 2015, preliminary applications for the Housing Choice Voucher Program waitlist. Applications will open Monday, Dec. 1 at 12:01 a.m. and will close Friday, Dec. 5 at 11:59 a.m. Preliminary applications will only be accepted online here. HCVP is also known as "Section 8" gives tenants an opportunity to live where they want and HAPGC will pay a portion of the rent for eligible tenants and families. Applicants should know that a preliminary applications does not…...

2+ hour, 55+ min ago (735+ words) Jeanine Pirro, the U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia, said at a Thursday news briefing that the guard members shot were Specialist Sarah Beckstrom, 20, and Staff Sgt. Andrew Wolfe, 24. President Donald Trump vowed on Thanksgiving to "permanently pause migration" from poorer nations in a blistering late-night, anti-immigrant screed posted to social media. The extended rant came in the wake of the Wednesday shooting of two National Guard members who were deployed to patrol Washington, D.C., under Trump's orders, one of whom died shortly before the president spoke to U.S. troops by video on Thursday evening. A 29-year-old Afghan national who worked with the CIA during the Afghanistan War is facing charges for the shooting. The suspect emigrated as part of a program to resettle those who has helped American troops after U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan. Trump's threat to stop immigration would be a…...

3+ hour, 17+ min ago (779+ words) For a pair of teams not going anywhere after this week, the someone's got to win bowl is the last shot to walk away with pride. Michigan State (3-8, 0-8 Big Ten) has lost eight straight games and faces Maryland (4-7, 1-7), which is riding a seven-game skid, on Saturday (7 p.m., FS1) at Ford Field in Detroit. Here are five things to watch in the game and a final score prediction: Is this it for Smith? Week after week, loss after loss, speculation about Michigan State second-year coach Jonathan Smith's job security continues amid ongoing silence from athletic director J Batt. The school would be on the hook for more than $30 million to buy out the deal before season three and this looks like a tough cycle to be in the market for a new coach. Some big-name coaches " Penn State's James Franklin and LSU's Brian…...

3+ hour, 37+ min ago (587+ words) By MARI YAMAGUCHI and AYAKA MCGILL, Associated Press Today, the confectionery known as "tree cake" because of the resemblance to a trunk with rings is considered a symbol of longevity and prosperity in Japan, where Baumkuchen festivals are regularly held. Japanese adaptations, including those using maccha and sweet potatoes, are popular gifts at weddings and birthdays. Baumkuchen is sold in gift boxes at luxury department stores and individually wrapped, smaller versions can be found at convenience stores. The sweet's early years, however, are associated with a catastrophic earthquake and two world wars. Making Baumkuchen is one of most popular activities on Ninoshima, just a 20-minute ferry ride from Hiroshima. But visitors also must learn the sleepy island's role in Japan's wartime history, according to Kazuaki Otani, head of the Juccheim Ninoshima Welcome Center. At the outdoor center built over the…...

3+ hour, 37+ min ago (587+ words) By MARI YAMAGUCHI and AYAKA MCGILL, Associated Press Today, the confectionery known as "tree cake" because of the resemblance to a trunk with rings is considered a symbol of longevity and prosperity in Japan, where Baumkuchen festivals are regularly held. Japanese adaptations, including those using maccha and sweet potatoes, are popular gifts at weddings and birthdays. Baumkuchen is sold in gift boxes at luxury department stores and individually wrapped, smaller versions can be found at convenience stores. The sweet's early years, however, are associated with a catastrophic earthquake and two world wars. Making Baumkuchen is one of most popular activities on Ninoshima, just a 20-minute ferry ride from Hiroshima. But visitors also must learn the sleepy island's role in Japan's wartime history, according to Kazuaki Otani, head of the Juccheim Ninoshima Welcome Center. At the outdoor center built over the…...