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Bill Belichick is going to have to wait at least another week before he can own the second-most wins by an NFL coach in league history. The Chicago Bears, led by gritty quarterback Justin Fields, beat the New England Patriots on Monday night, 33-14, as both Mac Jones and Bailey Zappe couldn’t figure out how to generate offense.It was Jones getting the start for the Patriots for the first time in three weeks, as he’s been rehabbing a high ankle sprain. Because Zappe had success in his first career starts in these last two Patriots games, many believed he would continue…

Aside from having an abundance of skill and a top power-play unit whose members can hold a zone with their eyes closed, the Rangers can be a fast team that overwhelms opponents in all three zones.  The last few games, however, that identifying trait hasn’t come through as much. Head coach Gerard Gallant called for his team to play faster after its most recent loss, 5-1 to the Blue Jackets, saying the Rangers create more body contact when they’re playing at a high pace.  “We talked about being an aggressive forechecking team and that’s where you start playing fast,” Gallant…

JAKARTA: Indonesian authorities detained on Tuesday (Oct 25) a woman carrying a gun outside the presidential palace in Jakarta, though the country’s leader was not there at the time and there were no injuries, officials said. The incident had happened at about 7am local time (8am, Singapore time), said a presidential official, Ali Mochtar Ngabalin. Ali said that the woman had not entered the palace compound and that President Joko Widodo was not present. She was wearing a niqab, or the full-face Islamic veil, and was carrying the Quran, Ali said. The woman who he said appeared to be in…

Li Qiang, likely to become the next premier, is pictured here speaking at a major annual financial conference in Shanghai in 2020.Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesBEIJING — Chinese stocks’ plunge on Monday over fears about China’s new leadership team “may be misguided,” consulting firm Teneo said.Chinese stocks in Hong Kong and New York, especially internet tech giants such as Alibaba, dropped on the first trading day after Chinese President Xi Jinping cemented his firm grip on power with a new core leadership team filled with his loyalists.Over the last several years, Xi has shown a preference for greater state…

Sharing her man! Jenna Johnson helped her husband, Val Chmerkovskiy, and his Dancing With the Stars partner, Gabby Windey, with one of their routines — and told them not to hold back on the passion. “Rumba’s a really hard dance. Technically, but also emotionally,” Johnson, 28, said in a pre-taped package during the Monday, October 24, episode of the Disney+ reality series. “You truly have to step into this story and portray it or else it’s gonna fall flat.” The DWTS pro — who announced in July that she and Chmerkovskiy, 36, are expecting their first child together — instructed…

Five people have been stranded about 21 stories underground at Grand Canyon Caverns since the attraction’s elevator malfunctioned Sunday evening, authorities said Monday night.The visitors weren’t confined inside an elevator car; rather, they have the run of the caverns and an adjacent hotel suite while they await a suitable ride to the surface in Peach Springs, Arizona, said Coconino Sheriff’s Office spokesperson Jon Paxton.The malfunction was discovered about sundown Sunday, and the group was unable to use a stairway system described to be similar to an old, external fire escape, Paxton said.The caverns are equipped with a six-person hotel suite…

Many Chinese developers have halted or delayed construction on presold homes due to cash flow problems. Pictured here is a property construction site in Jiangsu province, China, on Oct. 17, 2022.Future Publishing | Future Publishing | Getty ImagesBEIJING — China’s central government is not likely to spend billions to save the struggling real estate sector, even if foreign investors are hoping for a massive bailout, analysts said.A year after Chinese developer Evergrande’s debt problems began rattling investors, the country’s real estate troubles have only gotten worse. Some homebuyers refused to pay their mortgages due to construction delays, while property sales…

This is rich, even for profligate New York. The NFL team owner who got Gov. Kathy Hochul to put up $850 million in state and county taxpayer money to build a new Buffalo Bills stadium is $1 billion richer. Bills owner Terry Pegula moved up 60 places on the latest Forbes list of the 400 richest Americans. Pegula is now ranked at No. 128 with an estimated net worth of $6.7 billion — an increase of 17.5% over last year’s list, when he was worth $5.7 billion, the Buffalo News reported. His increased wealth over the past year is more than the…

Bublé in the building! The Dancing With the Stars contestants performed to music by Michael Bublé during the Monday, October 24, episode. After each couple had an opportunity to show their stuff to guest judge Bublé, 47, Jessie James Decker and Alan Bersten and Trevor Donovan and Emma Slater were the bottom two pairs of the evening. The judges chose to save Donovan, 44, and Slater, 33, which meant that Decker, 34, and Bersten, 28, were sent home. During rehearsal for their Foxtrot, Donovan admitted to his partner that he’d previously had doubts about remaining in the competition. “I was…

A group of five tourists were stuck 200 feet underground in Grand Canyon Caverns on Monday evening, about 24 hours after the elevator they took into the cave on Sunday broke down. Grand Canyon Caverns, located about 100 miles west of Flagstaff, Arizona, features a small hotel and restaurant 20 floors down where the stranded tourists have been staying while workers try to fix the elevator.  HUMPBACK WHALE PULLS OFF STUNNING MOVE DURING RESCUE IN CANADA, VIDEO SHOWSThe Cococino County Sheriff’s Office was determining whether they would need to hoist the tourists out through the elevator shaft on Monday. “We have this…