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The Syrian rebel forces that toppled Bashar Assad said Wednesday they have advanced farther into the eastern portion of the country as they continue to redraw the map and fill the vacuum left by Assad’s ousting. The news comes a day after Syria’s new interim leader Mohammed al-Bashir announced he was assuming the role of the country’s caretaker prime minister until March 1. Bashir previously served as the head of the rebel administration’s self-formed “salvation government.” As Syria and the rest of the world come to terms with the end of Assad’s rule, the U.S. and Syrian rebels are moving quickly to hold members of his regime accountable for war crimes. READ: Here’s a look back on the rise and fall of Assad and how he transformed from a beacon of hope into an iron-fisted leader. Born in 1965 in Damascus, Syria, Assad is the second son of former Syrian ruler Hafez Assad. Hafez Assad rose through the ranks of the Arab socialist Baath party, taking control of the Syrian branch of the party before becoming president. He led Syria for 30 years, enforcing his totalitarian rule through control of the military, security forces and a secret police force. Bashar Assad, second in the line of succession, was not expected to become president. His older brother Basil, a trained engineer turned politician, had been groomed to take over. Bashar Assad instead became a doctor in the 1980s and was studying in London to be an ophthalmologist in the early 1990s. But when Basil Assad died in a car accident in 1994, Bashar Assad was recalled to Syria to replace his brother as heir apparent. He entered the military academy in 1994 and was given control of Syria’s occupation of Lebanon in 1998. Following the death of Hafez Assad in June 2000, Bashar Assad became president that July. Reuters Dec. 11, 2024 Quick Descent Into Dictatorship Assad’s rise to power encouraged many in the Middle East and in the West, who were hopeful that the youthful, educated leader would bring reform and modernization to Syria. Assad initially pursued reform through economic change rather than political change, prioritizing free markets in place of state monopolies. He also released a large number of political prisoners in 2001 to show Western countries that Syria was evolving and progressing. But Assad’s reforms proved superficial, and his government quickly descended into autocracy backed by the military, while his economic plan mostly benefited the elite who were loyal to his family. Soon after his taking office, a reform movement known as the Damascus Spring led by writers, intellectuals and activists began. The movement called for transparency and democracy but was quickly suppressed. Assad’s favorability on the world stage further eroded in 2005 after Rafik Hariri, the former prime minister of Lebanon, was assassinated in a truck bomb explosion in Beirut. Syria was widely believed to be behind the killing, and a United Nations international independent investigation commission report found “probable cause” to believe high-ranking members of Syrian intelligence and the Assad family directly supervised the assassination. Hariri’s death set off a period of massive unrest in Lebanon, leading to former President George W. Bush singling out Syria and Iran as the “root cause” of the attacks. In December 2010, a Tunisian fruit vendor set himself on fire in protest of widespread corruption, kicking off waves of demonstrations across the Middle East in what is now known as the Arab Spring. Protests soon swelled beyond Tunisia into North Africa and the Levant, forcing longtime dictators in Tunisia, Egypt and Yemen to step down. The protests spread into Syria after 15 boys in the city of Deraa spray-painted a slogan associated with the demonstrations on a school wall. The boys were arrested and tortured, setting off a firestorm. Protesters took to the streets calling for an end to the Assad regime, more freedom and an end to corruption. Assad responded immediately, directing security forces to fire on demonstrators. Civilians who were arrested were subject to torture and extrajudicial killings in detention centers. The Syrian army in 2011 deployed tanks to Deraa, killing thousands and cutting survivors off from food, water, medicine and more for 11 days. The fighting quickly spread to other cities in and around Damascus, escalating the conflict into a full-blown civil war. Assad drew international condemnation when reports emerged in August 2013 that his forces used the chemical agent Sarin against an area held by rebel forces. The State Department says more than 1,400 people died in the rocket strike. The attack infamously crossed former President Barack Obama’s “red line” for U.S. intervention in the conflict, yet after much consideration Obama opted against direct U.S. military involvement. The U.K.-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights has estimated 162,390 civilians were killed, and the Syrian government and its allies are held responsible for 139,609 of those deaths. The U.N. Refugee Agency says the ongoing crisis has resulted in more than 5 million refugees who have fled – most of whom have been taken in by neighboring countries in the region – and 7.2 million more people internally displaced within Syria. After Assad’s hold over Syria almost collapsed twice in 2013 and 2015, outside forces helped him claw back control. Iran directed Hezbollah fighters and military advisers from its Revolutionary Guard Corps to help bolster him, while Russia, Syria’s historic patron, provided financial support and diplomatic cover. Moscow also operates military bases within Syria that are crucial to its ability to project power globally. The creation of the Islamic State group’s caliphate that claimed one-third of Syria’s territory prompted support from the U.S. in the form of fighters. And in 2015, Russian President Vladimir Putin sent weaponry and air defense systems to help Assad beat back rebel factions. But the rebel groups maintained a stronghold in the northwest portion of the country and the group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham emerged from the Syrian branch of al-Qaida. The U.S. and the United Nations designated it a terrorist organization, but it has since moved to adopt a less extreme ideology. With Russia preoccupied by its war on Ukraine and Iran reeling from the ongoing conflict in Gaza, the rebels, led by Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, launched a lightning offensive that saw them take the cities of Aleppo, Hama, Homs and Damascus in rapid succession after the conflict had been largely frozen for a decade. 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NoneTAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Tampa Bay's surest path to the NFL playoffs is a division championship. The Buccaneers will need help to repeat in the NFC South , but only if they first and foremost give themselves a chance. That means winning their remaining games at home against Carolina and New Orleans, while the Atlanta Falcons lose at least once in the final two weeks of the regular season. The Bucs (8-7) and Falcons share the best record in the division, however Atlanta holds the tiebreaker after sweeping the season series between the teams. Tampa Bay, which has won three consecutive division titles, is the only NFC team that has made the playoffs each of the past four seasons. “We’ve got to take care of business or else we’ve got no shot,” quarterback Baker Mayfield said after a 26-24 loss at Dallas cost the Bucs control of the NFC South race. “This one, we've got to take it on the chin,” Mayfield added. “It's a short week. It's Christmas week. We've got to focus on Carolina and figure out a way to win.” If Atlanta is able to maintain its lead, Tampa Bay could make the postseason as a wild card if the Bucs win out and the Commanders lose twice. Coach Todd Bowles sounds confident that his players understand the challenge ahead and will clean up mistakes that contributed to the end of their four-game win streak. “We’ve got to win a ballgame (this week). If we don’t win a ballgame, we don’t give ourselves a chance,” Bowles said Monday. “We have to focus on us like we’ve been doing,” the coach added. “We have to correct the mistakes, and we have to go out and win Sunday, and we’ve got to win the next week, and then we’ll see what happens after that.” The offense, which ranks third in the NFL at 389.8 yards per game, isn't a fluke. Despite losing to the Cowboys, Tampa Bay finished with 410 yards total offense. It was the team's fifth straight game — as well as an NFL-high ninth overall — with 400-plus yards. The Bucs are seventh in rushing (143.7 yards per game) after ranking 32nd each of the past two seasons. The defense yielded 292 yards passing against the Cowboys, 226 of it in the first half when Cowboys WR CeeDee Lamb had six catches for 100 yards and a touchdown. Bowles said shoddy tackling was the biggest issue — not poor coverage. Lamb had one reception for 5 yards after halftime. Mayfield's chemistry with rookie WR Jalen McMillan, who has 27 receptions for 336 yards and five TDs, continues to grow. McMillan had five catches for 57 yards and a touchdown — his fourth in the past three games — against Dallas. He was also the intended receiver on Mayfield's deep throw that CB Jourdan Lewis intercepted in the end zone to help the Cowboys hold off the Bucs in the closing minutes. Turnovers were costly against Dallas. The end-zone interception stopped the Bucs from cutting into a 26-17 deficit with 6:22 remaining in the fourth quarter. Rachaad White's fumble with 1:31 left ended any hope for a last-minute victory. On both plays, defenders ripped the ball out of the grasp of the offensive player. “We knew they were going to rake at the ball going into the ballgame," Bowles said. "We just have to have two hands on the ball, and we have to fight for it. We have to take better care of the football. That’s priority No. 1.” Bowles said it's too early to project the status of several starters for coming games, including S Antoine Winfield Jr. (knee), who has missed the past two games. TE Cade Otton (knee) and LB K.J. Britt (ankle) were inactive against the Cowboys, while reserve WR Sterling Shepard left during the game with a hamstring injury. 80. Bucky Irving leads all NFL rookie RBs with 920 yards rushing. He needs 80 over the next two games to reach 1,000. He scored his seventh rushing touchdown against Dallas. That tied Errict Rhett and Lars Tate for the second-most rushing TDs by a rookie running back in franchise history. Doug Martin set the record of 11 in 2012. Host Carolina on Sunday. NFL: https://apnews.com/hub/nfl

American Idol alum Caleb Kennedy sentenced for DUI crash into private driveway that left married dad dead Have YOU got a story? Email tips@dailymail.com By EVE BUCKLAND and ADAM S. LEVY FOR DAILYMAIL.COM Published: 18:53 GMT, 22 November 2024 | Updated: 19:30 GMT, 22 November 2024 e-mail 6 shares 10 View comments American Idol star Caleb Kennedy has been sentenced to jail two years after crashing his pickup truck in South Carolina, killing a married father. The then 17-year-old country music singer was driving a 2011 Ford pickup northbound on West Murph Road in Spartanburg that careened into a private driveway on February 8 2022. Larry Duane Parris, 54, was standing just outside his home workshop at around 12:41 p.m. when Kennedy mowed him down, authorities said. The impact drove Parris inside the shop, where he was found by his daughter, Kelsey. He was later pronounced dead at a local hospital. Kennedy, 20, - who withdrew from the reality show in 2021 after a racism scandal, pleaded guilty Monday to driving under the influence resulting in death and was sentenced to 25 years in prison and a $25,100 fine, which was suspended to eight years and $15,100, per WSPA . Three of those eight years will be served in home detention. He will also receive credit for time served since the crash and his initial arrest. Kennedy will also have to undergo mental health and substance abuse counseling, as well as five years of probation. American Idol star Caleb Kennedy has been sentenced to jail two years after crashing his pickup truck in South Carolina, killing a married father Kennedy made headlines last year after he withdrew from American Idol amid a racism scandal Larry Duane Parris, 54, who was a married father, was standing just outside his home workshop, where he fixes boats, at around 12:41 p.m. when Kennedy mowed him down, authorities said. The impact drove Parris inside the shop, where he was found by his daughter, Kelsey. He was later pronounced dead at a local hospital A representative for the 7th Circuit Solicitor’s office in Spartanburg told US Weekly a plea was reached before the case went to trial. Read More American Idol star Caleb Kennedy, 17, was 'high on marijuana' when he lost control of his truck and killed married dad, 54, standing in his own driveway During a hearing after the arrest, toxicology reports revealed Kennedy had THC (the active compound in marijuana) and prescribed Prozac his system at the time of the crash. Kennedy told deputies after the crash that he had taken a 'deep draw' from a vaping device and then felt its effects while driving. In a 911 call, Parris' daughter can be heard screaming for help, and Kennedy can be heard on the tape saying he was sorry as he held the dying man inside the shop, the solicitor said. 'Daddy, daddy, please! Daddy, daddy, please!' the daughter screams on the call obtained by Fox Carolina. Kennedy was hospitalized after the crash and was treated for injuries. The singer made headlines in 2021 after he withdrew from American Idol amid a racism scandal, as he was seen in a three-second social media clip seated next to a person wearing a white hood, which critics said appeared to be a Ku Klux Klan hood. 'Hey y’all, this is gonna be a bit of a surprise but I am no longer gonna be on American Idol,' he wrote in an Instagram post in May 2021. Authorities said Kennedy drove his pickup truck into Parris' private driveway in Spartanburg and struck him as the man was standing outside his workshop Kennedy- pictured in court in February 2022 - pleaded guilty Monday to driving under the influence resulting in death and was sentenced to 25 years in prison and a $25,100 fine, which was suspended to eight years and $15,100, per WSPA 'There was a video that surfaced on the internet and it displayed actions that were not meant to be taken in that way.' Kennedy said of the three-second video: 'I was younger and did not think about the actions, but that’s not an excuse.' The movie has nothing to do with racism or the Ku Klux Klan and Caleb's mother, Anita Guy, insisted the young singer never had a racist bone in his body. But those explanations cut no ice with online critics who savaged Caleb and claimed he was making 'excuses' and demanded he be disqualified from American Idol. It was unclear if ABC asked him to withdraw at the time, or if he made the decision himself. Kennedy apologized for the sequence of events and said he hoped to redeem his reputation moving forward. 'I wanna say sorry to all my fans and everyone who I have let down,' he said. 'I’ll be taking a little time off social media to better myself, but saying that, I know this has hurt and disappointed a lot of people and made people lose respect for me. 'I’m so sorry! I pray that I can one day regain your trust in who I am and have your respect! Thank you for supporting me.' Kennedy advanced into the Top 5 of American Idol last year, but dropped out after a video circulated of him sitting next to someone wearing what appeared to be a Ku Klux Klan hood Kennedy's relatives said the Snapchat video in question was taken four years ago when he was 12, the Herald-Journal reported. His mother Anita Guy told the paper, 'I hate this has happened and how Caleb is being portrayed by people online. 'This video was taken after Caleb had watched the movie The Strangers: Prey at Night and they were imitating those characters. 'It had nothing to do with the Ku Klux Klan, but I know that's how it looks. 'Caleb doesn't have a racist bone in his body. He loves everyone and has friends of all races.' South Carolina American Idol Share or comment on this article: American Idol alum Caleb Kennedy sentenced for DUI crash into private driveway that left married dad dead e-mail 6 shares Add commentWith the help of new scientific and technological developments , the HIV/Aids research community is increasingly turning to an ambitious goal: finding a cure for HIV/Aids. If the world is to get close to meeting the UN Sustainable Development Goal of reducing HIV infections and Aids-related deaths by 90% between 2010 and 2030, a cure for HIV/Aids would be a game changer. Much progress has been made during the 30 years in the fight against HIV/Aids. An HIV diagnosis is no longer the death sentence it was in the 1990s. Antiretroviral treatment – which targets and suppresses the replication of the virus within the body – means people living with HIV are able to live long, fulfilling lives , without the risk of spreading the HIV virus to others. However, even with antiretroviral treatments, living with HIV increases the risk of other serious health issues. All of this is ends up putting an economic burden on states, through increased healthcare spending and losses in workplace productivity. South Africa is a good example of a country that would benefit from the discovery of a cure. South Africa’s been providing free antiretrovirals through the public healthcare system since 2004 . It is the largest factor behind the 50% drop in the number of new HIV infections in South Africa from 2010 to 2021. But the programme is expensive. In 2023, South Africa’s total budget for HIV response was R30-billion (around US$1.5 billion). This amount includes funding from international sources, such as the US President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief , better known as Pepfar. Consider that the country’s total national healthcare budget for 2022/23 was approximately R64.5 billion (around US$3.5billion). Also, we never know when the external funding, or part of it, might dry up. Funding for HIV/Aids response is heavily dependent on political will and leadership . Recent political developments in high income countries, such as the US presidential election, would suggest a reluctance and even opposition towards pumping funds into healthcare beyond their own borders, and especially in Africa. I work in HIV prevention and cure research. My work focuses specifically on understanding interactions between HIV and the immune system and how these may be harnessed and translated for HIV prevention or cure. There is hope and optimism that HIV can be cured, with various strategies beginning to show some promise, with partial successes reported. Finding a cure Cure research is in its infancy, but there are exciting hints that gene therapy and immunotherapies might lead us to a cure. So far, there have been an seven people , worldwide, cured of HIV. They were persons living with HIV who developed cancer, and were treated for the cancer through bone marrow transplantation, a form of gene therapy, and this also led to elimination of HIV because the bone marrow transplants were from donors lacking HIV coreceptors – proteins on cell surfaces that viruses use to bind and enter cells. But a bone marrow transplant is a radical , expensive and often dangerous procedure . There is no way we can view it as an avenue for developing a cure when there is reliable ART on hand. In contrast, some strategies involving a combination of early treatment and immunotherapy are also showing some promise and these could be developed further for long-term control of HIV without antiretroviral therapy. While curing a viral infection is difficult, medical science is already able to eradicate some viral infections, such as hepatitis C . Others, such as the common cold and Covid-19 , are effectively eliminated by a well-functioning immune system. The challenge with HIV is that it locks into an individual’s DNA , making it particularly difficult to get rid of. It also mutates a lot , which is why it is so difficult to develop a vaccine against it. That has led us to explore why some people appear able to neutralise HIV when not taking antiretroviral therapy but on once-off or temporary therapy that boosts their immune system. This seems to happen in some people who are diagnosed with HIV early on in their infection and immediately go on ART, and then interrupt the treatment but simultaneously take the special immune-boosting treatments with antiviral properties. So far, the HIV research community is unable to predict who will react in this way, but the Africa Health Research Institute and the HIV Pathogenesis Programme, within the University of KwaZulu-Natal, are conducting research among a group of young women from a community in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, with a high HIV infection rate. These young women are invited to participate in a socio-economic empowerment programme that has them attend a clinic twice weekly for training in basic computer skills, HIV prevention and other life skills. At each attendance, each woman is tested for HIV. If one is found to have acquired the HIV virus, she is immediately given a standard course of ART. After a while, immune-boosting therapies that include broadly neutralising antibodies are added, and then the woman is asked to stop ART treatment under strict monitoring to establish whether she is able to control the virus on her own. If not, she is immediately returned to ART. Of more than 2,500 attendees since the study began a decade ago, 108 have become HIV-positive. Of these 108 living with HIV, 20 are participating in the cure clinical trial. The study is ongoing , and our hope is that this strategy will lead to long-term control of the virus in the absence of ART in some of the women. This can then help us to better understand the immune mechanisms that may control the virus without antiretroviral therapy, and this could lead to a cure. Much work still needs to be done but finding a cure is important, especially for the 40-million people across the world living with HIV. The world is not on track to meet the UN goal of ending the HIV/Aids pandemic by 2030. While the rate of HIV infection has dropped remarkably, it is still much higher than the targets the global healthcare community has set itself. For example, in 2023 there were 1.3-million new HIV infections worldwide against a target of 500 000 to achieve the aim of nearly eradicating HIV by 2030. It is vital that HIV/Aids research continues in Africa because, while the incidence of HIV infection is reducing markedly , this status quo could change at any time and we could be back fighting a pandemic. It would be good to do so with better tools. Also, we must find a cure or vaccine that is tailored to Africa, where HIV is a young woman’s disease , while also seeking the same for the regions where HIV infection is rising – Asia, Latin America and Eastern Europe. We’re playing a long game, but there is definitely hope, and that is definitely something to celebrate.EU-Serbia SA Committee meets in Belgrade

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Why you should get a hearing test this holiday seasonAustralians will be able to book international flights to more than 100 destinations with Virgin Airlines under its new partnership with Qatar Airways from Thursday. It’s the next step in a major shake-up of international travel for Australians, with more competition to become available for flights to Europe, the Middle East and Africa. Virgin Australia chief executive Jayne Hrdlicka told NewsWire the new partnership was targeting the peak European summer and would offer travellers cheaper long-haul flights. “The partnership between Qatar and Virgin Australia is going to bring much-needed competition, especially flying to Europe,” she said. “Competition is great for everyone. The more opportunities and choices consumers have the harder everyone has to work.” Ms Hrdlicka stopped short of saying customers had been overpaying since Covid but noted prices could fall with this new deal. “It has taken a while post-Covid for everything to return to a balanced field for a lot of reasons. This is our opportunity to help improve the competitive dynamic,” she said. Virgin chief executive Jayne Hrdlicka said the Qatar partnerships was a game changer for Australians travelling internationally. Picture: NewsWire / Sarah Marshall Virgin Australia has been largely out of the international market since it was sold following its collapse in 2020. Picture / Supplied Virgin, which has largely been out of the international market for 41⁄2 years, is returning to global travel as part of the Qatar Airways partnership, which is still to be given final approvals. But Virgin is allowed to take bookings from Thursday for new services to fly directly from Sydney, Brisbane and Perth to Doha for travel from June next year. Melbourne will start later in 2025. “It is a tricky thing to get back into long-haul international flying, you need to have scale in order to be able to compete. To compete over time you have to be able to generate enough profit, so the partnership with Qatar gives us the ability to do this much quicker than we otherwise could,” Ms Hrdlicka said. She said the partnership with Qatar Airways was a game-changer, “driving benefits to consumers, the economy and Australian aviation”. “Partnering with Qatar Airways means we’re delivering the gold standard in global travel – seamless connections and world-class service – and increasing market competition to provide better value and fares,” Ms Hrdlicka said. Virgin Australia is expected to begin operating international services for the first time in nearly five years from next June in the Qatar partnership gets regulatory approval. Picture: NewsWire / Tertius Pickard “Exploring the world has never been more accessible. “This is a huge win for Australian travellers which brings more value and choice for passengers wanting to fly internationally. “Through this partnership Virgin Australia becomes stronger, improving our ability to compete domestically – which is great news for Virgin Australia, our people and consumers.” The flights will be operated by Virgin Australia using Qatar Airways’ Boeing 777s, renowned for their Qsuite business class. “This partnership is a critical piece in Virgin Australia’s long-term strategy and a huge vote of confidence in Australian aviation, further strengthening Virgin Australia’s long-term competitiveness and growth of the aviation industry in Australia.” From the Qatar perspective, Ms Hrdlicka noted the importance of the Australian market. “Australians love to travel and are an important feed over Doha airport,” she said. Virgin does not currently fly to Doha or Europe and has limited international operations since its collapse in 2020. After Bain Capital purchased the airline, it axed loss-making long-haul services such as to Los Angeles. Qatar has proposed taking a 25 per cent stake in Virgin Australia and providing a five-year “wet lease” agreement. Virgin Australia has teamed up with Qatar Airways to increase travel options and loyalty benefits for passengers of both airlines. Picture: Virgin Australia. The proposed partnership between Qatar and Virgin is still be given the final OK, but the Australian Consumer and Competition Commission has given preliminary approval allowing the airlines to start taking bookings. “We consider that granting interim authorisation now will allow Qatar Airways and Virgin Australia the lead time to undertake the necessary planning discussions, marketing, selling and system alignment in preparation for Virgin Australia to commence flying the new services by June 2025,” ACCC deputy chair Mick Keogh said. The new services will be offered subject to final regulatory approval by the ACCC and other government bodies. Travellers booking these flights now will be fully protected with options for either refunds or reaccommodation on suitable alternative flights and reimbursement for reasonably foreseeable costs if the new services aren’t able to go ahead as planned. Virgin is offering special launch fares for the June flights from Sydney, Brisbane and Perth via Doha to European destinations. Economy flights from: • Perth to Paris Economy Choice return from $1791 • Sydney to London Economy Choice return from $1982 • Brisbane to Rome Economy Choice return from $1945 More Coverage Major announcement for Virgin Australia Blair Jackson Call for embattled minister to ‘front up’ Ellen Ransley Originally published as ‘Much needed’: Virgin Airlines and new partner Qatar Airways to begin taking bookings Business Breaking News Don't miss out on the headlines from Business Breaking News. Followed categories will be added to My News. Join the conversation Add your comment to this story To join the conversation, please log in. Don't have an account? 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TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Tampa Bay's surest path to the NFL playoffs is a division championship. The Buccaneers will need help to repeat in the NFC South , but only if they first and foremost give themselves a chance. That means winning their remaining games at home against Carolina and New Orleans, while the Atlanta Falcons lose at least once in the final two weeks of the regular season. The Bucs (8-7) and Falcons share the best record in the division, however Atlanta holds the tiebreaker after sweeping the season series between the teams. Tampa Bay, which has won three consecutive division titles, is the only NFC team that has made the playoffs each of the past four seasons. “We’ve got to take care of business or else we’ve got no shot,” quarterback Baker Mayfield said after a 26-24 loss at Dallas cost the Bucs control of the NFC South race. “This one, we've got to take it on the chin,” Mayfield added. “It's a short week. It's Christmas week. We've got to focus on Carolina and figure out a way to win.” If Atlanta is able to maintain its lead, Tampa Bay could make the postseason as a wild card if the Bucs win out and the Commanders lose twice. Coach Todd Bowles sounds confident that his players understand the challenge ahead and will clean up mistakes that contributed to the end of their four-game win streak. “We’ve got to win a ballgame (this week). If we don’t win a ballgame, we don’t give ourselves a chance,” Bowles said Monday. “We have to focus on us like we’ve been doing,” the coach added. “We have to correct the mistakes, and we have to go out and win Sunday, and we’ve got to win the next week, and then we’ll see what happens after that.” The offense, which ranks third in the NFL at 389.8 yards per game, isn't a fluke. Despite losing to the Cowboys, Tampa Bay finished with 410 yards total offense. It was the team's fifth straight game — as well as an NFL-high ninth overall — with 400-plus yards. The Bucs are seventh in rushing (143.7 yards per game) after ranking 32nd each of the past two seasons. The defense yielded 292 yards passing against the Cowboys, 226 of it in the first half when Cowboys WR CeeDee Lamb had six catches for 100 yards and a touchdown. Bowles said shoddy tackling was the biggest issue — not poor coverage. Lamb had one reception for 5 yards after halftime. Mayfield's chemistry with rookie WR Jalen McMillan, who has 27 receptions for 336 yards and five TDs, continues to grow. McMillan had five catches for 57 yards and a touchdown — his fourth in the past three games — against Dallas. He was also the intended receiver on Mayfield's deep throw that CB Jourdan Lewis intercepted in the end zone to help the Cowboys hold off the Bucs in the closing minutes. Turnovers were costly against Dallas. The end-zone interception stopped the Bucs from cutting into a 26-17 deficit with 6:22 remaining in the fourth quarter. Rachaad White's fumble with 1:31 left ended any hope for a last-minute victory. On both plays, defenders ripped the ball out of the grasp of the offensive player. “We knew they were going to rake at the ball going into the ballgame," Bowles said. "We just have to have two hands on the ball, and we have to fight for it. We have to take better care of the football. That’s priority No. 1.” Bowles said it's too early to project the status of several starters for coming games, including S Antoine Winfield Jr. (knee), who has missed the past two games. TE Cade Otton (knee) and LB K.J. Britt (ankle) were inactive against the Cowboys, while reserve WR Sterling Shepard left during the game with a hamstring injury. 80. Bucky Irving leads all NFL rookie RBs with 920 yards rushing. He needs 80 over the next two games to reach 1,000. He scored his seventh rushing touchdown against Dallas. That tied Errict Rhett and Lars Tate for the second-most rushing TDs by a rookie running back in franchise history. Doug Martin set the record of 11 in 2012. Host Carolina on Sunday. NFL: https://apnews.com/hub/nflPORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Haiti’s health minister has been removed from his post following a deadly gang attack on the largest public hospital in the capital, Port-au-Prince , government officials said Thursday. According to two government officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss the subject, Health Minister Duckenson Lorthe will be replaced by Justice Minister Patrick Pelissier until a new health minister is found. Two journalists and a police officer were killed Tuesday as gang members burst into the General Hospital and fired indiscriminately at reporters who were there to cover the facility's reopening. It was one of the worst attacks on Haitian media in recent memory. Seven other journalists were wounded. Jean Feguens Regala, a photographer who survived the attack , said journalists had been invited to the hospital by the health ministry but there was little security at the site. “The fact that the minister of health invited us, you feel that preparations have been made already,” Regala told The Associated Press. “When we made contact with a police unit, the police told us they were not aware of the event." The health minister did not show up at the event, for reasons that have not been explained. Shortly after the attack, Johnson “Izo” André — considered Haiti’s most powerful gang leader and part of the Viv Ansanm group of gangs that has taken control of much of Port-au-Prince — posted a video on social media claiming responsibility for the attack. The video said the gang coalition had not authorized the hospital’s reopening. Gang violence has worsened in Haiti, with coordinated gang attacks on prisons, police stations and the main international airport crippling the country’s capital and plunging Haiti into an unprecedented crisis. Gangs are believed to control 85% of Port-au-Prince. The Caribbean country has struggled to organize an election that will restore democratic rule, and is currently governed by a transitional council made up of representatives of political parties, business groups and civil society organizations.Fox News correspondent Brooke Taylor joins 'Special Report with Bret Baier' to discuss authorities continuing to find abandoned migrant children and incoming border czar Tom Homan's plans to stop the border crisis. Tom Homan, President-elect Trump's "border czar," floated the idea of putting the children of illegal immigrants in halfway homes as part of the incoming administration's mass deportation plan. "As far as U.S. children — children, that’s going to be a difficult situation, because we’re not going to detain your U.S. citizen children, which means, you know, they’re going to be put in a halfway house," Homan told NewsNation on Thursday, The Hill reported . CALIFORNIA GOV. NEWSOM'S TEAM CONSIDERING WAYS TO HELP ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS AHEAD OF SECOND TRUMP ADMIN: REPORT Incoming Trump 'border czar' Tom Homan speaks with Fox News. (Fox News) "They can — or they can stay at home and wait for the officers to get the travel arrangements and come back to get the family," he added. As part of his plan to address the border crisis, Trump has said he plans to deport large numbers of illegal immigrants. One of the administration's priorities will be to find the hundreds of thousands of migrant children unaccounted for in the United States. MIGRANT CRIME WAVE DURING BIDEN-HARRIS ADMIN UNDER SCRUTINY AMID SERIES OF ASSAULTS, MURDERS: A TIMELINE "We're going to ask the American people to take notice: see something, say something and contact us," Holman told Kellyanne Conway on "Hannity." "If one phone call out of a thousand saves a child from sex trafficking or forced labor, then that's one life saved." Homan acknowledged it would be a "daunting task," but "we're going to give it everything we've got." During his interview with NewsNation, Homan said giving birth to children born in the U.S. won't spare illegal immigrants from being deported. "Having a U.S. citizen child does not make you immune to our laws, and that’s not the message we want to send to the whole world, that you can have a child and you’re immune to the laws of this country," Homan said. Migrants line up outside a migrant re-ticketing center at St. Brigid School on E. 7th St. Friday, Jan. 5, 2024, in Manhattan, New York City. (Barry Williams/New York Daily News/Tribune News Service via Getty Images) (Barry Williams/New York Daily News/Tribune News Service via Getty Images) CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP In addition to mass deportations, Trump has threatened to go after birthright citizenship, which automatically grants American citizenship to those born in the country.

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Instead of spreading Christmas cheer, a Santa Claus suit-clad Elon Musk marked the holiday by hyping weight loss drugs while showing off his figure. On Wednesday, the tech billionaire caused a stir on his platform X, formerly Twitter, when he posted a photo of himself in front of a Christmas tree sporting Santa’s traditional red suit and white beard — minus the large, round belly St. Nick is known for. “Ozempic Santa,” he captioned the photo. The Tesla CEO, whom President-elect Donald Trump has tapped to co-lead his proposed Department of Government Efficiency after the election, teased in a follow-up post , “Like Cocaine Bear, but Santa and Ozempic!” Musk clarified in a separate post that he wasn’t actually taking Ozempic, but “technically Mounjaro,” though he said the latter “doesn’t have the same ring to it.” Ozempic and Mounjaro are medications intended to help people with diabetes regulate their blood glucose and insulin levels. However, the drugs, which are sometimes prescribed off-label for weight loss by health professionals, have skyrocketed in popularity since celebrities and influencers started touting them as a way to shed pounds. In another post , Musk admitted to trying Ozempic first but said the high doses made him “fart & burp like Barney from the Simpson’s.” “Mounjaro seems to have fewer side effects and be more effective,” he added. The SpaceX founder’s stance on the controversial medications notably contrasts with that of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. — Trump’s pick for the next secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services. While Musk has expressed his support for the widespread use of drugs like Ozempic and Mounjaro to tackle America’s obesity epidemic, Kennedy has argued that getting Americans to eat healthier would be more effective. “If we just gave good food, three meals a day, to every man, woman and child in our country, we could solve the obesity and diabetes epidemic overnight,” Kennedy told Fox News in October. He added that the makers of weight loss drugs are “counting on selling it to Americans because we are so stupid and so addicted to drugs.” On Jan. 20, Donald Trump will reclaim the most powerful seat in our nation's government. HuffPost will continue to fearlessly report on the new administration — but we need your help. We believe vital information during this unprecedented time should be free for everyone. With your support, we can provide critical news without paywalls. Can't afford to contribute? Support HuffPost by creating a free account and log in while you read. You've supported HuffPost before, and we'll be honest — we could use your help again . We view our mission to provide free, fair news as critically important in this crucial moment, and we can't do it without you. Whether you give once or many more times, we appreciate your contribution to keeping our journalism free for all. You've supported HuffPost before, and we'll be honest — we could use your help again . We view our mission to provide free, fair news as critically important in this crucial moment, and we can't do it without you. Whether you give just one more time or sign up again to contribute regularly, we appreciate you playing a part in keeping our journalism free for all. Already contributed? Log in to hide these messages. Musk, however, argued in an X post earlier this month that making the drugs “super low cost to the public” would significantly improve the health of Americans. “Nothing would do more to improve the health, lifespan and quality of life for Americans than making GLP inhibitors super low cost to the public,” he wrote. “Nothing else is even close.” Related From Our Partner

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