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CHICAGO — CHICAGO (AP) — No “Fail Mary.” Just another nail-biter.This time, Chicago prevailed on the final play in Washington. And unlike last season, when a loss on a desperation pass sent them into a freefall, Caleb Williams and the Bears have some momentum after squeezing past Jayden Daniels and the Commanders 25-24 on Monday night.They can thank Jake Moody, who went from having a 48-yard field goal blocked to kicking a 38-yarder as time expired. That gave the Bears (3-2) three straight wins heading into a home game against the New Orleans Saints this week.“When it’s ugly, we’re still…

However, the group’s cargo business was affected by Typhoon Ragasa in East Asia[SINGAPORE] Passenger traffic for the two carriers under the Singapore Airlines (SIA) Group was 3.7 per cent higher year on year in September.The increase in traffic for SIA and Scoot outpaced the 2.5 per cent rise in passenger capacity, said SIA Group in its latest operating update released on Wednesday (Oct 15).But the group’s cargo business was hit by Typhoon Ragasa in the month, particularly on routes to and from East Asia, it noted.Passenger traffic – which measures the demand for an airline’s service and is derived by…

LONDON :Credit Suisse on Wednesday lost its $440 million London lawsuit against Japan’s SoftBank Group Corp over losses linked to collapsed finance firm Greensill Capital.Greensill’s collapse made Credit Suisse close $10 billion of funds linked to the financial firm and, along with other scandals, led to the 2023 state-backed rescue of the 167-year-old Swiss bank by rival UBS Group.UBS pursued the case against SoftBank, with a trial heard at London’s High Court in June. Judge Robert Miles said in a written ruling that he had dismissed the lawsuit.The case, which centred on funds Greensill lent to Katerra, a SoftBank-backed U.S.…

CVS has finished buying customer prescription files from hundreds of closed Rite Aid drugstores and is now running 63 of the defunct chain’s locations. The company said Wednesday that it is operating former Rite Aid and Bartell Drugs stores in Idaho, Oregon and Washington. It also has transferred customer prescription files from 626 pharmacies in 15 states to nearby CVS locations.CVS Health did not say how much it spent on the stores and prescription files. Rite Aid recently announced on its website that its stores have closed. The company said in May that it was seeking bankruptcy protection and would…

Sir Keir Starmer has promised to publish the government’s witness statements for the China spy trial that was suddenly dropped.Former parliamentary researcher Christopher Cash, 30, and teacher Christopher Berry, 33, were charged under the Official Secrets Act with passing politically sensitive information to a Chinese intelligence agent between December 2021 and February 2023, which they deny. Three weeks before their trial was due to begin, the case against them was dropped.Politics latest: Reeves admits tax rises and spending cuts being consideredThe prime minister told MPs in the Commons on Wednesday he has decided to publish the case’s witness statements “in…

Yoshinobu Yamamoto chewed up and spit out the Milwaukee Brewers in Game 2 of the National League Championship Series, pitching a complete game for the Los Angeles Dodgers en route to a 5-1 win; Los Angeles now leads the series, 2-0. Simply put: the right-hander was sensational on Tuesday night.Here’s Yamamoto’s dominant Game 2 start by the numbers.1A: Jackson Chourio hit the first pitch that Yamamoto threw over the right-field wall, and it would be the only run that the Dodgers’ ace gave up.1B: On that note, Chourio’s home run was also the only extra-base hit that the Brewers amassed…

WASHINGTON — WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Tuesday threatened to relocate World Cup matches set to be played next year in suburban Boston, after suggesting that parts of the city had been “taken over” by unrest. Foxborough, Massachusetts, home to the NFL’s New England Patriots and about 30 miles from Boston, is set to stage matches as the U.S. cohosts the 2026 World Cup with Mexico and Canada. Trump was asked about Boston’s mayor, Michelle Wu, a Democrat whom he called “intelligent” but “radical left.” “We could take them away,” Trump said of the World Cup games. “I…

— Industry expert evaluates alternative sterilization methods — BOULDER, Colo., Oct. 15, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — Jim Kasic of Boulder Sterilization will be a featured speaker at next week’s Sterilization Summit USA 2025 in Anaheim, California. Kasic is president and CEO of the Boulder BioMed family of companies, including Boulder Sterilization. Boulder BioMed is a group of expert contract consulting businesses providing all the services life sciences companies need to get their products to market. Boulder Sterilization provides quick-turn ethylene oxide (EO) and chlorine dioxide (CD) sterilization, final assembly and packaging services. Speaker topic: Alternative sterilization methods Kasic, a medical device sterilization expert,…

GENEVA — GENEVA (AP) — The United Nations’ food aid agency said Wednesday that severe funding cuts from its top donors are hurting its operations in six countries and warned that nearly 14 million people could be forced into emergency levels of hunger. The World Food Program, traditionally the U.N.’s most-funded agency, said in a new report that its funding this year “has never been more challenged” — largely due to slashed outlays from the U.S. under the Trump administration and other leading Western donors. It warned that that 13.7 million of its food aid recipients could be forced into…

Baker Mayfield’s brilliance. Justin Fields’ debacle. Justin Herbert’s magic. Josh Allen’s regression. We were treated to the full experience of NFL quarterbacking this past week. That’s why we have big risers, including a new No. 1(!), and big fallers in this week’s edition of the QB Stock Market, where we monitor the fluctuations of quarterbacks throughout the season. Our power ranking of the NFL’s starting passers takes into account their most recent individual performance along with their full season and team success. Previous: Preseason, Week 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6Let’s dive into the latest pecking order:   Yes, I’ll say it: Baker Mayfield has been…