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15+ min ago (817+ words) The race for division titles in the NFL got tighter in Week 13. The Rams, Colts and Steelers became the latest first-place teams to lose Sunday. The Eagles and Ravens lost Thursday. The Patriots play Monday night. Five of the eight divisions have two teams tied for the top spot or separated by less than a game. In a week in which seven underdogs have already won, the Carolina Panthers pulled off the biggest upset when they beat the Los Angeles Rams 31-28. Bryce Young completed 15 of 20 passes for 206 yards and three touchdowns " two on fourth down " to lead the offense to 31 points against the stingiest defense in the league. The Rams had allowed a league-low 16.3 points per game. Matthew Stafford hadn't thrown an interception since Week 3 before having two passes picked off, one in the red zone and another that was…...

1+ hour, 9+ min ago (761+ words) During a wellness check in February 2023, a Cook County sheriff's deputy discovered 92-year-old Anna Vargas lying face down on the floor near the body of her son, who had diabetes and had died of natural causes. Vargas, still breathing, was rushed to nearby Advocate Lutheran General Hospital in suburban Park Ridge. A physician diagnosed Vargas with severe cognitive impairment due to dementia and concluded she was incapable of making her own decisions. With no other family to help the nonagenarian navigate what would come next, the hospital filed a petition asking a judge to appoint a guardian to handle her affairs. It was the start of a very expensive 18 months for Vargas. But in cases where the patient had assets, a pattern emerged: A law firm that hospitals commonly hire in such cases " Monahan Law Group " named a particular organization…...

1+ hour, 24+ min ago (1048+ words) Diplomats face an uphill battle to reconcile Russian and Ukrainian "red lines" as a renewed U.S.-led push to end the war gathers steam, with Ukrainian officials attending talks in the U.S. over the weekend and Washington officials expected in Moscow early this week. U.S. President Donald Trump's peace plan became public last month, sparking alarm that it was too favorable to Moscow. It was revised following talks in Geneva between the U.S. and Ukraine a week ago. Marco Rubio says US-Ukraine talks on Russia war were productive but much work remains in search of a deal Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said the revised plan could be "workable." Russian President Vladimir Putin called it a possible "basis" for a future peace agreement. Trump said Sunday "there's a good chance we can make a deal." Still, officials on both sides indicated a long road…...

1+ hour, 42+ min ago (58+ words) Having a rubber band on your wrist, and snapping it onto your skin when you're having some stressful thoughts, can actually help us psychologically. Dr. Maria Urani Liu, a clinical psychologist at Loyola Medicine, explains to Marie Saavedra how it works in this week's Mental Health Minute. Snap a rubber band to deal with stressful thoughts...

1+ hour, 44+ min ago (630+ words) In her new book "Popcorn Disabilities: The Highs and Lows of Disabled Representation in the Movies," film critic and author Kristen Lopez says she wasn't interested in writing "an academic book or one that felt like eating your vegetables." Even so, some publishers were skeptical. A wheelchair user, Lopez talks about her frustration watching disabled characters played by abled actors, especially female characters. The book also includes chapters on mental and cognitive disabilities in film, a reluctance to acknowledge the way racism can complicate a disabled person's experiences in the world, and whether abled actors playing disabled characters is a blatant play for awards. We talk more about Hollywood's conception of disabled people. Q: There's a phrase you use throughout the book, which is the Tiny Tim principle. Explain what that is. So that extended to movies more generally, where disabled…...

1+ hour, 46+ min ago (36+ words) Holiday spending may be tough on already-stretched budgets this Cyber Monday. But as Kristine Lazar reports, there is a whole new way to clip coupons in the digital age. Clipping digital coupons for holiday shopping...

1+ hour, 48+ min ago (122+ words) December 1, 2025 / 5:56 AM CST / CBS Chicago A fire triggered alarms at multiple buildings in downtown Chicago over the weekend. Around 3:50 p.m. Sunday, the Chicago Fire Department tweeted there was a fire in the exhaust system on the second floor at the Builders Building, at 222 N. LaSalle St. right off Wacker Drive. The 26-story building dates from 1926. The ire Department called a still-and-box alarm for fire equipment and manpower, and an EMS Plan 1 for five ambulances as a precaution, but did not mention any injuries or hospitalizations. The fire triggered alarms in several different buildings in the area. There were also reports of smoke in the Lower Wacker Drive pedestrian tunnel....

1+ hour, 49+ min ago (427+ words) Nueve miembros del personal, incluidos seis jueces y el fiscal de la corte, han sido sancionados por el presidente estadounidense Donald Trump por llevar a cabo investigaciones sobre funcionarios de Estados Unidos e Israel, mientras que Mosc" ha emitido "rdenes de arresto para el personal en respuesta a una orden de arresto contra el presidente Vlad'mir Putin por la guerra en Ucrania. "Nunca aceptamos ning"n tipo de presi"n, afirm" el juez Tomoko Akane a las delegaciones de los 125 estados miembros de la corte. Las sanciones han afectado al trabajo de la corte en una amplia gama de investigaciones en un momento en que la instituci"n lidia con cada vez m's presi"n sobre sus recursos. En su discurso del a'o pasado, Akane advirti" que la corte estaba siendo amenazada por el gobierno entrante de Trump. Tres semanas…...

1+ hour, 56+ min ago (23+ words) Separately, a fire forced residents from an apartment building in Chicago's Bronzeville neighborhood. Fire on LaSalle Street downtown triggers alarms in several buildings...

2+ hour, 3+ min ago (39+ words) As President Trump declared Venezuelan airspace closed, some lawmakers are voicing support of congressional reviews of the Trump administration's military strikes on alleged drug boats. Bradley Blackburn reports. President Trump confirms he met with Venezuelan President Nicol's Maduro...