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Chicago snapped an 11-game skid in this rivalry when it ended the 2024 regular season by winning at G A single hostage remains in Gaza after identification of Thai worker's remains 12/04/2025 04:10pm • JERUSALEM (AP) ��� Remains that militants in Gaza handed to Israel were those of Thai agricultural worker Sudthisak Rinthalak, Israeli and Thai officials said Thursday. The confirmation brought the first phase of Gaza���s tenuous 8-week-old ceasefire a step closer to completion, with one more hostag Buccaneers aim for second straight season sweep of the Saints 12/04/2025 03:36pm • New Orleans (2-10) at Tampa Bay (7-5) Sunday, 1 p.m. EST, CBS BetMGM NFL odds: Buccaneers by 8 1/2. Against the spread: Saints 4-8, Buccaneers 5-7. Series record: Saints lead 40-27. Last meeting: Buccaneers beat the Saints 23-3 on Oct. 26, 2025, in New Orleans. 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Here is a timeline of ke Chiefs vs. Texans: Kansas City battles Houston's top defense with key injuries up font 12/04/2025 01:08pm • Houston (7-5) at Kansas City (6-6) Sunday, 8:20 p.m. EST, NBC/Peacock. BetMGM NFL odds: Chiefs by 3 1/2. Against the spread: Texans 6-6, Chiefs 5-6-1. Series record: Chiefs lead 11-5. Last meeting: Chiefs beat Texans 23-14 on Jan. 18, 2025, in Kansas City in a divisional playoff game. Last week: Tex US-Best-Sellers-Books-PW 12/04/2025 12:55pm • HARDCOVER FICTION 1. ���The Widow��� by John Grisham (Doubleday) 2. ���Alchemised��� by SenLinYu (Del Rey) 3. ���The Secret of Secrets��� by Dan Brown (Doubleday) 4. ���Brimstone (deluxe ed.)" by Callie Hart (Forever) 5. ���Gone Before Goodbye��� by Witherspoon/Coben (Grand Central) 6. ���The Book o Commanders visit Vikings with both sides aiming to stop a long skid and bring back a healthy QB 12/04/2025 12:55pm • Washington (3-9) at Minnesota (4-8) Sunday, 1 p.m. EST, Fox. BetMGM NFL odds: Vikings by 2. Against the spread: Commanders 4-8, Vikings 4-8. Series record: Vikings lead 15-13. Last meeting: Vikings beat Commanders 20-17 on the road on Nov. 6, 2022. Last week: Commanders lost at hom Austin McNamara's rise as Jets' punting 'sniper' began by watching YouTube videos as a kid 12/04/2025 12:33pm • FLORHAM PARK, N.J. (AP) ��� Austin McNamara's journey to becoming one of the NFL's top young punters began on a computer screen. The New York Jets ' first-year standout loved playing soccer and basketball while growing up in Gilbert, Arizona, but never participated in organized football until he got