Will Trubisky return vs. Saints? Players of intrigue after

Bears coach Matt Nagy added an intriguing twist to the perfunctory self-scouting means of the NFL’s bye week. “To me, it’s not so much about [looking for tendencies and predictability] as it is now you’re able to self-scout … the players and how they’re performing,” Nagy stated Monday following the Bears 24-21 loss to the Raiders in London. “That’s what this one’s probably a little bit more about, with where we’re at offensively.” The logical inference is that adjustments may be made when the Bears return to Halas Hall on Monday. Don’t anticipate an excessive amount of. The hypothesis facilities totally on the underperforming offensive line — significantly proper guard Kyle Long

McAleenan, performing Homeland Security secretary, stepping down

WASHINGTON — Kevin McAleenan, a profession civil servant who grew to become the unlikely level man for President Donald Trump’s hardline immigration insurance policies, is stepping down as performing Homeland Security secretary after six months on the job. McAleenan informed The Associated Press he was leaving on his personal phrases — a distinction to different high administration officers pushed out throughout Trump’s tenure. But his departure ends an ungainly interval of management — one through which McAleenan delighted Trump by getting border crossing numbers to fall but remained an outsider in an administration the place high figures — together with in his personal division — have been brash Trump supporters standard on conservative media. A White

Money talks: More than sufficient cowards to go round in

Freedom of speech isn’t an internationally acknowledged proper, and even the place it's acknowledged, it isn’t all the time free. As Colin Kaepernick realized, it isn’t price practically as a lot because the U.S. greenback is. That’s what made his stand so noble. Money makes cowards out of numerous us. America’s said values are totally different from China’s. It wouldn’t appear to be such an enormous deal for an American to say, out loud, that China has some severe human-rights points. That’s what we do. We take within the drained, the poor and the huddled plenty craving to breathe free – not less than in concept. And we name out different nations for mistreating their

‘Pain and Glory’: Pedro Almodovar makes moments with which means

It is the 1960s. A priest at a Catholic college asks a promising new scholar about his tastes within the arts. “Si, I like the Beatles and cinema,” says the boy, a lot to the chagrin of the priest. “Here, we’ll develop your tastes and direct them to less pagan subjects,” he says. Pedro Almodovar’s lovely and deeply private “Pain and Glory” is stuffed with good little moments like that — moments that make us smile, moments that make us choke up somewhat, moments that resonate. Pain and Glory: 3.5 out of 4

Gerrit Cole shuts down Rays once more, pitches Astros into

HOUSTON — Gerrit Cole pitched one other playoff masterpiece and the Houston Astros jumped to a fast lead, turning again the Tampa Bay Rays 6-1 Thursday evening in Game 5 to arrange a titanic showdown with the New York Yankees within the AL Championship Series. After fellow aces Zack Greinke and Justin Verlander had been unable to shut out the scrappy Rays on the street, Cole made certain Houston moved on. Given a 4-Zero cushion within the first inning, he dominated via the eighth within the decisive sport of the AL Division Series, placing out 10 and permitting simply two hits. On deck, the heavyweight matchup so many followers needed to see: Jose Altuve and the

Chicago police officer hit by CPD automotive throughout pursuit of gun

A Chicago police officer was struck by a CPD car responding to a pursuit Thursday in Lawndale on the West Side. According to preliminary data, officers had been monitoring a funeral once they tried to have interaction an armed individual, CPD spokesman Anthony Guglielmi mentioned. As police responded, the officer was on foot when he was struck by an CPD car, Guglielmi mentioned. The officer was transported to a hospital in good situation, he mentioned. A police spokeswoman initially mentioned the struck officer was pursing a suspect who tossed a gun out a automotive’s window when the officer was struck close to intersection of Ogden and Drake avenues. The seek for the gun suspect is