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Here’s What Happened in N.F.L. Week 5

  ■ Aaron Rodgers can freeze time. The Packers trailed the Cowboys by 3 points , were on their own 25-yard line, and had just 1 minute 13 seconds left in the game. Most teams would be ecstatic to come away with a field goal, but Green Bay was not playing for a tie. Rodgers, as he has so many times in recent seasons, aggressively moved the team down the field, needing just 62 of the 73
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UPDATE: Demoted troopers sent sexual emails, billed OT for sleeping

Four Louisiana State Police troopers were demoted or disciplined following an investigation into a lavish "side trip" the men took to Las Vegas and the Grand Canyon in 2016 while on their way to a conference in San Diego. The travel scandal cost longtime State Police Superintendent Mike Edmonson his job. He retired after
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2 soldiers killed, 6 hurt in South Carolina when hit by military vehicle at Fort Jackson

Two soldiers were killed and six others hurt in an accident Friday at the Fort Jackson Army base outside Columbia, S.C., the base confirmed via Twitter. Two of the injured are in critical condition, the base said in the statement. "A tragic accident involving a military vehicle and a troop formation . . . resulted in the deaths of two
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'SNL' Goes Hard on Gun Control in Politically Charged 'Weekend Update': 'This Shouldn't Be a

This week's Saturday Night Live may not have featured Alec Baldwin's Donald Trump, but they still dove in to tough political topics. In light of last Sunday's tragic Las Vegas massacre that killed 58 and injured over 500 more, Weekend
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UPDATE 1-Perry's proposed grid rule scrambles energy alliances: Kemp

LONDON, Oct 3  - U.S. Energy Secretary Rick Perry’s attempt to save the coal and nuclear industries by proposing a new grid resiliency rule is making for some odd bedfellows across the energy sector. The proposed grid resiliency rule threatens to turn two of the Trump administration’s most loyal groups of supporters against one another, as the gas and coal industries square off for a fight over market share. The disagreement over grid resiliency highlights some of the central tensions within the Trump administration’s energy policy: * The White House has celebrated the growth in domestic gas production and associated reduction in greenhouse emissions but also wants to rescue coal and nuclear producers. * The White House wants cheap electricity for households and manufacturing companies but needs higher prices in the power market to support coal-fired and nuclear power plants. * The White House draws support from pro-business groups that support a free-market app
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US: N Korea to be 'destroyed' if behaviour continues

US Ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley ratcheted up the rhetoric against North Korea on Sunday [Stephanie Keith/Reuters] The US ambassador to the UN warned North Korea would be destroyed if it continues its "reckless behaviour" and forces the United States and its allies to defend themselves against any attack. Nikki Haley, the US ambassador to the UN , said on Sunday the UN Security Council has run out of
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World War 3: China issues North Korea threat - USA MUST remove anti-missile system

CHINA's foreign minister has reiterated calls for South Korea to remove the anti-missile system the US has deployed in the country. Wang Yi made the comments during a meeting with Kang Kyung-wha on the sidelines of a United Nations gathering in New York on Wednesday, according to state news agency Xinhua. South Korea and the US say the high-tech missile-defence system called Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) is needed to defend against the threat of North Korea. But China claims it will do nothing to reduce tension and its powerful radar system threatens the country's security. China's call for the removal of the system comes after South Korea pressed the US for additional deployment of four THAAD launching pads.
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