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New York Jets place QB Justin Fields on injured reserve, ending a disappointing season
FLORHAM PARK, N.J. — Justin Fields’ season is officially over. And perhaps, too, his brief tenure with the New York Jets.
Coach Aaron Glenn announced Tuesday that Fields was placed on season-ending injured reserve with a knee injury that sidelined him the past three games.
“It wasn’t getting as better as we would like it,” Glenn said. “So we want to make sure we get a focus on that to make sure we get him better.”
Fields, who signed a two-year, $40 million deal — with $30 million guaranteed — with New York in March, was the starter for most of this season until he was benched in favor of Tyrod Taylor last month. He popped up on the team’s injury report on Dec. 3 with what Glenn said then was “soreness” in a knee.
It was uncertain if Fields, who was inactive for the Jets’ past three games, will need surgery.
“I’m going to let the docs really hone in on that and if he does, this would be a great time to get it done so he can get it knocked out and get himself healthy,” Glenn said. “But again, I don’t want to place that on him. I just know this, that we want to make sure that he gets this thing healthy and gets it ready.”
Undrafted rookie Brady Cook is set to make his third consecutive start Sunday against New England. Taylor, who missed one game with a groin injury before returning last week, will be the backup.
Fields, speaking to reporters last Friday for the first time since his injury in practice three weeks ago, said he recently had an MRI on his ailing knee and “they found something, so now we’re at this point.” He added that he had “a nick or a bruise” and said his injury is “more of a week-to-week thing.”
But Fields also said he “of course” would like to play again this season.
“It was definitely not what we planned it out to be,” Fields said last week of his season. “But, you know, it’s life. Nothing works out how you want it to, but everything happens for a reason. I’ll just keep getting better as a quarterback, just evolving my game and changing my game and just continue to improve.”
Fields went 2-7 as the Jets’ starter with seven touchdowns and only one interception for 1,259 yards — but had four games during which he threw for under 55 yards, including a season-low 27 in a loss to Buffalo in Week 2.
“Any player that we have high hopes for and the season don’t go the way we want it to go, we’re always disappointed in that,” Glenn said.
Fields’ future with the team is uncertain. He’s due $20 million next year, with $10 million guaranteed. If New York cuts Fields, it would have to absorb $22 million in dead salary cap charges.
“I mean, I don’t know what I’m going to eat for dinner tonight, so I can’t even worry about what’s going to happen until after the season,” Fields said last week. “We’ll just see and take it day by day.”
It seems certain the Jets will explore new options at quarterback, whether it’s through the draft — New York could have a pick in the top three in April — or free agency, or both.
“We’ll see how that goes,” Glenn said with a chuckle when asked if expects Fields to be back next season. “We’re focused on New England right now.”
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/23/justin-fields-new-york-jets-injured-reserve/
Counting Our Energy Blessings During This Season Of Hope
Counting Our Energy Blessings During This Season Of Hope
Authored by Gary Abernathy of the Empowerment Alliance via RealClearEnergy,
The Christmas season is upon us, a time of year when many of us reflect on the year that is drawing to a close and on the good times, the sad times, and the challenges ahead. It’s also a time of year when we count our blessings and express gratitude for any good things that have come our way.
While some may realize it more than others, all Americans should be grateful for one thing most of us tend to take for granted – light that appears in the rooms of our homes at the flick of a switch, heat that emanates through our floorboard vents or radiators by merely increasing the number on a dial or a digital pad, cars, SUVs and trucks that start with the turn of a key or the push of a button.
All these modern conveniences are made possible for even low-income Americans thanks to energy that is affordable and widely accessible.
In this increasingly diverse and often divided society in which we live, all Americans are united by access to low-cost, effective energy. We have been blessed for so long by affordable energy that we are sometimes in danger of taking it for granted.
But without the change in presidential administrations that happened last January – and with it the blessings of lowered inflation, a return to free-market principles and, especially, regulatory rollbacks (more on that shortly) – Americans could have been facing a much bleaker winter this Christmas season.
Under the Biden administration, inflation averaged nearly 5%, “hitting 9.1% during the worst inflation crisis in decades,” the White House recently pointed out. In the new Trump administration, inflation has dropped to an average of 2.7%, and “Americans have seen the first overall price decline since 2020.”
Even more impressively, the skyrocketing gas prices experienced under the Biden regime have thankfully been dramatically reversed. Americans “now see the lowest average gas price in more than four years and are on track to spend the lowest amount of their disposable income on gas in the last two decades.”
While energy costs remain relatively low compared to other rising costs, the Trump administration is working to tame electricity prices which began climbing in 2022 under the Biden administration.
One analysis showed that “from March 2022 to June 2025, average monthly energy bills rose from $196 to $265 – a 35 percent jump, or nearly three times overall inflation during that period.” Trump’s reversal of Biden subsidies and incentives that artificially propped up “alternatives” like wind and solar will begin to reap dividends in the coming months and years. The new administration’s fast-track permitting process for new exploration will supercharge our most abundant and reliable legacy resources, driving energy costs down.
But while politicians and pundits seem focused on “prices” as a measure of “affordability,” the long list of regulatory rollbacks in which the Trump administration has engaged will be the real catalyst leading to a more affordable life in the U.S.
Trump’s deregulatory efforts “are saving Americans a collective $180 billion — or $2,100 per family of four,” the White House notes. “For example, President Trump halted burdensome Biden-era efficiency standards that jacked up the price of everyday appliances.”
Earlier this month, in an announcement that did not get the attention it deserved, President Trump unveiled relaxed fuel economy standards “for the more than 15 million new cars and trucks sold in the country every year,” as the Detroit News reported.
“The plan, if finalized, would slash fuel economy requirements through the 2031 model year, to about a fleetwide average for light-duty vehicles of roughly 34.5 miles per gallon, down from roughly 50 miles per gallon under the current rules,” the story noted.
Administration officials rightfully said that “the new standards would increase consumers’ access to a wider range of affordable gas-powered vehicles and help hold down new car prices.”
“Today’s a victory of common sense and affordability,” said Jim Farley, CEO of Ford Motor Company, who joined Trump at that Oval Office announcement. It was great news for everyone who loves their dependable gas-powered cars, SUVs and trucks.
It’s impossible to overstate the scope of the catastrophe that has been averted by dismantling the disastrous energy policies of the previous administration. If the Biden-era subsidies, mandates and penalties had continued, Americans would likely be facing a much bleaker holiday season, not to mention the cold-weather months that follow for much of the country.
The gift of energy policies that promote affordability, accessibility and commonsense emission standards should be high on the wish list of every American family.
While this Christmas may be too soon upon us to expect delivery of such a present, passage of the Affordable, Reliable, Clean Energy Security act (ARC-ES) introduced in October by Rep. Troy Balderson (R-OH) would make the perfect gift from Congress and President Trump to all 340 million Americans in conjunction with America’s 250th birthday on July 4, 2026.
ARC-ES would codify low-cost, accessible energy into law, protecting energy security from the radical political whims of future far-left administrations. In this season of hope, wishing for such a gift in the next six months should not require a Christmas miracle – merely the will of our elected representatives in Washington to do the right thing.
“May your days be merry and bright,” Bing Crosby sings in “White Christmas” – merry because of the holiday, bright thanks to low-cost energy that is there when we need it. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year.
Gary Abernathy is a longtime newspaper editor, reporter and columnist. He was a contributing columnist for the Washington Post from 2017-2023 and a frequent guest analyst across numerous media platforms. He is a contributing columnist for The Empowerment Alliance, which advocates for realistic approaches to energy consumption and environmental conservation.
Tyler Durden
Tue, 12/23/2025 – 18:25
https://www.zerohedge.com/political/counting-our-energy-blessings-during-season-hope
Jan Grayson, who led state’s department of commerce and chaired Chicago Architecture Foundation board, dies at 84
Jan Grayson led the state agency formerly known as the Department of Commerce and Community Affairs — the state’s economic development arm — for four years during the administration of the late Gov. Jim Edgar, and he later chaired the board of the Chicago Architecture Foundation.
“Jan was an affable business leader and problem solver,” said Regional Transportation Authority Chair Kirk Dillard, who served as Edgar’s chief of staff. “He was instrumental in the early 1990s in guiding Illinois’ economy through a severe national economic downturn.”
Grayson, 84, died of a bacterial infection on Oct. 19 at the Norton Brownsboro Hospital in Louisville, Kentucky, said his former wife, Jo Ann Loschenkohl. He had been a Louisville resident, and previously had lived in Old Town.
Born in 1941 on the South Side, Grayson grew up in Hyde Park and got a bachelor’s degree in biology from the University of Chicago in 1962. He then served in the Army for a time, and he got an MBA from the U. of C. in 1965.
Early in his career, Grayson had several jobs, including as a math teacher in Chicago Public Schools and as a quality control chemist for Armour & Co.
Grayson was a financial analyst and marketing representative for the Northern Trust Co. from 1967 until 1970, when he joined what became the Deloitte consulting firm, where he became a partner in 1980.
In 1986, Grayson left Deloitte to serve as chief financial officer for the Charles A. Stevens apparel retail chain. He then worked for what now is the PricewaterhouseCoopers accounting and consulting firm from 1988 until 1991.
Shortly after Edgar was elected in 1990, he tapped Grayson to become the head of Illinois’ Department of Commerce and Community Affairs, now known as the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity. With a private-sector background, Grayson was tasked with streamlining the department, including curtailing the state’s participation in large job-attraction incentive sweepstakes bids, as had been the case under Edgar’s predecessor, Gov. Jim Thompson.
“Jan’s passion was assisting small and medium-sized businesses, since they make up 85% of Illinois jobs,” Dillard said. “As director, Jan helped lead Illinois to an unemployment rate lower than the national average — a rare feat for the state.”
Grayson’s role for the state included representing Edgar on various boards and commissions that promoted economic activity. He also served on several task forces, including one on reforming the state’s civil service system.
Grayson left the state government shortly after Edgar was reelected as governor, and he consulted further, including serving for a year as the CEO of LaSalle Photo Services, a large commercial photo finishing company. He then spent two years as the chief information officer for Holiday Inn Worldwide.
In 1998, Grayson established his own consultancy.
In the early 2000s, Grayson joined the board of the Chicago Architecture Foundation, which in 2018 was renamed the Chicago Architecture Center. Founded in 1966 to save Chicago’s historic Glessner House, the nonprofit group hosts tours, river cruises and exhibits, serving about 500,000 guests a year.
From 2001 until 2003, Grayson chaired the Chicago Architecture Foundation’s board. That year, the group opened a space for exhibits, workshops and a store in the Railway Exchange Building, also known as the Santa Fe Building, at 224 S. Michigan Ave.
“Jan just excelled as chairman,” said Lynn Osmond, then the group’s president. “He was fun, and he was curious, and he was good at planning and thinking big and making us aspire. Plus, he was very well-connected in the city. He started helping me set high standards for what we could be.”
Grayson held roles with other nonprofits in Chicago, including chairing the board of the Victory Gardens Theater and serving on the boards of the Better Government Association, the Chicago Jazz Ensemble, the Golden Apple Foundation and the Society of Architectural Historians.
In 2014, Grayson moved to Louisville, where he served on the board of the Actors Theatre of Louisville from 2015 until 2021.
During retirement, Grayson enjoyed traveling, visiting nearly 100 countries, Loschenkohl said.
His daughter, Olivia, died of leukemia in 2003 at age 2. In addition to his former wife, Grayson is survived by a brother, Alan.
A service is being planned.
Bob Goldsborough is a freelance reporter.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/23/jan-grayson-obituary-commerce-department/
Student loan borrowers in default may see wages garnished in 2026
The Trump administration said on Tuesday that it will begin garnishing the wages of student loan borrowers who are in default early next year.
The department said it will send notices to approximately 1,000 borrowers the week of January 7, with more notices to come at an increasing scale each month.
Millions of borrowers are considered in default, meaning they are 270 days past due on their payments. The department must give borrowers 30 days notice before their wages can be garnished.
The department said it will begin collection activities, “only after student and parent borrowers have been provided sufficient notice and opportunity to repay their loans.”
In May, the Trump administration ended the pandemic-era pause on student loan payments, beginning to collect on defaulted debt through withholding tax refunds and other federal payments to borrowers.
The move ended a period of leniency for student loan borrowers. Payments restarted in October of 2023, but the Biden administration extended a grace period of one year. Since March 2020, no federal student loans had been referred for collection, including those in default, until the Trump administration’s changes earlier this year.
The Biden administration tried multiple times to give broad forgiveness to student loans, but those efforts were eventually stopped by courts.
Persis Yu, deputy executive director for the Student Borrower Protection Center, criticized the decision to begin garnishing wages, and said the department had failed to sufficiently help borrowers find affordable payment options.
“At a time when families across the country are struggling with stagnant wages and an affordability crisis, this administration’s decision to garnish wages from defaulted student loan borrowers is cruel, unnecessary, and irresponsible,” Yu said in a statement. “As millions of borrowers sit on the precipice of default, this Administration is using its self-inflicted limited resources to seize borrowers’ wages instead of defending borrowers’ right to affordable payments.”
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https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/23/student-loan-wages-garnished/
Lake County News-Sun’s Top Stories of 2025: Illinois Beach State Park’s increasing water emergencies frustrate local responders
Area emergency responders say the popular Illinois Beach State Park has seen an increase in water emergencies and drownings since the completion of a multi-million-dollar beach restoration project, repeatedly calling for additional state support that they say has yet to materialize.
The restoration included the installation of stone breakwaters meant to protect the shoreline from severe erosion, while also creating new habitat for threatened species and potentially rejuvenating area communities.
But the subsequent increase in park attendance led to a rise in water emergency calls, and after a spate of drownings last summer, including the death of a 14-year-old boy, local fire officials repeated calls for support. They said an application for a federal grant to purchase a new rescue boat had been denied despite a seemingly identical request being approved for Highland Park.
The ongoing issue of increased water emergency statistics along the beach, and unanswered questions about the denied grant request, made it one of the Lake County News-Sun’s Top Stories of 2025.
Winthrop Harbor Fire Chief Rocco Campanella has been vocal in his frustrations. Previously, he lamented that “not one cent” of the restoration’s $73 million budget went to addressing increases in water incidents that have strained the resources of the area’s smaller communities.
Area departments lack the equipment for the work, Campanella has said, and the nearest Coast Guard station is in Kenosha, Wisconsin, which is a 25-minute boat ride away and has reduced hours.
Breakwater structures along the Lake Michigan shoreline at Illinois Beach State Park.
The park has experienced substantial increases in annual visitors, with more than 2 million 2024, compared to 1.2 million in 2015, according to statistics from Beach Park Fire Department Chief Tom Stahl.
As 2025 draws to a close, Campanella said the situation remains unchanged.
“We have little to no help from the state, and we continue to do what we can do,” he said.
Campanella said he expects the beaches to continue to be popular once warm weather returns.
“With more visitors, more problems show up,” he said. “I don’t discourage people from going to the beach, but it’s natural when the numbers go up, the number of problems or emergencies go up.”
FEMA grant denied
Winthrop Harbor previously attempted to apply for the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s Port Security Grant, meant to enhance security at ports and other maritime facilities.
Last year, the grant program provided about $90 million to applicants across the country, including about $470,000 to Highland Park, which, according to city documents, was used to help pay for a $663,000 Metal Shark 29 Defiant Fire-Rescue vessel.
Winthrop Harbor’s request was for about $430,000 in federal funding to help pay for a $509,000 vessel and $50,000 in training, according to the fire department’s application. Department officials previously said their current vessel, built in the 1980s, is not suited for the necessary work.
The request seemingly enjoyed area, state and federal support, including letters from area fire chiefs, state legislators, and an Illinois Department of Natural Resources official who said the area emergency responders were going to need resources to address increased pressure caused by the beach restoration project.
But while Highland Park’s request was approved, Winthrop Harbor’s was denied, with an explanation difficult to come by as federal agencies pointed fingers at one another.
When asked about the discrepancy, a FEMA representative said that was something for the Coast Guard to address. However, Coast Guard officials were adamant that FEMA makes the ultimate decision, and that FEMA’s choices may differ from the Coast Guard’s recommendations.
Whether that was the case for Highland Park and Winthrop Harbor was unclear.
Previously, Port Security Specialist Tom Lake with the Coast Guard Sector Lake Michigan said his office oversees its participation in FEMA’s grant program, done through an extensive field review of all applicants and their requests by a team of officials. The scores and rankings are then sent to FEMA.
In response to questions about whether Winthrop Harbor received a favorable ranking during the review, or was ranked above or below Highland Park, Lake said limited information regarding the Coast Guard’s review can only be shared with the applicant.
Campanella said Winthrop Harbor did not put in an application with FEMA this time around because the pay-match requirement was too high. Area stakeholders will meet in January to begin planning for the upcoming beach season, he said.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/23/top-stories-of-2025-illinois-beach-state-park/
Judge Allows Abrego Garcia To Remain Free While She Considers Immigration Issues
Judge Allows Abrego Garcia To Remain Free While She Considers Immigration Issues
A U.S. District Judge overseeing a lawsuit by Salvadoran national Kilmar Abrego Garcia against the Trump administration allowed him to remain free from custody while she assesses whether the government can validly remove him from the country.
Judge Paula Xinis of the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland, based in Greenbelt outside of Washington, D.C., said that she was “growing … impatient” with the government’s attorneys, who are arguing that Abrego Garcia’s summary removal from the country to El Salvador on March 15—pursuant to President Donald Trump’s invocation of the Alien Enemies Act of 1798—was justified.
As Arjun Singh reports for The Epoch Times, Abrego Garcia, 30, entered the United States illegally as a teenager.
He had been granted, in 2019, a “Withholding of Removal” order by an Immigration Court, which prevents an alien who is otherwise deportable from being removed from the country, due to the finding of a credible fear for his life.
Thereafter, he lived in Maryland for six years, during which time he married a U.S. citizen and fathered a U.S. citizen child.
The Trump administration removed Abrego Garcia in March, stating that he is an “MS-13 gang member with a history of violence,” which he and his lawyers denied.
Democrats and progressive groups criticized the removal of Abrego Garcia in spite of the 2019 court order.
The administration said the removal was an “administrative error.”
“Why should I give the respondents the benefit of the doubt?” Xinis said during a hearing in the case on Dec. 22.
Xinis had issued a writ of habeas corpus—a constitutional remedy to release someone from government custody—to Abrego Garcia on Dec. 11, which freed him from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) custody, and then issued a restraining order to the agency to bar it from re-taking him into custody on other grounds.
On Dec. 22, Xinis denied the government’s request to rescind that order.
“This is an extremely irregular and extraordinary situation,” Xinis said during the hearing.
Abrego Garcia also faces criminal charges in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee for conspiracy to unlawfully transport illegal aliens and related smuggling offenses stemming from a 2022 traffic stop.
A federal grand jury indicted him on May 21, 2025, after which the Trump administration repatriated him from El Salvador, his native country, on June 6 to face those charges.
Any proceeding to remove him from the country would occur in a civil Immigration Court, created for the purpose of adjudicating removal cases, and would be subordinate to the ongoing criminal case in Tennessee. Xinis has prioritized resolving the civil habeas corpus case in Maryland before allowing Abrego Garcia’s re-detention for removal.
The Trump administration has been ramping up deportations of illegal immigrants, prioritizing those with a criminal record.
Critics of federal immigration enforcement have been protesting in support of Abrego Garcia. Outside the hearing on Dec. 22, which he attended, supporters cheered for him while a choir sang, accompanied by bullhorn and drum.
Abrego Garcia’s case, on interlocutory appeal, also reached the Supreme Court, which on April 10 ruled to grant in part and deny in part an application to vacate Xinis’s order, vacating the return deadline but requiring the government to facilitate his release from custody in El Salvador and process his case as if not improperly removed.
Tyler Durden
Tue, 12/23/2025 – 18:00
Pope disappointed over approval of assisted suicide legislation in his home state of Illinois
Pope Leo XIV said Tuesday he was “very disappointed” that his home state of Illinois had approved a law allowing for medically assisted suicide, and he called for greater respect of life.
Leo said he had spoken “explicitly” with Gov. JB Pritzker and urged him to not sign the bill into law. Chicago Cardinal Blase Cupich did the same, Leo told reporters as he left his country house in Castel Gandolfo, south of Rome.
“We were very clear about the necessity to respect the sacredness of life from the very beginning to the very end, and unfortunately, for different reasons, he decided to sign that bill,” Leo said. “I am very disappointed about that.”
Pritzer signed the legislation on Dec. 12. The measure is also known as “Deb’s Law,” honoring Deb Robertson, a resident of the state living with a rare terminal illness. She had pushed for the measure’s approval and testified to the suffering of people and their families wanting the chance to decide for themselves how and when their lives should end.
Pritzker, a Democrat, had said he had been moved by stories of patients suffering from terminal illness.
Leo, who grew up in Chicago, cited Catholic teaching, which calls for the defense and protection of life from conception until natural death, forbidding abortion and euthanasia.
“I would invite all people, especially in these Christmas days, to reflect upon the nature of human life, the goodness of human life,” Leo said. “God became human like us to show us what it means really to live human life, and I hope and pray that the respect for life will once again grow in all moments of human existence, from conception to natural death.”
The state’s six Catholic dioceses had criticized Pritzker’s signing, saying the law puts Illinois “on a dangerous and heartbreaking path.”
Eleven other states and the District of Columbia allow medically assisted suicide, according to the advocacy group, Death With Dignity. Delaware was the latest, and its provision takes effect Jan. 1, 2026. Seven other states are considering allowing it.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/23/pope-assisted-suicide/
Answer Angel: Where is his belt?
Dear Answer Angel Ellen: I’ve seen photos of actor Jacob Elordi (currently appearing in the latest “Frankenstein” movie) and other men (famous and not famous) wearing pants with belt loops — but no belt.
Jacob Elordi attends the photocall of the movie Frankenstein during the 82nd Venice Film Festival Venice Italy 2025/08/30. (Laurent Hou/Hans Lucas/AFP/Getty Images/TNS)
Is this a thing?
–Kathy P.
Dear Kathy: Just being too lazy or too rushed to put a belt through the loops is “a thing” for sure. We all have done it, male and female. Otherwise, if your question is: Is it a fashion trend now for well-dressed men to not wear belts although their pants have belt loops, then the answer is NO. It is not a trend.
In general, if the pants have loops, conventional fashion wisdom says you should wear a belt. No loops? No belt! However, many men of all ages do leave their belts at home even though their pants have loops. This is true especially if they are wearing jeans or knock-around pants like khakis or shorts. (Women do the same thing.)
If you’re wearing sneakers, that signals you’re going casual and no belt through the loops is also OK. If the pants fit well and you are so fashion conscious that you believe that wearing a belt will break up the strong line of your outfit, go ahead and go beltless even though your pants have loops.
But, if you are tucking in a classic button-up shirt to pants with loops, wear a belt.
Dear Answer Angel Ellen: I was in a T.J. Maxx store and saw a really nice long-sleeved shirt made of semi-transparent fabric with a white floral design that covered my arms (which are wrinkly) and it was on sale! It was two sizes too big. As I tried it on over a short-sleeved shirt, another woman shopper came up to me and said, “I can see you are trying to decide whether to buy it. Definitely buy it.” So, I did. I do like the look but I’m wondering if I made a mistake. Did I?
–Linda S.
Dear Linda: No mistake! If your goal is to cover your arms, consider your pretty white shirt as a lightweight jacket or overshirt to be worn over your short-sleeved or sleeveless tops. If you feel better about your arms when you wear it, you’ve made a good choice.
Dear Answer Angel Ellen: I have several vintage leather Coach purses in excellent condition. Is there a market for these, and if so, how do I decide how much to charge if I try to sell them?
–Eleanor N.
Dear Eleanor: Yes there is a big market for your purses. Do your homework. Don’t wind up selling your highly sought bag for much less than it’s worth today. Check online resale sites by typing “vintage Coach purse” or “vintage Coach purse 1980s,” (or 1990s, etc.) to see what other sellers are asking on eBay ( ebay.com ), Poshmark ( poshmark.com ), Mercari ( mercari.com ), etsy ( etsy.com ), The RealReal ( therealreal.com ), Rebag ( rebag.com ) and many more.
For all you know, your bag might be one of the (albeit small) number of styles selling for vastly more than their original price when it was brand new. Also consignment or vintage clothing stores in your area might be interested. And coach.com has a Coach(Re)Loved trade-in program for credit from $10 to $200 toward a new Coach product.
Angelic Readers
More suggestions for worthy replacements for discontinued Clinique mild soap bars…
From Pat McL.: “In answer to Michelle D. about Clinique’s mild soap bars. I used to use that product also. One of the Clinique sales ladies told me Dove Sensitive unscented soap is essentially the same. I’ve used Dove for 50 years in some form or another.” From Ellen P.: “I swear by Q10 Body soap. I use it on my face too. It lathers well and isn’t drying. I buy it online at dhcares.com.”
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Judy O. says: “I’m so tired of seeing both men and women in daily life (not necessarily in a workout environment) with wet armpits. It’s just gross. It’s not like you can’t buy effective antiperspirants at any drug store any day of the week!”
(Send your questions and rants – on style, shopping, fashion, makeup and beauty – to answerangelellen@gmail.com.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/23/answer-angel-where-is-his-belt/
Jets colocan al quarterback Justin Fields en la reserva de lesionados
Por DENNIS WASZAK Jr.
FLORHAM PARK, Nueva Jersey, EE.UU. (AP) — Los Jets de Nueva York colocaron al quarterback Justin Fields en la reserva de lesionados por el resto de la temporada debido a un problema de rodilla que lo ha dejado fuera de los últimos tres juegos.
El entrenador Aaron Glenn anunció el martes la decisión de dejar a Fields fuera de los dos últimos partidos.
Fields firmó en marzo un contrato de dos años por 40 millones, de los cuales 30 millones son garantizados. Fue el titular durante la mayor parte de esta temporada hasta que el mes pasado lo reemplazó Tyrod Taylor.
El novato no reclutado Brady Cook está listo para tener su tercer duelo como titular el domingo contra Nueva Inglaterra. Taylor será el suplente.
Fields, hablando con los reporteros el viernes pasado por primera vez desde su lesión en la práctica hace tres semanas, dijo que recientemente se sometió a una resonancia magnética en la rodilla y “encontraron algo, así que ahora estamos en este punto”. Añadió que tenía “un golpe o un moretón” y dijo que su lesión es “más bien algo de semana a semana”.
Pero Fields también dijo que “por supuesto” le gustaría jugar nuevamente esta temporada. Estuvo inactivo para los últimos tres juegos de los Jets.
Fields tuvo un récord de 2-7 como titular de los Jets, con siete touchdowns y solo una intercepción para 1.259 yardas, pero tuvo cuatro juegos en los que lanzó para menos de 55 yardas, incluyendo un mínimo de temporada de 27 en la derrota ante Buffalo en la semana 2.
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Arsenal vence a Crystal Palace en penales y avanza a semifinales de la Copa de la Liga
Associated Press
LONDRES (AP) — Arsenal se enfrentará a Chelsea en las semifinales de la Copa de la Liga Inglesa después de vencer a Crystal Palace 8-siete en penales tras un empate 1-uno en el tiempo reglamentario el martes.
Kepa Arrizabalaga detuvo el tiro de Maxence Lacroix para asegurar la victoria en la tanda de penales en el Emirates Stadium.
Un autogol de Lacroix en el minuto 80 había dado la ventaja a Arsenal antes de que Marc Guehi igualara para el Palace en el tiempo de descuento.
Manchester City jugará contra el campeón defensor Newcastle en la otra semifinal.
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