Zelenskyy says Ukraine has lost 43,000 soldiers during warPHILADELPHIA (AP) — Let’s get the good news in Philadelphia out of the way first. The Eagles are riding a nine-game winning streak, Saquon Barkley is making a serious run at the NFL season rushing record and a playoff berth was clinched for the fourth straight year under coach Nick Sirianni. Now, about all that grumbling ... . Yes, Philly sports fans, media and social media doomsayers are usually the ones with a complaint even in the best of times for the pro teams. Perhaps it’s a bit unsettling around Philadelphia, then, that the grousing after a win over Carolina this weekend came from inside the locker room. Wide receivers DeVonta Smith and A.J. Brown, and even Jalen Hurts, made public their complaints about the state of the (diminishing) passing game, putting the coaching staff on notice that enough was enough and it was time to rev up the engine on a pair of 1,000-yard receivers and get the offense humming headed into the postseason. Even Sirianni conceded that yes, it was fair to raise questions about an offense that allowed Smith and Brown to combine for only eight catches and 80 yards. RELATED COVERAGE Cowboys set to host Bengals under open roof after falling debris thwarted that plan against Texans Cardinals’ sudden 3-game tailspin has turned their once solid playoff hopes into a long shot The 49ers’ playoff hopes are still teetering even after get-right game against the Bears The problem this week? “Being on the same page,” Smith said. Smith is coming off consecutive 1,000-yard receiving seasons and has yet to break 100 in a game this season. Brown has four 100-yard games, well off last season’s run when he topped 100 yards in six straight games and seven times overall. Hurts threw for just 108 yards with two TDs passing and one rushing score. Should an offense getting on the same page develop into this much of a concern for the Eagles (11-2) after 13 games? “No. I just say no,” Hurts said. The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! Get the poll delivered straight to your inbox with AP Top 25 Poll Alerts. Sign up here . There are reasons the numbers are down. The easy one, of course, is that the traditionally pass-happy Eagles have leaned on Barkley and his team-record 1,623 yards to steer the offense in his first season. Hurts also shoulders his share of the blame given his propensity for holding on to the ball. He was sacked four times and missed Smith and Brown the few times he did chuck the ball deep to open receivers on long routes. Hurts didn’t throw Brown the ball a couple of times when he was open, including on a TD pass to Smith. “Have to find a way to come together and come and sync as a unit and play complementary ball,” Hurts said. Hurts has topped 300 yards passing only once this season and his last three games are at 179-118-108. He does have only five interceptions and has thrown just one during the winning streak. What needs help The offensive woes start at the beginning. The Eagles have yet to score a touchdown on their opening possession through the first 13 games and average only 10.7 points in the first half. They had only 46 total yards in the first quarter. The slow starts are one reason why teams with losing records such as Carolina, Jacksonville and Cleveland are able to keep games close at the Linc and make last-gasp drives at an upset victory. What’s working The running game. That really only means one name: Barkley. Barkley rushed for 124 yards to break the Eagles’ season record, and Eric Dickerson’s NFL mark is in his sights. Barkley needed just 13 games to pass McCoy, who rushed for 1,607 yards in 2013. Barkley also maintained his pace to break Dickerson’s NFL single-season rushing record of 2,105 yards, set in 1984 with the Los Angeles Rams. Barkley is averaging 124.8 yards per game. At that pace and with one more game to play than Dickerson, he would become the top single-season rusher in NFL history. He needs 483 yards over the final four games to top Dickerson’s 40-year-old record. Barkley is one pace for 2,122 yards, just 17 yards beyond Dickerson’s 2,105 total. Stock up Linebackers Zack Baun and Nakobe Dean. Dean led the Eagles with 12 tackles while Baun had 11 tackles and a sack. They both had strong games in shutting down Carolina’s — albeit banged-up — running game. Stock down Jake Elliott. Elliott was wide right on a 52-yard attempt in the third quarter and has missed all five attempts of 50-plus yards this season. Injuries Safety C.J. Gardner-Johnson was evaluated for a concussion and treated for an additional injury in the fourth quarter but had a game-changing interception. Key number 9 — The Eagles won nine straight games only three other times, in the 2017, 2003 and 1960 seasons. Next steps The Eagles host cross-state rival Pittsburgh in a potential all-Pennsylvania Super Bowl preview. ___ AP NFL: https://apnews.com/hub/nflOTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said dealing with incoming president Donald Trump and his thundering on trade will be “a little more challenging” than the last time he was in the White House. Speaking at an event put on by the Halifax Chamber of Commerce, Trudeau said that’s because Trump’s team is coming in with a much clearer set of ideas of what they want to do right away than after his first election win in 2016. Even still, Trudeau said the answer is not to panic and said Canada can rally together to address the tough scenario the nation will face following Trump’s inauguration in January. Trump has threatened 25 per cent tariffs against Canada and Mexico, if the two nations do not beef up their borders to his satisfaction. On the weekend, Trump appeared in an interview with NBC’s “Meet the Press,” where the president-elect said he can’t guarantee the tariffs won’t raise prices for U.S. consumers but that eventually tariffs will “make us rich.” “All I want to do is I want to have a level, fast, but fair playing field,” he said. Trudeau warned that steep tariffs could be “devastating for the Canadian economy” and cause “just horrific losses in all of our communities,” and that Trump’s approach is to introduce “a bit of chaos” to destabilize his negotiating partners. But he also said that Canada exports a range of goods to the U.S., from steel and aluminum to crude oil and agricultural commodities, all of which would get more expensive and mean real hardship for Americans at the same time. “For years, Americans have been paying more for their homes than they should because of unjust tariffs on softwood lumber. Maybe this level of tariffs will actually have them realize that this is something they are doing to themselves,” Trudeau said. “Trump got elected on a commitment to make life better and more affordable for Americans, and I think people south of the border are beginning to wake up to the real reality that tariffs on everything from Canada would make life a lot more expensive.” Experts, including Canada’s former top trade negotiator Steve Verheul, have warned the country needs to be ready to respond if Trump goes through with his tariff threats. The prime minister said his government is still mulling over “the right ways” to respond, referencing Canada’s calculated approach when Trump hit Canada with steel and aluminum tariffs. “It was the fact that we put tariffs on bourbon and Harley-Davidsons and playing cards and Heinz ketchup and cherries and a number of other things that were very carefully targeted because they were politically impactful to the president’s party and colleagues,” he said. That’s how Canada was able to “punch back in a way that was actually felt by Americans,” he added. Trudeau also said the country needs to rally together and work past its political differences. He offered up some rare words of praise for Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe — a frequent political thorn in his side and “no big fan of mine” — as one of Canada’s strongest voices during that tumultuous time period when NAFTA was under threat. “His voice with governors down south, his making the case for Canadian workers and Canadian trade in a way that complemented the arguments that we were making, did a better job of showing what Canadian unity was and (what) Canada’s negotiating position could be to a United States that has a political system that is incredibly fractured and fractious,” Trudeau said. On Sunday, Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre said “every single Conservative would tell every single American” that tariffs on Canada would be a bad idea — and also took time to bill Trudeau as a weak leader. One member of his caucus, Conservative MP Jamil Jivani, said he had dinner with incoming vice-president JD Vance and British Conservative Leader Kemi Badenoch over the weekend in Arlington, Va. He said it’s crucial right now to be building “strong relationships with our allies.” — With files from The Associated Press, Kelly Geraldine Malone and Rosa Saba in Torontoblackjack book 。

Syria's embassy in Lebanon suspends services as Lebanon hands over former Syrian army officersThe Bears look for an interim coach bump when they visit the struggling 49ersChris Kondrich wasn’t shocked to learn a sinkhole had opened a street away from his Upper Marguerite home in Unity. A former firefighter and longtime hazardous materials volunteer, Kondrich said he has seen plenty of mine-subsidence incidents. Kondrich lives on Lemmon Road, about a quarter-mile away from where Elizabeth Pollard, 64, of Unity, is believed to have been swallowed by a sinkhole Monday evening . She remained missing Wednesday evening. The woods surrounding the sinkhole show evidence of smaller mine collapses, Kondrich said. “You’ll just be walking and you’ll see ... a big circle 20 feet in diameter that’s sunk 5 feet, grass and weeds growing on it,” he said. “That’s commonplace here.” Kondrich, 64, has paid for mine-subsidence insurance for his home for more than 30 years. The township surrounds Latrobe, and it’s located between Greensburg and Ligonier. Though it used to be made up of old coal mining towns, Kondrich said Unity is now mostly residential, but it still has a lot of agriculture. “I think there’s always a concern,” he said of having to purchase the insurance. “If they’re gonna sell it to you, that means there was mining done in your area and something like this is possible.” Pennsylvanians can check their address in Penn State’s online mine map atlas and the DEP’s mine subsidence insurance map to see if their property sits above abandoned mines. The sinkhole opened in a grassy area behind Monday’s Union Restaurant. Investigators believe Pollard drove to the parking lot behind the restaurant, spoke with two hunters, handed them a flyer about her missing cat and walked into in the adjacent field when a sinkhole opened beneath her. Unity’s mining history The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection’s Bureau of Mine Safety was dispatched to the scene early Tuesday. Officials said they suspect the sinkhole was caused by the abandoned Marguerite Mine, which was last operated by H.C. Frick Coke Co. in 1952. The coal seam is about 20 feet from the surface, spokesperson Lauren Camarda said. Westmoreland County is one of the state’s 29 counties where underground coal mining has occurred, she said. Merle Musick, building code official with Unity, said the former entrance to the Marguerite Mine was a dilapidated red building near the sinkhole. “Western Pennsylvania’s full of mines, and not all of them are mapped,” he said. “All these little towns, they sprung up — they’re called (coal) patch towns,” Kondrich said. Ongoing search Pollard was reported missing at 1 a.m. Tuesday, and crews have been working nonstop since about 3:30 a.m. Tuesday to locate her. A camera dropped into the sinkhole revealed a shoe about 25 feet below ground level. The search in the sinkhole paused briefly Wednesday until it was better stabilized, but Mike O’Barto, chairman of Unity supervisors, confirmed it has resumed. “Since then, they have stabilized the hole or the situation, and they are currently digging some of the dirt out,” he said. “I do know that they were going to use some different technology such as drones, such as imaging, to see if they can indeed find Elizabeth Pollard.” Kondrich arrived at Monday’s Union Restaurant around lunchtime Wednesday to deliver food for those working on the scene. “The incident took place here on the property of Monday’s restaurant, but it’s not their responsibility to feed us,” he said. His donation was 100 pieces of chicken from Giant Eagle, which joined the donuts, coffee, hoagies, pizza and other offerings already available for the responders. There hasn’t been an organized effort to supply the food and drinks or any sort of push via social media; Kondrich said people have just shown up to help without being asked. “I think it’s just the community sense of responsibility or sense of need to help that people want to do something,” Kondrich said. “The responders ... they need to eat, they need stuff to drink, they need to stay warm.” When Kondrich was on the scene Tuesday night into Wednesday, he said there were at least 120 people working. “Monday’s is being gracious opening up their establishment here for a warm place to sit and have something to eat,” he said. Prior to showing up with chicken, Kondrich asked the restaurant on Wednesday what people had already donated so as not to bring duplicates. “I actually stopped in and said, ‘What do you need?’” Kondrich said. “I would say the best thing to do is to call.” Mining concerns Unity was a longtime hotspot for coal mines, O’Barto said, and the sinkhole has caused a stir among residents. “There are a lot of people in the community that have concerns that if they live close — especially to an area that had coal mines at one time,” he said. “That’s one of the reasons why we need to look at these areas, so a situation like this never happens again.” The main course of action should be talking to Pennsylvania lawmakers and mine safety organizations, O’Barto said. “We have to get together with our state legislators to see what type of funding may be out there to prevent something like this from happening again,” he said. As a Unity homeowner, O’Barto said the situation concerns him personally. “There have been sinkholes before, and they were cases that would come up every so often, but never one where a person fell into one,” he said. “My heart goes out to the family.”

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