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Percentages: FG .438, FT .857. 3-Point Goals: 4-18, .222 (Kinziger 3-6, Wolf 1-3, Banks 0-1, Pence 0-1, Walker 0-1, Boser 0-2, Daugherty 0-2, Poindexter 0-2). Team Rebounds: 1. Team Turnovers: 1. Blocked Shots: 1 (Barnes). Turnovers: 10 (Kinziger 4, Walker 3, Boser 2, Banks). Steals: 6 (Banks 2, Walker 2, Kinziger, Pence). Technical Fouls: None. Percentages: FG .380, FT .800. 3-Point Goals: 10-28, .357 (Autry 5-7, Drumgoole 2-5, Hansen 1-1, Hutchinson 1-6, Moss 1-6, Jones 0-1, Buchanan 0-2). Team Rebounds: 6. Team Turnovers: 2. Blocked Shots: 4 (Castro 2, Drumgoole, Hansen). Turnovers: 8 (Buchanan 4, Hutchinson 2, Castro, Moss). Steals: 4 (Castro, Hansen, Hutchinson, Moss). Technical Fouls: None. .Good afternoon, Chicago. Six years ago, Chicago Ald. Daniel Solis sat in House Speaker Michael Madigan’s office to break the news that he would not be seeking re-election to the City Council. Prosecutors allege the pivotal conversation, which was played for the jury in Madigan’s corruption trial today, is proof of a corrupt quid-pro-quo scheme where Solis introduced the powerful Democratic speaker to developers in his ward in exchange for Madigan’s help securing him a six-figure state board appointment. Here’s what else is happening today. And remember, for the latest breaking news in Chicago, visit chicagotribune.com/latest-headlines and sign up to get our alerts on all your devices. Subscribe to more newsletters | Puzzles & Games | Daily horoscope | Asking Eric A homeless encampment in Humboldt Park on Nov. 26, 2024. (Terrence Antonio James/Chicago Tribune) Ald. Jessie Fuentes, 26th, said that the Humboldt Park encampment would be formally cleared on Dec. 6. Read more here. More top news stories: Judge who made controversial electronic monitoring decision not hearing domestic violence cases because of threats Former IIT student convicted of spying in Chicago released as part of Chinese prisoner swap: sources Ali Ahamad and his sons Aamir, 3, left, and Ali Jr., 5, clean up a lot next to their home, a two-flat greystone that Ahamad has owned since 2019, in North Lawndale on Nov. 19, 2024. He plans to skip the current application for the city’s Missing Middle Infill Housing Initiative because of lack of notice and its requirements. (Eileen T. Meslar/Chicago Tribune) The West Side’s North Lawndale community is on the verge of receiving city investment. The program — called the Missing Middle Infill Housing Initiative — will begin as a pilot in North Lawndale and is part of the Chicago Department of Planning and Development’s $75 million initiative to build “missing middle housing” in neighborhoods on the South and West sides. Read more here. More top business stories: ICC administrative judges recommend Peoples Gas resume paused pipeline replacement program Beloved restaurant owner dies after being struck by vehicle in Oswego The Bulls’ Patrick Williams watches from the bench as the Timberwolves take the lead during the fourth quarter at the United Center on Nov. 7, 2024. (Tess Crowley/Chicago Tribune) Between Zach LaVine and Nikola Vučević, the Chicago Bulls are awash with potential trade chips this season to add to their draft stock. But the front office may be turning its attention toward dealing younger players. Read more here. More top sports stories: 4 takeaways from the Chicago Bulls’ 2nd straight NBA Cup win, including a big night from the bench Whose line is it anyway? For the Chicago Blackhawks, playing musical chairs with the forwards isn’t improv — it’s a plan. Filmmaker Marielle Heller at the Four Seasons Hotel in Chicago on Oct. 21, 2024. (E. Jason Wambsgans/Chicago Tribune) Heller’s fourth feature stars Amy Adams as an artist who parks her career on a side street somewhere to devote a long road of days, nights and an ever-shrinking worldview to raise a son, mostly happily, always exhaustedly. Read more here. More top Eat. Watch. Do. stories: ‘Get Millie Black’ review: In Jamaica, a police detective is haunted by threats old and new Column: A new Netflix documentary brings us Elvis as he was meant to be President-elect Donald Trump arrives to speak at a meeting of the House GOP conference, followed by Rep. Elise Stefanik, R-N.Y., Nov. 13, 2024, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon) Several of President-elect Donald Trump’s Cabinet picks and appointees have been targeted by bomb threats and “swatting attacks,” Trump’s transition said. Read more here. More top stories from around the world: What to know about the deal that’s stopped fighting between Israel and Lebanon’s Hezbollah Walmart’s DEI rollback signals a profound shift in the wake of Trump’s election victory

Senator pushes for more LGU-managed homes for elderly peopleBERLIN (AP) — Harry Kane scored a hat trick including two penalties for Bayern Munich to beat Augsburg 3-0 in the Bundesliga on Friday. The win stretched Bayern’s lead to eight points ahead of the rest of the 11th round, and Kane took his goals tally to a league-leading 14. The England forward is the fastest player to reach 50 goals in the Bundesliga in what was his 43rd game. However, coach Vincent Kompany should be concerned by his team’s ongoing difficulty of scoring in matches it dominates. Bayern previously defeated St. Pauli and Benfica only 1-0. Kompany’s team had to wait until stoppage time before Kane sealed the result with his second penalty. Two minutes later, Kane scored with a header after controlling Leon Goretzka's cross with his first touch for a flattering scoreline. “We had to be patient,” Kane said. “And at halftime that’s what we said, to keep doing what we’re doing. We had a few chances in the first half and we just had to be a bit more clinical and obviously, thankfully, we got the penalty to kind of open the game up.” Mads Pedersen was penalized for handball following a VAR review and Kane duly broke the deadlock in the 63rd. Bayern continued as before with 80% possession, but had to wait for Keven Schlotterbeck to be penalized through VAR for a foul on Kane. Kane sealed the result in the third minute of stoppage time and there was still time for him to grab another. It’s Bayern’s seventh consecutive win without conceding a goal since it conceded four at Barcelona (4-1) on Oct. 23 in the Champions League. “You can see now that we have a solid defense and that's the basis, also in games like today's,” Bayern midfielder Joshua Kimmich said. “When it's a game of patience, then it's important for us to know that sometimes one goal will have to do. Like today we added two more before the finish, but in the end you only need to score one more than the opponent.” Bayern next hosts Paris Saint-Germain in the Champions League on Tuesday, then Borussia Dortmund away in the Bundesliga next weekend, before defending champion Bayer Leverkusen visits in the third round of the German Cup. AP soccer: https://apnews.com/hub/soccer

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NEW YORK (AP) — No ex-president had a more prolific and diverse publishing career than Jimmy Carter . His more than two dozen books included nonfiction, poetry, fiction, religious meditations and a children’s story. His memoir “An Hour Before Daylight” was a Pulitzer Prize finalist in 2002, while his 2006 best-seller “Palestine: Peace Not Apartheid” stirred a fierce debate by likening Israel’s policies in the West Bank to the brutal South African system of racial segregation. And just before his 100th birthday, the Dayton Literary Peace Prize Foundation honored him with a lifetime achievement award for how he wielded “the power of the written word to foster peace, social justice, and global understanding.” In one recent work, “A Full Life,” Carter observed that he “enjoyed writing” and that his books “provided a much-needed source of income.” But some projects were easier than others. “Everything to Gain,” a 1987 collaboration with his wife, Rosalynn, turned into the “worst threat we ever experienced in our marriage,” an intractable standoff for the facilitator of the Camp David accords and winner of the Nobel Peace Prize. According to Carter, Rosalynn was a meticulous author who considered “the resulting sentences as though they have come down from Mount Sinai, carved into stone.” Their memories differed on various events and they fell into “constant arguments.” They were ready to abandon the book and return the advance, until their editor persuaded them to simply divide any disputed passages between them. “In the book, each of these paragraphs is identified by a ‘J’ or an ‘R,’ and our marriage survived,” he wrote. Here is a partial list of books by Carter: “Keeping Faith: Memoirs of a President” “The Blood of Abraham: Insights into the Middle East” (With Rosalynn Carter) “Everything to Gain: Making the Most of the Rest of Your Life” “An Outdoor Journal: Adventures and Reflections” “Turning Point: A Candidate, a State, and a Nation Come of Age” “Always a Reckoning, and Other Poems” (With daughter Amy Carter) “The Little Baby Snoogle-Fleejer” “Living Faith” “The Virtues of Aging” “An Hour Before Daylight: Memories of a Rural Boyhood” “Christmas in Plains: Memories” “The Hornet’s Nest: A Novel of the Revolutionary War” “Our Endangered Values: America’s Moral Crisis” “Faith & Freedom: The Christian Challenge for the World” “Palestine: Peace Not Apartheid” “A Remarkable Mother” “Beyond the White House” “We Can Have Peace in the Holy Land: A Plan That Will Work” “White House Diary” “NIV Lessons from Life Bible: Personal Reflections with Jimmy Carter” “A Call to Action: Women, Religion, Violence, and Power” “A Full Life: Reflections at Ninety”The Philadelphia Eagles were already stacked with weapons before they signed running back Saquon Barkley in NFL free agency. But now it's clearer than ever that after seven straight wins, including a career-high 255 rushing yards night from him in the win over the Los Angeles Rams , the Eagles have created a monster of an offense. Eagles quarterback Jalen Hurts said it best about the current state of the Eagles' offense that stars Barkley following the Week 12 victory. Jalen Hurts on Saquon Barkley and him being added to the other weapons on the Eagles offense “When you combine an issue with other issues you got a problem” pic.twitter.com/7IrRSj87ES "He's a hell of a player, he's a hell of a player," Hurts said. "I said that after the Jacksonville game and how blessed he is to do some of the things he's capable of. And when you accompany and issue with other issues -- you become a problem. I think we've got a lot of talent on our team, but I think we're fortunate when we're all together. I think that's evident out there. When we can find our rhythm in how we play and feed off of one another. And he set the tone for us, especially at the end." Not only are the Eagles scary in the ground game but they're just as dangerous in the passing game as long as A.J. Brown is healthy. It only gets worse for opponents knowing Hurts isn't afraid to use his legs and that Barkley can catch just as good as he runs too. Philly's offense ranks No. 6 heading into Week 13 and their defense balances them out well at No. 7. This Eagles team, which started the season looking concerning, is well on their way to a playoff run and even in the Super Bowl conversation. Of course, a lot of that can be attributed to the addition of Barkley. This article first appeared on A to Z Sports and was syndicated with permission.Croatia’s incumbent president wins most votes at polls but still faces runoff