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The Cleveland Browns remain handicapped by the five-year, $230 million fully guaranteed contract the organization shelled out for quarterback Deshaun Watson in 2022. Considering the three-time Pro Bowler's season-ending Achilles injury and overall diminished play since 2022, many prominent mock drafts have already suggested the Browns front office make an offseason move for a new signal-caller. Athlon Sports updated its first-round 2025 NFL mock draft ahead of Thanksgiving and had a surprise projection for Cleveland. Miami's Cam Ward and Alabama's Jalen Milroe were readily available after Colorado stars Travis Hunter and Shedeur Sanders were predicted to be drafted No. 1 and No. 2. Instead, Athlon Sports analyst Luke Easterling had the Browns passing on both star quarterbacks to select Penn State edge rusher Abdul Carter at No. 3. "Obviously, the Browns need to cut their losses with Deshaun Watson, but it's hard to imagine they'll actually do that," Easterling wrote. Ken Blaze-Imagn Images "It's not the best year to need a quarterback in the top five anyway, though, so don't be surprised if Cleveland opts for a blue-chip player at another spot," Easterling added. "Carter has made the transition from off-ball linebacker to edge rusher look seamless, and he's been one of the most dominant defenders in all of college football this season." Carter, a 6-foot-3, 252-pound junior from Philadelphia, was a first-team All-Big Ten selection in 2023 and leads the conference in tackles for loss (18) through 11 games in 2024. He has also added a career-high 8.0 sacks this season and would be a scary bookend opposite one of the NFL's premier pass rushers in Myles Garrett. After the Carter-to-Cleveland prediction, Easterling had Ward landing at No. 4 with the New York Giants, who released $160 million quarterback Daniel Jones last week. Milroe was projected to land with the Las Vegas Raiders at No. 5. Related: Browns Urged to Make $172 Million Decision on Deshaun Watson
By JILL COLVIN NEW YORK (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump wants to turn the lights out on daylight saving time. In a post on his social media site Friday, Trump said his party would try to end the practice when he returns to office. “The Republican Party will use its best efforts to eliminate Daylight Saving Time, which has a small but strong constituency, but shouldn’t! Daylight Saving Time is inconvenient, and very costly to our Nation,” he wrote. Setting clocks forward one hour in the spring and back an hour in the fall is intended to maximize daylight during summer months, but has long been subject to scrutiny. Daylight saving time was first adopted as a wartime measure in 1942. Lawmakers have occasionally proposed getting rid of the time change altogether. The most prominent recent attempt, a now-stalled bipartisan bill named the Sunshine Protection Act , had proposed making daylight saving time permanent. The measure was sponsored by Florida Sen. Marco Rubio , whom Trump has tapped to helm the State Department. Related Articles National Politics | Ruling by a conservative Supreme Court could help blue states resist Trump policies National Politics | A nonprofit leader, a social worker: Here are the stories of the people on Biden’s clemency list National Politics | Nancy Pelosi hospitalized after she ‘sustained an injury’ on official trip to Luxembourg National Politics | Veteran Daniel Penny, acquitted in NYC subway chokehold, will join Trump’s suite at football game National Politics | About 3 in 10 are highly confident in Trump on Cabinet, spending or military oversight: AP-NORC poll “Changing the clock twice a year is outdated and unnecessary,” Republican Sen. Rick Scott of Florida said as the Senate voted in favor of the measure. Health experts have said that lawmakers have it backward and that standard time should be made permanent. Some health groups , including the American Medical Association and American Academy of Sleep Medicine, have said that it’s time to do away with time switches and that sticking with standard time aligns better with the sun — and human biology. Most countries do not observe daylight saving time. For those that do, the date that clocks are changed varies, creating a complicated tapestry of changing time differences. Arizona and Hawaii don’t change their clocks at all.
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The Office of the President and Cabinet (OPC) has expressed grave concern over what it describes as a "slanderous" and "false" article published by NewsDay titled "Mnangagwa Turns to Parallel Structures." The article alleges that President Emmerson Mnangagwa is maneuvering to extend his term beyond constitutional limits, employing unconventional methods and "parallel structures" outside ZANU-PF's established arms. In a strongly worded statement, the OPC refuted the claims as malicious fabrications aimed at discrediting the Head of State and undermining national unity. The Office emphasized that President Mnangagwa has consistently reiterated his commitment to upholding the two-term limit prescribed by Zimbabwe's Constitution. "Repeatedly, the President has been on public record stating and re-stating in person that he has no intention or ambition to serve beyond the term which the National Constitution mandates for Presidency," the statement read. The OPC accused NewsDay of creating a misleading narrative that suggests disunity within ZANU-PF and security structures, warning that such allegations could destabilize the nation. It further described the publication as an act of defamation, calculated to erode public trust in the President and foster discord. Call for Retraction The OPC has demanded that NewsDay retract the article within seven publishing days, warning of legal action if the demand is not met. This marks the second time in recent months that the publication has come under fire from the President's Office for allegedly publishing falsehoods. "While the Office respects freedoms granted to the media by the Country's Constitution, it is very clear that flagrantly publishing and circulating falsehoods is not protected by the laws of the country," the OPC warned, adding that offenders may face legal consequences. Media Responsibility The OPC acknowledged the importance of media freedom but stressed that this freedom does not absolve journalists of accountability. "Views of individuals and interest groups exercising their freedom of expression cannot be imputed on the President or treated as reversing his public pronouncements," the statement emphasized. The Office also clarified that ZANU-PF's affiliate groups, which operate within the framework of the party's constitution, cannot be mislabeled as "parallel structures." Implications The OPC's response underscores the tensions between government officials and sections of the press, with accusations of media overreach being met with government assertions of defamation. This development highlights the delicate balance between press freedom and accountability in Zimbabwe's evolving political landscape. As the situation unfolds, all eyes will be on NewsDay's response to the demand for a retraction and any subsequent legal action.Syrians living in the UK have told of their delight at the collapse of the Assad regime - and how they can now finally dream of a return to their homeland. Razan Alsous, 42, and her husband Raghid Sandouk, 56, came to Britain with their three young children - one aged just 10-months - in 2012. A car bomb had exploded outside the Damascus office of Raghid, the lights went off and workers crawled on the floor in darkness to take cover amid the carnage. Within two days, they fled to the UK, where they set up a business in two years and integrated themselves into a welcoming community. Because they had UK visas at that time thanks to Raghid’s work in Syria , they were able to instantly leave as war raged. They have family still in Syria and now, after 12 years, can finally plan to see their loved ones and visit the place they once called home. “First of all, we just feel relieved,” Razan told the Mirror . “It’s unbelievable that mission impossible, to collapse the regime, has happened. “It’s been more than 50 years where you cannot speak out about - or even think bad about - the regime.” Yesterday (Fri) thousands took to the streets across Syria after Friday prayers to celebrate the end of the brutal Assad regime, which spanned 53 years back to 1971, when Hafez al-Assad became president under the Ba’ath Party following the 1970 Coup. Tens of thousands poured into Umayyad Square in Damascus on Friday, outside the Umayyad Mosque, singing songs cursing the Assads while families mingled with rebels. “We’re already talking now about visiting Syria and looking at what routes could be possible and if the border with Jordan is open,” Razan said. “It’s wonderful to even be able to think about visiting because we would love to go and see my family and introduce them to our children, and to see my home after what’s happened.” Razan explained how they “lost everything” in the war in Syria and soon found themselves settled in Sowerby Bridge, West Yorkshire. Despite Razan’s degree in pharmacy and her husband’s experience as an electronic engineer who ran his own company in Syria, they struggled to find work before setting up multi-award-winning cheese and dairy company Yorkshire Dama Cheese, with the name inspired by their two homes - Yorkshire and Damascus. “The welcome we’ve had in the UK has been brilliant,” she said. “So we have two homes. My children have been brought up here but also want to know where they are originally from.” They told of the fear in which they lived before leaving Damascus. People would be killed for being an ethnic minority or “investigated” if they had any links with the Western world , she said. “But you know that to be investigated is a one way track to prison - and then death,” Razan said. “My uncle, who still lives there, said the lockdown has been lifted and that life seems maybe 60% back to normal. I’m not expecting life to be rosy, that’s not realistic, but at the same time we should be optimistic. We need now to focus on rebuilding Syria and widen our vision, and think of the benefits for everyone.” Amr Shayah, 38, a married father of Hisham, six, said he was unable to capture his emotional state such was the relief at the demise of the Assad regime. “If I had to choose one word, it would be ‘dream’ - a happy dream that my family and I are finally living,” said Amr, who lives in Greenwich, south east London, but is originally from Aleppo. Starting with what happened in Aleppo as the first city being fully freed from the Assad regime, I have been living in a dream I don’t want to wake up from. Up to this moment, I still can’t believe this - that Syria finally being free - is a reality. It’s an incredibly emotional moment.” He said he remembers the “martyrs who sacrificed their blood, souls and lives” since the outbreak of war in 2011. Large scale pro-democracy protests broke out in 2011 over the rule of dictator Bashar al-Assad, as part of the wider Arab Spring uprisings in the region. “The situation under Assad’s regime was terrible,” said Amr. "Electricity was available for only two hours a day, but now it’s 18 to 20 hours daily. People feel relieved that their living conditions are improving, and that’s just one example. It’s a step forward toward a better future - a return to aspects of normal life that Syrians haven’t experienced since 2011.” He says he would “love” to return to Syria but has to consider his refugee status in the UK and whether he would be allowed back in should he go. Amr arrived in the UK in 2022 and is married to personal trainer Aya. Amr came on a student visa, gaining a Masters degree in human rights and is now a case worker for Revoke, a grassroots organisation which advocates for young, displaced people. “Deep inside me, I long to return and help rebuild my country and city,” he said. My wife and I can’t wait to go back and see my beloved city, but to make an affirmative decision to return, we need to wait and think logically, and think about everything thoroughly and wisely.” His son has been at school for two years and he and Aya work full time and have integrated themselves into British society in Greenwich. "To my wife and I, the fall of the Assad regime wasn’t even on our calendar,” he added. “Now that it has happened, it has upended the family’s plans for the future. We didn’t think Syria would be free - but now it is. “What I am certain of is that I can see myself in Syria again in the future, alongside my family and loved ones, helping to rebuild and continuing the fight for freedom and liberty. We are stepping into a new reality, one that will undoubtedly come with challenges and obstacles. Still, I firmly believe that my peers and I have a major role to play in Syria’s future, and we want to be part of it - a new future where Syrians are in charge of their own country, united by our shared aspirations." Jamal Ahmed, 33, who lives in Nottingham, can barely recall visiting Syria as a child. His parents fled in the 1970s when dictator Hafez al-Assad took power. Jamal’s family was politically opposed to Hafez and was forced to flee to Saudi Arabia because of the threat of being arrested and killed back home. Jamal grew up in exile before living in Turkey, from where he arrived to the UK in 2019 to study a Masters degree in public health at Nottingham University, and he now works as a commissioning officer for adult social care and health for Nottingham Council. He told the Mirror: “It’s hard to put into words what I felt when I heard the news that Assad’s regime was no more. It was like Eid, like the biggest celebration you can imagine. That night, no one in my family could sleep. We stayed up, glued to the news, laughing, crying, and embracing this impossible feeling of joy. “It was surreal—too good to be true, almost as though we were afraid that if we blinked, the news might vanish, and we’d wake up from the dream. Happiness flooded me, yes, but it was not pure or simple. Beneath the joy, there was a gnawing ache of homesickness, a longing for a home I had never really known." He described his “tangled” relationship with Syria having not lived there, but how it has “always been my home in my heart”. “I was born and raised in a different country, yet Syria defined me—through my name, my passport, my identity. But it was also the place I never felt safe enough to visit, let alone live in. For Syrians like me, who grew up in exile, this moment is even more bittersweet. “It’s the hope that the people of Syria can finally live without fear, without the shadow of oppression. But at the same time, it’s a reminder of everything we’ve lost a long time ago - family, memories, a sense of belonging. I have no family left in Syria now. Some fled like I did; others were lost to the war. The idea of going back feels impossible... “Syria might be free of Assad, but I don’t think it’s safe to live in - not yet. And for me, it’s more complicated. I’ve built a life here in the UK, a life that wasn’t easy to create. Uprooting that and returning to a country I’ve never truly known would mean starting over again - this time, in a land where I have no family, no roots, only the faint echoes of a history I never lived. “I would love to visit my country and learn more about where I come from. I've grown to be foreign to my land, so visiting Syria is something that I am planning to do, but not stay there." He described the life he has built for himself in Nottingham, where he works and has best friends that feel like family, and where he has a sense of stability and of home and belonging. “The UK gave me what Syria, even after the overthrow of Assad, cannot yet offer: the freedom to dream, to feel secure, and to live without fear. Thinking about returning to Syria now feels like trying to reconcile two worlds—one I’ve been forced to imagine and one I’ve actually lived in. “I built my life on the understanding that there was no future for me in Syria. I made choices, big and small, with that reality in mind. Now, for the first time in over 13 years, I find myself contemplating something I had buried long ago."
