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Syrian government services come to ‘complete halt’ as workers stay at homeALTOONA, Pa. — After UnitedHealthcare’s CEO was gunned down on a New York sidewalk, police searched for the masked gunman with dogs, drones and scuba divers. Officers used the city's muscular surveillance system. Investigators analyzed DNA samples, fingerprints and internet addresses. Police went door-to-door looking for witnesses. When an arrest came five days later, those sprawling investigative efforts shared credit with an alert civilian's instincts. A Pennsylvania McDonald's customer noticed another patron who resembled the man in the oblique security-camera photos that New York police had publicized. Deputy Commissioner of Operations Kaz Daughtry speaks during a press conference regarding the arrest of suspect Luigi Mangione, Monday, Dec. 9, 2024, in Hollidaysburg, Pa., in the fatal shooting of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson. (AP Photo/Ted Shaffrey) Luigi Nicholas Mangione, a 26-year-old Ivy League graduate from a prominent Maryland real estate family, was arrested Monday in the killing of Brian Thompson, who headed one of the United States’ largest medical insurance companies. He remained jailed in Pennsylvania, where he was initially charged with possession of an unlicensed firearm, forgery and providing false identification to police. By late evening, prosecutors in Manhattan had added a charge of murder, according to an online court docket. He's expected to be extradited to New York eventually. It’s unclear whether Mangione has an attorney who can comment on the allegations. Asked at Monday's arraignment whether he needed a public defender, Mangione asked whether he could “answer that at a future date.” Mangione was arrested in Altoona, Pennsylvania, after the McDonald's customer recognized him and notified an employee, authorities said. Police in Altoona, about 233 miles (375 kilometers) west of New York City, were soon summoned. This booking photo released Monday, Dec. 9, 2024, by the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections shows Luigi Mangione, a suspect in the fatal shooting of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson. (Pennsylvania Department of Corrections via AP) They arrived to find Mangione sitting at a table in the back of the restaurant, wearing a blue medical mask and looking at a laptop, according to a Pennsylvania police criminal complaint. He initially gave them a fake ID, but when an officer asked Mangione whether he’d been to New York recently, he “became quiet and started to shake,” the complaint says. When he pulled his mask down at officers' request, “we knew that was our guy,” rookie Officer Tyler Frye said at a news conference in Hollidaysburg. New York Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch said at a Manhattan news conference that Mangione was carrying a gun like the one used to kill Thompson and the same fake ID the shooter had used to check into a New York hostel, along with a passport and other fraudulent IDs. NYPD Chief of Detectives Joseph Kenny said Mangione also had a three-page, handwritten document that shows “some ill will toward corporate America." An NYPD police officer and K-9 dog search around a lake in Central Park, Monday, Dec. 9, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura) A law enforcement official who wasn’t authorized to discuss the investigation publicly and spoke with The Associated Press on condition of anonymity said the document included a line in which Mangione claimed to have acted alone. “To the Feds, I’ll keep this short, because I do respect what you do for our country. To save you a lengthy investigation, I state plainly that I wasn’t working with anyone,” the document said, according to the official. It also had a line that said, “I do apologize for any strife or traumas but it had to be done. Frankly, these parasites simply had it coming.” Pennsylvania prosecutor Peter Weeks said in court that Mangione was found with a passport and $10,000 in cash — $2,000 of it in foreign currency. Mangione disputed the amount. Thompson, 50, was killed last Wednesday as he walked alone to a midtown Manhattan hotel for an investor conference. Police quickly came to see the shooting as a targeted attack by a gunman who appeared to wait for Thompson, came up behind him and fired a 9 mm pistol. Investigators have said “delay,” “deny” and “depose” were written on ammunition found near Thompson’s body. The words mimic a phrase used to criticize the insurance industry. A poster issued by the Federal Bureau of Investigation shows a wanted unknown suspect. (FBI via AP) From surveillance video, New York investigators gathered that the shooter fled by bike into Central Park, emerged, then took a taxi to a northern Manhattan bus terminal. Once in Pennsylvania, he went from Philadelphia to Pittsburgh, “trying to stay low-profile” by avoiding cameras, Pennsylvania State Police Lt. Col. George Bivens said. A grandson of a wealthy, self-made real estate developer and philanthropist, Mangione is a cousin of a current Maryland state legislator. Mangione was valedictorian at his elite Baltimore prep school, where his 2016 graduation speech lauded his classmates’ “incredible courage to explore the unknown and try new things.” He went on to earn undergraduate and graduate degrees in computer science in 2020 from the University of Pennsylvania, a spokesperson said. “Our family is shocked and devastated by Luigi’s arrest,” Mangione’s family said in a statement posted on social media late Monday by his cousin, Maryland lawmaker Nino Mangione. “We offer our prayers to the family of Brian Thompson and we ask people to pray for all involved.” An NYPD police officer and K-9 dog search around a lake in Central Park, Monday, Dec. 9, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura) Luigi Nicholas Mangione worked for a time for the car-buying website TrueCar and left in 2023, CEO Jantoon Reigersman said by email. From January to June 2022, Mangione lived at Surfbreak, a “co-living” space at the edge of Honolulu tourist mecca Waikiki. Like other residents of the shared penthouse catering to remote workers, Mangione underwent a background check, said Josiah Ryan, a spokesperson for owner and founder R.J. Martin. “Luigi was just widely considered to be a great guy. There were no complaints,” Ryan said. "There was no sign that might point to these alleged crimes they’re saying he committed.” At Surfbreak, Martin learned Mangione had severe back pain from childhood that interfered with many aspects of his life, from surfing to romance, Ryan said. “He went surfing with R.J. once but it didn’t work out because of his back," Ryan said, but noted that Mangione and Martin often went together to a rock-climbing gym. NYPD officers in diving suits search a lake in Central Park, Monday, Dec. 9, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura) Mangione left Surfbreak to get surgery on the mainland, Ryan said, then later returned to Honolulu and rented an apartment. Martin stopped hearing from Mangione six months to a year ago. Although the gunman obscured his face during the shooting, he left a trail of evidence in New York, including a backpack he ditched in Central Park, a cellphone found in a pedestrian plaza, a water bottle and a protein bar wrapper. In the days after the shooting, the NYPD collected hundreds of hours of surveillance video and released multiple clips and still images in hopes of enlisting the public’s eyes to help find a suspect. “This combination of old-school detective work and new-age technology is what led to this result today,” Tisch said at the New York news conference. ___ Scolforo reported from Altoona and Hollidaysburg, Pennsylvania. Contributing were Associated Press writers Cedar Attanasio and Jennifer Peltz in New York; Michael Rubinkam and Maryclaire Dale in Pennsylvania; Lea Skene in Baltimore and Jennifer Sinco Kelleher in Honolulu. Be the first to know Get local news delivered to your inbox!online casino philippines gcash 。

NoneASUNCION, Paraguay (AP) — Gaston Martirena and Adrian Martinez scored first-half goals as Argentina's Racing won its first Copa Sudamericana championship by beating Brazil's Cruzeiro 3-1 in the final on Saturday. Martirena opened the scoring in the 15th minute and Martinez added a goal five minutes later to give “La Academia” its first international title since 1988 when it won the Supercopa Sudamericana. “Maravilla” Martinez scored 10 goals in 13 matches and finished as the top scorer in the competition. Roger Martinez sealed the victory with a goal in the 90th. Kaio Jorge scored in the 52nd for Cruzeiro. AP soccer: https://apnews.com/hub/soccer

Syrian government services come to ‘complete halt’ as workers stay at homeAfter the recent correction in Indian equity markets, investors should expect "some undercurrent back in the market", given BJP's lead in Maharashtra and Haryana elections, Motilal Oswal Financial Services Ltd. said. The brokerage expects the election outcome to start a mini-risk-on rally with Maharashtra, one of the most important states politically and economically, being comfortably won by BJP, it said. A risk-on rally is when investors have a high-risk appetite and commonly drive up some asset prices. In this environment, stocks outperform bonds. With elections now behind and BJP getting a strong boost from Haryana and Maharashtra elections, both capex and consumption could see a bounce-back, according to Motilal Oswal. While midcaps and smallcaps are still trading at expensive valuations, according to the brokerage firm, it said given the recent correction, valuations for large-caps are quite reasonable now. The brokerage's preferred sectors include Banking, Financial Services and Insurance (private as well as PSU and non-lending NBFCs), capital goods, real estate, manufacturing, consumer discretionary, IT and healthcare. Among large caps stocks the brokerage likes Mahindra & Mahindra, State Bank of India, Larsen & Toubro Ltd., Indian Hotels Co., ABB, Dixon Technologies Ltd., Bharti Airtel Ltd., Trent Ltd., Hindalco Industries Ltd., Titan Co., and HCL Technologies Ltd. The brokerage also listed its midcap ideas in its note, which included Angel One Ltd., BSE Ltd., Amber Enterprises Ltd., Ipca Labs, Cummins India, Page Industries Ltd., Godrej Properties Ltd., Coforge Ltd., JSW Energy Ltd., and Gravita India Ltd. Motilal expects the government to spring into action and start the spending (1H FY25 government spending is flat YoY and is down 17% for Capex spending). "This, coupled with recovery in rural spending (on the back of good monsoon and expected strong Kharip output), should improve the demand narrative at the margin," it said. "Wedding season in the 2HFY25 (30% higher weddings YoY) could also provide a fillip to demand." The last two months of correction in the market, with Nifty, Nifty Midcap 100 and Nifty Smallcap 100 correcting by ~10%, is on the back of moderate corporate earnings in 1HFY25, relentless FII selling since October (FII’s have sold $17 billion since October), fragile geopolitical backdrop and strengthening dollar index post the victory of Donald Trump in US, according to Motilal Oswal. Anxiety around Maharashtra elections had further muddied the waters, it said. Last five years in Maharashtra were characterised by political instability, the brokerage said. "With this verdict, the chronic instability is over in one of the most industrialised and economically the most important state of India."

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Cloud Security Startup Wiz to Acquire Dazz in Risk Management PlayAs 2024 draws to a close, Hindustan Times kicks off a three-part series taking a relook at the personalities from Chandigarh and its neighbouring districts of Panchkula and Mohali who dominated the headlines, for the right and wrong reasons. Gulab Chand Kataria, Punjab governor and UT administrator Collaborator with iron fist in velvet glove Since his tenure as Punjab governor and Chandigarh administrator began in July, Gulab Chand Kataria, 80, has been on the go, from approving critical projects, such as the Green Corridor, to reconsidering the Sector 53 housing scheme, and even directing officers to explore alternatives for obtaining environmental clearance for another shelved initiative — the IT Park housing scheme at Rajiv Gandhi Chandigarh Technology Park (RGCTP) — which was halted due to ecological concerns. He has ensured that Punjab’s AAP government and the Centre collaborate effectively. His firm stance on sensitive issues, such as power privatisation, including invoking the Essential Services Maintenance Act (ESMA), reflects decisive governance. Despite inheriting challenges from his predecessor, Banwarilal Purohit, Kataria has taken a measured approach to addressing them. However, the financial crisis in the Chandigarh Municipal Corporation remains a challenge. His recent anti-drug walk in Punjab and call for inter-faith dialogue to combat drug abuse reflect his concern to address the region’s pressing issues. Known to be a hands-on governor, his meeting with Punjab administrative secretaries in August had caused unease in political circles. This, though, was a practice he had adopted as Assam governor before taking up his assignment in Chandigarh. Manish Tewari, Chandigarh Congress MP Vocal MP struggles to be heard on home front Congress leader Manish Tewari, 58, overcame all odds to wrest the Chandigarh Lok Sabha seat in June, defeating BJP’s Sanjay Tandon by 2,504 votes. He became MP for the third time after winning his maiden election from Chandigarh, his birthplace. He represented Anandpur Sahib in 2019 and Ludhiana in 2009. Getting the Chandigarh Congress ticket was no mean feat for he had to fight opposition from ex-Union minister and former MP Pawan Kumar Bansal, who was also an aspirant. Bansal steered clear of the Congress campaign after Tewari got the ticket. In Parliament, Tewari has been a key speaker of the party, particularly on international issues; and was recently included as opposition MP on the joint parliamentary committee on ‘one nation one election’, along with Wayanad MP Priyanka Gandhi. Chandigarh has found a voice in the Lok Sabha with Tewari raising concerns, including the five legacy issues of share-wise sale of property, ownership rights of people living in resettlement colonies, extension of Lal Dora, and need-based changes in Chandigarh Housing Board structures. During the recent winter session, he took up the issues of the Panjab University senate elections, tricity expansion and status of the Metro project. However, he is finding the going tough on the home front, where he is struggling to get his poll promises of 20,000 litres of free water to each household every month and 300 units of free power to those having monthly income less than ₹ 20,000 and no new taxes implemented. The Congress, in alliance with the AAP, did try to implement its free water promise but the decision was vetoed by the Chandigarh administration. Kuldeep Kumar Dhalor, Chandigarh mayor and AAP councillor After tough climb, it’s lonely at the top Aam Aadmi Party’s (AAP) Kuldeep Kumar Dhalor, 40, a national-level kabbadi player, had to wait with bated breath before he could become Chandigarh mayor on the Supreme Court’s orders early this year. Dhalor rose from a humble sanitation worker to become a councillor in 2021 and went on to make history by being the first non-Congress, non-BJP mayor of Chandigarh. Though Dhalor had a long list of populist promises for Chandigarh residents, including free water, free parking and shifting of the proposed solid waste plant from Dadumajra, he couldn’t deliver on any as his one-year tenure nears its end. Instead, he faced a backlash from councillors of all parties as all development works in Chandigarh have been held up since May due to the financial crisis. His efforts to garner special grants did not bear fruit. An unpopular Dhalor struggled to get support from his own party councillors as they openly challenged his efforts. Dhalor had also cried foul over MC officers not responding to his queries. To his credit, he raised concerns over hiring outstation employees in the MC rather than giving preference to Chandigarh residents. Beyond politics, he runs a tent and catering business with his brother and also works as a property dealer in Dadumajra. His wife is a homemaker and the couple has two children. Anil Masih, councillor and former UT mayoral poll presiding officer Returning officer who murdered democracy Anil Masih, 54, a nominated councillor in Chandigarh, was appointed as the presiding officer for the crucial mayoral elections in January 2024. The polls turned controversial when Masih attempted to deface eight ballots cast in favour of Kuldeep Kumar Dhalor, the AAP-Congress alliance candidate, in a bid to secure victory for BJP councillor Manoj Sonkar. The final count stood at 16 votes for Sonkar and 12 for Dhalor, despite the AAP and Congress collectively holding 20 councillors in the House. The irregularity was caught on camera, with visuals of Masih tampering with ballots spreading rapidly across media platforms. The shocking footage became key evidence as the AAP and Congress moved the Supreme Court, alleging rigging. The incident drew nationwide attention, prompting then Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud to say, “He is murdering democracy. Is this the way an officer has to conduct elections? We are appalled by his conduct.” Masih has been a key member of the Chandigarh BJP for nearly a decade now. Later, this election became a national issue with the Congress and other parties raking it up in the Lok Sabha elections. The case is pending in the Supreme Court. Masih had decidedly less officious beginnings: His first job was as a marketing executive with a pressure cooker company, which was followed by a role as a marketing executive with a water purifier company, both in Chandigarh. A practising member of the Church of North India (CNI), he is now completely “dedicated to politics”. Originally from Ambala, his father shifted to Chandigarh after he got a job at the Punjab Engineering College in Sector 12. Masih studied at a government school in Sector 11 and graduated from DAV College in Sector 10. His wife works as a manager at a girls’ hostel affiliated with a college and the couple along with their two sons stays on the campus. Malwinder Singh Sidhu, Punjab Police ex-AIG Punjab cop who turned criminal Former assistant inspector general (AIG) of Punjab Police Malwinder Singh Sidhu, 59, pulled the trigger on his son-in-law Harprit Singh, an Indian Civil Account Services (ICAS) officer, at the mediation centre of the Chandigarh district courts complex on August 3. “I shot him in a fit of rage,” Sidhu said, alleging that Harprit had orchestrated a series of cases against him, leading to his suspension and a tarnished career. The incident occurred when Harprit was escorting Sidhu to the washroom during the mediation session in a protracted marital dispute case. Harprit had reportedly demanded that Sidhu sign a compromise deed to settle all litigation against him by Sidhu’s family. Harprit threatened Sidhu with more cases if he refused, leading to an argument that triggered the shooting after a scuffle. Sidhu accused Harprit of leveraging his influence to get four corruption and extortion cases registered against him over the past year. Sidhu claimed the accusations surfaced only after Harprit faced criminal charges in the marital dispute. Kalyani Singh, accused in Sippy Sidhu murder case Judge’s daughter on wrong side of law “My only fault is that I fell in love with the wrong man,” says Kalyani Singh, 40, accused of murdering national-level shooter and former boyfriend Sukhmanpreet Singh, alias Sippy Sidhu, at a Sector 27 park on September 20, 2015 after he spurned her marriage proposal. The CBI court framed charges against Kalyani, the daughter of former Punjab and Haryana high court judge justice Sabina, in May. Special CBI judge Alka Malik ordered day-to-day hearings till the conclusion of trial. At present, Kalyani is out on bail and works as a diet consultant after her services as a contractual assistant professor at Post Graduate College for Girls, Sector 42, were terminated. When the CBI took over the case in 2016, it found Kalyani was in a relationship with Sippy, but they fell out after he refused to marry her. Sippy had also shared her objectionable photos among friends and family members, leaving her hurt and humiliated. Chander Mohan, Panchkula Congress MLA Panchkula’s ‘prince’ dons crown of thorns After a decade-long political hiatus, former Haryana deputy chief minister Chander Mohan was back with a bang as he made it to the assembly as the Panchkula MLA though his party, the Congress, suffered a shock defeat. Riding on his father Bhajan Lal’s vision of developing Chandigarh’s satellite town as the ‘Paris of Haryana’, Chander Mohan defeated BJP’s Gian Chand Gupta by 1,900-odd votes. This is his fifth term as MLA as he represented Kalka for four terms from 1993 to 2005. An alumnus of Lawrence School, Sanawar, and arts graduate from Panjab University, Chander Mohan, who stays in Sector 8, Panchkula, is known to be approachable. His wife Seema, son Siddharth, daughter Damini and daughter-in-law Satakshi campaigned door-to-door to ensure his victory. His please-all manifesto listed the relocation of the garbage dump from Jhuriwala and the town’s Sector 23, extension of the tricity Metro network to Barwala and the rehabilitation of slums as priorities. These are his biggest challenges, too. Shakti Rani Sharma, Kalka BJP MLA She draws power from family’s political legacy From being elected as the first woman mayor of Ambala to becoming the Kalka BJP MLA barely a month after joining the party in September, Shakti Rani Sharma, 71, draws power from her family’s political legacy. The wife of former Haryana minister Venod Sharma and the mother of Rajya Sabha member Kartikeya Sharma, Shakti Rani became a force to reckon with after she wrested Kalka from two-time MLA Pardeep Chaudhary with a victory margin of more than 10,000 votes, silencing critics and doubters who had trolled her for being an outsider. Shakti Rani’s eldest son, Siddharth Vashisht, alias Manu Sharma, was convicted in the infamous Jessica Lal murder case in Delhi in April 1999 and released from jail in June 2020. Though Manu stayed behind the scenes during her high-profile campaign in October, she craftily coined the slogan, ‘MLA Ke Saath MP free’. In her manifesto, she listed eradicating drugs as her priority and also promised the revival of the HMT unit at Pinjore. She vowed to use sports as a medium to empower women, based on her experience with the women’s cricket association. A matriculate from St Joseph’s Convent Girls Senior Secondary School, Jabalpur, she has shares in properties owned by her husband. Though proactive while campaigning, the Ambala-based family is yet to act on its promises.ANN ARBOR, Mich. — Michigan's defense of the national championship has fallen woefully short. The Wolverines started the season ranked No. 9 in the AP Top 25, making them the third college football team since 1991 to be ranked worse than seventh in the preseason poll after winning a national title. Michigan (6-5, 4-4 Big Ten) failed to meet those modest expectations, barely becoming eligible to play in a bowl and putting the program in danger of losing six or seven games for the first time since the Brady Hoke era ended a decade ago. The Wolverines potentially can ease some of the pain with a win against rival and second-ranked Ohio State (10-1, 7-1, No. 2 CFP) on Saturday in the Horseshoe, but that would be a stunning upset. Ohio State is a 21 1/2-point favorite, according to the BetMGM Sportsbook, and that marks just the third time this century that there has been a spread of at least 20 1/2 points in what is known as "The Game." Michigan coach Sherrone Moore doesn't sound like someone who is motivating players with an underdog mentality. "I don't think none of that matters in this game," Moore said Monday. "It doesn't matter the records. It doesn't matter anything. The spread, that doesn't matter." How did Michigan end up with a relative mess of a season on the field, coming off its first national title since 1997? Winning it all with a coach and star player contemplating being in the NFL for the 2024 season seemed to have unintended consequences for the current squad. The Wolverines closed the College Football Playoff with a win over Washington on Jan. 8; several days later quarterback J.J. McCarthy announced he was skipping his senior season; and it took more than another week for Jim Harbaugh to bolt to coach the Los Angeles Chargers. In the meantime, most quality quarterbacks wanting to transfer had already enrolled at other schools and Moore was left with lackluster options. Davis Warren beat out Alex Orji to be the team's quarterback for the opener and later lost the job to Orji only to get it back again. No matter who was under center, however, would've likely struggled this year behind an offensive line that sent six players to the NFL. The Wolverines lost one of their top players on defense, safety Rod Moore, to a season-ending injury last spring and another one, preseason All-America cornerback Will Johnson, hasn't played in more than a month because of an injury. The Buckeyes are not planning to show any mercy after losing three straight in the series. "We're going to attack them," Ohio State defensive end Jack Sawyer said. "We know they're going to come in here swinging, too, and they've still got a good team even though the record doesn't indicate it. This game, it never matters what the records are." While a win would not suddenly make the Wolverines' season a success, it could help Moore build some momentum a week after top-rated freshman quarterback Bryce Underwood flipped his commitment from LSU to Michigan. "You come to Michigan to beat Ohio," said defensive back Quinten Johnson, intentionally leaving the word State out when referring to the rival. "That's one of the pillars of the Michigan football program. "It doesn't necessarily change the fact of where we are in the season, but it definitely is one of the defining moments of your career here at Michigan." AP Sports Writer Mitch Stacy in Columbus, Ohio, contributed to this report. Get local news delivered to your inbox!

The Swans stunned Pride Park into silence with less than two minutes on the clock when Zan Vipotnik sent a bullet past Jacob Widell Zetterstrom before Ronald slotted home his first of the season in the 14th minute. Cyrus Christie brought Tom Barkhuizen down inside the box and Nathaniel Mendez-Laing dispatched the resulting penalty to cut the deficit in half and, despite piling on the pressure, Derby succumbed to a second home defeat of the season. Williams told a press conference: “We started the game very well, we were good up until we scored the second goal then we lost the grip on the game and I thought Derby were the better team. “The next thing for us we have to be able to maintain that level throughout the game and we weren’t able to do that to be quite honest today. “They made it difficult, reacted very well after the second goal and didn’t go under, far from it.” Swansea leapfrogged their opponents into the top half of the table with their sixth win of the season and took three points back to south Wales following two last-minute defeats by Burnley and Leeds heading into the match. Williams added: “We’ve recently conceded late goals but they’re a very resilient group and we saw it out in the end. “We’ve dominated games a lot but probably failed to score when we’ve been that dominant and tonight we managed to score the goals when we were dominant. “We scored the goals at the right time today.” Derby had been unbeaten in their last three matches coming into this one but Paul Warne put defeat down to a poor start. He said: “We conceded two and didn’t get close enough, weren’t aggressive enough, not enough body contact and looked soft, that’s my fault. “Maybe I didn’t message it properly. Sometimes it doesn’t come down to shape and tactics but I thought that was what the difference was. “Credit Swansea for the win but after the 25 mins it looked like we would score. I really enjoyed it, that’s the truth. I had 70 minutes of a team giving everything, I don’t think we’ve had that many attempts in the Championship this season. “It’s a rude awakening, last year we would’ve won that 4-2.”Son of Soul Music Legend Catches Race Rant on Video

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SEATTLE (AP) — The Seattle Seahawks rode their dominant defense to a big win over a division rival to vault into first place in the NFC West. No, it isn’t 2013. These are the 2024 Seahawks, who, after struggling mightily against the run earlier this season, held the visiting Arizona Cardinals to 49 rushing yards in Sunday's 16-6 victory . The defensive line kept Kyler Murray under consistent pressure thanks to a dominant performance from Leonard Williams, the secondary flew around to smack away passes, and safety Coby Bryant scored on a 69-yard pick-6. Sunday's defensive performance was reminiscent of the Seahawks of a decade ago and a promising sign that first-year coach Mike Macdonald’s system is starting to click. Macdonald, who coordinated Baltimore's NFL-best defense last year, was leading one of the worst rush defenses in the league earlier this season. But Seattle consistently stuffed the Cardinals, who came in as the fifth-best running team in the league at 149.4 yards per game. “Three games in a row now we played pretty decent on defense,” Macdonald said. “There is an expectation and standard here throughout the course of our Seahawks history that we’re trying to live up to and build on. So that’s the idea.” At 6-5, the Seahawks drew even with the Cardinals in the tightly bunched division. The teams play each other again in two weeks at Arizona. What’s working Last month's trade for linebacker Ernest Jones IV has clearly paid off. Seattle hasn't allowed a running back to rush for more than 79 yards since its Week 8 loss to Buffalo, which was Jones' first game in a Seahawks uniform. He has led the team in tackles in every game he's played and has helped resurrect the run defense. What needs help The Seahawks' run game continues to underperform. Seattle got 65 yards on the ground Sunday, with the Cardinals holding Kenneth Walker III to 41 yards on 16 attempts. Zach Charbonnet had 22 yards on six carries. Walker hasn’t topped 100 yards since Week 1. Offensive coordinator Ryan Grubb needs to think of something different to get the running backs involved. Stock up Williams single-handedly disrupted the Cardinals with 2 1/2 sacks, four quarterback hits, three tackles for loss and one pass defensed. “I thought he was dominant,” Macdonald said. “I knew he played great and then I looked at the stat line and he played out of his mind.” The Seahawks finished with five sacks, seven quarterback hits, five tackles for loss and six pass deflections against the Cardinals, shutting down a team that had averaged 29.3 points over its previous three games. Stock down Geno Smith finished with 254 yards passing and a touchdown, but he threw another momentum-stalling interception. Smith was picked off on a third-and-6 play on the Arizona 18-yard line at the start of the fourth quarter, ending an 11-play, 73-yard drive. Smith has an NFL-most 12 interceptions this season, more than in either of his previous two seasons as the Seahawks' full-time starter. “That was a huge drive for us. ... Obviously made a terrible mistake down there, something I got to clean up,” Smith said. “But it was a big drive. We wanted to put the game ahead at least two scores.” The offensive line has contributed to the problem. Guard Anthony Bradford left with an ankle injury, and the line struggled to protect Smith, who was sacked five times. Injuries Macdonald said Bradford is expected to miss next week's game. Key number 77 — Jaxon Smith-Njigba led the team with six catches for 77 yards and a touchdown, marking the fourth consecutive game that Smith-Njigba has led the team in receptions. He topped 100 yards receiving in the previous two games. “He’s getting open,” Smith said. “He’s catching the ball. He’s doing a great job in the screen game. All-around great player. I just think the way that teams are playing us coverage-wise, I feel like it’s the ultimate sign of respect.” Up next The Seahawks play at the struggling New York Jets on Sunday. ___ AP NFL: https://apnews.com/hub/nfl Shane Lantz, The Associated PressLuke Williams feels Swansea ‘lost grip’ on game despite sealing victory at Derby

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