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By JOSH DUBOWSANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) — San Francisco 49ers star running back Christian McCaffrey will not need surgery on his injured right knee but he will miss the rest of the regular season.Coach Kyle Shanahan said Monday that McCaffrey will be out at least six weeks after injuring his posterior cruciate ligament in a loss to the Buffalo Bills on Sunday night. McCaffrey will be placed on injured reserve for the second time this season after previously missing the first eight games with Achilles tendinitis. “I just feel for him,” Shanahan said. “It was a real frustrating year for…

ATLANTA — Already reeling from their November defeats, Democrats now are grappling with President Joe Biden’s pardoning of his son for federal crimes after the party spent years slamming Donald Trump as a threat to democracy who disregarded the law.The president pardoned Hunter Biden late Sunday evening, reversing his previous pledges with a grant of clemency that covers more than a decade of any federal crimes his son might have committed. The 82-year-old president said in a statement that his son’s prosecution on charges of tax evasion and falsifying a federal weapons purchase form were politically motivated.“He believes in the…

HOUSTON — Houston’s Azeez Al-Shaair took to X on Monday morning to apologize to Jacksonville’s Trevor Lawrence after his violent blow to the quarterback’s facemask led to him being carted off the field with a concussion.Back in the starting lineup after missing two games with a sprained left shoulder, Lawrence scrambled left on a second-and-7 play in the second quarter of Houston’s 23-20 win on Sunday. He initiated a slide before Al-Shaair raised his forearm and unleashed on the defenseless quarterback.In the long post, Al-Shaair, who was ejected for the hit, first said he didn’t see Lawrence sliding until “it…

Katie Fay was thrilled to find somewhere to live in the Mile High City that would also be her workplace, gym and the hub of her social life.In February, the 31-year-old moved into X Denver, an apartment building at 3100 Inca St. in Union Station North.“I was sold on the place, one, because it was economical for two people with my roommate, and it was all of the amenities we wanted to start our own business. So it was perfect for us to have all those coworking spaces,” Fay said.The 12-story, 455-unit complex opened in 2021 with the promise that…

In their first game at the brand-new Intuit Dome, the Nuggets lost 126-122 to the Los Angeles Clippers on Sunday, falling to 10-8 this season with the Golden State Warriors coming to Denver on Tuesday to wrap up NBA Cup play.Aaron Gordon returns as backup centerCleared to play for the first time since Nov. 4, when he walked off the court with a right calf strain, Aaron Gordon played 23 minutes off the bench. More interesting than his participation, though, was how the Nuggets used him. They went to an eight-man rotation in their first game back from a three-day…

By ZEKE MILLER, ALANNA DURKIN RICHER and COLLEEN LONGWASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden pardoned his son, Hunter, sparing the younger Biden a possible prison sentence for federal felony gun and tax convictions and reversing his past promises not to use the extraordinary powers of the presidency for the benefit of his family.The Democratic president had previously said he would not pardon his son or commute his sentence after convictions in the two cases in Delaware and California. The move on Sunday night comes weeks before Hunter Biden was set to receive his punishment after his trial conviction in the…

Nuggets forward Aaron Gordon was cleared to play Sunday night at the Los Angeles Clippers after missing 10 games with a right calf strain.Gordon, 29, was upgraded from “out” to “doubtful” on the team’s Saturday injury report. He then was reassessed as questionable to play on Sunday morning.He remains out of the Nuggets’ starting lineup as Peyton Watson continued to fill his role in Los Angeles.On Nov. 4, Gordon walked to the locker room under his own power at a first-quarter timeout during Denver’s home game against the Raptors. He didn’t return. The starting power forward had already been dealing…

By JOHN WAWROWORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (AP) — San Francisco running back Christian McCaffrey suffered a knee injury that coach Kyle Shanahan described as “potentially” season-ending in the 49ers’ 35-10 loss to the Buffalo Bills on Sunday night.Shanahan said McCaffrey is believed to have injured his posterior cruciate ligament, which connects the thigh bone to the shin. He said he had no timetable for McCaffrey’s return but acknowledged the All-Pro’s season could be over.“I think PCL is usually a couple weeks, but I’m not exactly sure yet,” Shanahan said.It’s the latest setback in a frustrating season for the 2023 offensive player…

Today is Monday, Dec. 2, the 337th day of 2024. There are 29 days left in the year.Today in history:On Dec. 2, 1982, in the first operation of its kind, doctors at the University of Utah Medical Center implanted a permanent artificial heart in the chest of retired dentist Dr. Barney Clark, who lived 112 days with the device.Also on this date:In 1804, Napoleon crowned himself emperor of France in a coronation ceremony at Notre Dame de Paris cathedral.In 1823, President James Monroe outlined his doctrine opposing European expansion in the Western Hemisphere.In 1859, militant abolitionist John Brown was hanged…

KEVIN FREKINGWASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump’s drive to upend the FBI was welcomed by Republican senators although it was not clear on Sunday how strongly members of the incoming majority party would embrace his move to install ally Kash Patel as the next director of the Justice Department’s top investigative arm.Patel, a onetime national security prosecutor who is aligned with the president-elect’s rhetoric about a “deep state,” “must prove to Congress he will reform & restore public trust in FBI,” said Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa, in line to be the Senate Judiciary Committee chairman when Republicans take control in…