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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — This was supposed to be Jacksonville’s year. Promise would become production. A lengthy rebuild would evolve into the cornerstone for sustained success. Coach Gus Bradley’s always-upbeat approach would pay dividends with a drastically improved roster. Owner Shad Khan set the tone, saying a winning record was “everybody’s reasonable expectation.” Reasonable? Maybe. Realistic?

LITHIA, Fla. — The body of a jet skier who went missing after leaving his 3-year-old son on an island was recovered Tuesday, authorities said. William “Billy” Morris, 38, was found dead in a sandy area along the south bank of the Alafia River, Hillsborough County Sheriff’s officials told multiple news outlets. The search for

LONDON — Two of Europe’s largest energy companies said Tuesday that low oil prices weighed on underlying earnings once again in the third quarter and predicted that the price backdrop won’t be returning to the heights seen as recently as 2014 anytime soon. BP reported that its profit before one-time items and after adjusting for

VANCLEAVE, Miss. — Mississippi authorities say a man holding a handgun was shot and wounded by sheriff’s deputies. Jackson County Sheriff Mike Ezell says deputies were called Monday night in Vancleave and found 47-year-old William Thompson holding a handgun. Ezell said deputies had been to the home several times last week and Thompson had threatened

FONDA, N.Y. — A New York man has admitted killing his pregnant girlfriend in front of her children by stomping on her head inside their upstate apartment. Thirty-nine-year-old Michael Donyell Norwood pleaded guilty Monday in Montgomery County Court to second-degree murder. In a plea agreement with prosecutors, he’s expected to be sentenced next month to

PARIS — Fourth-seeded Milos Raonic hit 17 aces and as he beat Spaniard Pablo Carreno Busta 7-6 (5), 6-4 on Tuesday to reach the third round of the Paris Masters. The big-serving Canadian has been hampered by a recent right ankle injury that forced him to withdraw ahead of his China Open semifinal three weeks

SOUTH BEND, Ind. — A student and parents suing a school district in Elkhart over its annual holiday pageant are still seeking a court order preventing the school from reverting to old versions of the show that contain live Nativity scenes. A U.S. District Court filing in South Bend by Concord Community Schools in early

BERLIN — Facebook and Twitter have months to improve their response to online hate speech in Germany or face legal measures, the country’s justice minister said Tuesday. Heiko Maas said checks show that social networking sites have a patchy record of deleting posts that are considered illegal in Germany. A two-month test conducted over the

Evangelicals, deeply divided over Donald Trump, are wrestling with what the tumultuous 2016 election will mean for their future. His candidacy has put a harsh spotlight on the fractures among Christian conservatives, most prominently the rift between old guard religious right leaders who backed the GOP nominee as an ally on abortion, and a comparatively

MOSCOW — A jailed Russian opposition activist says he has been tortured by prison guards who carried out group beatings and threatened to rape and murder him. Ildar Dadin said he was assaulted regularly, hung up with handcuffs, stripped naked and had his head flushed in a toilet in a series of incidents after his

NEW YORK — So one night, the story goes, Justin Bieber was in town, and had a hankering for Italian food. Not just any Italian, but Rao’s, the tiny restaurant by a park in East Harlem that’s been around for 120 years — and is one of the hardest-to-get tables in the country, let alone

Week 9 is another difficult one for fantasy owners with the Bears, Bengals, Cardinals, Patriots, Redskins and Texans on their bye. Since you’ll likely be delving a bit deeper into the depth charts, keep in mind that another eight teams still have their break coming up; four in Week 10 and another four in Week

NYON, Switzerland — Manchester City earned 83.8 million euros ($92.6 million) in Champions League prize money last season to top the table of UEFA payments to clubs. Although Man City lost in the semifinals to eventual winner Real Madrid, its share of lucrative British television rights lifted it above Madrid’s 80 million euro ($88.4 million)

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Juan Pablo Montoya has accepted an offer to race the Indianapolis 500 for Team Penske and will not drive full-time in IndyCar next season. Montoya told The Associated Press on Tuesday the offer was the “best choice” for the Colombian. He’s a two-time Indy 500 winner, including the 2015 crown driving for

ATHENS, Ga. — With Georgia’s offense in a slump and the Bulldogs’ season at crisis stage, it’s time to re-invest in the team’s proven stars. That means more work for running backs Nick Chubb and Sony Michel this week against Kentucky. There also may be a bigger role for Isaiah McKenzie. Chubb had only nine

I decided to take my favorite brownie recipe, the one I published in “The Mom 100 Cookbook” a handful of years ago, and turn it into something that says, “Hi, pumpkin season, how’ve you been?” The bottom layer is a fudgy brownie, dense and with a serious hit of chocolate. The top layer is a

Washington Redskins left tackle Trent Williams has been suspended four games for violating the NFL’s substance abuse policy. It’s his second four-game suspension, after testing positive multiple times for marijuana during the 2011 season. Williams will miss Washington’s games against the Minnesota Vikings, Green Bay Packers, Dallas Cowboys and Arizona Cardinals. He’s eligible to return

MOSCOW — Russia’s defense minister on Tuesday accused the Syrian rebels of massive shelling of residential areas in the city of Aleppo. Sergei Shoigu said over 2,000 militants backed by dozens of tanks and armored vehicles have launched attacks on living quarters, schools and hospitals in the government-controlled part of the city. He also claimed

BEIRUT — Lebanon’s two major parliamentary blocs on Tuesday named Saad Hariri, a former prime minister and a Sunni leader, as their candidate for premier in the government to be formed after a new president was elected. The widely expected endorsement by the Future bloc, led by Hariri, and the majority Christian bloc comes a

MILAN — More than 1,000 Italians on Tuesday threw a block party featuring a pasta lunch, a brass band and crafts to welcome some 80 migrants to the neighborhood in Milan, contrasting with rising anti-migrant tensions throughout the country including a protest at the barracks the night before. Shouts of welcome went up as a

ATLANTA — Tyler Perry felt more grateful than surprised after his latest Madea movie topped the North American box office for a second straight week. “Boo! A Madea Halloween” took the No. 1 spot, earning more than $17.2 million over the weekend for a two-week total of $52.6 million. His comedy horror film featuring a

NEW ALBANY, Ind. — A southern Indiana man has been charged with trying to hire someone to kill his ex-wife. Floyd County prosecutors said Tuesday that Mark McCane of Floyds Knobs is charged with conspiracy to commit murder and theft of a firearm. Floyd County prosecutor Keith Henderson says McCane made three payments totaling $1,200

HANOI, Vietnam — A fire at a large karaoke parlor in Vietnam’s capital killed 13 people on Tuesday, state media said. The fire broke out at the eight-story karaoke parlor in Hanoi and quickly spread to several nearby buildings housing restaurants and other karaoke parlors, they said. It took firefighters about five hours to put

BRUNSWICK, Ga. — The Latest on the trial of a Georgia man charged with murder after his son died in a hot car (all times local): 12:15 p.m. The ex-wife of a Georgia man accused of deliberately leaving their son to die in a hot car says he “destroyed my life.” Leanna Taylor used much

CALAIS, France — A slum camp built by migrants on France’s northern shore, harboring unfathomable hope and humanity mixed with filth and fear, is now a puddled moonscape of dirt and sand dunes. Bulldozers and cleaning crews erased the final traces of the vast makeshift camp in Calais, known to all as “the jungle.” As