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Robert Irwin stuns celebrity guests with his massive python at TikTok Awards in SydneySIOUX CITY — The year on the calendar changes. The focus of the U.S. Attorney's Office, at least in the Northern District of Iowa, does not. Nearly every year, the majority of cases handled by the U.S. Attorney's Office in the district, which includes Sioux City and the northern half of the state, involves violent crime. This year was no different, with 51% of the office's cases involving violent crimes: kidnapping, robbery, assault and those involving firearms. "Violent crime is always at the top. We're looking to be proactive in those cases," said Tim Duax, U.S. Attorney in the district. U.S. Attorney Tim Duax Tim Duax, U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Iowa, talks about his office's priorities in 2024 during an interview at his Sioux City office. Of the cases the office filed this year, 51% involved violent crime and 21% were drug-related. Drug cases also make up 21% of the Northern District's caseload, and Duax said trafficking routes continue to run through cities such as Sioux City and Cedar Rapids, with the flow of drugs continuing on to Minneapolis, Chicago and other large cities. In those drug cases, 80% involve methamphetamine, 15% fentanyl and the other 5% cocaine, heroin and other drugs. Methamphetamine is more prevalent on the western side of the district, but fentanyl's presence is rising, Duax said. The powerful opioid was at the center of one of the Sioux City branch's most notorious cases in the past year in which two brothers were convicted and sentenced to 15 and 16 years in prison for mailing thousands of fentanyl pills from Phoenix to Sioux City to sell here. "When you consider one fentanyl pill can be fatal, it's amazing when you consider they were bringing thousands of pills into our area," Duax said. The district saw a 22% increase in the number of child pornography possession cases this year, due to an uptick in referrals from state and local law enforcement agencies. It's a crime made easier by offenders' use of technology. U.S. Attorney: Child exploitation/porn cases up 22% in Northern District of Iowa Tim Duax, Northern District of Iowa U.S. Attorney, talks about the 22% increase the district has seen in Project Safe Childhood cases. Project Child Safe Childhood is an initiative to combat child sexual exploitation. "Their ability to engage in that type of conduct, where they can share images, where they can trade images, has gotten easier," Duax said. "We focus on it, and we're looking for it." The U.S. Attorney's Office launched investigations this year into the Paycheck Protection Program, which was introduced during the COVID pandemic to provide loans to businesses forced to close meet payroll and other expenses. "Unfortunately that program saw a lot of fraudulent activity," Duax said. Investigators have been reviewing PPP loan recipients and checking the credibility of their claims. In the Northern District, the U.S. Attorney's Office has recouped $200,000 that was fraudulently obtained, and the time-consuming effort will continue into the coming year. U.S. Attorney Tim Duax Tim Duax, U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Iowa, said his office expects to see an increase in immigration cases once the Trump administration assumes power in January. About 10% of the Northern District's caseload currently is made up of immigration cases. The district has indicted 332 defendants to date in 2024, an 8% increase from last year and the second-highest among the 25 districts classified as "small." The Northern District of Iowa includes 19 attorneys in the main office in Cedar Rapids and eight in the Sioux City branch office. There are 94 districts across the country. In addition to violent crime and drug cases, the Northern District also prosecutes immigration cases, white-collar crime and child sexual abuse cases. With the incoming Donald Trump presidential administration promising to increase deportations of illegal immigrants, Duax said he expects the Northern District will see an increase in immigration cases in 2025. "I think the immigration area is where we're most likely to see a change," Duax said, adding that most illegal immigrants prosecuted in the Northern District aren't prosecuted solely for being in the country illegally. Most are initially arrested for some type of crime, then their illegal status is discovered. Duax doesn't expect the new administration to shift the Justice Department's other priorities. "I think the emphasis on violent crime will continue," he said. U.S. Attorney Tim Duax: "Proud of the people who work here" Tim Duax, Northern District of Iowa U.S. Attorney, praises the the staff of his offices for the work they do to keep the district safe. Whatever the priorities become, Duax likely will not be leading the implementation. Appointed acting U.S. Attorney in February 2022, he never received a presidential appointment and was instead court appointed in August 2022. He expects the Trump administration will appoint a new U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Iowa. Duax does not plan to be a candidate for the job. "I'm not seeking it," he said, adding he hopes to return to his previous job as Sioux City branch chief, a position that's remained open since his appointment as U.S. Attorney. Duax said he's enjoyed the nearly three years he's served as the U.S. Attorney and seeing the office continue to prosecute major cases and secure sentences that removed violent offenders from the streets. "We've been really successful," he said. "That makes me proud of the people who work here. They work hard and they work smart for all the people who live here." How to use the new Sioux City Journal app The Journal’s Jared McNett shows how to download and browse the Sioux City Journal's app. Unlimited Access to the Sioux City Journal An unlimited digital and E-Edition subscription to The Sioux City Journal gets access to our E-Edition, the only way to read full issues on Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Sunday; allows you to read unlimited articles on the website and the SCJ app. (c)2024 Sioux City Journal, Iowa Visit Sioux City Journal, Iowa at www.siouxcityjournal.com Distributed by Tribune Content Agency, LLC.AP Sports SummaryBrief at 6:49 p.m. ESTonline game multiplayer 。

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Flag football uses talent camps to uncover new starsJacques Audiard’s audacious musical “Emilia Pérez,” about a Mexican drug lord who undergoes gender affirming surgery, led nominations to the 82nd Golden Globes on Monday, scoring 10 nods to lead it over other contenders like the musical smash “Wicked,” the papal thriller “Conclave” and the postwar epic “The Brutalist.” The nominations for the Globes, which will be televised by CBS and streamed on Paramount+ on Jan. 5, were announced on Monday morning by Mindy Kaling and Morris Chestnut. The embattled Globes, which are no longer presented by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, are still in comeback mode after years of scandal and organizational upheaval. Working in the Globes favor this year: a especially starry field of nominees. Zendaya, Timothée Chalamet, Angelina Jolie, Daniel Craig, Denzel Washington, Ariana Grande, Cynthia Erivo, Glen Powell and Selena Gomez all scored nominations. The young Donald Trump drama “The Apprentice” also landed nominations for its two central performances, by Sebastian Stan as Trump and Jeremy Strong as Roy Cohn. The president elect has called “The Apprentice” a “politically disgusting hatchet job" made by "human scum.” How much the recent president election will figure into Hollywood's awards season remains to be seen. In the season's first awards ceremony, the Gotham Awards, Trump went unmentioned but sometimes alluded to. Stan also received a nomination Monday for the dark comedy “A Different Man.” While “Oppenheimer” and, to a lesser degree, “Barbie,” sailed into the Globes nominations as the clear heavyweights of awards season, no such frontrunner has emerged this year — and, with the exception of “Wicked," most of the contenders are far lighter on box office. The Globes don’t often align with the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences, a much larger group that far more closely reflects the film industry. But they can give movies a major boost, and ripe fodder for their awards marketing. Netflix, which acquired “Emilia Pérez” after its Cannes Film Festival debut, dominated the nominations, leading all studios in both film nods (13) and in the TV categories (23). “Emilia Pérez," an operatic genre-skipping movie that combines elements of a narco thriller, a Broadway musical and a trans drama, scored nominations for its three stars: Karla Sofía Gascón, Zoe Saldaña and Gomez. No comedy or musical has ever received more Globe nominations. Brady Corbet’s “The Brutalist” landed seven nominations, including best picture, drama, and acting nods for Adrien Brody and Guy Pearce. The soon-to-be-released film, from A24, is uncommonly ambitious, with a runtime of three-and-a-half hours, including an intermission. A24 narrowly trailed Netflix in the film categories, scoring 12 nominations overall, including best actor, drama, for Hugh Grant's darkest turn yet in the horror film “Heretic.” Grant, in a statement, thanked the directors, Scott Beck and Bryan Woods “for spotting my need to kill." Close behind it was Edward Berger’s “Conclave,” starring Ralph Fiennes as a cardinal tasked with leading the conclave to elect a new pope. It landed six nominations, including best picture, drama, and acting nods for Fiennes and Isabella Rossellini. Sean Baker's Palme d'Or-winning “Anora,” starring Mikey Madison as a Brooklyn sex worker who marries the son of a Russian oligarch, was nominated for five awards, including best picture, comedy or musical, and best female actor for Madison and best supporting actor for Yura Borisov. The Globes will be hosted by comedian Nikki Glaser, who scored her own nomination for best stand-up special. CBS, which began airing the Globes last year on a new deal, will hope Glaser manages to do better than last year’s emcee, Jo Koy, whose stint was widely panned. The nominees for best motion picture drama are: “The Brutalist”; “A Complete Unknown,”; “Conclave”; “Dune: Part Two”; “Nickel Boys;” “September 5.” The nominees for best film musical or comedy are: “Wicked”; “Anora”; “Emilia Pérez”; “Challengers”; “A Real Pain”; “The Substance.” Coralie Fargeat's gory body horror satire “The Substance," starring Demi Moore as an actress who resorts to extremes to stay young in a Hollywood obsessed with young beauty, landed five nominations overall, including nods for both Moore and her younger doppelganger, Margaret Qualley. Among animated movies, DreamWorks' “The Wild Robot” also had an especially good day. The tale of the shipwrecked robot came away with four nominations, including one for cinematic and box office achievement, a relatively new category populated by big ticket-sellers like “Deadpool & Wolverine” and “Inside Out 2.” The strong showing suggests the other animated nominees — “Flow,” “Inside Out 2," “Memoir of a Snail," “Moana 2," “Wallace and Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl” — may have a hard time besting “The Wild Robot.” The Bob Dylan film “A Complete Unknown," starring Chalamet, also had a lot to celebrate. Coming off an endorsement from Dylan, himself, the film landed nominations for Chalamet, Edward Norton (who plays Woody Guthrie) and best picture, drama. Pamela Anderson also landed her first Golden Globe nomination. In “The Last Showgirl,” Anderson plays an aging Las Vegas showgirl, a performance that's led to the best reviews of Anderson's career. She was nominated for best female actor, drama, alongside Jolie ("Maria"), Nicole Kidman ("Babygirl"), Tilda Swinton ("The Room Next Door"), Fernanda Torres ("I'm Still Here") and — in a surprise — Kate Winslet ("Lee"). Anderson, reached by video conference Monday, said she put her whole life into the film. “I was making pickles and jam. I didn’t think I’d be doing any more in this industry,” said Anderson. “I was a little disappointed in myself and was kind of reassessing some of my life choices. But then this came up.” “The Bear,” which dominated the 2024 Globes, led all series with five nominations for its third season. That included nods for Jeremy Allen White, Ayo Edebiri, Liza Colón-Zayas and Ebon Moss-Bachrach. Its stiffest competition this year might come in the FX series “Shogun" (four nominations, including acting nods for Anna Sawai and Hiroyuki Sanada) or Apple TV's “Slow Horses" (nods for Gary Oldman and Jack Lowden). “Only Murders in the Building” again led the comedy or musical category, with nominations for it stars Steve Martin, Martin Short and Gomez, her second nomination to go with hers for "Emilia Pérez." The Globes aren’t ever quite drama-free, but things have settled down for the embattled awards body. After The Los Angeles Times reported that the HFPA voters included no Black members, among other issues, most of Hollywood boycotted the show and the 2022 ceremony was scrapped. Last January's Globes were the first after the disbanding of the HFPA and their acquisition by Dick Clark Productions and billionaire Todd Boehly’s private equity firm Eldridge Industries. However, earlier this fall, the Ankler reported that former members of the HFPA filed a letter with the California attorney general’s office questioning “the validity of the purchase.” Though the 2024 Globes were mostly panned, ratings improved. According to Nielsen, some 9.5 million watched, leading CBS to give the show a five-year deal. Last year, the Globes introduced two new categories that remain this time around: the cinematic and box office achievement award and the best performance in stand-up comedy on television. One tweak this time comes in the lifetime achievement awards. This year, those are going to Ted Danson (for the Carol Burnett Award) and Viola Davis (for the Cecil B. DeMille Award). Those will be handed out in a gala dinner on Friday, Jan. 3, two days before the Globes. AP's Ryan Pearson in Los Angeles contributed to this report. 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EL SEGUNDO, Calif. (AP) — Los Angeles Chargers running back J.K Dobbins is unlikely to play against the Atlanta Falcons this week because of a knee injury. Dobbins was hurt in the first half of the Chargers’ 30-23 loss to the Baltimore Ravens on Monday night. He had six carries for 40 yards and three catches for 19 yards before leaving the game. Chargers coach Jim Harbaugh declined to get into specifics of the injury Wednesday, other than confirming Dobbins is “working through something with his knee,” he said. Dobbins had been putting together a strong first season for the Chargers (7-4) after his past three years in Baltimore had been injury-riddled. He has 766 yards rushing and eight touchdowns through 11 games for Los Angeles, which had positioned Dobbins as a strong candidate for AP Comeback Player of the Year. Dobbins tore his Achilles tendon in the 2023 season opener for Baltimore. He also tore his ACL in 2021, and the effects of that injury lingered into the following season. Dobbins played in just 24 of a possible 67 regular-season games for the Ravens, who drafted him in the second round in 2020. AP NFL: https://apnews.com/hub/NFLNone

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