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The Buccaneers had an early advantage at Raymond James Stadium, entering half-time with a 14-3 lead after holding the Saints scoreless in the first quarter and putting together two quick touchdown drives on Sunday. Then came star quarterback Brees, who led the Saints on four successive scoring drives while New Orleans’ defense shut out Jameis Winston in the second half. Brees passed and ran his way into the end zone to help stop a Buccaneers team that won their last two games....

The Saints are ahead of the Seahawks, whom they didn’t play, with the superior record in conference play, 9-2 vs. 8-3. Here’s how the Saints can finish anywhere from No. 1 to No. 3 based on Sunday’s results: MORE: NFL playoff clinching scenarios for every team in Week 17 How the Saints would earn the No. 1 NFC playoff seed The Saints first need to beat the Panthers to get to 12-4....

New Orleans used pick No. 13 to select Stanford tackle Andrus Peat, then took Clemson inside linebacker Stephone Anthony at No. 31. MORE: Saints clearly more run-oriented | Live NFL Draft coverage | Top 10 moves of Round 1 The second of those draft choices was acquired in a trade that sent tight end Jimmy Graham to the Seahawks, a deal in which the Saints also received center Max Unger....

Andrey Gurulyov, a State Duma member and former military commander, made the comments during a discussion on a show broadcast on the Kremlin-controlled Russia-1 network. In a panel moderated by host Vladimir Solovyov, Gurulyov said that Americans “won’t come to their senses” until they “get hit with a nuke on their skull,” according to a translated clip posted on the Russian Media Monitor YouTube channel by journalist Julia Davis....

Citing Western intelligence officials, CNN said that the alleged presence of Russian vessels was being investigated as a cause of underwater explosions in the Baltic Sea, as Moscow faces accusations that it’s trying to manipulate energy flows to hurt Europe. However, three U.S. officials said to CNN that America had no clear explanation for the explosions on Monday, which caused three separate and simultaneous leaks in the two pipelines that link Russia with Germany....

The deaths come after more than six months of fighting as Ukraine continues to defend itself against the invasion that was launched by Russian President Vladimir Putin on February 24. Putin claimed the invasion was to “liberate” the separatist Donbas region from Ukrainian control. The invasion has been met with worldwide condemnation over skepticism over the justification, concerns about Ukrainian sovereignty, and reports of human-rights abuses from Russian soldiers....

NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said Russian forces in Belarus could rise to 30,000 this month, with special forces, advanced fighter jets and short-range ballistic missiles, the Associated Press reported. “Over the last days, we have seen a significant movement of Russian military forces into Belarus. This is the biggest Russian deployment there since the Cold War,” Stoltenberg told reporters on Thursday at NATO headquarters in Brussels, according to AP....

An excerpt from the 60 Minutes program was shared on Twitter on Monday by Anton Gerashchenko, an adviser to Ukraine’s minister of internal affairs. “Propagandists are saying a new wave of mobilization in Russia should have begun yesterday, and schoolchildren also need to be trained to fight in case they need to go to war,” Gerashchenko tweeted. In the 36-second clip, first broadcast on Russian state television channel “Rossia,” the guest made references to Ukrainian claims that Russia is preparing for a second wave of mobilization....

“Some of you have inquired about a book interview in which I was asked how I felt about Colin Kaepernick and other NFL players who refused to stand for the national anthem,” Ginsburg said in a statement released by the Supreme Court press office. “Barely aware of the incident or its purpose, my comments were inappropriately dismissive and harsh. I should have declined to respond.” PHOTOS: The power of anthem protests...

Who deleted me on Facebook: What is SadlyUnfriended? SadlyUnfirended.com is a website that has been around until April 2015. It went then offline due to Facebook’s changes in its policy. Many apps such as Who Deleted Me have been prevented to access Facebook lists of friends and had to go offline. Recently, Sadly Unfriended has come back. With a new method to perform checks, authorised by Facebook, new features and design, Sadly Unfriended is growing in popularity....