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If nothing else, Thursday's news that theBills had agreed to acquire Moorefrom theChicago Bears, essentially for a second-rounder, solved a major headache for Beane − TBD if he's cured or will be reaching for more Tylenol − while creating options heading into the NFL free agency market and, ultimately,the 2026 draft.

"At the end of the day, that is on me, all that stuff is on me," Beane told local reporters in February about theBills' ongoing inability to find high-end receiver production and deep-strike capability for2024 league MVP Josh Allenopposite slot machine Khalil Shakir and TEs Dalton Kincaid and Dawson Knox.

2. New York Jets – OLB/DE David Bailey, Texas Tech

" style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" /> 3. Arizona Cardinals – OLB/DE Arvell Reese, Ohio State

" style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" /> 4. Tennessee Titans – RB Jeremiyah Love, Notre Dame

" style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" /> 5. New York Giants – LB Sonny Styles, Ohio State

" style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" /> 6. Cleveland Browns – OL Francis Mauigoa, Miami (Fla.)

" style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" /> 7. Washington Commanders – S Caleb Downs, Ohio State

" style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" /> 8. New Orleans Saints – WR Carnell Tate, Ohio State

" style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" /> 9. Kansas City Chiefs – CB Mansoor Delane, LSU

" style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" /> 10. Cincinnati Bengals – DE Rueben Bain Jr., Miami (Fla.)

" style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" /> 11. Miami Dolphins – OT Spencer Fano, Utah

" style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" /> 12. Dallas Cowboys – CB Jermod McCoy, Tennessee

" style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" /> 13. Los Angeles Rams (from Atlanta Falcons) – WR Denzel Boston, Washington

" style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" /> 14. Baltimore Ravens – DL Caleb Banks, Florida

" style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" /> 15. Tampa Bay Buccaneers – TE Kenyon Sadiq, Oregon

" style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" /> 16. New York Jets (from Indianapolis Colts) – WR Makai Lemon, USC

" style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" /> 17. Detroit Lions – OT Monroe Freeling, Georgia

" style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" /> 18. Minnesota Vikings – S Dillon Thieneman, Oregon

" style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" /> 19. Carolina Panthers – DT Peter Woods, Clemson

" style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" /> 20. Dallas Cowboys (from Green Bay Packers) – OLB/DE T.J. Parker, Clemson

" style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" /> 21. Pittsburgh Steelers – WR Jordyn Tyson, Arizona State

" style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" /> 22. Los Angeles Chargers – G Olaivavega Ioane, Penn State

" style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" /> 23. Philadelphia Eagles – DE/OLB Akheem Mesidor, Miami (Fla.)

" style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" /> 24. Cleveland Browns (from Jacksonville Jaguars) – WR Omar Cooper Jr., Indiana

" style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" /> 25. Chicago Bears – S Emmanuel McNeil-Warren, Toledo

" style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" /> 30. Denver Broncos – WR KC Concepcion, Texas A&M

" style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" /> 31. New England Patriots – DE Keldric Faulk, Auburn

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A year ago, Beane's frustration was especially apparent during a local radio interview, when he wondered why fans and media members were "bitching" about the team's wideout challenges.

"Our job is to score points and win games," Beane added.

"It's not fantasy football to trot out the best receivers. You got Josh Allen. First thing you got to do is protect him. You can't have everything. You can't have Pro Bowl wide receivers and have a Pro Bowl offensive line and an All-Pro quarterback and three great running backs. You've got to pick.

"So, that's where I'm like, I don't understand this narrative."

Maybe Moore can put it to bed after Keon Coleman, Josh Palmer, Elijah Moore, Curtis Samuel, Mack Hollins, Amari Cooper and others couldn't in the two years since Stefon Diggs' departure. All were Band-Aid-adjacent alternatives. And no Bills fan will forget that the team was futilely (as it turned out) relying on 32-year-old journeyman Brandin Cooks, a late-season pickup in 2025, to haul in Allen's final pass of the devastating divisional-round playoff loss at Denver that ultimatelycost longtime coach Sean McDermott his job.

Regardless, this transaction should have significant ramifications for the Bills,Bears, Moore andthe early part of the draft in general.

Why didn't Buffalo just draft a receiver?

Beane's been on the lookout. Coleman, the 33rd overall pick two years ago, has infamously not worked out −just ask Bills owner Terry Pegula.

But Moore's a proven commodity, one who's averaged better than 1,000 receiving yards per season over his eight-year NFL career. He's not exactly Ja'Marr Chase − who is? − but Moore does resemble a running back once the ball is in his hands. And while he might not run routes as crisp as Shakir's, Moore can also get open deep − look no further than his pair of game-winning TD catches against the Green Bay Packers last season.

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Bottom line? He could be the perfect complement for this offense. He's also ready to go for a squad Pegula expects Beane and rookie head coach Joe Brady to navigate to a Lombardi Trophy sooner than later.

And while the 2026 draft is viewed as rich with receivers, Beane probably wasn't going to have the chance of taking USC's Makai Lemon, Washington's Denzel Boston, Arizona State's Jordyn Tyson or Ohio State's Carnell Tate (despiteBeane's humorous wishcasting at the combine) with the 26th pick of the first round. And potentially trading up was going to cost him draft capital anyway, so why not just target Moore?

Who will the Bills target in draft now?

TBD of course, especially with free agency yet to unfold − though Buffalo is currently cap-strapped. But with DE Joey Bosa and G David Edwards and C Connor McGovern all unsigned, interior O-line andpass rush helpcould now be at the top of Beane's to-do list.

What does the trade mean for DJ Moore?

A fresh start.

He had a career year in 2023 (96 catches for 1,364 yards and 8 TDs). But that's when Justin Fields was throwing to him in Chicago, and the Bears weren't very good. Moore seemed to struggle to find a vibe with QB Caleb Williams for much of the past two seasons and was out-produced by rookie TE Colston Loveland in 2025, Year 1 for the Bears under hotshot coach Ben Johnson. Moore, who's just entering a four-year, $110 million extension, was also a lot more expensive than Loveland and young WRs Rome Odunze and Luther Burden III.

But now Moore will be paired with Allen, one of the league's most accurate and strongest-armed passers − and one whose legs make it hard for defenses to double-team receivers. They could be a lethal combo.

What does the DJ Moore trade mean for the Bears?

Odunze and Loveland were first-round picks the past two years and Burden came in Round 2 in 2025. Johnson's passing attack should be just fine in the hands of that trio − especially given Moore's 50 receptions and 682 yards last season were career lows.

As important, having one first-round pick and two selections in Round 2 could be key for Johnson and GM Ryan Poles, who areapparently losing C Drew Dalman to retirementand could see most of last season's starting secondary leave during free agency.

What does the DJ Moore trade mean for the draft?

Maybe not a ton overall, but with the Bills filling a glaring need, they no longer need to overreach for a wideout. I thought players like Notre Dame's Malachi Fields, Tennessee's Chris Brazzell II or Louisville's Chris Bell might be considerations for Beane at No. 26 pending his desperation level. Any of them might still serve as a big-bodied target for Allen, especially in the red zone, but they'd all now be value propositions ... if Beane gets one with the 91st pick. Bell in particular − he's coming off a torn ACL but compares himself to A.J. Brown − could be a steal, if not someone likely to necessarily contribute immediately.

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Aliyah Henderson, 28, was charged with murder and endangering children, according to records from the Cuyahoga County Sheriff's Office. Henderson was booked on March 4, days after authorities found the remains of two young girls at an Ohio park.

In a statement to USA TODAY, the Cuyahoga County Medical Examiner's Office identified the victims as Amor Wilson, 10, and Mila Chatman, 8. The children, both from Cleveland, were identified through DNA relationship testing.

Their cause of death is still pending, the office added.

"These were two young lives with their entire futures ahead of them," said Cleveland Division of Police Chief Dorothy Todd in a statement on March 5. "Our detectives worked tirelessly and with great care to identify those responsible.

The relationship between the people involved in the incident was not immediately known.

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Suitcases and graves

At about 6 p.m. local time on Monday, March 2, police officers responded to a report of a "suspected deceased individual" discovered inside a suitcase at a park on the east side of Cleveland, the Cleveland Division of Police said. Once they arrived at the scene, officers discovered a dead body in a suitcase.

During the investigation, detectives found a second body in a separate suitcase at a shallow grave nearby, authorities said. Both victims were later transported to the Cuyahoga County Medical Examiner's Office.

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Within less than 48 hours after the discovery, authorities conducted a search warrant and "detained a person of interest" and recovered "substantial evidence related to the case," the Cleveland Division of Police said in a statement. A child was found inside the home during the search and was "in good health," authorities said.

The child is being supervised by the Department of Children and Family Services, authorities said. The investigation remains ongoing.

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'It's very much horrible'

In a news conference earlier in the week, Todd said a dog walker reported the incident and that the bodies were found in a field located in a residential neighborhood near a school, where a lot of people frequent. Todd did not say how long the girls had been there.

DeShaun Chatman toldCBS Newson March 5 that he was searching for his daughter, Mila, and pursued custody for five years before authorities notified him of her death. According to Chatman, he sought emergency custody and tried locating Mila through a child welfare agency.

"It's very much horrible," Chatman told the news organization, adding he felt "useless — I couldn't save my baby."

"Mila was happy-go-lucky, always smiling," Chatman remembered, CBS News reported. "Favorite color was pink — she swore that she was a princess. She was always happy. She was a kid's kid."

Contributing: Charles Ventura, USA TODAY

Saleen Martin is a reporter on USA TODAY's NOW team. She is from Norfolk, Virginia, – the 757. Email her at sdmartin@usatoday.com.

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Nikita Casap, 18, pleaded guilty in January to two counts of first-degree intentional homicide in Waukesha County Circuit Court in connection with the shooting deaths of his mother, Tatiana Casap, and stepfather, Donald Mayer, in 2025. Prosecutors dropped seven other charges in a plea deal, including two counts of hiding a corpse and theft.

Judge: Casap may never change after 'horrific' crimes

First-degree intentional homicide carries a mandatory life sentence. The only question as Judge Ralph Ramirez began the sentencing hearing Thursday afternoon was whether he would make Casap eligible for parole at some point.

Calling Casap's offenses "horrific" and "inexplicable," Ramirez ultimately handed down two life sentences with no chance at extended supervision, the term the Wisconsin criminal justice system uses for parole. The judge said he didn't have a "crystal ball" that would tell him when Casap would change, if ever.

"I choose to find he's not eligible for extended release because I do not know ... when and if and whether a profound and significant change can occur," Ramirez said.

Mother, stepfather killed in their home

According to a criminal complaint, investigators believe Casap shot his stepfather and mother at their home in the village of Waukesha on or around Feb. 11, 2025.

He lived with the decomposing bodies for two weeks before fleeing across the country in his stepfather's SUV with $14,000 in cash, jewelry, passports, his stepfather's gun and the family dog, according to the complaint. He was eventually arrested during a traffic stop in Kansas on Feb. 28 after four days on the run.

Federal authorities have accused Casap of planning his parents' murders, buying a drone and explosives and sharing his plans with others, including a Russian speaker. They said in a federal search warrant that he wrote a manifesto calling for Trump's assassination and was in touch with others about his plot to overthrow the U.S. government

"The killing of his parents appeared to be an effort to obtain the financial means and autonomy necessary to carrying out his plan," that warrant said.

Detectives found several messages on Casap's cellphone from January 2025 in which Casap asks how long he will have to hide before he is relocated to Ukraine. An unknown individual responded in Russian, the complaint said, but the document doesn't say what that person told Casap. In another message Casap asks: "So while in Ukraine, I'll be able to live a normal life? Even if it's found out I did it?"

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Prosecutors insist Casap too dangerous to ever be released

District Attorney Lesli Boese told the judge Thursday that Casap was too dangerous to ever be released from prison.

Pulling from an interview Casap gave to the FBI, Boese said that Casap and his mother moved to the United States from the Republic of Moldova when Casap was a grade-schooler but he became increasingly addicted to what she called "disturbing websites" as he grew older. She didn't elaborate, but at one point said he had been researching serial killers and school shootings.

Boese said Casap developed a plan in late 2024 to target Trump with an AK-47 rifle attached to a drone. The teen later decided he wanted to drop explosives on Trump from a drone and then flee by ship to Ukraine, where he planned to hide for a decade, according to the district attorney. Casap told agents he wouldn't have cared how many people around Trump got hurt during the assassination attempt.

He started talking with two people online who offered to sell him the drone and the explosives. He sent one of them $8,700 inbitcoinfrom his stepfather Mayer's account without realizing they were scamming him and there was never a drone or any explosives, Boese said.

"He walked right into it," she said.

Defense attorney asks for mercy

Casap's attorney, Paul Rifelj, asked Ramirez to make Casap eligible for parole after 20 years. He said that news of a doctor whodrove his car into a Christmas marketin Magdeburg, Germany, in December 2024 sent Casap into a rage. The teen decided then that he wanted to change the world by killing a politician, Rifelj said.

The two contacts who promised to help him kill Trump convinced him that he was part of a larger military strategy, offering him direction and purpose at a time when he was becoming isolated at school, according to Rifelj.

"Children are more than their worst deeds," he said.

Casap: 'I thought I was part of a revolution'

Casap appeared to tremble as he listened to both sides make their cases. He gave a tearful speech, saying that he loved his mother and he was worried about her all the time, even when she was reaching for something on a high shelf. He said he wasn't as close with Mayer, but Mayer still treated him like a son.

But he became obsessed with hateful thoughts.

"I thought I was part of a revolution," he said. "I thought I was part of a war. I told myself bad things had to happen."

U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollinssigned new waiversallowing restrictions on spending of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, benefits on March 4.

The waivers are tailored to each state. Most ban the purchase of soda and candy.

The latest:

• Kansas will ban SNAP users from purchasing candy and soft drinks;

• Nevada will ban them from buying candy and sugar sweetened beverages;

• Ohio will also ban sugar sweetened beverages;

• and Wyoming will ban purchasing sugar sweetened carbonated beverages.

"As I have said before Wyoming taxpayers expect their dollars to support food assistance that helps families put healthy food on the table," Wyoming Republican Gov. Mark Gordon saidin a statement. "This waiver is about supporting healthier communities in Wyoming and is a reasonable, commonsense step that aligns the program with its original purpose."

Free food as SNAP benefits halted

For 60 years, the Department of Agriculture under presidents of both parties has denied state requests to restrict SNAP-eligible foods, saying it could not waive the definition of "food" for purchase with SNAP benefits that Congress set in law, Professor Tyson-Lord Gray, who teaches at Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, told USA TODAY. SNAP recipients could buy anything except alcohol, tobacco, hot and prepared foods, and personal care products.

PresidentDonald Trump's administration began granting waivers in 2025, despite no change in the law. The USDA says these waivers are permitted under its pilot project authority to test the impact of excluding some foods on health and nutrition.

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"The Trump Administration is unified in improving the health of our nation. America's governors have proudly answered the call to innovate by improving nutrition programs, ensuring better choices while respecting the generosity of the American taxpayer. Each waiver submitted by the states and signed is yet another step closer to fulfilling President Trump's promise to Make America Healthy Again," Rollins said when she signed the first waivers in June 2025.

Arkansas, Colorado, Florida, Hawaii, Idaho, Indiana, Iowa, Louisiana, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia and West Virginia have been granted waivers. Many focus on candy and sugary drinks, some specifically talk about energy drinks or juice. Each has a different definition of what items are banned.

Gray said he's surprised that no lawsuits have been filed yet. In 2007, the USDA issued a memo stating that the pilot project authority the Trump administration is acting under could not be used to restrict food choices.

Gray said businesses that have locations across many states are facing "compliance chaos" and would have the greatest standing to sue because the varied standards will require changes including point of sale software and employee training.

"Every state has their own definition of what is candy, what is a sugary beverage. So now you have businesses that have locations across the country that have to literally update their (point of sale) systems in every state to adhere to specific restrictions for that state," he said.

Though Congress did not change the legal definition of what recipients can purchase, it incentivized states to apply for waivers in the GOP tax and spending bill signed into law last summer. The law created a$50 billion Rural Health Transformation Programthat scores states on whether they submit SNAP restriction waivers.

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Flagg reached 1,000 career points on his first basket of the game, laying in a shot after rebounding a miss by Khris Middleton. That made him the second-youngest player to achieve quadruple figures in his NBA career, following LeBron James.

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James was 19 years and 41 days old when he reached 1,000 points during his rookie season of 2004. Flagg scored his milestone basket at the age of 19 years and 74 days.

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Thenext youngest playersto score 1,000 points were Kobe Bryant (19 years, 127 days), Kevin Durant (19 years, 146 days) and Devin Booker (19 years, 162 days).

Flagg, the 2025 No. 1 overall draft pick has missed the Mavericks' previous eight games with a left mid-foot sprain.

The rookie star was upgraded to doubtful for Dallas' loss Tuesday to the Charlotte Hornets and was listedas questionable for the Magic gamebefore the Mavericks confirmed he would play. Head coach Jason Kidd told reporters that Flagg willplay 20 to 25 minutesversus Orlando before seeing an uptick in minutes Friday at the Boston Celtics, his favorite childhood team.

The Mavericks won only two of the eight games they played without Flagg during this most recent injury. He also missed time this seasonwith a sprained ankleand an illness.

Through 49 games this season, Flagg is averaging 20.4 points, 6.6 rebounds, 4.1 assists and 1.2 steals per game. With 21 games remaining in the regular season, Dallas is 21-40.