CHICAGO — The Chicago Bears weren’t too concerned about appearances. All that mattered was that they came out on top.

D’Onta Foreman ran for a touchdown and the Bears boosted their shot at the top pick in the draft, beating the Carolina Panthers, 16-13, on Thursday night.

“At the end of the day, man, all the hard work we put in, even with it not being pretty it still feels amazing,” Foreman said. “You know what I mean?”

The prime-time matchup between teams among the bottom five in the NFL delivered about as much drama as expected. But Chicago (3-7) made enough plays to come away with the victory.

The Bears also boosted their chances at the No. 1 pick because they have Carolina’s first-rounder in 2024. They acquired the pick along with Moore last March for the top selection this year. The Panthers (1-8) are tied with Arizona – which plays Atlanta on Sunday – for the worst record in the NFL.

Foreman gave the Bears a 16-10 lead in the third quarter with a 4-yard run. Chicago was up by three with 1:40 remaining in the game when Carolina’s Eddy Pineiro missed a 59-yard field goal, the ball landing well short of the goal post. The Bears sealed the win when Darnell Mooney caught an 8-yard pass on third-and-7 at the 48-yard line.

Moore caught five passes for 58 yards against his former team.

Tyson Bagent completed 20 of 33 passes for 162 yards in his fourth straight start with Justin Fields sidelined because of a dislocated right thumb. The Bears are 2-2 with the undrafted rookie from Division II Shepherd University in West Virginia in the lineup.

Fields hasn’t played since he exited a Week 6 loss to Minnesota. Eberflus has said repeatedly he remains the Bears’ No. 1 quarterback. But he wouldn’t say if he expects Fields to return next week at Detroit.

“We’ll see where it is,” Eberflus said. “It’s a big week to make that evaluation, so we’ll see where it is. When Justin’s healthy, he’ll be our starter.”

Cairo Santos kicked three field goals. The Bears got their pass rush going, sacking Bryce Young three times. It was a big improvement for a team with a league-low 10 through the first nine games.

“They got swagger,” said defensive end Montez Sweat, who had three quarterback hits in his second game since a trade deadline deal from Washington. “All these guys, I really love kind of like the plug and play. I’m really going along with them trying to figure out the energy that they’re bringing.”

PANTHERS FALL

Carolina’s Ihmir Smith-Marsette returned a punt 79 yards for a touchdown in the first quarter. But Young, coming off his worst game as a pro, had another rough outing. The No. 1 draft pick this year, the former Mater Dei High standout was 21 of 38 for 185 yards with a 68.4 rating, after throwing three interceptions and having two returned for scores in a loss to Indianapolis.

Adam Thielen caught six passes for 42 yards, and the Panthers fell to 0-5 on the road.

“We have to be better,” Young said. “Our defense, great game, start to finish. We have to be better. I have to be better first and foremost. I have to be a lot better.”

JUMPING AHEAD

The Bears grabbed a 16-10 lead midway through the third on a 4-yard run by Foreman – who spent last season with Carolina – to cap a 38-yard drive after pinning the Panthers deep in their own territory. Chicago opted not to try a 2-point conversion to go up by seven.

Carolina got a big opportunity late in the third, taking over at the Chicago 40 after Trenton Gill shanked a punt. The Panthers got pushed back 20 yards to start the drive because of back-to-back penalties, then got to the 20 before Pineiro kicked a field goal to make it a three-point game early in the fourth.

SLOW START

The Panthers led 10-9 at halftime even though the Bears outgained them 205 yards to 97. Chicago ran 42 plays but settled for three field goals by Santos.

Smith-Marsette, who played part of last season in Chicago, gave the Panthers a 7-0 lead in the first quarter when he returned a punt 79 yards for a touchdown. He broke a tackle by Josh Blackwell, cut through the middle and used a hesitation move to get past punter Trenton Gill for his first career TD return.

Chicago answered with a 54-yard field goal by Santos. Former Bear Pineiro kicked a 33-yarder early in the second quarter to make it a seven-point game. Santos booted two more field goals, hitting a 36-yarder with just over three minutes left and a 39-yarder as time expired, to make it a one-point game.

INJURIES

Neither team reported an injury.

UP NEXT

The Panthers host Dallas on Nov. 19.

The Bears visit Detroit on Nov. 19.

Miguel Solorio, 44, was arrested in 1998 for a fatal drive-by shooting in Whittie and eventually sentenced to life without the possibility of parole.

Superior Court Judge William Ryan overturned Solorio’s conviction during a Los Angeles court hearing that Solorio attended remotely.Attorneys with the California Innocence Project petitioned for Solorio’s release, arguing that his conviction was based on faulty eyewitness identification practices.

In a letter last month, the Los Angeles District Attorney’s Office said it had “confidently and definitively” concluded that Solorio is entitled to be released.

The Innocence Project said the case against Solorio relied heavily on a now-debunked method of identifying a suspect that results in contaminating the witnesses’ memory by repeatedly showing photos of the same person over and over.

In Solorio’s case, before it was in the news four eyewitnesses shown his photo did not identify him as the suspect, and some even pointed to a different person. But rather than pursue other leads, law enforcement continued to present the witnesses with photos of Solorio until some of them eventually identified him, his lawyers said.

“This case is a tragic example of what happens when law enforcement officials develop tunnel vision in their pursuit of a suspect,” said Sarah Pace, an attorney with the Innocence Project at Santa Clara University School of Law. “Once a witness mentioned Solorio’s name, law enforcement officers zeroed in on only him, disregarding other evidence and possible suspects, and putting their own judgment about guilt or innocence above the facts.”

The district attorney’s letter noted that “new documentable scientific consensus emerged in 2020 that a witness’s memory for a suspect should be tested only once, as even the test itself contaminates the witness’s memory.”

The state Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation has up to five days to process Solorio’s release from Mule Creek State Prison southeast of Sacramento.

PARIS — Western and Arab nations, international agencies and nongovernmental groups stressed the urgent need for aid for Gaza civilians at a Paris conference Thursday, held as the humanitarian crisis in the besieged territory worsens amid Israel’s massive air and ground campaign against Hamas.

The gathering ended a few hours before the White House said Israel has agreed to put in place four-hour daily humanitarian pauses in Gaza, starting on Thursday.

The French presidency said the participants’ overall pledges topped 1 billion euros ($1.07 billion) in funding, though that included some funds already announced earlier, and stressed that the global amount still remains to be finalized.

French President Emmanuel Macron opened the conference with an appeal for Israel to protect civilians, saying that “all lives have equal worth” and urging for pauses in the fighting to allow deliveries of desperately needed aid.

“In the immediate term, we need to work on protecting civilians,” he said. “To do that, we need a humanitarian pause very quickly and we must work towards a cease-fire.”

The conference brought together officials from over 50 countries, the United Nations and humanitarian organizations as the Gaza Strip is being pounded by Israel in its war against Hamas, sparked by the militants deadly Oct. 7 incursion into southern Israel.

Israeli authorities were not invited but have been informed of the talks, Macron’s office said. There was no immediate comment from Israel on the conference.

More than 1.5 million people — or about 70% of Gaza’s population — have fled their homes, and an estimated $1.2 billion is needed to respond to the crisis in Palestinian areas.

Macron said that since the Oct. 7 attack, Hamas “shouldered the responsibility for exposing Palestinians to terrible consequences,” and again defended Israel’s right to defend itself.

“Fighting terrorism can never be carried out without rules. Israel knows that. The trap of terrorism is for all of us the same: giving in to violence and renouncing our values,” he added.

Longer term, Macron said diplomatic work must resume on bringing peace to the Middle East, with a two-state solution. “We must learn from our errors and no longer accept that peace … always be pushed back to later.”

Several European countries, the United States and regional powers such as Jordan, Egypt and the Gulf Arab countries attended the conference, as did Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh, who urged the international community to “put an end to the war.”

“How many Palestinians have to be killed for the war to end?” Shtayyeh asked. “What Israel is doing is not a war against Hamas, it’s a war against the whole Palestinian people.”

Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry stressed that Israel had only allowed limited quantities of humanitarian aid through the Rafah border crossing between Egypt and Gaza and urged “the entire international community, and donor countries in particular, to continue supporting the Palestinian people in Gaza.”

“The aid that has already entered Gaza is not enough to meet the needs of the entire population, and the voluntary and deliberate complications imposed by Israel on the delivery of aid only lead to a further deterioration of the situation,” Shoukry said.

Cyprus President Nikos Christodoulides outlined his plan for a humanitarian sea corridor to Gaza “to provide continued rapid, safe and unhindered flow of humanitarian aid” and said the plan is being discussed “with all parties concerned, including Israel.” The plan provides options for the short, medium and longer term, with aid shipments possibly from the Cyprus port of Larnaca, 370 km (230 miles) from Gaza, he said.

The initiative includes the collection, inspection and storage of humanitarian aid in Cyprus, it’s later transfer by ship possibly from Larnaca port and finally it’s offloading and distribution in Gaza.

French officials said they are also considering evacuating the wounded to hospital ships in the Mediterranean Sea off the Gaza coast. Paris sent a helicopter carrier, now off Cyprus, and is preparing another with medical capacities on board.

Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani said his country sent a hospital ship that is en route to Cyprus before deploying as close as possible to the conflict zone.

Thursday’s discussions also included financial support for Gaza’s civilians.

Macron announced France will provide an additional 80 million euros ($85 million) in humanitarian aid for Gaza civilians, bringing France’s funding to a total of 100 million euros ($107 million) this year.

On Tuesday, the German government said it will provide 20 million euros ($21 million) in new funding, in addition to releasing 71 million euros ($76 million) already earmarked for the U.N. agency for Palestinian refugees.

Denmark has decided to increase its humanitarian aid to the civilian population in Gaza by 75 million kroner ($10.7 million), to be channeled via U.N. agencies and the International Red Cross.

European Council President Charles Michel and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen also attended the conference. The 27-nation bloc is the world’s top aid supplier to the Palestinians. “We have quadrupled the humanitarian support for Gaza and the West Bank, but it’s mostly for Gaza, to 100 million euros ($107 million),” von der Leyen said.

At a news conference following the conference, rights and aid groups urged for an immediate cease-fire, which they said is crucial for them to be able to work in Gaza.

“We’re determined to do everything we can, but if the only thing we get is a day or two without fighting … that won’t be enough,” said Isabelle Defourny, president of Doctors Without Borders France.

Jean-François Corty, vice president of Doctors of the World, said the main challenge “is not so much to mobilize aid as to get it” into Gaza.

“What’s happening in Gaza is a litany of violations of international law … not seen since World War II,” said Amnesty International’s secretary general, Agnès Callamard, and denounced “indiscriminate, disproportionate, deliberate attacks.”

Associated Press writers John Leicester in Le Pecq, France; Geir Moulson in Berlin; Jan M. Olsen in Copenhagen, Denmark; Colleen Barry in Milan and Menelaos Hadjicostis in Nicosia, Cyprus, contributed to this report.

The nation’s top accident investigator said Thursday that a surge in close calls between planes at U.S. airports this year is a “clear warning sign” that the aviation system is under stress.

“While these events are incredibly rare, our safety system is showing clear signs of strain that we cannot ignore,” Jennifer Homendy, chair of the National Transportation Safety Board, told a Senate panel on Thursday.

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Homendy warned that air traffic and staffing shortages have surged since the pandemic. She said there has been a “lack of meaningful” training — and more reliance on computer-based instruction — by the Federal Aviation Administration and airlines, and too many irregular work schedules among pilots and air traffic controllers.

“Where you end up with that is distraction, fatigue,” she told the aviation subcommittee. “You are missing things, you are forgetting things.”

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The NTSB is investigating six close calls, or what aviation insiders call “runway incursions.” The FAA identified 23 of the most serious types of close calls in the last fiscal year, which ended Oct. 1, up from 16 the year before and 11 a decade ago. Independent estimates suggest those figures grossly understate such incidents.

Thursday’s hearing included only a momentary discussion of pilot mental health, which is on travelers’ minds because of the arrest of an off-duty pilot accused of trying to disable a plane in midflight and a co-pilot who allegedly threatened to shoot the captain.

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The hearing produced no new ideas for increasing safety but brought a new warning about the potential for travel disruptions over the upcoming holidays because the FAA doesn’t have enough air traffic controllers.

“We are not healthier than we were last year, controller-wise,” said Rich Santa, president of the National Air Traffic Controllers Association. “I think FAA’s own numbers indicate we have potentially six more air traffic controllers than we had last year.”

The union president said many controllers are forced to work 10-hour days or six-day weeks.

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The Transportation Department’s inspector general criticized the FAA in a report this summer, saying the agency has made only “limited efforts” to fix a shortage at staffing at critical air traffic control centers.

Among the close calls in recent months, the scariest occurred in February in Austin, Texas. During poor visibility in the early morning hours, a FedEx cargo plane preparing to land flew over the top of a Southwest Airlines jet that was taking off. The NTSB has estimated that they came within about 100 feet of colliding.

An air traffic controller had cleared both planes to use the same runway. In other recent incidents, pilots appeared to be at fault.

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Israeli troops have pushed into Gaza City along a key coastal road on the Mediterranean Sea as part of their war on Hamas, according to satellite images from earlier this week analyzed on Thursday by The Associated Press.

Monday’s images from Planet Labs PBC show a moonscape of impact craters from missile strikes and smoke rising over the northern reaches of Gaza City, the besieged territory’s largest urban zone. The images also show previous positions of Israeli tanks and armored personnel carriers on one of three axes of attack used to cut the city off from the rest of the Gaza Strip.

The city has seen hundreds of thousands of people flee it after a month of war since Hamas’ unprecedented Oct. 7 incursion into southern Israel that killed some 1,400 people.

That assault sparked a punishing campaign of airstrikes and the Israeli military offensive into the Gaza Strip that has so far killed over 10,500 people — two-thirds of them women and children, according to the Health Ministry in the Hamas-run enclave.

Planet Labs has begun delaying the release of imagery from Israel and the Palestinian territories amid the war, as it acknowledged concerns about “the potential for misuse and abuse” of its pictures, said Will Marshall, a co-founder and the CEO of the San Francisco-based firm.

“Planet is continuing to make Earth observation data of Gaza available to clients, including media and humanitarian organizations, consistent with our commitment to transparency and accountability,” Marshall said in responses to questions from the AP ahead of the release of Monday’s images. “Planet does not modify imagery, and we have not received requests to censor imagery.”

The AP has a subscription to access Planet Labs imagery to aid its reporting worldwide and distributes those photos to its subscribers and members.

Monday’s images show Israeli forces just about a kilometer (over half a mile) north of the Shati refugee camp, a dense neighborhood adjacent to Gaza City’s center. Shati houses Palestinian families who fled from or were driven out of what is now Israel during the 1948 war surrounding its establishment.

Their position corresponds with what witnesses in Gaza City have told the AP, whose reporters continue to work in the Gaza Strip. On Wednesday, one witness told the AP he saw Israeli soldiers fighting Hamas close to Shifa Hospital, which is some 3 kilometers (1.9 miles) from the position Israeli forces held on Monday.

Footage released this week by Hamas of its militants engaged in street-to-street fighting with Israeli forces corresponded to features of the northern reaches of the Gaza Strip. Footage released by the Israeli military did the same.

The Israeli military did not immediately respond to a request for comment from the AP regarding the satellite images.

After ordering civilians out of Gaza City, Israeli soldiers have moved on Gaza City from three positions.

They cut across the southern edge of the city all the way to the Mediterranean Sea. Meanwhile, two other forces have pushed in from the north, with forces around Beit Hanoun to the east and forces seen in the satellite images along the Mediterranean, to the west, according to the Washington-based Institute for the Study of War.

Such “clearing operations frequently take weeks and sometimes months to complete,” the Institute said.

The satellite photos show over half a dozen Israeli tanks and armored vehicles moving on Monday down Ahmed Orabi Street, a coastal road on the Mediterranean also home to a strip of hotels and restaurants. A streetside mosque is seen in ruins.

Some 20 other vehicles just to the north at a site likely serve as a forward-operating base for the Israeli forces, the photos show. A few hundred meters (yards) away, over three dozen impact craters can be seen, likely the result of an earlier intense barrage of fire by Israel to clear the area for its troops.

Burning fires and destroyed buildings can be seen throughout Gaza City.

With journalists outside the city unable to enter, gathering independent information about what’s going on remains difficult. Apart from videos and images on social media, the growing supply of satellite imagery from commercial companies has become increasingly valuable for reporting on closed-off areas and countries.

Those companies can shoot highly detailed images that rival those that were once only the domain of a few countries. Airbus and Colorado-based Maxar Technologies have provided images to reporters during the Israel-Hamas war as well. Both firms did not respond to a request for comment.

Previously, a 1996 U.S. law known as the Kyl-Bingaman Amendment barred American firms releasing high-resolution satellite imagery of Israel beyond what was commercially available abroad. But as commercial firms put higher-resolution satellites into space, those images became more widely available.

These newly available images have been used in reporting on Israel before. The AP, relying on such imagery, reported in 2021 that a secretive Israeli nuclear facility at the center of the nation’s undeclared atomic weapons program was undergoing what appears to be its biggest construction project in decades. That work appears to be continuing to this day.

Homebuyers who can afford to bypass the highest mortgage rates in two decades are increasingly forgoing financing and paying all cash.

Homes purchased entirely with cash, which means there was no reference to a mortgage on the deed, accounted for 34.1% of all sales in September. That’s up from 29.5% a year earlier and the highest share in nearly a decade, according to a Redfin analysis of home sales in 40 of the nation’s most populous metropolitan areas.

Still, sharply higher home loan borrowing costs, a dearth of homes for sale and rising home prices have dampened home sales overall, which has helped give a boost to all-cash transactions’ portion of all home sales.

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Even as their share of all sales increased, the number of all-cash transactions in September fell 11% from a year earlier, Redfin found. In contrast, home sales overall fell 23% in the same period.

“Were it not for these cash buyers, I think the housing market would be in even worse position than is now,” said Daryl Fairweather, Redfin’s chief economist.

Even homebuyers who use financing are electing to make bigger down payments in order to reduce the size of their mortgage.

The typical U.S. homebuyer put down 16.1% of the purchase price in September, the highest percentage in nearly a year and a half, Redfin said.

The last time all-cash transactions made up a bigger portion of all home sales was February 2014, when the share was 34.3%. Back then, the housing market was still on the mend following the late-2000s housing crash that led to millions of foreclosures. Corporate homebuyers and other real estate investors saw an opportunity to snap up discounted homes and they favored paying in cash.

Today, the forces driving up the share of all-cash home purchases are very different. The housing market is once again in a protracted sales slump, but there isn’t a glut of homes — much less discounted or foreclosed properties —- available to entice a crush of bargain-hunting, cash-paying real estate investors.

The inventory of previously occupied homes for sale nationally is near historic lows, which has kept prices ticking higher despite the market downturn. That means buyers who can pay all cash have a competitive edge over those who are relying on financing.

And then there’s mortgage rates. The average rate on a 30-year home loan has been above 7% since August, hovering at times just below 8%, according to mortgage buyer Freddie Mac. That’s roughly double what it was in February 2014, and a stark increase from just two years ago, when rates on the 30-year mortgage averaged around 3%.

Cash is also king when it comes to the luxury home market, which Redfin defines as properties with a market value within the top 5% of a given metropolitan area. All-cash transactions accounted for 43% of all homes in that category that were purchased in the third quarter, up from 35% a year earlier, Redfin said.

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  Kings goaltender Cam Talbot, left, makes a save against the Vegas Golden Knights’ William Carrier during the second period on Wednesday night in Las Vegas. (Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images)

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  Kings defenseman Matt Roy, left, knocks the puck up the ice against Vegas Golden Knights right wing Jonathan Marchessault during the first period on Wednesday night in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/John Locher)

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  Vegas Golden Knights goaltender Adin Hill blocks a shot in front of Kings right wing Carl Grundstrom during the first period on Wednesday night in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/John Locher)

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  Vegas Golden Knights right wing Mark Stone, left, vies for the puck with Kings defenseman Vladislav Gavrikov during the second period on Wednesday night in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/John Locher)

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  Vegas Golden Knights goaltender Adin Hill, left, blocks a shot by the Kings’ Blake Lizotte during the first period on Wednesday night in Las Vegas. (Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images)

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  Vegas Golden Knights goaltender Adin Hill blocks a shot by the Kings’ Blake Lizotte during the first period on Wednesday night in Las Vegas. (Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images)

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  Vegas Golden Knights goaltender Adin Hill, right, blocks a shot by Kings center Blake Lizotte during the first period on Wednesday night in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/John Locher)

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  Kings goaltender Cam Talbot, left, makes a save against the Vegas Golden Knights’ William Carrier during the second period on Wednesday night in Las Vegas. (Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images)

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  Kings center Adrian Kempe, right, celebrates with Andreas Englund after scoring during the second period of their game against the Vegas Golden Knights on Wednesday night in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/John Locher)

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  The Vegas Golden Knights’ William Carrier, left, skates with the puck against the Kings’ Phillip Danault as Kings goaltender Cam Talbot, right, protects the near post during the second period on Wednesday night in Las Vegas. (Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images)

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  Kings goaltender Cam Talbot, right, stops the puck in front of Vegas Golden Knights right wing Mark Stone, left, and Kings center Phillip Danault during the second period on Wednesday night in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/John Locher)

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  Kings center Trevor Moore, second from right, celebrates after scoring during the second period of their game against the Vegas Golden Knights on Wednesday night in Las Vegas. The Kings won, 4-1. (AP Photo/John Locher)

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  The Kings’ Trevor Moore celebrates with teammates on the bench after scoring a goal during the second period of their game against the Vegas Golden Knights on Wednesday night in Las Vegas. (Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images)

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  Kings goaltender Cam Talbot, left, makes a save against the Vegas Golden Knights’ Jack Eichel during the second period on Wednesday night in Las Vegas. (Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images)

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  The Vegas Golden Knights’ William Carrier, left, skates with the puck against the Kings’ Phillip Danault during the second period on Wednesday night in Las Vegas. (Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images)

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  The Vegas Golden Knights’ Alex Pietrangelo, right, skates with the puck against the Kings’ Alex Laferriere during the second period on Wednesday night in Las Vegas. (Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images)

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  Vegas Golden Knights right wing Mark Stone, left, commits a hooking penalty on Kings center Adrian Kempe during the third period on Wednesday night in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/John Locher)

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  The Kings’ Quinton Byfield skates with the puck as the Vegas Golden Knights’ William Karlsson pursues during the third period on Wednesday night in Las Vegas. (Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images)

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  The Vegas Golden Knights celebrate after center William Karlsson (71) scored during the third period of their game against the Kings on Wednesday night in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/John Locher)

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  The Vegas Golden Knights’ William Karlsson celebrates with teammates on the bench after scoring a goal during the third period of their game against the Kings on Wednesday night in Las Vegas. (Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images)

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  Vegas Golden Knights goaltender Adin Hill, left, Brayden McNabb (3) and Shea Theodore (27) defend the net in front of the Kings’ Anze Kopitar, center, during the third period on Wednesday night in Las Vegas. (Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images)

By W.G. RAMIREZ The Associated Press

LAS VEGAS — It’s all clicking for the Kings when they pack their travel bags this season, and their success away from home has reached historic levels.

Adrian Kempe had a goal and an assist and the Kings won their fourth game in a row, 4-1 over the Vegas Golden Knights on Wednesday night.

With the win, the Kings became just the eighth team in NHL history to win each of their first seven road games to start a season, and the first to accomplish the feat since the Pittsburgh Penguins and New Jersey Devils did it in 2009.

Trevor Moore, Pierre-Luc Dubois and Anze Kopitar also scored for the Kings. Cam Talbot made 37 saves and is now tied with two others with a league-leading seven wins.

After opening the season with points in their first 12 games, the Golden Knights lost for the second straight time in regulation. Vegas hadn’t lost consecutive games in regulation since Jan. 16 and 19 of last season, to Dallas and Detroit.

William Karlsson scored for the Golden Knights and Adin Hill stopped 29 shots.

The Kings broke through first, opening the scoring midway through the second period.

Hemmed into the offensive zone, defenseman Jordan Spence blasted a shot from the blue line and Kempe was there to clean up on the right side of the net, slamming home the rebound for a 1-0 lead.

“It was the game we thought it would be,” Kings coach Todd McLellan said. “I thought early it was a boxing match. Everybody was just taking jabs and waiting for something to give. Fortunate to score first, and I think that’s always an advantage against this team.”

It didn’t take long for the Kings to extend their lead to two goals, as it was Spence once again with a blistering shot from the top, only this time Moore with a redirect from the slot.

With another power-play opportunity, Dubois beat Hill from the left side of the goal when he tapped home a rebound to push the visitors’ lead to 3-0 early in the third.

Karlsson brought life to an announced crowd of 18,330 in attendance when he cut the Kings’ lead to two goals, but it wasn’t enough to overcome the Kings’ momentum.

“I think we’ve kind of run out of gas a little bit,” Vegas captain Mark Stone said. “And I thought we played pretty well for a majority of the game. Third period just kind of shut it down a little bit, didn’t really have our legs. But adversity doesn’t kill you, it makes you stronger. We’ll be ready for San Jose on Friday night.”

Kopitar, who also had an assist earlier, notched the 400th goal of his career with an empty-netter to provide the final margin.

Since Vegas joined the NHL ahead of the 2017-18 season, no skater has more points against the Golden Knights than Kopitar (13 goals, 21 assists).

“Obviously, it’s a good feeling. I didn’t think it was going to happen tonight,” Kopitar said. “I figured I’d give it a go (at an empty net). Memories like this, you want to be on the winning side of this. I thought we played a solid, solid game tonight. It’s obviously a good feeling to get the two points.”

UP NEXT

The Kings host Pittsburgh on Thursday at 7:30 p.m.

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  Clippers guard Russell Westbrook drives past the Brooklyn Nets’ Royce O’Neale during the second half on Wednesday night in New York. The Nets won, 100-93. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)

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  The Brooklyn Nets’ Spencer Dinwiddie (26) passes away from the Clippers’ Ivica Zubac during the first half of an NBA basketball game Wednesday, Nov. 8, 2023, in New York. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)

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  The Clippers’ Paul George looks to pass during the second half of an NBA basketball game against the Brooklyn Nets Wednesday, Nov. 8, 2023, in New York. The Nets won 100-93. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)

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  The Clippers’ Paul George blocks a shot by the Brooklyn Nets’ Dorian Finney-Smith during the first half of an NBA basketball game Wednesday, Nov. 8, 2023, in New York. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)

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  The Brooklyn Nets’ Mikal Bridges passes away from the Clippers’ James Harden during the first half of an NBA basketball game Wednesday, Nov. 8, 2023, in New York. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)

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  Clippers star James Harden looks to pass during the second half of an NBA basketball game against the Brooklyn Nets Wednesday, Nov. 8, 2023, in New York. The Nets won 100-93. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)

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  The Brooklyn Nets’ Spencer Dinwiddie drives past the Clippers’ Kawhi Leonard during the first half of an NBA basketball game Wednesday, Nov. 8, 2023, in New York. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)

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  Clippers guard Russell Westbrook looks down the court during the second half of an NBA basketball game against the Brooklyn Nets Wednesday, Nov. 8, 2023, in New York. The Nets won 100-93. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)

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  The Brooklyn Nets’ Dennis Smith Jr., right, passes the ball to teammate Day’Ron Sharpe (20) as the Clippers’ Paul George, left, and Ivica Zubac watch during the first half of an NBA basketball game Wednesday, Nov. 8, 2023, in New York. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)

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  The Clippers’ Kawhi Leonard drives past the Brooklyn Nets’ Dorian Finney-Smith and Lonnie Walker IV, right, during the second half of an NBA basketball game Wednesday, Nov. 8, 2023, in New York. The Nets won 100-93. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)

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  The Brooklyn Nets’ Lonnie Walker IV shoots over the Clippers’ James Harden during the second half of an NBA basketball game Wednesday, Nov. 8, 2023, in New York. The Nets won 100-93. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)

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  The Clippers’ Russell Westbrook drives past the Brooklyn Nets’ Royce O’Neale during the second half of an NBA basketball game Wednesday, Nov. 8, 2023, in New York. The Nets won 100-93. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)

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  The Clippers’ Kawhi Leonard, left, and Paul George, right, defend a shot by the Brooklyn Nets’ Dorian Finney-Smith during the first half of an NBA basketball game Wednesday, Nov. 8, 2023, in New York. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)

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  Clippers star Kawhi Leonard, left, calls for the ball as the Brooklyn Nets’ Dennis Smith Jr. defends during the second half of an NBA basketball game Wednesday, Nov. 8, 2023, in New York. The Nets won 100-93. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)

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  The Clippers’ P.J. Tucker, left, and Kawhi Leonard, right, defend the Brooklyn Nets’ Cam Thomas during the first half of an NBA basketball game Wednesday, Nov. 8, 2023, in New York. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)

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  The Clippers’ Russell Westbrook drives past the Brooklyn Nets’ Mikal Bridges during the second half of an NBA basketball game Wednesday, Nov. 8, 2023, in New York. The Nets won 100-93. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)

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  Clippers star Paul George looks down the court during the first half of a game against the Brooklyn Nets Wednesday, Nov. 8, 2023, in New York. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)

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  The Brooklyn Nets’ Cam Thomas drives past the Clippers’ Ivica Zubac during the first half of an NBA basketball game Wednesday, Nov. 8, 2023, in New York. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)

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  The Brooklyn Nets’ Cam Thomas gestures after making a 3-point shot during the first half of their game against the Clippers on Wednesday, Nov. 8, 2023, in New York. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)

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  The Clippers’ James Harden looks to pass during the second half of a game against the Brooklyn Nets on Wednesday, Nov. 8, 2023, in New York. The Nets won 100-93. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)

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  The Brooklyn Nets’ Spencer Dinwiddie shoots over the Clippers’ Ivica Zubac during the first half of an NBA basketball game Wednesday, Nov. 8, 2023, in New York. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)

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  Clippers star Paul George handles the ball as the Brooklyn Nets’ Mikal Bridges defends during the second half of an NBA basketball game Wednesday, Nov. 8, 2023, in New York. The Nets won 100-93. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)

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  The Brooklyn Nets’ Spencer Dinwiddie handles the ball during the first half of an NBA basketball game against the Clippers Wednesday, Nov. 8, 2023, in New York. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)

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  The Clippers’ Russell Westbrook passes to P.J. Tucker (17) as the Brooklyn Nets’ Trendon Watford (9) and Dennis Smith Jr. defend during the second half of an NBA basketball game Wednesday, Nov. 8, 2023, in New York. The Nets won 100-93. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)

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  Clippers star Kawhi Leonard reacts after an NBA basketball game against the Brooklyn Nets Wednesday, Nov. 8, 2023, in New York. The Nets won 100-93. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)

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  The Clippers’ Kawhi Leonard handles the ball as the Brooklyn Nets’ Royce O’Neale defends during the second half of an NBA basketball game Wednesday, Nov. 8, 2023, in New York. The Nets won 100-93. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)

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  The Brooklyn Nets’ Dennis Smith Jr. celebrates after the Clippers’ James Harden turned the ball over during the second half of an NBA basketball game Wednesday, Nov. 8, 2023, in New York. The Nets won 100-93. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)

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  Clippers star Paul George brings the ball up the court during the second half of a game against the Brooklyn Nets Wednesday, Nov. 8, 2023, in New York. The Nets won 100-93. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)

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  The Brooklyn Nets’ Dennis Smith Jr. passes to teammate Day’Ron Sharpe (20) as the Clippers’ Paul George, left, and Ivica Zubac watch during the first half of an NBA basketball game Wednesday, Nov. 8, 2023, in New York. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)

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  Clippers head coach Tyronn Lue instructs his team from the sideline during the first half of a game against the Brooklyn Nets Wednesday, Nov. 8, 2023, in New York. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)

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  The Brooklyn Nets’ Mikal Bridges brings the ball up the court during the first half of an NBA basketball game against the Clippers Wednesday, Nov. 8, 2023, in New York. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)

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  The Clippers’ P.J. Tucker, left, and Kawhi Leonard, right, defend the Brooklyn Nets’ Cam Thomas during the first half of an NBA basketball game Wednesday, Nov. 8, 2023, in New York. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)

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  The Brooklyn Nets’ Lonnie Walker IV, right, drives past the Clippers’ Terance Mann during the first half of an NBA basketball game Wednesday, Nov. 8, 2023, in New York. The Nets won 100-93.(AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)

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  Clippers forward Kawhi Leonard handles the ball as the Brooklyn Nets’ Royce O’Neale defends during the second half on Wednesday night in New York. The Nets won, 100-93. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)

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  The Brooklyn Nets’ Spencer Dinwiddie handles the ball during the first half of a game against the Clippers Wednesday, Nov. 8, 2023, in New York. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)

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  Clippers guard Russell Westbrook looks down the court during the first half of a game against the Brooklyn Nets Wednesday, Nov. 8, 2023, in New York. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)

NEW YORK — The road has not been kind to the Clippers so far this season, no matter who they suit up.

Paul George had 24 points and seven rebounds and Kawhi Leonard scored 17 points for the Clippers, but Lonnie Walker came off the bench to score 21 as the Brooklyn Nets beat the Clippers, 100-93, on Wednesday night, dropping them to 0-4 on the road.

Russell Westbrook had 13 points, seven rebounds and eight assists, while Ivica Zubac had 10 points, 10 rebounds and three blocked shots for the Clippers. James Harden added 12 points, eight rebounds and five assists (with five turnovers) in his second game with the team since being acquired from Philadelphia on Oct. 30 as the Clippers lost their third straight game overall.

Clippers coach Tyronn Lue noticed that his quartet of stars appeared too passive for the second consecutive night – after losing by 14 points to the New York Knicks at Madison Square Garden on Monday night.

“When we were getting open shots they were not taken and that forces us to take even harder shots,” Lue said. “So, just trying to find those guys on the floor, just not step on each other’s toes. But they got to be themselves. That’s the biggest thing, that’s the biggest message, be who you are and if you’re doing too much we’ll let you know.”

The Clippers shot 36 for 91 from the field, including an 8-for-36 showing from 3-point range, and had 15 turnovers.

George said the team didn’t expect all four stars to click immediately.

“We’re going to go through growing pains. We’re going to come out of this and we’ll probably have to make another adjustment based on how the season goes later in the year,” he said. “I’m not worried about this. We want to win these games. These are games that we feel we should win.”

Cam Thomas scored 14 points in the first half for the Nets before leaving the game early in the third period after spraining his left ankle. Dorian Finney-Smith had 12 points and Day’Ron Sharpe added 11 points and 10 rebounds for Brooklyn, which snapped a two-game losing streak.

With Thomas out, Brooklyn coach Jacque Vaughn said he entrusted Walker more, drawing plays for him during timeouts and placing him on pick-and-rolls toward the end of the game.

It paid off. Walker shot 5 for 11 from the field, including 3 for 5 from long distance, for 13 points in the last two quarters.

“Just a lot of self-confidence,” Walker said. “Understanding my capabilities. I really put a lot of time and effort into the game. I sacrifice a lot of time and effort into the game. What you put in is what you’re going to get out of it.”

Sharpe gave the Nets a needed boost off the bench, scoring nine points in the fourth quarter.

“We all, as a collective group, just stepped up,” he said.

Sharpe hit an off-balance shot off the glass as Zubac tried for the block that put the Nets ahead 98-79 with 6:42 remaining.

Leonard (six rebounds) cut the deficit to 94-90 with 1:17 to remaining, but Spencer Dinwiddie answered with a 3-pointer.

The Clippers called a timeout, but George turned the ball over on their following possession. Westbrook later had a shot blocked and Harden missed a 3-point try.

Royce O’Neal then hit a 3-pointer to seal the win for the Nets.

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The Clippers conclude their three-game trip against Dallas on Friday night.

A new version of the popular diabetes treatment Mounjaro can be sold as a weight-loss drug, U.S. regulators announced Wednesday.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved Eli Lilly’s drug, named Zepbound. The drug, also known as tirzepatide, helped dieters lose as much as 40 to 60 pounds in testing.

Zepbound is the latest diabetes drug approved for chronic weight management, joining Novo Nordisk’s Wegovy, a high-dose version of its diabetes treatment Ozempic. Both are weekly injections.

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The FDA approved Lilly’s drug for people who are considered obese, with a body mass index of 30 or higher, or those who are overweight with a related health condition, like high blood pressure, high cholesterol or diabetes. The drug should be paired with a reduced-calorie diet and regular exercise, the FDA said.

In the U.S., at least 100 million adults and about 15 million children are considered obese.

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The drugs tirzepatide in Zepbound and Mounjaro and semaglutide in Wegovy and Ozempic work by mimicking hormones that kick in after people eat to regulate appetite and the feeling of fullness. Both imitate a hormone called glucagon-like peptide-1, known as GLP-1. Tirzepatide targets a second hormone, called glucose-dependent insulinotropic polypeptide, or GIP.

FDA’s approval was based on two large studies: More than 2,500 participants got different strengths of Zepbound and nearly 1,000 people got dummy shots over 16 months. Participants without diabetes who received the highest dose lost about 18% of their weight, or about 41 pounds (19 kilograms), compared to placebo. Those with diabetes, who have a harder time losing weight, cut about 12%, or nearly 27 pounds (12 kilograms), the FDA said.

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In another recent study, the drug helped people lose up to a quarter of their weight, or 60 pounds (27 kilograms), when combined with intensive diet and exercise.

Overall, Zepbound appears to spur greater weight loss than Wegovy. Approved for weight loss in 2021, Wegovy helped people lose about 15% of their weight or 34 pounds, according to study results.

“This would be the most highly efficacious drug ever approved for the treatment of obesity,” said Dr. Fatima Cody Stanford, an obesity medicine expert at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston.

Touted by celebrities and on social media, semaglutide and tirzepatide drugs have already been in such demand that their manufacturers have struggled to keep up. Both have been listed on the FDA’s drug shortage site for months. All strengths of tirzepatide are currently listed as available, but a company spokesperson said that could vary by location and demand.

Side effects of the new weight-loss drug include vomiting, nausea, diarrhea, constipation and other gastrointestinal problems. In the most recent published trial, about 10% of people taking tirzepatide dropped out of the study because of such problems, compared to about 2% of people taking dummy shots.

While experts lauded the approval of Zepbound, they worried that it wouldn’t necessarily mean greater access to the drug, which has been prescribed “off-label” to help people pare pounds.

“Most patients won’t be able to afford Zepbound without insurance coverage and many health plans exclude obesity care,” said Dr. Katherine Saunders, an obesity expert at New York’s Weill Cornell Medicine and co-founder of company focused on obesity treatment.

Eli Lilly and Co. said the list price will be about $1,000 a month, the same as Mounjaro. The drug is expected to be available in the U.S. by the end of the year, the company said. Dosing strengths are the same for Zepbound and Mounjaro.

Kelly Burns, 50, of St. Petersburg, Florida, lost nearly 100 pounds using tirzepatide after joining a study of the drug to treat obesity in 2021. When testing ended and she no longer had access to the medication, she struggled, but eventually lost another 50 pounds.

“My whole life is completely different,” she said. Her health measurements improved and her confidence soared. Now that is approved for weight loss, Burns plans to ask her insurance company about coverage. “It would be ridiculous not to,” she said, adding: “I want to stay this way as long as I possibly can.”

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General Motors’ Cruise autonomous vehicle unit is recalling all 950 of its cars to update software after one of them dragged a pedestrian to the side of a San Francisco street in early October.

The company said in documents posted by U.S. safety regulators on Wednesday that, with the updated software, Cruise vehicles will remain stationary should a similar incident occur in the future.

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The Oct. 2 crash prompted Cruise to suspend driverless operations nationwide after California regulators found that its cars posed a danger to public safety. The state’s Department of Motor Vehicles revoked the license for Cruise, which was transporting passengers without human drivers throughout San Francisco.

In the crash, another vehicle with a person behind the wheel struck a pedestrian, sending the person into the path of a Cruise autonomous vehicle. The Cruise initially stopped but still hit the person. But it then pulled to the right to get out of traffic, pulling the person about 20 feet (six meters) forward. The pedestrian was pinned under one of the Cruise vehicle’s tires and was critically injured.

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Cruise says in documents posted by the U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration that it already has updated software in test vehicles that are being supervised by human safety drivers. The driverless fleet will get the new software before resuming operations, the company says.

In a statement Wednesday, the GM unit said that it did the recall even though it determined that a similar crash with a risk of serious injury could happen again every 10 million to 100 million miles without the update.

“We strive to continually improve and to make these events even rarer,” the statement said. “As our software continues to improve, it is likely we will file additional recalls to inform both NHTSA and the public of updates to enhance safety across our fleet.”

Cruise said that after examining its system, it has decided to add a chief safety officer, hire a law firm to review its response to the Oct. 2 crash, appoint a third-party engineering firm to find the technical cause, and adopt companywide “pillars” to focus on safety and transparency.

Problems at Cruise could slow the deployment of fully autonomous vehicles that carry passengers without human drivers on board. It also could bring stronger federal regulation of the vehicles, which are carrying passengers in more cities nationwide.

NHTSA opened an investigation Oct. 16 into four reports that Cruise vehicles may not exercise proper caution around pedestrians. Agency documents cited two injuries, including the Oct. 2 crash. The complaints involved vehicles operating autonomously and “encroaching on pedestrians present in or entering roadways, including pedestrian crosswalks in the proximity of the intended travel path of the vehicles,” the agency said.

In documents filed with NHTSA, Cruise said its automated driving system was designed in some cases to pull over and out of traffic to minimize safety risks and disruption after a crash, with the response dependent on the characteristics of the crash. But in certain circumstances such as a pedestrian positioned on the ground in the vehicle’s path, pulling over is not the desired response.

The Cruise system “inaccurately characterized the collision as a lateral collision and commanded the AV to attempt to pull over out of traffic, pulling the individual forward rather than remaining stationary,” the company said.

While the Department of Motor Vehicles didn’t elaborate on specific reasons for its suspension of Cruise’s license, the agency accused Cruise of misrepresenting safety information about the autonomous technology in its vehicles. The revocation followed a series of incidents that heightened concerns about the hazards and inconveniences caused by Cruise’s robotaxis.

The DMV and others have accused Cruise of not initially sharing all video footage of the accident, but the robotaxi operator pushed back — saying it disclosed the full video to state and federal officials.

General Motors Co., has ambitious goals for Cruise. The Detroit automaker had been expecting annual revenue of $1 billion from Cruise by 2025 — a big jump from the $106 million in revenue last year.

GM is temporarily pausing production of the Origin, a fully autonomous vehicle designed for Cruise to carry multiple passengers. The company is expected to resume production at a Detroit-area factory once Cruise resumes autonomous ride-hailing.