Joe Burrow threw four touchdown passes, three to backup running back Samaje Perine, and the Cincinnati Bengals rallied past the Pittsburgh Steelers, 37-30, on Sunday.

The Bengals (6-4) won for the fourth time in five games by relying heavily on Perine, who thrived with starter Joe Mixon missing the second half after going into the NFL's concussion protocol.

Burrow completed 24 of 39 passes for 355 yards on the day he became the third-fastest player in NFL history to reach 10,000 career yards passing. Perine ran for 30 yards and caught four passes for 52 yards, racing into the end zone three times while the defenders in charge of covering him gave chase in vain.

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Pittsburgh (3-7) saw its chance of repeating the Week 1 upset it pulled off in Cincinnati in September vanish in the second half as a 20-17 lead slipped away. Rookie Kenny Pickett passed for 265 yards and a touchdown and Najee Harris ran for 90 yards and two scores, but the NFL's second-lowest scoring offense sputtered for most of the second half.

Burrow spent the first half picking apart the Steelers underneath. Pittsburgh adjusted by having its defensive front throw its hands up to tip passes or disrupt Burrow's timing. It worked occasionally, with Levi Wallace intercepting a pass on a deflection and T.J. Watt making an otherworldly snare in the third quarter.

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The Bengals countered by having Burrow start looking deep, connecting with Tyler Boyd and practice squad call-up Tyler Irwin for long gains during an eight-play, 93-yard drive in the fourth quarter that ended with Perine dragging Wallace across the goal line for a 6-yard score that made it 34-23 with 4:35 remaining.

Cincinnati has won four of five against the Steelers. The Bengals had dropped 14 of their previous 15 against their longtime AFC North nemesis.

All but one of those losses came before Burrow arrived. His combination of poise, accuracy and swagger has lifted the fortunes of a franchise and shifted the balance of power in a rivalry Pittsburgh has dominated for long stretches.

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Burrow didn't get there without enduring some growing pains as a rookie in 2020. Pickett finds himself in the same spot after being handed the keys to the offense in the middle of Week 3.

While the Steelers showed progress during a back-and-forth first half — Pittsburgh's 20 points matched the most points it had scored in regulation this season — the momentum stalled in the second half.

Four of the Steelers' first five possessions after halftime ended with a punt, giving Burrow all the space he needed to effectively end any slim outside chance Pittsburgh had in being a factor in the division race down the stretch.

MOSCOW, Idaho — Police have no suspects in custody a week after four University of Idaho students were murdered while sleeping in their off-campus home in Moscow, Idaho, on Nov. 13, authorities announced Sunday.

The community "must be prepared for a lengthy investigation," University of Idaho President Scott Green told reporters during the press conference.

While few questions have been answered after students Ethan Chapin, 20; Xana Kernodle, 20; Kaylee Goncalves, 21; and Madison Mogen, 21, were stabbed to death in their beds between 3 a.m. and 4 a.m. last Sunday, police have cleared several people as suspects in the case.

"We do not believe the following individuals are involved in this crime," Moscow Police Department Cpt. Roger Lanier told reporters on Sunday. "The two surviving roommates; a male seen at the Grubb Truck food vendor downtown, specifically wearing a white hoodie; [and] a private party who provided rides home to Kaylee and Madison in the early morning hour of November 13th."

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Lanider added that the "identity of the 911 caller and the 911 call have not been released," but police did clarify later that the 911 caller was not the perpetrator. 

Additionally, investigators are aware that Mogen and Goncalves made multiple phone calls to a male subject just before they were murdered but said they have reviewed and cleared those phone calls. 

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Authorities have not ruled out the possibilities of multiple potential suspects or suspects who may have been unknown to the victims.

Idaho police stood by their Tuesday statement describing the murders as "an isolated, targeted attack."

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"We believe they were targeted because of the totality of circumstances we’re looking at," Moscow Police Chief James Fry said Sunday. "Not able to say if one person was being targeted."

The four victims were close friends and all part of Greek life on campus. 

Goncalves and Mogen spent Saturday evening downtown at a local watering hole called the Corner Club before they ordered food from the Grub Truck in Friendship Square. They were last seen in public on video footage captured by the food truck and shared publicly on Twitch, a live-streaming social media platform, before getting a ride home from a "private party" around 1:45 a.m.

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Kernodle and Chapin spent Saturday evening at a party at the university's Sigma Chi house before they returned home around the same time as Goncalves and Mogen. 

The victims' two roommates had arrived home earlier, around 1 a.m. that Sunday.

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Later that day, police responded to a 911 call made from one of the roommates' phones from the residence at 11:58 a.m. Fry told reporters on Sunday that a friend made the phone call but added later that it's unclear how many friends were at the scene of the crime before police arrived. It is also unclear how an estimated eight hours elapsed between the estimated time of the attacks and the time of the 911 call.

There were no signs of forced entry at the house, according to authorities.

On Thursday, the Latah County coroner announced that the four students all died of homicide by stabbing, likely while they were asleep. Police said Sunday that "some" of the victims had defensive wounds, and they all had multiple stab wounds.

Fry said Sunday that police do not know how the murders occurred without the other two roommates hearing the attacks.

Authorities are asking anyone with information about the incident to call 208-883-7180 or This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..