After two bruising losses and a devastating injury to rookie back Cam Skattebo, the 2-6 Giants return home to face the 49ers, whose defense is missing Nick Bosa and Fred Warner. Despite miscues and disputed calls in recent defeats, New York showed flashes and earns the pick at +2.5. The...
Voters in several states head to the polls Tuesday in contests seen as an early verdict on the first year of Donald Trump’s second presidency. Governor races in Virginia and New Jersey hinge on affordability and spiking energy bills, while New York City’s mayoral race pits Democrat Zohran Mamdani against...
Installer No. 104 rounds up a big week in tech and pop culture: updates like Channels 7.0 and Tor 15, new games The Outer Worlds 2, Battlefield Redsec and Fortnite Sidekicks, the Nothing Phone 3a Lite and the Board tabletop screen, plus Joanna Stern’s humanoid robot video. Editor David Pierce...
In Washington, D.C., Maurice White, 75, and Renee DeVigne, 68, have spent decades caring for elders—12 in all, including White’s mother, Evelyn, who turned 104 in October and recently returned home after a stroke and rehab. Their story sits inside a national squeeze: longer lives, fewer children, and a caregiver...
Donald Trump’s demolition of the White House East Wing to build a ballroom has entangled media companies whose owners donated to the project while their newsrooms report on it. Comcast and Amazon are among donors; MSNBC hosts denounced such checks, and NBC noted Comcast’s role on air, with no evidence...
Uruapan Mayor Carlos Manzo was fatally shot Saturday night after attending a candlelight ceremony, authorities said. Attacked shortly after 8 p.m., he died at a hospital, according to Michoacán’s attorney general, Carlos Torres Piña. Videos captured gunfire as dozens ran for cover. The governor confirmed his death; two suspects who...
Saturday Night Live skewered Donald Trump over White House renovations and an awkward Halloween moment. Colin Jost highlighted an interaction where Trump placed candy on a costumed child’s head and joked about Trump and the first lady greeting trick-or-treaters to Thriller. Michael Che said critics call Trump’s demolition of the...
Zohran Mamdani’s surge to front-runner has energized New York City’s mayoral race, but voters remain split on whether the 34-year-old assemblyman is ready to run a $112 billion city government. Supporters tout free buses, a rent freeze, and his pledge to hire seasoned hands, backed by Gov. Kathy Hochul. Skeptics...
China’s Xi Jinping and South Korea’s President Lee Jae Myung shared a rare public joke about spying after Xi gifted two Xiaomi phones in Gyeongju, quipping that Lee could check for a backdoor. A Seoul historian said the exchange nodded to surveillance concerns even as both leaders seek closer economic...
New York’s 2025 mayoral voting ends November 4, guaranteeing a new leader after Eric Adams withdrew. Democrat Zohran Mamdani is the overwhelming favorite, having defeated Andrew Cuomo in June with 56.4%. His platform spotlights housing affordability, a 2% tax on millionaires, higher corporate taxes, free buses, and a $30 minimum...
