An immense storm surge from Typhoon Halong’s remnants battered western Alaska’s coastal villages, floating houses and pushing water more than six feet above normal tides. In Kipnuk and Kwigillingok, 121 homes were destro…
Enzo Maresca said Chelsea forward Cole Palmer will be out for six more weeks with a groin injury, reversing earlier hopes of a quicker return. Palmer, who left after 21 minutes in last month’s loss at Manchester United, …
Bengals quarterback Joe Flacco said Thursday night's 33-31 win over the Steelers, and the chance to throw to Ja'Marr Chase and Tee Higgins, is what motivates him to keep playing into his 40s. He called the down-to-the-wi…
South Park’s season 28 premiere spotlighted a new schoolyard fixation: kids murmuring 'six, seven'—a phrase even a fictionalized Peter Thiel repeats as part of a secret South Park Elementary cult. The meme began with rap…
Evan McPherson’s 36-yard field goal with seven seconds left lifted the Bengals past the Steelers, 33-31, at Paycor Stadium, capping an eight-play drive sparked by a deep Joe Flacco strike to Tee Higgins. Flacco, nine day…
Indiana handed football coach Curt Cignetti an eight-year contract worth at least $92.8 million, signaling ambitions beyond its basketball reputation. The deal, averaging about $11.6 million annually through Nov. 30, 203…
Predicted to win easily, Pittsburgh instead trailed at the break as Cincinnati flipped a 10-0 hole into a 17-10 halftime lead. The Bengals outgained the Steelers 220-183 and picked off Aaron Rodgers twice on throws to DK…
Tim Robinson’s The Chair Company premiered Sunday with a splash, becoming HBO’s most-watched comedy series debut in over five years, drawing 1.4 million U.S. cross-platform viewers over its first three days. It also rank…
Toronto snapped Seattle’s early control with a thunderous Game 3: five home runs in a 13–4 win. Julio Rodríguez launched a two-run shot to start it and also crushed a Yesavage splitter that had never yielded an extra-bas…
China’s Ministry of Commerce, via “Announcement No. 62 of 2025,” imposed sweeping new curbs on rare earth exports, requiring approval and declared end-use even for products with trace amounts. The move tightened Beijing’…
Penn State fired head coach James Franklin after a stunning three-game slide, as athletic director Patrick Kraft said the move reflects a deeper look at the program’s trajectory. The skid started with an overtime loss to…
Ace Frehley, 74, is on life support after a brain bleed triggered by a fall in his home studio, TMZ reports. The KISS guitarist has been on a ventilator for days with little improvement, forcing cancellation of all remai…
Internal "Amazon Confidential" memos warn AWS is facing a fundamental shift as startups delay adopting its cloud and spend early budgets on AI models, inference, and GPU services that are easier to switch. YC's 2024 coho…
Kanchha Sherpa, the last surviving member of the team that first summited Mount Everest, died at 92 at his home in Kathmandu on Thursday after a period of illness, according to the Associated Press. Nepal Mountaineering …
Federal officials rejected the lone bid for more than 6 million tons of coal under Utah’s Manti-La Sal National Forest, the third Western public-lands coal sale to collapse this month. The Interior Department said the of…
Responding to backlash over “AI slop,” Pinterest is rolling out controls that let users limit generative AI imagery in categories like beauty, art, fashion and home décor. The tools, found under Settings > Refine your re…
Apple has refreshed the 14-inch MacBook Pro base model with an M5 chip and two notable storage upgrades. The company claims up to 2× faster SSD performance than the equivalent previous model, citing “the latest storage t…
United Airlines CEO Scott Kirby warned the federal shutdown could weaken public confidence and hurt bookings if it drags on, though he said it hasn’t yet dented the carrier’s business. Delta’s Ed Bastian issued a similar…
The Energy Department finalized a $1.6 billion loan guarantee for AEP Transmission to replace nearly 5,000 miles of power lines in Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, Oklahoma and West Virginia, boosting reliability and capacity fo…
A one-game swing tightened the race: Chris went 10-5 thanks to taking the Bears, trimming the gap to one; season tally 60-32-1 vs. 59-33-1. Against the spread: 51-42 vs. 47-46 after 7-8 and 8-7 weeks. This slate features…
NFL analyst Todd McShay cheered Penn State’s firing of James Franklin, blasting his leadership as driven by “image, selfishness, agenda” and saying it lasted “entirely too long.” The move, which triggered a $49 million b…
The NFL trade deadline looms at 4 p.m. Nov. 4, with seven in-season deals already completed and last year’s 18-trade rush as a backdrop. Contenders seek fixes while strugglers clear cap space for draft picks. Ten names t…
Microsoft is rolling out upgraded Copilot Voice and Vision to Windows 11, enabling hands-free “Hey, Copilot” queries that respond to what’s on your screen. In demos, the AI surfaces Spotify settings, drafts bios from pho…
President Trump again dangled the Insurrection Act, even as courts swat down his use of other statutes to send federalized troops into Democratic-led cities. Appellate challenges from Los Angeles, Portland and Chicago ar…
Months after the January Palisades Fire leveled his Pacific Palisades home, Spencer Pratt has recast himself as an unrelenting watchdog, arguing the catastrophe was preventable and suing the Los Angeles Department of Wat…