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Lead: Week 13 reshuffled the NFL playoff map: the Chicago Bears vaulted to the top of the NFC after a gritty win over the defending champion Philadelphia Eagles and a surprising Los Angeles Rams loss. In the AFC, the New England Patriots sit as the conference’s No. 1 seed, riding a 10-game winning streak into … Read more

Lead: The New England Patriots opened Monday Night Football with a dominant first half, taking a 30-7 lead over the New York Giants at intermission. Patriots QB Drake Maye completed 16 of 20 passes for 208 yards and two touchdowns, leaving the field to chants of “M‑V‑P!” The Giants were hampered by three costly special-teams … Read more

Will Stein, a 36-year-old Kentucky native and current offensive coordinator at Oregon, was named head coach of the University of Kentucky football program on Monday. The hire, announced by UK Director of Athletics Mitch Barnhart, returns Stein to the Commonwealth where his family has deep UK ties. Stein arrives after three seasons coordinating Oregon’s high-scoring … Read more

Lead: On Sept. 2, 2024, the U.S. military struck a vessel it said originated in Venezuela in what the White House portrayed as an anti-narcotics operation. In the weeks that followed the administration announced additional strikes and framed the campaign as necessary to stop drugs reaching U.S. shores. Recent reporting and congressional questions have focused … Read more

Lead On Monday, Dec. 1, 2025, Apple announced that John Giannandrea, who led the company’s AI effort since 2018, is “stepping down” and will remain as an adviser through the coming spring. He will be succeeded by Amar Subramanya, a Microsoft executive with 16 years at Google and recent responsibility for engineering on the Gemini … Read more

Lead: Los Angeles Chargers quarterback Justin Herbert underwent surgery Monday in Los Angeles to stabilize a fractured bone in his left hand, the team said. The club described the procedure as successful and listed his availability as day-to-day. Herbert suffered the injury during the game’s opening series after a 1-yard scramble; he briefly left the … Read more

Lead At the 35th annual Gotham Awards in Manhattan, Paul Thomas Anderson’s One Battle After Another was awarded Best Feature while Iranian auteur Jafar Panahi collected three prizes, including Best Director and Original Screenplay. The evening, staged by the Gotham Film & Media Institute, opened the U.S. awards season and spotlighted both a commercially successful … Read more

Monday Night Football in Foxborough will see the New York Giants start rookie quarterback Jaxson Dart after he cleared concussion protocol on Thursday; interim head coach Mike Kafka confirmed the decision following Friday’s practice ahead of the Week 13 matchup. Outside linebacker Kayvon Thibodeaux, out since Week 10 with a shoulder injury, was the only … Read more

Lead: The Justice Department could present a new indictment against former FBI Director James Comey to a grand jury in the Eastern District of Virginia as soon as this week, sources tell CNN. The move would follow last week’s dismissal of cases against Comey and New York Attorney General Letitia James after a judge found … Read more

Dec. 1, 2025 — Sen. Mark Kelly on Monday rejected efforts he described as intimidation from President Donald Trump and his allies after the Department of Defense said it would open a review of his conduct. At a Capitol press conference, Kelly urged a public investigation into U.S. strikes in the Caribbean last September that … Read more

Lead On Dec. 1, 2025, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent announced a formal inquiry into allegations that Minnesota public assistance funds may have flowed to al Shabaab, the U.S.-designated terrorist group based in Somalia. Bessent flagged a Nov. 19 City Journal report that cited law-enforcement sources claiming millions from state welfare programs ultimately reached the group, … Read more

On the eve of Netflix’s planned release of Sean “Combs: The Reckoning,” lawyers for Sean “Diddy” Combs delivered a cease-and-desist letter to the streaming service, demanding the docuseries be withheld. The complaint alleges Netflix used footage that Combs and his team say was neither authorized nor intended for the production. The dispute centers on material … Read more

After Volume 1 of Stranger Things Season 5 arrived on Nov. 26, audiences quickly identified several continuity problems in the new episodes. Viewers pointed to conflicting flashback details in Episode 4, “Sorcerer,” and a mismatch over Will Byers’s age during his abduction. The discrepancies rekindled earlier fan disputes — including the so‑called “Birthdaygate” — and … Read more

Lead Samsung has formally introduced the Z TriFold, a three‑panel foldable set to debut in South Korea on December 12, 2025 and arrive in the U.S. in the first quarter of 2026. The device features a 10.0‑inch inner display, a 6.5‑inch outer cover screen, and a dual‑hinge construction that folds two outer panels inward over … Read more

Lead On Monday, Dec. 1, 2025, the 10-2 New England Patriots host the 2-10 New York Giants at Gillette Stadium in a Week 13 Monday Night Football game with an 8:15 p.m. ET kickoff. New England arrives on a nine-game winning streak and is jockeying for the AFC’s top seed, while New York is already … Read more