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Valve unveiled a compact, desktop-style Steam Machine that aims to bring Steam Deck’s Linux-based ecosystem to TVs with far greater performance. Announced ahead of a planned early-2026 ship window in the same regions that sell the Steam Deck today, the 3.8‑liter, 6‑inch cube pairs a six‑core Zen 4 CPU and a semi‑custom RDNA 3 GPU … Read more

Lead: Kentucky officials on Nov. 12, 2025, formally identified the 14 people killed in the UPS cargo plane crash that occurred on Nov. 4 just outside Louisville Muhammad Ali International Airport. Authorities said identifications were completed using DNA, medical and dental records and that all next of kin have been notified. The victims include three … Read more

Lead Food and barbecue creator Michael Duarte, known online as Food With Bear Hands, died on Saturday while traveling with his family in Texas, just three days after he and his wife marked their ninth wedding anniversary. The family, including his wife Jessica and their 6-year-old daughter Oakley, have launched a GoFundMe to cover repatriation … Read more

Lead: Interim Giants head coach Mike Kafka said Wednesday he has moved Jameis Winston ahead of Russell Wilson on the team’s quarterback depth chart. Winston will serve as New York’s No. 1 quarterback until Jaxson Dart is cleared through the NFL’s concussion protocol. Wilson began the season as the starter and yielded the role to … Read more

Lead: In late October a federal funding freeze interrupted Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) payments, disrupting grocery purchases for roughly 42 million Americans and denting sales at small grocers and neighborhood convenience stores. The U.S. Senate voted Monday to reopen the government and replenish SNAP funds, with the House scheduled to consider the measure Wednesday … Read more

Lead Top Trump administration officials were reported to be planning a meeting on Wednesday in response to a House effort to compel the Justice Department to release its investigative files on Jeffrey Epstein. Sources said the planned attendees included Attorney General Pam Bondi, Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche, FBI Director Kash Patel and Rep. Lauren … Read more

Los Angeles sports reporter Michael J. Duarte drew widespread attention on Monday after posting a single “mind‑blown” emoji beneath a TMZ obituary for food creator Michael Duarte, who used the handle FoodWithBearHands and died following a reported incident on Saturday. The brief reaction—shared on Duarte the reporter’s social feed—garnered more than 153,000 likes and a … Read more

Lead Valve has revealed a second-generation Steam Controller, a Bluetooth gamepad designed to bring the Steam Deck’s deep input flexibility to a traditional controller form. I tested an early unit at Valve’s headquarters and found a familiar Steam Input philosophy applied to a more conventional shape, with magnetic sticks, touchpads, grip sensors and a puck-style … Read more

Lead President Isaac Herzog on Wednesday publicly denounced a “shocking and serious” attack by Jewish settlers on Palestinian villages in the West Bank, urging decisive action from state authorities. The incidents took place Tuesday in the villages of Beit Lid and Deir Sharaf, where masked settlers burned vehicles and property before clashing with Israeli soldiers. … Read more

Lead On Monday night at the American Airlines Center, Mavericks governor Patrick Dumont arrived two hours before tip-off flanked by heavy security, a sign of the tense atmosphere surrounding the franchise. The visit came days after a dramatic sequence that ended with the dismissal of general manager Nico Harrison following months of fan unrest, roster … Read more

Lead: A brief teaser for The Devil Wears Prada 2 confirms Meryl Streep and Anne Hathaway are back as Miranda Priestly and Andy Sachs, delivering the first glimpse of their reunion. The footage, released by the studio, shows the two women crossing paths in an elevator and includes Miranda’s pointed line, “Took you long enough,” … Read more

Lead: House Democrats have made public a set of emails from Jeffrey Epstein’s records that include exchanges with author Michael Wolff referencing Donald Trump. The batch contains a December 15, 2015 exchange in which Wolff appears to advise a PR approach to questions about Trump, and a January 31, 2019 message in which Epstein disputes … Read more

Lead: Toyota began producing battery cells this week at a newly completed $13.9 billion facility in North Carolina and announced plans to increase U.S. investment by as much as $10 billion over the next five years. The move marks Toyota’s first in-house battery factory outside Japan and arrives amid shifting demand away from full battery-electric … Read more

Cleto Escobedo III, the saxophonist who led Jimmy Kimmel’s house band Cleto and the Cletones, has died at 59. Jimmy Kimmel paid tribute during his late-night monologue, thanking medical staff at UCLA Medical Center and describing Escobedo as a child prodigy on saxophone. Escobedo rose from a musical upbringing in Las Vegas to national visibility … Read more

President Donald Trump has pushed a rapid series of affordability proposals — including $2,000 rebate cheques funded by tariff revenue and 50-year mortgages — after Republican setbacks in last week’s state elections. The plans, floated in speeches and interviews over recent days in Washington, are intended to ease voter concern about costs of living but … Read more