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In 2025 consumer opinion shifted markedly in favor of home projectors, driven by practical, higher-performance models from companies such as Anker and Valerion. Two standout products — Anker’s SoundCore Nebula X1 and Valerion’s VisionMaster Max — combined triple‑laser engines, Dolby Vision support and simplified setup to broaden appeal beyond enthusiasts. That momentum builds on earlier … Read more

Lead The Sundance Film Festival on Thursday unveiled its 2026 program — the festival’s last edition in Park City after 44 years, ahead of a planned move to Boulder, Colorado, in 2027. The slate includes 105 projects across features, docs and episodic work and leans heavily into comedy alongside politically charged documentaries and restored classics. … Read more

Lead: Philadelphia Eagles head coach Nick Sirianni on Wednesday said it would be “ridiculous” to consider benching starter Jalen Hurts after Monday night’s 22-19 overtime loss to the Los Angeles Chargers. Sirianni made the comments during his weekly appearance on 94 WIP in Philadelphia, and reiterated that Hurts will start the next game against the … Read more

On December 10, 2025, a federal judge in California ordered the Trump administration to return control of California National Guard troops to Governor Gavin Newsom and blocked their deployment in Los Angeles. The injunction targets about 300 Guard members that the Department of Defense had kept in federal service under Title 10 after orders issued … Read more

Researchers report evidence from a roughly 400,000-year-old hearth in Britain that they say represents the earliest confident example of hominins making fire, potentially pushing accepted evidence back by about 350,000 years. Excavations and geochemical analyses found burned sediments, heat-altered flint tools and two small iron pyrite fragments that researchers argue were likely brought to the … Read more

Lead On Dec. 10, 2025, President Donald J. Trump moved closer to naming a successor to Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell, whose term expires in May 2026, even as the central bank prepares to decide interest rates this week. The search has added a political dimension to an already fraught policy decision, because Mr. … Read more

Lead: On December 10, 2025 at 2:00 PM UTC Amazon unveiled the Kindle Scribe Colorsoft, a pen-enabled e-reader that adds a color display and AI features while carrying a $630 starting price. The device goes on sale in the US starting Wednesday and represents Amazon’s largest-screen Kindle to date with an 11-inch panel. Amazon positions … Read more

Lead On Wednesday, Dec. 9, 2025, the Indianapolis Colts signed 44-year-old quarterback Philip Rivers to their practice squad after a Monday-night workout with the team. Rivers — who retired following the 2020 season — will rejoin the organization as the Colts navigate an injury-plagued stretch and an 8-5 record. The move comes with immediate roster … Read more

Lead: Kyle Schwarber agreed to a five-year, $150 million contract to remain with the Philadelphia Phillies, the club announced on Tuesday. The deal makes the 32-year-old a designated hitter in Philadelphia and is the first major free-agent signing among hitters this offseason. Schwarber arrives at the agreement after a career season in 2025 in which … Read more

Lead: On Dec. 10, 2025, U.S. District Judge Richard M. Berman granted the Justice Department’s request to unseal federal grand jury records related to Jeffrey Epstein, invoking a new law that compels release by Dec. 19. The order follows a similar ruling a day earlier in the related Ghislaine Maxwell matter and could yield the … Read more

Lead In recent years researchers have shifted from genetics toward the environment to explain rising Parkinson’s rates. Veterans who lived at Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune and other exposed populations now link trichloroethylene (TCE) — a long‑used industrial solvent — to increased Parkinson’s risk and faster progression. New epidemiology and lab experiments, including mouse inhalation … Read more

Since their 2021 evacuation from Kabul, Afghan fighters who served in CIA-run “Zero Units” have confronted prolonged immigration delays, feelings of abandonment and rising mental-health crises in the United States — conditions that advocates and some former operatives say helped fuel despair across the community. One former Zero Unit member, Rahmanullah Lakanwal, was charged after … Read more

On Dec. 9, 2025, Democrat Eileen Higgins defeated Republican Emilio Gonzalez in Miami’s mayoral runoff, ending nearly three decades without a Democratic mayor in the city. Higgins, 61, led by roughly 19 percentage points with nearly all votes counted and will be the first woman to serve as Miami’s mayor. The race drew national attention … Read more

An Australian man, Johnson Wen, who was jailed in Singapore last month after grabbing pop star Ariana Grande, was removed from a Lady Gaga concert at Brisbane’s Suncorp Stadium on Tuesday night. The 26-year-old posted on Instagram that he was “kicked out” before the performance began. Venue officials say the decision followed a review of … Read more

Lead The Federal Reserve will announce its December policy decision at 2 p.m. ET on Wednesday, marking the central bank’s final meeting of 2025. Markets are pricing in another quarter-point cut — the third in succession — as economists and investors weigh weak labor signals and persistent inflation. Key U.S. economic releases were delayed by … Read more