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Lead New England extended its winning streak to 10 games with a 33-15 victory over the New York Giants on Monday Night Football, improving the Patriots’ NFL-best record to 11-2. The Patriots outgained the Giants 395 to 239 and scored via offense, special teams and a reliable kicking game. Key plays included a 94-yard punt … Read more
Lead Updated at 9:31 p.m. ET on December 1, 2025: As Cyber Monday winds down, major U.S. retailers — including Amazon, Best Buy, Walmart and Target — are closing their biggest holiday sales, while Home Depot extends select deals through Dec. 3. Mashable’s shopping desk has been tracking live price drops, inventory alerts, and new … Read more
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: 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: 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 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
