This college football postseason lineup is full of familiar faces in the College Football Playoff and some newcomers to the field. The 11 games to decide the national champion will start with first-round games at campus sites on Dec. 19 and 20. Four winners will advance to face the four teams with first-round bye in quarterfinals on Dec. 31 and ...
AI-assisted summary The Baltimore Ravens effectively benched running back Derrick Henry in the final 12 minutes of their 28-24 loss to the New England Patriots. Henry had rushed for 128 yards and two touchdowns before the Ravens surrendered their lead. Coach John Harbaugh attributed Henry’s absence to a planned rotation with running back Keaton Mitchell. That major fallout question is ...
The Pittsburgh Steelers are on the verge of winning the AFC North for the first time since 2020. They may have to clinch the honor without the services of their top receiver, DK Metcalf. The NFL suspended Metcalf two games for ‘conduct detrimental to the NFL’ after the 28-year-old got into an altercation with a fan during his team’s Week ...
Holiday shopping has changed a lot over the years. In the past, people would actually go to stores in search of gifts – walking around the mall or scanning the shelves at whatever brick-and-mortar location they chose. At the end of the experience, you would leave with the gift in hand, possessing the item that would soon belong to someone ...
One of college football’s premier rivalries is ending — for now. Southern California and Notre Dame are pausing their historic rivalry, as they will not meet in 2026 or 2027. The news was finalized when the Fighting Irish announced on Monday, Dec. 22 a home-and-home series with Brigham Young next season. The matchup with the Cougars is the 12th and ...
The Social Security Administration’s (SSA) internal watchdog has confirmed that the agency’s publicly reported phone service data was accurate and that performance improved during fiscal year 2025, according to a new audit completed after Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., questioned whether the figures could be trusted. The Office of the Inspector General (OIG) reviewed the SSA’s national 800-number telephone metrics and ...
China has reportedly loaded more than 100 intercontinental ballistic missiles into three newly constructed silo fields near its border with Mongolia and shows little interest in arms control talks, according to a draft Pentagon report seen by Reuters. The assessment underscores Beijing’s accelerating military buildup, with the report saying China is expanding and modernizing its nuclear forces faster than any ...
The Department of War announced Monday that the Pentagon is partnering with Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence (AI) ecosystem to deploy Grok across its government systems. The agency said the ‘frontier‑grade’ capabilities of xAI’s Grok family of models will be integrated into the department’s recently launched AI platform, GenAI.mil. As soon as early 2026, the partnership will allow the Department’s 3 million military ...
The Justice Department on Monday appealed the dismissal of its criminal cases against former FBI director James Comey and New York Attorney General Letitia James, making good on its vow to revive both cases despite what appear to be significant legal and procedural hurdles. Lawyers for the Trump administration appealed both cases Monday to the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals, ...
The Federal Communications Commission announced on Monday that it would ban new foreign-made drones, citing national security concerns. The FCC said it was adding uncrewed aircraft systems (UAS) and their critical components made in China and other foreign countries to its ‘covered list’ that features equipment that has been determined to pose an ‘unacceptable risk’ to U.S. national security and ...