The race for the 2026-27 NBA MVP award begins on Tuesday, and several featured stars will be in action on Opening Night. Not only will Jayson Tatum and Cade...
President Trump’s focus with two weeks to go before the midterms is squarely on the Senate, as he travels to a series of red states, some of which are threatening to turn blue. The president’s travel schedule has included stops in states seen as deep red such as Alabama, Oklahoma and Tennessee, as well as…
James Harden has rocked his signature beard from the moment he showed up in the NBA with the Oklahoma City Thunder. But every year or two, there’s a trending...
Michigan Democratic Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed brought up a Midwestern college rivalry in an attack against Vice President Vance. During a recent town hall on CBS News, Vance said that he had seen “what Abdul El-Sayed says about the war in Iran.” “I see he — criticizing decisions that the president has made, the military’s…
Three Burning Man 2026 deaths in Nevada's Black Rock Desert were linked to cardiovascular disease, methamphetamine, MDMA and cocaine toxicity, according to new reports.
The Los Angeles Lakers made the somewhat surprising decision to release former first-round pick Dalton Knecht on Monday, per ESPN's Shams Charania, leading to some interesting questions about the rotation heading into the 2026-27 season.
According to 9to5Mac, the latest HomePod 27.2 beta adds Sound Glow support on the second-gen HomePod and first-gen HomePod Mini. Apple announced the feature with the HomePod Mini 2 last week, and says it can sync the HomePod’s LEDs colors to match album art or Apple’s ambient soundscapes.
[Link: Your HomePod has a colorful new party trick: how to enable Sound Glow | https://9to5mac.com/2026/10/19/homepod-sound-glow-colorful-light/ | 9to5Mac]
As Ars Technica reports, Florida’s Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles says the hackers accessed its systems using a local law enforcement employee’s “compromised credentials.” The FLHSMV has started notifying victims about the breach, which could have exposed “driver licenses data, motor-vehicle information, document images, and other personal information.”
[Link: Florida DMV hacked after police dept insecurely stored login info | https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/10/huge-dmv-data-breach-impacted-current-and-former-florida-residents/ | Ars Technica]
Welcome to The Hill’s Defense & NatSec newsletter {beacon} Defense &National Security Defense &National Security The Big Story Dems float Hegseth’s ouster in lame-duck defense battle Senate Democrats are quietly floating the ouster of Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth after the midterms as the political price for cooperation on key defense-related issues in the postelection…
President Trump will head back to Texas exactly one week before Election Day, underscoring the competitive nature of the red state’s battleground races. The Republican National Committee announced Monday that Trump will campaign in Waco, Texas, on Oct. 27. The trip will mark Trump’s third visit to the Lone Star State this month alone and…