For the second time in his career, star pass rusher Khalil Mack is set to become a free agent this offseason, and he expressed his plans to retire as a champion after the playoff loss against the New England Patriots. …
Bears Urged to Prioritize ‘Low-Cost, Short-Term Deal’ With Khalil Mack Read MoreThe Olympic break could not have come at a better time for the Edmonton Oilers. The Oilers struggled big time leading up to the Olympic break, as they have lost each of their last three games in regulation. The Oilers’ …
Oilers Announce Josh Samanski News Before Olympics Read MoreHaving just been traded from the Cleveland Cavaliers, Darius Garland is now a member of the Los Angeles Clippers. During what has been an incredible 2026 trade deadline, he was swapped for James Harden. Superstars both young and old have …
Donovan Mitchell Speaks on Relationship with Darius Garland Read MoreTeam Canada, like the United States, was supposed to kick off its potential march to Olympic gold in women’s hockey Thursday before the game was subsequently postponed. Canada’s game against Finland, scheduled for Thursday afternoon in Milan, was postponed to …
Why Was the Finland-Canada Women’s Hockey Game Postponed at the Olympics? Read MoreThe Indiana Pacers have been looking for a center heading into next season. With Myles Turner in Milwaukee, they have had to start five different centers this season. None of them has proven to be very good. In fact, Indiana …
Indiana Pacers Complete Blockerbuster Trade Right at the Deadline Read MoreThe going rate for a marquee pitcher under team control has gone up. Two-time reigning American League Cy Young winner Tarik Skubal has won a groundbreaking arbitration case over the Detroit Tigers, reports Jeff Passan of ESPN. He will earn …
Tarik Skubal Scores $32 Million in Landmark Arbitration Case Read MoreThe Miami Heat remained seriously engaged in Giannis Antetokounmpo trade talks until late Wednesday night, only to be informed hours before the deadline that Milwaukee was unlikely to move its franchise cornerstone, according to Barry Jackson of the Miami Herald. “Per …
Heat Stayed All-In on Giannis Until the Very End: Report Read MoreBy GRAHAM DUNBAR MILAN (AP) — Show respect. Be humble and a good Olympic partner. Keep Team USA athletes safe. United States Olympic leaders set out goals Thursday for the Milan Cortina Winter Games that arrive during what they acknowledged …
US Olympic leaders in Milan set goals to be respectful guests and good team players Read MoreALAMEDA — The former rear commodore of the Ballena Bay Yacht Club is facing criminal charges for allegedly using false information to acquire a $224,276.43 federal grant and then spending a significant amount on himself, court records show. Related Articles …
Ex-Ballena Bay Yacht Club rear commodore charged with $224,000 scam Read MoreBy DEREK GATOPOULOS MILAN, Italy (AP) — Annika Malacinski remembers the moment the door to the Milan Cortina Winter Olympics was slammed shut. Related Articles Penis injection claims at Winter Olympics being looked into by anti-doping agency US Olympic leaders …
An American skier is fighting to open up the last Winter Olympic sport off limits to women Read MoreSavannah Guthrie, joined by her siblings, Annie and Cameron, delivered an emotional video plea directly addressing her mother’s potential abductor, begging for her safe return. “We too have heard the reports about a ransom letter in the media,” the “Today …
Savannah Guthrie addresses mom’s potential abductor in emotional video Read MoreAn unlikely scandal is taking the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics by storm: “Penisgate.” Related Articles An American skier is fighting to open up the last Winter Olympic sport off limits to women US Olympic leaders in Milan set goals …
Penis injection claims at Winter Olympics being looked into by anti-doping agency Read MoreBERKELEY — A 74-year-old woman died Wednesday afternoon in a fire at her duplex near Strawberry Creek Park. Related Articles House fire in Pleasanton displaces woman and dog, chief says Two-alarm fire leaves eight people displaced at East Bay condo …
Woman dies in Berkeley duplex fire Read MoreSAN FRANCISCO — An opener in Oz. The NFL confirmed Thursday the 49ers will match up with the Los Angeles Rams in the league’s first regular-season game in Australia. “This is a terrific opportunity to continue to support the league …
NFL confirms 49ers will open next season in league’s Australian debut Read MoreFor the multitudes who dreamed of sipping their beer in the open air beneath the sunny skies on San Pedro Street in downtown San Jose, your day has arrived. OK, there actually have been lots of special events over the …
San Jose’s first Entertainment Zone opening for Super Bowl weekend Read MoreWalt Disney Imagineering and Lucasfilm have come up with a clever storytelling twist to explain why Darth Vader will be standing in front of Kylo Ren’s TIE fighter when the Star Wars timeline expands in Disneyland’s Galaxy’s Edge to include …
Why Disneyland can leave Kylo Ren’s ship parked in Galaxy’s Edge Read MoreState agencies and project developers are asking the Colorado State Public Utilities Commission to quickly decide on a plan by Xcel Energy for new renewable energy facilities so the company can take advantage of expiring federal incentives. The Colorado Energy …
State agencies urge regulators to act quickly so Xcel Energy can tap renewable incentives Read MoreDenver’s Cherry Creek Shopping Center will be part of a $250 million update by its owner, Simon Property Group. Simon announced Wednesday that Cherry Creek and two more of its properties — The Mall at Green Hills in Nashville, Tenn., …
Cherry Creek Shopping Center part of $250 million makeover by owner Read MoreA Denver jail deputy did not immediately respond to an inmate’s fatal overdose in part because the deputy was watching TV during his shift, an internal affairs investigation found. The deputy, Justin Parchem, will serve a 30-day suspension from the …
TV-watching deputy initially missed Denver jail inmate’s fatal overdose, investigation finds Read MoreIt took much longer than usual due to Colorado’s unusually dry winter and record low snowpack, but limited areas of Vail’s Back Bowls finally opened Thursday morning for skiing and riding. The Back Bowls, popularly described as “legendary” for generations, …
Better late than never: Vail’s legendary Back Bowls finally open Read MoreBy FERNANDA FIGUEROA Bad Bunny is expected to perform the Super Bowl halftime show on Sunday entirely in Spanish — which has inspired fans to quickly learn the language. In October, the Puerto Rican singer — born Benito Antonio Martínez …
Fans race to learn Spanish before Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl halftime show Read MoreLos conductores que reciban multas de tráfico en los suburbios del Condado de Cook podrán obtenerlas mediante un proceso electrónico más rápido, gracias a un programa piloto lanzado esta semana por la Secretaría del Circuito. En lugar de esperar aproximadamente …
Condado de Cook lanza un programa piloto de multas de tráfico electrónicas Read MoreUna mujer fue condenada a un año de prisión tras declararse culpable de cargos por crimen de odio relacionados con el vandalismo de un mural palestino el año pasado en Pilsen. Danielle Wasserman, de 37 años de edad, se declaró …
Mujer es condenada a prisión por vandalizar mural palestino en Pilsen y ataques relacionados Read MoreFirst Joey Quinn figured he might play baseball in college, then he thought he might be a tight end. But plans change, and now the Mount Carmel senior is heading to Oklahoma State as an edge rusher. Quinn was the …
Mount Carmel’s Joey Quinn signs with Oklahoma State Read MoreThe Chicago woman shot five times by a Border Patrol agent in October plans to attend President Donald Trump’s State of the Union address later this month, as a guest of U.S. Rep. Jesus “Chuy” Garcia. Marimar Martinez’s attorney disclosed …
Marimar Martinez, shot 5 times by Border Patrol in Chicago, plans to attend Trump’s State of the Union Read MoreThe Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) announced this week that it is shuttering its venerable publication, The World Factbook. Described by the CIA as one of its “oldest and most recognizable intelligence publications,” the Factbook has served the intelligence community and …
CIA Abruptly Stops Publishing Its ‘World Factbook’ Read MoreAlwyn Turner specialises in “bottom-up history – or, to be more precise, middle-up history”, said Robbie Millen in The Times. In his series of books on 20th-century Britain, his focus has been not so much on high politics as on …
A Shellshocked Nation: Britain Between the Wars – history at its most ‘human’ Read MoreThe first two films made by the actor-turned-director Bradley Cooper – “A Star Is Born” and “Maestro” – were rich in “showy pizzazz and ostentatious directorial flourishes”, said Wendy Ide in The Observer. By contrast, his latest, which is loosely …
Is This Thing On? – Bradley Cooper’s ‘likeable and spirited’ romcom Read More“We are back in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU). If you feel fatigue stealing over you already, banish it!” said Lucy Mangan in The Guardian. This nifty and unexpectedly excellent eight-part series on Disney+ follows Simon, an actor with secret …
Wonder Man: a ‘rare morsel of actual substance’ in the Marvel Universe Read MoreFilms about films can alienate the “non-cinephile viewer”, said Kevin Maher in The Times. But happily, Richard Linklater’s “visually lush and frankly encyclopaedic account” of the making of Jean-Luc Godard’s “Breathless” (“À bout de souffle”) doesn’t depend on the viewer …
Nouvelle Vague: ‘a film of great passion’ Read MoreWhat happened President Donald Trump and his border czar, Tom Homan, said Wednesday they were pulling 700 federal agents from Minnesota. But more than 2,000 agents will remain in the Minneapolis area, where two months of ICE operations have left …
700 ICE agents exit Twin Cities amid legal chaos Read More“Melania Trump – born Melanija Knavs – has led an undeniably fascinating life,” said Nick Hilton in The Independent. Raised in a housing complex in what is now Slovenia, she started modelling in her teens, and in the 1990s landed …
Melania: an ‘ice-cold’ documentary Read MoreWhat happened The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday allowed California to use its newly redrawn congressional map in this year’s midterm elections. There were no dissents in the brief emergency docket order, which rejected a “last-ditch plea from state Republicans …
Supreme Court upholds California gerrymander Read MoreWhat happened Repercussions from the Justice Department’s recent dump of millions of Jeffrey Epstein files continue to mount outside the U.S., and on Wednesday they also prompted the ouster of Brad Karp as chair of Paul Weiss, one of America’s …
Epstein files topple law CEO, roil UK government Read MoreThere are “good reasons to be skeptical” of the TikTok sale, said The Washington Post in an editorial. “A year past the original deadline,” TikTok’s Chinese owner, ByteDance, at last finalized a deal to spin off the bulk of its …
TikTok: New owners, same risks Read MoreWhen you make a purchase using links on our site, The Week may earn a commission. All reviews are written independently by our editorial team. February might be the shortest month of the year, but it features plenty of days …
February’s books feature new Toni Morrison, a sapphic love tale and a criticism of Mexican history Read MoreU.S. elections are run by state governments, but President Donald Trump, still brooding over his loss in 2020, says he wants to “nationalize” American elections. Democrats and other critics see a looming attempt to rig the voting process. Trump has …
Trump’s plan to ‘nationalize’ US elections Read MoreALAMEDA — The former rear commodore of the Ballena Bay Yacht Club is facing criminal charges for allegedly using false information to acquire a $224,276.43 federal grant and then spending a significant amount on himself, court records show. Related Articles …
Ex-Ballena Bay Yacht Club rear commodore charged with $224,000 scam Read MoreSavannah Guthrie, joined by her siblings, Annie and Cameron, delivered an emotional video plea directly addressing her mother’s potential abductor, begging for her safe return. “We too have heard the reports about a ransom letter in the media,” the “Today …
Savannah Guthrie addresses mom’s potential abductor in emotional video Read MoreAn unlikely scandal is taking the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics by storm: “Penisgate.” Related Articles An American skier is fighting to open up the last Winter Olympic sport off limits to women US Olympic leaders in Milan set goals …
Penis injection claims at Winter Olympics being looked into by anti-doping agency Read More