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In 2025, protest policing in major US cities increasingly took on the character of a spectacle: overwhelming deployments, theatrical staging, and aggressive crowd-control tactics that emphasized signaling power over maintaining public safety. This was not a one-off episode; it followed the deployment of federal troops into multiple Democratic-led cities, prompting lawsuits and court challenges that local leaders described, with justification, as militarized intimidation.Los Angeles provided an early template. After protests erupted in June over an increase in aggressive Immigration and Customs Enforcement raids, President Donald Trump ordered roughly 4,000 federalized National Guard troops into the city and activated about 700…

Colorado football continues to target productive Group of Five- and FCS-level players on the opening day of the portal.Former Louisiana Tech defensive back Michael Richard is one of several portal entrants to receive an offer from the Buffs on the first day of the official portal window.AdvertisementRichard had 39 tackles, five tackles for a loss, three interceptions and three passes broken up in 2025. According to his social media account, he holds offers from the Buffaloes and Michigan State. 247Sports ranks him as a three-star transfer portal prospect and the No. 63 safety overall.He was named a 2023 freshman All-American…

The price for a PS4 copy of the relatively obscure Star Wars racing game, Star Wars Racer Revenge, has dramatically increased in the last few days because of the game’s use in the latest PlayStation 5 jailbreak, Eurogamer reports. The PS2 game was originally released in 2002, and was ported to PS4 by Limited Run Games in 2019. Its role as a key ingredient in the jailbreaking process was announced on December 31.Interested jailbreakers need Racer Revenge to jailbreak PS5 12.00 firmware because of a bug in the game’s Hall of Fame feature, according to Eurogamer. The bug makes it…

Tesla posted its fourth-quarter 2025 vehicle production and deliveries report on Friday, marking a second annual decline for Elon Musk’s automaker. Shares closed 2.59% lower on the day.Here are the key numbers:Total Q4 deliveries: 418,227 Total Q4 production: 434,358 Total 2025 deliveries: 1.64 millionTotal 2025 production: 1.65 millionWall Street expected 426,000 deliveries for the quarter, according to estimates compiled by StreetAccount. In a company-compiled consensus posted to its website on Dec. 29, Tesla said analysts it surveyed were expecting a 15% drop from a year earlier to 422,850 vehicles.Deliveries for Q4 2025 were about 16% lower than the fourth quarter of 2024, when…

Just over a year after being sentenced to five years in prison for the theft of billions of dollars in Bitcoin, hacker Ilya Lichtenstein is free. Lichtenstein announced his release in a post on X, specifically crediting Trump: “Thanks to President Trump’s First Step Act, I have been released from prison early. I remain committed to making a positive impact in cybersecurity as soon as I can.”The First Step Act Lichtenstein referenced is a criminal justice reform bill passed in 2018 during the first Trump administration and expands options for early release, such as earned time credits. A Trump administration…

The final week of the 2025 NFL regular season is finally here. There are two games on Saturday and a full slate of 14 games the following afternoon and evening.  Because it’s the final week of the season, there is more to detail than usual when it comes to injury reporting. Teams that have either clinched the playoffs or locked in their draft positioning will often rest key players for the last game of the year, and this year appears to be no different. With that and more in mind, in the space below, we’ll dive into the final injury…

xAI’s Grok is removing clothing from pictures of people without their consent following this week’s rollout of a feature that allows X users to instantly edit any image using the bot without needing the original poster’s permission. Not only does the original poster not get notified if their picture was edited, but Grok appears to have few guardrails in place for preventing anything short of full explicit nudity. In the last few days, X has been flooded with imagery of women and children appearing pregnant, skirtless, wearing a bikini, or in other sexualized situations. World leaders and celebrities, too, have…

From brooches to ballgowns, a first lady’s sartorial sensibilities can tell the story of her husband’s (or her own) politics and priorities. Michelle Obama wrote a whole book on the subject, and Melania Trump’s slide from European to homegrown designers has followed President Trump’s geopolitics. Yesterday, as New York heralded the beginning of 2026, Rama Duwaji—the new first lady of New York—took the lead with her own fresh take on first lady style.So what did Duwaji’s fashion have to say? Her two outfits—the first, for a more intimate swearing-in ceremony at an abandoned subway station just after midnight on January…

Moving into your first studio apartment can be exciting, but it can also feel a bit overwhelming. You quickly realize how much your old roommates helped out with stuff you took for granted, like light bulbs, smoke detectors, and even a vacuum.  To make your new place feel more like home, here are some must-have gadgets that can really help you out. SimpliSafe Home Security System — $282.94 Image Credits:SimpliSafe A home security system is a worthwhile investment to ensure your peace of mind in a new apartment. SimpliSafe offers an easy-to-install setup that’s perfect for renters. It’s tool-free to set…

Xuan ThaiJan 2, 2026, 07:00 AM ETCloseXuan Thai is a senior writer and producer in ESPN’s investigative and enterprise unit. She was previously deputy bureau chief of the south region for NBC News.WHEN THE MIAMI MARLINS made a bid to host the NHL’s annual Winter Classic at their stadium, LoanDepot Park, they knew they would have to overcome one major obstacle in pitching the idea: Florida’s warm and sunny weather. Rather than ignore the obvious hurdle of hosting the league’s signature outdoor winter hockey event in the tropics, the team decided to go all in on the theme and submitted…