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Speculation about what happens in 2024 should be a nice parlor game that on Dec. 31 will reveal either brilliant luck or stupendous stupidity. The outlook, however, is grim.

Annual phone upgrades often feel mundane, but in 2023, phone-makers found new ways to make mobile devices fresh and interesting.

The Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra and OnePlus 12 are two of 2024's most anticipated smartphones. Which one is worth waiting for? Here's what you should know.

The 18-to-25 set is annoyed about climate change, student loans, abortion bans and Gaza. Why on Earth would they think a Trump win would help?

If men are upset by "the unabashed celebration of all things female," that's their problem to solve — not women's

Reinstating the pre-October sanctions may initially make the Biden administration appear weak. But the real weakness is caving in to the whims of a terrorist.

Kurt “CyberGuy" Knutsson talks about a new Trojan horse virus that has popped on apps in the Google Play Store. Here's how to protect your device from Xamalicious.

“Most of your columns deal with play techniques,” a reader writes. “What about things like focus, table presence and partnership empathy?” Point taken. Here’s a piece of non-technical advice: Never give up on a deal. At four hearts, South won the first diamond with the king and led a trump. West won and led another […]

Abbott's busing of migrants to sanctuary cities has reshaped the political landscape of immigration.

1. Israel signals shift in Gaza amid US pressure — but war presses on  The Hill
2. Israel Cuts Force Size in Gaza as It Enters Next Phase of Hamas War  Bloomberg

It’s almost time for NASA’s supersonic X-59 airplane to make its red, white, and blue public debut, and you’re invited to join friends and family in taking a front-row, virtual VIP seat to the rollout ceremony in the California high desert. As a historic milestone in aviation history, NASA is encouraging people across the nation […]

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Who do we have for Fight of the Year? FightER of the Year? That and more this week!

1. Trump, 14th Amendment put Supreme Court on the spot  The Hill
2. The Supreme Court arguments for (and against) removing Trump from the ballot, explained  Vox.com
3. A clash over Trump's disqualification tests the Supreme Court  The Economist
4. Opinion | Trump vs. the Woke: Let the People Decide  The Wall Street Journal
5. Tracking Efforts to Remove Trump From the 2024 Ballot  The New York Times

As the new year kicks off, the top concerns of Canadians for 2024 are the cost of living and immigration, according to a recent survey by Nanos Research.

1. Social media erupts as Harvard president Claudine Gay resigns: 'Should've been fired weeks ago'  Fox News
2. Harvard President’s Resignation: The Word That Undid Claudine Gay  The New York Times
3. Associated Press calls plagiarism ‘new conservative weapon’ after Harvard president scandal  Fox News
4. Harvard President Claudine Gay steps down — Harvard  Harvard Gazette
5. Opinion: The real lesson of Claudine Gay’s resignation  CNN

In late September 1066, William of Normandy asked his second cousin, Alan Rufus (en français: Alain le Roux), to join the Normans’ fateful war party against the Saxons. Rufus was the second son of a Breton count, at a time when the firstborn son would inherit the title and all the family wealth. It was unlikely that he would prosper if he remained in France. So he enlisted in William’s expedition to England, distinguishing himself as a commander at the Battle of Hastings. After William’s victory... Читать дальше...

The Colorado Supreme Court’s holding disqualifying Donald Trump from the ballot, and the similar ruling by Maine’s secretary of state, have been widely denounced by various members of the pundit class as undemocratic. There are plenty of grounds for worry about these decisions, but this can’t be one of them. These critics’ fears about what’s at stake as far as our democracy is concerned have been badly misplaced: It is only because of democracy-thwarting provisions of the Constitution that Trump has any hope of becoming president again. Читать дальше...

It is no longer controversial to speak plainly about the authoritarian shift of the Republican Party, led by Donald Trump. Hillary Clinton was dragged in 2016 for saying, “You could put half of Trump’s supporters into what I call the basket of deplorables.… The racist, sexist, homophobic, xenophobic, Islamophobic—you name it.” When Biden described the “extreme MAGA philosophy” as “semi-fascism” earlier this year, hardly anyone blinked. This is in part due to a shift in the conventional wisdom... Читать дальше...

“There can be no genuine peace in the Middle East until the Arab states abandon the policy of hostility to Israel and show by deeds and words readiness to accept Israel’s right to exist,” Abba Eban, Israel’s ambassador to the United States, told the Overseas Writers Club in Washington in 1955. Sixty-six years later, Dani Dayan, the Israeli consul general in New York, wrote in The New York Times, “The day Palestinians accept Israel’s right to exist as the legitimate homeland of the Jewish people... Читать дальше...

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Pens Points ushers in a new day with all the details from Tuesday including a game recap from a loss to the Caps.

Check out our preview and picks for The Sentry, which kicks off the 2024 PGA Tour season in Hawaii this week.

Czech tennis ace Karolina Pliskova boots returning Naomi Osaka out of the Brisbane International off a high-quality, second-round clash

Senatorial candidates would have to make a potentially career-altering choice: Team BBM or Team DDS? It's going to be wild.

Google Docs offers a few dozen templates you can use to get a jump-start on document creation, but maybe you’ve looked through them without finding any that meet your specific needs. No problem: you can build one from scratch.

If there's one thing I always remember these days, it's that my malleable mammal memory sure ain't what it used to be.