Sports

Harry Maguire poised for new Manchester United deal after Carrick revival

Harry Maguire looks increasingly likely to sign a new contract with Manchester United after restoring his place under interim manager Michael Carrick. His current deal expires in the summer, but he has impressed recently, forming an effective centre-back partnership with Lisandro Martínez and earning a route back into the team

Culture

Disney World vs. Disneyland: Life-long fan explains which is better

A lifelong fan who has visited Disney World more than 20 times and Disneyland more than 10 writes that the parks are worth every penny, even as costs rise. A one-day pass for one Disneyland park runs $104–$224, while a one-day pass for one Disney World park runs $119–

Crypto

Ledger Wallet Adds OKX DEX for On-Device DeFi Swaps

Ledger has integrated OKX DEX into its Wallet app, letting users perform multichain token swaps from a self-custodial interface. The integration brings OKX DEX’s liquidity aggregation into the Ledger Wallet so users can swap tokens without visiting external decentralized exchange interfaces. Trades are routed using OKX DEX’s X-Routing

Culture

Critical Role card game A Familiar Find launches April 7, 2026

Darrington Press announced Feb. 10 that A Familiar Find will be released on April 7, 2026. The card game sends 2 to 4 players into the paws, claws, and tentacles of familiars as they gather rare spell ingredients for powerful spellcasters. Games run 30 to 40 minutes and feature 10

Culture

Greyhound Remains One of Apple TV’s Longest-Running Hits

Tom Hanks’ naval World War II thriller Greyhound has quietly become one of Apple TV’s most successful films. Originally set for a June 2020 theatrical release from Sony, the studio ultimately offloaded the picture to Apple TV for a reported $70 million when the pandemic intervened. The film has

Culture

13 Transcendent Beatles Covers by Black Musicians

Who is the only performer to receive a separate guest credit on the label of a Beatles single? Billy Preston — credited on the 1969 “Get Back/Don’t Let Me Down” single as “The Beatles With Billy Preston” — comes to mind first. A revisit to Preston’s work, prompted by

Culture

Jones Road debuts easy eyeshadow sticks and En Route perfume

Jones Road has introduced its first eyeshadow sticks, offered in nine universally flattering neutral shades. The creamy formula delivers a sparkle-free, velvety finish with colors ranging from bone to smoky brown, and the sticks layer well with Just a Sec, the brand’s luminous cushiony pot shadows. Highly pigmented yet

Politics

Climate Change Is Erased From a Manual for Federal Judges

A federal agency has deleted a chapter on climate science from the Reference Manual on Scientific Evidence after complaints from 27 Republican state attorneys general. Attorney General John B. McCuskey of West Virginia made public a Feb. 6 letter from Judge Robin L. Rosenberg, the Federal Judicial Center’s director,

Culture

She‑Ra reboot at risk of becoming lost media

When She‑Ra and the Princesses of Power ended in May 2020, Adora and Catra finally got their happy ending. Now the Netflix reboot, long celebrated as a milestone of queer storytelling, is set to leave the service on February 21 and will no longer be available to stream; with

Business

Uncle Nearest Faces Deep Debt as Founder Seeks to End Receivership

In August a federal judge in Tennessee placed Uncle Nearest into receivership after the company defaulted on $108 million in loans. The receiver, Philip Young, wrote in a recent court filing that many records before 2024 were deleted, the company owed an additional $50 million to vendors and other creditors,

Sports

Crystal Palace rule out surgery for Jean-Philippe Mateta

Crystal Palace striker Jean-Philippe Mateta will not undergo surgery for a persistent knee problem that halted a £30 million ($41m) deadline-day move to AC Milan. The French forward had been pushing for a transfer but remained at Selhurst Park after the issue was flagged in his medical. Head coach Oliver

Culture

Orlando Bloom spotted leaving Super Bowl with Swiss model

Orlando Bloom, 49, and Swiss model Luisa Laemmel, 28, were seen leaving the Super Bowl at Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara arm-in-arm on Sunday night. Bloom kept a low profile, wearing a black cap for most of the footage. Laemmel dressed down in a white T-shirt, baggy khaki

Culture

Mewgenics rockets to No.1 on Steam, developers recoup budget in 3 hours

Mewgenics, the cat-breeding tactics game from Edmund McMillen and Tyler Glaiel, released on Steam today and instantly shot up the charts. It's the number one global top seller on Steam, beating out Counter-Strike 2, PUGB, Helldivers 2, and Arc Raiders. "We have made back our development budget

Politics

Behind the E.P.A.’s Rush to Repeal the Endangerment Finding

Lee Zeldin will move on Thursday to repeal the E.P.A.’s endangerment finding, a scientific determination that requires the federal government to regulate greenhouse gases. The action, completed in just over a year, is unusually swift for an agency that typically spends at least three years on such

Crypto

SafeMoon CEO Sentenced to 8 Years After Judge Calls Scheme ‘Theft’

A US federal judge sentenced Braden John Karony, the former CEO of SafeMoon, to 100 months in prison, equal to eight years and four months. US District Judge Eric Komitee said the scheme was "more like theft than fraud." The court set a separate hearing on restitution and

Culture

Gabor Boritt, Refugee Who Became Expert on Lincoln, Dies at 86

Gabor S. Boritt, who survived the Holocaust and Communist rule in Hungary, arrived in New York as a penniless refugee in 1957 and became one of the world’s pre-eminent scholars on Abraham Lincoln and the Civil War. He died on Feb. 2 in Chambersburg, Pa., near Gettysburg College, where

Culture

Shorter TV Episodes Are Becoming a Smarter Trend

One of the chief criticisms of contemporary television is that it has pushed toward cinema, with episodes that often run feature-length. By contrast, 30-minute episodes have stood out lately: Wonder Man and A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms have earned some of the best reviews their networks have seen. Both

World

Air force officer held in Greece accused of spying for China

A Greek air force officer has been detained pending trial after appearing before a military judge. Surrounded by armed escorts, squadron leader Col Christos Flessas, 54, left court after giving testimony for more than eight hours. He faces charges including "transmitting top secret information of a military nature"

Tech

Terrinoth: Heroes of Descent turns Descent into a digital dungeon crawler

Fantasy Flight’s 2005 board game Descent helped define the dungeon crawler board game genre. Artefacts Studio is adapting Descent into a video game called Terrinoth: Heroes of Descent, set a year before the events of Legends of the Dark and due sometime this spring. Up to four players control

Culture

The Mummy 4 to Hit Theaters May 19, 2028

Universal Pictures has set a May 19, 2028 release date for The Mummy 4 and confirmed that Brendan Fraser and Rachel Weisz will return. The sequel will be directed by Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett from a script by David Coggeshall. Bettinelli-Olpin and Gillett bring franchise experience, having directed Ready

Culture

Stevie Nicks' 'Edge of Seventeen' Was Shaped by Grief and a Southern Phrase

The title "Edge of Seventeen" came from a conversation with Tom Petty’s first wife, Jane. She said the couple met "at the age of seventeen," but her thick Southern accent made it sound like "edge of seventeen," and Nicks liked the phrase enough

Culture

How Final Destination 3's bold choice reshaped the franchise

Final Destination 3 isn’t usually named the franchise’s best; that honor often goes to the original or the sequel for its highway opener. Still, the third film became a fan favorite, moving at a rollercoaster pace and leaning into inventive kills, dark humor, and crowd-pleasing energy. It also

Culture

The Orville's Isaac inspired SAM in Star Trek: Starfleet Academy

Starfleet Academy, set in Star Trek's 32nd century, leans into the franchise's 60th anniversary with abundant callbacks to past projects. Among those nods is a striking acknowledgement of a beloved non-canon series: Seth MacFarlane's The Orville. Kerrice Brooks' SAM is the show'

Sports

Highlights from the 2026 Olympics in Italy

Curling boiled down to a single shot in the mixed doubles final. Sweden trailed by one going into the last end, and Isabelle Wranaa had to knock the Americans’ stone out to score at least two and win; her brother Rasmus swept the rock into place, it caromed off the

Culture

Sydney Sweeney’s The Housemaid Hits $350 Million, Tops Digital Charts

Sydney Sweeney has staged a comeback after a yearlong slump. At the end of 2023 she headlined and co-produced Anyone But You, which grossed more than $230 million worldwide, and she repeated the feat exactly two years later with The Housemaid, a psychological thriller that recently moved from theaters to