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A year ago, Max Tsyplakov started the season on the second line and Casey Cizikas often featured on the third line. This time around, the Islanders have enough depth that the two have been pushed down to the fourth line at the opening of training camp. While that is a welcome development, it also means that the scramble for roster spots has become ever more tight. Tuesday’s preseason game at the Devils, a 6-2 loss in which the Islanders rolled out a roster light on NHLers and got whacked by a New Jersey roster featuring most of the top Devils…

Never-before-seen “dark beads” and other unique structures were observed in the atmosphere above the north pole of Saturn — stumping astronomers who say the “unexplained” phenomenon has “no analog” in our solar system, according to a recently published paper. The shocking structures were observed by the James Webb Space Telescope’s Near Infrared Spectrograph, which was aimed at the distinctive form swirling in the hexagonal storm at the north pole of the gaseous ringed planet, according to a paper published on Aug. 28 in Geophysical Research Letters. Saturn as previously imaged by the Cassini probe, which did not detect the “black…

In our previous posts, we explored how family trauma can shape your parenting without you even knowing it, and then looked at six specific ways trauma shows up in your daily parenting. Now comes the most important question: How do you actually break these patterns? Here are nine concrete steps you can take to interrupt these cycles and create healthier relationships with your kids. 1. Understand Your Triggers Start by looking closely at what specifically sets off your sudden anger. When a child’s action triggers us, there’s usually a thread connecting it to something from our own childhood. Maybe their…

ADI IGNATIUS: I’m Adi Ignatius. ALISON BEARD: I’m Alison Beard, and this is the HBR IdeaCast. ADI IGNATIUS: All right. So Alison, the more I think about leadership, the more I think that leading effectively is almost all about psychology. ALISON BEARD: Yeah, I can see what you mean. You need to understand consumers’ wants and needs, your employees’ wants and needs, your business partner’s wants and needs. Really anticipating everything that stakeholders might do or think. ADI IGNATIUS: Yeah, exactly. I think successful leaders need to think on multiple levels, both to cope with the complexity of their jobs…

THE BRIDE!: “From Maggie Gyllenhaal (Academy Award-nominated writer/director of The Lost Daughter) and starring Academy Award nominee Jessie Buckley and Academy Award winner Christian Bale comes THE BRIDE! A bold, iconoclastic take on one of the world’s most compelling stories. A lonely Frankenstein (Bale) travels to 1930s Chicago to ask groundbreaking scientist Dr. Euphronious (five-time Oscar nominee Annette Bening) to create a companion for him. The two revive a murdered young woman and The Bride (Buckley) is born. What ensues is beyond what either of them imagined: Murder! Possession! A wild and radical cultural movement! And outlaw lovers in a wild and combustible…

A defiant but emotional Jimmy Kimmel failed yet again to apologize for his false and inflammatory comments about Charlie Kirk’s assassination in the late-night show host’s return to the air Tuesday after spending nearly a week on the sidelines. Kimmel didn’t roll back claims that Kirk’s alleged killer Tyler Robinson was likely affiliated with the MAGA movement, but the comic teared up while praising the slain conservative activist’s wife Erika Kirk during his highly anticipated monologue. “She forgave him. That is an example we should follow. If you believe in the teachings of Jesus, as I do, there it was.…

CHICAGO — After spending 54 hours removed from the driver’s seat, the Mets plunked themselves back into it Tuesday night. Methodically, they overcame a brutal David Peterson start and ugly defensive play, finally going ahead after the Reds had already lost their game against the Pirates. And then, after the Cubs had tied it, Francisco Alvarez delivered his biggest career hit: a two-run homer in the eighth that put the Mets ahead for good in a 9-7 victory at Wrigley Field. And so, the National League’s third wild-card is again the Mets’ to lose. The Mets moved one game ahead…

Cardi B has made some shocking claims about her estranged husband, Offset. The “Bodak Yellow” rapper, whose real name is Belcalis Almánzar, alleged that Offset, 33, is trying to hold her “hostage” more than one year after she filed for divorce. She made the allegations during an X livestream on Monday, Sept. 22. Cardi B and Offset holding hands on the way to an event. iamcardib/Instagram Cardi B wearing Balmain in New York City in August 2025. VEGAN / BACKGRID Cardi B shows off her baby bump while cradling her belly. iamcardib/Instagram “The only reason why I’m still married is…

[This is a press release] Oliver Robins, beloved for his iconic role as Robbie Freeling in Steven Spielberg’s Poltergeist (1982) and Poltergeist II (1986), is embarking on an exciting new chapter as a children’s author. Publishing October 1, 2025, “Sunset Scares” marks the USC film graduate’s debut in children’s literature, bringing his decades of filmmaking experience to the page for the first time alongside co-author Dustin Warburton, an award-winning writer whose work has been featured on The Tonight Show, Oprah, and in Time and People magazines. The inspiration for Robins’ first children’s book came from an unexpected source: a horror…

Jesse Williams is trading Grey-Sloan Memorial for the Italian Riviera in a new Amazon Original debuting tomorrow, Sept. 24. Williams stars in Prime Video’s Hotel Costiera as Daniel De Luca, an ex-Marine with a mysterious past who works as a fixer for the picturesque Hotel Villa Costiera on Italy’s Amalfi coast. Per Amazon’s official summary, “In addition to dealing with the wealthy guests’ problems, Daniel is also on the trail of Alice, one of the owner’s daughters who disappeared a month earlier. Daniel must do everything he can to bring her home, but facing those who kidnapped the girl will…