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To some, the Cincinnati Bengals’ 47-42 loss to the Chicago Bears may be the game of the year. For Bengals head coach Zac Taylor and running back Chase Brown, the game will go down as a far worse memory.There are losses and then there’s what the Bengals experienced Sunday: An unlikely lost lead and last-minute heartbreak that left both feeling uneasy.”It’s sick to lose like that, it’s sick,” Taylor said. “That’s what happened, so we got to own it, and we got to keep finding ways to improve and keep finding ways to find a win. These last two weeks,…

It’s Halloween again, but this year the night feels different. October 31, 2025 doesn’t just belong to ghosts and ghouls. It also marks forty years since the publication of Anne Rice’s The Vampire Lestat, the book that turned one vampire’s confession into an operatic declaration of life, death, and everything in between. First published on October 31, 1985 (because of course it was), The Vampire Lestat wasn’t just a sequel. It was an act of resurrection. In its pages, Lestat de Lioncourt seized the microphone and rewrote his own legend. Interview with the Vampire gave us the heart — the…

The former Finnish prime minister who was ousted from office a year after being filmed partying in raunchy home-videos has no plans to seek re-election for the foreseeable future, she revealed while promoting her new book. Sanna Marin, 39, told the Times of London she will not run for office during Finland’s next parliamentary elections in 2027, explaining her historic but tumultuous term leading the country took a toll on her personal life she doesn’t want to repeat. “I’m seeking a more balanced life where I can also have a personal life and be more present as a mother, or…

It seems Bills Mafia didn’t get the opportunity to welcome Taylor Swift back to Western New York. The pop superstar, 35, appeared to skip Kansas City’s 28-21 loss Sunday against Buffalo, with fiancé Travis Kelce’s Chiefs falling to improve to 5-4. Swift, who announced her engagement to Kelce, 36, over the summer, famously attended the Chiefs’ Divisional Round road playoff matchup against the Bills in January 2024, when future brother-in-law Jason Kelce became one with the Bills’ fanbase as Kansas City’s run to the Super Bowl continued in the 27-24 road win. Taylor Swift in attendance at a Chiefs game…

The waiting is almost over. The most anticipated St. John’s season in a quarter-century tips off Monday night in Queens. After weeks of hype, plenty of accolades and lofty projections, Rick Pitino and his Johnnies are back to build on a breakthrough campaign. It all gets underway against MAAC favorite Quinnipiac at Carnesecca Arena, one of only five games the Red Storm will play on campus this season. St. John’s begins year three of the Pitino era with enormously high hopes, a new-look roster and the highest preseason ranking — fifth in the Associated Press poll — in program history.…

There is a new field goal king in the NFL. Jaguars kicker Cam Little broke the NFL record for the longest made field goal with a 68-yard strike just before halftime against the Raiders at EverBank Stadium on Sunday. Jaguars place kicker Cam Little, second from right, is congratulated by head coach Liam Coen, center, and teammates after making a 68-yard field goal during the first half of an NFL football game against the Las Vegas Raiders, Sunday, Nov. 2, 2025. AP He broke the previous record of 66 yards set by former Ravens kicker Justin Tucker in 2021 against…

Spoiler alert: This post discusses key scenes and personal revelations from Lukas Gage’s memoir I Wrote This for Attention. To pull off a title like Lukas Gage’s memoir I Wrote This for Attention, one needs a voice, and Gage absolutely has that. His writing is edgy, clever, unapologetically witty, and brutally honest. His memoir is a testament that pain and self-discovery can coexist on the same page. Childhood Chaos and Insecure Attachment Gage grew up in a home shadowed by addiction, emotional volatility, and a lack of stability. His father’s absence and betrayal left him with a fragmented sense of…

Hamas released three more bodies Sunday after last week’s botched handover that involved no corpses of hostages and helped prompt renewed Israeli airstrikes on Gaza. The terrorist group handed over a trio of caskets to the Red Cross, claiming that this time they really do contain the remains of three of the 11 hostages whose bodies are still unrecovered — a similar statement to Friday’s exchange that turned out to be false, according to Israeli officials. Red Cross vehicles carrying the bodies of three people believed to be deceased hostages handed over by Hamas make their way toward the border.…

Here’s the dystopian scene: Students nationwide can’t read or do math at basic levels and don’t know elementary science or history facts, but there’s a big program to rewire their brains, massage their feelings and fix a smile on their faces. Sound familiar? If you’ve even heard of George Orwell’s “Nineteen Eighty-Four,” it should. Just swap Big Brother for big program, the telescreen for the iPad and the Ministry of Truth for the SEL dashboard. It’s the brave new world of social-emotional learning, with mood controls, omnipresent surveillance, masterful manipulation and a Thought Police checking your privilege, thoughts, emotions and…

The Pentagon has approved sending long-range Tomahawk missiles to Ukraine — giving President Trump the final say on whether to arm Kyiv with them, according to a new report. The Pentagon gave the White House the green light on Saturday after an assessment found that transferring the missiles would not impact US stockpiles, US and European officials told CNN. Trump had previously said he would be hesitant to give “away things that we need to protect our country,” but the Pentagon’s assessment appears to clear away that hurdle for Ukraine. President Trump had previously denied Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelensky’s request…