Cambridge Dictionary named “parasocial” as Word of the Year for 2025. Francesco Carta Fotografo | Moment | Getty Images AI chatbots, Taylor Swift, and social media influencers all played a part in deciding Cambridge Dictionary’s Word of the Year, 2025: “parasocial.” Parasocial — revealed by the global dictionary on Tuesday as its word of the…
nick wagnerNovember 21, 2025, 08:56 PM ET to close Nick Wagner is an NFL reporter at ESPN. Nick has covered the San Francisco 49ers since 2016, having previously covered the St. Louis Rams for 12 years, including three years at ESPN (2013 to 2015). In more than a decade with the company, Nick has led…
President Trump said Friday night that Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene’s (R-Ga.) announcement that she is leaving Congress in early January is “very good news for the country” — perhaps rubbing salt into the wound a week after withdrawing his endorsement from her. The president told ABC News’ Rachel Scott that Greene, who was previously one…
Paramount Skydance, Comcast and Netflix formally submitted takeover offers for Warner Bros. Discovery this week ahead of a deadline for first-round offers, according to people familiar with the matter. Comcast, the parent company of NBCUniversal, bid solely for the film and streaming assets, which consists of the Warner Bros. studio and HBO Max, the people…
lando norris‘ The march towards a first world title continued apace after he took pole position in a wet and dangerous qualifying session at the Las Vegas Grand Prix as teammates. oscar piastri Only a fifth could manage. Norris improved his final lap in Q3 to set a fastest time of 1:47.934 max verstappen 0.323…
Attorney General Pam Bondi has filed an expedited motion demanding the release of grand jury transcripts in the Jeffrey Epstein case, amid an aggressive push from lawmakers to release all files related to the late convicted sex offender. Taking advantage of the act, Bondi filed a motion in the U.S. District Court for the Southern…
Omar Marques | Lightrocket | Getty Images Robinhood shares suffered brutal weekly loss as the once-red-hot trades in bitcoin and AI stocks that powered its growth lost momentum. The popular brokerage platform saw the stock decline 12.4% this week. The stock tumbled 10.1% on Thursday and rebounded 1% Friday. November alone has erased 27% of…
PROVO, Utah — On the Sunday after BYU‘s thrilling 24-21 win over rival Utah, a few dozen senior citizens gathered in the courtyard at Jamestown Retirement Community. Two local students and some of their family members put on a concert, with favorites like “Brown Eyed Girl,” “Take Me Home, Country Roads” and “Wagon Wheel” played…
House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) said late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein’s co-conspirator Ghislaine Maxwell will file a “fifth petition” against congressional investigators. “Her lawyers have responded that she will not answer any questions,” Comer told Politico in an interview on Friday. “She’s only going to lobby for the fifth.”…
Nvidia outperformed all expectations, reporting soaring profits Wednesday thanks to its graphics processing units that excel at AI workloads. But more categories of AI chips are gaining ground. Custom ASICs, or application-specific integrated circuits, are now being designed by all the major hyperscalers, from Google’s TPU to Amazon’s Trainium and OpenAI’s plans with Broadcom. These…
