Schools, faith, media, sports and the culture war.
ESPN and the College Football Playoff have reportedly agreed to a five-year deal worth about $1.7 billion, though The Hill puts the media rights at more than $1 billion, that would grow the bracket to 24 teams in 2027. Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis called the move short-sighted.
Charlie Kirk's widow posted on X that a culture that laughs at assassination is one of profound moral decay. She named no one, and the reports about a podcast and Dave Chappelle rest on two right-leaning outlets.
Salon, the left-leaning online outlet founded in 1995, says its publishing model is no longer sustainable and it is ceasing publication. Conservatives on X then circulated two older headlines, which have not been verified against Salon's archive.
Barbra Streisand, John Cusack, Mia Farrow and other entertainers posted celebratory reactions on Wednesday after networks projected Democratic wins in the midterms. The posts were not independently viewed, and official counts had not been confirmed.
JD Vance marked Halloween in a long grey wig and robe, holding his baby son dressed as Dobby the house-elf. Reaction on social media ran from wholesome to worst-costume-ever.
Rama Duwaji, wife of New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani, made the animation for the campaign film for Dua Lipa's London Literature Festival. A New York Post headline, as relayed secondhand, says she traveled abroad again, but that has not been confirmed.
Fox News hosts Sean Hannity and Ainsley Earhardt married Saturday at the same Palm Beach church where he proposed, and Breitbart reported that President Trump attended a Mar-a-Lago party the night before.
President Trump told an Iowa crowd to stop watching the WNBA over players leaving the court for the national anthem. With the Finals under way, players say they are focused on the games.
The NFL says the Oct. 25 Steelers-Saints game at Stade de France will go ahead as scheduled, after mass protests in France that the BBC, as relayed by Front Office Sports, said brought at least 1,200 arrests. The league's statement reached us through Front Office Sports and ESPN.
The Atlanta Dream and Golden State Valkyries both left the court for the national anthem before Game 1 of the WNBA Finals and jogged back right after it ended. No team or league statement explains the exit.
The Daughters of the American Revolution voted to disband the Texas chapter that led a two-year push to limit membership to biological women. The national society says it was a bylaw violation, not a disagreement over policy.
A Missouri sheriff's office says five men in its jail asked to be baptized, and local church volunteers made it happen. Two weeks later, the post is circulating nationally — on the strength of a single unverified agency account.
