An obscure NBA rule cost the Magic an epic buzzer-beater vs. the Bulls

The Trent Tucker Rule cost Paolo Banchero a buzzer-beater against the Bulls.

The Orlando Magic looked like they weren’t going to have much trouble with the Chicago Bulls at the start of their Wednesday night matchup. Orlando opened up a 20-point lead early with with Paolo Banchero hammering the Bulls inside and Orlando’s defense locking down on the perimeter.

Somehow, the Bulls came back — again. Chicago had just wiped away a 20-point deficit in their previous game against the...

Listen: These 33 Quirky Products Are All Calling Your Name

These products can absolutely match your freak.

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NYT Connections hints today: Clues, answers for October 31

Connections is the latest New York Times word game that's captured the public's attention. The game is all about finding the "common threads between words." And just like Wordle, Connections resets after midnight and each new set of words gets trickier and trickier—so we've served up some hints and tips to get you over the hurdle.

If you just want to be told today's puzzle, you can jump to the end of this article for October 31's Connections solution. But if you'd rather solve it yourself,...

35 TikTok-Famous Products You’ll Love So Much, They May Inspire You To Become A TikTok Product Influencer Yourself

If you're regretting not becoming a TikTok-famous dancer in 2020 when you had the chance, here's your redemption arc in the form of product influencing.

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House Covid Panel Refers Andrew Cuomo for Potential Prosecution

The Republican-led House subcommittee asked the Justice Department to investigate Mr. Cuomo for possible prosecution for “false statements” in his testimony.

Just 44 Home Products With "Click To Reveal"-Worthy Results

Whether you have some weeds that need removing (without breaking a sweat) or a bathroom that's seen better days...here are the products that will make a *big* difference.

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I'd Be Extremely Impressed If You Got 7/7 On This Random Trivia Quiz

Let's see how much you remember from, well, everything.

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Make A Swig Soda And I'll Tell You Which Mormon Wife You Are

If you're not getting the 44oz at Swig, what are you even doing...

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47 Toys To Buy Now Before They Sell Out During The Holidays

The 2024 Lego Star Wars advent calendar is selling faster than the Millennium Falcon can do the Kessel Run.

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28 Travel Products To Help Even The Worst Over-Packers Take Only A Carry-On

Save money on luggage fees so you can buy more souvenirs.

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34 Pretty Little Treats To Buy Yourself That You'll Actually Use

You DESERVE a treat, don't let anyone tell you otherwise.

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Israel Orders Residents of Baalbek in Eastern Lebanon to Evacuate

Israel’s military warned civilians to leave Baalbek in the Bekaa Valley via three routes. The city had largely been spared Israeli bombardment until this week.

Israel Demolished Hundreds of Buildings in Southern Lebanon, Videos and Satellite Images Show

At least 1,085 buildings have been destroyed or badly damaged since Israel’s invasion targeting the Hezbollah militia, including many in controlled demolitions, a New York Times analysis shows.

Follow live: Back-to-back homers puts Yankees in early control of Game 5

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New York, L.A. spar online over baseball, transit, and AI

The New York-Los Angeles rivalry may have existed before the Brooklyn Dodgers packed up and moved west in 1958, but that seismic shift certainly didn’t help. America’s two biggest cities are at it again, with baseball at the fore. The Big Apple and The City of Angels are currently going head-to-head in the World Series (with the Dodgers v. the Yankees, with game 5 tonight in New York; Dodgers lead 3-1), but they’ve also been duking it out for weeks online over stadiums, accessibility,...

Meta's Next Llama AI Models Are Training on a GPU Cluster ‘Bigger Than Anything’ Else

The race for better generative AI is also a race for more computing power. On that score, according to CEO Mark Zuckerberg, Meta appears to be winning.

Meta is pushing for the government to use its AI

Mark Zuckerberg. | Image: The Verge | Photo: Bloomberg via Getty Images

Meta is “working with the public sector to adopt Llama across the US government,” according to CEO Mark Zuckerberg.

The comment, made during his opening remarks for Meta’s Q3 earnings call on Wednesday, raises a lot of important questions: Exactly which parts of the government will use Meta’s AI models? What will the AI be used for? Will there be any kind of military-specific applications of Llama? Is...

Order Some Starbucks And I'll Accurately Guess Your Age

If you like your coffee suuuuuuuper sweet, you're definitely a teen!

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Biden’s ‘Garbage’ Comment Complicates Harris Campaign, Worrying Insiders

President Biden did not attend Vice President Kamala Harris’s speech on Tuesday night, but his ill-timed flub in a video interview caused headaches for her campaign.

Monitors, Once Meant to Prevent Election Fraud, Now Seek to Prove It

Polling place monitors have long provided oversight to elections. But this year, many are there to provide documentation for Donald J. Trump’s claims of fraud.