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Brady HendersonDec 18, 2025, 06:00 AM ETCloseBrady Henderson is a reporter for NFL Nation and covers the Seattle Seahawks for ESPN. He joined ESPN in 2017 after covering the team for Seattle Sports 710-AM.RENTON, Wash. — In the fourth quarter of the Seattle Seahawks’ 26-0 win over the Vikings on Nov. 30, Minnesota guard Blake Brandel delivered a helmet-to-helmet hit on Josh Jobe at the end of a play, briefly sending the cornerback into the concussion protocol. Seahawks defensive tackle Brandon Pili jumped to Jobe’s defense, leveling Brandel to the turf.”That’s the beauty of this team,” defensive lineman Leonard Williams…

Several LG smart TV owners, including some Engadget staff, were surprised to find what looked like an unremovable Microsoft Copilot app suddenly installed on their devices earlier this week. After all the raised eyebrows, a representative from LG has reached out to say that the company “will take steps to allow users to delete the shortcut icon if they wish.”According to the spokesperson, the Copilot icon is a shortcut for launching the AI chatbot in the TV’s web browser rather than an application embedded in the appliance. We’ve asked for more specifics about when people will be able to get…

Thursday saw the release of a much lighter-than-expected consumer price report for November, breaking from the recent trend of sticky inflation.Stocks jumped. Yields fell. Odds of a Federal Reserve rate increased.And many economists scratched their heads.The Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that the consumer price index had an annual inflation rate of 2.7% last month, while core CPI — a measure that excludes volatile food and energy prices — was even lower at 2.6%. Both were below what economists had been estimating, as those polled by Dow Jones called for an annual headline rate of 3.1% and a rate on…

MADISON, Wis. — The U.S. Justice Department sued three states and the District of Columbia on Thursday for not turning over requested voter information to the Trump administration.The latest lawsuits were filed against Wisconsin, Illinois, Georgia and the District of Columbia. The Justice Department has now filed 22 lawsuits seeking voter information as part of its effort to collect detailed voting data and other election information across the country. “We shared our nation-leading list maintenance practices and public voter roll data with the DOJ December 8 at their request, and we look forward to working together to eliminate the federal…

Peylak (David Thewlis), Neytiri (Zoe Saldaña) and Jake Sully (Sam Worthington) in Avatar: Fire and Ash. 20th Century Studios hide caption toggle caption 20th Century Studios Three fresh hours of eye-popping Pandoran adventures are in theaters this week, plus a guy who turns the breakup of his marriage into stand-up comedy (based on a true story). And there’s a harrowing tale of family anguish in Gaza told through the real phone recordings of a five-year-old girl calling for help. Those films join Zootopia 2, Wicked: For Good, Hamnet, and more in cineplexes. Here’s our movie roundup from last week, and…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! After weeks of questions as to why Ohio Bobcats football coach Brian Smith was placed on administrative leave, the school has cited an extramarital affair as one of the reasons why he was officially terminated as head coach with cause.On December 1, the school placed Smith on leave, after the athletic director came into a meeting the coach was having with assistants and told him he had to go home. On Nov. 24, school officials met with Brian Smith to discuss an allegation that he had knowingly violated university policy by having…

Variety Awards Circuit section is the home for all awards news and related content throughout the year, featuring the following: the official predictions for the upcoming Oscars, Emmys, Grammys and Tony Awards ceremonies, curated by Variety chief awards editor Clayton Davis. The prediction pages reflect the current standings in the race and do not reflect personal preferences for any individual contender. As other formal (and informal) polls suggest, competitions are fluid and subject to change based on buzz and events. Predictions are updated every Thursday. KPOP DEMON HUNTERS NETFLIX Oscars Best Animated Feature Commentary (Updated Dec. 18, 2025): Netflix’s “KPop Demon Hunters” has emerged as…

Jared Isaacman—a pilot, two-time commercial astronaut, and billionaire tech entrepreneur—is officially the head of NASA. He’s taking charge of an agency that’s reeling from a year of unprecedented uncertainty, and as he attempts to right the ship, he hopes to introduce some sweeping changes as well. In November, a 62-page manifesto outlining Isaacman’s plans for NASA was leaked to the press. Isaacman fielded many difficult questions about the document, titled “Project Athena,” during his second confirmation hearing earlier this month. He said he stood by everything in it but emphasized that its directives are subject to change. A digital copy…

Former ‘Million Dollar Listing’ star and real estate agent Josh Altman joins ‘Varney & Co.’ to break down soaring home delistings, why buyers want turnkey properties and how skipping mortgage rate shopping is costing families thousands. Mortgage rates ticked lower this week, mortgage buyer Freddie Mac said Thursday. Freddie Mac’s latest Primary Mortgage Market Survey, released Thursday, showed the average rate on the benchmark 30-year fixed mortgage decreased to 6.21% from last week’s reading of 6.22%. The average rate on a 30-year loan was 6.72% a year ago. Mortgage rates fell to 6.21% this week, according to Freddie Mac. (David Paul…

Peter Navarro’s bid to overturn his conviction for evading a congressional subpoena appeared to receive little backing from a federal appeals court Thursday.  A three-judge panel on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit grilled Navarro lawyer Stanley Brand during an unusual oral argument where only the White House trade adviser’s counsel laid out a case, after the Justice Department dropped its defense of the prosecution earlier this…