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Nintendo unveils the Nintendo Switch 2

Nintendo shared the first images of the Nintendo Switch 2 in a video posted on YouTube. The successor to the widely popular game console will be simply called the Switch 2. Right out of the gate, the video shows the main difference with the Switch — the Switch 2 is going to be a bigger console with a larger display.
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Analyzing Cotton Bowl grades for Buckeyes, potential impact in title game

Ohio State offensive tackle Donovan Jackson allowed only one pressure in a Cotton Bowl victory. Birm/DTE Dotting The Eyes is the home for Ohio State coverage on the Rivals network. In the days leading up to the national championship game, which will pit seventh-seeded Notre Dame (14-1) against eighth-seeded Ohio State (13-2) at Mercedes Benz-Stadium in Atlanta on Jan.
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Purdue vs. Washington player grades: Boilers wake up in second half

Sparse-shooting big man Great Osobor made more 3s than Purdue, but the Boilers won in the paint. No. 17 Purdue (14-4, 6-1 Big Ten) had initial trouble dispelling Washington (10-8, 1-6), in a similar result on the scoreboard to the Boilers' win against Minnesota. The main difference Wednesday was that the Boilers created open 3s for themselves and struggled mightily to make them, second period included.
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The final accounting on 'Bidenflation'

Prices rose by more than incomes during Biden's four years in office. A change in presidents doesn't mean the problem is solved.
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Democratic senator on Biden’s farewell plea: ‘Now he tells us’

Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.) said statements in President Biden’s farewell speech came much too late in a Thursday statement, raising question with the commander in chief’s parting remarks. “Now he tells us. Biden speaks out against dark money, for climate action, and for SCOTUS term limits. I pressed four years for this speech,” Whitehouse posted…
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WATCH: MAGA Lawmaker Thrown to Ground as He Tries to Defy Georgia House Ban

A MAGA state senator in Georgia was shoved to the ground and arrested Thursday for trying to defy a ban and forcefully enter the House chambers. Colton Moore was thrown down as he tried to push his way past police and officials to make it inside the chamber for Gov. Brian Kemp’s state of the state speech. Moore, 31, was banned indefinitely from the chambers last year after he referred to the late House speaker David Ralston as “one of the most corrupt Georgians we’ve seen in our lives” during a
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Jill Biden expresses disappointment with Pelosi: ‘We were friends for 50 years’

First lady Jill Biden expressed her disappointment with former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi in a new interview with The Washington Post, providing rare public comments about the fractured relationship between her husband, Joe Biden, and Pelosi following the president’s departure from the 2024 race.
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NYPD arrests tenant in Queens building where super was found dead stuffed in garbage bags

Cops on Thursday arrested a tenant in the Queens building where the superintendent who had gone to collect overdue rent was found dead stuffed in garbage bags under a bed. Sandra Coto Navarro, 48, was charged with murdering Jose Rene Portillo, tampering with physical evidence and criminal possession of a weapon. She said nothing as she was led from the 107th Precinct by cops Thursday, but ...
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Kamala Harris Is Deeply Sad About Biden’s Claim He Could Have Won the Election

Kamala Harris has told friends that she is deeply sad about President Joe Biden’s claim that he could have won the 2024 election. Biden said in an interview at the start of January that he thought he could have defeated Donald Trump. “It’s presumptuous to say that, but I think yes... based on the polling,” he said, speaking to USA Today, later clarifying that he meant both he and Harris “could have... would have” beaten Trump.
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Trump’s EPA Pick Flunks Basic Science Quiz at Confirmation Hearing

Donald Trump’s pick to lead the Environmental Protection Agency struggled to answer straightforward questions about science. At his confirmation hearing on Thursday, former Rep. Lee Zeldin faced scrutiny of his limited environmental experience. For one senator, Democrat Sheldon Whitehouse, this took the form of a science pop quiz—asking, in his words, “really basic no-tricks questions about climate change.” Whitehouse started off with a softball: “First, as a matter of law, is carbon dioxide a p
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College students charged in TikTok-inspired 'catch a predator' plot appear in court

Five Massachusetts college students appeared in court Thursday, accused of plotting to lure a man to their campus through a dating app and then seizing him as part of a “Catch a Predator” trend on TikTok. The Assumption University students, all teenagers, were arraigned on conspiracy and kidnapping charges. Not-guilty pleas were entered for all of them, and they are due back in Worcester District Court on March 28 for a pre-trial conference.
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Satellite photos show the Gaza Strip before and after the devastation of the Israel-Hamas war

The Israel-Hamas war, now nearing a potential ceasefire, has devastated the Gaza Strip. Satellite photos offer some sense of the destruction in the territory, which has been largely sealed off to journalists and others. In all, the strip of land along the Mediterranean Sea is about 360 square kilometers (139 square miles), and Palestinians hope it will be part of a future state, along with the West Bank and east Jerusalem.
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Netanyahu throws curveball into Israel-Hamas ceasefire

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is tapping the brakes on claims of success by President Biden, President-elect Trump and partners in the Middle East that a ceasefire and hostage release deal has been achieved to pause 15 months of war. Netanyahu has so far delayed a vote in Israel’s security Cabinet to accept the ceasefire…
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