Please Don’t Destroy isn’t going anywhere. The “Saturday Night Live” comedy trio, comprised of Ben Marshall, Martin Herlihy and John Higgins, reunited Friday night in Portland for the first time since “SNL” disbanded the group in a major cast shake-up. However, according to an enthusiastic proclimation from Higgins, the group has no plans to stop performing together. As they opened …
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Beyond the Alphabet (Image credit: Nicholas Sutrich / Android Central) Beyond the Alphabet is a weekly column that focuses on the tech world both inside and out of the confines of Mountain View. As the resident “tablet guy” around these parts, I’ve seen almost every kind of tablet come across my desk. There are a few exceptions, but none that …
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Google I/O 2025. Samsung Galaxy Unpacked. Made By Google. All these big launch events had one thing in common — new artificial intelligence tools were the headline act. Now, Apple has announced its next big event will take place on Tuesday, Sept. 9. Will we finally see the newer, smarter, AI-er Siri? Unfortunately, probably not. We, along with the rest of …
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Facebook Tweet Email Link Chances are very good that if someone wins Saturday’s promised Powerball prize of $1.8 billion, they will cash in their ticket. But it’s not certain. Not every jackpot-winning ticket sold over the years has been cashed in. And if you totaled up all the missing smaller “winners” who could claim anywhere from a few dollars to …
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The boxing world was hit with a big announcement on Thursday night when former heavyweight champion Mike Tyson and former multi-division champion Floyd Mayweather said they agreed to a bout to be held in the spring of 2026. Details on a date, location, television partner and any potential professional sanctioning of the bout were not immediately released, though both Hall-of-Fame …
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Last month, NAWS Humane Society of Illinois held a cat adoption event. While lots of kitties happily went home with new families, at the end of the day, two babies named Pixie and Sprout were left behind. Sometimes, it’s a mystery why animals get overlooked at adoption events. But in this case, sadly, the humane society’s staff and volunteers knew …
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A 20-year study on the effects of reintroducing wolves into Yellowstone National Park found that removing the apex predators has caused far more damage than expected to the park’s ecosystem. What happened? Colorado State University researchers launched the study in 2001 to determine if bringing gray wolves, grizzly bears, and cougars back to Yellowstone’s northern range would help its food …
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If you’ve been thinking about buying an electric vehicle, the only better time to buy one than today is yesterday. EVs have gone full fire sale, with automakers seemingly clearing out excess inventory as quickly as possible ahead of the end of the month when the federal EV tax credit goes away on Sept. 30. Naturally, this means a bit …
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A few years ago, Greg Daniels was looking for a partner to help executive produce “The Paper,” his new mockumentary chronicling the cubicle drones tasked with saving a dying Toledo, Ohio, newspaper. But as he pitched the idea to “Saturday Night Live” alum Michael Koman, he left out an especially key fact: The show was going to be a follow-up …
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Anthony Carter has spent his entire life in one of Chicago’s most dangerous areas. He now works every day to make his community, known to many as O Block, feel safer. But he doesn’t want President Donald Trump’s help. “It’s within us to stop the violence,” Carter said. “President Trump couldn’t do nothing about that.” Trump has turned his attention …
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