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Apple (AAPL) is reinventing its smart home strategy with its new HomeView hub, the HomePod Mini 2, and Apple TV 4K. Sporting a seven-inch Liquid Retina Display, the HomeView is designed to sit on a counter in its built-in speaker mount or be mounted to a wall. The $299 HomeView is designed to serve as the home base for your smart home and goes on sale Nov. 13.

Dodgers will have 'conversation' about benching Shohei Ohtani as star's struggles continue this postseason Tue, October 13, 2026 at 8:38 AM EDT The Los Angeles Dodgers are getting desperate down 0-2 in the National League Championship Series. With their backs against the wall, the team will reportedly have a "conversation" with two-way star Shohei Ohtani about sitting him in Game 3, per The Athletic.

Kelly Clarkson smiling Kelly Clarkson's recent headline-making feud has public relations experts saying the viral attention brings risks for the store, but could create an opportunity if it handles the backlash well. Over the weekend, Clarkson called out Art of Play, a Brooklyn store known for its collection of toys, games, books, puzzles and other unique items, for allegedly denying her the ability to buy "Molly," a one-of-a-kind singing and dancing bird automaton.

KYIV, Oct 13 (Reuters) - Russia hit no Ukrainian energy targets on Tuesday for the first time since US President Donald Trump's weekend announcement of an "energy ceasefire", while hammering cities' transport and logistics overnight with ballistic missiles and drones. Russia's defence ministry, in its ‌daily summary of overnight strikes, made no mention of Ukrainian energy facilities.

RJ Mitte, pictured in 2019, rose to fame playing Walter White Jr. on Breaking Bad. (Rodin Eckenroth via Getty Images) RJ Mitte's Breaking Bad costars have paid tribute to the actor and disability rights advocate after he died at 34. Mitte died in Brownsville, Texas, on Monday. His publicist told Reuters that he died by suicide. "It is with profound sadness that we share the tragic passing of beloved actor, philanthropist, and passionate disability rights advocate RJ Mitte," his representatives said.

Follow President Trump Tells Ohio Rally Crowd That WNBA Star Sophie Cunningham Is “A Beautiful Young Woman” and Says Teams Would Want Her “Not To Help You With Points, But To Help You With Attendance” Tue, October 13, 2026 at 7:08 AM EDT Donald Trump, Sophie Cunningham U.S. President Donald Trump called Indiana Fever guard Sophie Cunningham "beautiful" at a campaign rally on Monday. He joked that teams appreciate the WNBA player for her ability to draw fans rather than score points.

INGLEWOOD, Calif. — Under lights bright enough to expose every sin, SoFi Stadium pulsed like a living thing Monday night, 70,000 souls riding the rails of a game that refused to sit still, a game that tilted and torqued and changed hands nine separate times, a heavyweight fight where both cornermen kept forgetting the mouthpiece. The reigning MVP at quarterback. The league's most dangerous runner improvising like jazz. Two receivers chasing history down the same sideline.

Follow Archbishop serving US military urges Catholics be excused from proposed firing squad execution Christopher Lamb, Jedd Rosche, CNN Tue, October 13, 2026 at 6:03 AM EDT Archbishop Timothy Broglio conducts an Easter Sunday Mass at Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, April 12, 2020.

Quick Read A part-time UPS loader earns $1,800/month, but the Teamsters union health plan eliminates marketplace premiums that can exceed $2,640/month for a couple. Union coverage removes the ACA income trap, freeing a retiree to convert ~$44,900 annually into a Roth at the 12% tax rate for two years before Medicare. Claiming Social Security at 63 permanently cuts lifetime benefits by 25%, so delaying to full retirement age 67 makes more sense while wages cover expenses.

Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson has added his voice to building concerns about Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's announcement last week that the execution of Fort Hood shooter Nidal Malik Hasan will be livestreamed. Hasan, 56, a U.S. Army psychiatrist, was convicted of killing 13 people and injuring 32 others during a rampage at the sprawling military base in Killeen, Texas, in 2009 and will be put to death by firing squad on December 3.