Vintage clocks, seen here at the Electric Time Company in Medfield, Mass., will need a reset to reflect Sunday’s time change.
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It’s that time of year again: Many Americans will have to reset their clocks and circadian rhythms when daylight saving time ends on Sunday.
That means, in most states, lighter mornings and darker evenings.
At 2:00 a.m. on Sunday, the time for millions across the country will jump back one hour – an adjustment that has been both welcomed by those seeking extra sleep time or criticized by those who see it as an inconvenience.
Here is what you should know.
How many states observe daylight saving time?
Every U.S. state observes daylight saving time except for Hawaii and Arizona, according to the National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL). The portion of the Navajo Nation that’s in Arizona, however, does observe daylight saving. U.S. territories Guam, Puerto Rico, American Samoa, the Virgin Islands and the Northern Mariana Islands also don’t change their clocks.
Many more want to. Nineteen states have enacted legislation that would create daylight saving time for its residents year-round, the NCSL said.
“Because federal law does not currently allow full-time DST, Congress would have to act before states could adopt changes,” according to the NCSL.
Many Americans want daylight saving time all year
Only 12% of adults in the U.S. are in favor of the current daylight saving time system, while 47% oppose it, according to an AP-NORC poll released on Thursday.
And 56% of adults polled said they prefer permanent daylight saving time with less light in the morning and more light in the evening, according to the poll. Forty-two percent said they prefer permanent standard time, with more light in the morning and less light in the evening.
Making daylight saving time permanent has failed again
President Trump has urged Congress to pass legislation that would make daylight saving time permanent — which, if enacted, would put an end to the debate over whether to change the time in the U.S. twice a year.
Both the House and Senate should “push hard for more Daylight at the end of a day,” the president wrote in April on Truth Social.
But an attempt to stop the time adjustment has once again stalled in Congress.
The Sunshine Protection Act, sponsored by Republican Sen. Rick Scott of Florida with bipartisan support, would make daylight saving time the permanent, standard time. Earlier this week, Republican Sen. Tom Cotton of Arkansas objected to Scott’s request to advance the measure using unanimous consent, that a permanent daylight saving time would make winter “a dark and dismal time for millions of Americans.”
“By moving the clock back an hour in winter, permanent daylight savings time would push winter sunrises to an absurdly late hour, depriving Americans of morning sunshine that is essential for our safety and well-being,” Cotton said Tuesday on the Senate floor.
Former Sen. Marco Rubio, another Florida Republican, previously championed the bill, first introducing it in 2018 and reintroducing it in 2021. The Senate passed the bill in 2022, but it never came to a vote in the House.
CeeLo Green took the fashion world by storm with his colorful and big Polo Ralph Lauren patchwork sweater which cannot be overlooked. The singer and fashionista who is often credited for his engaging character, posted a picture of him dressing in that sweater and it surely rocked the world among his followers and other singers. The photograph is a proof of Green’s strong bond with the company and also that he is always in the midst of cultural happenings.
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The post featuring the picture with the caption “Hell naw bitch #you know this #polo @poloralphlauren look alive LoLifes @trickdaddydollars” has a very confident, almost playful vibe coming off of it, which is very much CeeLo’s style. This is one of the very few combinations of high fashion and streetwise cool that he has mastered over the years. The particular item in question is a very intricate patchwork crewneck which is not very common or easy to spot even among the most loyal Polo collectors.
This drew one person to comment, “This legit the first time Ive seen anyone with this crewneck besides myself.. lolol.” This comment reflects the rarity of the item and the small number of consumers who are able to discover such less noticeable fashion finds. The comment can be interpreted as a hidden gesture of acknowledgement among the fashionistas, – a mutual recognition of a sought-after piece.
CeeLo’s post did not go unnoticed by his peers and that made the discussion richer. The other Atlanta rapper Killer Mike contributed to the dialogue by sharing the moment: “Aye!!!! Lemme pull mines on out the closet so I can back ground Lo Pro like my Bro Heaux!!!!” Very simply, Green replied, “you already know bro,” which shows a lot about their mutual respect and shared history. This is a brief exchange that places the high-fashion instant into genuine, old bonds.
While another user got to the point right away, posing a question that many had probably thought of “Real question. Do you only wear Ralph Lauren? I’ve only seen your posts talking about and wearing RL.” The comment is a fair one. CeeLo Green’s public persona is so intertwined with Polo Ralph Lauren that it barely seems like an endorsement anymore but more like a part of his character. He is devoted to the classic American brand.
There was undoubtedly an admiration for the piece behind the scenes which was a common thread throughout. Other fashionistas among them one of them raved, “That good ol PATCHWORK!!! 🪡🧵🔥🔥🔥 I’m taking a trip to The Vault tomorrow to pull out all the beautiful Patchworks and then some!!!” This kind of echo transforms a normal style post into a high-profile fashion event for passionate collectors and, at the same time, artistically provokes others to present their own collections and favorite pieces.
The love for CeeLo’s fashions did not overshadow the longing for new music from Gnarls Barkley. One enthusiastic fan even asked, “CeeLo! We gonna hear new Gnarls Barkley soon bro? I cannot wait.” This unbroken stream of musical demand is like a shadow that constantly follows Green, reminding him that although he has a great sense of style, his legacy will always be linked to the innovative sound he has created.
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Perhaps it was a Twitter user who made the most accurate and revealing compliment when he said, “You look like you smell expensive.” It is a witty yet insightful comment that’s hard to ignore which can be said to sum up the overall impression one gets from CeeLo Green—a hard to characterize aura of success, sophistication, and a life well-lived, all communicated through a cleverly selected sweater. The post is not merely a display of an outfit; it is a statement of his status as a legendary figure in both music and fashion. This reminds many of his recent collaboration with Jermaine Dupri on the new Atlanta anthem.
Jesse Eisenberg is back on the promo trail for his new movie, Now You See Me, Now You Don’t, the third instalment in the hit magician-heist series, and he’s already cracking up audiences. During his recent appearance on The Tonight Show, Eisenberg joked that he actually wondered if Harrelson had something to do with the real-life Louvre Museum heist that’s been making headlines.
Jesse Eisenberg thought Woody Harrelson was involved in the Louvre heist
While talking about his upcoming film on The Tonight Show, Eisenberg cracked up over the weird timing between the movie’s release and the real-life Louvre diamond heist that had fans spinning wild conspiracy theories online.
When asked if the heist was actually a promo stunt, Eisenberg leaned into the joke, saying, “It was.” He went on to share that during a press junket, Harrelson started casually describing the exact tools he’d use to pull off a heist, in full detail. That left Eisenberg and the rest of the cast completely baffled. We were all sitting there like, ‘What’s an acute grating saw? What are you even talking about? How do you know this stuff?” Eisenberg said.
When Fallon asked if Woody picked it up from the Now You See Me movies, Eisenberg said, “No, he knows it from maybe doing that.”
Eisenberg also opened up about how much fun it’s been stepping back into the role after all these years. Even though he joked about being “a miserable person” who usually plays “miserable people,” he said the Now You See Me movies are an exception.
“These movies are the only fun thing in my life,” he told Fallon. “I get to play the most confident magician on the planet. I stand up straight, wear a suit, and I just feel like a special boy.”
The erstwhile Lex Luther also pulled off a quick card trick on the show, the same one he’d tried earlier on a 10-year-old at his kid’s school. Eisenberg called it “bad magic,” and wowed Fallon and the crowd. Laughing, he joked, “I’m maybe the world’s worst magician, but I can act like I’m a good magician.”
Originally reported by Rishabh Shandilya on Mandatory.
Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, opened a new flagship store in Los Angeles where people can try out their smart glasses and virtual reality headsets while learning about local culture.
The two-story building called Meta Lab, located at 8600 Melrose Ave. in West Hollywood, spans more than 20,000 square feet and also highlights Southern California’s skate scene.
“We spent a lot of time around the world looking at where retail is and where it’s headed, and it all felt to us to be really experiential,” said Matt Jacobson, vice president and creative director of artificial intelligence wearables at Meta. “Just to open a store without it being built around experiences, just didn’t seem to make sense.”
The store’s opening on Saturday underscores how Meta is expanding its retail presence as it tries to entice more people to buy its virtual reality headsets and AI glasses.
For technology companies, brick-and-mortar stores offer a way to build brand awareness and loyalty among customers who are weighing whether to buy an expensive device.
Apple is well-known for its sleek and modern-looking stores where people go to interact with their laptops and smartphones. This year, Google also opened its first Southern California retail store in Santa Monica, allowing people to check out the tech giant’s smartphones, watches and smart home devices. While Meta is behind the world’s most popular social network Facebook, some customers might not know it also sells hardware.
Meta Lab has a skateboarding theme celebrating the skating community and culture.
(Myung J. Chun/Los Angeles Times)
The L.A. store, which started as a pop-up last year, is the second permanent retail space Meta has opened. The Menlo Park-based company unveiled its first store in Burlingame, Calif., in 2022. Since then, Meta has also showcased its devices in retailers such as Best Buy, LensCrafters and Ray-Ban stores.
Jacobson said the company aims to open more stores in the future.
The Los Angeles retail space features a miniature skate park that people can capture images of with Meta’s AI glasses, spots to take photos and stations to learn about the company’s devices. The store also has a vinyl listening room so visitors can experience how the sound compares to the speakers on Meta’s glasses.
Graffiti and mural art from Los Angeles artist Saber, also known as Ryan Weston Shook, fill the space. The company also worked with skate artist, photographer, and creative director Mark Oblow on the store’s skateboarding theme .
Meta plans to host events in the space and the theme will change throughout the year, Jacobson said. The store, called Meta Lab, will be open daily from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m.
The store’s opening came after Meta unveiled its latest lineup of smart glasses ahead of the holiday shopping season.
The glasses allow people to capture images, listen to music, translate languages and ask an AI assistant questions like they would do on a smartphone.
Although the gadgets haven’t become mainstream, sales of smart glasses have picked up as companies such as Meta, Google, Apple, Snap and Samsung compete head-to-head to build new AI-powered devices.
Meta is selling a more advanced pair of Ray-Ban Meta glasses starting at $379 with a longer battery life, AI assistant and the ability to capture more vivid videos; Oakley Meta Vanguard glasses starting at $499 designed for sports; and Meta Ray-Ban Display glasses with a high-tech wristband starting at $799 that makes it possible for people to send text messages and complete other tasks using subtle hand gestures.
Customers can purchase Meta’s glasses and headsets at the store. Appointments are required, though, to demo the Meta Ray-Ban Display glasses.
Jordan Marksberry tries a game wearing a VR headset at the Meta Lab opening.
(Myung J. Chun/Los Angeles Times)
On Wednesday, Meta Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg said Ray-Ban Meta AI glasses have tripled in sales in the last year and “people who have them are using them a lot.”
“Glasses are the ideal form factor for both AI and the metaverse. They enable you to let an AI see what you see, hear what you hear, and talk to you throughout the day,” he said in an earnings call with analysts. “And they let you blend the physical and digital worlds together with holograms.”
Meta has been investing heavily in the metaverse, virtual spaces where people can socialize, work and play through devices such as VR headsets and smart glasses.
The company hasn’t shared how many AI glasses or virtual reality headsets it has sold. Meta’s Reality Labs division, which develops augmented reality and virtual reality technology hardware, software and platforms, lost $4.4 billion in the third quarter but generated $470 million in revenue.
Meta Lab is open in West Hollywood where visitors can try and buy Meta VR wearables.
(Myung J. Chun/Los Angeles Times)
Meta is a front-runner in the smart glasses race, according to the International Data Corporation, which provides market intelligence on consumer technology. The firm estimates that Meta accounted for about 60% of the global market for display-less smart glasses, along with augmented and virtual reality headsets, during the second quarter of 2025.
Meta shipped more than 3.5 million pairs of its Ray-Ban smart glasses from late 2023 to the second quarter of 2025, according to IDC.
IDC anticipates the market for smart glasses without displays will grow to 9.4 million in 2025, up 247.5% from 2024, mainly driven by Meta.
Chinese tech companies such as Xiaomi and Huawei also sell smart glasses, but their sales still trail far behind Meta, and they’re not as well known in the U.S., according to IDC.
Jitesh Ubrani, a research manager at IDC who covers wearables, said opening a store in Los Angeles allows Meta to leverage its network of creators and celebrities to market its AI glasses. Products featured in movies can elevate brand awareness and Los Angeles is home to the entertainment industry.
When Tom Cruise wore Ray-Bans in well-known films such as “Risky Business” and “Top Gun,” that helped fuel the popularity of the sunglasses, he said.
A Meta glasses shadow decorates the outside of the Meta Lab that is open in West Hollywood.
(Myung J. Chun/Los Angeles Times)
People also need to learn about how the glasses work.
“There’s this network effect that’s built from there, but all that starts with educating the user as to what these glasses can do,” he said.
In October, Meta also opened a 560-square-foot retail pop-up space at the Wynn Las Vegas hotel. It’s also planning to open a pop-up in New York, which will also have a skate theme.
“We’re a people first company and I think the way we shine a light on people and communities in these stores is going to be really important,” said Jacobson, who grew up in Manhattan Beach.
If groceries feel higher than ever, you’re not alone. That’s why I love hobo stew. It’s cozy, hearty, and made from whatever’s in the pantry. It turns simple ingredients into a meal everyone will love.
The Best Parts About This Recipe
Easy one-pot meal: Everything cooks in one pot for quick prep and easy cleanup.
Flexible ingredients: Swap in whatever you have, frozen veggies, canned tomatoes, or leftover meat.
Budget-friendly dinner: Made with inexpensive ingredients that stretch to feed the whole family.
Hobo Stew Ingredients
Swap the Meat: Using stew meat? Simmer it with the veggies and broth for 1 hour, then add potatoes, peas, and corn. Cook 30 minutes more.
Mix Up the Base: No tomato juice? Use V-8, tomato sauce, or tomato soup instead.
How to Make Hobo Stew
Hobo stew (Mulligan stew) is all about using what you’ve got and making it work. Just toss what you have into the pot. It’s similar to my cowboy soup, but heartier and with different seasonings for a whole different flavor.
Cook Beef:Heat a large Dutch oven over mediumhigh heat.Add olive oil and ground beef, and cook and crumble until it begins to brown and is no longer pink.
Add Veggies: Add onion, carrots, mushrooms, and minced garlic.
Cook Veggies: Cook for 4-5 minutes until the vegetables begin to soften.
Add &Simmer: Add Worcestershire sauce, Italian seasoning, canned diced tomatoes, beef broth, tomato juice, chopped potatoes, frozen corn, frozen peas, and salt and pepper to taste. Bring to a simmer, then turn the heat to medium low and cover. Simmer hobo stew for 30-40 minutes, stirring occasionally until the potatoes are tender.
Alyssa’s Pro Tip
Hobo stew is meant to add “what you got to the pot”. Use what you have in your fridge, freezer, or pantry. Frozen, fresh, or canned vegetables will work.
Hearty, budget-friendly, and full of flavor, this hobo stew uses simple ingredients you already have. Cozy, filling, and perfect for any night of the week.
2cupschopped potatoespeeled and cut into 1-inch cubes
1cupfrozen corn
1cupfrozen peas
salt and pepper to taste
Instructions
Heat a large Dutch oven over medium-high heat, add 2 tablespoons olive oiland 1 ½ pounds ground beef and cook and crumble until it begins to brown and is no longer pink.
Add 1 cup diced onion, 1 cup chopped carrots, 8 ounces sliced mushrooms, and 2 teaspoons minced garlic, and cook for 4-5 minutes until the vegetables begin to soften.
Add 2 tablespoons Worcestershire sauce, 1 tablespoon Italian seasoning, 1 (14.5-ounce) can diced tomatoes, 2 cups beef broth, 2 cups tomato juice, 2 cups chopped potatoes, 1 cup frozen corn, 1 cup frozen peas, and salt and pepper to taste. Bring to a simmer, then turn the heat to medium-low and cover. Simmer for 30-40 minutes, stirring occasionally until the potatoes are tender.
Notes
Storage and Reheating Instructions
Storage: Store leftovers in the fridge in an airtight container for up to 5 days.
Freezer: Cool completely, then store in a freezer-safe bag or container for up to 3 months.
Reheating: Thaw in the fridge overnight, then reheat on the stovetop until heated through.
The FTSE 250 hit a fresh 52-week high this week, and I reckon a chunk of that momentum came from one surprising source: Goodwin (LSE: GDWN). The little-known industrial engineering group stunned the market after upgrading its profit forecast, soaring an incredible 50% in a matter of days.
On Tuesday (28 October), its shares briefly touched £238, up from around £135 just a week earlier.
That’s quite a move for a family-run firm that’s been around since 1883. But what exactly does Goodwin do, and is this surge sustainable?
A quiet achiever within the FTSE 250
Goodwin isn’t the kind of household name that dominates investment chatter. Yet its reach across heavy engineering, defence, and energy is substantial. The company manufactures high-spec castings and bespoke components – think radar antennas, precision valves, and specialist materials for oil and gas infrastructure.
Its products often end up in places where reliability isn’t optional, whether that’s a fighter jet radar or a nuclear reactor.
The firm’s mix of engineering excellence and niche market exposure has paid off handsomely this year. On Monday, the board announced that pre-tax profit for the year ending April 2026 was now expected to hit roughly £71m, almost double last year’s figure.
It wasn’t just profits turning heads – the board also unveiled a special dividend of 532p per share, alongside an interim payout of 140p. With a dividend coverage ratio of 3.88, those payments look well funded by cash flow.
Add to that a robust £365m order book spanning defence, nuclear, aerospace and mining contracts, and the outlook certainly appears well supported.
What could go wrong?
Still, I think it’s worth remembering that rapid growth can create as many challenges as it solves. With the share price jumping so far, so fast, Goodwin now trades on a price-to-earnings (P/E) ratio above 60 – a figure that makes even seasoned growth investors take a pause.
When a company’s valuation gets that rich, it doesn’t take much disappointment to knock confidence.
A key risk for it lies in its exposure to cyclical industries. Defence demand tends to hold up well, but projects in oil and gas or mining can fluctuate with commodity cycles. Delays in large contracts could also squeeze earnings momentum.
Another concern could be supply-chain pressures, which have hit several industrial manufacturers since the pandemic. While its long-term partnerships offer some protection, margins could come under strain if costs keep climbing.
A long-term story to watch
Despite those concerns, I think there’s still a lot to like here. Goodwin’s mix of specialist engineering capability and diversified end markets gives it a resilience that many mid-cap peers might envy. Its family ownership tends to foster long-term thinking, and its track record of reinvesting profits in high-value niches has created a solid base for future growth.
Valuation aside, the company fits neatly into the broader FTSE 250 narrative of British mid-caps quietly excelling on the global stage. For investors seeking diversified exposure to aerospace and defence, Goodwin’s a fascinating stock to consider.
The share price might have sprinted ahead of itself this week, but in my view, the story underneath remains strong. I’ll be keeping a close eye on whether this under-the-radar FTSE 250 gem can keep up its momentum once the dust settles.
Gov. Gavin Newsom, former Vice President Kamala Harris and a slew of other national and California Democrats on Saturday rallied supporters to stay fired up in seeking passage of a ballot measure to redraw the state’s congressional districts ahead of the midterm elections.
While polling suggests Proposition 50 is likely to pass Tuesday, volunteers must continue knocking on doors, phone banking and motivating voters through Election Day, they said. Newsom told volunteers they ought to follow the model of sprinters, leaving it all on the field.
“We cannot afford to run the 90-yard dash. You Angelenos, you’ve got the Olympics coming in 2028. They do not run the 90-yard dash. They run the 110-yard dash. We have got to be at peak on Election Day,” Newsom told hundreds of supporters at the Convention Center in downtown Los Angeles. “We cannot take anything for granted.”
Hours earlier, Republican spoke out against the ballot measure at John Wayne Park in Newport Beach, before sending teams into neighborhoods to drum up votes for their side.
“What Proposition 50 will do is disenfranchise, meaning, disregard all Republicans in the state of California,” state Assembly member Diane Dixon (R-Newport Beach) said. “Ninety percent of 6 million [Californian Republicans] will be disenfranchised.”
Prop. 50 would redraw California’s congressional districts in an attempt to boost the number of Democrats in Congress. The effort was proposed by Newsom and other California Democrats in hope of blunting President Trump’s push in Texas and other GOP-led states to increase the number of Republicans elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in next year’s midterm elections. But even if voters approve the ballot measure that could flip five California districts currently represented by Republicans, it’s unclear whether that will be enough to shift control of the House unless there is a blue wave in the 2026 elections.
The party that wins control of the House will shape Trump’s final two years in the White House and determine whether he is able to continue enacting his agenda or whether he faces a spate of investigations and possibly another impeachment attempt.
The special election is among the costliest ballot measures in state history. More than $192 million has flowed into various campaign committees since state lawmakers voted in August to put the proposition on the ballot. Supporters of the redistricting effort raised exponentially more money than opponents, and polling shows the proposition is likely to pass.
As of Friday, more than a quarter of the state’s 23 million registered voters had cast ballots, with Democrats outpacing Republicans.
Newsom was joined Saturday by Harris, Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass, Sens. Adam Schiff and Alex Padilla of California and Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota, Rep. Jasmine Crockett of Texas, other Democrats and labor leaders.
Harris, in a surprise appearance at the gathering, argued that the Trump administration is implementing long-sought GOP goals such as voter suppression.
“This fight is not about sitting by and complaining, ‘Oh, they’re cheating,’” the former vice president said. “It’s about recognizing what they are up to. There is an agenda that we are witnessing which feels chaotic, I know, but in fact, we are witnessing a high-velocity event that is about the swift implementation of a plan that has been decades in the making.”
Several speakers referred to the immigration raids that started in Los Angeles in June and deep cuts to federal safety nets, including the nutrition assistance program for low-income families and healthcare coverage for seniors and the disabled.
“We know there’s so much on the line this Tuesday. And a reminder, Tuesday is not Election Day — it’s the last day to vote,” Padilla said. “Don’t wait till Tuesday. Get your ballots in, folks…. As good as the polls look, we need to run up the score on this because the eyes of the country are going to be on California on Tuesday. And we need to win and we need to win big.”
Padilla, a typically staid legislator, then offered a modified riff of a lyric by rapper Ice Cube, who grew up in South Los Angeles.
“Donald Trump — you better check yourself before you wreck America,” said Padilla, who is considering running for governor next year.
Nearly 50 miles southeast, about 50 Republican canvassers fueled up on coffee and doughnuts, united over the brisk weather and annoyance about Newsom’s attempt to redraw California’s congressional districts.
Will O’Neill, chairman of the Orange County Republican Party, equated this final push against Prop. 50 as the California GOP’s Game 7 — a nod to Friday night’s World Series battle between the Dodgers and Toronto Blue Jays.
“Orange County right now is the only county in Southern California that has a shot of having more Republicans than Democrats voting,” O’Neill said. “We expect that over the next three days, around 70% of everyone who votes is gonna vote no on 50. But we need them to vote.”
Ariana Assenmacher, of California Young Republicans, center, organizes during a gathering of Republican Party members pressing to vote no on Proposition 50 in the upcoming California Statewide Special Election at John Wayne Park in Newport Beach on Saturday, November 1, 2025.
(Christina House / Los Angeles Times)
O’Neill labeled the measure a “hyper-partisan power grab.” If Prop. 50 passes, it will dilute Republican power in Orange County by splitting communities and roping some residents into districts represented by Los Angeles County politicians.
Dixon also rallied volunteers — which included a handful of college students from across the state: “Be polite. Just say thank you very much. Just like Charlie Kirk would. Don’t [stimulate] an argument. Just be friendly.”
“They’re squeezing out what very little representation Republicans have in the state,” said Kristen Nicole Valle, president of the Orange County Young Republicans.
“We will not be hearing from 40% of Californians if Prop. 50 passes.”
Randall Avila, executive director of the Orange County GOP, said the measure disenfranchises Latino GOP voters like himself.
Nationally, Trump managed to gain 48% of the Latino vote, a Pew Research study showed, which proved crucial to his second presidential victory.
“Obviously our community has kind of shown we’re willing to switch parties and go another direction if that elected official or that party isn’t serving us,” Avila said. “So it’s unfortunate that some of those voices are now gonna be silenced with a predetermined winner in their district.”
Not all hope is lost for Republicans if Prop. 50 is approved, Avila said. A handful of seats could be snagged by Republicans, including the districts held by Reps. Dave Min (D-Irvine) and Derek Tran (D-Orange).
“If the lines do change, that doesn’t mean we pack up and go home,” he said. “Just means we reorganize, we reconfigure things, and then we keep fighting.”
Buckle up, “High Potential” fans, because we’re in for a bumpy ride in 2026.
Tensions at the precinct are running at an all-time high, thanks to the events of the ABC procedural’s midseason finale, and those tensions will be met head-on in the new year — specifically regarding Captain Wagner’s uncharacteristic outburst in the bullpen, which resulted in a shouting match between Morgan and her new superior.
Unsurprisingly, “High Potential” showrunner Todd Harthan says that Karadec will have Morgan’s back 100% as he takes Wagner to task for creating such a hostile environment.
“That particular moment is something that Karadec is really going to interrogate him about in the next episode,” Harthan tells TVLine. “It came out of nowhere and felt very heightened, considering Wagner knows who Morgan is and how she works. So why do that? What’s his agenda?”
As TVLine previously reported, the Jan. 6 midseason premiere of “High Potential” (now airing at 9/8c!) won’t pick up directly after the events of the finale. In other words, Morgan won’t still be stuck in that hotel room with possible thief/killer Rhys. Instead, some time will have passed, but a “clever little device” will give us “interesting backfill about what happened in that hotel room in the time between getting that call and getting to a crime scene.”
“Karadec has some questions for her, so we start with a really fun, juicy scene at the top of the next one,” Harthan says.
“High Potential” fans, what are your burning questions after that midseason finale, and what are your hopes for the second half of Season 2? Grade the latest episode below, then drop a comment with your thoughts below.
Among the few certainties in life aside from death and taxes is the inevitability that when there’s gambling there will always be the Mob. Don’t take my word for it: Just ask NBA commissioner Adam Silver, (and maybe soon NFL chief Roger Goodell) who might have a starring role in the next Scorsese Mafia epic all because they decided to embrace one of the world’s oldest and most dangerous vices.
Indeed, a duo of federal indictments filed last week will make Scorsese’s job a lot easier. Basketball star Terry Rozier and Hall of Famer–turned-coach Chauncey Billups were caught up in high-roller card games rigged with x-ray tables, hidden cameras, and loaded decks. Celebrities used as bait. Information passed to a “quarterback,” a mob-connected player who never lost. And when the high-rollers couldn’t pay, the threats came. Violence, blackmail, and worse.
In a separate indictment, players were involved in passing confidential information about injuries, etc., so insiders could win lucrative “prop bets,” a popular sports gambling innovation where you wage on how many yards a running back makes in a game, or how many free throws are completed by LeBron.
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These so-called “victims” lost tens of thousands, sometimes millions, through these scams, the Feds say. But the real damage runs much deeper. The leagues’ unholy marriage to gambling—and by extension, to organized crime—exposes how the moral rot that has infected every level of American sport because some of the most woke executives in America saw green instead of danger when they went there.
Sport gambling’s scope is indeed staggering. Globally, it’s a $100 billion business–and growing. It used to be confined to back alleys, bookie shops and of course in Vegas. The leagues forbade their players from engaging; Pete Rose famously denied a Hall of Fame entry because he went there.
That all changed in 2018, when the Supreme Court ruled that states could legalize, and now it’s ubiquitous. Sports books advertise before and after games. Sponsored content commingled with analysts touting betting lines. Stadiums proudly display the logos of the various sports book companies so fans can wager bets on their i-Phones while they’re swigging a beer or enjoying a hot dog.
Even players can indulge as long as they don’t bet on their games. The leagues believe it’s a healthy outlet for their aggressive personalities.
Silver, Goodell and the rest moralize about “equity” all day long, but their social conscience stops at the cash register. And that register keeps ringing thanks to their lucrative alliances with gambling operators, advertising partners, and the fan engagement numbers that follow.
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Sounds like a lot of fun until you understand the downside. Players are restricted from betting on their own games, but that doesn’t stop them because it’s so easy to evade; leagues test for steroids, not where players are placing their bets.
Then there’s the Mob. I grew up in a gambling family. My father and grandfather were near degenerates. They gambled on everything, football, horse races and more. Fortunately, my family didn’t go without food or heating during my dad’s gambling binges, but I know of people who did.
Portland Trailblazers head coach Chauncey Billups leaving a federal court on Oct. 23. AP
Financing it all: Organized crime, which knows more about the business of gambling than any sports book or league official because it’s specialized in this stuff for decades.
Which brings me back to Silver and Goodell and the idiocy behind their embrace of this abhorrent lifestyle. I’m not saying the Five Families are regularly consulting with the leagues, or have infiltrated the sports book companies, but the Mob knows its clientele.
Neighborhood guys like my pops, high rollers who don’t want to follow Vegas rules, and also sports figures. The reason sports figures make such enticing targets is pretty simple: The same addictive personality that fuels their drive on the gridiron or basketball court carries over to their recreational activities like gambling.
NBA Commissioner Adam Silver. AP
Normalize gambling, as has been done, and it’s no surprise here that NBAers found themselves in the middle of those sprawling federal indictments last week. Members of the Cosa Nostra and so-called “betfluencers” supplied the so-called “faces” or professional athletes who allegedly took part in the rigged card games and the money-good “prop bets” based on inside information on injuries etc.
Yet they were just “Shocked! Shocked!” to find that gambling is going on under their collective nose.
There are, of course, no bigger social justice warriors in America than the people who run professional sports. The NFL, NBA, and MLB have spent the past decade competing to out-woke one another, funding DEI bureaucracies, cutting checks to Black Lives Matter. They’ve even imposed gender quotas in hiring, requiring teams to interview women for coaching positions.
They pose as enlightened visionaries reshaping American culture for the better. The dirty secret is that those same do-gooders have been feeding one of the most destructive habits in American life, and unwittingly, organized crime.
True, no NFL players have been named, but my sources say it’s only a matter of time for all of the reasons I cited earlier.
Yes, only the willfully ignorant would be shocked by any of this, which is why I got a good laugh from the reactions of Silver or Goodell. Both men are among the highest paid executives in corporate America, Silver earns $10 million a year. Goodell six times that much.
If voters are foolish enough to elect him Tuesday, his tenure wouldn’t just make things slightly worse.
His policies would inflict major damage in myriad ways, from declining public safety to out-of-control spending.
Schools would be further dumbed down and his pledge to hike taxes would drive away businesses, families and jobs.
His antisemitic attacks on Israel make him unfit to lead the Jewish capital of America.
Mamdani also vows to close Rikers Island, with no place to put the 7,000 inmates.
The result would be a rapid decline in the quality of life for the city’s remaining residents, workers and visitors.
And not just for a short time.
Gotham’s history is chock full of lessons on how the actions of a mayor, good or bad, can have an outsized impact for years and even decades beyond his tenure.
In addition to actual policies, a mayor helps shape the broader civic culture, including the role of nonprofits and private philanthropy.
In Mamdani’s case, a long, sour decline is guaranteed because his promise of free this and free that, combined with an expansion of government control over private housing and some supermarkets, would require punishingly higher taxes.
Former NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio attends the COVID-19 Five Year Remembrance event. Paul Martinka
His agenda is a carbon copy of failed socialist governments around the world and throughout history.
Cuba and Venezuela are two clear and close examples: Huge portions of their populations have fled to other countries, and they didn’t run to nearby socialist outposts.
They voted with their feet by aiming for New York and other cities in America.
If socialism is good and capitalism is evil, why is it that nobody, including Trump-hating celebrities, quits America to live in Cuba or Venezuela?
That dynamic gets to the heart of why I am voting for former Gov. Andrew Cuomo and why it is essential that Mamdani and his snake oil never sets foot in City Hall.
Cuomo is far from perfect, but under the Binn test, the fact that he would do less harm makes him the right choice.
The damage the untested 34-year-old Mamdani would do would not be easily corrected, even if he were booted after a single term.
Failed experiment
Four years is enough time to dig New York into a hole that it might not escape for years.
History shows the pattern.
Consider the relevance of events 50 years ago this week, when a famous headline summed up Gotham’s fiscal nightmare.
“Ford to City, Drop Dead,” shouted the Daily News after President Ford vowed to veto any federal effort to bail out the city from its financial mess.
For years, New York had lived well beyond its means.
So much so that banks took the drastic step of cutting off their lines of credit.
The mountain of debts wasn’t built overnight.
Democratic New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani attends a campaign event on November 1, 2025, in Brooklyn, New York. Getty Images
The eight-year tenure of Republican Mayor John Lindsay that started in 1966 featured a nonstop spend-a-thon and a breakdown of law-and-order.
The number of murders exploded, with the total in his final year three times higher than in his first year.
The city comptroller at the time, Democrat Abe Beame, never blew the whistle on the chaos, but the Dem machine still got him elected mayor in ’73.
His move to City Hall sped up deficit spending, and it was fitting that the banks stopped the grift on his watch.
It is also understandable that Ford was reluctant to help unless the city started to clean up its own act.
Beame lost his bid for re-election in part because the budget cuts needed to balance the books fell heavily on the NYPD.
The city became a filthy crime capital and the quality of life went to hell.
Over a few years, nearly 1 million people fled, most to the suburbs or Florida.
Ed Koch was the next mayor up, and his bold plans to reduce spending while also shoring up public safety were just what the doctor ordered. Koch’s popularity soared, and as Sen. Daniel Patrick Moynihan told me several years later, Koch’s great triumph was that he showed New Yorkers, Washington and the banks that finally, “somebody is in charge.”
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Although the city had a new bounce in its step, the problems didn’t melt away and crime continued to grow as the outgunned NYPD couldn’t keep up.
It wasn’t until 1990, when Koch’s beleaguered successor, David Dinkins, worked with Council Speaker Peter Vallone to develop a plan that called for hiring 10,000 more cops.
But with a slow roll-out, murders hit an all time high, with about 2,000 a year recorded during Dinkins’ term.
Golden Age of NYC
It was only after Rudy Giuliani became mayor in 1994 that the police force was fully funded and smartly used.
Giuliani and his team, including top cop Bill Bratton, used the new officers in targeted enforcement campaigns under the revolutionary “broken windows” theory of policing.
The results came fast and were dramatic.
Within four years, the number of murders fell by 60%, with huge declines in other crimes, too.
The pattern continued through Giuliani’s second term and all through Mike Bloomberg’s subsequent three terms as Bloomberg and his top cop, Ray Kelly, kept the same policies and extended and improved them.
The result was a 20-year Golden Age of public safety and economic expansion that transformed New York into the safest big city in America and the world capital of capital.
Jobs and population booms followed, with the city gaining even more people than it had lost.
As I wrote at the time, an elderly friend who had spent his entire life in New York said he had never seen it shine as it did at the end of Bloomberg’s tenure.
Unfortunately, he was followed by Bill de Blasio, the worst mayor since Beame.
Anti-cop to the core and a lazy, anti-business leftist, Mayor Putz left with crime on the rise and the quality of life in decline.
It is telling — and scary — that Mamdani calls him his favorite mayor.
As if to underscore the idiocy, he pledges to shrink the NYPD.
Reports that de Blasio is advising Mamdani and that there is overlap in their inner circles completes the horror scenario.
Polls showing Mamdani leading the race recall a definition of insanity: “Doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different outcome.”
