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The man who exploded a Tesla truck outside Trump's Las Vegas hotel wrote of “political grievances,” armed conflicts elsewhere and domestic issues in the days leading up to his suicide, officials said Friday. Via CNN: The writings were found in the cellphone of Matthew Alan Livelsberger, the truck’s driver, said Sheriff Dori Koren of the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department in a news conference. In his writings, the driver of the Cybertruck said the incident was intended not as a “terrorist attack” but rather “a wake-up call,” according to police.

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) said yesterday that he’s going to introduce legislation in the next Congress to fulfill one of RePresident-elect Donald Trump’s campaign promises. We pause now for a routine reminder that not everything Trump says is bad. Thank you. We now return you to your regularly scheduled newsfucking. Sanders said he was referring to Trump’s promise to cap your credit-card interest rates at 10%: This is an especially pertinent issue at the moment, as Americans burdened by predatory Wall Street debt are defaulting on their credit-card debts at rates unseen since the last economic crisis. The Financial Times reports that Wall Street credit-card companies wrote off $46 billion in unpaid debts during the first nine months of this year.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Chiefs finally departed from Kansas City International Airport for their game in Denver on Saturday after spending about four hours stranded on the tarmac amid an ice storm that blanketed the region ahead of an impending blizzard. The Chiefs tried to move up the flight as the weather, which had been predicted all week, bared down on them.

Colorado’s Jade Masogayo, right, shoots over Baylor’s Aaronette Vonleh on Jan. 4, 2025, at Foster Pavilion in Waco, Texas. (CU Athletics) WACO, Texas – Typically, the Colorado women’s basketball team isn’t one that will back down after falling into a hole. On Saturday, the Buffaloes once again proved their grit with a couple of big rallies, but they couldn’t muster a third. Fueled by a run late in the third quarter, Baylor cruised past the Buffs 76-62 on Saturday at Foster Pavilion. The Buffs (10-4, 1-2 Big 12) trailed by as many as 19 points late in the game as they finished off an 0-2 week in Texas.

Nathan MacKinnon’s incredible hockey career can be divided into phases: The rise to No. 1 pick phenom. The early NHL plateau. And then a step forward to star and champion. We have now entered Phase 4 of MacKinnon’s career, where he is an unstoppable force of nature and building a legacy that could make him one of the all-time greats.

Denver philanthropist Tim Gill’s advocacy on behalf of gay and lesbian Americans was recognized by Joe Biden with the Presidential Medal of Freedom on Saturday at the White House. Gill grew up in the western suburbs of Denver and founded his software start-up, Quark, in 1981 after graduating from the University of Colorado.