When he appeared on a Fox News panel days after the presidential election, smirking and answering questions about his potential role in President-elect Donald Trump’s administration, it was already a very good week for Senator Marco Rubio. “He’s going to make great choices,” said Rubio, avoiding any definitive answers. “He had really good people working with him the first time and he’s got really good people working on it now.”

A Hong Kong court has sentenced dozens of pro-democracy leaders to years in jail for subversion, following a controversial national security trial. Benny Tai and Joshua Wong were among the so-called Hong Kong 47 group of activists and lawmakers involved in a plan to pick opposition candidates for local elections. Tai received 10 years while Wong received more than four years. A total of 45 people have been jailed for conspiring to commit subversion, after two defendants were...

In November 2024, the day after President-elect Donald Trump nominated former U.S. Rep. Matt Gaetz to oversee the Department of Justice as U.S. attorney general, an account on X posted an apparent screen capture of a post attributed to Gaetz. Under one interpretation, that post seemed to say he'd "almost never" broken a rule according to which it was appropriate for a man to date a person no younger than half his age, minus seven years (in his case, teenagers)

Steve Bannon’s trial over his alleged involvement in a scheme to pocket donations from Trump supporters who thought they were funding the construction of a border wall will be postponed to February 25, a New York judge ruled on Monday. The trial was originally set to start December 9. Bannon faces charges in New York related to the “We Build the Wall” campaign, which allegedly scammed donors during president-elect Donald Trump’s first term. The former White House adviser has pleaded not...

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The following are some recent news stories about covid from various sources. From the origins of SARS-CoV-2 to the UK’s dubious surveillance of vaccine injuries to questions whether the US Centres for […]

As an unofficial member of “Weird Christian Twitter,” I had kept up fairly well with the onslaught of pastoral sex scandals this past summer. It was only a peek into an otherwise quite active stream of controversy over how abuse cases had been handled (or just ignored) by prominent evangelical leaders, from the executive committee of the Southern Baptist Convention to the Archbishop of Canterbury, and from John MacArthur to Doug Wilson. Continue Reading...

2025 Triumph Tiger Sport 660 Three years ago, when the 2022 Triumph Tiger Sport 660 was introduced, it was the first middleweight sport-tourer powered by a 3-cylinder engine, which it shares with the Trident 660. For 2025, the Tiger Sport 660 has been updated with a new quickshifter, a dedicated Sport ride mode, cruise control, cornering optimized ABS, and smartphone connectivity with turn-by-turn navigation.   Related: 2022 Triumph Tiger Sport 660 Review  Built by a brand known for Triples, the Tiger Sport 660 is powered by an inline 3-cylinder engine that displaces 660cc (74.0 x 51.1mm bore/stroke) and makes a claimed 80 hp at 10,250 rpm and 47.2 lb-ft of torque at 6,250 rpm, with more than 90% of peak torque available throughout the rev range. The engine is mated to a slip/assist wet clutch and a 6-speed transmission with Triumph Shift Assist, which allows clutchless up- and downshifts.  Throttle-by-wire enables ride modes that adjust throttle response. In addition to the previously available Road and Rain modes, a more aggressive Sport mode is new for 2025. Also new is cruise control, which allows riders to give their right wrist some relief on long rides.  The Tiger Sport 660’s chassis consists of a tubular-steel perimeter frame and a pressed-steel swingarm. Suspension is provided by Showa, with a nonadjustable 41mm inverted separate-function fork with 5.9 inches of travel and a rear shock with a remote preload adjuster and 5.9 inches of travel. A pair of 310mm front discs are squeezed by 2-piston Nissin calipers, and a 255mm rear disc is squeezed by a 1-piston caliper. ABS was standard on the previous Tiger Sport 660, and for 2025 ABS is now cornering optimized. Switchable traction control is also standard.  Related: 2025 Triumph Tiger Sport 800 Preview  Another update to the Tiger Sport 660 is a large LCD instrument panel that incorporates a full-color TFT screen. The My Triumph Connectivity system is now standard, enabling turn-by-turn navigation, call handling, and music control.  Designed for lightweight sport-touring, the Triumph Tiger Sport 660 has an upright riding position, an adjustable windscreen, a plush two-up seat, and integrated passenger grab handles. It rolls on Michelin Road 5 tires and has a 4.5-gallon fuel tank, a 32.9-inch seat height, a claimed 456-lb wet weight.  Triumph offers more than 40 dedicated Tiger Sport 660 accessories, including integrated panniers with optional color-coded inserts, a top box large enough to hold two helmets, a luggage rack, a 30-liter roll bag, a dual comfort seat, a belly pan, and more.  Visit the Triumph Motorcycles website for more information.  Check out more new bikes in Rider’s 2025 Motorcycle Buyers Guide  The post 2025 Triumph Tiger Sport 660 Preview appeared first on Rider Magazine.