BREAKING: Dockworkers' Strike Suspended, Postponed Until 2025

© Disney © & TM Lucasfilm Three years ago, Disney revealed the most convincing replica of a Star Wars lightsaber ever devised — one whose glowing blade fully and automatically retracts inside the handle due to a cleverly patented device. Now, its lead inventor, Lanny Smoot, says he’s hoping that lightsaber might turn into a product you can actually buy — and it sounds like plans could already be in motion, unless Smoot was misinformed. At Disney’s D23 fan expo last month, a fan asked that question with a camera rolling, as documented by YouTuber Finding The Force. Smoot replied: I think the company would like to do that. And I think Josh D’Amaro, our number two guy, our head of Disney Parks, said it at a public — I hope — meeting of toy vendors to say, hey,... Continue reading…

Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images Many ports along the East and Gulf coasts were shut down, threatening the country’s supply chains, after unionized port workers went on strike on Tuesday. But those workers will return to work after reaching a tentative agreement on wages with the group representing port employers. As part of the agreement on wages, the United States Maritime Alliance has offered to up wages by 62 percent over a six-year contract, The New York Times reports. The two groups still have other issues to negotiate, and they have agreed to extend the “Master Contract” until January 15th, 2025. The International Longshoremen’s Association, which represents the workers, and the United States Maritime Alliance, which represents their employers, shared a joint... Continue reading…

Image: Ford Ford is launching a redesigned version of the largest SUV in its lineup, now including Ford’s brand-new Digital Experience infotainment system. The 2025 Expedition is the second Ford to get the Android Automotive-based system after the new Explorer, but the new SUV’s dashboard and UI look like a chopped-down version of the giant panoramic display first introduced in the 2024 Lincoln Nautilus. The new Expedition, which is first being teased with a drone light show today in Texas, looks like it has only the left half of the Lincoln’s 48-inch pillar-to-pillar panoramic display, leaving behind just a 24-inch panel for the Expedition. You’re getting the same instrument cluster and navigation combo in front of the driver’s seat, but without... Continue reading…

Minnesota Democrat Gov. Tim Walz was chosen by Vice President Kamala Harris to shore up Midwestern votes, yet his past misstatements have put his campaign staff under constant damage control, Politico reported on Thursday.

Chaos is mounting as port strikes along the East and Gulf coasts stretch into their third day Thursday, reported CNBC.

Former President Donald Trump has attributed the downsizing of a recent rally in Wisconsin to insufficient security, claiming that the White House prevented a more extensive gathering by failing to provide necessary support.

Country music superstar Garth Brooks is facing allegations of sexual assault and battery, according to a lawsuit filed by a woman identified only as "Jane Roe," who claims multiple incidents occurred in 2019, Newsweek reported.

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Thirty Republican lawmakers have co-sponsored legislation to remove the liability shield given to vaccine manufacturers under the 1986 Childhood Vaccine Injury Act, The Defender reports. REACT19…