June 20, 2024 - Brief Briefing

MLB Power Rankings: NL shaken up as 2 teams surge up list

Jun 20, 2024, 07:00 AM ET Open Extended Reactions What a week can do in MLB — and in our Power Rankings. In the...

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MLB Power Rankings: NL shaken up as 2 teams surge up list

NHL free agent rankings: Guentzel, Montour, Stamkos among top options available

Greg Wyshynski, ESPNJun 20, 2024, 07:00 AM ET Close Greg Wyshynski is ESPN’s senior NHL writer. Open Extended Reactions The NHL offseason comes at...

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NHL free agent rankings: Guentzel, Montour, Stamkos among top options available

Politics

Rishi Sunak ‘incredibly angry’ over ‘really serious’ election date betting allegations

Rishi Sunak has said he is “incredibly angry” to learn of allegations that Tory candidates placed bets on the election date, calling it a...

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Rishi Sunak 'incredibly angry' over 'really serious' election date betting allegations

Business

TikTok warns of US ban without free speech court ruling

TikTok has launched a long-awaited legal fight to stop its Chinese owner being forced to sell the short video platform’s US operations, arguing it...

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TikTok warns of US ban without free speech court ruling

Sports

College Football Playoff: Five questions for the committee

Heather Dinich, ESPN Senior WriterJun 20, 2024, 08:00 AM ET Close College football reporter Joined ESPN.com in 2007 Graduate of Indiana University Open Extended...

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College Football Playoff: Five questions for the committee

Sports

Betting buzz: Alabama’s National Championship odds longest since Nick Saban’s second season

Jun 20, 2024, 03:42 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Everything that happens in sports has some additional context when viewed from a sports betting...

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Betting buzz: Alabama's National Championship odds longest since Nick Saban's second season

Rishi Sunak ‘incredibly angry’ over ‘really serious’ election date betting allegations

Rishi Sunak has said he is “incredibly angry” to learn of allegations that Tory candidates placed bets on the election date, calling it a...

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Sports

No June signing window for college football on horizon

Eli Lederman, ESPNJun 20, 2024, 02:10 PM ET Open Extended Reactions College commissioners passed on taking a formal vote on the addition of a...

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No June signing window for college football on horizon

Politics

More names expected to come out in betting scandal – as Tory candidate says she will ‘fully cooperate’

More political figures are being looked into over bets placed on the timing of the general election, a gambling industry source has told Sky...

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More names expected to come out in betting scandal - as Tory candidate says she will 'fully cooperate'

World

Donald Sutherland, Hunger Games and Kelly’s Heroes actor, dies

Donald Sutherland, who appeared in films including The Hunger Games and Kelly’s Heroes, has died at the age of 88. He died in Miami...

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Donald Sutherland, Hunger Games and Kelly’s Heroes actor, dies

Donald Sutherland, who appeared in films including The Hunger Games and Kelly’s Heroes, has died at the age of 88. He died in Miami...

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Politics

Former Tory minister says he’ll vote Labour and accuses Sunak of ‘siding with climate deniers’

A former Tory minister who quit in protest at the government’s handling of the climate crisis has revealed he will vote Labour at the...

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Former Tory minister says he'll vote Labour and accuses Sunak of 'siding with climate deniers'

World

Jay Slater: Photographs show Tenerife property where missing British teenager was last seen

Photographs show the Tenerife property where British teenager Jay Slater is believed to have been last seen before he went missing on Monday. A...

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Jay Slater: Photographs show Tenerife property where missing British teenager was last seen

World

Serbia threaten to pull out of Euro 2024 over Croatia and Albania chants

Serbia have threatened to pull its football team out of Euro 2024 if UEFA doesn’t punish Croatia and Albania for alleged hateful chants. Jovan...

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Serbia threaten to pull out of Euro 2024 over Croatia and Albania chants

World

India: At least 34 people die and more than 100 taken to hospital after drinking illegally brewed alcohol in Tamil Nadu

At least 34 people have died and more than 100 have been taken to hospital after drinking illegally brewed alcohol in Tamil Nadu in...

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India: At least 34 people die and more than 100 taken to hospital after drinking illegally brewed alcohol in Tamil Nadu

World

Thousands of migrants attempt to make the dangerous journey from Mexico to the US – this is where it starts

As the sun rises over the Usumacinta River between Guatemala and Mexico, the silence is broken by the sounds of people awaking after another...

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Thousands of migrants attempt to make the dangerous journey from Mexico to the US - this is where it starts

Travis Scott arrested for ‘causing a disturbance while drunk and trespassing’

Rapper Travis Scott has been arrested for “disorderly intoxication and trespassing”, police in the US have said. Scott, who has two children with Kylie...

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Travis Scott arrested for 'causing a disturbance while drunk and trespassing'

Technology

Amazon’s ditching the plastic air pillows in its boxes

Amazon said Thursday it has removed 95% of the plastic air pillows from its packaging in North America and will replace them with paper...

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Amazon's ditching the plastic air pillows in its boxes

Technology

Startup Kinetic rolls out robots to fix electric cars, and someday robotaxis

Kinetic cofounders: CEO Nikhil Naikal, CTO Sander Marques, COO Chris Weber Courtesy: Kinetic Automation While electric vehicle demand is still increasing in the U.S.,...

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Startup Kinetic rolls out robots to fix electric cars, and someday robotaxis

Technology

OpenAI competitor Anthropic announces its most powerful AI yet

Jakub Porzycki | Nurphoto | Getty Images OpenAI competitor Anthropic on Thursday announced Claude 3.5 Sonnet, its most powerful artificial intelligence model yet. Claude...

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