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Hold that, Tiger: Kelly asks if Dabo saw 2nd half

Adam RittenbergSep 2, 2025, 04:07 PM ET Close College football reporter; joined ESPN in 2008. Graduate of Northwestern University. Open Extended Reactions While Dabo...

Sports

College athletes suing NCAA over redshirt rule

Dan MurphySep 2, 2025, 08:03 PM ET Close Covers the Big Ten Joined ESPN.com in 2014 Graduate of the University of Notre Dame Open...

Sports

College football Power Rankings: First impressions of each Top 25 team

Sep 1, 2025, 11:16 PM ET Open Extended Reactions The thing about first impressions is you can’t take them back. Some are underwhelming, like...

Business

Thames Water rescue plan promises £20.5bn investment

The group of Thames Water lenders aiming to rescue the company have set out plans for £20.5bn of investment to bolster performance. The proposals,...

Technology

Salesforce CEO confirms 4,000 layoffs ‘because I need less heads’ with AI

Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff participates in an interview at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, on Jan. 22, 2025. Chris Ratcliffe | Bloomberg...

Matthew Perry and the Hollywood drug network exposed by his death

Before he died alone in his jacuzzi, Matthew Perry had received three injections of ketamine in the space of just six hours. “Shoot me...

Cardi B cleared of assaulting security guard

Cardi B has been cleared of assault by a California jury in a civil trial brought by a former security guard. The $24m (£17.9m)...

Google ordered to make search engine changes – but avoids dramatic break-up

A US federal judge has ordered a major makeover of Google’s search engine in a crackdown aimed at addressing the damaging effects of monopolistic...

Technology

Apple shares rise after judge rules Google can continue preload deals in antitrust case

Tim Cook, CEO of Apple Inc., during the Apple Worldwide Developers Conference at Apple Park campus in Cupertino, California, on June 9, 2025. David...

Technology

Waymo starts testing in Denver, Seattle in bid to expand robotaxi service across U.S.

Waymo partners with Uber to bring robotaxi service to Atlanta and Austin. Uber Technologies Inc. Alphabet’s Waymo unit will begin test drives of its...

Business

No room for Treasury complacency as UK hit by toxic cocktail of market shifts

No chancellor much likes it when the pound takes a tumble. No chancellor much likes it when the yield on their government debt –...

Technology

Google stock jumps 8% after search giant avoids worst-case penalties in antitrust case

Google CEO Sundar Pichai during the press conference after his meeting with Polish PM Donald Tusk at Google for Startups Campus In Warsaw in...

Politics

New Green leader reveals he spoke to Jeremy Corbyn – and doesn’t rule out pact

The new leader of the Green Party has revealed he spoke to Jeremy Corbyn this week amid suggestions there could be a pact between...

Politics

The ‘eco-populist’ Green Party leader who wants to be the Farage of the Left

Zack Polanski, the new leader of the Green Party, has been studying one politician closely this summer – Nigel Farage. The 42-year-old, who stormed...

World

The questions raised by alleged GPS jamming of EU chief’s flight

The alleged GPS jamming of a plane carrying Ursula von der Leyen by Russia raises concerns about air travel – but were there politics...

World

French actor Gerard Depardieu to face trial over alleged rape and sexual assault of fellow actor

French actor Gerard Depardieu has been summoned to face trial in Paris over allegations of rape and sexual assault against actress Charlotte Arnould. “I...

World

How a delivery driver’s death fuelled deadly protests in Indonesia

At least seven people have been killed, parliament buildings have been set alight and more than 1,000 people have been arrested as anti-government protests...

Revealed: Huge rise in protests being dealt with by police

Police across the UK dealt with more than 3,000 protests over three months this summer – more than three times as many as just...

Science

Scientists Discover Hidden Mantle Layer Beneath the Himalayas Challenging Century-Old Theory

For decades, geologists believed the Himalayas were built on a double layer of continental crust. New research overturns that view, revealing that a dense...

Brianna Ghey’s mother calls for school smartphone ban

The mother of murdered teenager Brianna Ghey is calling on the government to introduce a ban on mobile phones in schools – a move...