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White Sox to honor Buehrle with statue in July

Jesse RogersJan 24, 2025, 08:45 PM ET Close Jesse joined ESPN Chicago in September 2009 and covers MLB for ESPN.com. Open Extended Reactions CHICAGO...

Sports

Ex-interpreter impersonated Ohtani 24x for cash

Tisha ThompsonJan 23, 2025, 09:52 PM ET Close Tisha Thompson is an investigative reporter for ESPN based in Washington, D.C. Her work appears on...

Storm Eowyn brought widespread disruption – here’s what could be affected today

Storm Eowyn brought widespread closures in Ireland and parts of the UK on Friday as flights, rail services and hospitals were all disrupted. But...

Men in shackles led on to US military plane as immigration arrests on rise

US military aircraft have started flying detained migrants out of America on the orders of President Donald Trump. It comes as the White House...

Technology

Alphabet shares close above $200 for first time on split-adjusted basis

Sundar Pichai, CEO of Alphabet Inc. Kyle Grillot | Bloomberg | Getty Images Alphabet shares closed at $200 per share for the first time...

Alphabet shares close above 0 for first time on split-adjusted basis

Sports

Islanders bringing in divisive DeAngelo for season

Greg WyshynskiJan 24, 2025, 02:40 PM ET Close Greg Wyshynski is ESPN’s senior NHL writer. Open Extended Reactions Tony DeAngelo is back in the...

Technology

Meta to begin testing ads on Threads, its microblogging app

Thilina Kaluthotage | Nurphoto | Getty Images Meta will begin testing ads on its Threads microblogging service with a few companies in the U.S....

Technology

Twilio shares pop 20% for biggest gain since Covid pandemic on growth forecast

Twilio CEO Khozema Shipchandler speaks at Twilio’s Signal event in Sao Paulo on Aug. 14, 2024. Courtesy: Twilio Twilio shares soared 20% on Friday, their...

Science

India’s Gaganyaan project takes a big step with Crew Module launch

India’s journey toward human space exploration marked a critical step with the dispatch of the Crew Module for the first uncrewed mission under the...

Prince Harry campaigners could bring private prosecutions against The Sun’s publisher if police don’t open fresh probe

Campaigners who supported Prince Harry through his legal battle against News Group Newspapers (NGN) aren’t ruling out the possibility that private criminal prosecutions would...

Science

1.95-Million-Year-Old Evidence of Hominin Activity Discovered in Romania

Evidence of hominin activity has been discovered in Romania, dating back approximately 1.95 million years, significantly altering the timeline of human presence in Europe....

Science

SpaceX Achieves 400 Orbital Rocket Landings with Falcon 9 and Falcon Heavy

SpaceX marked a significant achievement during the launch of 27 Starlink satellites from California on January 21, 2025. The mission, conducted from Vandenberg Space...

Environment

Venture Global closes below IPO price in disappointing debut despite Trump’s support of LNG industry

Natural gas exporter Venture Global shares fell 4% in its first day of trading, as the company looked to test investor appetite for energy...

Science

Scientists Uncover New Form of Magnetism That Could Be the Key to Superconductivity

A new category of magnetism, identified as “altermagnetism,” has been discovered, potentially unlocking new advancements in superconducting materials and magnetic memory devices. This development,...

Technology

Zuckerberg sets Meta’s AI targets for the year, expects to spend $60 billion on growth

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg looks on before the luncheon on the inauguration day of U.S. President Donald Trump’s second Presidential term in Washington, U.S.,...

Zuckerberg sets Meta's AI targets for the year, expects to spend billion on growth

Kimberlee Singler: US woman charged with murdering her children loses fight against extradition from UK

A US mother charged with murdering two of her young children has lost her fight to avoid extradition from the UK. Kimberlee Singler’s nine-year-old...

Environment

SEC revokes unpopular banking rule that blocked Wall Street banks from adopting crypto

After years of lobbying by the crypto industry, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has rescinded an accounting rule that forced banks to treat...

World

Hamas releases names of latest Israeli hostages to be freed on Saturday

Hamas has released the names of four hostages expected to be freed on Saturday as part of the ceasefire deal with Israel. Karina Ariev,...

Science

Comet ATLAS Offers Stunning Display as It Nears the Sun

In mid-January 2025, comet C/2024 G3 (ATLAS) was observed as it approached within 8 million miles of the Sun, offering a stunning display recorded...

Science

Boom Supersonic’s XB-1 Nears Supersonic Milestone with Mach 0.95 Test Flight

The XB-1 supersonic demonstrator by Boom Supersonic is one step closer to becoming the first commercial aircraft to surpass the sound barrier since the...