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Yanks’ bats fall silent as Astros dominate Game 3

10:59 PM ET NEW YORK — The But New York faces significantly higher obstacles trying to defeat the Astros, who looked like the better...

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Best of Saturday: Is 8-0 Clemson capable of winning a national championship?

10:50 PM ET On Saturday, 1 Related Now, it’d be easy enough to chalk up all the turnovers to the simple fact that Miami...

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Clemson’s Uiagalelei benched in win, still QB1

4:14 PM ET CLEMSON, S.C. — Clemson coach Dabo Swinney made a change at quarterback that helped spark a 27-21 come-from-behind win against Syracuse,...

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Ducks’ onside kick, ‘aggressive’ calls KO UCLA

10:13 PM ET Paolo UggettiESPN EUGENE, Ore. — It was 12 years ago that Chip Kelly, then just 18 games into his tenure as...

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Gragson wins Homestead, gets Xfinity finale berth

8:55 PM ET Associated Press HOMESTEAD, Fla. — “I really wanted to win this one,” Gragson said, “more than any other race in my...

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Iran protests: Isolation, fear and beatings – Life inside the country’s notorious detention cells

Mina left solitary confinement a few days ago. She has now been arrested twice by Iranian forces for taking part in the protests sweeping...

Libby Squire’s killer Pawel Relowicz agrees to meet her mother

The mother of murdered student Libby Squire has revealed that the “sexual predator” who raped and killed the 21-year-old has agreed to meet her. ...

Sunak secures 100 backers in leadership race as Team Johnson claims former PM has also reached threshold

Rishi Sunak has become the first to receive 100 public endorsements from Tory MPs – enough to meet the threshold for nominations in the...

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Tory leadership contest: Johnson and Sunak hold ‘late night talks’ – fuelling speculation they could strike a deal

Boris Johnson and Rishi Sunak have reportedly held talks late into the night – fuelling speculation they could strike a deal. Neither the former...

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No female soldier had passed this gruelling, three-week Army course – until now

A private has made history as the first female soldier to pass the Army’s demanding course to prove that personnel have the toughness to...

Female soldier passes gruelling Army course that examines robustness for the first time

A private has made history as the first female soldier to pass the Army’s demanding course to prove that personnel have the toughness to...

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Cost of living crisis: Thousands face higher mortgages for years after Liz Truss’s ‘disastrous premiership’, Labour says

Liz Truss’s “disastrous premiership” means British families are spending an extra £530 a month on their mortgage than they were a year ago, Labour...

Mortgages cost extra £530 per month after Tories ‘crashed’ economy, Labour claims

Liz Truss’s “disastrous premiership” means British families are spending an extra £530 a month on their mortgage than they were a year ago, Labour...

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NASCAR truck finale set after Homestead race

4:03 PM ET Associated Press HOMESTEAD, Fla. — 1 Related Zane Smith, the championship runner-up the past two years, finished second. “Third time’s the...

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‘Not a civilian evacuation’: Collaborators and Russians leaving Kherson, resident says

Fear is a powerful thing and it is motivating many to leave the Ukrainian city of Kherson. With Ukrainian troops closing in on the...

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Wallace outburst draws extra scrutiny from 23XI

12:51 PM ET Associated Press HOMESTEAD, Fla. — Bubba Wallace is missing Sunday’s NASCAR race, and that is evidently not his only sanction after...

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How ethereum’s merge made crypto mining more sustainable

After years of anticipation, the cryptocurrency ethereum finally implemented a major network upgrade that completely changes how the blockchain verifies transactions, mints new coins...