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James Webb Telescope Renders Pillars of Creation With New Depth, Clarity

One of the most celebrated, awe-inspiring images of modern astronomy, revealing colossal spires of interstellar gas and dust called the Pillars of Creation, has...

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MOBO Awards: From Goldie and Soul II Soul to Stormzy and Little Simz – a look back at 25 years of a game-changing ceremony

As the MOBO Awards celebrate the milestone of turning 25, founder and chief executive Kanya King has told Sky News her focus is on...

Sports

Drury, Bell power Padres’ outburst to even NLCS

10:57 PM ET SAN DIEGO – Juan Soto and Josh Hader absorbed most of the attention, but Brandon Drury and Josh Bell were in-season...

Donald Trump questioned for defamation suit over writer’s department store rape claim

Former US President Donald Trump has been questioned under oath for a lawsuit brought by a magazine columnist who says he raped her in...

Gunned down at the drive-in: Son ordered hit on his own mob-associate dad

The son of murdered New York mob associate Sylvester “Sally Daz” Zottola has been convicted of hiring the hitmen who killed him. According to...

Sports

Mariners All-Star Rodriguez broke pinkie in ALDS

9:02 PM ET Associated Press SEATTLE — The Seattle Mariners will head into the offseason with four key players needing downtime or surgery to...

Sports

Pro, College Hall of Famer Trippi dies at age 100

5:47 PM ET Associated Press ATLANTA — Pro and College Football Hall of Famer Charley Trippi, a runner-up for the Heisman Trophy at Georgia...

Sports

Mississippi State’s Westmoreland dies at age 18

4:10 PM ET Pete ThamelESPN Mississippi State football player Sam Westmoreland, 18, has died, the school announced Wednesday. Westmoreland would have turned 19 on...

Politics

Liz Truss premiership hanging by a thread after bruising day in Westminster

Liz Truss’s premiership is hanging by a thread after an extraordinary day in Westminster that saw a cabinet minister resign and a Commons motion...

Politics

Liz Truss is clearly no longer in charge, what isn’t clear is who is – if anybody!

After Wednesday, it’s worth asking: who is in charge? The last 12 hours suggests it’s very hard to say. Few say Liz Truss, since...

Sports

Guardians’ Ramirez to undergo surgery on thumb

7:33 PM ET Associated Press CLEVELAND — He’ll now have an operation in the next few weeks. Renowned hand specialist Dr. Thomas Graham will...

Technology

Elon Musk says Tesla is ‘pedal to the metal’ even with potential recession looming

SpaceX Chief Engineer Elon Musk takes part in a joint news conference with T-Mobile CEO Mike Sievert (not pictured) at the SpaceX Starbase, in...

Environment

Biden administration awards $2.8 billion in grants for electric vehicle battery manufacturing

Workers marry the body structure with the battery pack and the front and rear sub frames as they assemble electric vehicles at the Lucid...

Biden administration awards .8 billion in grants for electric vehicle battery manufacturing

Business

More rail strikes announced for 3 and 5 November, this time involving train operators

More rail strikes have been announced for 3 and 5 November – this time involving 14 train operating companies. The Rail, Maritime and Transport...

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In Bruges stars Colin Farrell and Brendan Gleeson reunite for new Martin McDonagh comedy The Banshees of Inisherin

For Colin Farrell, reuniting with Brendan Gleeson on-screen 14 years after they made the award-winning In Bruges felt like having “the band back together”....

Technology

IBM surpasses quarterly projections and lifts its full-year revenue forecast

IBM shares rose as much as 6% in extended trading on Wednesday after the technology conglomerate surpassed analysts’ estimates for the third quarter and...

Politics

Chaos among Tory MPs as Labour motion to force vote on fracking bill is defeated

A Labour motion that would have forced a vote on a bill to ban fracking has been defeated amid farcical scenes in the House...

Politics

Suella Braverman resigns as home secretary after sharing secure information from private email – and takes aim at Liz Truss in departure

Suella Braverman has resigned from Liz Truss’s government after sending an official document from her personal email – and has taken aim at the...

Technology

Elon Musk addresses Twitter takeover, possible recession on Tesla earnings call

Tesla reported third-quarter earnings after the bell, and executives addressed a broad range of questions during the earnings call, including macroeconomic concerns and CEO...

Environment

Biden says oil companies should ramp up production and cut prices at the pump instead of buying back stock, paying dividends

President Joe Biden said oil companies need to use their record profits to ramp up production rather than to enrich shareholders. “My message to...