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Another resignation as fallout from viral Coldplay concert video deepens

The woman who went viral after she was seen embracing a colleague at a Coldplay concert has resigned. Kristin Cabot plunged her head into...

Sports

MLB trade grades: Mariners land Josh Naylor in first big deadline deal

Bradford Doolittle Close Bradford Doolittle ESPN Staff Writer MLB writer and analyst for ESPN.com Former NBA writer and analyst for ESPN.com Been with ESPN...

Sports

Mariners land slugging 1B Naylor from D-backs

Open Extended Reactions The Seattle Mariners acquired first baseman Josh Naylor from the Arizona Diamondbacks on Thursday night, kicking off Major League Baseball’s trade...

Sports

Two-time Gold Glove recipient Ahmed retiring

Field Level Media Jul 24, 2025, 03:28 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Two-time Gold Glove winner Nick Ahmed announced his retirement from professional baseball...

Sports

Michigan DE slights Ohio St. title: ‘Didn’t beat us’

Jake TrotterJul 24, 2025, 07:05 PM ET Close Jake Trotter is a senior writer at ESPN. Trotter covers college football. He also writes about...

Sports

Trump issues executive order for college sports

Dan MurphyJul 24, 2025, 06:59 PM ET Close Covers the Big Ten Joined ESPN.com in 2014 Graduate of the University of Notre Dame Open...

Snipers, Secret Service sweeps and a personal chef on standby: Scotland awaits Trump’s arrival

Donald Trump likes a wall. And now he has his very own 15ft-high metal barrier creating a fortress as he tees off for a...

New internet rules enforced from today – but this grieving mother is sceptical they will work

“People always think: ‘Oh, that’s not going to happen to me, it’s not going to happen to my child,'” says Ellen Roone. She’s sitting...

World

‘Almost like a game of target practice’: British surgeon says IDF shooting Gazans at aid points

A British surgeon who recently returned from Gaza has told Sky News that there is “profound malnutrition” among the population – and claims IDF...

Labour doesn’t have the one thing striking doctors want

I was on Sophy Ridge’s show last week as negotiations between the health secretary and BMA were under way to avert strike action. I...

Politics

France to become first G7 nation to recognise Palestine as a state

Emmanuel Macron has said France will recognise Palestine as a state later this year. The French president announced the major change of policy in...

Technology

Astronomer HR chief Kristin Cabot resigns following Coldplay ‘kiss cam’ incident

Chris Martin of Coldplay performs live at San Siro Stadium, Milan, Italy, in July 2017. Mairo Cinquetti | NurPhoto | Getty Images Days after...

Technology

Musk’s Starlink hit with hours-long outage after rollout of T-Mobile satellite service

Jakub Porzycki | Nurphoto | Getty Images Elon Musk‘s satellite internet service Starlink said it had a “network outage” on Thursday. The company said...

Technology

Intel beats on revenue, slashes foundry investments as CEO says ‘no more blank checks’

The Intel logo is displayed on a sign in front of Intel headquarters on July 16, 2025 in Santa Clara, California. Justin Sullivan |...

Technology

Tesla dumped 75% of its bitcoin at one of the worst times, losing out on billions

Thiago Prudencio | LightRocket | Getty Images Tesla missed on the top and bottom lines in the second quarter, but another miss was buried...

Sports

McGee’s Mascot Power Rankings: The best of the fun and furry in college football

Ryan McGeeJul 24, 2025, 07:45 AM ET Close Senior writer for ESPN The Magazine and ESPN.com 2-time Sports Emmy winner 2010, 2014 NMPA Writer...

Business

Lloyds Bank’s Charlie Nunn expects two more interest rate cuts in 2025

The head of the UK’s biggest mortgage lender has said he expects two more interest rate cuts this year, making borrowing cheaper. Chief executive...

Science

How NASA Saved a Dying Camera Near Jupiter with Just Heat

NASA’s Juno spacecraft, in orbit around Jupiter, had a huge problem when its JunoCam imager started to fail after sitting through the planet’s harsh...

World

Inside Gaza’s Nasser Hospital – where there’s virtually no food for malnourished children

In Nasser Hospital in southern Gaza, they have virtually nothing left to eat. Warning: This article contains images that some readers may find distressing....

Science

Rising Rocket Launches May Delay Ozone Layer Recovery, Study Finds

With the increase in global rocket launches, scientists are reporting concerns about their impact on the ozone layer, our planet’s natural shield against harmful...