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Off-the-shelf medical tests are failing to back up accuracy promises with evidence, study finds

Off-the-shelf medical tests that promise to diagnose conditions ranging from vitamin deficiencies to cancer are lacking evidence to back up their accuracy, a study...

Doctors go on strike for five days – here’s everything you need to know

Doctors in England and Wales go on strike for five days from Friday, with warnings it could lead to patient harm in emergency departments....

Sports

Pasquantino: Want Lugo to stay in Royals blue

Jesse RogersJul 23, 2025, 06:58 PM ET Close Jesse joined ESPN Chicago in September 2009 and covers MLB for ESPN.com. Open Extended Reactions CHICAGO...

Sports

Clean slate: Rockies get 1st shutout in 221 games

ESPN News Services Jul 23, 2025, 07:29 PM ET Open Extended Reactions DENVER — The Colorado Rockies ended a dubious streak by recording a...

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Ohtani ties Dodgers’ mark with HR in 5th straight

ESPN News Services Jul 23, 2025, 05:15 PM ET Open Extended Reactions LOS ANGELES — Shohei Ohtani homered for the fifth consecutive game on...

‘Everyone’s on edge’: Epping braces for another hotel protest

Tracey’s cheese toastie is getting cold. She’s explaining to me how hacked off she is about the asylum hotel in Epping, there is a...

Technology

Google’s $85 billion capital spend spurred by cloud, AI demand

Sundar Pichai, CEO of Alphabet Inc., during Stanford’s 2024 Business, Government, and Society forum in Stanford, California, April 3, 2024. Justin Sullivan | Getty...

Google's billion capital spend spurred by cloud, AI demand

Technology

Nvidia supplier SK Hynix posts record second-quarter profit and revenue on strong AI memory demand

The SK Hynix Inc. logo is displayed on a glass door at the company’s office in Seoul, South Korea, on Monday, Jan. 27, 2014....

Sports

Red River, Farmageddon and more: Swing games for every Top 25 team

Jul 23, 2025, 07:00 AM ET Open Extended Reactions We are one month away from having college football back, with Iowa State and Kansas...

England to play Spain in Women’s Euros final

England will play Spain in the Women’s Euros final on Sunday – a repeat of the 2023 World Cup final. The Spanish side saw...

US judge rejects justice department bid to unseal Epstein grand jury materials

A judge in the US has rejected a justice department bid to unseal grand jury materials related to the sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. The...

Business

Tesla looks to cheaper model as revenue suffers worst drop in over a decade

Tesla has started limited production on a cheaper model in a bid to boost sluggish demand after revealing its worst slump in quarterly sales...

Technology

IBM shares drop as software revenue misses

IBM CEO Arvind Krishna appears at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, on Jan. 16, 2024. Stefan Wermuth | Bloomberg | Getty Images...

Technology

ServiceNow lifts guidance on AI growth

Bill McDermott, chair and CEO of ServiceNow, speaking on CNBC’s “Squawk Box” at the World Economic Forum annual meeting in Davos, Switzerland, on Jan....

Man who murdered four University of Idaho students in 2022 jailed for life

A man who murdered four University of Idaho students in November 2022 has been sentenced to life in prison – as the mother of...

Science

SpaceX Launches Two O3b mPOWER Satellites, Successfully Lands Falcon 9 Booster at Sea

The Falcon 9 launched from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida to MEO on July 22, at 5:12 p.m. EDT (2112 GMT) with...

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Astronomers Solve Betelgeuse’s 6-Year Dimming Mystery by Spotting Secret Companion Star

For the first time, astronomers have directly imaged a long theorised companion star orbiting Betelgeuse, the red supergiant famed for its dramatic brightness shifts...

Sports

Top run: NASCAR setting race on San Diego base

Associated Press Jul 23, 2025, 11:25 AM ET Open Extended Reactions CHARLOTTE, N.C. — NASCAR will hold a street race on Naval Base Coronado...

‘Alligator Alcatraz’ detention centre compared to ‘dog cage’ with no distinction between night and day

The already infamous ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ immigration detention centre in Florida has been compared to a “dog cage” amid concerns over conditions there. Once destined...

US and Japan agree trade deal to circumvent worst of tariffs

The US and Japan have agreed a trade deal days ahead of the latest tariff deadline set by Donald Trump. Under the terms of...