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M’s Naylor exits with sore shoulder after swing

ESPN News Services Aug 7, 2025, 06:34 PM ET Open Extended Reactions SEATTLE — Mariners first baseman Josh Naylor left Thursday’s 4-3 victory against...

Sports

Barrier-breaking MLB umpire Pawol ‘ready to go’

Associated Press Aug 7, 2025, 05:16 PM ET Open Extended Reactions NEW YORK — Jen Pawol was in her hotel room in Nashville, Tennessee,...

Technology

Tesla exec leading development of chip tech and Dojo supercomputer is leaving company

Christina Locopo | CNBC Tesla’s vice president of hardware design engineering, Pete Bannon, is leaving the company after first joining in 2016 from Apple,...

Politics

Homelessness minister Rushanara Ali resigns after ‘extortionate’ rent hike claims

Homelessness minister Rushanara Ali has resigned after reportedly hiking the rent on a property she owns by hundreds of pounds – something described by...

World

Netanyahu faces condemnation over plan for Israel to take full military control of Gaza

Benjamin Netanyahu’s plan for Israel to take full military control of the Gaza Strip has been condemned, amid fears a reoccupation could put the...

Rushanara Ali: Humiliating demise for Labour minister after a most egregious case of double standards

Rushanara Ali’s swift and humiliating demise is a classic example of paying the price for the politician’s crime of “do as I say, not...

Sports

No. 5 recruit in ’27 class commits to Texas Tech

Eli LedermanAug 7, 2025, 05:06 PM ET Close Eli Lederman covers college football and recruiting for ESPN.com. He joined ESPN in 2024 after covering...

‘Restriction zones’ to be introduced for domestic abusers

The government is seeking to introduce “restriction zones” to limit where convicted domestic abusers can go. Exclusion zones currently exist to stop perpetrators from...

Technology

Omada Health beats on revenue in first earnings report since IPO

The Omada Health logo is displayed on a smartphone screen. Sopa Images | Lightrocket | Getty Images Omada Health reported quarterly results for the...

Technology

How Tim Cook convinced Trump to drop made-in-USA iPhone — for now

WASHINGTON, DC August 6: US President Donald Trump shakes hands with CEO of Apple Tim Cook during a meeting in the Oval Office of...

Environment

Block shares pop on full-year guidance boost

Block shares jumped 6% in extended trading on Thursday after the fintech company increased its forecast for the year. Here is how the company...

Homelessness minister Rushanara Ali resigns after ‘extortionate’ rent hike claims

Homelessness minister Rushanara Ali has resigned after reportedly hiking the rent on a property she owns by hundreds of pounds – something described by...

Politics

Rachel Reeves is celebrating the Bank of England’s interest cut – but behind the scenes she has little to cheer

The economy is stagnating and job losses are mounting. Now is the time to cut interest rates again. That was the view of the...

Politics

Rushanara Ali: Labour promised to fix housing – but are they leading by example?

A shocking revelation was unearthed by the i Paper on Thursday that homelessness minister Rushanara Ali had evicted her tenants before hiking up the...

World

Putin plays down idea of meeting Zelenskyy, saying ‘certain conditions’ must be met

Vladimir Putin has played down the possibility of talks with Volodymyr Zelenskyy, saying that while it is possible, certain conditions must be met. The...

Science

Greenland’s Melting Glaciers Feed Ocean Life, Study Finds

The process of Greenland’s ice sheet melting is not only raising sea levels, it is also feeding life in the ocean. As the most...

Business

Rachel Reeves is celebrating the Bank of England’s interest cut – but behind the scenes she has little to cheer

The economy is stagnating and job losses are mounting. Now is the time to cut interest rates again. That was the view of the...

Science

NASA Aims to Deploy Nuclear Reactor on Moon by 2030 for Strategic Power

NASA’s interim leader Sean Duffy recently declared the U.S. space agency aims to place a 100-kilowatt nuclear reactor on the Moon by 2030 to...

Politics

Chancellor doesn’t rule out raising gambling taxes after report said it could lift 500,000 children out of poverty

The chancellor has declined to rule out raising taxes on gambling after a thinktank said the move could raise £3.2bn for the public coffers...

Science

NASA Awards Firefly $177M for 2029 Mission to Deliver Rovers to Moon’s South Pole

NASA’s $176.7 million for Firefly is funding a contract to deliver two rovers and three science instruments to the south pole of the moon...