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Stenhouse-Hocevar feud could erupt at Pocono

Associated Press Jun 21, 2025, 03:19 PM ET Open Extended Reactions LONG POND, Pa. — Carson Hocevar walked around Pocono Raceway without a scratch...

UK weather: Up to 40mm of rain could fall in two hours amid thunderstorm warning

A yellow warning is in place for “potentially intense” thunderstorms in large parts of the country – and some places could have up to...

Politics

Latest polling says if an election was held tomorrow Reform UK would win a majority

Since the local elections Reform UK has had no shortage of good polls. But a new one suggests Nigel Farage’s party has a chance...

World

Like George W Bush did in Iraq, if Israel breaks Iran it will end up owning the chaos that could ensue

Israelis are good at tactics, poor at strategic vision, it has been observed. Their campaign against Iran may be a case in point. Short...

World

Putin says ‘all of Ukraine is ours’ and threatens nuclear strike

Vladimir Putin has doubled down on his insistence that Russia will not give up any occupied territory as part of peace negotiations with Ukraine....

Latest polling says if an election was held tomorrow Reform UK would win a majority

Since the local elections Reform UK has had no shortage of good polls. But a new one suggests Nigel Farage‘s party has a chance...

Science

China’s Dragon Man Skull Found to Belong to Denisovan Lineage

Dragon Man, a long-buried skull discovered in China’s Harbin, has been found to have its roots in the Denisovans, an elusive ancient human group...

Technology

Easy returns cause big trouble for Amazon sellers, but return rates show signs of slowing

Returns on Amazon are free and easy for shoppers, but they’re risky and expensive for the small businesses that sell a majority of the...

Science

Is Mars Really Red? A Physicist Explains the Science Behind Its Colour and More

Mars has been inspiring human imagination for millennia, mainly because it has a reddish colour, which earned it the title “Red Planet”. Its colour was...

Environment

How regime change in Iran could affect global oil prices

Senior Israeli officials said this week that their military campaign against Iran could trigger the fall of the regime, an event that would have...

Science

Massive Distant Comet C/2014 UN271 Detected Spewing Gases in Deep Space

Scientists have found the largest comet from the Oort Cloud, a covering of icy bodies at the edge of the solar system, releasing chemical...

Business

Former Centrica chief Laidlaw in frame to chair embattled BP

Sam Laidlaw, the former boss of Centrica, is among the candidates being considered as the next chairman of BP, Britain’s besieged oil and gas...

Science

SpaceX Starship Rocket Explodes During Ground Test at Texas Launch Pad

An explosion rocked SpaceX’s Starbase facility in Texas late Wednesdaynight after a Starship rocket exploded on the test pad during a routine ground test....

Science

NASA Postpones Axiom Mission 4 Launch to Ensure Space Station Readiness After Repairs

NASA has postponed the launch to the International Space Station of an Axiom Space commercial crew mission, Axiom Mission 4 (Ax-4), that was planned...

Environment

Why electricity prices are surging for U.S. households

Kilito Chan | Moment | Getty Images Electricity prices are rising quickly for U.S. households, even as overall inflation has cooled. Electricity prices rose...

World

US warplanes transit through UK as Trump considers striking Iran

Flight tracking data shows extensive movement of US military aircraft towards the Middle East in recent days, including via the UK. Fifty-two US military...

World

Putin says ‘Ukraine is ours’ and threatens nuclear strike – showing how he feels about Trump

He may have been speaking at an economic forum, but that didn’t stop Vladimir Putin from issuing his most hawkish comments on Ukraine in...

US warplanes transit through UK as Trump considers striking Iran

Flight tracking data shows extensive movement of US military aircraft towards the Middle East in recent days, including via the UK. Fifty-two US military...

Sports

‘Absolutely botched’: How the Red Sox-Devers breakup got so messy

Open Extended Reactions AWAITING TAKEOFF ON the Boston Red Sox‘s charter flight early Sunday evening, Rafael Devers sat with his teammates playing cards. The...

Sports

Devers, facing Boston, clarifies first base mindset

Jesse RogersJun 20, 2025, 07:27 PM ET Close Jesse joined ESPN Chicago in September 2009 and covers MLB for ESPN.com. Open Extended Reactions SAN...