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‘So grateful’: Ohtani, wife welcome first child

Apr 19, 2025, 04:33 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Los Angeles Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani and his wife, Mamiko Tanaka, announced the birth of...

Sports

Berrios confronts Raleigh, suspects pitch tipping

ESPN News Services Apr 19, 2025, 08:58 PM ET Open Extended Reactions TORONTO — Right-hander 1 Related Both benches cleared as Berrios and Raleigh...

Sports

Deion eyes QBs, not ceremony, in CU spring game

ESPN News Services Apr 19, 2025, 08:52 PM ET Open Extended Reactions BOULDER, Colo. — Deion Sanders didn’t get a chance to fully enjoy...

Sports

Missouri State safety dies in possible gun mishap

Apr 19, 2025, 06:20 PM ET Missouri State senior football player Todric McGee died early Saturday from what police believe was a “possible accidental...

Politics

The British economy has lost out – and sucking up to Trump will only get Starmer so far

Unwary travellers returning from the EU risk having their sandwiches and local delicacies, such as cheese, confiscated as they enter the UK. The luggage...

Politics

Farage accused of peddling ‘nonsense and lies’ – as he predicts ‘the new Brexit’

Ed Miliband has accused Nigel Farage of peddling “nonsense and lies” about the government’s commitment to net zero, as the Reform UK leader said...

JD Vance has ‘quick and private’ meeting with the Pope during visit to Rome

US vice president JD Vance has met with Pope Francis. The “quick and private” meeting took place at the Pope’s residence, Casa Santa Marta,...

Business

The British economy has lost out – and questionable meat and cheese ban is a reminder of why

Unwary travellers returning from the EU risk having their sandwiches and local delicacies, such as cheese, confiscated as they enter the UK. The luggage...

World

Ukraine war: Putin announces 30-hour ‘Easter truce’ – but Zelenskyy says Russian attacks continuing

Vladimir Putin has announced a 30-hour “Easter truce” in Ukraine – but Volodymyr Zelenskyy says Russian attacks are continuing hours after it was due...

Sports

Oilers D Emberson, 24, secures 2-year extension

Apr 19, 2025, 04:32 PM ET Open Extended Reactions The Emberson has turned into a reliable force on Edmonton’s penalty-kill unit, and figures to...

Politics

Free breakfast clubs set to open at hundreds of schools in England – but teachers voice fears over funding

Free breakfast clubs will launch at 750 schools across England next week but teachers have voiced concerns that government funding will fall short of...

Sports

Rangers fire Laviolette after missing postseason

Ryan S. ClarkApr 19, 2025, 01:27 PM ET Close Ryan S. Clark is an NHL reporter for ESPN. Once again, the New York Rangers...

World

Why Putin has suddenly offered an ‘Easter truce’ in Ukraine – and the interesting way it’s being presented

Well it is something, but it’s by no means everything – a ceasefire for 30 hours, not 30 days. This feels like a diplomatic...

World

More than 90 Palestinians killed by Israeli strikes in 48 hours, says Gaza health ministry

Israeli strikes in Gaza have killed more than 90 people in the past 48 hours, the Hamas-run health ministry in the territory has said....

Ex-officer breaks down after Manchester bomb plotter’s prison assault

An alleged attack by the Manchester Arena bomb plotter on prison officers at a high-security jail “will stick with” those impacted “for the rest...

Science

Missing Non-Dark Matter Might Be Hidden Within Hydrogen Gas Clouds

It is observed that about half of the matter cannot be occupied just by stars and galaxies. Scientists say that hydrogen gas clouds could...

Science

Researchers Find Microplastics in Caddisfly Casings From the 1970s

An expert team of biologists practising at the Naturalis Biodiversity Centre, a research museum in the Netherlands, has recently discovered evidence of the incorporation...

World

British couple killed in Naples cable car crash named

Two Britons killed in a cable car crash near Naples have been named by Italian media. Graeme Derek Winn, 65, and his wife Margaret...

World

Man wrongly deported to El Salvador ‘traumatised’ by mega-prison – as Supreme Court blocks new deportations

A man wrongly deported to El Salvador was “traumatised” by his time at a notorious mega-prison, a US senator has said, as the Supreme Court...

World

China hosts world’s first half-marathon race between humans and robots

Robots have raced against humans in a half-marathon for the first time. Some 21 humanoid robots raced alongside thousands of runners around the 21km...