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New evidence shows how UK student protests about Gaza were handled by police and universities

Camping, chaos, and confrontation. A wave of pro-Palestinian student protest engulfed UK universities last year when thousands protested against the war in Gaza. Most...

Sports

4 Nations final ESPN’s most-watched hockey game

ESPN News Services Feb 21, 2025, 07:14 PM ET Open Extended Reactions The 4 Nations Face-Off championship game between the United States and Canada...

New Menendez trial rejected – but resentencing bid could see brothers walk free

A new trial for Lyle and Erik Menendez, after 35 years in prison for the shotgun murder of their parents, has been turned down...

World

Israel checking reports of hostage Shiri Bibas’s body being handed over

Hamas says the body of hostage Shiri Bibas has now been handed over, according to the group’s Al-Aqsa TV channel – as the Israeli...

Politics

Jess Phillips says there’s ‘no place’ where violence against women ‘doesn’t happen’ – as spiking to become new offence

Jess Phillips has said “there is no place” where violence against women and girls “doesn’t happen” – as a new law is set to...

Day 34: Why Trump really flipped the script on Ukraine

👉 Follow Trump 100 on your podcast app 👈 As President Trump claims he is “close” to signing a mining deal with Ukraine, and...

Sports

Nebraska nixes Tennessee home-and-home plan

Adam RittenbergFeb 21, 2025, 12:08 PM ET Close College football reporter; joined ESPN in 2008. Graduate of Northwestern University. Open Extended Reactions The Nebraska–Tennessee...

Sports

Beck, Cavinder luxury cars stolen; man arrested

Andrea AdelsonFeb 21, 2025, 01:51 PM ET Close ACC reporter. Joined ESPN.com in 2010. Graduate of the University of Florida. Open Extended Reactions New...

Sports

Elee, Terps commit, top ’26 DE, nixes other visits

Eli LedermanFeb 21, 2025, 06:09 PM ET Close Eli Lederman covers college football and recruiting for ESPN.com. He joined ESPN in 2024 after covering...

Dozens turn out in support of Luigi Mangione over killing of US healthcare boss Brian Thompson

Dozens of supporters were outside court as the man accused of fatally shooting the chief executive of UnitedHealthcare made his first appearance. Luigi Mangione...

Zelenskyy not ready to sign ‘problematic’ Ukraine minerals deal with US, source tells Sky News

Volodymyr Zelenskyy is not ready to accept a minerals deal with the US as Ukraine sees a “number of problematic issues” with the draft...

Sports

Has international hockey replaced the NHL All-Star Game for good?

Greg WyshynskiFeb 21, 2025, 12:45 PM ET Close Greg Wyshynski is ESPN’s senior NHL writer. Open Extended Reactions BOSTON — The 4 Nations Face-Off...

Technology

Anne Wojcicki has a new offer to take 23andMe private, this time for $74.7 million

Anne Wojcicki attends the WSJ Magazine Style & Tech Dinner in Atherton, California, on March 15, 2023. Kelly Sullivan | Getty Images Entertainment |...

Anne Wojcicki has a new offer to take 23andMe private, this time for .7 million

Technology

Hackers steal $1.5 billion from exchange Bybit in biggest-ever crypto heist

Ben Zhou, chief executive officer of ByBit, during the Token2049 conference in Singapore, on Thursday, Sept. 14, 2023. Joseph Nair | Bloomberg | Getty...

Hackers steal .5 billion from exchange Bybit in biggest-ever crypto heist

Politics

Spiking to be made a criminal offence under new law – with up to 10 years in prison

Spiking will become a criminal offence with a possible 10-year prison sentence under a new law, the government has announced. It said in a...

Jenny Hall: Drones deployed to look for missing runner – as police tell public not to join search

Specialist drones have been deployed to look for a missing runner as police warn volunteers not to join the search. Jenny Hall, 23, was...

Canada’s PM Justin Trudeau hits out at Donald Trump after ice hockey win

Canada’s prime minister has hit out at Donald Trump’s comments about annexing the country, saying “you can’t take our country, and you can’t take...

Donald Trump hits back at ‘terrible’ Volodymyr Zelenskyy and calls him a ‘dictator’ amid US-Russia talks

Donald Trump has said Volodymyr Zelenskyy “better move fast or he is not going to have a country left” as peace talks between the...

World

Hamas names six Israeli hostages to be released on Saturday

Hamas has named six Israeli hostages who are set to be released on Saturday while Israel is expected to release more than 600 Palestinian...

Sports

‘It ain’t over yet’: Why Mookie Betts was dead set on returning to shortstop

Alden GonzalezFeb 21, 2025, 08:00 AM ET Close ESPN baseball reporter. Covered the L.A. Rams for ESPN from 2016 to 2018 and the L.A....