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Kentucky plane crash leaves at least seven dead – with number expected to rise

At least seven people have died after a cargo plane crashed near an airport in Kentucky. The UPS aircraft went down near Louisville Muhammad...

What is the impact of longest US government shutdown in history?

The US government shutdown has passed a record, becoming the longest in history, as the stand-off between the Democrats and Republicans on the Hill...

Former US vice president Dick Cheney dies

Former US vice president Dick Cheney, one of the leading advocates for the US waging the Iraq War, has died. In a statement, his...

Environment

Orsted swings to quarterly net loss as Trump’s offshore wind battle takes its toll

A turbine blade is lifted onto a rack near tower sections at the Revolution Wind project assembly site at State Pier in New London,...

Science

Scientists Recreate Cosmic ‘Fireballs’ in Lab to Solve Mystery of Missing Gamma Rays

Scientists recreated cosmic plasma beams at CERN to study why certain gamma rays vanish in space. The results showed the beams remain stable, suggesting...

Business

M&S reveals cost of cyber attack as profit almost wiped out

The cyber attack on high street department store Marks and Spencer is expected to directly cost roughly £136m. The figure is only the cost...

Science

Silicon Carbide-Based Motor Drive Enables a Smaller, Lighter Electric Aircraft Engine

A new silicon carbide-based motor drive for hybrid aircraft engines reduces size and weight while improving efficiency. Tested in a Cessna 337, the inverter...

Zohran Mamdani’s win in New York suggests he hit on a formula that worked for Trump

It was not the show Donald Trump wanted to see. America’s off-season “election special” starred Zohran Mamdani, and the supporting cast counted Democrats who...

Science

Southern Taurid Meteor Shower 2025 Promises Bright Fireballs in a Rare Swarm Year

The Southern Taurid meteor shower peaks overnight on November 4–5, 2025, bringing a rare “swarm year” filled with bright fireballs from Comet Encke’s debris....

Science

How Hot Was the Universe 7 Billion Years Ago? Scientists Now Have an Answer

Japanese astronomers using ALMA data have found the universe was about twice as hot 7 billion years ago, with a temperature of 5.13 K...

Sports

CFP Bubble Watch: Where do things stand following the first committee ranking?

Open Extended Reactions The ACC is already playing from behind, and it’s only the first ranking of the season. With no teams ranked in...

Sports

Week 11 Anger Index: BYU’s long-standing beef with the CFP committee

David HaleNov 4, 2025, 08:22 PM ET Close College football reporter. Joined ESPN in 2012. Graduate of the University of Delaware. Open Extended Reactions...

Sports

Ohio St., IU, Texas A&M, Alabama top CFP ranking

Andrea AdelsonNov 4, 2025, 08:16 PM ET Close ACC reporter. Joined ESPN.com in 2010. Graduate of the University of Florida. Open Extended Reactions Ohio...

Zohran Mamdani: ‘Trump’s worst nightmare’ projected to win New York mayoral race, NBC projects

Democrat Zohran Mamdani – who described himself as “Trump’s worst nightmare” – is set to become New York’s next mayor, Sky’s US partner network NBC...

Sports

Perez agrees to 2-year deal to remain with Royals

Open Extended Reactions Catcher Perez remaining in Kansas City comes as no surprise. A beloved figure locally for his performance and work in the...

Sports

Sources: Tigers’ Flaherty stays put, to make $20M

Open Extended Reactions Detroit Tigers right-hander Jack Flaherty declined to opt out of his contract and will return to the team in 2026 on...

Sources: Tigers' Flaherty stays put, to make M

Environment

Fossil fuel leaders herald the energy addition era: ‘Music to my ears’

Guests look at a model of the largest data center in the UAE under construction in Abu Dhabi as the Stargate initiative, a joint...

Technology

Wall Street is too fixated on the high valuations of tech and speculative stocks, Cramer says

CNBC’s Jim Cramer suggested Wall Street is too fixated the on large valuations of certain tech and speculative stocks, chalking up Tuesday’s market-wide decline...

Technology

Bitcoin retail investor at ‘max desperation,’ says Bitwise CIO, but crypto winter not coming

Bitcoin‘s fall below $100,000, its lowest level since June, has sparked fears that the worst is yet to come, another so-called crypto winter (a...

Technology

Trump renominates Musk ally Jared Isaacman to run NASA months after withdrawal

Jared Isaacman, U.S. President Donald Trump’s nominee to be administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) testifies during a Senate Commerce, Science,...