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Eflin (shoulder) fifth Orioles starter to land on IL

ESPN News Services Aug 20, 2024, 06:50 PM ET Open Extended Reactions NEW YORK — The Baltimore Orioles placed right-hander Zach Eflin on the...

Sports

Banged-up Braves sign Urshela after Riley injury

ESPN News Services Aug 20, 2024, 09:57 AM ET Open Extended Reactions ATLANTA — The 1 Related Urshela played third base against the Philadelphia...

Sports

Yankees’ Gil exits start with back tightness

ESPN News Services Aug 20, 2024, 08:56 PM ET Open Extended Reactions New York Yankees starting pitcher Luis Gil was lifted from Tuesday’s game...

Politics

Immigration detention centres to re-open in removals drive

Labour is pressing ahead with the previous government’s plan to reopen two immigration centres in a bid to achieve the highest rate of removals...

Environment

CNBC Daily Open: ‘Crazy’ summer

Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange during morning trading on Aug. 20, 2024. Michael M. Santiago | Getty Images...

Jennifer Lopez files for divorce from Ben Affleck

Singer and actor Jennifer Lopez is divorcing Ben Affleck after two years of marriage. The Hollywood couple tied the knot in Las Vegas in July 2022,...

‘There’ll be a revolution if Trump loses’: Tensions boil 10 weeks before US election as Kamala Harris settles into the race

In Woodstock, Illinois, they know all about the cycle of repetition. The small town, around an hour’s drive from Chicago, where this week’s Democratic...

World

US election: Iran was behind attempted hacks on Trump and Biden/Harris campaigns, FBI says

The US government has confirmed Donald Trump’s claim that Iran tried to hack his presidential campaign and said Tehran has also targeted the Biden-Harris...

World

Key members of Mike Lynch’s legal success now centre of tragedy after superyacht sinking

They were a group brought together by one goal: to defy the odds and win Mike Lynch’s case. The protracted legal battle started when...

World

Body of superyacht chef recovered – here’s who else was on board

The body found in the Bayesian superyacht search operation is that of chef Recaldo Thomas, the Italian coastguard has confirmed to Sky News. Mr...

Technology

OpenAI announces content deal with Condé Nast, including content from Wired, The New Yorker and Vogue

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman speaks at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, on Jan. 18, 2024. Stefan Wermuth | Bloomberg | Getty Images...

Technology

Amazon-backed Anthropic hit with class-action lawsuit over copyright infringement

Anthropic, the Amazon-backed artificial intelligence startup, on Monday was hit with a class-action lawsuit in California federal court over alleged copyright infringement. Three authors...

Business

ScotRail peak fares to return as pilot scheme scrapped over passenger numbers

A pilot scheme scrapping peak-time ScotRail fares will end next month following a “limited degree of success”. Transport Scotland said the trial – subsidised...

Technology

Waymo says it has doubled its weekly paid robotaxi trips to 100,000 since May

A Waymo autonomous self-driving Jaguar taxi drives along a street on March 14, 2024 in Los Angeles, California. Mario Tama | Getty Images Waymo...

World

Murder suspect Collins Jumaisi Khalusha escapes from police custody in Kenya

A man who police said confessed to killing 42 women and was being detained over the discovery of dismembered bodies in Kenya’s capital has...

World

Woman believed to be world’s oldest person dies aged 117, her family says

Maria Branyas Morera, an American-born Spaniard believed to be the world’s oldest person at 117, has died, her family said on Tuesday. In a...

Michael Madsen: Reservoir Dogs and Kill Bill star arrested on domestic violence charge

Hollywood actor Michael Madsen has been arrested in California on a domestic violence charge. The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department said it received a...