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Looting and violence breaks out after Los Angeles Dodgers win baseball’s World Series

The Los Angeles Dodgers have won baseball’s World Series for the second time in five years but the celebrations were marred by looting and...

Business

Disposable income levels to worsen and wages to stagnate in wake of budget, says thinktank

The next five years will hurt disposable income and wages will stagnate further following Chancellor Rachel Reeves’ budget, an influential thinktank has said. Household...

Politics

GB News fined £100,000 by Ofcom over Rishi Sunak programme

GB News has been fined £100,000 for breaking impartiality rules over a programme featuring Rishi Sunak, Ofcom has said. The regulator announced in May...

Business

Guardian chief pledges decision on controversial Observer deal by Christmas

A decision on whether to proceed with the controversial sale of The Observer, the world’s oldest Sunday newspaper, will be made by Christmas, its...

US election: Elon Musk summoned to court over $1m giveaways to registered voters

Elon Musk has been summoned to an emergency court hearing on Thursday over the $1m prizes he has been awarding registered voters in swing...

Prison officer admits ‘inappropriate relationship’ with Zara Aleena’s killer

A prison workshop instructor has pleaded guilty to engaging in an “inappropriate relationship” with Zara Aleena’s murderer. Hayley Jones, 33, appeared at Woolwich Crown...

Environment

Oil giant Shell posts $6 billion profit beat, launches new share buyback program

The Shell logo is displayed outside a petrol station in Radstock in Somerset, England, on Feb. 17, 2024. Matt Cardy | Getty Images News...

Oil giant Shell posts billion profit beat, launches new share buyback program

World

Worst floods in Spain’s memory hit ‘like a tsunami’

In the town of Algemesi, they say the floods hit without warning. Water barrels down the street, bringing with it thick, stinking mud that coats...

Environment

Chinese EV maker BYD’s quarterly sales overtook Tesla’s for the first time

New cars, among them new China-built electric vehicles of the company BYD, are seen parked in the port of Zeebrugge, Belgium, October 24, 2024....

US election: People’s back pockets are pushing them to the polls in this knife-edge state

“It’s the economy, stupid”. It was back in 1992 when political strategist James Carville coined a phrase that feels to me to be wholly...

Sports

World Series Game 5 live updates: Dodgers eye title as Yankees look to save season — again

ESPN Oct 30, 2024, 11:11 PM ET Email Print Open Extended Reactions The Los Angeles Dodgers are still one win from a World Series...

Sports

Fiala returns as Kings ‘move on’ after benching

Associated Press Oct 30, 2024, 10:59 PM ET Open Extended Reactions LOS ANGELES — Kevin Fiala was back in the Los Angeles Kings‘ lineup...

Sports

College helmet comms not secure, sources say

Max Olson, ESPN Staff WriterOct 30, 2024, 06:19 PM ET Close Covers the Big 12 Joined ESPN in 2012 Graduate of the University of...

Sports

U-M loses 4-star Smith’s pledge, targets No. 1 QB

Eli Lederman, ESPN Staff WriterOct 30, 2024, 11:03 PM ET Close Eli Lederman covers college football and recruiting for ESPN.com. He joined ESPN in...

Sports

Gators rule out WR Wilson, CB Marshall vs. UGA

Associated Press Oct 30, 2024, 08:53 PM ET Open Extended Reactions GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Florida will be without receiver Wilson ranked third on the...

Technology

Samsung Electronics’ chip profit shrinks 40% from the previous quarter

Customers shop at a Samsung mobile store inside a shopping mall in New Delhi. Reuters | Anindito Mukherjee Samsung Electronics on Thursday reported third-quarter...

Technology

Microsoft CFO says OpenAI investment will cut into profit this quarter

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella, right, speaks as OpenAI CEO Sam Altman looks on during the OpenAI DevDay event in San Francisco on Nov. 6,...

New York Yankees fans who interfered with catch and grabbed Los Angeles Dodgers player banned from World Series match

Two baseball fans who grappled with a player for the ball during the sport’s biggest game have been banned from the next World Series...

Technology

Even Mark Zuckerberg seems surprised by Meta’s pace of spending on AI

Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Meta Platforms Inc., arrives for the Meta Connect event in Menlo Park, California, on Sept. 25, 2024. David Paul Morris...

US election: Elon Musk summoned to court over $1m giveaways to registered voters

Elon Musk has been summoned to an emergency court hearing on Thursday over the $1m prizes he has been awarding registered voters in swing...