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NHL free agency tracker: Updated list of the summer signings

Open Extended Reactions There has been no shortage of excitement already this NHL offseason. Following the July 2 One of the most legendary old...

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The four biggest lessons of the 2025 NHL free agency first wave

Greg WyshynskiJul 3, 2025, 09:30 AM ET Close Greg Wyshynski is ESPN’s senior NHL writer. Open Extended Reactions For NHL general manager of the...

Technology

CoreWeave to acquire Core Scientific in $9 billion all-stock deal

CoreWeave CEO Michael Intrator, left, testifies before the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation in Washington on May 8, 2025. Chip Somodevilla |...

CoreWeave to acquire Core Scientific in billion all-stock deal

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ACC preview: Road to title again figures to go through Clemson

Bill ConnellyJul 7, 2025, 07:00 AM ET Close Bill Connelly is a writer for ESPN. He covers college football, soccer and tennis. He has...

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Jack Dorsey launches a WhatsApp messaging rival built on Bluetooth

Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey testifies during a remote video hearing held by subcommittees of the U.S. House of Representatives Energy and Commerce Committee on...

Business

Trade war: Trump reveals first two nations to pay delayed ‘liberation day’ tariffs

Donald Trump has warned that all goods from Japan and South Korea will face tariffs of 25% from 1 August. The announcement, via his...

Sports

Irish OL Jagusah fractures arm in UTV accident

Adam RittenbergJul 6, 2025, 11:19 AM ET Close College football reporter; joined ESPN in 2008. Graduate of Northwestern University. Open Extended Reactions Notre Dame...

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Sources: OU AD Castiglione to leave full-time role

Open Extended Reactions Oklahoma athletic director Joe Castiglione will retire from his full-time role during the upcoming school year, bringing an end to the...

Business

Tesla shares sink as Musk launches political party

Shares in Elon Musk’s Tesla have reversed sharply over renewed concerns about his focus on the company’s recovery as he plots against Donald Trump....

Jury shown CCTV and bodycam footage of brothers allegedly assaulting police at Manchester Airport

CCTV and police bodycam footage allegedly showing three police officers being assaulted at Manchester Airport has been played to jurors. Mohammed Fahir Amaaz, 20,...

Business

Trump tariff deadline extended as new threats issued to BRICS states

The date for Trump’s tariffs to take effect has been extended, with deals being sent to countries from Monday evening, the president said. The...

Business

Former Sainsbury’s chief King in frame to head Channel 4

Justin King, one of Britain’s most prominent businessmen, is in the frame to become the next head of Channel 4, the state-owned broadcaster. Sky...

Business

Govt declines to rule out wealth tax after ex-Labour leader Lord Kinnock calls for one

The government has declined to rule out a “wealth tax” after former Labour leader Neil Kinnock called for one to help the UK’s dwindling...

Business

Building societies step up protest against Reeves’s cash ISA reforms

Building society chiefs will this week intensify their protests against the chancellor’s plans to cut cash ISA limits by warning that it will push...

Politics

Former Labour leader Lord Kinnock calls for wealth tax to help ailing government finances

Former Labour leader Neil Kinnock has called for a “wealth tax” to help the government’s dwindling finances. Lord Kinnock, who was leader from 1983...

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CNBC Daily Open: Elon Musk, founder of companies and political parties

U.S. President Donald Trump and Elon Musk attend a press event in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., May...

At least 82 dead in Texas floods as search continues for 10 missing girls

At least 82 people have died in flash flooding in Texas as the search continues for dozens still missing. At least 41 people remain...

World

Israeli soldier describes arbitrary killing of civilians in Gaza

An Israeli reservist who served three tours of duty in Gaza has told Sky News in a rare on-camera interview that his unit was...

World

Australian mother guilty of murdering three people with poisonous mushrooms

An Australian mother has been found guilty of murdering her estranged husband’s parents and an aunt by serving them a beef wellington laced with...

Sports

Nats seek ‘fresh approach,’ fire Martinez, Rizzo

Jesse RogersJul 6, 2025, 06:35 PM ET Close Jesse joined ESPN Chicago in September 2009 and covers MLB for ESPN.com. Open Extended Reactions The...