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Retail tycoon Ashley plots cut-price swoop on Matchesfashion

The high street billionaire Mike Ashley is in talks to buy Matchesfashion, the luxury clothing site, in a deal that would crystallise heavy losses...

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Stars’ Oettinger leaves with lower-body injury

Associated Press Dec 15, 2023, 10:00 PM ET Open Extended Reactions DALLAS — Dallas goalie Jake Oettinger left eight minutes into the Stars’ game...

Technology

Activision Blizzard agrees to settle California case alleging discrimination against women

Activision Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick speaks at the CNBC Evolve conference November 19th in Los Angeles. Jesse Grant | CNBC Microsoft-owned Activision Blizzard has...

Gaynor Lord: ‘No evidence of third party involvement’ after body found in case of missing mother

Police have said there is “no evidence of third party involvement” in the case of missing mother-of-three Gaynor Lord. Chief superintendent Dave Buckley said...

Sports

CFP responds to Sen. Scott over FSU omission

Andrea Adelson, ESPN Senior WriterDec 15, 2023, 05:08 PM ET Close ACC reporter. Joined ESPN.com in 2010. Graduate of the University of Florida. Open...

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Ole Miss lands tops UF pass rusher Umanmielen

Tom VanHaaren, ESPN Staff WriterDec 15, 2023, 06:08 PM ET Close ESPN staff writer Joined ESPN in 2011 Graduated from Central Michigan Open Extended...

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SEC’s No. 2 career passer Rogers chooses UW

Pete Thamel, ESPNDec 15, 2023, 08:01 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Former Mississippi State quarterback Will Rogers, who ranks No. 2 in SEC history...

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Scherzer out until midseason after back surgery

Jesse Rogers, ESPN Staff WriterDec 15, 2023, 12:26 PM ET Close Jesse joined ESPN Chicago in September 2009 and covers MLB for ESPN.com. Open...

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Sources: Glasnow, Dodgers finalizing $135M deal

Jeff Passan, ESPNDec 15, 2023, 11:22 AM ET Close ESPN MLB insiderAuthor of “The Arm: Inside the Billion-Dollar Mystery of the Most Valuable Commodity...

Sources: Glasnow, Dodgers finalizing 5M deal

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Angels GM: ‘Life goes on’ after Ohtani’s move

Associated Press Dec 15, 2023, 04:45 PM ET Open Extended Reactions LOS ANGELES — When Shohei Ohtani decided to move 30 miles up the...

World

Israeli PM speaks of ‘unbearable tragedy’ after three hostages killed by IDF in Gaza

The Israeli military has mistakenly killed three hostages held in Gaza after wrongly identifying them as a threat. The Israeli Defence Forces said the...

Friends star Matthew Perry’s death was accidental from ‘acute effects of ketamine’, Los Angeles officials say

Friends star Matthew Perry’s death was an accident from the “acute effects of ketamine”, a post-mortem has found. Perry, who was best known for...

Rudy Giuliani ordered to pay $148m for false accusations against election workers

Rudy Giuliani must pay more than $148m in damages to two former Georgia election workers after falsely accusing them of helping to rig the...

Rudy Giuliani ordered to pay 8m for false accusations against election workers

Mother of boy, 6, who shot Virginia teacher sentenced to two more years in prison for neglect

The mother of a six-year-old boy who shot a teacher with her handgun in the US has been jailed. Deja Taylor, 26, pleaded guilty...

Steve Coogan praises ‘brave’ Prince Harry for bringing phone hacking case

Steve Coogan has praised “brave” Prince Harry after a judge found that the royal’s phone was hacked by the Daily Mirror. The actor, comedian...

World

Ukrainian councillor injures 26 after setting off three hand grenades at village meeting

Dozens were injured after a Ukrainian council member threw hand grenades during a meeting. In a video filmed in Keretsky, western Ukraine, a man...

Technology

DocuSign shares spike on report company is exploring a sale

The Docusign Inc. application for download in the Apple App Store on a smartphone arranged in Dobbs Ferry, New York, U.S., on Thursday, April...

World

What could happen if Russia wins war in Ukraine? Experts consider the scenarios

A “battered but triumphant” Russian army amassing on NATO’s borders, posing a major military threat to the alliance for the first time in three...

World

Shipping giants suspend all journeys through Red Sea following attacks on vessels

Two of the world’s biggest shipping firms have suspended all journeys through the Red Sea following a surge of recent attacks on vessels. Danish...

World

Two Al Jazeera journalists wounded in apparent missile strike on shelter in Gaza’s Khan Younis

Two journalists working for Qatari-based television network Al Jazeera have been injured in a missile strike on southern Gaza, the channel has reported. Chief...