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Larson wins at Kansas in closest Cup finish ever

ESPN News Services May 5, 2024, 10:03 PM ET Open Extended Reactions KANSAS CITY, Kan. — Kyle Larson came roaring around the outside of...

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Stars cap series rally with Game 7 win over Vegas

ESPN News Services May 5, 2024, 10:37 PM ET Open Extended Reactions DALLAS — Radek Faksa broke a tie in his return to the...

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DeAngelo riles up MSG crowd in Hurricanes’ loss

Greg Wyshynski, ESPNMay 5, 2024, 08:47 PM ET Close Greg Wyshynski is ESPN’s senior NHL writer. Open Extended Reactions NEW YORK — Hurricanes defenseman...

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Derby’s nose finish draws 16.7M, most since ’89

Associated Press May 5, 2024, 09:43 PM ET Open Extended Reactions STAMFORD, Conn. — Mystik Dan’s nose victory in the 150th Kentucky Derby drew...

Lithium mine being built on ‘sacred ground’ where Native Americans say they were massacred

It could be a scene from centuries ago. In the Nevada desert, Native Americans are protesting over a mining project they say desecrates sacred...

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Better October build? Biggest concern? What we learned from Dodgers’ series sweep of Braves

Alden Gonzalez Close Alden Gonzalez ESPN Staff Writer ESPN baseball reporter. Covered the L.A. Rams for ESPN from 2016 to 2018 and the L.A....

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Derby champ Mystik Dan may skip Preakness

Associated Press May 5, 2024, 03:22 PM ET Open Extended Reactions LOUISVILLE, Ky. — The second jewel of horse racing’s Triple Crown could be...

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Record $210.7M bet on 2024 Kentucky Derby

David Purdum, ESPN Staff WriterMay 5, 2024, 04:22 PM ET Close Joined ESPN in 2014 Journalist covering gambling industry since 2008 Open Extended Reactions...

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Ohtani hits 2 HRs in win, including 464-foot blast

Alden Gonzalez, ESPN Staff WriterMay 5, 2024, 06:48 PM ET Close ESPN baseball reporter. Covered the L.A. Rams for ESPN from 2016 to 2018...

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Reports: AL batting leader Kwan headed to IL

ESPN News Services May 5, 2024, 07:32 PM ET Open Extended Reactions CLEVELAND — Guardians leadoff hitter The Guardians didn’t want to rush Manzardo,...

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UK considered using Iraq to process asylum seekers in Rwanda-type deal, leaked documents show

The government at one point considered using Iraq to process asylum seekers – like the Rwanda scheme – according to documents seen by Sky...

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Trump’s porn star hush-money trial enters week four: Here’s what’s happened so far

Former US President Donald Trump attends his trial for allegedly covering up hush money payments linked to extramarital affairs, at Manhattan Criminal Court in...

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Steel giant ArcelorMittal warns Gove over Kent planning verdict

The world’s second-largest steel company has warned the government that a planning verdict due this week could lead to a key division quitting the...

Technology

From 25 years in prison to just four months: Inside the final verdict on a crypto billionaire CEO archrivalry

Combination showing Former FTX CEO, Sam Bankman-Fried (L) and Zhao Changpeng (R), founder and chief executive officer of Binance. Mike Segar | Reuters |...

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Israel’s Benjamin Netanyahu rejects ceasefire deal that would ‘leave Hamas intact’

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has rejected ceasefire proposals because he says Hamas’s call for a withdrawal of all troops from Gaza and an...

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AI could drive a natural gas boom as power companies face surging electricity demand

A chimney from the Linden Cogeneration Plant is seen in Linden New Jersey April 22, 2022. Kena Betancur | View Press | Corbis News...

California mocked over ‘billion-dollar’ bridge to nowhere

Authorities in California have been mocked over a “billion-dollar” bridge to nowhere. The state government of California has long planned for a Los Angeles...

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Leafs show ‘fight’ in OT loss, as Matthews returns

Kristen Shilton, ESPN NHL reporterMay 5, 2024, 01:19 AM ET Close Kristen Shilton is a national NHL reporter for ESPN. Open Extended Reactions BOSTON...

Bradford: One child dies and four other people taken to hospital after house fire

A 10-year-old girl has died in a house fire in Bradford. A woman aged 37 and three other children aged 11, six and three...

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In Washington DC and Gaza two very different families are united by one very rare disease

It is a paradox that humanity at its very worst so often also brings out its very best too. This is a story about...