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Cost of living: Price of some branded snack foods more than double

Supermarket prices for some branded snack foods have more than doubled in the last year, as the rising cost of living has squeezed household...

Sports

Rays’ Franco on restricted list amid investigation

Jeff Passan, ESPNAug 14, 2023, 01:47 PM ET Close ESPN MLB insiderAuthor of “The Arm: Inside the Billion-Dollar Mystery of the Most Valuable Commodity...

Sports

Trout says he’s improving, but no return date set

ESPN News Services Aug 14, 2023, 06:16 PM ET ARLINGTON, Texas — Los Angeles Angels star outfielder Mike Trout said Monday he’s improving every...

Sports

Braves’ Albies headed to IL with hamstring strain

Associated Press Aug 14, 2023, 06:50 PM ET ATLANTA — Braves second baseman Ozzie Albies is headed to the 10-day injured list after missing...

Sports

‘Blind Side’ subject Oher alleges adoption was lie

Michael A. Fletcher, ESPNAug 14, 2023, 12:00 PM ET Close Michael Fletcher is a senior writer with ESPN’s enterprise and investigative team. Before that,...

Politics

Dame Priti Patel takes aim at government’s ‘alarming and staggering lack of clarity’ over plans to house asylum seekers at Essex RAF base

Former home secretary Dame Priti Patel has accused her former department of being “evasive” and “secretive” over how long it plans to use a...

World

Dozens more could be dead in Hawaii wildfires, governor warns

Hawaii’s governor has warned that dozens more could be dead on the island of Maui following devastating wildfires – which have already claimed the...

World

Trump set to face charges including forgery conspiracy from Georgia prosecutors – report

Georgia state prosecutors are set to bring charges including conspiracy to commit forgery against Donald Trump, Reuters reports. The charges appeared on a document...

Technology

Amazon hardware chief Dave Limp is stepping down this year

David Limp, senior vice president of devices and services at Amazon.com Inc., presents the Amazon Echo Dot smart speaker during an unveiling event at...

World

Mudslide smashes through Italian town of Bardonecchia

A mudslide has been caught on camera as it dramatically ploughed through a street in an Italian town. The rush of water, mud and...

Technology

Nvidia stock jumps 7% after Morgan Stanley says chipmaker benefits from ‘massive shift’ in A.I.

Jen-Hsun Huang, CEO, Nvidia David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images As long as companies are interested in generative artificial intelligence, Nvidia stands...

Technology

Cruise vehicles cause weekend traffic jam one day after California approves 24-7 robotaxi service

On Thursday, California regulators voted to approve round-the-clock robotaxi service in San Francisco from two rival companies: Waymo and Cruise. By Friday night, a...

Technology

Sam Bankman-Fried wins approval to receive Adderall for ADHD while in jail

Sam Bankman-Fried’s legal team is asking a U.S. district court judge to grant the former FTX CEO “uninterrupted access” to his daily prescribed medication...

NHS handed £250m to tackle waiting times – but fresh funding labelled ‘sticking plaster’ after cuts

Ministers are injecting £250m into the NHS ahead of winter as they try to get a grip on record waiting times for treatment. The...

Three people who ‘left UK’ after Surrey girl’s death were known to her, police say

Three people who police believe left the UK after a 10-year-old girl’s death were known to her, say officers. The child, named locally as...

Sports

AP poll reaction: What we’ll learn about each Top 25 team in September

Georgia begins the 2023 college football season in the same place it finished the last two — atop the AP Top 25 poll. The...

Trump set to face charges including forgery conspiracy from Georgia prosecutors – report

Georgia state prosecutors are set to bring charges including conspiracy to commit forgery against Donald Trump, Reuters reports. The charges appeared on a document...

Sports

NHL 24 cover athlete Cale Makar on Bobby Orr comparisons, the Olympics, and what’s next

Cale Makar can’t quite comprehend how, after just four NHL seasons, he’s being compared to perhaps the greatest defenseman in hockey history. Wayne Gretzky...

Politics

RAF Typhoon jets intercept Russian bombers flying north of Scotland

RAF Typhoon jets intercepted Russian bombers flying north of Scotland this morning, the UK government has said. Typhoon fighters were scrambled to intercept two...

Online child grooming crimes hit record high – as figures reveal social apps where it’s happening

The number of online grooming crimes against children hit a record high in the last year, police figures show. A total of 6,350 crimes...