Associated Press Aug 19, 2024, 01:57 PM ET Open Extended Reactions BROOKLYN, Mich. — Tyler Reddick capped an emotional week with his second NASCAR Cup Series win this year. Reddick’s mentor, Scott Bloomquist, died in a plane crash just three days before he won at Michigan International Speedway on Monday. “I can’t help but sit
The Kremlin’s threats of retaliation are a bluff, Ukraine’s president Volodymyr Zelenskyy has claimed, with his country’s forces now said to be in control of 90 settlements in the Russian border region of Kursk. The Ukrainian president told a gathering of diplomats that troops have gained over 1,250 square kilometres in Russia since the surprise
In this article GOOGL Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Getty Images Twenty years ago, as Morgan Stanley banker Michael Grimes was helping lead the public offering for the young company behind the Google search engine, one of the most anticipated of the decade, he was among the first people offered a new email service.
It’s Monday. Gab Marcotti reacts to the biggest moments in the world of football. So much for the notion that Manchester City are slowly winding down, what with the 115 charges, Pep Guardiola and Kevin De Bruyne in the final year of their contracts and the ownership having long ago accomplished what they set out
Pensioners are being urged to check if they are eligible for the winter fuel allowance after universal payments were scrapped. Last month Chancellor Rachel Reeves said that the tax free benefit, to help older people with higher heating costs during the colder months, would be limited to those on pension credit. The surprise move was
Tesla is finally about to launch one of its most comically delayed features: ‘actually smart summon’ (ASS) for vision-based vehicles. When Tesla moved to a vision-only (camera-only) system, several advanced driver assist systems weren’t working anymore. Tesla gradually brought them back, but one has been missing: smart summon, which is the ability for Tesla vehicles
The woman who died following a stabbing in Manchester has been named as 43-year-old Alberta Obinim. A 22-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of murder following the incident in the Gorton area near Longsight, which happened at around 11.20pm on Sunday, Greater Manchester Police said. Two other people, a 17-year-old girl and 64-year-old man,
In this article GOOGL Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Waymo announced their sixth generation self-driving car. Alphabet-owned Waymo revealed details about its newest “generation 6” self-driving technology on Monday. Its new driverless tech, integrated into Geely Zeekr electric vehicles, should be able to handle a wider array of weather conditions without requiring as many
British tech billionaire Mike Lynch is missing off Sicily’s coast after a yacht sank, Sky News understands. One person is dead and six others are missing after a UK-flagged superyacht named Bayesian sank off the coast of Sicily in a storm. Follow live: Superyacht sinks latest Sky News also understands the yacht is owned by
It feels like a very long time ago that Joe Biden was the Democratic Party’s presidential nominee. In fact, it’s only four weeks since he stepped aside, paving the way for his running mate, Kamala Harris, to take centre stage. Instead of closing out the Democratic National Convention (DNC), a four-day gathering of thousands of
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Katie Price’s TikTok income is to be suspended, amid ongoing measures to resolve a bankruptcy case against her, a court has ruled. The 46-year-old glamour model – who was introduced using her legal name Katerina Price – did not attend the virtual hearing despite being served notice at her given addresses. Image: Price with boyfriend
One person is dead and six are missing after a superyacht carrying mostly British people was caught in a tornado and sank off the coast of Palermo, according to Italian media. Fifteen people were rescued from the 49-meter (160-foot) sailboat after the disaster, said Luca Cari, a spokesman for the Italian fire rescue service. The
The housing market experienced a surge in activity following the Bank of England’s recent decision to cut interest rates, according to a leading property website. Estate agents reported a 19% jump in enquiries about properties for sale after 1 August, when compared with the same period last year, research by Rightmove found. It came after
Hesai is putting its lidar expertise to work no Westwell’s industry-leading autonomous yard tractors – a partnership that both companies will advance the state of the autonomous art. There’s no question that electrification is the killer app for yard trucks and terminal tractors. The trucks operate on tight routes, the work demands instant low-end torque, and
It’s been a mad few months, even by American political standards. After Trump’s criminal conviction in New York came Biden’s blunders at that debate, then Trump’s brush with an assassin’s bullet and then that dramatic switch for the Democrats from Biden to Harris. Events have jolted politics here and the Democratic Party’s remarkably smooth ‘switcheroo’
One child is strip searched every 14 hours, according to data in a report by the Children’s Commissioner, with police failing to record an appropriate adult in almost half of recent searches. The report shows there were 3,368 strip searches of children between January 2018 and June 2023 in England and Wales – with 457
Aug 18, 2024, 12:54 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Dricus Du Plessis remains the king of the middleweight division, submitting former two-time champion Israel Adesanya by rear-naked choke in Round 4 to retain his title Saturday in the main event at UFC 305 in Perth, Australia. Du Plessis caught Adesanya with a left hook and
Aug 18, 2024, 12:15 PM Open Extended Reactions Former Wales rugby star Louis Rees-Zammit made his home debut for the Kansas City Chiefs in a preseason game on Saturday. The reigning Super Bowl champions hosted the Detroit Lions at Arrowhead Stadium in their penultimate preseason game ahead of their season opener against the Baltimore Ravens
More and more Americans are losing thousands of dollars to a scheme that takes fraudsters weeks or months to pull off. “Pig butchering” scams earned the name from the idea that scammers use flattery and fake bonding to “fatten up” their victims. The strategy has amassed billions in stolen funds—particularly in the form of cryptocurrencies.