5:38 PM ET The Milwaukee Brewers and Cincinnati Reds won’t play their game on Wednesday night at Miller Park, sources confirmed to ESPN. More teams are also discussing the possibility of not playing, sources told ESPN’s Jeff Passan. Among those currently discussing: The Seattle Mariners, who have the most Black players of any team in
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Saul Loeb | AFP | Getty Images Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos on Wednesday saw his net worth soar above $202 billion, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index, making him the first person to cross the $200 billion threshold. He’s now $78 billion richer than Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates, who stands at number two. The Amazon
A white supremacist who killed 51 Muslim worshippers in New Zealand’s deadliest shooting has been sentenced to life without parole. It’s the longest prison term handed out in New Zealand’s legal history, and a penalty never before used in the country. Brenton Tarrant‘s sentence follows three days of emotionally charged statements from his victims in
Payment will soon be given to people on low incomes, that are self-isolating in areas that are deemed to be high risk from coronavirus, the government has announced. Those eligible for the scheme will be paid £182 if they are forced to self-isolate for 14 days, with a payment of £130 for those who have
August 26th, 2020 by Kyle Field Tesla’s Cybertruck is a disruptive entrant into the world of traditional pickup trucks. As an extremely functional vehicle as a work truck, the Cybertruck has the potential to be the first wedge into the world of blue collar workers and recreational truck enthusiasts for electric vehicles. Today, the three
Hurricane Laura, currently bearing down on Texas and Louisiana, may bring a 20ft (6m) storm surge that would be “unsurvivable” and capable of sinking whole communities, forecasters have warned. Laura is rapidly gaining momentum and shows no sign of weakening, raising concerns it could come ashore as a Category 4 hurricane – the second highest.
Sarah Harding rose to fame as one-fifth of Girls Aloud, who were among the most successful UK pop groups in recent history. After revealing she has been diagnosed with breast cancer, and that the disease has advanced to other parts of her body, her former bandmates were among thousands of people posting messages of support
Harry Maguire is set to have a full retrial after being granted an appeal against his conviction for assault and attempted bribery in Greece. A spokesman for his club, Manchester United, said: “An appeal against yesterday’s verdict was lodged this morning by Harry’s legal team. “In accordance with the Greek judicial process, the filing of
A minister has refused to answer questions about the death of a woman who was found dead next to her starving baby in a Glasgow flat, amid mounting anger over the UK’s asylum system. Mercy Baguma’s body was discovered by police in Govan on Saturday, with her one-year-old son left “crying beside his mother’s body,
The top civil servant at the Department for Education will leave next month after Boris Johnson “concluded that there is a need for fresh official leadership”. Following the controversy over the awarding of A-level grades this month, Jonathan Slater will stand down as permanent secretary at the department on 1 September. He is the second
Gatwick Airport is to axe up to 600 jobs – around 24% of its workforce – due to the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on the travel industry. Gatwick, which is owned by VINCI Airports and Global Infrastructure Partners, said in a statement it was only operating about 20% of last year’s flights and would
7:00 PM ET NORTON, Mass. – What the first week of the FedEx Cup playoffs revealed was it is not the best time to be one of the biggest names in golf. With the exception of Dustin Johnson, who a huge lead at The Northern Trust, the first event of the PGA Tour’s FedEx Cup
7:00 AM ET After Pat Maroon won a Stanley Cup with his hometown St. Louis Blues in 2019, his career was again at a crossroads. The 32-year-old wanted to stay in St. Louis, where, for the first time in his professional career, he was able to live in the same city as his son, Anthony.
Tesla has tweaked the Model Y’s taillight design with small and simple changes that will make a big difference. On Model 3 and Model Y (until now), Tesla was using taillights with both the brake lights and the directional signals being red. Regulations allow this, but it requires that the brake lights be a brighter
When the new Batman trailer dropped, it wasn’t just Robert Pattinson’s take on the Caped Crusader that fans were dissecting. EastEnders viewers were also quick to spot Alex Ferns – also known as the villainous Trevor Morgan, abusive husband of the long-suffering Little Mo in the early noughties – as Gotham Police Commissioner Pete Savage