The U.S. wants to build nuclear power plants that will work on the moon and Mars, and on Friday put out a request for ideas from the private sector on how to do that. The U.S. Department of Energy put out the formal request to build what it calls a fission surface power system that
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7:27 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — Yoenis Cespedes came back with a bang, taking immediate advantage of the new designated hitter rule in the National League by launching a home run that sent Jacob deGrom and the New York Mets past the Atlanta Braves 1-0 in their season opener Friday. After five dominant
Police officers are facing heightened hostility and anger as they carry out stop and search operations in London’s black communities. Frontline officers have told Sky News tensions are running extremely high in many of the capital’s boroughs, following recent high-profile stop and search incidents. Senior officers said the tactic remained a “vital component” in tackling
Boris Johnson has admitted the government has got some things wrong during the pandemic, but expects the worst of it will be over “by the middle of next year”. “Of course… there are things we get wrong and we’re learning the whole time,” he told Sky News’ deputy political editor Sam Coates. “You’ve got to
The air is highly charged in Portland even before nightfall. Almost everyone walking in the city centre streets is wearing a helmet. We pass one corner and someone is putting shin pads on. Fresh graffiti is going up on another corner. This doesn’t feel like a protest limping into its 55th night. Image: Federal officers
9:00 AM ET Heather Dinich Close ESPN Senior Writer College football reporter Joined ESPN.com in 2007 Graduate of Indiana University Adam Rittenberg Close ESPN Senior Writer College football reporter. Joined ESPN.com in 2008. Graduate of Northwestern University. On paper, the NCAA-approved college football practice plan that begins today looks normal: up to eight hours each
Indoor gyms, swimming pools, dance studios and leisure centres in England are allowed to reopen today for the first time in four months – but at least a third of public facilities are expected to remain shut due to financial hardship. Earlier this month, Culture Secretary Oliver Dowden announced that gyms and leisure centres would
British businesses saw their fastest upturn in five years during July as their European counterparts also witnessed growth for the first time since the coronavirus hit, fresh figures indicate. However, despite the encouraging signs, experts have warned that a hoped for V-shaped recovery is not guaranteed given the economic damage caused by the lockdowns aimed
12:08 PM ET When NHL Seattle first installed signage on its downtown office in 2018, employees arrived at work the next morning to a surprise. Stuck to the door was a Post-it note with a handwritten message: “Release the Kraken.” “That may have been the first time I heard or thought of Kraken,” said Heidi
Previously unseen reality TV footage of Amber Heard’s sister after she was allegedly attacked by the actress has been shown to the High Court after being sent in anonymously. The clip was dramatically played on Friday afternoon, with Depp‘s barrister David Sherborne telling the court it was sent by a “confidential source” on Thursday night
Hopes that the rise in average global temperatures by 2100 might be capped below 2.5-degree Celsius can be all but ruled out if greenhouse gas emissions continue at the current rate, new research reassessing the atmosphere’s sensitivity to carbon dioxide(CO2) suggests. The study, under the Geneva-based World Climate Research Program, offers the first clear progress
Smartwatch maker Garmin has become the latest apparent victim of cyber criminals, with a suspected attack taking offline its website, mobile app and customer service call centres. On Twitter, the company confirmed it was “experiencing an outage that affects Garmin Connect, and as a result, the Garmin Connect website and mobile app are down at
Scientists around the world are racing to develop a vaccine against coronavirus. And today, the government has announced it wants to double the number of people who get the flu jab this winter, with experts concerned about the double whammy of COVID-19 cases and seasonal flu potentially overwhelming the NHS. But a YouGov poll earlier
At first glance, retail sales figures for June released by the Office for National Statistics reveal the pattern of recovery that business and the Treasury have been praying for – a V-shaped return to pre-coronavirus levels. The total volume of sales bounced back by a striking 13.9%, just 0.6% down on pre-lockdown levels in February
Three teenagers have been convicted of killing a police officer during a desperate attempt to evade capture. PC Andrew Harper was dragged for a mile behind their car, after he tried to stop the group towing away a quad bike, stolen from outside a house in west Berkshire. The driver, Henry Long, 19, and his
Donald Trump has called off next month’s Republican convention in Florida because of the spike in coronavirus cases there – but why is the state now being hit so severely? How bad is it in the Sunshine State? There have been nearly 390,000 cases so far – the second-highest in the US after California –