8:44 AM ET ESPN Betting Insiders The NASCAR Cup Series heads to Fort Worth, Texas, on Sunday for the O’Reilly Auto Parts 500. Long shot Cole Custer (200-1) got his first Cup Series victory last Sunday. The rookie emerged after a late restart and finished just ahead of Martin Truex Jr. to win the Quaker
Scientists have identified six distinct types of COVID-19 – each with a specific collection of symptoms – in a breakthrough that could help doctors predict which patients are most at risk. The different forms of the disease are believed to determine its severity among those infected – and whether they are likely to need respiratory
7:00 AM ET John Hynes began the 2019-20 NHL season as head coach of the New Jersey Devils, a position he had held since 2015. But after 26 games, having amassed only 22 points in a highly hyped season, Hynes was fired on Dec. 3. He wasn’t out of a gig for long: On Jan.
An artist friend of Johnny Depp’s has dismissed images of Amber Heard with injuries as “phoney baloney” at the High Court, and accused the actress of filing a “fraudulent” domestic violence claim to “extort and blackmail” the actor. Isaac Baruch, who the court heard lived rent-free in one of Depp‘s Los Angeles apartments, was the
Swift local lockdowns – including the shutting down of businesses, cancellation of events and restrictions on travel to certain areas – will aim to control future COVID-19 outbreaks. Boris Johnson outlined the plan to contain localised flare-ups in COVID-19 infections as he expressed his hope of a “more significant return to normality” by Christmas. As
The country’s first so-called battery “gigafactory” has moved a step closer after a site in South Wales was identified as the preferred location. Britishvolt said it had signed a memorandum of understanding with the Welsh government to develop its plans for the “green” factory, which would mainly produce electric car batteries under its own solar
An urgent review has been ordered into how the daily coronavirus death figures are calculated after it was claimed the current method does not take into account the fact that some people may have recovered from COVID-19 and died of a different cause. Health Secretary Matt Hancock has asked for the examination of Public Health
Jim Carrey has revealed what went through his mind when he thought he had only 10 minutes to live after a missile alert was mistakenly broadcast in Hawaii. The actor said he spent what he believed were his last moments staring into the Pacific Ocean when the warning of an imminent ballistic missile was broadcast
Spacewalking astronauts completed their part of a three-year power upgrade to the International Space Station on Thursday, replacing six more outdated batteries with powerful new ones. It was the third spacewalk in as many weeks involving battery work by NASA’s Bob Behnken and Chris Cassidy. Running more than an hour ahead of schedule, they managed
A solar probe built by the European Space Agency and NASA has delivered the closest photos ever taken of the Sun’s surface, revealing a landscape rife with thousands of tiny solar flares that scientists dubbed “campfires” and offering clues about the extreme heat of the outermost part of its atmosphere. “When the first images came
British Airways’ iconic 747 jumbo jet will no longer be operated by the airline after it decided to retire its entire fleet with immediate effect. BA has used the famous Boeing plane since 1989 and is currently the world’s biggest operator of the 747-400 model. Image: The Boeing plane is one of the air industry’s
The owner of two hospitals in Bangladesh that issued thousands of fake coronavirus test results has been arrested as he attempted to flee the country, officials have said. Mohammed Shahed, a member of the country’s governing party who regularly appeared on TV talk shows, was wearing a burka when he was arrested on Wednesday by
Dr Anthony Fauci is the talk of the town in Washington DC – there’s almost a folk-like nostalgia that surrounds him. I was in the park the other day when a couple introduced their dog to me and my son. “What’s his name?” I asked. Image: Dr Fauci says tension with the president is stressful
6:29 PM ET Real Madrid celebrate their La Liga title on Thursday. GABRIEL BOUYS/AFP via Getty Images Real Madrid coach Zinedine Zidane said his side’s La Liga title win on Thursday tastes sweeter than any of the three Champions League crowns he has led them to. Real clinched their 34th league title with a 2-1 victory
There are two hacking operations associated with Russian intelligence. They go by a variety of names but let’s go with the terminology the UK National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) is using. APT28 – where APT stands for Advanced Persistent Threat – is believed to be the hacking arm of the GRU or Russian military
The government has told care homes and the public to immediately stop using coronavirus testing kits produced by a healthcare firm after safety problems were discovered. The government said all labs must pause the use of COVID-19 test kits produced by Randox laboratories “with immediate effect until further notice”. It said the tests, which were