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Silicon Valley’s political involvement began long before Musk and Bezos

The 2024 election has been described as the first Silicon Valley election. Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk are the latest tech moguls to dominate the headlines for their political positions. Bezos, owner ...

Politics - The Hill - 4 days ago

Flick dismisses title-favourites tag: Long way to go

Barcelona coach Hansi Flick dismissed the idea his side have replaced Real Madrid as favourites to win LaLiga after last weekend's 4-0 Clásico win.

Sports - ESPN - 3 days ago

'A long way back now' - what is going wrong at Arsenal?

Tipped by many to take the next step and end their long wait for a Premier League title this season, is Arsenal's challenge already over?

US flies long-range bomber in drill with South Korea, Japan

South Korea says the U.S. has flown a long-range bomber in a trilateral drill with South Korea and Japan in response to North Korea’s recent test-firing of a new intercontinental ballistic missile ...

World - ABC News - 3 days ago

Giants' loss to Commanders signals it's time to start selling, build for long-term

It was just over a week ago that owner John Mara gave coach Brian Daboll and GM Joe Schoen a vote of confidence. It’s time to see how much those two believe it. If they do, there’s absolutely no ...

Sports - Yahoo Sports - 2 days ago

China’s lawmakers gather to approve long-awaited fiscal stimulus

Local governments have been weighed down by trillions of dollars of debt

World - Financial Times - 2 days ago

Inside the decades-long struggle that made the Caitlin Clark phenomenon possible

In 1990, 34-year-old Carol Stiff, a basketball junkie who spent years coaching small college ball in the Northeast, packed away her clipboard and took an entry-level programmer position at what she ...

Sports - Yahoo Sports - 2 days ago

Is Anthony Richardson a long shot to reclaim his QB1 role with the Colts?

History suggests it won't be easy, but the Colts maintain they haven't given up on the 2023 No. 4 overall pick.

Sports - ESPN - 2 days ago

The Decades-Long Struggle That Made the Caitlin Clark Phenomenon Possible

Before Clark turbocharged the popularity of women’s basketball, a foundation had to be built.

Sports - The New York Times - 1 hour ago

Nevada results expected to be delayed as long lines of voters remain

NBC News' Steve Patterson reports from Reno as voters continue to wait in line to cast their ballots as the polls close in the state. Final results for the election could be delayed as some ...

Friday Briefing: Stars Rally for Harris

Plus, an interview with the Taliban’s most fearsome leader.

World - The New York Times - October 25

Star Wars memorabilia auction raises £177k

One man sold his entire collection to pay for his upcoming wedding, an auction house says.

A Whisperer to the Stars on the Middle East Conflict

Many in Hollywood have struggled to navigate how to talk about their support for Israel on social media. Some of them have turned to Hen Mazzig for advice.

Business - The New York Times - 4 days ago

AI gives voice to dead animals in Cambridge exhibition

Creatures can converse and share their stories by voice or text through visitors’ mobile phones at Museum of Zoology. If the pickled bodies, partial skeletons and stuffed carcasses that fill ...

World - The Guardian - October 13

Lilly Ledbetter, equal pay icon, dead at 86

Lilly Ledbetter, a champion of women getting paid the same as men for doing the same work, has died, her family said in a statement. She was 86.

America’s dead heat Trump-Harris election

In a country divided into mutually hostile camps, no easy resolution to the polarisation seems likely

World - Financial Times - October 15

Four people from Glasgow killed in M6 crash

Five people, including two children, died in the crash on Tuesday, according to Cumbria Police.

Baby dead and 65 rescued in Channel sinking

Officials said the overloaded boat carrying migrants started sinking off the coast of Wissant in northern France.

Russia returns 500 dead soldiers to Ukraine

Russia has returned to Ukraine the bodies of 501 soldiers in what appears to be the biggest repatriation of war dead since Russia’s full-scale invasion in February 2022

World - ABC News - October 18

Sammy Basso, Advocate for Progeria Research, Is Dead at 28

One of about 150 people known to have a rare condition that causes rapid aging, he sought to raise awareness and participated in the search for a cure.

Health - The New York Times - October 20

With Sinwar dead, Israel has a choice to make

Will it exploit this moment to further its military aims of eradicating Hamas? Or will it leverage Sinwar’s death as an opportunity to secure a pause in hostilities and obtain the release of the ...

Politics - The Hill - October 19

One dead after 'explosion' and fire at house

An emergency assistance centre is set up for people told to leave their homes after a house fire in Bedford.

'Catastrophic failure': Seven dead, six critically injured after gangway collapses in Georgia

Seven people are dead and half a dozen others were critically injured after a gangway that's part of a ferry dock collapsed on Georgia’s Sapelo Island on Saturday.

How George Orwell became a dead metaphor

On the use and abuse of one of Britain’s greatest writers

Business - Financial Times - October 19

One dead as flooding hits Italy's northeast flatlands

World - Yahoo News - October 20

Search to resume for child missing presumed dead

Gardai (Irish police) are continuing the search in Dundalk after eight-year-old Kyran Durnin's disappearance.

Three dead after migrant boat sinks in Channel

Forty-five people have been rescued with a search operation ongoing, maritime authorities said.

Medical student shot dead at Memphis cancer walk

A medical student was shot and killed at a cancer walk in Memphis over the weekend. Authorities have charged her ex-boyfriend with murder.

Woman arrested following care home deaths

Police say potential carbon monoxide poisoning is their "primary line of inquiry".

The Grateful Dead named 2025 MusiCares Persons of the Year

The groundbreaking jam band will receive the prestigious music-industry award 60 years after forming in the San Francisco Bay Area.

Entertainment - Los Angeles Times - October 23

MusiCares names The Grateful Dead 2025 Persons of the Year

MusiCares, an organization that helps music professionals who need financial, personal or medical assistance, will honor the Grateful Dead as its 2025 Persons of the Year

Entertainment - ABC News - October 23

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