Associated Press Aug 5, 2023, 07:47 PM ET SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. — Maple Leaf Mel was leading the field in the $500,000 Test at Saratoga when she suffered a catastrophic injury to her right front leg just before the finish line and was later euthanized on Saturday. Jockey Joel Rosario was unseated and went to
Simone Biles made a return to sporting dominance on Saturday night, topping the podium on her gymnastics comeback. She competed in Chicago’s US classic, two years after taking a break following the Tokyo Olympics in 2021. The four-time gold medallist showed off her tumbling, spinning and flipping routines, famous for being so difficult that no
Lorenzo Di Cola | Nurphoto | Getty Images Social network Twitter, recently rebranded as X, has commandeered the handle “@music” from open-source software developer Jeremy Vaught, who told CNBC he created the account in 2007, and had built a community of around half a million followers there. While Elon Musk-led X gave Vaught no choice
A Russian bomb has hit a blood transfusion centre in the Ukrainian region of Kharkiv, Volodymyr Zelenskyy has claimed. On Telegram, the Ukrainian president said there are fatalities and injuries after the strike in the town of Kupiansk. Mr Zelenskyy said rescue workers were extinguishing fires at the scene, and he described the attack as
Disgraced Lostprophets frontman Ian Watkins has been stabbed in prison, according to reports. The 46-year-old is serving a 29-year jail term for multiple sexual offences, including serious crimes against young children and babies. According to the Mirror, the paedophile is in a “life-threatening condition” following the incident at HMP Wakefield in West Yorkshire. The newspaper
A big part of the fun of finding vehicles for the Awesomely Weird Alibaba Electric Vehicle of the Week column comes from all of the interesting fascia designs. These uniquely Chinese vehicles often have interesting faces, giving each vehicle a unique personality. And this week we’ve stumbled upon an electric box truck with an underbite
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has promised to investigate unlawful bank closures after the chancellor warned the practice could be “widespread”. Jeremy Hunt told the FCA that he wants to see banks “spell out to an affected customer why they are terminating their payment account”. In a letter to the regulator, he wrote this would
Trump pleaded not guilty to all four charges against him – the most serious of which is conspiracy to defraud the United States. We learned that if Trump is convicted on all four counts, he could spend up to 55 years in prison. After leaving court, Trump called it “a very sad day for America”.
Paul Reubens, the actor known for playing Pee-wee Herman, left a statement with his team to share with the public after his death: “Please accept my apology for not going public with what I’ve been facing the last six years,” Reubens wrote. “I have always felt a huge amount of love and respect from my
Tim MacMahon, ESPN Staff WriterAug 5, 2023, 12:00 PM ET Close Joined ESPNDallas.com in September 2009 Covers the Dallas Cowboys and Dallas Mavericks Appears regularly on ESPN Dallas 103.3 FM Denver Nuggets forward Vlatko Cancar suffered a torn ACL in his left knee while playing for Slovenia in a World Cup preparation game Friday, sources
It’s the great comedy debate. With performers at Edinburgh’s Fringe feeling the pinch from rising accommodation, food and fuel costs, has the festival become elitist? “There’s a definite economic barrier,” comedian Paul Chowdhry told Sky News. “Most of the people I speak to, throughout the years, say it’s a very middle-class white industry. You very
Comedian Joe Pasquale has told a podcast he had to get stitches after impaling himself with a set of moose antlers at the end of a show in Skegness. The star was performing at the seaside town’s Embassy Theatre last month as part of his new tour, The New Normal. Speaking on Kate Thornton’s White
A social media post by Donald Trump written in all-capital letters saying ”if you go after me, I’m coming after you!” could be interpreted as intimidating, US prosecutors have said. Mr Trump posted the message on his Truth Social platform on Friday afternoon a day after he pleaded not guilty to charges relating to attempts to
A gym-goer has said she was shocked as she claimed Rishi Sunak turned up to a SoulCycle class on Friday. The prime minister is currently on holiday in California, saying earlier in the week it’s his first family trip away in several years. But after being pictured on Santa Monica Pier and visiting Disneyland, he
Imran Khan has always said the mounting cases against him are politically motivated and intended to stop him from running for election. This new arrest could do exactly that. It adds more jeopardy and tension to an already febrile political climate in Pakistan. And the timing is significant. This week Shehbaz Sharif’s government announced a
Italian renewables giant Enel Green Power and Sicily-based robotic tech startup Reiwa have developed a robot that automatically cleans solar panels without using water or gas. Dust and dirt can be a real problem on solar panels, as it interferes with their performance, especially in particularly dusty or desert areas. Pressure washers or tractors with
Offenders have had the right to apply for a review after 15 years on the register since 2012. But now Laura Stewart, who was abused as a child, is petitioning MPs to change the law after she discovered her abuser had been removed from the register 21 years after his conviction. ‘Frightened’ abuse victim wants
Typhoon Doksuri soaked Beijing and the surrounding area with a torrential rain unlike any recorded in the city’s history, sparking rescue missions for survivors trapped by flooded streets. #news #cnn #china #typhoondoksuri #weather
One of Britain’s biggest lenders to small businesses is hatching plans for a £3.5bn tie-up with the Co-operative Bank. Sky News has learnt that Shawbrook Group has approached the owners of the Co-operative Bank in recent weeks to outline plans for a stock-based combination of the two companies. Sources said this weekend that the preliminary
Imran Khan, Pakistan’s former prime minister, has been arrested after he was sentenced to three years in prison for illegally selling state gifts, his lawyer said. Police were seen surrounding his residence in Lahore on Saturday after the verdict was released. The 70-year-old former cricketer was sentenced after he was found guilty of unlawfully selling
Katherine Terrell, ESPN Staff WriterAug 4, 2023, 03:05 PM ET Close Katherine Terrell came back to ESPN to cover the New Orleans Saints in the summer of 2022. She left the company in 2019 after joining in 2016 to cover the Cincinnati Bengals. Katherine is a graduate of LSU and a Baton Rouge, Louisiana, native,
Falling trees, riptides and power cuts will pose risks as Storm Antoni lashes the UK with heavy rain and strong winds, the Met Office says. Antoni – the first named storm of the year – will bring gusts of up to 60mph in the worst-affected areas, with forecasters issuing a danger to life warning. Amber
Four weather warnings are in force today as Storm Antoni hits the UK – bringing heavy rain and strong winds that are rarely seen in the summer. Forecasters fear gusts could be in excess of 60mph in the worst-affected areas, with a “good chance” of travel disruption and power cuts. The Met Office has issued:
In this article META Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Thilina Kaluthotage | Nurphoto | Getty Images Meta’s Twitter-like Threads app will soon get a search function and be available to access via the web. In a Threads post on Friday, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg said the new features will be “coming in the next
Donald Trump has described being indicted as a “truly great badge of honour” – and suggested further criminal charges could help him win next year’s election. Speaking to Republicans in Alabama, the former president said he goes up in the polls every time an indictment is filed, describing the allegations against him as “fake” and
Fans of the Audi RS6 sports car sedan (saloon) have reason to celebrate. Audi Sport plans to resurrect the RS6 saloon as an even more powerful, high-performance electric sedan. Audi RS6 sports car will have a powerful electric revival The Audi RS6 has attracted fans for over 20 years, but the classic sedan was discontinued
During a recent earnings presentation, SoftBank Founder Masayoshi Son (pictured here in 2019) said the company will go into “defense” mode as a result of myriad headwinds that have roiled global markets. Tomohiro Ohsumi | Getty Images Softbank’s Vision Fund filed suit against the founders of one of its portfolio companies on Monday, alleging that
Aug 4, 2023, 12:56 PM ET The Big Ten is expected to move ahead with formal offer letters for Oregon and Washington, sources told ESPN’s Pete Thamel on Friday. Sources said a vote by the conference — which is expected to be unanimous — would take place later Friday to formalize the two schools’ admission,
In this article AAPL Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Apple CEO Tim Cook listens as U.S. President Joe Biden speaks during a roundtable with American and Indian business leaders alongside in the East Room of the White House on June 23, 2023 in Washington, DC. Anna Moneymaker | Getty Images Apple shares fell 4.8%
Former Republican congressman Joe Walsh says the charges Trump is facing are “political gold” for him and will make him “a martyr to Republican voters”. #trump #usa #congress Read more: https://news.sky.com/story/donald-trump-to-appear-in-court-to-face-charges-over-january-6th-capitol-riots-12932746 SUBSCRIBE to our YouTube channel for more videos: http://www.youtube.com/skynews Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/skynews Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/skynews Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/skynews
Former President Donald Trump has been indicted in special counsel Jack Smith’s investigation into Trump and his allies’ efforts to overturn the 2020 election. #trump #donaldtrump #jacksmith #trumpindictment #jan6 #capitolriot #2020election
Cityscape of Saudi capital Riyadh. Harri Jarvelainen Photography | Moment | Getty Images Saudi Arabia’s economy slowed in the second quarter, as crude output cuts and a drop in oil prices reined in one of the fastest growing nations of the G20. Riyadh’s GDP expanded by an annual 1.1% in the second quarter, the Saudi
Boris Johnson has vowed to do “whatever it takes” to protect newts that have threatened his plans to build an outdoor swimming pool at his Oxfordshire country manor. The former prime minister promised to build a “Newtopia”, consisting of “newt motels”, for the amphibians who have taken residence at the Grade II-listed Brightwell Manor he shares with