At least 10 people have died after a powerful tornado ripped through several southern US states, destroying buildings and knocking out power. Severe storms hit Mississippi, Alabama and Texas on Friday, producing hail the size of golf balls and prompting authorities to warn residents they were in a “life-threatening situation”. The National Weather Service issued
7:15 PM ET Associated Press MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. — Carlos Alcaraz picked up a straight-set win at the Miami Open on Friday to keep his world No. 1 ranking over idle Novak Djokovic. Djokovic is not participating in the Miami Open because he still can’t travel to the United States as a foreign citizen who
Aptera Motors is back with its second exciting news update this week, announcing it has selected an open-source driver assistance system called “openpilot” as its official system that will be integrated into its production model solar EVs. Aptera Motors continues to take large strides in 2023 on its journey to reaching the holy grail of
The Club has taken a restrained approach to the oversold stock market in recent days, making only one purchase after an assertive buying spree the week prior. In a volatile market, investors’ best course of action sometimes is doing very little, or nothing at all. Our only buy this week came Monday. We scooped up
Gwyneth Paltrow has insisted that she was the “victim” of a skiing collision with a retired optometrist during an accident at a resort in Utah. Paltrow was speaking while giving evidence in a civil case brought by Terry Sanderson, who is suing the actress for $300,000 (£245,000) over the incident at Deer Valley in 2016.
Actress Reese Witherspoon and her husband Jim Toth have announced they are to divorce after almost 12 years of marriage. The Legally Blonde star, 47, posted a statement from the former couple on her Instagram page on Friday, saying that they had taken the “difficult decision” to part ways. They wrote: “We have some personal
Actor and radio presenter Craig Charles says he was rushed to hospital after becoming unwell during his BBC radio show. Charles, known for acting roles on Red Dwarf and Coronation Street, told listeners on BBC Radio 6 Music that he had missed a show after spending 24 hours in hospital after coming down with a
Sir Patrick Vallance has said COVID restrictions were “for everybody” after Boris Johnson said lockdown leaving dos were “absolutely essential” and that he relied on incorrect advice from Number 10 advisers. The UK’s chief scientific adviser became a household name during the pandemic as he stood beside the then-prime minister during daily COVID briefings. This
A super tanker anchored off the country’s coast and containing more than a million barrels of oil is “likely to sink or explode at any moment”, unleashing an environmental and humanitarian disaster, the United Nations humanitarian coordinator for Yemen has told Sky News. The FSO Safer was all but abandoned in 2015 as Yemen descended
The FBI and NYPD are investigating a death threat and white powder sent to Manhattan’s district attorney, whose office is investigating former US president Donald Trump. The letter mailed to Alvin Bragg said “ALVIN: I AM GOING TO KILL YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!”, law enforcement sources told NBC News. The letter also contained a small amount of white
An Activision Blizzard’s Call of Duty: Modern Warfare video game is inserted into the Microsoft’s Xbox One video game console arranged in Denver, Colorado, on Wednesday, Jan. 19, 2022. Michael Ciaglo | Bloomberg | Getty Images The U.K.’s Competition and Markets Authority on Friday said it has narrowed the scope of its investigation into Microsoft’s
A Sky News team inside Yemen has discovered shocking evidence that donated UN food aid meant for the most needy is instead being sold in street markets to help boost stallholders’ profits. We found that donated cans of vegetable oil with World Food Programme (WFP) stamps on them were among the essential food items being
The company behind a group of well-known outdoor sports clothing brands is racing to find a buyer months after the collapse of a deal to reverse it into a London-listed cash shell. Sky News has learnt that FRP Advisory, the professional services firm, has been drafted in to find a buyer for Internet Fusion Group
On Monday, Prince Harry will go to court, accusing the publisher of The Daily Mail newspaper of phone-tapping and other breaches of privacy. The 38-year-old royal is bringing the action along with others including actresses Elizabeth Hurley and Sadie Frost, Elton John’s husband and filmmaker David Furnish, and Baroness Doreen Lawrence of Clarendon OBE. It’s
China and U.S. flags are seen near a TikTok logo in this illustration picture taken July 16, 2020. Florence Lo | Reuters BEIJING — China says it would “strongly oppose” a forced sale of TikTok, making clear the government’s involvement with the social media giant that’s trying hard to distance itself from Beijing authorities. The
8:48 AM ET Brett Okamoto Close Brett Okamoto ESPN Staff Writer MMA columnist for ESPN.com Analyst for “MMA Live” Covered MMA for Las Vegas Sun Marc Raimondi Bantamweight is arguably the deepest division in the UFC. The list of potential fighters who could one day be champions is long — perhaps longer than in any
Sam Altman, president of Y Combinator, pauses during the New Work Summit in Half Moon Bay, California, U.S., on Monday, Feb. 25, 2019. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images OpenAI’s ChatGPT unleashed an arms race among Silicon Valley companies and investors, sparking an A.I. investment craze that proved to be a boon for
Ford revealed plans Friday for a second electric truck, codenamed Project T3, during a press conference at Ford’s $5.6 billion BlueOval City EV mega-campus. The automaker says construction is on track to begin production in 2025. After capping the year off with 61,575 electric vehicle sales (up 126% YOY) in 2022, Ford became the second-largest
Looking east to the Tracy Power Plant, a natural gas and oil-fired power plant owned and operated by Sierra Pacific Power, located near Interstate 80 and the Truckee River between Reno and Fernley, Nevada. Neil Gilham | Moment | Getty Images Nevada’s largest electricity provider has been approved for a $333 million project to develop
It is another “risk off” day in the jargon for stock markets in Europe. Banking stocks, in particular, are falling out of bed. Shares of Deutsche Bank and Commerzbank, Germany’s two largest lenders, have fallen at their worst by 13% and 8% respectively while BNP Paribas and Societe Generale, the first and third-largest banks in