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When Shohei Ohtani was asked about his woeful performance at the plate in the Dodgersβ National League Division Series against the Philadelphia Phillies last week, he first gave credit to the opposition. Then, after a series that saw the Phillies counter him with one left-handed pitcher after the next, he was also quick to point…
The private equity firm Exponent is among a pack of suitors weighing a takeover of the UK arm of ADT, one of Britainβs biggest suppliers of residential security systems. Sky News has learnt that Exponent, which has owned companies including Ambassador Theatre Group, Big Bus Tours and the publisher of the Racing Post newspaper, is…
As USC weighs its options, MIT has become the first of nine universities to forcefully reject a White House proposal that asks them to adopt President Trumpβs conservative political agenda in exchange for favorable access to federal funding. In a letter to Trump administration officials, MIT President Sally Kornbluth said Friday the campus disagrees with…
A year after tech firm OpenAI roiled Hollywood with the release of its Sora AI video tool, Chief Executive Sam Altman was back β with a potentially groundbreaking update. Unlike the generic images Sora could initially create, the new program allows users to upload videos of real people and put them into AI-generated environments, complete…
Calls for a meeting with Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer have been snubbed by No 10, the leader of Plaid Cymru has told Sky News. Rhun ap Iorwerth, who has served as leader of the Welsh nationalist party since June 2023, is looking likely to become Wales’s first minister next May, but when he asked…
Despite throwing five touchdown passes to lead his team to a 56-54 victory over Venice on Friday night, Palisades quarterback Jack Thomas was hardly satisfied. βIβve got to play better β we came up empty on five drives and thatβs on me,β the senior said after completing 25 of 42 passes for a career-high 460…
Legal & General (L&G) is plotting a swoop on the workplace pensions provider owned by NatWest Group, the FTSE-100 lender, as its chief executive seeks to grow its share of the UK retirement market. Sky News has learnt that L&G is among a handful of suitors which have expressed an interest in acquiring Cushon from…
Tired of rampant shoplifting scaring away citizens and shoppers, Long Beach is trying to force stores to add staff and reduce dependence on self-checkout. The beachfront city, with a population of around half a million, last month started requiring major food and pharmacy retailers to do more to stop theft. So far, the measures have…
βThe Chair Company,β premiering Sunday on HBO, is a conspiracy comedy β dark comedy, one would definitely have to say β in which Tim Robinson goes down a rabbit hole, from one carrot to the next, after a chair collapses beneath him. Itβs a thriller in its way; there will be suspense, and injuries, and…
For decades he was the dissident backbencher, then unlikely Labour leader. She was a firebrand left-wing Labour MP with a huge online presence. To the left – on paper – it looked like the perfect combination. Coupled with the support of four other independent MPs, it held the blueprints of a credible party. But ever…
