Germany’s navy has denied there was a “deeper message” in its decision to play the famous Imperial March — Darth Vader’s theme song in the “Star Wars” films — from one of its warships as it sailed down the River Thames through London this week. A passerby captured the spectacle on video on Monday, which … Read more
Zach Eflin pitched six impressive innings to improve to 4-0 since joining the Baltimore Orioles, who beat the Boston Red Sox 5-1 on Thursday. Gunnar Henderson and Cedric Mullins each homered to back Eflin (9-7), who has won all four of his starts since the Orioles acquired him from Tampa Bay before the trade deadline. … Read more
A federal prison employee in California has died, and investigators are looking into whether he was exposed to fentanyl shortly before his death, three people familiar with the case told The Associated Press. Marc Fischer, a mailroom supervisor at the U.S. penitentiary in Atwater, California, died Friday after reporting feeling unwell, the people said. He … Read more
From learning the tricks of freestyle BMX cycling on YouTube in his native Colombia to an Olympic diploma in Paris. Originally from a country that lacks a professional track, Colombian rider Queen Saray Villegas was one step away from the podium in the women’s park category final at the Olympic Games. The first Colombian Olympic … Read more
Léon Marchand launched an unusual attempt at a double with a memorable comeback. Trailing behind for most of the race, Marchand accelerated past reigning Olympic champion and world record holder Kristóf Milák and claimed his second gold medal of the Paris Olympics, winning the 200-meter butterfly. The crowd at the Arena de La Défense roared … Read more
A federal judge has overturned a $4.7 billion jury verdict in a class-action lawsuit filed by Sunday Ticket subscribers against the NFL and awarded the judgment to the league. U.S. District Judge Philip Gutierrez ruled Thursday that testimony from two of the underwriters’ witnesses was methodologically flawed and should be excluded. “Without the testimony of … Read more
A shock hydrothermal explosion that despatched steam, water, rocks and filth a number of meters (tens of toes) into the air has despatched some guests to Yellowstone Nationwide Park working for canopy. The hydrothermal explosion occurred round 10 a.m. at Biscuit Basin, a set of scorching springs situated a few miles (3.2 kilometers) north of … Read more
Two-time runner-up Dominic Thiem succumbed on Wednesday within the second spherical of Roland Garros qualifying, in what was the Austrian’s final match on the French Open. Thiem misplaced 6-2, 7-5 to Finland’s Otto Virtanen on the Suzanne Lenglen court docket and will likely be unable to seem for the eleventh and ultimate time in the … Read more
Q2 Stadium in Austin will host the MLS All-Star Recreation in 2025, league commissioner Don Garber introduced Wednesday. Austin FC, the younger MLS membership, thus acquired the dignity of internet hosting one of many league’s foremost annual occasions. The 20,738-seat facility opened in 2021, the primary yr the franchise performed within the MLS. The stadium … Read more
Jalen Brunson scored 44 factors, reaching 40 for the fifth time this postseason, and the New York Knicks crushed the Indiana Pacers 121-91 on Tuesday to be one win away from advancing to what can be their first postseason closing. convention since 2000. The Knicks bounced again from the beating they suffered on Sunday, and … Read more