Maybe Manchester City’s hopes of reaching the 2024-25 Champions League’s round of 16 were not over within five minutes, after Kylian Mbappe’s early goal, or even eight, after John Stones’ game-ending early injury, but were actually over before last night’s second leg started. When news filtered through that Erling Haaland would not be in Pep […]
Jeff CarlisleFeb 20, 2025, 11:04 PM ET Close Jeff Carlisle covers MLS and the U.S. national team for ESPN FC. Since the start of the year, there had been a lot of talk about head coach Emma Hayes’ desire to “bridge the gap” within the U.S. women’s national team. The first tier of players are […]
Anthony Almeida exited his Dodge Ram just after 8 p.m. on Feb. 4, 2018, Super Bowl Sunday, around the time the Philadelphia Eagles took a 10-point lead over the New England Patriots into halftime. Security cameras recording at the Stop and Shop grocery store in Foxboro, Mass., captured Almeida picking out several items. He paid […]
Northern Ireland is due for some unsettled weather over the next few days. Two yellow wind warnings have been issued by the Met Office. The first warning, for Friday morning, covers mainly the eastern counties. Gusts up to 65mph are expected on Irish Sea and North Channel coasts and gale force gusts are also likely […]
Airbus, the world’s largest commercial airplane maker, said on Thursday that it was preparing for the possibility of new U.S. tariffs and would be able to “adapt accordingly,” including passing on higher costs to its American airline customers. In a wide-ranging media conference at Airbus’s headquarters in Toulouse, France, the company’s chief executive, Guillaume Faury, […]
Two dairy workers in Michigan may have transmitted bird flu to their pet cats last May, suggests a new study published on Thursday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. In one household, infected cats may also have passed the virus to other people in the home, but limited evidence makes it difficult to […]
The United States Senate has voted to confirm former federal prosecutor Kash Patel as the next director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), continuing a streak of success for President Donald Trump’s government nominees. But Thursday’s confirmation came by slim margins. Only 51 senators, all Republican, voted in favour of Patel in the 100-seat […]
The elusive oarfish, a creature nicknamed the “doomsday fish” because of its place in folklore as a precursor to disaster, was captured on video this month after it was seen in shallow water in Baja California Sur, along Mexico’s Pacific Coast. A group of people who were visiting the area spotted the fish swimming near […]
Funds for vital health programs around the world remain frozen and their work has not been able to resume, despite a federal judge’s order that temporarily halted the Trump administration’s dismantling of the government’s main foreign aid agency. Interviews with people working on health initiatives in Africa and Asia found that parents in Kenya whose […]
When Lewis Hamilton put on his Ferrari race suit for the first time ahead of his maiden test for the team last month, he needed a moment to adjust to his new look. While putting on a set of overalls is automatic for racing drivers, completed thousands of times through their careers, donning the iconic […]