The Braves are coming off a sweep at the hands of the Orioles and now travel across the country to play the Sacramento aka Oakland A’s for the next three games. It’ll be a matchup of two of the six worst clubs in baseball, record-wise. The A’s started the year 20-16 and have been a … Read more
The USA international, who turned 21 this week, arrives for a fee of around £6.8million, after helping fire FC Koln to the 2.Bundesliga title in May. The forward scored 10 league goals in 29 appearances last campaign, and has averaged a goal every 164 minutes in his senior career. Six-foot four-inch Downs underwent his medical … Read more
Jeff Bezos challenges rival Elon Musk by unveiling $27,000 electric truck Jeff Bezos’ mysterious EV manufacturer, Slate, has unveiled its first model: a stripped-back pickup truck that will sell for $27,000 ($20,000 after federal incentives). Cover Media – Shareable The Slate EV pickup will be built in Indiana. The truck doesn’t include things like built-in … Read more
Audio recording is automated for accessibility. Humans wrote and edited the story. See our AI policy, and give us feedback. Sign up for The Brief, The Texas Tribune’s daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. For the last three days, state Rep. Wes Virdell has been out with … Read more
“I think we should just take it day-by-day to see how we’re feeling,” Acuña said through interpreter Franco Garcia. “My first priority is to be able to rejoin the team and help the guys on the field. So, that’s really my first concern.” Acuña was scratched from the Braves’ lineup with lower back tightness less … Read more
Southampton have signed US striker Damion Downs from German club FC Koln in a deal worth £7m. The 21-year-old, 6ft 4ins forward was born in Germany but represents the United States internationally and has five senior caps so far. He joined Koln’s youth teams and after coming through the ranks made 42 appearances for the … Read more
There has been no bigger disappointment in the 2025 Major League Baseball season than the Atlanta Braves. The perennial contenders, who have made the postseason in every season since 2018, currently sit in fourth place in the National League East with a 39-50 record. The starting rotation is almost unrecognizable after injuries to Chris Sale, … Read more
I n 2006, Ambassador Mark Dybul, then the United States global AIDS coordinator, visited an orphanage run by the Daughters of Charity in Ethiopia. It was a sanctuary for more than 400 HIV-positive babies and young children found in garbage heaps, abandoned on the roadside, or left at the orphanage door. As Dybul and Michael … Read more
Over 100 people have now been confirmed to have lost their lives in the flash flooding that hit homes and camps along the edge of the Guadalupe River in the early hours of Friday morning. Meteorologists who spoke to WIRED dismissed claims that the National Weather Service failed to accurately predict the risk of flooding … Read more
One week after Elliot Daly suffered a tour-ending broken arm for the British & Irish Lions against the Reds, fellow full-back Blair Kinghorn has emerged as another injury concern. The Scotland full-back, who made his debut against the New South Wales Waratahs on Saturday after teaming up with the squad late following Toulouse’s Top 14 … Read more