A family cleaning their backyard in New Orleans discovered an unusual marble tablet with some characters in Latin
Officials investigate blast at Tennessee explosives plant that left 18 missing and feared dead
Officials are investigating a blast that leveled an explosives plant in rural Tennessee, as families of the 18 people missing and feared dead wait anxiously for answers
The shutdown is poised to deepen hunger in America — just as the Trump administration stopped tracking it
The federal government shutdown is stretching into a second week with no end in sight. As Democrats and Republicans in Congress face a politically charged funding impasse, nutrition experts warn that women and children reliant on federal food assistance funding are particularly vulnerable to imminently losing their grocery benefits. In...
New research shows there’s a simple way to protect workers. Is OSHA listening?
A new study confirms that commonsense workplace protections from extreme heat — water, shade, breaks — help save workers from being injured on the job. The finding — something labor and climate advocates have long known and pushed for in public policy — comes just as the federal government shutdown may have...
Roebuck hat-trick sets up nine-try rout as Sale pile more misery on Newcastle
Sale 57-5 Newcastle Alex Sanderson’s side 31-0 up at half-time with five tries There will come a time to truly judge the credentials of a Sale side whose solitary title success came nearly 20 years ago, but Friday night was not it. Not against a Newcastle team who surrendered so...
Wigan eye third consecutive Super League title and place among all-time greats
Hull KR have taken two of Wigan’s crowns this year and stand in the way of Matt Peet’s team at Old Trafford It is not just the walls of Wigan ÂWarriors’ plush Robin Park training complex that are draped with the Âhistoric moments of rugby league’s most famous club. Almost...
Winter is coming: England’s cricketers fly out for long tour that will decide Ashes and World Cup
Four decades ago Mike Gatting lamented 30-game schedule and while improvements were made, players will be weary of gruelling season ahead A meteorologist would say that England’s winter will start this year at midnight on 1 December; an astronomer would point a few weeks later to the 21st, perhaps even...
Aidan O’Brien closes on Group One record as Precise makes it 22 in 2025
Precise, the 5-1 favourite for next year’s 1,000 Guineas, took the feature on day one of the Future Champions weekend Aidan O’Brien is within sight of his own record of 28 Group One wins in a calendar year after Precise, the new 5-1 favourite for next year’s 1,000 Guineas, took...
All fluffed up: why modern balls are sparking injury worries and frustration in tennis
Daniil Medvedev is one of a growing number of leading players who say that the balls have become unpredictable and are affecting their game It did not take Daniil Medvedev long to realise he was in serious trouble at the French Open. As he tried to find a way past...
Northampton welcome back Lions – and not a day too soon as Leicester loom
Phil Dowson has Fin Smith, Henry Pollock, Alex Mitchell and Tommy Freeman available again and eager to make up for last season’s 33-0 defeat It does not feel like a coincidence that the Prem’s first derby weekend of the season marks the return of most British & Irish Lions players...