TMZ has issued an apology after laughter was heard on air during coverage of the fatal shooting of conservative activist Charlie Kirk, who was shot in the neck on Wednesday while at a speaking engagement at a Utah college and later died from the injury. Kirk’s death at the age of 31 has brought outrage…
Sep 12, 2025, 12:19 PM ET PITTSBURGH — Marc-Andre Fleury is ending his NHL career back where it began. The veteran goaltender, who officially retired last spring following a 21-year career, signed a professional tryout contract with the Penguins on Friday and is going to suit up for the club during Pittsburgh’s exhibition game against…
Alaina GetzenbergSep 12, 2025, 11:47 AM ET Close Alaina Getzenberg covers the Buffalo Bills for ESPN. She joined ESPN in 2021. Alaina was previously a beat reporter for the Charlotte Observer and has also worked for CBS Sports and the Dallas Morning News. She is a graduate of the University of California, Berkeley. ORCHARD PARK,…
Matthew Dowd, the political operative turned MSNBC analyst who was fired by the cable news channel after making comments about Charlie Kirk, took to Substack to give his side of the story. Dowd, a veteran of the George W. Bush-Dick Cheney 2004 presidential campaign, was asked by MSNBC anchor Katy Tur about “the environment in…
TikTok-owner ByteDance has launched its latest image generation artificial intelligence tool Seedream 4.0, which it said surpasses Google DeepMind’s viral “Nano Banana” AI image editor across several key indicators. ByteDance’s Seed department, which oversees the tech unicorn’s AI development efforts, said on Tuesday that Seedream 4.0 had strong image editing capabilities, putting it in direct…
Bisma Farooq Bhat and Adil Amin AkhoonBBC News, Srinagar Muneer Speaks/Facebook Muneer Ahmad Dar makes videos on the history and culture of Indian-administered Kashmir On a quiet summer afternoon in 2020, a calendar at a mosque in Indian-administered Kashmir caught Muneer Ahmad Dar’s attention. It featured a poem written in Kashmiri, the language spoken in…
Harrison Browne, the first-ever publicly transgender pro hockey player, now has the challenge of boosting trans representation as he brings his directorial debut Pink Light for a world premiere at the Toronto Film Festival this weekend. “It’s really important to show trans athletes as people, because that’s the best way to humanize this community and…
The Minnesota Lynx will enter the WNBA playoffs favored to win it all, but they will be watching over their shoulders for the two most recent champions. Minnesota is the consensus favorite to win its first title since 2017 across the sportsbook marketplace, showing +110 odds at ESPN BET. The surging Las Vegas Aces sport…
Beijing reiterated its pledge to create a “single free-trade zone” incorporating mainland China, Hong Kong and Macau on Wednesday, as it seeks to deepen economic ties with the two special administrative regions (SARs) amid ongoing trade tensions with the US. The Ministry of Commerce would “explore and promote” the establishment of a unified free-trade area…
Christal Hayes and Regan MorrisUtah Utah governor details how Charlie Kirk murder suspect apprehended A 22-year-old from Utah has been arrested over the killing of right-wing activist Charlie Kirk, who was shot dead while on stage at a university event earlier this week. Tyler Robinson was taken into custody late on Thursday after a 33-hour…
