Pallab GhoshScience Correspondent NASA Front row, from left: Pilot Mike Fincke and Commander Zena Cardman. Back from left: Mission Specialists Oleg Platonov and Kimiya Yui of the Japanese space agency JAXA Nasa is considering an early return of some crew aboard the International Space Station (ISS) because of a medical issue involving one member of…
Wright ThompsonJan 8, 2026, 08:00 AM ET Close Wright Thompson is a senior writer for ESPN and is executive producer of TrueSouth and co-executive producer of Backstory. He is the author of New York Times bestselling The Cost of These Dreams. NEW ORLEANS — We got into town the day before the Sugar Bowl, dropped…
Undisputed heavyweight champion Claressa Shields remains atop ESPN women’s pound-for-pound rankings, while Amanda Serrano holds steady at No. 3 following her decisive victory over Reina Tellez on Jan. 3. Elsewhere in the rankings, one fighter moved up, one entered the rankings while others further cemented their places in the top 10. Gabriela Fundora climbs one…
Jensen Huang, CEO of the tech behemoth Nvidia and the eighth-richest man in the world, says he is “perfectly fine” with a grassroots push in California to impose a one-time wealth tax on the state’s billionaire residents. In an interview withBloomberg on Tuesday, Huang said: “We chose to live in Silicon Valley, and whatever taxes,…
Hong Kong’s banking sector began a new chapter on Thursday as Hang Seng Bank shareholders approved HSBC Holdings’ bid to take the lender private in a deal worth nearly US$14 billion. The proposal, under which HSBC offered shareholders HK$155 a share – 30 per cent higher than Hang Seng Bank’s HK$119 closing price on the…
Wednesday night provided the answer to one of the NBA’s biggest questions: Who will make the first trade of 2025-26? Yes, the Atlanta Hawks dealing four-time All-Star guard Trae Young to the Washington Wizards has officially kick-started trade season. But will it spark more moves as the league inches closer to the Feb. 5 deadline?…
Major League Baseball’s salary arbitration system occupies a fascinating space in the sport’s larger labor landscape. Starting this morning, agents will discuss with teams the salaries of around 170 players for the 2026 season. The formal deadline to reach a deal is 1 p.m. ET. The real deadline is 8 p.m. Most will come to…
We’re a month out from when the first MLB teams report to spring training, and plenty of free agents remain unsigned. So while we wait, let’s look ahead to the start of the 2026 season. Where does every team stand heading into spring training? Can anyone catch the reigning back-to-back World Series champion Dodgers for…
Akheem Mesidor and Rueben Bain Jr. can usually be found in the same place. They first met on a Miami visit in 2022 when Mesidor was in the transfer portal and Bain was a high school sophomore. Now teammates, they’re inseparable, even while they’re in opposing backfields ambushing quarterbacks. But between the two of them,…
Renee Nicole Good Renee Nicole Good was an award-winning poet The woman shot dead by a federal immigration agent in Minneapolis has been identified as Renee Nicole Good, a 37-year-old mother of three who had just moved to the city. She was a prize-winning poet and a hobby guitarist, who was there as a legal…
