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Royals implode with 3 errors as Mets’ Carson Benge scores Little League home run to open game vs KC
Three errors on one ground ball gave the Mets three unearned runs as the Kansas City Royals committed a historic defensive meltdown Tuesday night.
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Albanese doubles down on backing Welcome to Country ceremonies in the face of growing support for One Nation
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese’s Labor government is set to formally endorse Welcome to Country and Acknowledgement of Country ceremonies, adding a statement of support to its draft national platform. The commitment, to be considered at the party’s 50th national conference in Adelaide later in July, is framed as part of an anti-racism strategy prompted by…
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Crimson Desert Dev Working On Getting Switch 2 Version Up And Running
Pearl Abyss, the South Korean studio behind the open-world action-adventure Crimson Desert, is developing a Nintendo Switch 2 version of the game, with CEO Heo Jin-Young confirming in a recent corporate briefing that it has reached a stage where “basic gameplay is possible”. The update matters because it moves the prospect of a Switch 2…
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9 Crime Thrillers Better Than ‘Seven’
Collider senior writer Ryan Heffernan has published an opinion list-piece arguing that, although David Fincher’s 1995 film Se7en is an enduring masterpiece of the crime thriller genre, several other films may equal or surpass it as the finest crime thriller ever made. The article uses Se7en — a bleak, atmospheric tale of two detectives pursuing…
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Far-left Platner supporter melts down after new scandal, accuses media of ‘politically assassinating’ him
Progressive commentator Cenk Uygur, chief executive of “The Young Turks”, has accused mainstream media outlets of “politically assassinating” Graham Platner, a Democratic candidate for the US Senate in Maine. Uygur made the claim in a post on X on Tuesday, a day after Politico published an allegation from Jenny Racicot, a former partner of Platner,…
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British banker who spent a year in jail after running over a security guard in his Ferrari when the brakes ‘failed’ launches bid to sue the sports car firm
Robert Ebert, a British former banker, has launched a claim at London’s High Court against Ferrari, seeking millions of pounds over his conviction for a fatal crash he blames on faulty brakes. In June 2015, Ebert struck and killed security guard Ku Lap-chi while driving his Ferrari 458 Spider to work in Hong Kong. He…
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Outraged Seattle residents blast woke Dems who cleaned up squalid city just for World Cup visitors… amid fears it will soon slide back into being chaotic hellhole
Seattle and Washington state’s Democratic leaders are facing criticism from residents after the governor praised the city’s downtown, which had been temporarily cleaned up ahead of Seattle hosting matches at the World Cup. The city spent nearly $32 million clearing streets and homeless encampments in tourist-heavy areas, prompting anger from locals who fear the improvements…
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Chris Broussard says Team USA’s World Cup loss to Belgium exposed the gap with soccer’s elite
Speaking on Dan Dakich’s “Don’t @ Me” show, Fox Sports analyst Chris Broussard argued that Team USA’s heavy World Cup defeat to Belgium laid bare the distance still separating the United States men’s side from world football’s leading nations. The comments matter because they feed a wider debate, prominent in the coverage, over whether the…
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Moment Ukrainian ‘car cannibal’ is caught at Dover: Border officers find van driver smuggling £100K worth of parts from eight high-end vehicles stolen off UK streets
Border officers at the Port of Dover intercepted a Ukrainian van driver attempting to smuggle around £100,000 worth of parts stripped from eight high-end stolen cars out of Britain for sale on the black market. The seizure, featured in the Channel 4 documentary Dover 24/7: Britain’s Busiest Port, highlights the trade in dismantled stolen vehicles…
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Turkish owners of home on ‘England’s prettiest street’ face having to tear down ‘war zone’ additions to historic house after council claims they damage the area’s ‘rural and historic character’
The Turkish owners of a Grade II-listed cottage on Awkward Hill in Bibury — a Cotswold village adjoining the famous Arlington Row, often called “England’s prettiest street” — face having to demolish a large outdoor fireplace and chimney they built without planning permission. Cotswold District Council has refused their retrospective planning application, ruling that the…