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47th over: England 223-3 (Root 78, Brook 83) Here comes England’s spectre. Brook pulls his first ball, splendidly stopped on the rope by Webster. Pancakes his fifth in a not altogether convincing way, but gets away with it.

46th over: England 217-3 (Root 77, Brook 79) With Brian Draper’s Jerusalem being sung by men in white T-shirts with a printed MCC tie, Root nicks his first ball from Scott Boland for four.

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A leading Loch Ness Monster hunter is now convinced people have been mistaken all along — and that the legendary beast is nothing more than waves caused by boats passing through the Scottish lake. “The sightings are caused by ship wakes,” 76-year-old Adrian Shine recently told the Sun. Shine has been trying to solve the...

The quarterback was on the edge of his seat Sunday.

A group of gun-wielding bandits stole multiple boxes of Apple goodies during a brazen stickup outside a fancy Long Island shopping mall on Saturday, police said. 

The Raiders clinched the first-overall pick in the 2026 NFL Draft before they even took the field on Sunday. 

Venezuelan dictator Nicolas Maduro, who dined on steak and lived in a palace as his country starved, is now in “hell on Earth’’ in a Brooklyn jail — and machine-gun-toting authorities are making sure he stays there.

Stockpiling not partying is the priority for Venezuelans who say they fear crackdowns by the regime the US left in place

There was a whirlwind of emotions on the streets of Caracas on Sunday, 24 hours after the first-ever large-scale US attack on South American soil and the extraordinary snaring of Venezuela’s president, Nicolás Maduro.

“Uncertainty,” said Griselda Guzmán, a 68-year-old pensioner, fighting back tears as she lined up outside a grocery store with her husband to stock up on supplies in case the coming days brought yet more drama.

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Venezuelan state-run oil company PDVSA has begun cutting crude production because it is running out of storage capacity due to an ongoing US oil blockade that has reduced exports to zero, piling more pressure on an interim government trying to hang onto power in the face of US threats of more military action.

Thousands have seen their travel plans in the Caribbean upended over the weekend after the US launched a series of airstrikes in Venezuela and captured former dictator Nicolas Maduro.

The "Song Sung Blue" star and the actress were all smiles, chatting and holding hands during their vacation in Costa Rica on Saturday.

Despite pulling back from social media, claiming the public scrutiny made her feel like she was in “a different form of prison”, discourse around the case is at an all time high after new videos were released.

A mysterious cardboard box filled with official NYPD uniforms was found near a Brooklyn cemetery Tuesday, police said.

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Debate over the Democratic Party’s direction pits those favoring “democratic socialism” against those supporting “the neoliberal framework that helped destroy America’s middle class, weakened unions and left rural America feeling abandoned,” argues Brendan Frasier at The Hill.

The Anne Frank Trust UK, the education nonprofit she co-founded, announced that Schloss died in London on Saturday.

• Strasbourg manager, 41, to have talks on Monday

• He could be in place before Wednesday’s game at Fulham

Chelsea are closing in on the appointment of Liam Rosenior after the Strasbourg manager flew to London to hold talks over the role.

The 41-year-old is due to meet with the west London club on Monday and it is expected that discussions will end with him agreeing to replace Enzo Maresca, who left Stamford Bridge in acrimonious circumstances earlier this.

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He might have work to do to keep his job.

Who will win the AFC North?

The Panthers are division champions and going to the playoffs for the first time since the 2017 season.

Following a disastrous first season at Chapel Hill, Bill Belichick has dusted off his shoulders and begun retooling for next year. 

"These people are not from my country," Cinthia Davila of Venezuelan said of the pro-Maduro mob gathered outside the prison. "These people don't know my country."

The eldest child of Kim Kardashian and Kanye West flaunted another bold piercing after causing previous controversy with her finger piercings.