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Tottenham Hotspur have rejected a takeover proposal from an American consortium and have reaffirmed their “not for sale” stance regarding the club.In a statement on Friday, the Spurs board, led by majority shareholders ENIC group, announced it has “received and unequivocally rejected” an informal expression of interest by a consortium led by Brooklyn Earick, a former DJ who used to work at NASA. “The Board of the Club and ENIC reconfirm that Tottenham Hotspur is not for sale and ENIC is not looking to sell its stake in the Club,” the Spurs statement, made by new non-executive chairman Peter Charrington,…
Federal health officials are warning consumers not to eat certain heat-and-eat beef meatball pasta meals sold at Walmart stores because they may be contaminated with listeria bacteria previously linked to a deadly outbreak.The U.S. Agriculture Department issued a public health alert late Thursday for Marketside Linguine with Beef Meatballs & Marinara Sauce sold in refrigerated 12-ounce clear plastic trays. The products have best-by dates of Sept. 22 through Oct. 1 and may still be in consumer’s refrigerators.The affected meals contain the establishment numbers “EST. 50784” and “EST. 47718” inside the USDA mark of inspection on the label. They were sent…
Assata Shakur, a Black liberation activist who was given political asylum in Cuba after her 1979 escape from a U.S. prison where she had been serving a life sentence for killing a police officer, has died, her daughter and the Cuban government said.Shakur, who was born Joanne Deborah Chesimard, died Thursday in the capital city of Havana due to “health conditions and advanced age,” Cuba’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a statement. Shakur’s daughter, Kakuya Shakur, also confirmed her mother’s death in a Facebook post.Shakur’s case had long been a thorny issue in the fraught relations between the U.S.…
Alex KirklandRodrigo FaezSep 26, 2025, 08:31 AM ETXabi Alonso said he “likes to see Vinícius Júnior smiling” after the Real Madrid forward excelled in midweek, ahead of Saturday’s high-stakes Madrid Derby.Vinícius hasn’t been a guaranteed starter under Alonso so far — being benched in two of Madrid’s seven games this season — but performed well and scored an outstanding goal in the team’s 4-1 win at Levante on Tuesday.Real Madrid go into Saturday’s LaLiga game at the Metropolitano top of the table with six wins out of six, while rivals Atlético Madrid have struggled, needing a late comeback to beat…
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A Republican member of the South Carolina House who prosecutors say used the screen name “joebidennnn69” agreed Friday to plead guilty to distributing sexual abuse material involving children.RJ May signed court papers to change his plea a few days after a hearing where prosecutors laid out how they would present their evidence in May’s trial next month. May, who does not have a law degree, is acting as his own attorney.The Republican, who resigned earlier this year, is accused of using “joebidennnn69” to exchange 220 different files of toddlers and young children involved in sex acts…
Maple, Zayu and Clutch are the official mascots for the 2026 FIFA World Cup. FIFAMove over Ballon d’Or, we’ve got new World Cup mascots to analyze and argue over. With news that Maple the Moose (representing Canada), Zayu the Jaguar (Mexico), and Clutch the Bald Eagle (United States) have officially joined the tournament’s all-time list of mascots for 2026, we wondered where the trio fit in the pantheon?As part of an eclectic group since 1966 that includes an anthropomorphic orange, a trouser-less lion that spends his time with a talking soccer ball, and a faceless stick figure, it’s no easy or…
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — As Minnesota mourned a mass shooting at a church that left two schoolchildren dead and 21 people injured, Gov. Tim Walz promised to call a special session for the Legislature to pass solutions to gun violence and school safety.But a month after the Aug. 27 shootings, which happened during the first Mass of the academic year at Annunciation Catholic School in Minneapolis, talks seem to have stalled.Despite impassioned pleas from kids’ doctors, parents of victims and from Pope Leo XIV, chances appear remote that lawmakers could agree on enough to justify a special session.The hard political realityThe…
Tesla successfully fended off proposed environmental regulations in Nevada late last year that would have applied more stringent rules on its battery production operations, according to records obtained by The Nevada Independent.As the Nevada Division of Environmental Protection (NDEP) sought to create a new regulatory framework governing an array of hazardous materials, the company pushed back — and quickly got its way. Tesla, which builds battery packs and energy-storage products at its massive Gigafactory east of Reno, argued that regulations proposed by NDEP staff would threaten Nevada’s leading position in a nascent industry that is crucial to diversifying the state’s…
Jack Grealish has his swagger back.Since swapping the somewhat clockwork football of Pep Guardiola’s Manchester City for the freedom given to him at Everton, Grealish looks like Grealish again. It’s four assists in his four Premier League games in Everton blue and a Player of the Month award to boot. But along with the goal involvements, he’s carrying games, dictating the tempo and twisting defenders.You could say he’s partying like it’s 2015 again when he ran Liverpool ragged in an FA Cup semi-final at just 20 years old for Aston Villa. His manager that day, Tim Sherwood – now working…
“What a way to score my first goal,” Tolu Arokodare tells Sky Sports. “I was going to shoot it far corner but then I saw he was trying to close me so I changed my mind at the last minute.” The dinked finish worked. “If it didn’t, they’d have killed me,” he laughs. Wolves’ new striker, signed for £23m from Genk in the final days of the transfer window, sealed their 2-0 cup win over Everton on Tuesday, a welcome boost after a winless start in the Premier League. The man they call Tolu thinks he can help change that.”We…