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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Meta has prevailed over an existential challenge to its business that could have forced the tech giant to spin off Instagram and WhatsApp after a judge ruled that the company does not hold a monopoly in social networking.U.S. District Judge James Boasberg issued his ruling Tuesday after the historic antitrust trial wrapped up in late May. His decision runs in sharp contrast to two separate rulings that branded Google an illegal monopoly in both search and online advertising, dealing regulatory blows to the tech industry that for years enjoyed nearly unbridled growth.The Federal Trade Commission “continues…

In a new Sky Sports News documentary, Jo Wilson opens up on her cancer journey in ‘Football, Cancer and Me’.The presenter was diagnosed with stage three cervical cancer in 2022, shortly after the birth of her daughter, Mabel. She has now been cancer-free for the last two-and-a-half years.Jo is joined by four football figures who have also been affected by the illness. They discuss their own experiences with cancer when the documentary airs on Sky Sports News on Wednesday at 4pm.She chats with David Brooks and Henri Lansbury, who were both diagnosed while playing, Tony Mowbray while manager at Birmingham…

Jeff KassoufNov 18, 2025, 08:00 AM ETCloseJeff Kassouf covers women’s soccer for ESPN, focusing on the USWNT and NWSL. In 2009, he founded The Equalizer, a women’s soccer news outlet, and he previously won a Sports Emmy at NBC Sports and Olympics.The NWSL has been one of the leaders in the women’s sports boom, but as great as the commercial gains have been, there are more challenges than ever facing the league in a rapidly evolving global market. How well positioned is the NWSL to handle the competition? And what are the biggest problems facing the league in the near…

WASHINGTON (AP) — National Public Radio will receive approximately $36 million in grant money to operate the nation’s public radio interconnection system under the terms of a court settlement with the federal government’s steward of funding for public broadcasting stations.The settlement, announced late Monday, partially resolves a legal dispute in which NPR accused the Corporation for Public Broadcasting of bowing to pressure from President Donald Trump to cut off its funding. On March 25, Trump said at a news conference that he would “love to” defund NPR and PBS because he believes they are biased in favor of Democrats.NPR accused…

WASHINGTON (AP) — From the moment Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman pulled up to the White House entrance on the South Lawn on Tuesday, it was clear that President Donald Trump wanted to honor and welcome Saudi Arabia’s de facto leader as an ally, friend and coveted source of investment in the United States. Prince Mohammed received a gunfire salute, a six-jet military flyover and an affectionate handshake and shoulder embrace from Trump. Once in the Oval Office, Trump defended his guest’s troubled record on human rights. He excoriated a reporter who asked about Saudi agents killing Washington Post journalist…

“I have made so many mistakes,” Nuno Espirito Santo tells Sky Sports. “So, so many. We all have.” He is referring to the half-time team talk, still one of the great mysteries of football coaching. The game changes but the importance of that 15 minutes remains.The support structure around the manager has evolved. There are countless staff with their own ideas and thousands of data points now available. But when the half-time whistle blows, the clock is ticking until the restart and one person must find the words. Research suggests many coaches have been getting those words wrong. Eamon Devlin,…

People walk past an advertisement feature Donald Trump with Solana, XRP, USDC Bitcoin in Hong Kong. May James | Sopa Images | Lightrocket | Getty ImagesTwo U.S. Senators are pressing the Department of Justice and the Treasury Department to investigate a crypto company closely tied to the family of U.S. President Donald Trump over alleged links to illicit actors in North Korea and Russia.In a letter on Tuesday, U.S. Senators Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., and Jack Reed, D-R.I., minority members on the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, raised concerns that World Liberty Financial, a crypto firm heavily owned and run…

Norwich City have appointed Philippe Clement as their new head coach, with the former Rangers boss agreeing a contract at Carrow Road until the summer of 2029.Clement, 51, has been out of work since leaving Rangers in February of this year. He left Ibrox with the club 13 points behind Scottish Premier League leaders Celtic with 11 games to go, with the club also in the last 16 of the Europa League. He replaces Liam Manning, who was sacked before the November international break after seven losses in eight Championship games.Norwich were previously looking at former Sweden boss John Dahl…

England head coach Sarina Wiegman has responded to Mary Earps’ bombshell autobiography by saying she “picks teams to win” – and she would have made no changes to the way she handled both Earps and Hannah Hampton’s situations. In her autobiography ‘All In’, former England No 1 Earps revealed she told Wiegman she was rewarding “bad behaviour” by reintegrating Hampton into the Lionesses squad in 2023 – a decision which would eventually lead to her shock international retirement ahead of Euro 2025. Earps says Hampton’s “behaviour behind the scenes had frequently risked derailing training sessions and team resources” during England’s triumph…

A former senior UN human rights official has denounced the Security Council’s adoption of a resolution backing a US plan for foreign forces and governance in Gaza, calling it a “colonial outrage”. Craig Mokhiber, former director of the New York office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), described the vote as a “day of shame” for the UN and accused governments worldwide of being “on their knees before the US empire and its violent Israeli client”. He criticised the “horrific” resolution as a violation of international law. “This proposal has been rejected by Palestinian civil society and…