High school football: Thursday's scores
High school football scores from across the Southland on Thursday, Aug. 28.
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Selena Gomez is the ultimate bride-to-be as she celebrates her lavish bachelorette party with friends ahead of Benny Blanco wedding
The countdown until Selena Gomez’s wedding is officially on! The singer and bride-to-be, 33, has just celebrated her bachelorette with friends, with celebrations including a yacht party, no less. The Love You Like a Love Song singer, who is due to marry musician Benny Blanco, 37, in the near future, shared a series of fun…
European markets on Fri Aug. 29: August gains, Inflation prints
European stock markets moved lower on Friday as attention turned to inflation prints from some of the region’s biggest economies, along with the U.S. By 9:34 a.m. in London (4:34 a.m. ET), the pan-European Stoxx 600 was 0.5% lower, with almost all sectors in negative territory. Among major regional bourses, the French CAC 40 led…
China Is Trying to Expand Its Social Safety Net. Yet Many Chinese Are Worried.
A move to force employers to pay into benefits for their employees has left people worrying that small businesses will close and jobs will be lost.
Nvidia, Google, and Bill Gates help Commonwealth Fusion Systems raise $863M
Fusion power startup Commonwealth Fusion Systems has raised $863 million from a long list of investors that includes Nvidia, Google, Breakthrough Energy Ventures, and more. “We’re continuing our trend here of looking into the world and saying, ‘How do we advance fusion as fast as possible?’” co-founder and CEO Bob Mumgaard told reporters in a…
Transfer rumors, news: Spurs eye Sancho to replace Son
Aug 29, 2025, 03:39 AM ET Manchester United winger Jadon Sancho is on the radar of Tottenham Hotspur, while Newcastle have joined the race to sign Barcelona attacking midfielder Fermín López. Join us for the latest transfer news, rumors and gossip from around the globe as the window closes on Monday, Sept. 1. Transfers homepage…
Jessie J forced to cancel tour dates for further breast cancer surgery
29 August 2025 Jessie J has been forced to cancel her US tour so she can undergo further cancer treatment. Jessie J has cancelled tour dates as she needs more breast cancer treatment The 37-year-old singer revealed in June that she had a mastectomy amid her battle with breast cancer and has explained on social…
Students Call for More Protests in Indonesia After Fatal Clash With Police
Rising unemployment and inflation have driven the protests in Jakarta, the capital. The police responded with force on Thursday, killing a 21-year-old man.
Bottom Trawling Could Unleash Carbon Dioxide, Worsening Global Warming
August 28, 2025 4 min read A Controversial Fishing Method May Dredge Up a Climate Time Bomb Bottom trawling is a fishing practice that is notoriously destructive to seafloor ecosystems. Now there’s growing evidence that it might unleash planet-warming carbon By Kate McMahon edited by Andrea Thompson A trawl net, full of fish, as it…
Microsoft AI launches its first in-house models
Microsoft’s AI division announced its first homegrown AI models on Thursday: MAI-Voice-1 AI and MAI-1-preview. The company says its new MAI-Voice-1 speech model can generate a minute’s worth of audio in under one second on just one GPU, while MAI-1-preview “offers a glimpse of future offerings inside Copilot.” You can try MA1-Voice-1 out for yourself…