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On Friday night, Bellator MMA returned to the Mohegan Sun Arena for Bellator 231, the start of their two-night double header in in Uncasville, Connecticut. Bellator 231 was headlined by a heavyweight rematch between Frank Mir and Roy Nelson, and like last time, Mir walked away with a unanimous decision victory via scores of 30-27 …

Image copyright BLOODHOUND LSR Image caption The first six runs will increase the speed in 50mph steps The Bloodhound supersonic car has completed its first drive across the Hakskeen dry lake in South Africa. Pilot Andy Green took the jet-powered vehicle on a gentle 100mph (160km/h) shakedown test run on Friday. Bloodhound is in Northern …

The U.S. Department of Justice’s administrative review into the origins of the Russia investigation has a taken a major turn into a full-fledged criminal investigation. The review, led by U.S. attorney John Durham, has shifted from being an administrative review into being a criminal investigation, The New York Times reported, noting that the move gives …

Between settling into a new offense and coyly reciting monologues from Altered Carbon in his spare time, Kyrie Irving has had few opportunities to comment on Daryl Morey’s pro-Hong Kong tweet and the reckoning with the NBA’s malleable corporate politics that followed. The league canceled news conferences for the Lakers-Nets preseason games in China earlier this …

Image copyright xnor.ai/ZSL Image caption Pete could pave the way for the remote monitoring of rainforests A plant has taken the botanical world’s first selfie, according to the Zoological Society of London (ZSL). Trials involving a maidenhair fern called Pete saw it “take” photographs of itself every 20 seconds, using the waste energy it had …

We have a new No. 1. That’s just the beginning of the shakeup at the halfway point of the 2019 college football season. Seven weeks down, seven to go, and LSU has emerged as the clear No. 1 team in the nation. LSU has won at Texas. It broke open a close game late Saturday …

The NBC variety show had Alex Moffat play CNN’s Anderson Cooper and brought in “Pose” star Billy Porter to announce the Democratic presidential candidates. Porter introduced Sen. Cory Booker, played by Chris Redd, and Mayor Pete Buttigieg, played by Colin Jost, who asked why he wasn’t doing better in the race for president. “Why am …

The Washington Nationals are heading back to Washington with a 2-0 NLCS lead over the St. Louis Cardinals. The Nationals won Game 2, 3-1, on Saturday afternoon at Busch Stadium behind a dazzling start from Max Scherzer. Scherzer held St. Louis without a hit for six innings on Saturday, one day after Anibal Sanchez carried a no-no …

Writer-director Vince Gilligan brings an underlying confidence to nearly every moment of El Camino, the Breaking Bad sequel movie he made for Netflix. The carefully choreographed cinematography, Aaron Paul’s raw and committed performance, Gilligan’s faith that those who tune in will have keen memories for the details of his AMC series Breaking Bad — the …

2.21pm EDT 14:21 Next up it’s the 5000m women’s final. Eilish McColgan and Laura Weightman are the Great British interests on the track. 2.20pm EDT 14:20 In the women’s triple jump, Rojas goes well beyond 15m to extend her lead at the top. It’s not a World Record but it’s not far off at 15.37m. …