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Mark Schofield

VCARB teases special livery for F1 Miami Grand Prix

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Might we see a bespoke livery from VCARB at the 2025 Miami Grand Prix?

Bespoke liveries are a matter of life in Formula 1.

Might we see some special paint schemes this weekend at the Miami Grand Prix?

That does seem to be the case, with Visa Cash App Racing Bulls teasing a potential pink paint scheme on social media on Monday:

Save the date #F1 #VCARB pic.twitter.com/JtqCjeBhkT

— Visa Cash App Racing Bulls F1 Team (@visacashapprb) April 28,...

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Ricky O'Donnell

Illinois men’s basketball built a European pro team in college hoops

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The Illini have gone all-in on Euro players, and it’s something college hoops has never really seen before.

The Illinois Fighting Illini will more closely resemble a European professional squad than a men’s college basketball team for the 2025-26 season. It feels like no program personifies the changing nature of college basketball roster construction than the Fighting Illini, who are going all-in on European talent for next season, with most of the key...

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Jamal Collier

Sources: Bucks' Lillard has torn Achilles tendon

Bucks star Damian Lillard has been diagnosed with a torn left Achilles tendon, sources told ESPN. The injury ends his season and also puts his 2025-26 season in jeopardy.

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Natasha Bernal

The Agonizing Task of Turning Europe’s Power Back On

A massive blackout affecting Spain, Portugal and parts of France has been blamed on atmospheric conditions. Now engineers face the arduous task of getting the power back on.

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Final 2025 NFL Draft grades for all 32 teams

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Final grades for the 2025 NFL Draft for every team, with only one A+

When you write about the NFL Draft you’ve heard it all before: “Grading a draft is dumb,” We don’t know how these guys will be for three years,” and “Y’all were so wrong about [insert player here].” We get it. The draft in an imprecise science at best, and so much of evaluating a class is taking the information we have about a player from college and trying to...

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RJ Ochoa

Here is what to know about Chevron Championship winner Mao Saigo

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Mao Saigo won the 2025 Chevron Championship in a remarkable five-person playoff!

The LPGA Tour saw its first major of the year take place over the weekend in the Chevron Championship at The Woodlands in Texas and it finished with quite the bang. Just like The Masters two weeks earlier it went to a playoff, but this one had five players vying for a major title as opposed to two. Five!

A historic Sunday for Mao Saigo ?@Chevron_Golf...

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Scott Cacciola

Bill Belichick’s Girlfriend, Jordon Hudson, Shuts Down Question About Their Relationship

The legendary football coach has never shared much with the news media, but on Sunday it was Jordon Hudson who shut down a line of questioning.

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Steven Rich and Vimal Patel

Feeling Political Heat From Trump, Colleges Pump Up Their Lobbying

An analysis by The New York Times found that schools targeted by the Trump administration have sharply increased spending on lobbying and became far more reliant on lobbyists with Republican ties.

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Ellen Rosen

Apartments for Rent in a Former Office, but You Have to Live in Midtown

The developer behind transforming Pfizer’s former headquarters in Midtown Manhattan into about 1,600 apartments is hoping young people won’t care about the area’s lack of a neighborhood.

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Matt Yan and James Estrin

A Former Office Tower Goes Big for Residents

With 1,320 rental apartments and a host of amenities, 25 Water Street is the country’s largest office-to-residential conversion to date.

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Amelia Nierenberg, Jonathan Wolfe, Tiago Carrasco, Rachel Chaundler and Catherine Porter

Spain and Parts of Portugal and France Hit by Widespread Power Outage

The blackout hit critical infrastructure like airports and caused transportation disruptions across the two countries. The cause of the outage was unclear.

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Ana Swanson

Howard Lutnick, Trump’s ‘Buoyant’ Trade Warrior, Flexes His Power Over Global Business

Howard Lutnick, the secretary of commerce, has become a go-to for major companies seeking relief from tariffs. But he’s not always friendly to their interests.

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Patricia Cohen

Why Trump’s Economic Disruption Will Be Hard to Reverse

The president’s turnover of the economic order has unleashed changes that could prove lasting, because other countries will adjust.

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Ohm Youngmisuk

Steph and Draymond's 'last ride' comes down to Playoff Jimmy

Ten years after their first title, Curry and Green know Butler is the key to their pursuit of a fifth ring.

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Chelsea Leite

Last year’s WNBA MVP was so dominant she might repeat while not being as good

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A’ja Wilson recorded the best individual season in WNBA history last year. Will she top that in 2025?

A’ja Wilson is a two-time WNBA Champion, three-time MVP, 2023 Finals MVP, two-time Defensive Player of the Year, six-time All-Star, four-time All-WNBA First Team member, WNBA Rookie of the Year, two-time Olympic Champion, one-time Olympic MVP, two-time World Cup Champion, one-time World Cup MVP, NCAA Champion, Naismith Women’s College...

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Mitchell Northam

Ahead of the NCAA Tournament, one women’s lacrosse team looks unbeatable

North Carolina’s women’s lacrosse team celebrates a goal against Boston College on Sunday, April 27, 2025, in Charlotte, N.C. | Mitchell Northam / SB Nation

After beating Boston College in the ACC title game behind the play of Chloe Humphrey, North Carolina is the last undefeated team in NCAA women’s lacrosse.

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Surrounded by her teammates in celebration, Chloe Humphrey just shrugged. She didn’t need to score the game’s final goal with 4.1 seconds left, but...

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DragonForce ransomware group announces its forming a hacking cartel

A major ransomware group is rebranding as a "cartel" and expanding its business model. It's part of a relatively new development in the world of cybersecurity known as RaaS, or ransomware-as-a-service.

According to cybersecurity firm Secureworks, which obtained screenshots of the March 19 announcement from an underground forum, DragonForce is shifting to a distributed model, allowing other ransomware groups to use DragonForce infrastructure and tools under their own "brands."

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Google to end updates and support for 1st and 2nd-gen Nest thermostats

The early Google Nest thermostats are finally being left behind.

Google announced via its Nest support forum that it’s ending support for first and second-generation Nest Thermostats. That means no more updates and no more remote control through the app or Google Assistant. The move affects the original 2011 model, the 2012 second-gen model, and the 2014 European version. If you’re unsure which model you have, check the screen size: the earlier devices sport a compact 1.8-inch display,...

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