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Aug 22, 2025, 09:09 PM ETNEW YORK — A squirrel ran onto the field during Friday night’s game between the Yankees and the Red Sox and caused a brief delay.The fast-moving mammal emerged from an area behind the plate in the fourth inning and stopped behind Boston rookie Jhostynxon Garcia’s left foot as the outfielder took a timeout and adjusted his batting gloves. The squirrel stopped for a second on the third-base foul line before heading to the front of the mound, where it briefly tried to dig a hole as Yankee ace Max Fried looked on.After stopping on the…

Linn Vailt, a software developer based in Sweden, knows her ChatGPT companion is not a living, breathing, sentient creature. She understands the large language model operates based on how she interacts with it.Still, the effect it has had on her is remarkable, she said. It’s become a regular, reliable part of her life – she can vent to her companion or collaborate on creative projects like redecorating her office. She’s seen how it has adapted to her, and the distinctive manner of speech it’s developed.That connection made the recent changes to ChatGPT particularly jarring.On 7 August, OpenAI launched a major…

Mogadishu — Somalia’s federal government has announced new measures aimed at preventing opposition groups from arming themselves inside the capital, amid rising political tensions and failed reconciliation talks. Defence Minister Ahmed Ma’alin Fiqi declared on Friday that the administration “will never allow any opposition figure to carry weapons in Mogadishu,” stressing that the state had already given the opposition multiple chances for dialogue. “There is no man who can take up a gun in this city. As Defence Minister, I am telling you: it will not happen,” he said in a strongly worded statement. Fiqi, who has repeatedly defended President…

Chiamaka EnenduBBC News in LagosAmunRa Eyeconic VisionLaniyah Belcarist, from St Louis in Missouri, ordered her dress from Nigeria for this year’s prom”I felt like a princess,” says US teenager Brianna LeDoux about her prom gown which she specially commissioned from Nigeria.”I wanted my dress to stop people in their tracks.”The 18-year-old from Florida, who has Haitian and Dominican roots, wore a black garment made from a sequined and beaded, lace fabric, which is commonly used in traditional Yoruba designs for events where people want to wear matching clothes.”I didn’t just want a dress,” Brianna tells the BBC. “I wanted a…

Graham Potter accepted that he has to improve after West Ham’s dismal start to the season continued with a humiliating 5-1 defeat by Chelsea at the London Stadium.Potter, who is desperately looking to strengthen his struggling squad before the transfer window shuts, did not hide from the situation after his side followed up their 3-0 defeat by Sunderland in their opening game with another atrocious performance. The former Chelsea manager has made little impact since taking charge at West Ham in January and there is growing unhappiness behind the scenes.“You are under pressure all the time in these jobs,” Potter…

There might just be a strange irony to this week’s news that Oscar Isaac, AKA the tousled X-wing pilot Poe Dameron, is up for a return to Star Wars if the script is right. Because before the actor’s comments in a new interview with Variety, it was quite possible to forget that the sequel trilogy ever existed. Was The Force Awakens really a film, or just two hours of Disney rummaging through George Lucas’s recycling bin? Did The Last Jedi split the fanbase so violently that Brexit looked like a parking dispute? And could The Rise of Skywalker really have…

The study, conducted by personal injury lawyers at Preszler Law Alberta, analyzed the number of deadly crashes over a five-year period (2018–2022) and examined the main contributing factors behind these incidents. Specialists calculated the percentage of fatal collisions caused by each factor to identify which behaviors and conditions pose the greatest risks on Canadian roads. Human factors – the dominant cause Human factors are by far the leading cause of deadly car crashes in Canada, accounting for 65.9% of all accidents that occurred between 2018 and 2022. Driver errors that lead to collisions include following too closely, failing to obey…

The conservative president faced a legislative panel weighing whether he should retain his immunity from prosecution.Rodrigo Chaves Robles has become the first sitting president in the history of Costa Rica to testify to a legislative committee as he faced charges of corruption and the possibility of a criminal trial.The three-member committee held the hearing on Friday to consider whether or not to lift Chaves Robles’s immunity as president.Doing so would pave the way for Chaves Robles to be prosecuted based on allegations he used government-related funds to give kickbacks to an ally.Chaves Robles has denied any wrongdoing and accused his…

People in Mississippi can no longer use the social media platform Bluesky. The company announced Friday that it will be blocking all IP addresses within Mississippi for the foreseeable future in response to a recent US Supreme Court decision that allows the state to enforce strict age verification for social media platforms.According to Bluesky, Mississippi’s approach to verification “would fundamentally change” how users access the site. “We think this law creates challenges that go beyond its child safety goals, and creates significant barriers that limit free speech and disproportionately harm smaller platforms and emerging technologies,” the Bluesky team said in…

Caspar Veldkamp and other ministers step down after cabinet rejects sanctions against Israel, prompting broader political upheaval.Dutch Foreign Minister Caspar Veldkamp has resigned after failing to secure cabinet support for additional sanctions against Israel over its military onslaught in Gaza.Veldkamp, a member of the centre-right New Social Contract party, said on Friday that he could not achieve agreement on “meaningful measures” and had repeatedly faced resistance from colleagues over sanctions already in place.His efforts included imposing entry bans on far-right Israeli ministers, Bezalel Smotrich and Itamar Ben-Gvir, citing their role in inciting settler violence against Palestinians.Veldkamp also revoked three export…