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Luis Ortiz of the Cleveland Guardians pitches in the bottom of the first inning of a baseball game against the Minnesota Twins on April 30, 2025 in Cleveland.Sue Ogrocki AP PhotoTwo Cleveland Guardians pitchers have been indicted on charges related to a sports gambling and money laundering conspiracy, federal prosecutors announced Sunday. This is the latest scandal related to gambling across professional sports.According to the indictment, Guardians pitchers Emmanuel Clase and Luis Ortiz accepted bribes as part of a scheme to fraudulently bet on pitches thrown during Major League Baseball games. Prosecutors say the scheme began in May 2023 with…
Armored vehicles roar through the narrow alleys. Rifle bullets crack due to intense crossfire. Helicopters and weaponized drones firing from above. Soldiers in military uniform engaged in violent combat. Bodies strewn across the bloody streets. These may be scenes from a combat zone. But on October 28, they took place not on a desolate battlefield, but on the outskirts of Rio de Janeiro, a postcard city known for its breathtaking coastline and vibrant bossa nova music scene. In the “containment operation,” 2,500 police officers, soldiers and snipers climbed the slopes of Rio’s Complexo da Peña and Complexo do Alemão favelas,…
Millie Bobby Brown and Jake Bongiovi have first red carpet date night after welcoming babyLizzo’s recent date night is proof of that. The “Juice” singer attended the 2025 Baby2Baby Gala in Los Angeles on Nov. 8, making a rare joint appearance as she appeared on the red carpet with boyfriend Mike Wright. To celebrate, Lizzo (real name Melissa Jefferson) wore a sparkling black dress with matching heels and accentuated her understated style with minimal jewelry, including a diamond choker necklace. As for Mike, he complemented his date with a head-to-toe Gucci ensemble consisting of a suit jacket, loafers, and tinted…
Investors may be buying momentum in some major tech stocks after this week’s market selloff, said Eddie Gabour, managing partner at Key Advisors Wealth Management. Stocks tumbled this week on concerns that the AI-powered bull market will be hurt by a slowing economy and historically high valuations. Data released Friday showed consumer sentiment near record lows amid concerns about a record U.S. government shutdown. The Nasdaq Composite Index suffered its worst week since April as major tech stocks fell. But Gabour sees this week as a buying opportunity for Tesla, Nvidia and Palantir. Tesla has become one of investors’ top…
CEO Elon Musk appears to be celebrating a normal weekend on social media platform X after Tesla shareholders approved a new compensation package worth $1 trillion. In an early Saturday morning post with an admittedly coincidental timestamp of 4:20 a.m. ET, Musk posted a video produced by his company xAI’s new photo and video tool, Grok Imagine. As Musk explained, the video was generated by a prompt from Musk: “She smiles and says, ‘I’ll always love you.'” And indeed, the video shows a vibrant woman saying those words in an apparently synthetic voice on a rainy street. 24 minutes later,…
Israel has confirmed that the body it received Sunday afternoon is that of Lieutenant Hadar Goldin, an Israeli soldier killed in Gaza more than a decade ago, the Prime Minister’s Office announced Sunday. Goldin was killed in the final days of the 2014 war between Israel and Hamas, and his body has been kept in Gaza ever since. “We have brought our son, the combatant Lieutenant Hadar Goldin, to Israel to be buried,” his father, Simcha Goldin, said in a televised statement in front of his home in Kfar Saba on Sunday evening. “We will not abandon our soldiers on…
It was no picnic for me either, Pal.At that time, Hiro said, “All’s well that ends well.” “About two months after filming was completed, Jim and I spoke again,” he told the Times. “He praised me and told me I did a great job and thanked me. I thanked him too, because he went through all of that. I think How the Grinch Stole Christmas was the hardest movie I’ve ever worked on. It’s a fond memory, but if we had to do it again…we wouldn’t do it!” After all, Hiro, a two-time Oscar winner for 2017’s Darkest Hour and…
Bank of America named several stocks that are well-positioned following the results. Wall Street investment banks say companies like Palantir are too attractive to ignore. Other buy-rated stocks reviewed by CNBC Pro include Wayfair, Intapp, Diamondback, and AerCap Holdings. Wayfair online home furnishings company is firing on all cylinders, the company wrote after its quarterly report. Analyst Michael McGovern upgraded the stock from Neutral to Buy, citing “accelerating stock price appreciation.” “We hope this will be the gateway to an eventual improvement in the housing market, especially as this cyclical industry remains at its lowest level in three years,” he…
Manchester City celebrated Josep Guardiola’s 1,000th game as manager with a 3-0 win over Liverpool, moving them within four points of Premier League leaders Arsenal.Erling Haaland missed and avoided an early penalty on Sunday to head home his 99th Premier League goal before Nico Gonzalez’s deflected shot and Jeremy Doku’s stunning strike established City as Arsenal’s main title rivals.Recommended stories list of 4 itemsend of listLiverpool have lost four of their last five league games and sit in eighth place, eight points behind the defending champions.Arsenal’s 10-game winning streak ended with a 2-2 draw at Sunderland on Saturday, with Guardiola’s…
It’s been a very disappointing week for the market as a whole, but one popular technical indicator suggests some of the worst-performing stocks in the S&P 500 could soon see a rebound. All three major U.S. indexes ended the week in the red, with the Nasdaq having its worst week since April. Investors are growing concerned about a potential bubble in artificial intelligence stocks and the high valuations of some technology companies. Adding to the stress this week were two data releases revealing consumer sentiment is nearing record lows, and job cuts announcements for October reached the highest level for…