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Big Baller Brand comes out with cheaper shoe
ESPN - 17 Oct 2018 23:27
LaVar Ball's Big Baller Brand has come out with a basketball shoe at a much cheaper price point than last year.
Hollywood Figures Raise for California House Democrats at Wasserman Event
Variety - 18 Oct 2018 01:00
Six Democratic candidates hoping to flip House seats in California raised more than a half-million dollars at a fundraiser on Tuesday at the home of Laura and Casey Wasserman, drawing donors such as Haim Saban, Brian Gra...
Canelo Alvarez, DAZN Agree to 'A Minimum' $365M Contract for 5 Years, 11 Fights
Bleacher Report - 17 Oct 2018 18:24
Canelo Alvarez signed a massive deal with sports streaming service DAZN on Wednesday following HBO's announcement that it will cease airing boxing. According to ESPN...
Why Doctors Need Leadership Training
Harvard Business Review - 17 Oct 2018 19:00
Nearly all physicians have to lead at some point in their careers.
How 'The Conners' Wrote Off Roseanne (SPOILERS)
Variety - 17 Oct 2018 04:31
Spoiler alert: Do not read until you’ve watched “Keep on Trucking,” the series premiere of “The Conners,” ABC’s new spinoff of “Roseanne.” Thanks to a combination of a wildly public meltdown, ABC’s subs...
Blind British man climbs Europe's highest mountain
BBC - 17 Oct 2018 07:03
Jack Garner lost his sight aged 11, but has now fulfilled a dream to conquer Mount Elbrus.
Trump threatens to cut aid to El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras over migrants
The Week - 17 Oct 2018 06:27
President Trump tweeted Tuesday night that the United States has sent a message to several Central American countries regarding immigration. "We have today informed Honduras, Guatemala, and El Salvador that if they allow...
Lakers News: Kyle Kuzma Announced by GOAT as NBA Brand Ambassador
Bleacher Report - 17 Oct 2018 18:41
Los Angeles Lakers power forward Kyle Kuzma was announced Wednesday as the new brand ambassador for GOAT, an online sneaker marketplace, for the 2018-19 NBA season...
Canada becomes second country to legalise recreational marijuana
BBC - 17 Oct 2018 07:07
The country becomes only the second nation in the world, after Uruguay, to legalise recreational use.
Death toll from Florida hurricane at least 27, hundreds missing
Reuters - 17 Oct 2018 06:44
Rescue teams searched ravaged areas of Florida's Panhandle on Tuesday for hundreds of people reported missing nearly a week after Hurricane Michael flattened communities in the region and killed at least 27.
Nine U.N. Security Council members ask to discuss Myanmar inquiry
Reuters - 17 Oct 2018 06:37
The chair of a United Nations inquiry that accused Myanmar's military of genocide is likely to brief the Security Council this month after Britain, France, the United States and six other members requested the meeting, d...
Serial killer of 8 children executed at Pakistani prison
Miami Herald - 17 Oct 2018 06:36
A serial killer of eight children has been executed at a Pakistani prison after the country's top court rejected request for his public hanging. Mohammad Imran was hanged Wednesday morning …
XFL Jerseys Will Use Players' Last Names Instead of Nicknames
Bleacher Report - 17 Oct 2018 03:43
He Hate Me isn't coming back to the revamped XFL . Commissioner Oliver Luck told reporters the XFL jerseys will have "proper surnames" when the league debuts in 2020...
Saudis pay $6M for lobbying despite big firms cutting ties
New York Post - 17 Oct 2018 06:14
Saudi Arabia has been under intense scrutiny for the disappearance and alleged murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, but you wouldn’t know it by looking at their lobbying payroll. The Middle East nation is still shelli...
Chief Justice John Roberts Emphasizes the Judiciary's Independence After Kavanaugh Confirmation
Time - 17 Oct 2018 06:09
Roberts said the court "must be very different" from the other "political branches" of government
U.S. Bancorp takes steps to pump up lending
American Banker - 17 Oct 2018 19:19
The Minneapolis company, which reported strong profits but 1% loan growth, is hiring middle-market bankers in New York and launching a digital lending platform aimed at small businesses.
Biggest Nordic bank accused of money laundering
Miami Herald - 17 Oct 2018 19:11
Kremlin critic Bill Browder has asked Nordic authorities to investigate whether up to $175 million of potentially illicit funds have flowed through the region's largest bank, Nordea. Browder, the CEO …
No retrial for 'sex on plane' teacher Eleanor Wilson
BBC - 17 Oct 2018 19:06
The BBC understands "a number of factors" were behind the decision not to pursue the case.
4 indicted over theft of huge gold coin from Berlin museum
Miami Herald - 17 Oct 2018 19:04
German prosecutors have indicted four young men over the brazen theft of a 100-kilogram (221-pound) Canadian gold coin from a Berlin museum. The "Big Maple Leaf" coin, worth several million …
German woman who married IS fighter faces terrorism charges
Miami Herald - 17 Oct 2018 19:02
Federal prosecutors say they've arrested a 46-year-old German woman on terrorism charges as she attempted to return to the country after marrying an Islamic State fighter and living in Iraqi …
Suspects released in probe of kidnapped African billionaire
New York Post - 17 Oct 2018 18:59
A slew of suspects have been released in connection with the kidnapping of tycoon Mohammed Dewji — as politicians in Tanzania now push for an independent probe into the kidnapping of Africa’s youngest billionaire. Po...
American student fights deportation in Israeli high court
Miami Herald - 17 Oct 2018 18:59
A U.S. graduate student has asked Israel's Supreme Court to overturn an expulsion order over her alleged involvement in the boycott movement against Israel. Lara Alqasem has been held in …