A new concept: Refreshing sports notes about one athlete! It’s an honor to chronicle all the skinny about T.J. Watt in the aftermath of his contract extension! Far superior to Myles Garrett notes! • Watt got what he wanted. Maybe less term than he’d prefer. But Watt got a higher average annual value ($41 million) than Garrett, more guaranteed money …
Read More »WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — A settlement was announced Thursday in court in a class action investors’ lawsuit against Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg and current and former company leaders over claims stemming from the privacy scandal involving the Cambridge Analytica political consulting firm. The suit had sought billions of dollars in reimbursement for fines and legal costs. No details on the …
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After the first-ever “swing-off” brought pizzazz to the finish of Tuesday’s MLB All-Star Game, it seems inevitable the concept will be used for regular-season games. It shouldn’t be. It has a fatal flaw. The “swing-off” uses non-major-leaguers to help determine the result of MLB games, namely the batting-practice pitchers. Teams would look far and wide to find those proficient at …
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PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) — Former Philadelphia police officer Mark Dial was sentenced Thursday in the 2023 shooting death of Eddie Irizarry. Irizarry’s family members expressed outrage after leaving the courtroom. He was sentenced to 9.5 months to two years. He is being granted immediate parole after already serving 10 months. “He was a cop, so he gets the okay. But that’s …
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A new photograph of Queen Camilla has been released to mark her 78th birthday on Thursday. In the photo by Chris Jackson, the Queen is pictured smiling as she leans on a metal gate in a field at her private Wiltshire home, Raymill. She is wearing gold drop earrings and a turquoise dress made from fabric featuring a rainforest of …
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“That d–k has a brain of its own,” said Ripa, as she got extremely candid about the couple’s sex life on the Not Skinny But Not Fat podcast. Kelly Ripa is thanking her lucky stars that husband Mark Consuelos is now her Live cohost — because it’s put a halt to one of her least favorite activities: Morning sex. The …
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Unitedhealth Group Inc logo on phone-by rafapress via Shutterstock After a challenging year for healthcare stocks, all eyes are on UnitedHealth Group (UNH) as it prepares to unveil its second-quarter earnings on July 29. Once a stalwart of defensive investing, UnitedHealth has seen its stock tumble nearly 45% year-to-date, making it one of the worst performers in the S&P 500 Index ($SPX). …
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Mark Zuckerberg is slated to make yet another high-stakes courtroom appearance this week as shareholders seek to hold him accountable for the more than $8 billion that Meta has spent to settle lawsuits over privacy violations. The trial, set to begin Wednesday in Delaware’s Court of Chancery, aims to hold Zuckerberg, former Meta COO Sheryl Sandberg and other former executives …
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First-round draft pick Seth Hernandez is the latest reason for Bucco optimism. The Pirates’ head scout called the high school right-hander a “culture changer.” But Paul Skenes hasn’t changed the Pirates’ culture. Skenes is MLB’s best pitcher. But he’s 4-8, and the Pirates are last in the NL Central. If Skenes can’t be a “culture changer,” what hope does Hernandez …
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Meta’s founder Mark Zuckerberg has said the social media giant will spend hundreds of billions of dollars on building huge AI data centres in the US. The first multi-gigawatt data centre, called Prometheus, is expected to come online in 2026, Zuckerberg said. He said one of the sites would cover an area nearly the size of Manhattan (59.1 sq km/22.8 …
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