Oakland A's Will Accept Bitcoin for Tickets
Mar.26 -- Dave Kaval, president of the Oakland A's, discusses accepting Bitcoin for tickets. He speaks to Emily Chang on "Bloomberg Technology."
Mar.26 -- Dave Kaval, president of the Oakland A's, discusses accepting Bitcoin for tickets. He speaks to Emily Chang on "Bloomberg Technology."
Thursday's WNBA draftees didn't let a pandemic stop them from celebrating in style.
Mexican authorities have charged 30 marines for allegedly participating in a string of forced disappearances in the violent northern border city of Nuevo Laredo in 2018, the Attorney General's Office said on Thursday. The charges mark the first high-profile move against military personnel by President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, who took office in late 2018 vowing to curb violence and end impunity. Prosecutors will have six months to carry out an investigation into the 30 arrested marines, the Attorney General's Office said.
UFC flyweight champion Valentina Shevchenko doesn't think Jessica Andrade can hit harder than Amanda Nunes and says her 28 years of experience as a mixed martial artist will play heavily into their bout at UFC 261 on April 24.
The 2021 IndyCar season opens Sunday in Alabama with New Zealand's Scott Dixon chasing a seventh title as imports from other championships add intrigue to the US open-wheel series.
Chris Lambert would like to get back to making music but he can’t seem to stop chasing a ghost that has haunted him for nearly 25 years. A billboard on the side of the road on California's Central Coast led him on a detour three years ago from his career as a singer-songwriter and recording engineer. On Tuesday, as San Luis Obispo County Sheriff Ian Parkinson announced arrests, he credited Lambert with helping draw worldwide attention to the case and bringing forward several key witnesses.
Colombian President Ivan Duque on Thursday ruled out a prompt reopening of his country's border with Venezuela, citing a high-level of COVID-19 infections. The 2,219km (1,380-mile) land and water border between the two neighbors - who do not maintain diplomatic relations - has been closed since last year. "I know all the urgency there is for the issue of opening the border," Duque said during a visit to the border province of Norte de Santander.
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Photographer Mark McNeil captured this amazing video of the sun setting to the west behind Blackpool. The world-famous Blackpool Tower takes centre stage in the video which was shot from Darwen, a staggering 23 miles away as the crow flies.
The six-foot five-inch Texas native averaged 19 points and 11 rebounds per game last season while shooting 33% from three point range while playing stout defense. Dallas owns the second pick of the draft as well, which was being held virtually for the second consecutive year due to COVID-19 concerns. The season begins on May 14 and nine of the WNBA's 12 teams will welcome back fans in limited numbers for the 32-game season.
One of the police officers who took part in the raid that resulted in Breonna Taylor’s death has landed a book deal. Sgt. Jonathan Mattingly, one of the three Louisville cops who participated in the no-knock raid of Taylor’s apartment in March 2020, is writing a book about the case titled “The Fight For Truth: The Inside Story Behind the Breonna Taylor Tragedy,” according to the Louisville Courier-Journal. The book will be edited and published this fall by Tennessee-based Post Hill Press and distributed by Simon & Schuster. Post Hill Press specializes in “conservative political books,” according to its website, and has previously published books by Rep. Matt Gaetz, the Republican congressman who is currently facing accusations of sexual misconduct, as well as right-wing figures like Dan Bongino and Laura Loomer. Both Post Hill Press and Simon & Schuster did not immediately respond to TheWrap’s request for comment. Also Read: Breonna Taylor's Mother Says 'Nobody Has Been Held Accountable' 1 Year After Police Killing Taylor, a Black 26-year-old EMT, was fatally shot by three white Louisville Metro Police officers in plainclothes after they served a no-knock search warrant. The officers — Mattingly, Brett Hankison and Myles Cosgrove — broke down the door to Taylor’s apartment in the middle of the night on March 13, 2020. Taylor’s boyfriend, Kenneth Walker, fired one warning shot with his licensed firearm at the police, believing it was a home invasion. The police then fired back 32 shots, six of which struck and killed Taylor. Taylor’s death sparked months of protests around the U.S. calling for police reform. However, Mattingly was never criminally charged over his role in the case and continues to serve as a sergeant in the Louisville Metro Police Department. Read original story Louisville Cop in Raid That Killed Breonna Taylor Lands a Book Deal At TheWrap
The daughter of Philippine leader Rodrigo Duterte says there's no chance she'll run for the presidency next year. But few are convinced by either of them as campaigns grow to back Sara Duterte-Carpio, 42, to succeed the autocratic and capricious president whose war on drugs killed thousands and whose embrace of China has convulsed historic ties with Washington. "It is the clamour of the people that will make her run," said Mar Masanguid, who led the movement behind the hugely popular 76-year-old Duterte's last minute presidential bid in 2016 and has now founded a group to back Sara Duterte.
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A federal judge in Washington, D.C., has denied bail for a Colorado geophysicist accused of dragging a police officer down steps to be beaten by an American flag outside the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6. Judge Emmet Sullivan ruled Wednesday that Jeffrey Sabol, 51, is a flight risk and could be a danger to the community if he were to be released.
Over 400 financial firms in Britain have shifted activities, staff and a combined trillion pounds ($1.4 trillion) in assets to hubs in the European Union due to Brexit, with more pain to come, a study from New Financial think tank said on Friday. "We think it is an underestimate and we expect the numbers to increase over time: we are only at the end of the beginning of Brexit," the study said. The EU has offered Britain little in the way of direct market access for financial services, which were not included in the bloc's trade deal with the United Kingdom from January.
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Britain's financial firms and regulators should step up the use of technology to cut the cost of compliance and make the City of London more globally competitive, a report said on Friday. The report from the corporation that runs London's "Square Mile" financial district called for the removal of barriers to engineer a "paradigm shift" in the use of "RegTech". RegTech refers to the emerging use of technology to streamline and cut compliance costs at financial firms, such as for reporting data on market transactions to regulators and spotting crime.
SEN. ED MARKEY: “The Republicans stole two seats on the Supreme Court and now it is up to us to repair that damage.”A group of liberal Democratic lawmakers on Thursday proposed expanding the U.S. Supreme Court by four justices - aiming to end its conservative majority, but the plan is drawing an unenthusiastic response from some top Democrats and has been denounced by Republicans. Senator Ed Markey along with House members like Jerrold Nadler and Hank Johnson is leading the effort, after former Republican President Donald Trump appointed three justices during his four years in office. SEN. ED MARKEY: “The way we repair it is straight-forward. We undue the damage that Republicans have done by restoring balance and we do it by adding 4 seats to the court to create a 13-member supreme court, these 4 new seats to be filled by President Biden will reconstitute the United States Supreme Court. The bench will rightfully reflect the values of the majority of the American people on who’s behalf they serve. Expanding the court is constitutional, Congress has done it before and Congress must do it again.” Democrats have accused Republicans of "stealing" a Supreme Court seat in 2016, when the then Republican-controlled Senate refused to consider Democratic President Barack Obama's election-year Supreme Court nominee to fill a vacancy left by the death of conservative Justice Antonin Scalia. A year later, Trump was able to fill the vacancy with a conservative jurist. Democrats accused Republicans of hypocrisy last year when the Senate quickly confirmed Trump's appointment of conservative Justice Amy Coney Barrett a week before the presidential election after the death of liberal Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. REP. JERROLD NADLER: “Some people say we are packing the Court. We are not packing the Court. We are unpacking it. McConnell and Republicans packed the Court.” But for now, the measure appears to lack the support of the party leaders. Democratic President Joe Biden last week established a bipartisan commission to study potential Supreme Court changes, including expansion or imposing term limits on the justices instead of the current lifetime appointments. And on Thursday, U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi expressed reservations to the Democrats’ efforts and said she has no plans to bring the bill to the floor. “I don’t know if that’s a good idea or bad idea. I think it’s an idea that should be considered and I think the president is taking the right approach to have a commission to study such a thing, it’s a big step.” The number of Supreme Court justices has remained at nine since 1869. Congress has the power to change the number and has done so several times.
Analysis of Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government data showed secondary homes — either holiday homes or rental properties — hit a new high in 2018/2019.
With traditional release patterns still in turmoil as Hollywood and the world adjusts to the pandemic, it can be intimidating to keep up with when and where new films are being released — but the truth is, there are more movies coming out each week now than ever before. It’s just a question of where […]
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un paid his respects at the mausoleum for his grandfather Kim Il Sung on Thursday to mark the birthday of the founder of the state, official media KCNA reported. Kim and his wife, Ri Sol Ju, also watched a performance of song and dance at the Kumsusan Palace of Sun, where his father and grandfather lie in state, in celebration of the national holiday, KCNA reported on Friday. Kim was accompanied to the palace this year by senior North Korean officials, including his sister Kim Yo Jong, KCNA reported.