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More details are emerging about a company that allegedly paid Los Angeles Clippers star Kawhi Leonard millions to circumvent the NBAβs salary cap, including that the team came close in 2021 to granting naming rights for its Inglewood arena to Aspiration Partners. Clippers owner Steve Ballmer nearly granted naming rights to the company, but ended…
The world’s richest man could be in line for a roughly $1trn pay award. Elon Musk‘s electric car company, Tesla, is trying to pay him about $1trn over the next decade. Money blog: UK airport ranked worst for fourth year in a row Under the proposal, Mr Musk would receive no salary or bonus but…
Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the nationβs Health secretary and a longtime vaccine skeptic, struck a defiant tone Thursday as he faced bipartisan criticism over changes he has made to reorganize federal health agencies and vaccine policies, telling senators that he is determined to βeliminate politics from science.β In the testy appearance before the Senate Finance…
Hereβs a surprise: Season 2 of βWith Love, Meghan,β Meghan Markleβs lifestyle show, did not crack the Netflix Top 10 after its premiere last week. I admit to being part of the problem. Season 1 was such an apoplectic-fit-inducing experience β Meghan, sweetheart, you did not invent the frittata, no one likes dried flowers as…
Ministers are being urged not to meet the Israeli president during an expected visit next week, as the government continues to condemn his country’s expanded military offensive in Gaza. Isaac Herzog will be in Britain on Wednesday and Thursday, Sky News understands. Downing Street has declined to comment, only saying it would set out any…
HIGH SCHOOL FLAG FOOTBALL WEDNESDAYβS RESULTS CITY SECTION Bell 58, Bernstein 6 Cleveland 26, San Fernando 0 Eagle Rock 35, Sylmar 8 Fremont 20, Santee 13 Jefferson 24, Bell 12 Jefferson 32, Bernstein 7 LA Marshall 27, Verdugo Hills 13 LA Wilson 18, Hawkins 0 LA Wilson 42, Manual Arts 0 Narbonne 61, Fremont 6…
Retail sales rose a surprising amount in July, as good weather and the Women’s Euros led people to part with their cash, official figures show. The amount of spending rose 0.6% in July, according to figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS), far above the 0.2% rise anticipated by economists polled by Reuters. In…
Lonely Island member Jorma Taccone shattered his pelvis and detached his sacrum after a recent fall from a 20-foot ladder at his farmhouse in Connecticut. The βSaturday Night Liveβ alum recounted the incident from his hospital bed during Tuesdayβs episode of the βLonely Island & Seth Meyersβ podcast. βThereβs a barn, and the back half…
Sir Keir Starmer could be forced into a decision over Angela Rayner’s future as early as today, as the prime minister’s ethics adviser prepares his verdict on the Labour deputy’s tax affairs. Ms Rayner, who is also the housing secretary, has been under mounting pressure since she admitted not paying the correct amount of stamp…
Protests in Indonesia sparked by economic hardship have elicited a heavy-handed response from police, triggering concerns that the Southeast Asian nation could be returning to its authoritarian past. As police trucks have been spray-painted with anti-law enforcement slogans, President Prabowo Subianto has denounced the demonstrations as βtreason and terrorismβ while seeking to assuage wide-ranging discontent….
