Two Major League Baseball pitchers allegedly gambled on pitches –– netting hundreds of thousands of dollars for bettors in the process. The New York Times reports Cleveland Guardians pitchers Emmanuel Clase and Luis Ortiz have been charged by the Eastern District of New York with sharing inside information with sports bettors. How did the scheme […]
Tens of thousands of people were left without power in both Ukraine and Russia over the weekend, as the two countries battered each other’s energy infrastructure with significant airstrikes. On Saturday, Kyiv suffered more than 12 hours of emergency power cuts, while on Sunday, more than 20,000 people were left without power across Russia’s border […]
On the night of Nov. 9, 1938, shattered glass littered the streets of Germany and Austria. Synagogues burned, Jewish-owned shops were looted, and terrified families hid in their homes as Nazi mobs rampaged through their neighborhoods. It became known as Kristallnacht — the Night of Broken Glass — a coordinated attack that marked the beginning […]
Shareholders recently approved a new $1 trillion potential pay package from Tesla for founder and CEO Elon Musk, which he can get if he hits certain requirements. What could money like that buy? Several outlets crunched the numbers, and this is what they found. According to Jerry Pacheco, president of the Border Industrial Association and […]
College hoops are in full swing. While many basketball games were big blow outs, one Maryland Terrapin decided to get social media talking about his team in a very interesting way on Friday. Myles Rice was determined to steal the ball from Georgetown’s Vince Iwuchukwu. However, he made the attempt with his shoe. In video […]
Israel received the remains of two hostages in two days, the most recent of which came on Sunday, as the initial terms of the first phase of the U.S.-brokered ceasefire near an end. Hadar Goldin’s body was taken hostage during the 2014 six-week war between Israel and Hamas, making him the only remaining hostage to […]
A social media post grabbed the attention of homebuyers on Saturday. President Donald Trump proposed a 50-year mortgage on Truth Social. A Truth Social post showed President Franklin Delano Roosevelt and Trump side by side. Above Roosevelt: “30-Year Mortgage,” while the text above Trump reads “50-Year Mortgage.” The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) Director Bill […]
At least 1,300 flights were canceled Saturday after the Federal Aviation Administration told airlines earlier in the week to cut them. The FAA did this because of a shortage of air traffic controllers amid a government shutdown — now in its second month. Along with 1,333 total cancellations reported by FlightAware as of Saturday afternoon, […]
For the first time in nearly 40 days, senators made a rare Saturday appearance at the Capitol, as the GOP and Democrats work to end a government shutdown that has broken records and disrupted the lives of both federal workers and ordinary Americans. The move comes one day after President Donald Trump urged the lawmakers […]
At least four people are dead and 13 are injured after a car crashed into a popular nightclub in Tampa just before 1 a.m. on Saturday. While Bradley’s on 7th is billed as a gay bar and nightclub, police statements suggest that the accident was the result of a street racer who lost control of […]
