Japan’s Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi is leveraging her popularity to help her party win Sunday’s snap election as she pushes her right-wing agenda to boost her country’s economy and military capabilities in the face of growing tensions with China and an unpredictable Washington. The ultraconservative Takaichi, who took office as Japan’s first female leader in October, has since enjoyed high ratings and support as her style and “work, work, work” mantra resonates with younger fans. Latest polls indicate a landslide win in the lower house for Takaichi’s Liberal Democratic Party. The opposition, despite the formation of a new centrist alliance...
Giannis Antetokounmpo Joins Kalshi As A Shareholder, Marking A New Venture For The NBA Star
Milwaukee Bucks star Giannis Antetokounmpo has become a shareholder in Kalshi, a major prediction market with a wide array of sports trading opportunities. Antetokounmpo announced the partnership Friday. “The internet is full of opinions. I decided it was time to make some of my own,” Antetokounmpo posted on social media. “Today, I’m joining Kalshi as a shareholder.” Kalshi said Antetokounmpo is the first basketball star to join the company as a shareholder. The partnership includes help with live events and marketing. “Giannis is a legend,” Kalshi CEO Tarek Mansour said in a release. “He’s exactly the type of long-term partner...
Ex-MLB Player Yasiel Puig Found Guilty Of Obstruction And Lying To Federal Officials
A jury has found former major league outfielder Yasiel Puig guilty of obstruction of justice and lying to federal officials investigating an illegal gambling operation, the U.S. Attorney’s Office said Friday. The verdict came after a multiweek trial that featured testimony from Major League Baseball officials and Donny Kadokawa, a Hawaii baseball coach that Puig placed bets through. Puig now faces up to 20 years in federal prison and is scheduled to be sentenced May 26. Puig’s attorney, Keri Curtis Axel, said the government failed to prove key elements of its case and that she plans to raise post-trial motions....
Colorado Funeral Home Owner Who Abused Nearly 200 Corpses Gets 40 Years, Decried As A ‘Monster’
A Colorado funeral home owner who stashed 189 decomposing bodies in a building over four years and gave grieving families fake ashes was sentenced to 40 years in state prison Friday. During the sentencing hearing, family members told Judge Eric Bentley they have had recurring nightmares about decomposing flesh and maggots since learning what happened to their loved ones. They called defendant Jon Hallford a “monster” and urged the judge to give him the maximum sentence of 50 years. Bentley told Hallford he caused “unspeakable and incomprehensible” harm. “It is my personal belief that every one of us, every human...
Actor Timothy Busfield Indicted In New Mexico On 4 Counts Of Sexual Contact With A Child
“West Wing” and “Field of Dreams” actor Timothy Busfield has been indicted by a grand jury on four counts of criminal sexual contact with a child under age 13, a New Mexico prosecutor announced Friday. The allegations are tied to Busfield’s work as a director on the set of the TV series “The Cleaning Lady” from 2022 to 2024. Busfield has denied the allegations, initially filed in court by police, and a defense attorney on Friday said he would “fight these charges at every stage.” Bernalillo County District Attorney Sam Bregman announced the indictment in a social media post. Busfield...
A Deputy Chief Of Russian Military Intelligence Was Shot And Wounded In Moscow
A deputy chief of Russian military intelligence was shot and wounded in Moscow on Friday in an attack that follows a series of assassinations of senior military officers that Russia has blamed on Ukraine. Lt. Gen. Vladimir Alekseyev, 64 was shot several time by an unidentified assailant at an apartment building in Moscow’s northwest and hospitalized, Investigative Committee spokesperson Svetlana Petrenko said in a statement. Petrenko didn’t say who could be behind the attack on Alekseyev, who has served as the first deputy head of Russia’s military intelligence since 2011. He was decorated with the Hero of Russia medal for...
A 76-Year-Old British Man Sentenced To Nearly 24 Years For Drugging And Abusing Boys At Summer Camp
A 76-year-old retired British veterinarian was sentenced on Friday to 23 years and 10 months in prison on charges of child abuse after lacing candy he gave his victims with sedatives at a summer camp in England last year. Jon Ruben was arrested in July after eight boys between the ages of 8 and 11 and one adult were taken to a hospital. He pleaded guilty in November to 17 offenses, including sexual assaults on two children under 13 and eight counts of child cruelty. He later admitted administering a poison to his wife, Susan Ruben, so she would not...
“I’m Very Happy. Everyone Has Been Great With Me. It’s A Dream Start.”—Ademola Lookman’s Post Match Interview After His Atletico Madrid Debut On SportyTV
Lookman: “That happiness makes me wanna work hard and perform for this amazing club
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