Warning: The following article contains graphic allegations of domestic violence and sexual assault. This post has been updated with a response from Bauer’s representatives. One day after news broke that Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Trevor Bauer had been accused of assault, details of his accuser’s account of their interactions has surfaced. A temporary ex parte restraining order filed against Bauer and executed on Monday was obtained by The Athletic’s Brittany Ghiroli and Katie Strang. The… Source link

Stock futures opened slightly higher Wednesday evening, adding to gains after the major equity indexes closed out a strong second quarter and first half of the year. Contracts on the S&P 500 edged higher after the index logged yet another record closing high during the regular trading day. The blue-chip index has gained 14.4% for the year to date, and ended June with a more than 2% gain for a fifth straight monthly rise. A batch of strong economic data helped propel equities higher during… Source link

The Delta variant of COVID-19, which originated in India, is the latest challenge the world is facing as key regions struggle to contain the coronavirus pandemic. The strain is significantly more contagious than any other that’s appeared so far, scientists say. It has raised concerns over whether or not the vaccines currently available are effective enough to counter its spread. Delta now accounts for roughly 30% of cases in the U.S., where 57.2% of adults are fully vaccinated and 66.2% have… Source link

Volunteers Richard Calhoun, left, and John Lattyak prepare food for distribution at Harmony Community Church in Lawndale in Chicago on Dec. 9, 2020. The food pantry at Harmony Community Church in Lawndale is supplied by the Greater Chicago Food Depository. (Zbigniew Bzdak / Chicago Tribune) Source link

The stock market is entering the danger zone, according to one often overlooked measure of equities valuation.  At its current level of 38 times, the Shiller P/E Ratio is nearing the peak (44 times) seen at the height just before the dot-com bust in 2000, write strategists at SunDial Capital Research. Created by noted Yale professor Robert Shiller, the ratio is seen as better than the traditional P/E ratio as it adjusts for inflation. Historically, a Shiller PE ratio sustained over 25 times… Source link

Pat Toomey (R-PA) speaks during a news conference to introduce the Republican infrastructure plan, at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, U.S., April 22, 2021. REUTERS/Erin Scott A leading GOP senator is threatening to draft “transparency and accountability” laws directed at the nation’s independent central bank after accusing four of the Federal Reserve’s regional banks of dodging Congressional requests for documents. Pat Toomey of Pennsylvania, the top ranking Republican of the Senate… Source link

By Dina Bass and Nico Grant | Bloomberg Microsoft and Google have decided to stop playing nice. The two tech giants recently ended a years-long truce during which they agreed not to aim their substantial lobbying firepower against each other. With regulators around the world threatening to impose limits on the power of the biggest technology companies, the two rivals — which compete in web search, cloud computing and artificial intelligence — are now free to step up behind-the-scenes… Source link

A Quiet Place Part II Full Movie in HD Leaked on TamilRockers for Free Download & Watch Online: Emily Blunt’s Film Available on Torrents Sites in India to Hurt Its Box Office Collection? The sequel to A Quiet Place Part released a month ago and it received massive love from the fans. The film revolves around the Abbott family (Emily Blunt, Millicent Simmonds, Noah Jupe) who face the terrors of the outside world as they continue their fight for survival in silence. While the… Source link

At the beginning of the year, the dominant narrative permeating cryptocurrency markets was that institutions were going to add large swaths of bitcoin to their assets. Big, established investors from hedge funds to Wall Street mainstays and blue-chip companies would be quick to jump on the bandwagon.  Now, as bitcoin (BTC) trades close to half of the all-time high of almost $65,000 reached in April, things are starting to look slightly different: Despite what looks like a clearance sale on… Source link

Microsoft and Google have reportedly ended a six-year truce on legal battles. The Financial Times and Bloomberg are both reporting that Microsoft and Google formed an unusual truce in 2015, which expired in April. The pact was reportedly forged to avoid legal battles and complaints to regulators. It meant we haven’t seen Microsoft and Google complaining publicly about each other since the days of Scroogled, a campaign that attacked Google’s privacy policies. Now the gloves appear to… Source link