Los Angeles Lakers guard Kentavious Caldwell-Pope was the victim of a a robbery at gunpoint that cost him six figures worth of goods earlier this month, according to TMZ Sports. The robbery allegedly occurred on June 17, with law enforcement claiming Caldwell-Pope was in his driveway speaking with friends at 4 a.m. A car then pulled up, at which point three men exited the vehicle with guns drawn and demanded Caldwell-Pope and his friends hand over their stuff. Among the things allegedly stolen… Source link

Google has been the undisputed king of search for decades, with the meager attempts of Microsoft and the upstart, privacy-focused DuckDuckGo failing to coax many users away. Estimates of Google’s global search market dominance range from between 70% to 90%, though Microsoft’s Bing appears to have gained some small ground over the last couple of years. Now, as both users and regulators are increasingly demanding greater security and better privacy, the company behind the… Source link

By Elizabeth Culliford (Reuters) – Former U.S. President Donald Trump joined video platform Rumble on Saturday, the same day he will take the stage at a campaign-style rally in Ohio, his first such event since the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol. Trump lost his social media megaphone earlier this year when he was blocked by a slew of platforms after his supporters stormed the Capitol. He was permanently banned from Twitter and remains suspended by Facebook until at least 2023 and by… Source link

You won’t find many athletes in the elite levels of American sports with a more financially fraught situation than UFC fighters. Especially when they end up fighting for free. UFC featherweight Justin Jaynes raised eyebrows this week when he announced plans to literally bet on himself at Saturday’s UFC Vegas 30. Specifically, Jaynes said he and his corner were betting their entire fight purse on him for his bout against Charles Rosa. Jaynes estimated his total bet to be worth nearly $25,000,… Source link

One of the Atlanta Braves‘ best young pitchers won’t pitch this season after an unexpected and unfortunate injury. Mike Soroka re-tore his Achilles tendon while walking around the clubhouse, the team announced Saturday.  Soroka, 23, was recovering after initially tearing his Achilles during a start last August. Soroka had surgery to repair the issue and was expected back in April. Soroka experienced multiple setbacks during rehab, however, and has not pitched for the Braves this season. He… Source link

BMO Managing Director and Senior Analyst Simeon Siegel joined Yahoo Finance Live to discuss Nike’s big stock spike after the sportswear giant crushed Q4 earnings. “When we can talk about a company the size of Nike scale, still blowing away numbers from a revenue perspective, but also from a margin perspective, they really gave you a lot to choose from,” Siegel said. Nike posted Q4 revenue of $12.3 billion up 96% Y/Y, adjusted earnings per share of 93 cents. Nike Direct sales also increased… Source link

An illegal immigrant accused of abandoning her baby in a bathroom trash can at a California park was arrested Thursday and told law enforcement that the baby was conceived after she was raped in Guatemala, police said. The 22-year-old woman, whose name has not been released for safety reasons, admitted to investigators that she gave birth to the child June 9, according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department. She abandoned the newborn two days later at a park in Lynwood, California,… Source link

Jeff Bezos said in a court filing that Michael Sanchez tried to avoid paying a defamation judgment. The filing accused Sanchez of transferring his California residence to a limited liability company. Thursday’s court filing marked the latest development in an ongoing legal battle.  See more stories on Insider’s business page. Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos on Thursday said in a court filing that his girlfriend’s brother tried to avoid reimbursing his legal fees by hiding his ownership of a $2.5 million… Source link

In this series of articles, BeinCrypto explores the state of various cryptocurrency ETFs in the United States. This particular article will focus on the Kryptoin bitcoin ETF, which was first introduced in 2019. Kryptoin’s bitcoin ETF has been in the news since 2019 and may find approval alongside the cryptocurrency market’s success in 2021. Institutional involvement in bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies has ramped up in recent years. The turning point for this change was introducing the… Source link

The Tour de France descended into chaos Saturday after a careless fan caused a massive crash at the event when their sign hit one of the riders. The fan was posing for the camera with the sign, and not watching the race when a rider collided with the sign. With all the riders packed so close together, the impact of the crash was massive.  At least one bike was damaged as a result of the crash. It’s unclear whether any riders were seriously injured in the incident. A fan caused a massive crash… Source link