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Stock futures opened higher Thursday evening as investors awaited new economic data on consumer spending, income and inflation out Friday morning and considered stronger-than-expected data reports out earlier this week. Contracts on the S&P 500 advanced after the blue-chip index closed out a back-to-back session of gains on Thursday. Contracts on the Dow added more than 100 points, while contracts on the Nasdaq also increased in late trading.  Shares of Dow-component Salesforce (CRM) gained… Source link

Philadelphia sports fans have a certain reputation. So when a 76ers fan dumped popcorn on an injured Russell Westbrook on Wednesday — let’s just say the sports world wasn’t shocked. Tobias Harris has been on both side of the Philadelphia fan experience. Before joining the 76ers, he was a visiting player in Philadelphia as a member of the Milwaukee Bucks, Detroit Pistons, Orlando Magic and Los Angeles Clippers. Now he’s in his third season with the 76ers, playing a key role on a playoff team… Source link

Bloomberg South Korea Crosses a Population Rubicon in Warning to the World (Bloomberg Markets) — They’re called the Sampo Generation: South Koreans in their 20s and 30s who’ve given up (po) three (sam) of life’s conventional rites of passage—dating, marrying, and having children. They’ve made these choices because of economic constraints and in the process have worsened Korea’s demographic imbalances. Last year, when the country registered more deaths than births for the first… Source link

Jamie Dimon, the CEO of the largest U.S. bank, said Thursday that he has personal concerns with cryptocurrency, but will not steer JPMorgan Chase (JPM) away from offering crypto-related financial services. In congressional testimony to the U.S. House Financial Services Committee, Dimon was asked about his thoughts on bitcoin and other digital assets. “My own personal advice to people is: stay away from it. That does not mean the clients don’t want it,” Dimon said. “This goes back to how… Source link

Oxygen 15-Year-Old Girl Convinces Her Boyfriend To Murder Her Dad For Having Too Many Rules Parent-children relationships can be difficult — but the murder of Lewis “Lewy” Fryer exposed a dark and twisted scheme orchestrated by his own teen daughter. On the morning of May 13, 2010 in Guthrie, Oklahoma, a frantic 911 came in from a 15-year-old girl reporting she had found her father dead. “There’s blood everywhere … I’ve never seen a dead body before,” Kaleigh Fryer frantically says in audio… Source link

The New York Times Prosecutors Investigating Whether Ukrainians Meddled in 2020 Election Federal prosecutors in Brooklyn have been investigating whether several Ukrainian officials helped orchestrate a wide-ranging plan to meddle in the 2020 presidential campaign, including using Rudy Giuliani to spread their misleading claims about President Joe Biden and tilt the election in Donald Trump’s favor, according to people with knowledge of the matter. The criminal investigation, which began… Source link

As a Senate showdown looms over the creation of an independent, 9/11-style commission to investigate the Jan. 6 Capitol siege, a new Yahoo News/YouGov poll reveals just how partisan and polarized public perceptions of the attack have become — and how those perceptions are shaping the clash in Congress. The survey of 1,588 U.S. adults, which was conducted from May 24 to May 26, found that less than half of Republicans (41 percent) say supporters of then-President Donald Trump who gathered on… Source link

It’s cliché to say Chicago Cubs shortstop Javier Baez is magic. His nickname is literally “El Mago” — the magician. But after seeing what Baez pulled off against the Pittsburgh Pirates on Thursday, you’re going to wonder if Baez is actually a wizard. It’s pointless to try and explain the wacky play first, so take a look at what happened and try to comprehend how Baez got away with it.  With a runner on second, Baez hits a ball to Pirates third baseman Erik Gonzalez. The ball is fielded… Source link

The New York Times U.S. Faces Outbreak of Anti-Semitic Threats and Violence A brick shattering a window of a kosher pizzeria on Manhattan’s Upper East Side. Jewish diners outside a sushi restaurant in Los Angeles attacked by men shouting anti-Semitic threats. Vandalism at synagogues in Arizona, Illinois and New York. In Salt Lake City, a man scratched a swastika into the front door of an Orthodox synagogue in the early morning hours of May 16. “This was the kind of thing that would never… Source link

The App is Back! Don’t forget to download the NBC Sports EDGE app to receive real-time player news, mobile alerts and track your favorite players. Plus, now you can check out articles and player cards. Get it here! Welcome to the MLB DFS Stacks article – where we’ll be looking to highlight the best hitting stacks of the day. These recommendations are categorized as “Cash Game Stacks” and “Tournament Stacks” while outlining risk/reward situations. We will add additional context… Source link