A man was hospitalized after jumping out of a plane at LAX on Friday night, officials said. The passenger got out of his seat and pounded the cockpit doors before jumping, ABC 7 reported. Authorities are now investigating the man’s motive, according to CNN. See more stories on Insider’s business page. A passenger forced open the emergency exit door of a plane and jumped out while it was taxiing away from the gate area at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) on Friday night, ABC 7… Source link
Read More »Biden’s approval rating falls as both Republicans and Democrats grow more concerned about crime
Rising worries about crime among both Democrats and Republicans are starting to create a drag on President Biden’s approval rating, according to a new Yahoo News/YouGov poll — and could signal larger challenges for the president’s party ahead of the 2022 midterm elections. The survey of 1,592 U.S. adults, which was conducted from June 22 to 24, found that a significant majority (55 percent) now describe “violent crime” as a “very big problem” in the United States — far more… Source link
Read More »Bitcoin Slips Toward $30,000 as Strategists Flag Near-Term Risks
(Bloomberg) — Strategists are struggling to see a turnaround ahead for Bitcoin, at least for now, as the digital coin hovers around the $30,000 level. The near-term setup is “challenging,” a JPMorgan Chase & Co. team including Josh Younger and Veronica Mejia Bustamante wrote in a note Friday, while Fundstrat Global Advisors LLC’s David Grider recommended reducing risk or buying some protection. The JPMorgan team said blockchain data suggests recent cryptocurrency sales were made to… Source link
Read More »Inspection reports for collapsed Miami-area condo detail ‘major structural damage’ over garage
Engineers noted design flaws and failing waterproofing that would lead to “exponential damage” about 990 days before much of the Champlain Towers South condominium complex collapsed, documents released late Friday night show. The town of Surfside, Florida, released the documents including an “unverified” 40-year inspection report that had been received 16 hours after the building’s catastrophic failure. A letter to the condominium association’s treasurer on Oct. 8, 2018, included pages of… Source link
Read More »Lakers minority owner selling 27 percent stake
More than a quarter of the Los Angeles Lakers is about to have a new owner. Billionaire Philip Anschutz has reached an agreement to sell his 27 percent minority stake in the Lakers to an unknown buyer, according to Sportico’s Scott Soshnick and Eben Novy-Williams. The sale has reportedly not been approved by the NBA Board of Governors. The exact price tag of the deal is also unknown, but it is definitely going to be significant. The Lakers were estimated to be worth $4.6 billion by Forbes this… Source link
Read More »Trail Blazers to hire Chauncey Billups as next head coach
Chauncey Billups will take over for Terry Stotts in Portland. (Sarah Stier/Getty Images) The Portland Trail Blazers are in on Chauncey Billups. The Blazers will hire Billups their next head coach, according to The Athletic’s Shams Charania. Billups, an assistant with the Los Angeles Clippers, will take over for Terry Stotts in Portland after his departure earlier this month. The Blazers officially offered Billups the job on Friday, according to ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski, with a negotiations for… Source link
Read More »What’s the biggest reason for the playoff injuries?
There really is no way to draw a direct correlation between this taxing NBA campaign — a shortened offseason, condensed schedule and COVID protocols that further limited preparation throughout — and the rash of injuries to star players that has impacted these playoffs. It is also no coincidence that the favorites to reach the NBA Finals from each conference have been two of the three healthiest teams all year. Ask around the league, and you will get valid arguments on both sides. LeBron… Source link
Read More »Anthony Joshua faces Oleksandr Usyk on Sept. 25
With Tyson Fury out of the picture for now, Anthony Joshua has his next fight lined up. The WBA, IBF, WBO, and IBO heavyweight champion will face former unified cruiserweight champion Oleksandr Usyk on Sept. 25 in London, his promoter Eddie Hearn announced on Friday. Yahoo Sports’ Kevin Iole reported earlier this month that the two sides were planning for that date. Joshua was initially slated to face Fury, the WBC and lineal heavyweight champ, in a unification bout this summer, but a legal… Source link
Read More »Suns hopeful Cameron Payne can play in Game 4
LOS ANGELES — The Phoenix Suns are feeling good about the prospect of backup point guard Cameron Payne being available to play on Saturday in Game 4 of the Western Conference finals against the Los Angeles Clippers. “We’re hopeful we’ll get a good report going forward and he can be ready to play tomorrow,” Suns coach Monty Williams said after a light shootaround session on Friday. “But we just don’t know right now.” Williams said Payne — who turned his left ankle in Game 3… Source link
Read More »GameStop Moves to Russell 1000; AMC Stays in Small-Cap Index
(Bloomberg) — GameStop Corp. will join the FTSE Russell 1000 Index of large-capitalization stocks and AMC Entertainment Holdings Inc. will remain in the Russell 2000 after both companies saw billions of dollars added to their market values amid frenzied rallies this year. GameStop will be transferred into the Russell 1000 and out of the Russell 2000 as part of FTSE’s annual reconstitution, according to a list released by the global index provider on Friday. Due to the timing of a rally in… Source link
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