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  • October 22, 2026

    NBA Bettor Pleads Out, Rozier And Pal Seek Separate Trials

    A Missouri gambler accused of conspiring to rig prop bets and to rip off unsuspecting players in mafia-backed poker games with basketball luminaries admitted guilt in both cases Thursday, while former Miami Heat player Terry Rozier and his childhood friend and co-defendant are seeking separate trials in the betting action.

  • October 22, 2026

    Live Nation Details Woodward, Trump Role In DOJ Deal

    Live Nation Entertainment Inc. has offered new details on the involvement of the White House and senior Justice Department officials in its controversial midtrial settlement Democrats have cast as corrupt, confirming that Associate Attorney General Stanley E. Woodward Jr.'s office was also involved.

  • October 22, 2026

    PE Giants In Talks With NFL As Nscale Gets Heat Over IPO

    Blackstone and Apollo are in talks with the NFL about potential investment in teams, Nscale is working on a potential $45 billion deal to provide Anthropic with compute power as the data center developer faces questions over its lofty IPO valuation, and private equity-backed financial technology company IntraFi could be up for sale valued at more than $10 billion. 

  • October 22, 2026

    Conn., Cook County, Ill., Defend AR-15 Bans At Supreme Court

    Officials in Cook County, Illinois, and Connecticut are urging the U.S. Supreme Court to uphold laws banning semiautomatic AR-15-style rifles, arguing that their laws are consistent with historical analogs restricting "unusually dangerous" weapons.

  • October 22, 2026

    Ex-Brooklyn Nets Exec Says Parental Leave Got Him Fired

    A former Brooklyn Nets cybersecurity executive has sued the team and his former boss in New York federal court, saying he was fired 16 days after returning from parental leave following the birth of his son.

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