The couple have staked an early claim in what they hope could be a new South African gold rush. While much of the Fortune 500 take baby steps, many black investors and businesses are already calculating how to make a buck and a difference. Some are major corporations, but most are small entrepreneurs. At a recent event in Johannesburg, U.S. Commerce Secretary Ronald Brown says he was tapped on the shoulder “every 30 seconds” by an African-American setting up shop....
Ole Miss wore those custom powder-blue uniforms. There was an all-star lineup of cardboard cutouts, complete with a “Weekend at Bernie’s” homage mixed with the in-person fans at Vaught-Hemingway Stadium. Ole Miss’ defensive back A.J. Finley received a “turnover cash bag” prop after a first-quarter interception. Dontario Drummond wore a “TD chain” after scoring the first points of the Kiffin era. Saturday showed Ole Miss will have no shortage of entertainment value with Kiffin....
The footage was captured as protesters gathered outside Koreatown’s Wi Spa on Saturday afternoon in a show of support for transgender rights. In the clip, protesters could be heard telling police “put your guns down” with some also being filmed holding their hands in the air as armed officers stood close by. At one point, one of the officers raises his firearm and fires a non-lethal round at a protester who hit the floor shortly afterward....
In the tweet, the LAPD confirmed that the two helicopter crew members “are NOT employees of the LAPD.” In a recording that was reported by the Knock.LA website on Thursday, a pilot in a helicopter is heard saying: “It’s great when they put the fuel dumps on these helicopters.” Another pilot says “I would have dumped it on Glendale Boulevard a long time ago. The first pilots replies: “I’ll bring the match....
Footage posted to social media, that captured the LAPD officers responding to the protests, has gone viral and prompted widespread outrage amongst lawmakers. It came during the 13th consecutive day of demonstrations outside the mayor’s residence, where people have been protesting in a bid to stop President-elect Joe Biden appointing him to any position in his administration. Black Lives Matter-Los Angeles and Ground Game LA, who are critical of the mayor’s handling of homelessness and public transport among other issues, have been conducting protests every day over the past fortnight after reports of a potential Garcetti appointment emerged....
Elder, who hails from Los Angeles, made the remarks during a February 4 episode of his program, The Larry Elder Show. On Friday, Media Matters for America, a politically left-leaning nonprofit that monitors conservative media, first reported and resurfaced the clip. “I’d love to serve. I hate to have to run. I just don’t believe I have the stomach, the temperament, the personality, the drive, the willingness to deal with these doofi in Sacramento for the next several years of my life,” Elder said on the episode....
“With profound sadness, Ora Media announces the death of our co-founder, host and friend Larry King, who passed away this morning at age 87 at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles,” read a statement released early Saturday morning. No cause of death was disclosed, the Associated Press reported. King was reportedly admitted into the Los Angeles hospital earlier this month with complications stemming from coronavirus. He had previous health issues, including a heart attack back in 1987 and a near-fatal stroke in 2019....
Maya, a mother of three, was reported missing nine months ago, on January 9, by her sister. She was last seen at her home on the evening of January 7. Police formally identified her husband as a person of interest in the case in July. Hunter Sowards, a reporter for KUSI-TV in San Diego, tweeted about the arrest Tuesday and included an old photo of Larry and Maya Millete together....
They hope to join the league, possibly for its 2017-18 season, as their bids enter a third and final phase of consideration. MORE: NHL’s top active goal scorers | Legal view of NHL and Patrick Kane case Quebecor, the Canadian media consortium, is behind Quebec’s hope to bring back the Nordiques. It announced Friday the league “retained Quebecor’s candidacy for the third phase of the expansion process.” The Las Vegas group is headed by billionaire businessman Bill Foley....
The Westgate Las Vegas SuperBook is asking bettors to wager on whether Carolina and New England can finish the regular season 16-0, and whether Golden State can break an NBA record by winning 73 games. All three teams are sizable underdogs on the ‘yes’ side of those respective prop bets. Here are the odds for these wagering options: Will the Panthers go 16-0 in the regular season? Yes +900 No -1600...
On the one side is the city of Oakland, whose current stadium proposal offers, in taxpayer money, zero dollars and zero cents. Las Vegas, on the other, has a taxpayer subsidy that makes zero sense. MORE: Ranking all 31 NFL stadiums In fact, according to multiple reports, a panel meeting Thursday in Nevada pinpointed the taxpayers’ piece of the $1.4 billion stadium project at $750 million. If accurate, that would make the proposed stadium project on the Strip the most expensive — by a long shot — in terms of public financing in NFL history, Bloomberg....
Caleb Mitchell Rogers, 33, of the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department (LVMPD) was arrested on February 27 and accused of robbing roughly $164,000 from three casinos in the last several months. His charges currently include three counts of interference with commerce by robbery and one count of brandishing a firearm during and in relation to a crime of violence, according to the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ). This comes as the nation is showing a dip in trust in police officers, according to Pew Research....
The NFL announced Tuesday that Vegas will host the 2021 Pro Bowl at the Raiders’ new Allegiant Stadium home on Jan. 31. “We look forward to partnering with the Raiders and the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority [LVCVA] to bring the excitement of Pro Bowl week to our Las Vegas fans and community for the first time,” Peter O’Reilly, NFL executive vice president of club business and league events, said in a statement....
Scientists at Purdue University announced on Thursday that they had developed a method to create tiny textures onto the surface of copper, giving the metal the ability to immediately kill dangerous bacteria including the antibiotic-resistant MRSA. The research was performed at Purdue’s Birck Nanotechnology Center and was originally published in the journal Advanced Materials Interfaces in February. “Copper has been used as an antimicrobial material for centuries. But it typically takes hours for native copper surfaces to kill off bacteria,” Purdue University assistant professor of materials engineering Rahim Rahimi said in a press release....
That Utes victory in 2003 in Salt Lake City wasn’t a beatdown like Saturday’s 62-20 blowout at Autzen, but when then-coach Urban Meyer’s Utah offense, led by Alex Smith, defeated Oregon, 17-13, it helped usher in a 10-year run of unparalleled offensive output — and a 106-26 record. MORE: This week’s SN Power Rankings | September winners and losers It was all about the read-option spread offense, Bellotti said....
In his final words, read to reporters after his death, the 57-year-old inmate apologized “for all the pain and suffering I have caused.” He also told his mother he was sorry for his crimes: “Having to deal with your son being called a monster is terrible. I’m so very sorry. I never wanted this to be my life. You don’t wake up one day and decide to become a serial killer....
The fear of Trump started to evaporate for many Latinos when they began seeing that on immigration, far from the monster conceived by the Democrats, he is actually very reasonable. The debate over the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program opened their eyes to the real Trump. DACA is the program created by President Obama through executive action which allowed the so-called “DREAM-ers,” migrants who entered the country illegally as children through no fault of their own, to remain in the United States without the fear of deportation....
Hawkins turns 42 on December 21 and is entering the final year on his contract, so it is no surprise that the journeyman is set to hang up the cleats at season’s end. LaTroy Hawkins (Getty Images) Hawkins, who made his debut in 1995 for the Minnesota Twins on a team that featured first ballot Hall-of-Famer Kirby Puckett, made his 1,000th career appearance last season against the Dodgers on Sept....
The outspoken Trump supporter, who represents Colorado’s third congressional district, faced a midterms challenge from Democrat Adam Frisch. On Thursday night, when the latest figures were released, Boebert had a lead of 551 votes according to the Colorado secretary of state. The Republican had 163,758 votes, versus 163,207 for Frisch, with around 200 votes yet to be counted. Under Colorado law, a recount will automatically be triggered if the gap between candidates is 0....
