Cignal joins league leaders after beating Nxled

Cignal HD Spikers in the PVL All-Filipino Conference. –PVL PHOTO MANILA, Philippines–Cignal listed itself among the top teams in the PVL All-Filipino Conference after escaping a late-game resistance by Nxled, 25-21, 25-17, 25-21, on Thursday at PhilSports Arena. The HD Spikers are now in a three-way tie with All-Filipino Conference defending champions Creamline and Choco … Read more

Cheryl Hines Defends Larry David Beating Up Elmo

Cheryl Hines isn’t blaming Larry David for beating up Elmo … saying producers should’ve known better than to put the two of them on the same set. The actress — who starred alongside Larry in 101 episodes of “Curb Your Enthusiasm” — defended her television ex-husband during Wednesday’s episode of “Literally with Rob Lowe,” saying … Read more

Four Las Vegas high school students indicted on murder charges in deadly beating of schoolmate

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Four high school students in Las Vegas were indicted Friday as adults on second-degree murder charges in the deadly beating of their schoolmate in November, a fight that was captured on cellphone video and had been widely shared across social media. Chief Deputy District Attorney John Giordani said in court that … Read more

Private payrolls added 164,000 in December, beating expectations, ADP says

A worker at a restaurant at Grand Central Market in Los Angeles, California, US, on Thursday, Nov. 2, 2023. Eric Thayer | Bloomberg | Getty Images Hiring in the private sector rose at a faster than expected pace in December, closing out a strong 2023 for the resilient U.S. jobs market, ADP reported Thursday. Private … Read more

Luke Littler reaches World Darts Championship final after beating Rob Cross at Alexandra Palace | Darts News

Luke Littler, 16, moves one win away from Alexandra Palace glory after crushing Rob Cross 6-2 in semi-finals; Littler will face Luke Humphries or Scott Williams in final; We’re back at 7.30pm on Wednesday for the World Darts Championship final – live on Sky Sports Darts By Raz Mirza at Alexandra Palace, London Last Updated: … Read more

Actor Ian Ziering takes beating from mini-bikers in Hollywood

Actor Ian Ziering, best known for his role in “Beverly Hills 90210,” appears to have been caught on camera in a fight with a group of people riding motorized mini bikes in Hollywood on New Years Eve, according to a report from TMZ. Officers responded to the area of Hollywood Boulevard and Highland Avenue at … Read more

Video Game Adaptations Could Keep Beating Marvel at the Box Office in 2024

Mario’s success will lead to a “deluge” of video game adaptations, argues Joost van Druenen, a New York University business professor and author of One Up: Creativity, Competition, and the Global Business of Video Games. Van Dreunen reckons that superheroes are “going the way of the cowboy,” referring to the shifts in Hollywood’s dominant genres … Read more

Affirm’s stock quintupled this year, beating all tech peers

Drew Angerer / Getty Images  A year ago, there was little holiday cheer at Affirm. The point-of-sale lender was confronting rising interest rates, recession fears and weakening consumer spending. Affirm shares ended 2022 down 90%, wiping out billions of dollars in market value. Affirm investors are wrapping up 2023 in a much different mood. The … Read more

San Francisco jury finds homeless man not guilty in beating of businessman left with brain injury

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A San Francisco jury on Friday found a homeless man not guilty after being accused of using a metal pipe to beat a businessman who suffered a broken jaw, fractured skull and traumatic brain injury in an attack caught on video that fueled debate about crime and homelessness in the city. … Read more

Iran unveils new hypersonic missile ‘capable of beating Israeli defenses’

Iran has unveiled a new hypersonic missile which it claims can fly 15 times faster than the speed of sound and defeat Israeli air defences. The hypersonic Fattah II rocket – which means conqueror in Persian – is an updated version of the original Fattah that was announced in June with a range of 869miles … Read more