Posts by Liam Redmond
4 wounded, including 2 teens, in wild shootout at NYC park
Four people — including two teens — were shot and wounded in a wild shootout that erupted at a Big Apple park Saturday night, cops said. Police rushed to the Brigadier General Charles Young Park playground in Harlem around 1:15 a.m. and found a 16- and 17-year-old both shot in the left foot, a 20-year-old…
Read MoreRay-Ban heir escalates fight for control of family fortune
Published Sun, Jun 21, 2026 · 08:33 PM LEONARDO Maria Del Vecchio, an heir to the Ray-Ban empire built by his late father, publicly challenged his family’s holding company to back his 10 billion euro (S$14.8 billion) buyout of two siblings’ shares, days before a crucial Jun 30 shareholder meeting. In an open letter published…
Read MoreSignal Chief Sounds Alarm: ChatGPT and Claude ‘Are Not Your Friends’
As artificial intelligence (AI) becomes increasingly woven into daily life, Signal President Meredith Whittaker is urging users to rethink how they interact with AI chatbots, warning against treating them as trusted companions or confidants. Whittaker pushed back against the growing tendency to humanize AI systems such as ChatGPT and Claude. Speaking during a Bloomberg interview…
Read More‘I got crushed’: AI giants are funding ad wars in races across the country
WASHINGTON — In congressional races across the country, a new crop of super PACs is taking to the air with millions of dollars worth of advertisements to sway voters. “President Trump said it best, ‘Celeste Maloy will never let you down,’” says one advertisement supporting the Utah Republican representative in her upcoming primary election. “Standing up to…
Read MoreDutch royals swap orange for blue as they cheer for Netherlands, then Curaçao at World Cup
King Willem-Alexander and Queen Maxima of the Netherlands began Saturday by cheering the Dutch past Sweden in Houston. The monarchs ended the day by watching Curacao make some history against Ecuador in Kansas City. The small island nation of Curacao is a constituent country within the Kingdom of the Netherlands, and that makes King Willem-Alexander and Queen…
Read MorePrivate equity owners tap a hot loan market to pay themselves
Dividend recapitalisations are gaining traction as investors seek any kind of debt offering a floating rate Published Sun, Jun 21, 2026 · 04:53 PM BLACKSTONE and Warburg Pincus just piled more debt onto their portfolio company IntraFi to fund a payout to themselves – for the seventh time in three years. A financing like this,…
Read MoreCarrie Underwood shares patriotic video of American flag display near her Tennessee property
Carrie Underwood is proud to be an American. The 43-year-old country singer recently took to Instagram to share a video of her driving past a large fence adorned with American flags throughout the length of the property. “I can’t believe I get to live here. Thank you, Lord. #GodBlessAmerica #Grateful #TN,” she captioned the post. Fans…
Read MoreAfter the fracture: How Britain’s financial industry recovered from Brexit
[LONDON] In the build-up to 2016’s Brexit referendum, JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon said that the US bank could shift 4,000 jobs from Britain, joining a chorus of executives who warned a vote to leave the EU would ravage the country’s finance industry. A decade later, the Wall Street giant plans to build a tower…
Read MoreYen teeters on cusp of 40-year low; pound firms
Published Sun, Jun 21, 2026 · 04:25 PM [LONDON/SINGAPORE] The greenback held firm against most peers on Friday (Jun 19) as a peace deal between the US and Iran hung in the balance, pinning the yen around a two-year low, a break beyond which would take the Japanese currency to its weakest in 40 years.…
Read MoreFBI captures $1.2B Medicare fraud fugitive in Philippines, second arrest from Most Wanted Fraudsters list
A fugitive accused of running a $1.2 billion Medicare fraud conspiracy has been captured overseas and returned to the United States, becoming the second suspect taken into custody from the FBI’s new “Most Wanted Fraudsters” list. Federal officials said Herbert Leon Kimble, 60, was arrested in the Philippines after allegedly evading authorities for nearly two years. Prosecutors…
Read MoreChristian Scott takes positive step toward looming Mets return
PHILADELPHIA — Christian Scott took a positive step Saturday toward potentially returning to the Mets as soon as his required 15 days on the injured list pass. The right-hander threw a bullpen session before the Mets’ 15-3 loss to the Phillies and reported feeling “good.” Scott was placed on the IL on Monday (retroactive to…
Read MoreRory McIlroy falls out of US Open contention after back nine implosion
Rory McIlroy’s up-and-down weekend at the U.S. Open took another roller coaster of a turn Saturday, as the world No. 2 imploded on the back nine with five bogeys to finish at 3 over and fall out of contention. McIlroy, whose only win in the tournament occurred in 2011 at Congressional Country Club, sank a…
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