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Cardi B's cameo in Bad Bunny's Super Bowl halftime show leads to dispute on prediction markets
CHICAGO (AP) — Cardi B was part of Bad Bunny's Super Bowl halftime show. What she did exactly, well, that turned into a perplexing question for two major prediction markets.At least one Kalshi trader filed a complaint with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission over how the prediction market handled Sunday's appearance by the Grammy-winning rapper. The result of a similar event contract on Polymarket also drew the ire of some users on that platform.
Prediction markets provide an opportunity to trade — or wager — on the result of future events. The markets are... Read More
Justin Verlander returns to the Detroit Tigers on a $13 million, 1-year contract
LAKELAND, Fla. (AP) — For his 21st season in the majors, Justin Verlander is going back to the very beginning of his career.All the way back to Motown.
Verlander returned to the Detroit Tigers on Tuesday, agreeing to a $13 million, one-year contract with his first big league team. The three-time AL Cy Young Award winner joins an improved rotation fronted by Tarik Skubal and Framber Valdez, who also signed with Detroit in free agency.
Verlander, who turns 43 on Feb. 20, went 183-114 with a 3.49 ERA while spending his first 13 seasons in Detroit. He won his... Read More
Potential conflicts over celebrating America's 250th anniversary spill out in congressional hearing
WASHINGTON (AP) — Congressional Democrats on Tuesday accused the Trump administration of trying to hijack plans to celebrate America’s 250th anniversary and using the nonprofit National Park Foundation to solicit money from private donors for some of the president’s pet projects, including the massive arch he wants to build in the nation’s capital.During a hearing on the 250th anniversary commemoration, U.S. Rep. Jared Huffman said President Donald Trump and his allies are attempting to use the celebration to “promote an alternate reality.”
The California... Read More
Chappell Roan leaves talent agency led by Casey Wasserman, who appears in Epstein files
Grammy-winning singer Chappell Roan has left the talent agency led by entertainment industry executive and 2028 Los Angeles Olympics chair Casey Wasserman, who appears in recently released government files on Jeffrey Epstein.Wasserman has not been accused of any wrongdoing in connection with Epstein, but documents released by the Justice Department revealed that in 2003, he exchanged flirtatious emails with Ghislaine Maxwell, who, years later, would be accused of helping Epstein recruit and sexually abuse his victims.
“As of today, I am no longer represented by... Read More
Olympic fans hunt for plushies of mascots Milo and Tina as they fly off shelves
MILAN (AP) — For fans of the Milan Cortina Olympic mascots, the eponymous Milo and Tina, it's been nearly impossible to find a plush toy of the stoat siblings in Milan and Cortina d’Ampezzo.Many of the official Olympics stores in the host cities are already sold out, less than a week into the Winter Games.
“I think the only way to get them is to actually win a medal,” Julia Peeler joked Tuesday in central Milan, where Tina and Milo characters posed for photos with fans.
The 38-year-old from South Carolina is on the hunt for the plushies for her niece... Read More
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- Chappell Roan leaves talent agency led by Casey Wasserman, who appears in Epstein files
- Oscar hopefuls including Jessie Buckley and Timothée Chalamet gather for luncheon and class picture
- Super Bowl averages 124.9M viewers in US, Bad Bunny's halftime 128.2 million, both short of records
- New Christian artists push genre boundaries with rap, Afrobeats and R&B
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- Cardi B's cameo in Bad Bunny's Super Bowl halftime show leads to dispute on prediction markets
- Justin Verlander returns to the Detroit Tigers on a $13 million, 1-year contract
- Super Bowl averages 124.9M viewers in US, Bad Bunny's halftime 128.2 million, both short of records
- Raiders introduce new coach Klint Kubiak with a nod to their storied past