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Neymar Jr. confirma su pase al Al-Hilal: “Estoy en Arabia Saudita. Soy Hiali”

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 20:45:33 GMT

(CNN) — Neymar Jr. lo dijo con sus palabras. “Estoy aquí en Arabia Saudita. Soy Hiali”, contó el brasileño en un video publicado este martes por el club saudí Al-Hilal en X, antes conocido como Twitter.La Saudi Pro League invirtió mucho en los últimos meses y se aseguró otra superestrella mundial.Anteriormente, CNN había informado que el Paris Saint-Germain había llegado a un acuerdo con Al-Hilal para vender a Neymar por una tarifa de alrededor de 90 millones de euros (unos US$ 98,5 millones) más adicionales, según varios informes.Tras la publicación del video, el PSG publicó un comunicado de prensa en el que agradecía al futbolista: “En seis temporadas, el brasileño internacional dejó su huella en la historia del club”.Con información de Joe McCurdy de CNN.The-CNN-Wire™ & © 2023 Cable News Network, Inc., a Warner Bros. Discovery Company. All rights reserved.Source

Sage Steele leaves ESPN after settling her lawsuit over COVID-19 vaccine comments

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 20:45:33 GMT

ESPN and host Sage Steele have settled a lawsuit she filed after being disciplined for comments she made about the company’s policy requiring employees to get vaccinated against COVID-19.Steele posted on social media Tuesday that she is leaving the Bristol, Connecticut-based company, where she has worked since 2007.“Having successfully settled my case with ESPN/Disney, I have decided to leave so I can exercise my first amendment rights more freely,” she wrote. “I am grateful for so many wonderful experiences over the past 16 years and am excited for my next chapter!”Steele was taken off the air for 10 days in October 2021 and pulled from several high-profile assignments, including including coverage of the New York City Marathon, the Rose Parade, and the annual ESPNW Summit, because she criticized ESPN and The Walt Disney Co.’s requirement that employees be vaccinated against COVID-19, according to her lawsuit, which was filed in May 2022 in Connecticut Superior Court.Sh...

Al menos 99 personas murieron en los incendios forestales de Maui. Con solo el 25% del área quemada registrada, los funcionarios temen que esa cifra aumente

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 20:45:33 GMT

(CNN) — Con solo una cuarta parte del área quemada por los incendios forestales de Maui registrada, el número de muertos por el que ya es el incendio forestal más mortífero de EE.UU. en más de un siglo, aún podría aumentar significativamente, dijeron el lunes las autoridades de Hawai.Se ha confirmado la muerte de al menos 99 personas a causa de los incendios forestales y el número podría duplicarse en los próximos 10 días, informó a CNN el gobernador de Hawai, Josh Green.“Es una tragedia más allá de las tragedias”, señaló el gobernador sobre los incendios que comenzaron a arrasar partes de la isla la semana pasada.Se espera que este martes las autoridades comiencen a publicar los nombres de los muertos, cuyas familias ya han sido notificadas, según dijo el jefe de policía de Maui, John Pelletier, en la conferencia de prensa del lunes.La mayoría de las personas encontradas muertas habían estado al aire libre, en automóviles o en el agua en el área de Lahaina, en el oeste de Mau...

Con este video Neymar confirma que ya es oficialmente del Al Hilal saudí

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 20:45:33 GMT

RIAD – El club saudí Al Hilal confirmó este martes de manera oficial la incorporación del futbolista brasileño Neymar, de 31 años, después de semanas de rumores sobre la incorporación del ’10’ del PSG a las filas del conjunto árabe.“Estoy aquí, en Arabia Saudí. Soy ‘Hilali’”, dice Neymar vestido con la camiseta del Al Hilal en un vídeo difundido por el club en su cuenta oficial de X, plataforma conocida anteriormente como Twitter.Esta historia tiene elementos que podrían no funcionar en nuestra aplicación. Pulsa aquí para abrir la historia en el navegador de internet. Source

Gambling was a big payday for Maryland last year

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 20:45:33 GMT

The state of Maryland takes its share of gaming revenue, and with casinos, lotteries and now legalized sports betting, that share totaled $1.589 billion in fiscal 2023 — about 3.5% more than the previous year.During the state’s fiscal year, which ended June 30, the combined contribution to the state included$848.1 million from casinos;$714.3 million from the Lottery;$25.3 million from sports wagering; and$1.2 million from daily fantasy sportsGambling is a significant source of revenue for Maryland. It is the state’s fourth-largest revenue stream behind income, sales and corporate taxes.The Maryland Lottery was the state’s first bet on gaming when it launched in 1973. The first of the state’s six casinos, Hollywood Casino in Perryville, opened in 2008 with slot machines. Table games for casinos were approved in 2012.Maryland voters approved legalized sports betting through a referendum in 2020. The first sportsbooks started opening in late 2021. Mobile sports ...

San Miguel sheriff curses out 'clowns' who go into the backcountry unprepared

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 20:45:33 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) — Deputies in San Miguel County had some strong words for people who venture into the backcountry unprepared for the conditions.On Monday, the San Miguel Sheriff's Office tweeted about a vehicle that got stuck on Black Bear Pass even though the pass was not officially open."Although Black Bear Pass is NOT officially open, we do have a vehicle stuck below 'the stairs,' partially off the roadway, with the road completely blocked. There are more than a dozen vehicles behind it," said the sheriff's office in a tweet. Missing DIA cat found by Southwest employees The sheriff's office said the pass is closed despite the rumors surfacing on social media. The vehicle had to be towed out so that the cars behind the stuck vehicle could be cleared.According to the office, it is believed that people drove up the pass and dug out deep snow in order to continue their drive. The pass is closed because the county needs to do some mitigation work and clear rocks that can cause a rocks...

Suspect in Maryland trampoline park shooting killed ex-wife's boyfriend, police say

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 20:45:33 GMT

BALTIMORE (AP) — The suspect in a deadly weekend shooting at an indoor trampoline park in Maryland traveled from Colorado to visit his daughter when he shot his ex-wife’s boyfriend and fled, according to court documents.Quinton Walker, 30, turned himself into authorities less than two hours after the shooting, which unfolded around 7 p.m. Saturday at the Sky Zone in Timonium, a suburb north of Baltimore. The victim, 32-year-old Marcus Whitehead, died after being rushed to the hospital.In the moments after gunshots sounded, panic engulfed the busy facility, which is often packed with children and families. No other injuries were reported and authorities repeatedly told the public it was an isolated incident that posed no ongoing safety threat. Man killed by police in Denver was carrying a marker Walker called 911 to turn himself in after initially fleeing the scene, according to charging documents prepared by Baltimore County police. He made the call from an adjacent county and tol...

US watchdog teases crackdown on data brokers that sell Americans’ personal information

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 20:45:33 GMT

Washington (CNN) — The US government plans to rein in the vast data broker industry with new, privacy-focused regulations that aim to safeguard millions of Americans’ personal information from data breaches, violent criminals and even artificial intelligence chatbots.The coming proposal by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau would extend existing regulations that govern credit reports, arrest records and other data to what the agency describes as the “surveillance industry,” or the sprawling economy of businesses that traffic in increasingly digitized personal information.The potential rules, which are not yet public or final, could bar data brokers from selling certain types of consumer information — including a person’s income or their criminal and payment history — except in specific circumstances, the CFPB said.The push could also see new restrictions on the sale of personal information such as Social Security numbers, names and addresses, which the CFPB...

Michael Burry, of ‘Big Short’ fame, just bet $1.6 billion on a stock market crash

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 20:45:33 GMT

New York (CNN) — Michael Burry, the “Big Short” investor who became famous for correctly predicting the epic collapse of the housing market in 2008, has bet more than $1.6 billion on a Wall Street crash.Burry is making his bearish bets against the S&P 500 and Nasdaq 100, according to Security Exchange Commission filings released Monday. Burry’s fund, Scion Asset Management, bought $866 million in put options (that’s the right to sell an asset at a particular price) against a fund that tracks the S&P 500 and $739 million in put options against a fund that tracks the Nasdaq 100.Burry is using more than 90% of his portfolio to bet on a market downturn, according to the filings.But Burry appears to have been wavering between bullish and bearish on his stock picks this year. In January, he tweeted a cryptic message to his 1.4 million followers. “Sell,” he wrote. But by the end of March, he backtracked. “I was wrong to say sell.” he wrote.The S&P 500 and Nasdaq 100 h...

David Krejci at peace with retirement from Bruins

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 20:45:33 GMT

David Krejci’s body told him it was time to bid the National Hockey League farewell.While Krejci, who announced his retirement from the Bruins on Monday, left the door open to play in Europe after the New Year’s in preparation for possible participation in the World Championships when the tournament will be held in Prague, the Czechia-born centerman knew his 37-year-old frame could not hold up to the rigors of a full schedule in the best league in the world.Krejci didn’t go into the 2022-23 season knowing it was going to be his last, but the injuries that kept him out of the final six games of the regular season and three playoff games removed most of the doubt. He said to continue playing in the NHL he would need surgery (he did not identify the injury) and that’s not something he was willing to do at this stage.He didn’t want to announce anything right at the end of the season, especially after the painful upset loss to the Florida Panthers, so he wan...