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A federal appeals court has upheld disgraced lawyer Michael Avenatti’s conviction for plotting to extort up to $25 million from shoe giant Nike – one of several legal messes that have landed him behind bars

A proposal to vastly increase natural gas storage at the site of the nation’s largest-known methane leak is prompting opposition from California lawmakers

Netflix has given the green light to a third season of 'The Lincoln Lawyer,' comprising 10 episodes. The show's second season performed well, ranking in the Top 10 in 81 countries. Season 3 will be based on Michael Connelly's fifth book from 'The Lincoln Lawyer' series, titled 'The Gods of Guilt.'

National Basketball Association has decided to close its investigation into the social media conduct of its referee Eric Lewis because he is retiring with immediate effect. Lewis got embroiled into a controversy after some Twitter users alleged that the referee defended himself and other officials in some tweets, which have been deleted. “In light of his decision, the NBA’s investigation into social media activity has been closed,” said NBA in a statement after Lewis’ retirement was confirmed on Wednesday. The NBA launched a probe to decide if Lewis had violated the rules in the case. As the investigation was going on, Lewis was not chosen as one of the 12 referees for the final between the Denver Nuggets and Miami Heat. Earlier, he was chosen for the finals in the last four years. Eric Lewis has worked as a referee in 19 seasons of the NBA and he has officiated 1,200 games including the regular seasons and the playoffs. He worked on May 16 for the last time when the Denver Nuggets hosted the Los Angeles Lakers in game number 1 of the Western Conference finals. NBA officials are not allowed to discuss their decisions publicly without the league's permission. Having served as an NBA official for nearly two decades, Lewis had refereed numerous playoff games in the recent season.

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A federal appeals court has upheld disgraced lawyer Michael Avenatti’s conviction for plotting to extort up to $25 million from shoe giant Nike – one of several legal messes that have landed him behind bars

anime adaptation of ‘One Piece'. Hoping it to be the turning point of its business of live-action series, the company has been promoting it relentlessly for months. It is an adaptation of the classic manga and anime. This manga has been popular since the late 1990s. In fact, ‘One Piece’ is a fabled treasure, the Straw Hat Pirates are exploring the dangerous oceans and lands in search of this invaluable thing.

Travis Scott has announced his Utopia-Circus Maximus Tour for 2023. The singer has promised his fans “an unparalleled audiovisual experience" on the tour. He will be promoting 'Utopia', his latest album, on tour. 'Utopia' already has 1.5 billion streams online, and is the No.1 album on Billboard.Travis Scott will be touring 28 cities, including the USA and Canada, in 2023. Here are the dates and venues. Travis Scott's 2023 Utopia-Circus Maximus Tour begins on October 11 in Charlotte, North Carolina, and will end on December 29, 2023 in Toronto. But his Houston fans will be disappointed that the singer will not be performing in his hometown this year.

U.S. officials say the FBI and its partners in Europe infiltrated and seized control of a major malware network that was used for more than 15 years to commit a gamut of online crimes including crippling ransomware attacks

storm Hilary slammed into it from the south. Unprecedented amounts of rain pelted downtown Los Angeles and flooded the state’s arid valleys. Without missing a beat, forecasts then shifted from drenching to baking, as a heat dome fastened itself over much of the southern United States all the way up to the Great Lakes.

Jewish Independent, after the war, Sinclair started the Sinclair Bros. Garage and Auto Wrecking in Richmond with his youngest brother Joe, and ended up bringing numerous family members to B.C.In the 1960s he moved to Los Angeles with his wife seeking a drier climate for health reasons, but eventually moved back to British Columbia.

U.S. officials say the FBI and its partners in Europe infiltrated and seized control of a major malware network that was used for more than 15 years to commit a gamut of online crimes including crippling ransomware attacks

Financial advisors should wait for regulations to emerge around crypto assets called non-fungible tokens before recommending them to clients, experts said following the SEC’s first enforcement action involving NFTs.

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) -An all-star lineup of late-night television hosts are uniting to chat about Hollywood's ongoing labor disputes on a new podcast, a group effort to raise funds for their striking staff writers.

An international law-enforcement operation has dismantled a network of hundreds of thousands of computers that criminals used to launch cyberattacks against critical industries worldwide, U.S. authorities said Tuesday. Investigators in the U.S., U.K., France, Germany, the Netherlands, Romania and Latvia took aim at a notorious strain of malware known as Qakbot that had infected more than 700,000 computers, took control of them and enabled them to be leased out to criminal gangs to facilitate more cyberattacks.

It’s been more than 100 days since members of the Writers Guild of America stopped working and more than a month since the actors union joined them

Narendra Modi extended his greetings to all sportspersons on the occasion of Major Dhyan Chand's 118th birth anniversary and the 12th National Sports Day. National Sports Day is celebrated across India as a tribute to the legendary Major Dhyan Chand. In a post on social media platform X (formerly twitter), he expressed pride in sportspersons' contributions to the nation and paid his respects to India's hockey legend.

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Today, Los Angeles-based media conglomerate Impact Theory came under scrutiny after being accused by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) of executing an unregistered sale of crypto asset securities in the form of non-fungible tokens (NFTs). 

The United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has charged a media and entertainment company with conducting unregistered securities sales when it sold nonfungible tokens (NFTs) to investors between October and December 2021.