Dillian Whyte overcame a ninth round knockdown to beat Oscar Rivas in a back-and-forth blockbuster at the 02 Arena in London, Saturday. Whyte won a unanimous decision, the vacant WBC interim heavyweight title, and is now the mandatory challenger to feared puncher Deontay Wilder’s WBC heavyweight championship. Promoter Eddie Hearn said after the fight that […]
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Deputies were told to leave Epstein’s jail cell door unlocked and were paid to ‘provide security’ during his work release
Multimillionaire financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein led a privileged life even behind bars, The Washington Post reported, including having his cell door at least temporarily left unlocked. Epstein also paid deputies to “provide security” during his work release, where he inhabited a high-rise in Palm Beach for a foundation he created right before […]
Investigators are ‘suspicious’ after American woman and her Australian boyfriend were killed on Canada road trip
Canadian investigators are probing the deaths of an American woman and her Australian boyfriend who were found on a highway in British Columbia last week. Chynna Noelle Deese, 24, and Lucas Robertson Fowler, 23, were found Monday morning alongside Canada’s Highway 97, near Fowler’s blue 1986 Chevrolet van that they were using for a road […]
Amazon’s revival of the hit sci-fi series ‘The Expanse’ will debut in December
“The Expanse” will return for its fourth season on Amazon Prime Video on December 13. The show was canceled last year by Syfy, but quickly revived by Amazon. Visit Business Insider’s homepage for more stories. Amazon revealed the release date for its revival of the sci-fi series “The Expanse” on Saturday, and it released the […]
How free and endless garlic knots became this Italian restaurant’s staple
C&O Trattoria is famous for its unlimited garlic knots. The Italian restaurant in Venice Beach, CA makes roughly 10,000 garlic knots per day. Visit INSIDER’s homepage for more stories. Join the conversation about this story » …read more Source:: Business Insider
Uber and Lyft drivers reveal the biggest differences they’ve noticed between the 2 ride-hailing giants (UBER, LYFT)
Uber and Lyft have made big business out of providing an extremely similar service. We spoke to 10 drivers about their experiences on the competing ride-hailing apps. Depending on the market, there are major differences in maps, customer service, and the riders themselves, drivers said. Visit Business Insider’s homepage for more stories. Uber and Lyft […]
Dereck Chisora knocks Artur Szpilka out on his feet, before pummelling him to the floor in the second round
Dereck Chisora may have just scored one of the most haunting finishes of the year. The London heavyweight knocked Artur Szpilka out on his feet, before thumping him some more until he fell helpless to the canvas. Szpilka lay motionless on the ground for many concerning seconds, but eventually made his way back to his […]
A heatwave caused the northernmost settlement on Earth to reach 70 degrees earlier this week
The northernmost settlement on Earth experienced a record heatwave on Tuesday, with temperatures reaching an unprecedented 70 degrees Fahrenheit. Alert, Canada, which is 500 miles from the North Pole, hadn’t ever experienced temperatures in the 70s. The average July temperature for the settlement is 41 degrees. Scientists were concerned when news of the Arctic heatwave […]
A court ruled it was legal for guards to strip search female inmates and force them to remove their tampons in front of male officers for a ‘training exercise’
A federal court ruled that it was legal for Illinois guards to strip-search female inmates in full view of male correctional officers, male and female cadets, and civilians for a “training exercise.” The judges ruled 2-1 after hearing that the women were forced to remove their tampons while guards called them derogatory terms like “dirty […]
‘Tomb Raider’ star Simon Yam stabbed and slashed onstage in China during a presentation for a Beijing company
Hong Kong actor Simon Yam was stabbed while attending a promotional event on Saturday. The attack occurred while Yam was giving a presentation for a Bejing company in Zhongshan, China. According to reports, Yam was stabbed in the stomach and right hand by an unknown assailant, whose motive is also unknown. Yam is reportedly in […]
A Republican lawmaker said that owning slaves ‘doesn’t make you racist’ and was a ‘business decision’
New Hampshire state Representative Werner Horn said in a Facebook comment this week that “owning slaves doesn’t make you racist.” “Owning slaves wasn’t a decision predicated on race but on economics,” Horn said. “It’s a business decision.” In a statement to HuffPost on Thursday, Horn said that “human beings have been owning other human beings […]
Utah man, 2 horses killed in Millard County collision
HINCKLEY, Millard County — A Beaver County man and two horses died Friday when troopers say he failed to stop at an intersection and collided with a horse trailer. Randy Haddenham, 62, of Milford, was driving a Dodge pickup on state Route 257 about 8:20 a.m., but did not stop or attempt to slow down […]