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New York CNN — Perhaps best known for his on-court dominance, NBA player Steph Curry is hoping some of that success translates into the crowded court of sports drinks. Curry is launching a new sports hydration drink with former first lady Michelle Obama’s drink brand, PLEZi. It marks his entrance into the roughly $25 billion market, which is filled with competitors ranging from Leo Messi and Logan Paul to Coca-Cola’s BodyArmor and PepsiCo’s Gatorade that are all vying for customers’ seemingly endless thirst for these drinks. The drink, called PLEZi Hydration, is debuting with three flavors — lemon lime, tropical…
New York CNN — After GameStop closed about a quarter of its locations within the past year, shuttering 1,000 stores across the world, the company said it’s not close to done. And as the struggling company closes stores, it will invest cash in cryptocurrencies. GameStop revealed in a regulatory filing Tuesday that it expects to close a “significant number” of additional locations in the coming months, although the “specific set of stores has not been identified for closure.” A majority of the closures occurred in its biggest market, the United States, with 590 locations shutting down and reducing its store…
CNN — Asphyxiation has been ruled out as the cause of death for Miller Gardner, the 14-year-old son of former New York Yankees outfielder Brett Gardner, Costa Rican officials told CNN on Tuesday. Gardner and his wife Jessica announced on Sunday that their son Miller had died after a sudden illness while on vacation. According to Costa Rica’s Judicial Investigation Police (OIJ), Gardner and his family were vacationing at a hotel in Manuel Antonio, a town on the Pacific coast of the country, when the whole family fell ill, likely from food poisoning from something they ate. Marisel Rodriguez from…
Gwyneth Paltrow and Nikki Glaser are spilling the tea when it comes to their connections to Ben Affleck. During a recent episode of Paltrow’s “Goop Podcast,” the duo openly discussed Glaser’s past history of using Raya, an exclusive dating app. While discussing her 2025 Golden Globe Awards opening monologue in which she joked about Affleck yelling the titles of movies “after he orgasms,” Glaser said, “When I used to be on Raya and [Ben] would come across, [I would give him a] very concentrated check mark ‘yes’ and, like, never [got] it back.”GWYNETH PALTROW SAYS BEN AFFLECK WAS ‘EXCELLENT’ IN BED COMPARED…
A panel of justices on Brazil’s Supreme Court on Wednesday accepted charges against former President Jair Bolsonaro over an alleged attempt to stay in office after his 2022 election defeat, and ordered him to stand trial.Bolsonaro and 33 others are accused of attempting a coup that included a plan to poison his successor, current President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, and kill a Supreme Court judge.Bolsonaro has repeatedly denied wrongdoing and says he’s being politically persecuted.A panel of justices on Brazil’s Supreme Court on Wednesday accepted charges against former President Jair Bolsonaro over an alleged attempt to stay in office…
The NCAA on Tuesday faced calls to follow in the footsteps of World Athletics and enact gender tests for athletes who want to compete in women’s sports.World Athletics president Sebastian Coe said cheek-swab tests will be used for athletes who want to compete in the female category. He called the process “very straightforward” and keeping women’s sports fair an issue that was “important” to him. He added that the tests are not invasive and was ready for any criticism that could come his way.CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM The NCAA is facing calls to enact gender tests for…
Editor’s Note: A version of this story appears in CNN’s Meanwhile in the Middle East newsletter, a weekly look inside the region’s biggest stories. Sign up here. CNN — Iran is currently mulling over US President Donald Trump’s offer for talks on a new nuclear deal. Its answer will hinge on one key factor: Whether it believes that it can come out of it undefeated. Last week, Trump sent Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei a rare letter proposing negotiations on a new nuclear deal, with a two-month ultimatum to reach an agreement, a source familiar with the letter’s contents…
CNN — A divided federal appeals court has maintained a temporary block on President Donald Trump’s ability to use the Alien Enemies Act to quickly deport alleged members of a Venezuelan gang. The DC Circuit Court of Appeals panel ruled 2-1 on Wednesday that a pair of lower-court orders blocking Trump’s use of the sweeping wartime authority can stand while a legal challenge to the president’s invocation of the law plays out. Judge James Boasberg’s order blocking use of the Alien Enemies Act for deportations has been at the center of an escalating political and legal controversy since it was…
New York CNN — If you ever wanted to get as drunk as Pam Beesly at a Chili’s in Scranton, that dream is finally becoming a reality. The popular chain is opening a restaurant in the Pennsylvania city on April 7, nearly 20 years after the famous episode of “The Office” aired where employees from Dunder Mifflin celebrated the Dundies awards. The NBC show premiered this week in 2005. This is Chili’s first location in the show’s setting of Scranton, despite several memorable appearances in “The Office.” The newly built restaurant pays homage to the chain’s “most notable on-screen moments,…
Hong Kong CNN — China’s EV giant BYD recorded revenues of 777 billion yuan ($107 billion) for 2024, surging ahead Elon Musk’s Tesla in annual sales amid intensifying competition in the global market for clean-energy cars. In a filing on Monday, BYD reported a 29% jump in sales from the previous year on deliveries of 4.27 million cars, including fully electric vehicles and hybrids. By comparison, Tesla’s 2024 revenue was $97.7 billion, and it delivered 1.79 million battery-powered vehicles. Its annual deliveries declined for the first time last year by 1.1%. In its latest annual report, BYD CEO Wang Chuanfu…