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After more than 20 years at the top of the beer charts, Bud Light retail sales in the United States have taken a dive at the same time the brand is facing criticism over featuring a social media star who is transgender in an advertisement."This is sort of uncharted waters for a brand like that when it comes to seven weeks of sharp declines of that magnitude,' said Dave Williams, vice-president of analytics for Bump Williams Consulting, which focuses on the alcoholic beverage industry.

"If it is necessary that the acts of program transmission in question be completed entirely within the territory of Japan, even formally, such a person who attempts to practice a patented invention without authorization could easily escape liability for patent infringement....It would be extremely unjust to allow such an underhanded act in today's digital society."

The Biden administration on Thursday imposed sanctions on Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps officials accused of plotting assassinations abroad, including against former national security adviser John Bolton and former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo.Thursday's sanctions target Mohammad Reza Ansari, an official with a unit of the IRGC-Qods Force tasked with undertaking covert operations abroad, including planning and conducting intelligence and lethal operations against Iranian dissidents and other non-Iranian nationals in the United States, the Middle East, Europe, and Africa, according to a release from the US Treasury Department.

As chair of the Senate HELP Committee, Sanders has the unilateral power to block health-related nominees.Sen. Bernie Sanders arrives at the U.S. Capitol Building on June 1, 2023, in Washington, D.C.Anna Moneymaker / Getty Images Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vermont) has fired a shot across the bow to the White House in his latest move in his quest to lower prescription drug prices in the U.S.
Sanders has vowed to oppose all health-related nominees, including President Joe Biden's nominee to lead the National Institutes of Health (NIH), until the Biden administration presents a "comprehensive" plan to address the prescription drug price crisis in the U.S.
"I will oppose all nominations until we have a very clear strategy on the part of the government ... as to how we're going to lower the outrageously high cost of prescription drugs," Sanders told The Washington Post.

The NVIDIA DGX supercomputer using GH200 Grace Hopper Superchips could be the top of its class.Learn what this and the company's other announcements mean for enterprise AI and high-performance computing.On May 28 at the COMPUTEX conference in Taipei, NVIDIA announced a host of new hardware and networking tools, many focused around enabling artificial intelligence.

The Washington Capitals officially announced Spencer Carbery as the team's 20th head coach in franchise history Tuesday morning.Carbery's contract will reportedly be for four years and last through the 2026-27 season.The Washington Capitals have named Spencer Carbery the team's head coach.#ALLCAPS
- Washington Capitals (@Capitals) May 30, 2023

"We are extremely pleased to name Spencer as our new head coach," Capitals GM Brian MacLellan said in a release.

Dan Romero or Walking Bird of the Ute Tribe encircles the graves with sage smoke at Sherman Indian School Cemetery in Riverside, California, on Sunday, July, 18, 2021.Cindy Yamanaka / MediaNews Group / The Riverside Press-Enterprise via Getty Images The Senate Committee on Indian Affairs unanimously passed an amended bill that would establish an investigation into the United States' assimilative policies of Indian boarding schools.

The government has been criticised for its completely inappropriate endorsement of an e-cigarette manufacturer blamed for fuelling an epidemic of underage vaping in the US.Juul Labs was promoted in an official briefing circulated by the Department of Health and Social Care about the prime minister's plan to close a loophole allowing free samples to be given to children.

Smith Collection/Gado/Getty Images After allegedly groping and harassing multiple women throughout San Francisco, Bill Gene Hobbs was convicted of felony false imprisonment and multiple counts of sexual battery, battery and assault, District Attorney Brooke Jenkins said in a May 18 news release.According to the announcement, Hobbs, 34, was arrested on Oct. 14, 2022, after numerous women identified him in a series of assaults that began in September of that year.

It appeared a forgone conclusion and Chris Johnston reported it today, ex Toronto Maple Leafs forward and assist general manager Jason Spezza signed on with the Pittsburgh Penguins Wednesday morning to work in the front office.The decision comes just weeks after Spezza stepped down as his role as special assistant to the general manager in the Toronto Maple Leafs organization.

This comes after the oil giant tacitly admitted that limiting warming requires an "immediate end to fossil fuel growth."Shell, which more than doubled its annual profits last year, said in a press release that it now intends to "achieve cash flow longevity" by keeping oil production stable until 2030 and boosting gas production, even as scientists say a rapid phaseout of fossil fuels is necessary to avert global climate destruction.VIEW press / Contributor / Getty Images Shell announced Wednesday that it is raising payouts to wealthy shareholders and scrapping plans to cut oil production by up to 2% annually, a move that environmental groups said lays bare the futility of relying on fossil fuel corporations to voluntarily curb their climate-destroying activities.

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Golf as a professional sport now has completely lost its way.The Professional Golf Association and Saudi-funded LIV Golf announced they are merging.The controversial Saudi Public Investment Fund will make an investment into the new merged company "to facilitate its growth and success."

Great news for all those fans who've been rabidly following the " Scandoval" saga: Reality TV star Lisa Vanderpump is taking her talents to Lake Tahoe.According to a press release on Wednesday, June 14, Vanderpump - of Bravo's Vanderpump Rules and The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills fame - will open a new restaurant inside Harveys Lake Tahoe casino and hotel in South Lake Tahoe.

At the start of a Tory leadership debate hosted by the Sun last July, Rishi Sunak made a series of statements which, 10 months on, all ring equally hollow.Facing Liz Truss the contest's eventual winner Sunak was at pains to acknowledge that Sun readers were struggling with the cost of living.But he also wanted to temper his concern for them with optimism about Britain's prospects.

Title Resources Group (TRG), a leading title insurance underwriter, announced on Monday that HomeServices of America, a Berkshire Hathaway affiliate and one of the nation's largest residential real estate companies, has increased its ownership stake in TRG.This move further solidifies the partnership between the two industry leaders, according to a press release from the companies.

The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) this week announced that it had secured a settlement of more than $3 million from Philadelphia, Penn.-based ESSA Bank & Trust over allegations that the company engaged in redlining majority Black and Hispanic communities from access to credit services around the Philadelphia area.

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Two men were shot when a fight broke out inside a Vietnamese restaurant in Garden Grove on Saturday night, police said.Officers were dispatched around 11:30 p.m. to the Hot Restaurant in the 12000 block of Magnolia Boulevard, Garden Grove police said.Customers had detained a suspect, a man in his 40s, and officers took him into custody.

After a thrilling comeback in Rochester on Memorial Day, the Hershey Bears have returned home where they could do something that they haven't done in 13 years.If the Bears defeat the Rochester Americans in Game Five, Hershey could lift, or awkwardly pose by (with no touching), the Richard F. Canning Trophy at Giant Center.

This past Mother's Day, a group of activists, most of them women, gathered outside the Alameda Courthouse in Oakland, Ca. to "call attention to the harm of mass incarceration on generations of Black women, families, and communities," according to a press release by the California nonprofit Essie Justice Group, which organized the rally.

"The PTAB's Sanctions Order explained that Longhorn improperly ignored the Board's alternative claim constructions discussed in the institution decisions, thereby limiting the scope of its 'obligatory disclosures to the Office and Petitioner.'"The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office's (USPTO's) Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) yesterday made public a Sanctions Order against a patent owner that resulted in the cancellation of all 183 claims of five patents challenged in separate inter partes review (IPR) proceedings.

Celtics According to ESPN's Adrian Wojnarowski, Williams played through the hand injury during the playoffs.Celtics forward Grant Williams had hand surgery on Friday, according to a press release from the team.Williams underwent surgery to repair " tear of the radial collateral ligament of the 3rd metacarpo-phalangeal joint on his left hand," according to the release.

In summer 2024, Bellevue mall the Marketplace at Factoria is getting a gigantic new tenant.T&T Supermarkets, a Canadia Asian grocery store chain, is opening its first U.S. store there, and it's a doozy: According to the press release we got, it will be 76,000 square feet, making it the largest Asian grocery store in Washington State.

The Moscow-based cybersecurity company Kaspersky says iOS devices are being targeted by a previously unknown malware.The firm discovered the threat while monitoring the network traffic of its own corporate Wi-Fi.Kaspersky is calling the new campaign Operation Triangulation.The campaign report reveals how the attack works and details the exploitation's technical properties.

Generative AI is of particular interest to leaders for the benefits of cost savings, efficiency and effectiveness.Economic perils notwithstanding, 94% of tech leaders are committed to investing in new tools and technologies, including AI, according to a survey by EY.The new poll suggests tech leaders view this investment strategy, particularly for cybersecurity, as a way to weather geopolitical uncertainty and the economic downturn.

Juventus have confirmed that they have begun the process of withdrawing from the European Super League.In a press release practically foundering under legalese, Juve confirmed that they have contacted Real Madrid and Barcelona, the other two clubs still attached to the ill-fated venture, "in order to initiate a discussion period among the three clubs concerning the potential Juventus' exit from the Super League Project."

S adiq Khan is set to play a significant role in an event which has been dubbed London's answer to the Met Gala'.The Mayor will be one among several high-profile figures involved in Vogue World, a fashion and culture show which will kick off London Fashion Week.Mr Khan will feature in the September event alongside Naomi Campbell, Stormzy, Michaela Coel, and Sir Ian McKellen.

On May 27, House Speaker Kevin McCarthy and President Joe Biden announced they had reached a deal to raise the country's debt ceiling before the looming deadline.At the time, Biden said reaching accord meant some compromise, which meant that while the agreement "protects my and congressional Democrats' key priorities and legislative accomplishments... not everyone gets what they want.

The Honor 90 and Honor 90 Pro made their debut in China today.The phones are a slight improvement over their predecessors, with the most impressive feature being the 200 MP main camera with an ISOCELL HP3 sensor.The two phones have a 5,000 mAh battery, which is the highest capacity ever for the number series.

Warner Bros. Discovery has now completed its transition of HBO Max and Discovery+ into one unified streaming service called Max.The rebranded service is now live in the US and comes with additional content for the most expensive Max Ultimate pricing tier ($19.99/month) with a total of 1,000 new movies and TV shows in 4K quality.

The promise of inbound marketing is a lure that attracts businesses of all kinds, but few understand the efforts it takes to be successful.After a few blog posts, they flame out and grumble "We tried content marketing, but it didn't really work for us."Ihear this from prospective clients all the time.

Civil rights attorney John Burris has filed a civil lawsuit asking for "no less than" $25 million in damages on behalf of the parents of Banko Brown, who was shot and killed by a Walgreens security guard last month.The suit names Walgreens, Kingdom Group Protective Services and security guard Michael Earl-Wayne Anthony, who fatally shot the unarmed Brown at 6:30 p.m. on April 27.

At the end of 2022, Instagram personality Gary Okazaki ( Gary the Foodie) broke the news that Pedro Almeida - the former executive chef of Michelin-starred restaurant Midori in Portugal - would run the flagship restaurant of the The Ritz-Carlton Portland.Information has been scarce otherwise; for months, even the restaurant's name has been under wraps.

Advocates are blasting the City of Barrie for approving a slew of policies that, if put in place, could outlaw giving food or money to people in the city who are experiencing homelessness.In a city council meeting Wednesday, councillors approved a range of policies that staff can consider and use to address rising homelessness, including changes to city bylaws that will prohibit the distribution of tents, tarps, food and groceries in public lands without a permit.

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There's a party going down in Lisbon, Portugal - and sorry, but you probably aren't invited.As CNBC reports, 130 of the world's "business and political" elites are converging in Lisbon this week for the annual Bilderberg Meeting.While CNBC makes a big deal out of pointing out that "artificial intelligence will top the agenda" - which is technically true - we couldn't help but notice the list of topics appeared in alphabetical order, guaranteeing the letters "AI" to be in top position.

This week, the Washington Wizards announced they will have a new premium/courtside section called "Courtside Lofts."According to a press release and graphic renderings, this takes over the seats in the back of the Box West section.The back area of the Box East section turned into a courtside lounge a few years ago,
In a press release, Senior Vice President of Wizards Ticket Sales & Service Bill Hanni said the following:

We know that Washington, D.C. is a market that values premium hospitality and exclusive experiences, and as an organization, we strive to provide the best possible experience for all premium seat holders.

(Thomas Peipert / Associated Press)

It was Tuesday.I was hungry.So I went out to enjoy a dinner that millions of Americans have gobbled up on that day for decades.Tacos.I stopped by Chapter One: The Modern Bistro, a restaurant in downtown Santa Ana I have haunted almost from the moment it opened 12 years ago.

Like any good Bitcoin maximalist, Tether is holding its own coins.The issuer of the largest stablecoin, USDT, disclosed that information in a recent blog post announcing it will be "regularly" buying bitcoin with its surplus profits to build up a war chest.This follows a surprisingly robust attestation (aka an "Assurance Report" completed by top five accounting firm BDO Italia, which is not the same as an audit) showing Tether netted $1.48 billion in profit in the first quarter of the year.

Kenyan marathon specialist Eliud Kipchoge has won the Princess of Asturias Award for sports for 2023, the Spanish foundation that organizes the prizes said Thursday.Kipchoge, 38, who took Olympic gold medals in the marathon in 2016 and 2020 and was world 5,000 meters champion in 2003 is considered a legend in world athletics and the best marathon runner of all time, the foundation panel of judges said in the press release.

Caving to pressure from Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) and Catholic groups, the L.A. Dodgers have canceled an appearance by a group of drag performers at an upcoming Pride event.The Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, a non-profit LGBTQ+ group of performers and activists who dress as campy nuns, were initially scheduled to receive the Dodgers' Community Hero Award at the team's annual Pride Night on June 16.