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TimesofIndia.com in Chennai: The stakes are high. The remaining Super Eight matches are must-win games, contingent on South Africa’s results going in their favour. The situation wasn’t this desperate but the “worst game in the last two years” has now put the Indian cricket team in a tight spot ahead of clash against Zimbabwe in Chennai. The last five matches showed the defending champions were tactically predictable due to an overdose of left-handers. Ever since the debacle in Ahmedabad on Sunday, calls to add a right-hander have only grown louder. Not that Sanju Samson is the answer to all problems…

A former candidate in the 2026 race for governor of California and a popular YouTuber have been kicked off Kalshi’s platform for alleged violations related to insider trading, the popular prediction market revealed Wednesday.In a blog post detailing the cases, Kalshi’s head of enforcement, Robert DeNault, noted that the company’s surveillance system had flagged suspicious behavior in both instances.In the case of the political candidate, Kalshi cited a video posted online “that appeared to show him trading on his own candidacy.” Kalshi froze the candidate’s accounts and reported the activity to the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, the government agency that…

Xavier Lorenzo | Moment | Getty ImagesA smaller share of actively managed mutual funds and exchange-traded funds outperformed their index-based counterparts in 2025 than in the prior year, according to new research. Even so, both kinds of investments can have a place in your portfolio, financial advisors say.”I don’t treat passive and active [funds] as rivals,” said certified financial planner Mike Casey, founder and president of AE Advisors in Alexandria, Virginia. “I treat them as teammates.”Active vs. passive fund performanceAmong active funds — those with professional investment managers at the helm — 38% beat their passive peers in 2025 after…

Zohran Mamdani, the new mayor of New York City, soared to victory last year on a handful of ambitious promises. Among them was a pledge to open a city-owned grocery store in every borough to address the twin problems of food deserts and rising grocery prices.His idea hasn’t yet evolved into an actual plan. Atlanta beat him: last summer, the city opened Azalea Fresh Market in the city’s downtown neighborhood, a municipal grocery store backed by city funding.“People need access to fresh food,” Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens said. “Food is a critical part of a healthy community.” Backing a grocery…

It’s been a whirlwind week for Xbox, and Microsoft’s gaming brand is still in a transitionary phase. Even with a new captain in charge of righting the floundering ship that is Xbox, the near-future story of Xbox won’t be drastically different than what was already promised. Longtime Microsoft exec and previous head of Xbox, Phil Spencer, announced his retirement on Feb. 20. Xbox President Sarah Bond also shared she was leaving Microsoft altogether. On Tuesday this week, the company gave Spencer his official sendoff with the full cheering squad and a proverbial handing of the torch (Xbox controller) to new…

MILWAUKEE — Over the weekend, the Los Angeles Lakers honored legendary coach and current Miami Heat executive Pat Riley with a statue outside of Crypto.com Arena. The eight-foot tall, 510-pound bronze sculpture captures Riley in a triumphant pose with one arm raised above his head and dressed in his iconic Armani suit. Few coaches in NBA history, if any, have been as stylish as Riley, who commanded the sidelines in an array of designer suits and alligator belts. It was no surprise, then, that he had some thoughts about the current fashion trends in the league. “I wish it went back to…

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We independently select these products—if you buy from one of our links, we may earn a commission. All prices were accurate at the time of publishing.“Julie & Julia” was a comfort movie I watched on repeat growing up. I would curl up with my friend, who was equally as passionate about food, and dream about one day re-creating Julia Child’s most iconic dishes myself. The beef bourguignon and bruschetta from the movie, in particular, will stick with me forever. ​​What Makes Julia Child’s Suprêmes de Volaille aux Champignons So Amazing I eat a lot of chicken since it’s an easy, affordable protein.…

The auteur confirmed the news on March 31, 2025, at CinemaCon, showing up towards the end of the Sony Pictures presentation to reveal further details. The logline for all four projects reads: “Each man has his own story, but together they are legendary.”To that end, these will be four interconnected biopics, one from each band member’s point of view. The exact order in which the films will be released is not yet known, though all four will hit the big screen in April 2028, in what the director describes as the first “bingeable moment in cinema.” (Think of it as…

Amazon is offering a new way for Alexa+ users to customize the AI assistant’s communication style. The company has introduced three personalities for Alexa+, so the assistant can adopt an attitude that is Brief, Chill or Sweet.The Brief style will be exactly that: no small talk and no extra conversation. Chill is easygoing and seems to be inspired by caricatures of the surfer/stoner type, while the Sweet mode is almost aggressively perky and chipper. In the audio sample provided, when a user asks “Alexa, how’s it going?” the Chill voice responds, “Life’s treating me well – all systems are Zen…