A former JPMorgan broker who claimed he was wrongfully fired over a $642.50 deli platter attached to a business meeting has been awarded nearly $4 million in damages by a Wall Street arbitration panel, the New York Post reports.The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) ruled last week and ordered JPMorgan Chase to pay veteran Beverly Hills broker Brent Ryan Bodner millions in compensation in 2024 following his dismissal over what he called misplaced expense claims.The controversy centered on a gathering held by Bodner at his home in February 2024. Banks reportedly described the meeting as a “Super Bowl party”. Bodner’s lawyer said it was a pre-approved business meeting.His attorney, Baltimore-based Mark Seldin Rosen, said the expense was for a deli platter delivered to Bodner’s home for the meeting, which was ordered before the Super Bowl.“They weren’t hiding anything,” the lawyer said, adding that the receipt showed a delivery to Bodner’s home. “There was nothing nefarious there. He presented documents showing it was at his home.”He said the assistant handling the expense initially coded it as if the food was eaten at a deli rather than through delivery, but argued it still complied with company expense rules.Rosen also claimed that JPMorgan used the incident as an excuse to fire his client, adding that the decision to fire him was made before the investigation was concluded.“This was no Super Bowl party,” he said.He added: “They tried to mischaracterize it as a Super Bowl party to humiliate them.”Bodner has spent more than a decade registering with JPMorgan Securities and its affiliates and now works at Wells Fargo.The FINRA panel also recommended that Bodner’s employment records be corrected, including changing his termination to “voluntary” and removing the termination explanation entirely.A JPMorgan Wealth Management spokesperson said: “We strongly disagree with FINRA’s decision and are disappointed by the outcome.”The news of this decision was first reported by Barron’s.Bodner had initially sought $30 million in total damages, including punitive compensation, but a three-member arbitration panel rejected most of those claims and did not award punitive damages. However, it also cost them $800 in filing fees plus almost $4 million in interest.Arbitrators also ordered JPMorgan to cover most of the costs related to the case. The bank has not said whether it will challenge this decision in court.

Rajasthan Royals Entered Qualifier 2 of IPL 2026 after defeating Sunrisers Hyderabad by 47 runs in the eliminator on Wednesday. That night belonged to 15-year-old Vaibhav Suryavanshi, whose knock of 97 off 29 balls put RR in complete control of the contest. Chasing a place in Qualifier 2, Rajasthan Royals scored 243 for eight after Suryavanshi dismantled SRH’s bowling attack in one of the most devastating innings of the season. The young player hit 12 sixes and came close to Chris Gayle’s record of the fastest century in IPL. Gayle completed his century in 30 balls, while Suryavanshi was out for 97 runs after facing only 29 balls. The left-handed batsman attacked from the start and forced Sunrisers Hyderabad captain Pat Cummins to find answers. Anything full disappeared straight under the ground, while smaller balls were cut up and dragged into the stands. Suryavanshi completed his half-century in just 16 balls, eight of which went for sixes. His opening partner Yashasvi Jaiswal watched from the other end most of the time and scored 29 runs in 29 balls. By the time Suryavanshi was dismissed by Prafulla Hinge in the eighth over, Rajasthan Royals’ score had reached 125 runs in eight overs. The teenager also broke Chris Gayle’s record of most sixes in an IPL season. He now has 65 sixes in his name this season, which has overtaken Gayle’s 59 sixes. After this, Dhruv Jurel took the innings forward by playing a quick inning of 50 runs in 21 balls, which is his sixth half-century of this season. Rajasthan Royals looked to be heading towards an even bigger score after scoring 180 runs for two wickets in 13 overs, but Sunrisers Hyderabad made a comeback in the death overs. SRH took five wickets for 36 runs in the last five overs and prevented RR from crossing the 260-run mark. Still, the damage had already been done. Pat Cummins took 0 wickets for 64 runs in four overs. Saqib Hussain gave away 49 runs in three overs, while Prafulla Hinge took three wickets but gave away 54 runs. Ishan Malinga also struggled, while wrist spinner Shivang Kumar impressed and took the wicket of Jaiswal. In reply, Sunrisers Hyderabad never recovered after losing wickets in the powerplay. jofra archer Made important strikes in the powerplay and removed Abhishek Sharma, Ishan Kishan and Travis Head. Archer’s final figures are 4-0-58-3. Although he conceded runs later in the innings, his wickets of SRH’s biggest match-winners proved decisive. Ishan Kishan scored 33 runs while Nitish Kumar Reddy scored 38 runs to help SRH chase the target briefly. Salil Arora added 35 runs, but wickets kept falling at regular intervals. Heinrich Klaasen also failed to make an impact and was LBW to Yashraj Punja while attempting an aggressive shot. The lower-middle order tried to counterattack, but the target proved too high. Ultimately Sunrisers Hyderabad was out for 196 runs in 19.2 overs. Rajasthan Royals will now face Gujarat Titans in Qualifier 2 on Friday for a place in the IPL 2026 final.

Mike Vrabel and Diana Russini (Getty Images)

New England Patriots head coach Mike Vrabel came into OTAs yesterday and did something he hasn’t done in a while, talked about his wife. Asked about balancing family and football this offseason, Vrabel looked reporters in the eye and said: “I appreciate my family. I love Jane. I like boys. “I love my personal friends.” Sweet? Sure. spontaneous? Absolutely not. It’s a man washing clothes in public, and the spin cycle is in full swing.

Mike Vrabel professes love for wife Jen at Patriots press conference months later Diana Russini affair scandal

And now, right on cue, comes the clean-up operation. Vrabel declared his love for Jen in a nationally covered press conference.Meanwhile, Russini was photographed kissing her husband Kevin Goldschmidt on Mother’s Day and was spotted with him in New York City just two weekends ago. Both parties, together, are returning to their spouses very publicly. It has the energy of two people who caught on, hired the same crisis PR consultant and agreed to a deadline. Is their reconciliation real? Perhaps. But when your declaration of love comes in response to a reporter’s question at a football press conference, not over dinner, not in a heartfelt post, not in a private moment between two people trying to rebuild, but in front of cameras while discussing OTAs, it feels less like a husband missing his wife and more like a man managing a narrative. The clothes are being cleaned, okay. Everyone can just watch the machine running.

From affair scandal to “I love Jane”: the Vrabel-Russini PR reconciliation is happening in real time

In April, Page Six released photos of Vrabel and former NFL reporter Diana Russini holding hands, hugging and sitting poolside together at the Ambiente luxury resort in Sedona, Arizona. Then TMZ and The New York Times piled on old photos from 2020 to 2024 that showed the two at casinos and bars, including a photo where they were kissing. Both denied the affair. Vrabel admitted to having “difficult conversations” with his family, committed to counseling, and skipped the final day of the NFL Draft to fly to Utah with Jen for what media outlets described as an “emergency 24-hour marriage summit.” At dinner they seemed cordial, talkative, not particularly affectionate, and went home separately.So we don’t really know what’s going on behind the scenes, but we’ll take their word for it for now.

Hrishikesh Koloth was an MMA fighter

A 27-year-old Indian-origin mixed martial arts (MMA) trainee killed in a rare bear attack in northern Saskatchewan, Canada, has been identified as Hrishikesh Koloth, a fighter who dreamed of competing in the UFC, according to his family.Hrishikesh Koloth died on May 8 while working at a uranium exploration site near Nordby Lake, about 850 kilometers northeast of Saskatoon. He was employed as a contractor technician at the Zoo Bay property operated by Vancouver-based UraniumX Discovery Corp.According to CBC News, he was from Kerala, India and moved to Canada three years ago and was living with his elder brother in Penticton, British Columbia. He had trained in MMA for over a decade, first in India and later in Canada, and was preparing to pursue a professional fighting career.His brother Arjun Koloth said that Hrishikesh’s lifelong ambition was to fight professionally.Arjun said, “It was his dream. That’s why he came here.” “He wanted to fight in the UFC.”He trained at Skowden Martial Arts in Penticton, where his instructors had high expectations for his future. Arjun said he was scheduled to start working as a boxing coach in Vancouver in June.Arjun said, “A job is only a means to an end.” “In the end we had to fight.”Arjun said that Hrishikesh was fearless and committed towards his goals. “He’s not afraid of anything,” he said.Arjun said, “Two days’ notice before the fight? Doesn’t matter. Is the opponent heavier than him? Doesn’t matter. Win or lose, he just wanted to fight.”Arjun remembered receiving the devastating news early in the morning.“An RCMP came and knocked on my door and told me your brother has passed away in Saskatchewan,” he said.After the attack, a civilian present at the scene shot and killed the bear. The animal was later sent for post-mortem.Hrishikesh’s brother is now in Kerala for the last rites and said he wants his brother to be remembered for what he was: “I want him to be remembered for what he did. The innocent heart, the soul of the fighter. The warrior.” And let me just say that he struggled [the] Bear. That’s all…the bear did not attack him. He attacked the bear.”This case is considered extremely rare. This is only the fourth fatal bear attack in Saskatchewan’s recorded history. The last such incident occurred in 2020, when 44-year-old Stephanie Blais was murdered near her family cabin north of Buffalo Narrows.

New Delhi: Indian Navy has foiled a suspected piracy attack on a merchant vessel in the western Indian Ocean.“Responding quickly to inputs of pirate activity near merchant ship MV Mashallah 1, stealth guided-missile destroyer INS Kolkata took prompt action to investigate and deter the threat,” the Navy said in a statement.Officials said the warship reached the location, monitored the activities of the suspected pirates and effectively deterred them through its operational presence. The investigation was conducted using a helicopter on board INS Kolkata. During the mission, the Navy also ensured safe passage for MV Mashallah 1 through the sensitive maritime area.“This timely intervention ensured the safety of the merchant vessel and prevented a potential piracy attack,” the statement said. This incident happened around the Gulf of Aden.Following the incident, the Indian Navy, as a preferred security partner and first responder in the region, said it is committed to protecting merchant shipping, countering piracy and ensuring safe and secure seas.The western Indian Ocean and parts of the Gulf of Aden have seen an increase in piracy-related incidents in recent years, posing serious challenges to merchant vessels, officials said. To deal with such growing threats, the Navy has deployed its frontline warships in the area to keep a check on piracy activities and maintain constant surveillance on merchant vessels.The Navy has also conducted several joint exercises and coordinated operations with friendly foreign countries in recent years to strengthen anti-piracy mechanisms.INS Kolkata, the destroyer that foiled the suspected piracy attack, was inducted into the Indian Navy by PM Modi in August 2014. It is equipped with a range of artillery and anti-submarine warfare (ASW) weapons and is the largest indigenously built warship. The ship is equipped with medium-range and short-range guns, air and anti-surface missiles, air and surface surveillance radar, as well as bow-mounted sonar. Modern navigation and communication systems have also been installed on the ship.

travis kels Now officially a game owner. The Kansas City Chiefs announced Wednesday that he is joining the Cleveland Guardians’ ownership group as a minority investor, buying into the MLB team he grew up watching from the bleachers as a child in Cleveland Heights, Ohio. No financial terms were disclosed, but Guardians is valued at around $1.7 billion, so even a small slice isn’t pocket change. The 36-year-old Kelce is expected to celebrate the deal in person at Progressive Field on June 14, when the Guardians host the Detroit Tigers.

Travis Kelce buys minority stake in Cleveland Guardians, joining childhood team’s ownership group

There’s something really sweet about it. Kelce didn’t buy some random franchise for the portfolio, he bought into the team he rode the Rapid Light Rail to watch as a kid, the one he scored with his dad, the one that gave him “core memories” of Kenny Lofton and Jim Thome in the ’90s. “I’m a kid from the heights living the dream,” he told ESPN’s Jeff Passan. This is attractive. It’s also very, very calculative, and both things can be true.Kelce joins an ownership group led by chairman Paul Dolan and partner David Blitzer, who have an option to purchase a majority stake in the team after 2027. He was specifically brought in by Blitzer, who is also co-owner of the Philadelphia 76ers and New Jersey Devils. The Guardians officially confirmed the deal on Wednesday, and Kelce announced it on his New Heights podcast with brother Jason, because, of course, he did.

From bleachers to the boardroom: Kelce and Mahomes are quietly building a sports empire

This isn’t Kelce’s first ownership rodeo, and it’s not a solo act. He and Chiefs teammates patrick mahomes The two members have been co-investing as a private equity firm for some time now. Both already own a minority stake in the Alpine Formula 1 team. Mahomes, meanwhile, owns a share of the Kansas City Royals, and Kelce now has his own MLB team. The bromance has officially entered the wealth-building era.But Kelce’s portfolio goes further than that. He owns a stake in an amusement park company, a mattress brand, a beer company, a restaurant, and a very lucrative podcast. Man is diverse. And now, together Taylor SwiftWith a ring on his finger and a baseball team in his investment portfolio, Kelce is doing what very few NFL players are able to do, turning fame into a true business empire while still actively playing. He’ll turn 37 in October, with the 2026 season widely expected to be his last in the NFL, and he’s already deciding what’s next. Attractive? Absolutely. Calculated? without a doubt. But when you’re Travis Kelce, those two things are always the same thing.

Former MAGA influencer and Elon Musk Ally Ashley St. Clair has made a series of explosive claims about the American political right, saying she was offered large sums of money to keep quiet and alleging that parts of the MAGA movement operated through coordinated private group chats linked to senior political figures.In an interview with a journalist Mehndi HasanSt. Clair said he was once offered money to promote former US Ambassador Rick Grenell to Secretary of State. He claimed that there are “multiple chats that they deal with”, which he said sometimes include Trump administration officials and Trump family members. Grenell has previously denied involvement in any such efforts.St. Clair also said that after distancing herself from MAGA politics, she faced pressure from people within the movement and said she was offered substantial money to remain silent about her experiences.When asked if he had rejected any financial offers, he said, “I did.”He said, “I am not at liberty to discuss but I have turned down so much money that it is the GDP of a small country.”He also talked about changing his political views, his time at MAGA, and critics’ claims that he changed his position out of personal anger or revenge against Musk.Addressing those claims, he rejected the idea that his views were motivated by revenge or financial gain. “Well, first of all I’m not making any money from this. I’m back in school. I finished my semester with 22 credits and I plan on going to law school. That’s what I want to do. I want to start fighting and making reforms within a system that I believe is causing a lot of harm.”He also said he feared backlash from former MAGA associates. “I knew what the MAGA reaction would be. I was in this cult for almost a decade. I knew exactly how they would respond to me and I was prepared to be ostracized. I was ready to work with it.”During the interview, St. Clair said that he later reconsidered his views after being exposed to different viewpoints and personal experiences. She said her thinking was influenced by conversations with transgender friends and reading historical accounts, including slave narratives.“There were a lot of things. It happened slowly and then all at once,” he said.He also claimed that in conservative circles there was a strong culture of distrust of mainstream media and academic institutions, including incentives to report professors through activist lists.The interview also discussed her relationship with tech billionaire Elon Musk and her legal action against his AI company XAI after he claimed it generated explicit deepfake images of her.

New Delhi: The ED does not require an FIR lodged by any enforcement agency for any scheduled offense to initiate investigation under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA).Lifting the stay on ED’s investigation against Cochin Minerals and Rutile Limited (CMRL), a publicly listed company of Kerala State Industrial Development Corporation, the Kerala High Court on Tuesday dismissed a plea by CMRL on the grounds that the ED’s money laundering probe is independent of the existence of a scheduled offence.A day after the Kerala High Court verdict, the ED on Wednesday began searches at nine premises in Thiruvananthapuram, including the residence of former Kerala CM Pinarayi Vijayan, where he was staying with his daughter Veena, one of the accused who allegedly received Rs 2.8 crore from CMRL without providing any IT services, as claimed.Justice TR Ravi of the Kerala High Court rejected petitioner CMRL’s challenge against the summons issued by the enforcement agency, saying “the issue of summons was only for the purpose of investigation and there is no need to even register an FIR”.Citing the Supreme Court judgment in Vijay Madanlal Chaudhary (supra), Justice Ravi said that “non-filing of FIR in respect of a scheduled offense does not prevent the initiation of inquiry/investigation by the authorities referred to in section 48 of the PMLA for initiating civil action for provisional attachment of property.”The court further observed that “The word ‘investigation’ has been defined in Section 2(n)(a) to include all proceedings taken by the Director or the authorized authority to collect evidence. A reading of the summons issued would show that what has been initiated is merely an investigation.”The judge said, “It is not possible to tell at this stage what will be the outcome of the investigation. As the Supreme Court has already laid down the law that existence of FIR is not a pre-condition for issuing summons under Section 50 of the PML Act, the same has to be followed only by this court.”The court said that the writ petition has been filed prematurely and is not maintainable against the summons issued under Section 50 PMLA. It further said that the exemption under the Income Tax Settlement Mechanism does not bar PMLA proceedings and the powers of the ED are independent of the final report of the SFIO or prosecution.Dismissing the petition, the court said that the subsequent filing of the SFIO prosecution complaint “cured the main objection of the petitioners regarding the absence of the prescribed offence”.