Author: anibalhagelthorn

MARTIN SAMUEL: Football cannot look away from Greenwood allegations

on June 30, 2025

The urge might be to look away.The blood, the bruises, the smudged, frightened eyes. Here is true horror and, rather than confront it, the urge will be to retreat into incongruous concerns about assets written off or careers ended, as if and his employers are victims, too.But football cannot look [...]

Ex-Raiders CB Damon Arnette faces gun, drug charges

by anibalhagelthorn

on June 26, 2025

Former Raiders cornerback Damon Arnette was arrested in Las Vegas early Saturday on gun and drug charges. The former first-round draft pick was booked into the Clark County Detention Center on counts including assault with a deadly weapon, carrying or concealing a gun without a permit, possession [...]

A villa in Rome where a Texas-born Italian princess has lived for two decades with the only known Caravaggio ceiling mural will be re-auctioned after it failed to sell

by anibalhagelthorn

on June 17, 2025

A villa in Rome where a Texas-born Italian princess has lived for two decades with the only known Caravaggio ceiling mural will be re-auctioned after it failed to sell.The Casino dell'Aurora, also known as Villa Ludovisi, has been in the Ludovisi family since the early 1600s but became the subject [...]

UAE inks deal with casino giant Wynn as Gulf state eyes gambling

by anibalhagelthorn

on June 7, 2025

By Lisa Barrington and Aziz El Yaakoubi DUBAI, Jan 25 (Reuters) - Hotel and casino operator Wynn Resorts will build a luxury resort in Ras Al Khaimah in the United Arab Emirates with a "gaming area", it said on Tuesday, potentially paving the way for gambling to be allowed in the Muslim Gulf state. [...]