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Eric Dane Seemingly Dating Janell Shirtcliff, New Girlfriend

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Eric Dane is getting McSteamy once again.

The Grey’s Anatomy alum appeared to debut a new relationship with filmmaker Janell Shirtcliff at the premiere of Prime Video’s Countdown in Los Angeles June 18.

Dane—who shared his diagnosis with ALS in April—stepped out on the red carpet hand-in-hand with Shirtcliff, who donned a red pinstripe blazer dress for their public debut.

The photographer—who has taken celeb portraits of Dua Lipa, Jenna Ortega and Kate Hudson—accessorized her look with a green handbag and aviator shades, while he kept it summer chic in a casual pair of beige trousers worn with a tee and white sweater. 

At one point on the carpet, the couple shared a laugh while looking into each other’s eyes. 

E! News has reached out to their reps for comment on the relationship, but hasn’t heard back.

Prior to his apparent romance with Shirtcliff, Dane was in a relationship with Rebecca Gayheart, whom he married in 2004. Though she filed for divorce in 2018, Gayheart—who shares kids Billie, 15, and Georgia, 13, with the actor—filed to dismiss her divorce petition in March 2025, with him signing off on the move to stay legally married.

Woman, 66, charged with murder in Camden missing Rolex case

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A 69-year-old-woman has been charged with murdering another woman who was found fatally stabbed in her home in Camden, north London, on 13 June.

Jennifer Abbott, also known as Sarah Steinberg, was found by her niece and neighbours at her home in Mornington Place. The neighbour said she had been left with tape across her mouth.

Nancy Pexton, of Gloucester Place, Westminster has been charged with murder and is due to appear later at Highbury Corner Magistrates’ Court.

The Metropolitan Police has previously said 69-year-old’s death may have been linked to the disappearance of a diamond encrusted Rolex watch that they believed was missing from the victim’s address.

Ms Abbott was a popular member of the community, according to the Met Police.

She was often seen walking her corgi dog in the Camden area where she was last spotted on 10 June, three days before her body was found.

A post-mortem examination concluded Ms Abbott died as a result of sharp force trauma.

Sports betting company DraftKings launching PAC

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DraftKings, a sports betting company, said Wednesday it filed with the Federal Election Commission (FEC) to create a corporate political action committee (PAC).

DraftKings’s PAC will fall under the separate segregated funds (SSF) category, which means the committee can solicit contributions only from individuals associated with a connected or sponsoring organization, according to the FEC.  

“We have established this PAC to support state and federal candidates and organizations who have shown an interest in issues affecting our business,” a company spokesperson told The Hill.

DraftKings fell under scrutiny in recent years due to their alleged attempt to “obstruct or impair competition” in the sports betting industry, which is a violation of federal antitrust laws.

Bipartisan lawmakers urged the Federal Trade Commission and Justice Department to investigate their dealings after a failed 2016 merger with FanDuel. 

While the company did not directly respond to requests for comment about alleged wrongdoing, a spokesperson did share that they hope to use their newly founded PAC to improve the online gambling experience for consumers. 

“DraftKings’ ultimate goal is to build the best, most trusted, and most customer-centric destination for our players. The recent tax increase in Illinois makes it harder to provide the best service to our players while it simultaneously incentivizes more players to wager in the unregulated, illegal market,” a spokesperson told The Hill.

“Among other things, we are monitoring a range of regulatory, tax, and licensing policies around the country, including the recent tax increase in Illinois. In addition, DraftKings may prioritize issues that impact business operations, including the expansion of the legal, regulated online betting market,” they added.

Regulators’ plans for US bank leverage relief may underwhelm US Treasury market

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By Davide Barbuscia and Pete Schroeder

NEW YORK (Reuters) -U.S. Treasury market participants hoping for a long-awaited shift in bank leverage rules may be in for a letdown if U.S. regulators choose to ease capital requirements rather than exclude U.S. government bonds from leverage calculations.

The Federal Reserve said this week it would weigh proposals to ease leverage requirements for large banks at a June 25 meeting, launching what’s likely to be a wider review of banking regulations. The agenda includes potential changes to the “supplementary leverage ratio,” a rule that mandates banks hold capital against all assets, irrespective of risk.

Regulators including the Fed, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency have been considering whether to tweak the rule’s formula to reduce big banks’ burdens or provide relief for extremely safe investments, like Treasury bonds, Reuters has reported.

Currently, all banks are required to hold 3% of their capital against their leverage exposure, which is their assets and other off-balance sheet items like derivatives. The largest global banks must hold an extra 2% as well in what is known as the “enhanced supplementary leverage ratio.”

The Fed is expected to propose tweaks to that ratio in a bid to reduce the overall burden of that requirement, as opposed to broadly exempting categories of assets from the requirement, such as Treasury bonds, according to two industry officials.

However, it is possible the Fed could seek input on some exemptions, the officials said. The FDIC announced its own meeting next Thursday, where the agency will also discuss proposed changes to that ratio.

On Tuesday, Bloomberg reported that regulators plan to reduce by up to 1.5 percentage points the enhanced ratio for the biggest banks, bringing it down to a range of 3.5% to 4.5%.

“Lowering the capital requirements instead of a Treasury carve-out from the SLR is a weaker form of regulatory easing, and in my view it doesn’t fully address the constraint dealers face during intense market stress,” said Steven Zeng, U.S. rates strategist at Deutsche Bank.

“In our view, the news is moderately underwhelming,” analysts at Wells Fargo said in a note. “We think that many market participants were anticipating a carve out of UST assets from the denominator.”

The Fed did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

Spreads between long-term swap rates and Treasury yields tightened on Wednesday, turning more negative, even as earlier in the year they had been widening amid hopes that regulatory shifts in bank capital rules would bolster demand for Treasuries. The move likely reflected disappointment on the news that regulators plan to lower the requirements, said Zeng.

Bluesky briefly suspended JD Vance’s account after he joined

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When U.S. Vice President JD Vance joined Bluesky on Wednesday evening, he got banned immediately. However, his account was restored after a while, with Bluesky saying that the ban was issued after the social network’s system that looks for impersonating attempts fired a warning.

“Vice President Vance’s account was briefly flagged by our automated systems that try to detect impersonation attempts, which have targeted public figures like him in the past. The account was quickly restored and verified so people can easily confirm its authenticity,” A Bluesky spokesperson told TechCrunch in a statement.

“We welcome the Vice President to join the conversation on Bluesky,” the spokesperson said.

Vance’s first post on Bluesky was about the Supreme Court’s decision to uphold a Tennessee law that bars gender-affirming care for transgender minors.

Canada coach Jesse Marsch faces fresh Concacaf investigation

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Jun 19, 2025, 02:11 PM ET

The Canadian Soccer Association and head coach Jesse Marsch are under investigation by Concacaf over claims of rules violations and the use of offensive language during Canada‘s 6-0 Gold Cup win over Honduras on Tuesday.

Marsch wasn’t even on the sidelines for the game since he was serving a two-game suspension for receiving a red card in Canada’s third-place game of the Nations League finals against the United States in March.

“The Disciplinary Committee will review all available evidence, including official reports detailing that the CSA and its head coach disregarded regulations applicable to suspended match officials and used offensive language toward CONCACAF match officials,” Concacaf said in a statement Wednesday.

Marsch claimed in March that Canada has long been treated with “disrespect” by Concacaf match officials.

Marsch, 51, is a native of Wisconsin, who played more than 300 games in MLS with D.C. United, the Chicago Fire and Chivas USA.

He was a head coach with the Montreal Impact and New York Red Bulls before heading to Europe, where he has coached at Red Bull Salzburg, RB Leipzig and Leeds United.

Information from Field Level Media was used in this report.

Jaws Secrets for the 50th Anniversary

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8. As for Roy Scheider, he landed the part of police chief Martin Brody after meeting Spielberg at a party.

“I was sitting there and somebody walked over to me and introduced themselves to me and said, ‘You’re sitting here all alone. Are you OK?'” Spielberg recalled in Jaws: The Inside Story. “And it was Roy Scheider.”

Spielberg began lamenting to Scheider—who at this point had starred in The French Connection—about how he couldn’t find an actor to play Chief Brody.

“I told him the whole story—I even told him the five or six actors I had talked to that I decided that I didn’t want to go with,” the Oscar winner continued. “Roy looked at me and he said, ‘What about me? I’m an actor. I’d love to be in Jaws.'”

9. While Scheider got the part, Charlton Heston had also been vying for the role. However, Spielberg was concerned Heston—who’d starred in The Ten Commandments, Ben-Hur, and The Agony and the Ecstasy—was too big of a star and that the audience wouldn’t relate to him.

“I thought for Charlton Heston to play that part would be a little bit not fair for the shark,” he added in Jaws: The Inside Story, “because the shark wouldn’t last through the first act.”

10. And you’re gonna need…to thank Scheider for this iconic line.

“One of the oft-quoted lines in the movie is Roy Scheider saying, ‘We gotta get a bigger boat,’ which he improvised on the set,” Gottlieb said in 1995’s The Making of Jaws. “I acknowledge that as a writer. I’m pleased that he said that.”

‘Dismal’ month for supermarkets pushes down retail sales

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A “dismal” month for supermarkets led to UK retail sales falling in May at the fastest pace for more than a year, official figures show.

Sales volumes dropped 2.7% in May, the biggest monthly fall since December 2023, according to the Office for National Statistics (ONS).

Food retailers saw lower sales of alcohol and tobacco as households cut back, while clothing and household goods stores reported “slow trading”, the ONS said.

Separate figures on the UK economy showed that government borrowing rose last month, hitting the second highest level for May since monthly began in 1993.

Borrowing – the difference between spending and tax income – was £17.7bn, up £0.7bn from May last year.

The ONS said revenue from income tax and National Insurance contributions increased, but spending rose by more, partly due to inflation-linked uplifts to many benefits.

May’s fall in sales followed a 1.3% rise in April, when sales were boosted by sunny weather.

The good weather earlier this year led to people bringing forward home improvement projects, which meant demand for DIY goods fell in May.

The ONS figures show that sales volumes in the three months to May were still up by 0.8% compared to the previous three months, which is seen as a better guide to underlying trends.

However, Paul Dales, chief UK economist at Capital Economics, said the data added to “other evidence that the burst of economic growth” in the early part of the year “is over”.

He said some of May’s decline was due to the boost in April from the warm weather fading, but “the ONS also said retailers noted inflation was prompting consumers to cut back”.

Judge rejects 'Duffy Directive' tying DOT grants to immigration cooperation

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Related video: LA Dodgers deny access to stadium by ICE agents (KTLA)

A federal judge on Thursday rejected Department of Transportation (DOT) Secretary Sean Duffy’s attempt to tie state funding to immigration enforcement operations.

“Congress did not authorize or grant authority to the Secretary of Transportation to impose immigration enforcement conditions on federal dollars specifically appropriated for transportation purposes,” U.S. District Judge John McConnell wrote in the preliminary injunction. 

McConnell, a former President Obama appointee, said the 20 states suing the Trump administration are likely to succeed in blocking Duffy’s efforts to restrict federal funding.

In late April, the Transportation secretary said states would lose federal funds for roads, bridges and other infrastructure projects if they block President Trump’s immigration enforcement efforts; support diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives; or defy other directives from the administration.

Democratic state attorneys general in jurisdictions with sanctuary cities filed the lawsuit, alleging that Duffy’s restrictions were an overreach of authority.

The White House and Department of Homeland Security did not immediately respond to The Hill’s request for comment.

The 20 states are also pursuing a separate case in Rhode Island regarding the blocking of federal grants issued by the Department of Homeland Security. 

DAT and OTR, embroiled in dispute over factoring, reach settlement and end battle

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The legal battle between factoring company OTR Solutions and DAT Freight & Analytics has come to a quick end, with DAT disclosing Wednesday that OTR had “voluntarily” ended its suit.

The closure to the lawsuit comes a week after OTR had won a victory in the Superior Court of Cobb County, when a court ordered DAT Solutions to suspend the operations of Outgo, a financial services and factoring company DAT acquired in May.

A spokesman for DAT, which put out a brief announcement about the end to the lawsuit, declined to answer questions submitted by FreightWaves about any provisions in the settlement.

“Following the resolution, OTR voluntarily dismissed its lawsuit against DAT,” the statement said.

The lawsuit’s end came even as it appeared OTR had the upper hand in the dispute, at least in court. In the June 10 Cobb County decision, the court said OTR was likely to succeed on the claims it made in the lawsuit.

The court ordered DAT to suspend operations of Outgo and come into compliance with a 2021 non-compete agreement between OTR and DAT.

Whatever provisions were in the recent agreement between DAT and OTR, it does not appear OTR will have any sort of special presence on the DAT load board as it did before the Outgo acquisition.

“DAT thanks OTR for their years of partnership and their collaboration in reaching a constructive outcome,” DAT said in a prepared statement.

With the end of the lawsuit, and the ruling by Cobb County Superior County Judge Adele P. Grubbs, DAT is now free to market the factoring services of Outgo on its platform. “Outgo, a DAT product, is fully operational through the DAT One platform—delivering fast, transparent payment services that help carriers manage cash flow and keep their businesses moving,” DAT said in its statement.

OTR also declined to answer further questions beyond its prepared statement. “OTR and DAT were able to reach an amicable resolution,” the statement said. “We look forward to focusing our attention on serving the needs of our clients.”

Before the Outgo acquisition, the relationship between OTR and DAT involved OTR paying referral fees to DAT, while the latter’s load board had a blue checkmark next to OTR’s name to signal DAT had reviewed OTR’s creditworthiness for its factoring activities.

DAT and OTR had a non-disclosure agreement signed in February 2021. That relationship was strengthened in August of that year with a “referral and revenue sharing agreement.”

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