Saturday, July 5

Finance

Former South Carolina attorney Alex Murdaugh was found guilty Thursday of killing his wife and adult son in a 2021 double-murder, following a trial that spanned more than five weeks and captivated the country given Murdaugh’s prominent background.

NBA Commissioner Adam Silver opened the NBA Technology Summit with a demonstration of AI featuring Luka Doncic and AR where he captured volumetric video of Ahmad Rashad and superimposed Rashad’s image over the image of an NBA player in a live game so it appeared Ahmad was actually playing in the game as opposed to the actual player. Talk about being part of the action.

There are certain whiskeys that aren’t just drinks, they’re events. Booze nerds will exult, “And then they brought out the Weller 12!” Or casually brag, “I got a great deal on this Johnnie Walker Blue Label.” Or marvel, “I couldn’t believe I actually found a bottle of Yamazaki 25 at that store!” We all have our white whale whiskeys, and none is more ubiquitous than Pappy Van Winkle. It’s the wheated bourbon that brings out collectors, investors, speculators and macho spendthrifts, few of whom know what a wheated bourbon is. What they do know is that it’s hard to find and costs a lot, and therefore they must have it.

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