Michael Conforto broke out of an 0-for-15 slump by delivering a tiebreaking, two-out RBI single in the eighth inning, and the Dodgers rallied to beat the Mets 6-5.
Former Colts head coach Chuck Pagano, who ended his four-year retirement to become an assistant with the Ravens, says he has no desire to be an NFL head coach again.
As Elon Musk and US President Trump spar on social media, tech investors and executives are being forced to choose whether to support the most powerful man in business—or the White House.
Tennis starJessica Pegula is calling out the social media users who send athletes threatening messages based on their on-court performances.
Pegula, 31, shared a thread via her Instagram Stories on Wednesday, June 4, that included screenshots of some of the messages she allegedly received after her fourth-round loss in the French Open on Monday. She noted that the comments mostly came from sports bettors.
“These [bettors] are insane and delusional,” Pegula wrote. “And I don’t allow dms and try to remember when to shut my comments off during tournament weeks but they always find a way to my timeline. This stuff has never really bothered me much but does any other sport deal with this to our level? I’d love to know because it seems to be [predominantly] tennis?? It’s so disturbing.”
The screenshots showed commenters calling her a “trash can,” “low class” and a waste of oxygen. One user also shared an image that read “You Die.”
“You sold this match on purpose,” wrote another commenter. “Can’t wait until Karma spends the block back on you. Hopefully your first child will be a still birth.”
Pegula added that she’s not the only tennis pro to receive such messages.
“Every person on tour deals with it. It’s so bad,” she wrote. “Those are just really small snippets. I get told my family should get cancer and die from people on here on a regular basis. Absolutely crazy.”
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“Again I’m glad this stuff has never really gotten to me (can’t reason with crazy) but it doesn’t mean it doesn’t get to other players or make it ok,” Pegula continued. “When fans get on us as athletes to be tougher and stronger and etc etc. just realize you prob don’t have people sending you death threats every day and hoping your family dies and you give birth to a still born child.”
Pegula also noted that simply avoiding social media isn’t an option for a professional athlete.
“And don’t say ‘stay off social media’ well it’s unavoidable because our careers and sponsors are based off of posting on social media. These are comments I get with my DMs and comments turned off,” she concluded.
Pegula’s posts came the same day that Houston police revealed it had identified the sports bettor responsible for sending threatening messages to Houston Astros pitcher Lance McCullers Jr. after he had a rough outing earlier in the year against the Cincinnati Reds.
A spokesperson for the department told ESPN that the man was intoxicated at the time he sent the threats and that no charges were filed.
McCullers was forced to hire security after he said the posts included threats to “find my kids and murder them.”
He's also a prolific scorer, winning the Art Ross Trophy five times as the player leading the NHL in regular-season points.
McDavid also shares similarities with hockey legend Wayne Gretzky. McDavid and Gretzky are the only two players to be named the NHL MVP by unanimous vote. While Gretzky is often referred to as "The Great One," he believes McDavid is the greatest active NHL player.
"No question, he's the best player in hockey," Gretzky said during a guest appearance on ESPN's "The Pat McAfee Show."
"Unselfish young man. He loves playing in Edmonton, loves being the captain of the Oilers. Desperately wants a Stanley Cup, that's what he wants, cares about the most. Great for our game, great for the city of Edmonton. What a year. Scored the winning goal in the Four Nations Cup in overtime."
For the second consecutive year, the Oilers and Florida Panthers meet in the Stanley Cup Final. McDavid and the Oilers took Game 1 of the series Wednesday night.
The 4-3 victory was a come-from-behind win for Edmonton, which was down 3-1 at one point in the game. But the Oilers scored three unanswered goals for a statement victory on their home ice.
After tying the game in the third period at three, an overtime period was needed to determine the winner of Game 1.
When the Oilers held a man advantage, McDavid capitalized by making a nifty saucer pass to teammate Leon Draisaitl, who flew in front of the net to get the puck past Panthers' goaltender Sergei Bobrovsky.
Gretzky, who works as an NHL analyst for TNT broadcasts, predicted how McDavid's assist would set up teammate Mattias Ekholm to make what ended up being the game-tying goal in the third period of Wednesday's matchup with the Panthers.
"They're smothering them. They're playing really smart. They're playing the Rick Tocchet defense. They've got that forward in the middle," Gretzky said during the second intermission. "They've given them the outside. Connor's going to have to take it around the net or stop up and hit the late guy, because they're cutting everything off going to the net."
Gretzky then admitted his prediction was "luck," before praising McDavid.
"He's the best player in the world," Gretzky said. "He knows what he's doing. I just got lucky with that statement."
Game 2 is scheduled for Friday at Rogers Place in Edmonton. The series shifts to South Florida for Games 3 and 4.
Fox News' Scott Thompson contributed to this report.
House Democrats are asking the Department of Justice and FBI whether it is true, as Elon Musk now claims, that President Trump is in the Epstein files, Axios has learned.
Why it matters: It's the starkest example to date of how the highly public feud between the president and his onetime lieutenant is playing right into the hands of the Trump's political opponents.
Trump "is in the Epstein files," Musk wrote Thursday in a post on X, adding, "That is the real reason they have not been made public."
Driving the news: In a letter to Attorney General Pam Bondi and FBI Director Kash Patel first obtained by Axios, Reps. Stephen Lynch (D-Mass.) and Robert Garcia (D-Calif.) asked that they "immediately clarify whether this allegation is true."
The lawmakers asked for a timeline of the DOJ's declassification and publication of the Epstein files, an explanation for why they haven't turned over any new documents since February.
And they requested a description of Trump's role in reviewing the files, a list of personnel involved in their release and an answer for why files previously released to Congress contained "significant redactions."
Lynch is the acting ranking member of the House Oversight Committee and Garcia is the top Democrat on the Task Force on the Declassification of Federal Secrets.
State of play: Bondi released more than 100 pages of documents related to the Epstein case in February as part of a Trump administration push to provide more transparency into a wide array of high-profile cases.
The files were substantially redacted, however, and Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-Fla.), the chair of the declassification task force, has accused Bondi of "stonewalling" her demands for more files.
"We agree with their conclusion that the release of these documents is long overdue," Lynch and Garcia wrote.
What they're saying: Musk's allegation "implies that the President may be involved in determining which files should be released and whether files will be withheld from the public if he personally chooses," the two Democrats wrote.
They noted that Trump and Epstein's relationship has been well-documented.
"Any attempts to prevent the appropriate release of the Epstein files to shield the President from truth and accountability merits intense scrutiny by Congress and by the Department of Justice," they added.
The Tesla CEO marched backonto the political battlefield after repeatedly bashing the GOP's "Big Beautiful Bill" on X all Wednesday, just days after he officially stepped down from the White House DOGE office.
As Musk's marathon posting continued throughout Thursday, Tesla shares began to fall.
Trump told reporters during an Oval Office appearance that he and Elon "had a great relationship," but he wasn't sure if that would be the case anymore.
The president went on his own social media platform, Truth Social, to accuse Musk of criticizing the bill mainly because it would remove tax credits that benefit Tesla.
The jabs on social media only escalated from there.
Musk not only denied Trump's characterization, but he dug up old tweets from the president that appeared to back the CEO's views, accused Trump of having ties with the late financier and registered sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, and took credit for helping Trump win the 2024 election.
"This is an unfortunate episode from Elon, who is unhappy with the One Big Beautiful Bill because it does not include the policies he wanted," White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said in response to BI's inquiry regarding Musk's Epstein post. "The President is focused on passing this historic piece of legislation and making our country great again."
Tesla shares plummeted more than 14%, representing about a $138 billion wipeout of the company's total market cap.
Bloomberg Billionaires Index estimated that $34 billion from Musk's net worth was wiped out after Thursday's fallout, representing one of the CEO's biggest single-day losses.
In November 2021, Musk put up a poll on Twitter, asking his followers if he should sell 10% of his Tesla stock. More than 57% of 3.5 million responders said, "Yes."
The post triggered a 16% decline in Tesla shares that week, leading to a $50 billion loss in the executive's net worth.
However, the Securities and Exchange Commission has begged to differ.
The SEC sued Musk as a consequence of his infamous 2018 tweet in which he said he would take Tesla private at $420.
The settlement that followed included a $20 million fine and a stipulation that required Musk to get legal approval for any social media posts about Tesla. The arrangement became known as Musk's "Twitter sitter."
Musk has tried and failed to strike down the arrangement, taking his case to the Supreme Court in 2023. It rejected his appeal last April.
Musk and a spokesperson for Tesla did not respond to a request for comment.
Amazon cut jobs in its Books business, according to an internal email.
The company started by selling books online in the 1990s.
This remains a large business for the e-commerce giant.
Amazon is cutting jobs in its Books business, according to an internal email viewed by Business Insider on Thursday.
"Today, we are taking the very difficult step of eliminating some roles on your team," a senior Amazon manager wrote in the email. "Unfortunately, your role has been eliminated. This decision was not made lightly, and Books leadership and the HR team are here to support you through this transition."
The email stated employees will receive full pay and benefits for the next 60 days, or 90 days for employees in New York or New Jersey, plus additional severance.
"As part of our ongoing work to make our teams and programs operate more efficiently, and to better align with our business roadmap, we've made the difficult decision to eliminate a small number of roles within the Books organization," an Amazon spokesperson said. "We don't make these decisions lightly, and we're committed to supporting affected employees through their transitions."
The cuts affected fewer than 100 employees. The tech giant isn't reducing the size of its Books business because the roles will be repurposed for other parts of the company, according to Amazon.
Amazon got started by selling books online in the 1990s. While the company closed its physical stores in 2022, the online business remained big. Amazon sold $16.9 billion worth of books in the first 10 months of 2022, BI previously reported.
Pauline Cabessa left France and moved to Koh Samui, Thailand, to take over a boutique hotel she'd vacationed at for years.
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The sun was shining, the sea was glistening, and the woman in front of me looked every bit the boss of this little slice of paradise in Thailand.
Dressed in breezy beachwear — a matching set with bold prints in yellow, pink, and orange — she stepped out of the hotel's front office and greeted me with a bright smile.
"Sunglasses are a must," she told me with a laugh, as she led me down the long entryway lined with lush greenery, the tropical sun blazing overhead.
Cabessa had no prior experience running a hotel, but her background managing a restaurant in Saint Tropez helped.
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Pauline Cabessa runs Cielo Samui, a boutique hotel on Koh Samui's Bo Phut beach.
For more than a decade, Cabessa and her husband escaped their home base in Saint Tropez every winter to holiday in Samui.
They were frequent guests of the hotel — then named Eden Beach Bungalows — where they struck up a friendship with the French owner. One day, during a casual conversation, he let slip that he was looking to sell the property.
Almost immediately, Cabessa and her husband, Francois Vargas, found themselves imagining what it would be like to take over the place.
The idea stuck, even after their vacation ended. "As we were on the plane, going back to work, we kept thinking, 'Oh, we need to find a way to make it,'" she said.
In 2017, they packed up their lives in France, said goodbye to their loved ones, and moved across the world to run the hotel — never mind the fact that neither of them had ever managed one before.
"I felt like it was time in life for a challenge," Cabessa, now 43, said. "Being an employee, doing the same thing all your life — if you don't do things that are a little bit crazy, then afterward it might be a little bit too late."
But her job managing a restaurant in Saint Tropez had startedto feel hollow. It was as if the essence of hospitality was being replaced by a culture of showing off, she said.
"I was really losing the authentic connection I shared with people, and time with my family as well, because I was working a lot," she said. "Well, it was thanks to that that I am here now. With the money I earned there, I was able to take on this project."
She preferred to keep financial details private but said she and her husband co-own the hotel with another couple — longtime friends who came onboard as business partners. While their business partners are primarily investorsand live in the US, she and her husband run the day-to-day operations of the hotel in Samui.
When tourism ground to a halt during the pandemic, she took the chance to redesign and renovate the entire property. This is a photo of one of the villas after the renovation.
Provided by Cielo Samui.
The opportunity to take over the hotel came at the right time, since she and Vargas were also thinking about expanding their family. Saint Tropez no longer feltlike a place where they wanted to raise their kids.
"I wanted my daughter to learn more English and be in contact with people from different places. I wanted a second child as well," she said, adding that her son was born on Samui.
Her husband needed little convincing — he had been vacationing in Samui since 1997, long before the couple had even gotten together.
Although the idea of leaving his previous life behind to start anew in a foreign country felt daunting, Vargas told me he wasn't too worried.
"Moving to Samui was an opportunity to create our own dream," Vargas, 48, said. "I love what we do, the island, the security we can offer our kids, and the people."
The pandemic provided an opportunity for her to renovate the property.
Provided by Cielo Samui.
For the first two years, Cabessa ran the hotel as it was,while Vargas, a chef, oversaw the in-house restaurant.
But when business ground to a halt due to the pandemic, she decided it was time to renovate.
"That was not part of our original plan at all," she said.
Cabessa redesigned the hotel herself. Like many modern women, she drew inspiration from her Pinterest board.
With textured limewashed walls, stone floors, and an earthy-neutral palette, it's hard not to notice the strong Mediterranean design influences that Cabessa infused into the space.
All room types come with breakfast. Meals are served in the hotel restaurant, which is located by the beach.
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She also added a yoga studio and a spa to the compound.
The renovation took nine months to complete and was "quite stressful," she said.
To stay afloat during the pandemic and retain their original staff, they opened a restaurant in the nearby tourist district of Fisherman's Village.
"Everybody moved back here when we reopened," she said.
These days, nightly rates for a regular suite begin at 8,500 Thai baht, or $260, with the largest option — a three-bedroom villa that accommodates up to eight guests — going for 26,000 baht.
"People tell me, 'Your life is cool.' OK, there are coconut trees, there is the sun, I get it. But that doesn't mean that there are no challenges," Cabessa said.
With 45 staff members under her wing, she also finds herself smoothing things over with the occasional picky guest.
Guests occasionally leave complaints about things beyond her control, like the noise from the waves or the sand on the beach being too hard.
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"I've got reviews from some people complaining about the noise of the waves when they live in the rooms near the beach," she said. "Sometimes people even tell me that the sand on the beach is too hard to walk on."
While Cabessa is always on-site and ready to fix any problems, some things are simply out of her hands. At the end of the day, Samui is an island. "I cannot control nature," she said.
Thankfully, her background working in Saint Tropez prepared her for high-pressure situations.
Rates start at 8,500 Thai baht for a standard suite and climb to 26,000 baht for a private three-bedroom villa.
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"We were doing around 600 people per lunch per day back then," she said. No matter how challenging things get in Samui, she says it's hard to find guests with higher expectations than those in France.
It's easy to see Cabessa's dedication in action: She pauses to greet each staff member by name — and in Thai — and never misses a chance to speak with passing guests, even as she's showing me around.
Guests can enjoy complimentary activities daily in the hotel, like Pilates, yoga, and Muay Thai classes.
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An Australian couple in their 40s told me it was their first time in Samui, and they chose to stay here because the place seemed tranquil and the beach was, in their words, "right there."
All room types at the hotel include breakfast. Guests can also enjoy complimentary activities daily, like Pilates, yoga, and Muay Thai classes. Padel and kayaking are also available.
The idea is to create a place where guests can happily spend their entire stay without needing to step outside, Cabessa said.
Adapting to life on Samui
The pool area leads right to the beach and the sea.
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Cabessa says adapting to life on the island was a breeze.
Her kids, now 11 and 5, go to an international school. Her mother, who is retired, even moved to Samui from Lyon three years ago. She now lives just down the street from Cabessa.
"This is a safe country. You can let your kids play in a mall or on the beach, and you are not worried about that," Cabessa said. "I also love the culture of showing respect for your elders."
"People are always smiling, and this is such a relief. Because if you live in Paris and you take the subway, nobody's smiling," she said.
The island has changed significantly since the first time she visited.
It's much easier to find international products or fresh produce now. And if something isn't available locally, she can order it from Bangkok, and it'll arrive within 24 hours.
Cabessa says she'll "never, ever" move back to France. And even if she doesn't live in Samui, Thailand will always be home.
"I'll never quit this country," she said.
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