‘DISNEY OF THE NORTH’
And he’s looking to build a luxury ‘Viking village’ in one particularly teensy town.
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DOG EAT DOG
Vitalik Buterin contributed massive sums of dog-related joke coins, which he’d received as part of a marketing stunt, to a fund for Covid relief in India and other charities.
MORE MONEY THAN SENSE
Ex-Citigroup executive Ray McGuire and Obama-era HUD Secretary Shaun Donovan totally flubbed a question on housing affordability.
EXPOSED
The previously unidentified man, nicknamed “BBQ Man,” contracted a “double mutant” strain of COVID-19, spurring an outbreak that forced Sydney to impose new restrictions.
UNDER THE MICROSCOPE
Three doctors will evaluate the mental agility of Robert Brockman, who’s been charged in the largest tax evasion case in U.S. history and claims he has dementia.
‘THE GIRL IN MY BATHTUB’
It’s just the latest twist in an eventful, bitter race for Philadelphia’s District Attorney.
HAVING IT BOTH WAYS
The Tesla boss has been plugging the joke cryptocurrency but is suddenly urging caution. Or is he?
CIPHER
He was the subject of a death hoax in 2014 and once met with Vladimir Putin.
FED UP
There’s a picket line outside John Catsimatidis’ United Metro Energy—and he’s pleading confusion.
MOGUL MYSTERY
“He’s been very—I wouldn’t say ‘secretive’—but certainly not forthcoming with what he’s going to be doing with the buildings.”