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Edmonton Journal
02-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Edmonton Journal
Anyone can now rent Michael Jordan's former mansion, but cash is king
Article content NBA great Michael Jordan's former mansion in Highland Park, Ill., is now available for rent on Airbnb, for at least $100,000 along with a seven-night minimum stay, per the U.K. Daily Mail. Article content The rental lists seven bedrooms and 17.5 bathrooms. It costs $105,514 for a stay from Aug. 2-9 (about $15,000 per day) and increases to $120,920 from Aug. 29-Sept. 5 (about $17,000 a day). Article content 'Live like a legend at 2700 Point Ln!' the description for 'Champions Point Legendary Listing' posted by John reads. 'This estate was built with privacy, security, and luxury in mind – a private oasis on 7.39 acres surrounded by mature pines, fenced and gated.' Article content Photos of the property highlight the pool, living room, full kitchen and dining area, seven bedrooms, 15 full bathrooms and five half-bathrooms. Article content The property contains an entrance gate with Jordan's iconic '23' plastered on it. Article content Also featured is an indoor basketball court. Article content 'Enjoy putting on your professional grade putting green, fishing in your private pond stocked with bass and bluegill, and swimming in your zero-entry infinity edge pool!' the listing reads. Article content 'Inside, enjoy your movie theatre, commercial gym, cigar lounge, wine cellar, pool tables, bars, salon, salt water aquariums, and full basketball court!' Article content Article content The 62-year-old Jordan sold the 56,000-foot property last year after listing it for more than a decade. Article content Article content He lived at the property during his time with the Bulls, a team he helped win six titles with in the 1990s. Article content Jordan originally valued the property at $29 million after listing it on the market in 2012. The asking price was lowered to just under $15 million in 2015. Article content John Cooper, of Lincoln, Neb., bought the property last year for $9.5 million, scoring it for less than one-third of the original asking price. Article content 'I remember seeing the home for sale and thinking how cool it would be for the person that buys the home,' Cooper, a general partner at Han Capital, told the Lincoln Journal Star last year. Article content Cooper said at the time he did not plan to live at the property and would have 'exciting plans' to announce in January. Article content 'I am still considering many different uses for the property,' Cooper said to NBC News in a statement. 'Some great uses require zoning relief, but in the meantime, short-term rentals are a permitted use to bring exposure to the property and generate some revenue.' Article content
Fox News
30-03-2025
- Politics
- Fox News
Musk and a Canadian man sue Australian authorities for censoring his X post
The Australian government has been taken to court by an internet personality known as "Billboard Chris," who challenged the nation's "eSafety" commission's authority to geo-block a tweet criticizing the appointment of an Australian transgender activist to a World Health Organization board. Chris Elston, a Canadian national who often expresses his free speech through slogans and tweets on sandwich boards in public places, had a tweet of his geo-blocked by the Aussies – which was a 'share' of a U.K. Daily Mail article about the transgender activist headlined "Kinky secrets of UN trans expert revealed." The activist, Teddy Cook, filed a complaint with Australia's eSafety commissioner, which led to a request for X to censor it. X initially refused, but assented after the government issued a formal order to do so, according to Alliance Defending Freedom International, which is backing Elston. Elston is challenging the move before the Administrative Review Tribunal on Monday. "I'm in Australia because their government think their people don't deserve to know and to make their own mind up about toxic gender ideology," the London-based ADFI's Lois McLatchie Miller said on X ahead of the case. "This post from @BillboardChris has been withheld in Australia in response to a legal demand; learn more," a message on the tweet's URL posted by McLatchie Miller from the Land Down Under read. "Is that image offensive? Absolutely. It's offensive to my eyes, because someone appointed as a WHO expert should not be posting those perverted photos, and promoting drugs and bestiality," she added, citing content from the Daily Mail piece. Speaking with Fox News Digital, McLatchie Miller said the situation is a "monumental" case for global free speech, and "the ultimate 'What is a Woman' suit." "It's an Australian authority bucking the speech of a Canadian man on an American platform," she said. "So the Australian authorities have found that because they don't want Australians to be able to hear a message and discuss a certain topic, they have now reached over to other countries to block that free speech, which is in and of itself fascinating." "Over the last few weeks, when it comes to foreign governments having very surreal policies which are thought to only impact their citizens and their citizens' human rights, but also the rights for Americans, rights for Canadians, others around the world," McLatchie Miller said. Elston had also recently been fined AU$806 ($508) for "obstructing people" and removed from a public sidewalk by law enforcement after he engaged with passersby about another message on his sandwich board: "Children cannot consent to puberty blockers." McLatchie Miller's group noted the case echoed recent stated concerns about global censorship from Vice President JD Vance at the Munich Security Conference earlier this year. Vance also brought up his concerns in a joint presser with British Prime Minister Keir Starmer. "We also know that there have been infringements on free speech that actually affect not just the British – of course, what the British do in their own country is up to them – but also affect American technology companies and, by extension, American citizens," Vance said at the time. Fox News Digital reached out to Vance's office for comment on being invoked in the case. ADFI advocacy director Robert Clarke said in a statement on Elston's case: "The decision of Australian authorities to prevent Australian citizens from hearing and evaluating information about gender ideology is a patronizing affront to the principles of democracy." X is also challenging a six-figure penalty imposed by Australia in 2023 after failing to provide information on how it was addressing exploitation and abuse on its platform, according to Fox News Digital reached out to Australian eSafety Commissioner Julie Inman Grant's office for comment.
Yahoo
20-03-2025
- General
- Yahoo
In One Ear: Dirty little secret
The Ear receives endless Google Alert emails about how fabulous Cannon Beach is — in every possible conceivable way — from news sources all over the country. So, as one can imagine, it was a real eye-opener to get this headline from the U.K. Daily Mail: 'Disgusting secret of iconic Oregon beach that appeared in The Goonies.' What? Last week, the Daily Mail reported, the Northwest Environmental Defense Center in Portland sued the city of Cannon Beach because the high levels of E. coli and Enterococcus bacteria make the beach potentially unsafe. The city of Cannon Beach has 'harbored feces in its water for years' because of its antiquated sewer system, which is why untreated human fecal matter (aka poop) is seeping into local waters and onto public beaches, the lawsuit alleges. The lawsuit is a nudge. One of the NEDC's lawyers says it's just the first step in trying to get the city of Cannon Beach to correct the situation. City officials have denied the accusations in the lawsuit. (Photo: Cannon Beach History Center & Museum)
