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So, last week it was reported that Jared Kushner’s younger brother, Josh, 37, sold a stake in his venture firm, Thrive Capital, to a group of big-name investors, who paid $175 million; the deal valued Thrive at $5.3 billion - which makes Josh’s personal wealth worth $3.7 billion. It makes him richer than Donald Trump, whose net worth is estimated at $2.6 billion and also richer than his brother, Jared whose fund, Affinity is much smaller even after the Saudis, controversially, invested $2 billion in it.

Tulane cornerback Jarius Monroe had a solid week at the East-West Shrine Bowl. The former Nicholls State transfer developed into one of the best AAC defensive backs during his two seasons with the Green Wave. He projects as a day three selection in the 2024 NFL Draft. Visit my Twitter account @Sam_Teets33 for more opinions on prospects, clips, and the latest football content. Classification: Fifth-year senior outside cornerback from LaPlace, La.

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Few players are as good defensively in the Pirates’ system as Javier Rivas. Despite standing at 6’6”, Rivas moves around well on the field, making some of the most difficult plays look easy at shortstop and third base. It’s been a different story at the plate, as Rivas has struggled to hit over the last two years while with the Marauders. Despite this being his second tour in Single-A, Rivas got off to an awful start to the season.

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JCW’s is a local burger chain that can be semi-ironically classified as “fast food.” But I’ll get to that later. It was founded in 1998 by brothers Chris and Clay Williams in American Fork. Their flagship location was housed in a building that was formerly a Hardee’s (folks are still unsure if Hardee’s closed or was asked to leave town). Now, more than twenty years later they have expanded to four more locations—in Provo, Lehi, Herriman, and South Jordan.

You’re reading an article from the Charlotte Ledger. Need to sign up for our newsletter to stay in-the-know about Charlotte? Or upgrade to our paid version? Details here. Jean Ford took great joy in sharing her faith, whether speaking to groups or in one-on-one conversations. She passed away surrounded by family. (Photo courtesy of the family) by Ken Garfield Jean Ford, who was evangelist Billy Graham’s last surviving sibling and a long and gentle presence in Charlotte’s faith community, died Thursday morning after a stroke.

Reading time - 5 minutes By some strange synchronicity, I finished Heather Cox Richardson’s magnificent work of historical revisionism, How the South Won the Civil War, on July 20, the day Jeff Bezos shot himself into space. The juxtaposition provided insights on Bezos’ cowboy hat that I otherwise would not have had, how the myth of cowboy individualism was leveraged to restore oligarchic rule after the Civil War, and by the modern right to push back movements for democracy from Goldwater to Reagan.