Warner Bros. Discovery said Tuesday that it was reopening talks with Paramount Skydance, giving the studio a week to rival Netflix in its bid to take over the streaming and cable giant. In a statement, Warner Bros. Discovery said it had rejected the latest $30-a-share offer from Paramount but would give the company until Monday ‘to make its best and ...
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) is stepping in to stop what it calls an “onslaught” of state-level regulation of prediction markets. CFTC Chairman Michael Selig said Tuesday in a video posted on X that the agency has filed a “friend of the court brief” in support of Crypto.com in its escalating legal battle with regulators in Nevada. The move ...
A Washington, D.C., grandmother who lost her grandson to gun violence delivered a fiery defense of President Donald Trump during a Black History Month celebration Wednesday at the White House. Forlesia Cook’s grandson, Marty William McMillan Jr., was killed in 2017 at the age of 22. Cook has since spoken publicly about the loss, including testifying before Congress about his ...
There’s a new sport at the 2026 Milan Cortina Olympics, and it could provide one country a path to winning its first gold medal at the Winter Games in more than 50 years. Spain’s Oriol Cardona Coll will be one of the favorites when ski mountaineering makes its Olympic debut next week, with a chance to end a drought that ...
The men’s ice hockey playoffs at the 2026 Milano Cortina Winter Olympics are heating up. The quarterfinals saw three overtime thrillers on Wednesday — tournament-favorite Canada rallied to avoid an upset by Czechia, Finland outlasted Switzerland and the United States survived a late comeback by Sweden. Slovakia, meanwhile, breezed through its quarterfinal matchup against Germany in a 6-2 rout. The ...
According to WSOC, the collision happened when Ball’s vehicle — driving west on Trade Street — attempted to make a left turn onto Tryon Street and crashed into the gray Kia, which was going east on Trade. One person had minor injuries, and witnesses reportedly saw Ball hop out of the Hummer and into a Lamborghini. Footage and photos of ...
In March, NFL free agency will drastically alter the landscape of the league at large. Yet with teams once again keeping the overwhelming majority of marquee names from hitting the open market, any franchise in search of a transformative figure might need to engage in another form of deal-making. Trading big-name talent is hardly taboo in the NFL, with the ...
Retired MMA fighter Tiki Ghosn was seen on video getting into an altercation with Nurideen Shabazz, an influencer-turned-boxer known as Deen the Great. The video has gone viral. Ghosn was seen landing a strike to the face of Shabazz, punching him out at a party following a confrontation that appeared to be started by the influencer. Shabazz could be heard ...
The 2026 Winter Olympics have provided no shortage of drama, exciting action and shocking moments. We’ve gotten all of that on Wednesday during men’s hockey quarterfinal action. Let’s break down a couple of those moments and address complaints about the start time of the men’s hockey gold medal game in this latest edition of Screen Shots. Finland’s rollercoaster Olympics just ...
MILAN — What an emotional, challenging quarterfinal for USA men’s hockey. Their 2026 Winter Olympics hopes were on the line, their lead leveled in the final minute-plus of regulation when Sweden powered through tired legs and scored. Ninety-one seconds from celebrating, instead the Americans had to get over it and get on it with. So they did. Quinn Hughes secured ...