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On Thursday, the Warner Bros. Discovery board decided to abandon its plans to sell the company to Netflix in favor of a Paramount Skydance bid. In addition to offering $31-per-share to purchase the massive entertainment and news conglomerate, Paramount agreed to pay a $2.8 billion breakup fee to Netflix to walk away. After WBD initially accepted Netflix’s offer for the company earlier this year, Paramount made a series of hostile bids for the company, aided by President Trump’s expressed preference that ownership transfer to his political ally and Paramount owner David Ellison and his centibillionaire, MAGA-loving father, Larry. Free Press Co-CEO Craig Aaron said: “The Netflix deal was disastrous but this new one is even worse. The idea that Paramount should be allowed to control CBS and CNN should be unthinkable, especially given their record of turning the Tiffany Network into a trash heap. The Ellisons have already promised the Trump administration that they’ll make sweeping changes to CNN given the chance, and we know what that means: firing journalists, spiking important stories, and replacing the news with empty propaganda. “This deal endangers our democracy by giving a family of pliant billionaires even more control of vast swaths of our news coverage, TV stations and movie studios. Allowing more mergers in the already highly concentrated movie business will harm filmmakers and industry workers when Paramount delivers on its promise to make deep cuts to please its Wall Street backers. While a few Hollywood execs and sovereign-wealth fund managers in the Middle East might get rich from this deal, thousands and thousands of American workers will lose their jobs. “In any normal administration this merger would be a non-starter. In this one, the corruption and capitulation of the Ellison family is the main selling point. They’ve already shown a willingness to bend to Donald Trump’s will and change their coverage and personnel to please his whims. Trump wants to control the news, and his Justice Department has been largely purged of anyone who might ask too many questions of a deal like this. State attorneys generals had better wake up to the serious dangers of this deal before it’s too late.”

The Clovis Planning Commission unanimously approved a new policy that aims to help the city build more affordable housing by leaning on developers of market-rate housing to include it in their developments. Among the biggest commitments that the new Mixed Income Zoning Ordinance asks of Clovis developers will be in making at least 5%of new […] The post Clovis Planning Commission clears way for mandatory affordable housing in new developments appeared first on Fresnoland.

Menos de 10.000 de los 15.000 trabjadores que entran en la roca son españoles, según los datos de Gibraltar: o sea que se miente sobre una de las razones esenciales del acuerdo.

OKLAHOMA CITY — Officials on Friday said they’re planning to begin accepting patients next week at a new mental health hospital in southwest Oklahoma City as they wrap up renovations on the first phase of a multi-million dollar renovation. Officials with the Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services said Friday that they’ll begin […]

Hinds County public defender says supervisors should approve a funding increase to honor the constitutional promise that justice does not depend on wealth.

Guvernul pakistanez a declarat război autorităţilor talibane, ca urmare a unei ofensive afgane lansate, cu puţin timp înainte, la frontiera comună. Afganistanul are o frontieră comună cu Pakistanul ce se întinde pe mai bine de 2.400 de km. Pakistan, putere nucleară, şi Afganistan se ciocnesc sporadic, de când talibanii au preluat controlul Kabulului, în august 2021. Pakistanul acuză autorităţile afgane că găzduiesc activişti armaţi care lansează atacuri asupra teritoriului pakistanez. Afganistan neagă. Cele mai multe ostilităţi au fost revendicate de talibanii pakistanezi, grup armat care reclamă aceeaşi ideologie ca a talibanilor afgani.

Antón Baamonde vén de publicar Agora non é antes. Ideas para unha revolución tranquila (Galaxia), un ensaio que busca "combater os clixés" aínda existentes sobre Galicia, "transformar o modo en que nos imaxinamos" e "abandonar as retóricas da pasividade" que levan ao derrotismo. Lembra que hai tempo que non é un país atrasado nin rural e chama a confomrar un proxecto de país en positivo, un horizonte desexable e realista.

Bernabé había llegado al CNIO en septiembre de 2025 con el objetivo de investigar una supuesta trama corrupta, que durante años habría funcionado en el centro y cuyo presunto cabecilla sería el exgerente, Juan Arroyo.

Children across Mississippi have been caught in the crosshairs of the Feb. 19 cyberattack on the University of Mississippi Medical Center, the state’s largest public hospital system.

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Në industrinë e Maqedonisë së Veriut përsëri u regjistruar rritje e çmimeve të produkteve, krahasuar me muajin dhe vitin paraprak, transmeton Portalb.mk. “Çmimet e shitjes së prodhuesve të produkteve industriale, totali, në muajin janar të vitit 2026 janë zmadhuar për 1.0% krahasuar me muajin paraprak dhe 3.8% krahasuar me muajin e njëjtë të vitit paraprak”, […]

El descarrilamiento del tranvía en Milán, que dejó al menos dos muertos y 39 heridos, reabre el debate sobre la seguridad del transporte urbano. Las primeras hipótesis hablan de exceso de velocidad, pero la investigación deberá aclarar fallos técnicos y humanos.

Escribe Nando López a través de uno de sus personajes: "Esa oscuridad que me parecía insondable a los quince años, esa de la que llegué a pensar que nunca sabría salir".

Pepe Riverok gidatutako zazpi musikari kubatarrek Sketches of Latin Miles proiektua aurkeztuko dute. Jaialdia uztailaren 1etik 5era egingo dute.

لەسەرەتای ئەم هەفتیەدا سەرۆک دۆناڵد ترامپ فڕۆکەوانێکی ئەمەریکایی خەڵات کرد بەهۆی ئەو ڕۆڵە گرنگەی بینیویەتی لە ئۆپەراسیۆنی دەستگیرکردنی سەرۆکی ڤەنزوێلا و هاوسەرەکەی. فڕۆکەوان ئێرک سلۆڤەر بە جلوبەرگی سەربازیەوە لە 24 مانگی دووی ساڵی 2026 لە میانەی وتاری ساڵانەی سەرۆک ترامپ بەرزترین خەڵاتی ڕێزلێنانی وەرگرت. ئەو سەربازە سەرەڕای ئەوەی 15 گولـلەی بەرکەوت، کەچێ کۆڵی نەدا و بەردوام بوو لەکارەکەی . هێزەکانی ئەمەریکا لە بەرەبەیانی 3ی مانگی یەکی ساڵی 2026 ئۆپەراسیۆنی ئابسڵوت ریزۆڵڤیان لە شاری...

(The Center Square) – Wisconsin taxpayers are growing in their concern over property taxes, as witnessed by a recent Marquette poll showing that 60% of voters are more concerned about reducing property taxes than increasing spending on public schools. That opinion has shifted over time as 61% of voters were more concerned about funding for schools in Aug. 2018 and polling shifted from favoring funding for schools to being more concerned about property taxes in between late 2022 and mid-2023, according to the poll. The most recent poll asked questions of 818 Wisconsin registered voters between Feb. 11-19. The shift comes as state lawmakers continue to debate what the best policy is to spend an expected $2.5 billion surplus at the end of the fiscal year. Legislative Republicans sent a plan to Gov. Tony Evers that includes $1.5 billion in income tax rebates, $500 million in money for the state's school tax levy credit and $200 million included for special education funding. Evers said during his State of the State speech that the plan for property tax relief and education spending must balance the two "a heck of a lot better.” Assembly Speaker Robin Vos acknowledged during a press conference that Evers won’t negotiate on the school funding he approved with a partial veto that Republicans refer to as Evers’ 400-year property tax increase. Evers used a partial veto and erased numbers and a hyphen to change “2024-25” to “2425” in the budget bill, locking in a $325 per student per year funding increase for 400 years. That veto was the subject of a Wisconsin Supreme Court ruling approving the move and then legislation and a constitutional amendment proposal to change the governor’s partial veto power since.

Avropa Parlamentinin deputatı Katarina Kordeyro Vieyra: "Rusiyadan enerji asılılığından dərs çıxarmalı idik, amma tam çıxarmışıqmı, əmin deyiləm".

Rosalinda Rodriguez conserva un viejo comal de fierro que le regaló su suegra. Sobre él prepara tortillas de harina en la cocina de su casa al oeste de Tucson. “Es de metal muy bueno; todavía vive en mi estufa”, dice. El comal llegó en una caja repleta de trastes, la misma que menciona en su […] The post Cruzar la frontera con una caja de trastes, una camioneta morada y una gran persistencia appeared first on AZ Luminaria.

This article was republished with permission from the Pacific Coast Business Times. Women’s History Month has been celebrated every March for the last 47 years to honor the historical and societal impacts made by women all around the world.  Unfortunately, companies tend to lag behind when it comes to seizing this opportunity to recognize the […] The post Lois Phillips: Why and how your company should celebrate Women’s History Month appeared first on Santa Barbara News-Press.

O Paquistão bombardeou, nesta sexta-feira (27), várias cidades do Afeganistão, incluindo a capital, Cabul, e declarou “guerra aberta” ao país vizinho, em um agravamento da crise após vários dias de confrontos. Este é o último episódio de uma tensão crescente envolvendo os dois países vizinhos, com potencial para inflamar a Ásia Central, tragando outras nações. […] Fonte