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Update 8: Warner Bros. Discovery has signed a deal with Paramount valued at around $110 billion. It now has to face regulation and anti-trust investigations, chiefly in the EU as well as in the State of California, where State Attorney General Rob Bonta will be investigating the deal. The deal was signed with an agreed-upon share price of $31/share, far outpacing Netflix’s bid of $27.75 per share. As of the time of this writing, ParamountSkydance has a market cap of around $12 billion, and assumes WBD’s $33 billion in debt, alongside paying Netflix $2.8 billion in the breakup fee. Let’s…

YMCA member Austin Manengu works the keyboard as he plays a game of Fortnite during the unveiling of the new gaming lab at the Maplewood Family YMCA in Rochester Thursday, June 20, 2024. YMCA of Greater Rochester in partnership with Metro Sports & Entertainment Group will open two gaming labs for youth and teens this year. Team Liquid, Team Spirit, HEROIC and PARIVISION remained unblemished with victories on Sunday in group stage play of PGL Wallachia Season 7 in Bucharest, Romania. Xtreme Gaming, BetBoom Team, Tundra Esports and Team Yandex registered their first wins on the second day of competition.…

A woman was arrested on Sunday for firing multiple shots at the Beverly Hills home of pop music star Rihanna, Los Angeles Police Department officials say. Officers were sent to the area at around 1:15 p.m. after learning of shots being fired, according to the LAPD. Upon arrival, they located a suspect and took them into custody without further incident. Police say that the suspect, a woman in her 30s, parked her car outside of the home and fired seven gunshots before speeding away. Her vehicle, a white Tesla, was located approximately eight miles away from the singer’s home, at the Sherman…

This ARCUS update just arrived. ARCUS had a great run and definitely helped push forward my research program. (See, e.g., my previous post.) Maybe ARCUS’ demise was a planned sunsetting, or maybe not. The update is silent on the that. In the current environment, one has to wonder what went on behind the scenes. In any event: RIP ARCUS.Dear ARCUS Community,It is with a mix of gratitude and sadness for our community that we share an important update about ARCUS’s future. After more than three decades of connecting, supporting, and facilitating collaboration within the U.S. Arctic research community, ARCUS will…

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Kansas City International Airport terminal reopened Sunday afternoon, hours after it was evacuated while authorities looked into a potential threat, the Kansas City Aviation Department said.Airport spokesperson Jackson Overstreet said in an email shortly after 2 p.m. that the terminal was reopened. The evacuation began after a threat that surfaced around 11:15 a.m. Flights that landed after the evacuation were held on the taxiway during the shutdown, which Overstreet said lasted about two hours.In a social media post Sunday afternoon, U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said the incident was clear and “normal operations are resuming.”FBI…

Mojtaba Khamenei has been named as Iran’s new supreme leader just over a week after his father, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, was killed in U.S.-Israeli strikes.A statement from the Assembly of Experts — the panel of Shia clerics responsible under Iranian law for choosing the country’s top leader — said Mojtaba Khamenei had been selected as the third leader of the Islamic Republic, according to reports from IRIB state TV and the Fars, Tasnim and ISNA news agencies.President Donald Trump told Axios last week that the choice would be “unacceptable” and suggested he wanted to handpick a new supreme…

The Heartwarming Rescue Story of StootStoot, the internet’s new feline sensation, began his journey at the Milwaukee Area Domestic Animal Control Commission (MADACC). This adorable six-month-old kitten was discovered covered in oil, terrified, and weighing less than two pounds. Fortunately, his destiny changed when he was taken in by Thrifted Kittens Animal Rescue.Emilie Rackovan, the rescue’s director, quickly became Stoot’s second chance at life. “When Stoot arrived, he was in rough condition,” Rackovan shares. After careful quarantine and treatment, his sweet personality began to shine through as he overcame his initial fears, captivating the hearts of those around him.Rackovan documented…

Getty Images Boston College, a program with the second-longest NCAA Tournament drought of any high-major program, will again try to find a coach to get the Eagles back to the Big Dance.The Eagles fired coach Earl Grant on Sunday, the school announced, ending a five-year tenure that never saw BC crack the top-70 in the year-end KenPom standings. Grant went 72-92 in his five campaigns after getting the job in 2021, after a nice seven-year run at Charleston.Boston College’s last NCAA Tournament appearance came in 2009 under Al Skinner. The program has seen Steve Donahue, Jim Christian and Grant try…

After a year of tariff threats, insults and diplomatic clashes with European allies, President Donald Trump is left to wage a war in Iran with only Israel by his side.“This is not Winston Churchill that we’re dealing with,” Trump said on Monday after U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer refused to allow the U.S. to use British bases as part of its initial strikes, only later allowing the use of its bases for “defensive” actions.A day later, after Spain barred U.S. military planes from using its jointly operated bases in Andalusia, Trump said the U.S. would seek to “cut off all…

The Navy is no longer allowed to shroud its criminal trials in secrecy and must provide public access to hearings and records, a federal judge ruled last month. The order, the result of a yearslong lawsuit filed by ProPublica, forces the service for the first time to more closely mirror the transparency required in civilian courts. The judge agreed with ProPublica that the Navy was violating the First Amendment with its policies. “This is a landmark victory for transparency,” Sarah Matthews, ProPublica’s deputy general counsel, said. “It’s the first time a civilian court has held that the First Amendment right…