Paramount Skydance has agreed to delay its planned $111 billion merger with Warner Bros. Discovery until after an antitrust trial, following a lawsuit filed on July 13 by California and 11 other U.S. states in the Northern District of California. The state attorneys general argue the deal would weaken competition...
Authorities in Longview, Washington, say two workers are confirmed dead and nine others are presumed dead following the implosion and rupture of a 900,000-gallon chemical storage tank at a Nippon Paper Group mill on July 26. The tank contained “white liquor,” a highly corrosive chemical used in paper processing, which...
SpaceX’s Starship completed its 13th full-scale test flight from South Texas, flying for about an hour and crossing roughly half the globe before executing a precise splashdown in the Indian Ocean. The vehicle remained structurally intact, slowly tipping over and floating off Australia’s coast, allowing drone inspections that showed more...
SAN DIEGO — Marvel Studios used its Comic-Con International presentation in Hall H on Saturday to unveil major casting decisions for its 2028 slate, announcing that David Jonsson will take on the mantle of Black Panther as the on-screen son of Chadwick Boseman’s T’Challa. Jonsson, 32, best known for roles...
In Cooperstown, New York, on Sunday, former Major League Baseball stars Carlos Beltrán, Andruw Jones and Jeff Kent were inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame before an estimated 12,000 fans at the Clark Sports Center. Fifty-seven existing Hall of Famers joined them on stage, forming the largest gathering...
Washington, United States – The Pentagon has removed four U.S. soldiers killed in renewed fighting with Iran from its official Iran war casualty tally and placed them in a separate category labeled “Overseas Operations.” The change appeared last week in the Defense Casualty Analysis System, the database the Pentagon has...
LOS ANGELES — Christopher Nolan’s “The Odyssey” generated an estimated $87 million in its second weekend in North American theaters, according to studio figures released Sunday. The total represents only a 30% decline from its first weekend, an unusually modest drop for a blockbuster that opened above $100 million and...
BLAINE, Minn. — Jackson Koivun won the 3M Open by three strokes on Sunday, capturing his first PGA Tour title in only his third professional start with a tournament-record 25-under 259. The 21-year-old, who led Auburn to the NCAA championship last month, followed a third-round 61 with a composed, bogey-free...
U.S. financial stocks fell sharply on Monday, July 27, after the insolvency of UK-based private credit firm Market Financial Solutions (MFS) unnerved investors. Shares of major Wall Street institutions with exposure to MFS were hit hardest: Morgan Stanley dropped more than 6%, Goldman Sachs over 7%, and Jefferies more than...
UNITED STATES – Officials say firefighters are battling 90 large wildfires across the western United States as an intense heat wave fuels dangerous conditions in multiple states. The National Interagency Fire Center reports that the 2026 wildfire season is the most active in a decade, with at least four firefighters...
