The New York Knicks have decided against hanging a banner at Madison Square Garden for winning the NBA Cup, sources told ESPN’s Shams Charania. Although Knicks head coach Mike Brown intimated a banner would go up, a decision was made against it shortly after the Knicks defeated the San Antonio Spurs on…
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The words appeared over and over again on Vanity Fair’s Instagram page Tuesday after the publication posted close-up photos of prominent White House figures as part of a seriesabout the first year of the second Trump administration. The striking photos depict every freckle, line, strand of hair and makeup smudge on White House…
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SEATTLE — Philip Rivers had just pulled off the unthinkable, making an audacious NFL comeback that never had been attempted. But in the aftermath of the Indianapolis Colts‘ 18-16 loss to the Seattle Seahawks on Sunday, Rivers — the 44-year-old quarterback who returned to the field five years after retirement — remained just as competitive…
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Officials said Sunday night that they would release a person of interest they had detained earlier. They did not identify any other suspects.Almost 30 hours after a deadly shooting at Brown University, the authorities in Rhode Island said Sunday night that they were still searching for the gunman…
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On Monday, Paramount Skydance launched a $108bn takeover bid for Warner Bros Discovery, the entertainment giant that owns Hollywood movie studios, along with CNN, HBO and other media businesses. The bid is led by David Ellison, son of the tech billionaire Larry Ellison – a prominent Donald Trump supporter and…
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Corporate-law scholars say the bidding war for Warner Bros. Discovery has become a strange kind of legal nostalgia trip, dragging Paramount back to center stage for the first time in decadesand reviving vintage doctrines from Revlon to the “Cuban beer” defense as Netflix tries to lock up a once‑in‑a‑generation deal. What looks on the…
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Disaster, catastrophe and nightmare. That’s how Hollywood’s creative workers describe the fall of the once mighty Warner Bros, as Netflix and Paramount battle to buy the historic studio and tinsel town braces for more upheaval and job losses. Warner’s decline and impending sale – whether it’s to Paramount…
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A divided Fed worried about inflation and the softening jobs market cut short-term interest rates by 25 basis points on Dec. 10 — the third such cut this year. Key points: After announcing its third consecutive rate cut on Dec. 10, a divided Federal Reserve indicated that short-term…
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The average rate on a 30-year U.S. mortgage edged higher this week, though it remains relatively near its low point so far this year. The uptick brings the average long-term mortgage rate to 6.22% from 6.19% last week, mortgage buyer Freddie Mac said Thursday. A year ago, the…
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The Federal Reserve is likely to deliver its third interest rate cut of the year on Wednesday, a move widely understood to be insurance against the bottom completely falling out of the labor market. But to Sahm—a former Fed economist, recession-indicator architect, and one of the central bank’s most closely watched…
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