Paramount agreed to a request from 12 states to tie its federal antitrust case to a pre-existing lawsuit filed by Paramount+ subscribers. The move means the states’ challenge to the $111 billion merger with Warner Bros. Discovery will likely end up before Judge Araceli Martínez-Olguín, a Biden appointee who is already overseeing the earlier lawsuit.
China’s economic growth slowed sharply between early April and late June, as weak domestic demand and the impact of the Iran war on oil prices overshadowed the country’s strong exports. Official gross domestic product (GDP) figures showed the world’s second-largest economy grew 4.3% in the second quarter, below Beijing’s annual target, and after a 5%
The Blue Beetle is back! Xolo Maridueña will reprise his role as Blue Beetle in the “Superman” sequel, “Man of Tomorrow.” The film, currently in production, will be directed by James Gunn. Maridueña first played the character in the 2023 film “Blue Beetle,” directed by Ángel Manuel Soto. Maridueña played Jaime Reyes, a recent college
The wife of a man who was almost sucked headfirst out of a mid-air cabin window on a Ryanair plane has described her fear over the incident. “He was outside maybe two or three minutes,” she said, before adding “the lady sitting next to him and I tried to push him in.” Tracking data shows
Lily Allen’s “West End Girl” tour was one of the most acclaimed pop outings of the year when it played in U.S. theaters earlier this year, but there was some doubt about whether the intimate, highly theatrical one-woman show would move to large venues when the British singer booked a largely stadium-focused tour for the
Republican Rep. Vern Buchanan of Florida, who introduced the bill in January 2025, said Tuesday that time changes disrupt schedules “for no good reason.” Now that the House has passed the legislation, the Senate could soon take up its version of the bill. Florida Republican Rick Scott introduced identical legislation, also called the Sunshine Protection
