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Notable early reaction to Netflix's deal to acquire Warner Bros.
NEW YORK (AP) — Netflix's $72 billion deal to acquire Warner Bros. studio and its film and television operations drew quick reactions Friday.Film and television industry entities including guilds and the lobbying group for movie theater owners criticized the deal, warning it would harm consumers and cinema owners.
In announcing the deal, Warner Bros. and Netflix executives touted the deal's benefits. Warner Bros. Discovery CEO David Zaslav said the deal “will ensure people everywhere will continue to enjoy the world’s most resonant stories for generations to... Read More
The Latest: Grand jury transcripts from abandoned Epstein investigation in Florida ordered released
A federal judge in Florida on Friday ordered the release of grand jury transcripts from the federal sex trafficking cases of Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell. U.S. District Judge Rodney Smith said the law President Donald Trump recently signed ordering the release of related to the cases overrode a federal rule prohibiting the release of matters before a grand jury.Meanwhile, a federal vaccine advisory committee voted Friday to end a longstanding recommendation that all U.S. babies get the hepatitis B vaccine on the day they’re born. The shots are widely considered to be a... Read More
Wall Street rises to the edge of its all-time high
NEW YORK (AP) — The U.S. stock market rose to the edge of its all-time high on Friday.The S&P 500 added 0.2% and finished just 0.3% shy of its record closing level, which was set in October. It had briefly topped the mark during the day, before paring its gain.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average added 104 points, or 0.2%, and the Nasdaq composite gained 0.3%.
The modest moves capped a quiet week for Wall Street, offering a respite following weeks of sharp and scary swings.
Ulta Beauty helped lead the market and jumped 12.7% after the retailer... Read More
Shops empty in a Hispanic neighborhood as immigration crackdown comes to Louisiana
KENNER, La. (AP) — The doors of Carmela Diaz's taco joint are locked, the tables are devoid of customers and no one is working in the kitchen. It's one of many once-thriving Hispanic businesses, from Nicaraguan eateries to Honduran restaurants, emptied out in recent weeks in neighborhoods with lots of signs in Spanish but increasingly fewer people on the streets.In the city of Kenner, which has the highest concentration of Hispanic residents in Louisiana, a federal immigration crackdown aiming for 5,000 arrests has devastated an economy already struggling from ramped-up... Read More
Massachusetts court hears arguments in lawsuit alleging Meta designed apps to be addictive to kids
BOSTON (AP) — Massachusetts' highest court heard oral arguments Friday in the state's lawsuit arguing that Meta designed features on Facebook and Instagram to make them addictive to young users.The lawsuit, filed in 2024 by Attorney General Andrea Campbell, alleges that Meta did this to make a profit and that its actions affected hundreds of thousands of teenagers in Massachusetts who use the social media platforms.
“We are making claims based only on the tools that Meta has developed because its own research shows they encourage addiction to the platform in a... Read More
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