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Warner Bros. Discovery said Thursday that it prefers the latest offer from rival Hollywood studio Paramount over a bid it accepted from Netflix. Bloomberg/Bloomberg via Getty Images/Bloomberg hide caption toggle caption Bloomberg/Bloomberg via Getty Images/Bloomberg The Warner Bros. Discovery board announced late Thursday afternoon that Paramount's sweetened bid to buy the entire company is "superior"

Cranes are seen on the grounds of the White House as construction work continues for U.S. President Trump's new ballroom in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday. Oliver Contreras/AFP/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Oliver Contreras/AFP/Getty Images President Trump's White House ballroom project can proceed for now, after a court ruling Thursday. A US District Court judge

A report by a NASA review panel says a error in pointing software caused the Lunar Trailblazer spacecraft's solar panels to face away from the sun. Lockheed Martin hide caption toggle caption Lockheed Martin On February 26, 2025, a NASA probe called Lunar Trailblazer lifted off from Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Its mission was

A New York City police officer keeps watch on the campus of Columbia University in New York on May 6, 2024. Seth Wenig/AP hide caption toggle caption Seth Wenig/AP NEW YORK — Federal immigration authorities arrested a Columbia University student early Thursday, triggering protests on campus and allegations that agents gained entry to the university-owned

Cape Town, South Africa – Two ominous letters are spray-painted on a wall at the entrance to Tafelsig, a township in Mitchells Plain on the outskirts of Cape Town: HL – the insignia of the Hard Livings gang, which has threatened communities there for five decades. It’s a February day soon after the president’s state

American Lindsey Vonn speeds down the course during the women's World Cup super-G ski race in Cortina D'Ampezzo, Italy, in 2018. Gabriele Facciotti/AP hide caption toggle caption Gabriele Facciotti/AP In January, American athlete Jessie Diggins, the world's top-ranked female cross-country skier, sprinted up a steep slope in Italy's Val di Fiemme, poles pumping, for her

Alberto Castañeda Mondragón poses for a portrait at an apartment on Feb. 4, 2026, in St. Paul, Minn. Mark Vancleave/AP hide caption toggle caption Mark Vancleave/AP MINNEAPOLIS — Alberto Castañeda Mondragón says his memory was so jumbled after a beating by immigration officers that he initially could not remember he had a daughter and still

A massive pipe leak has surged 243 million gallons of wastewater into the Potomac river. Cliff Owen/AP hide caption toggle caption Cliff Owen/AP It could now take months to repair a broken sewer pipe that pumped millions of gallons of wastewater into the Potomac River about 8 miles from the White House. The damage is

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth leaves an oath of enlistment ceremony, Friday, Feb. 6, 2026, held on the base of the Washington Monument in Washington, D.C. Kevin Wolf/AP hide caption toggle caption Kevin Wolf/AP The Pentagon said Friday it is cutting ties with Harvard University, ending all military training, fellowships and certificate programs with the Ivy

Sarah Kaplan, a Washington Post journalist, protests outside of the newspaper's headquarters on Thursday, Feb. 5, 2026. That same day, CEO Will Lewis was photographed at the NFL Honors in San Francisco. Allison Robbert/AP/FR172296 AP hide caption toggle caption Allison Robbert/AP/FR172296 AP The Washington Post Publisher and Chief Executive Will Lewis announced Saturday evening he