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Deal Talks Between Paramount and Skydance Heat Up
Shari Redstone is getting one step closer to selling her media empire. Paramount, home to one of Hollywood’s most storied movie studios as well as CBS and cable networks including Nickelodeon, has been discussing entering into exclusive talks with the media company Skydance for a potential deal, according to four people with knowledge of the discussions. Moving to exclusive talks would be a significant step forward in a process that has been shrouded in uncertainty for months.
Biden Talks to Xi About Conflicts, From Ukraine to the Pacific
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden spoke with Xi Jinping, China’s leader, in a call Tuesday morning that was aimed at addressing a variety of combative and cooperative issues, as the United States grapples with wars and other global crises, U.S. and Chinese officials said.
Oregon Is Recriminalizing Drugs. Here’s What Portland Learned.
PORTLAND, Ore. — When Oregon embarked on a landmark plan three years ago to decriminalize hard drugs, it wagered that a focus on treatment over punishment would create a new model for drug policy around the country.
‘Oppenheimer’ Opens in Nuclear-Scarred Japan, 8 Months After U.S. Premiere
TOKYO — Watching “Oppenheimer,” the Oscar-winning biopic about the father of the atomic bomb that opened in Japan on Friday, Kako Okuno was stunned by a scene in which scientists celebrated the explosion over Hiroshima with thunderous foot stomping and the waving of American flags.
What the Bridge Meant to Baltimore
Blue-collar workers crossed it. Families went crabbing around it. Teenagers celebrated new driver’s licenses by traversing it. And couples were known to get engaged near it. Completed in 1977, the Francis Scott Key Bridge was a practical, final link to the beltway of roads that circled Baltimore Harbor, a much-needed solution to reduce Harbor Tunnel congestion. But for so many, it was more than that.
Shohei Ohtani’s Arrival Brings Hope and Nostalgia Home to Little Tokyo
LOS ANGELES — Shohei Ohtani’s powerful arms and boyish face, looking up from under a Dodger blue helmet, loom 15 stories over Los Angeles’ Little Tokyo neighborhood from the side of the Miyako Hotel.
Tangled in Steel With No Way Out: How the Crew Stuck in Baltimore Is Faring
BALTIMORE — Even from miles away, the destruction of the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore is a jarring visual: Chunks of steel jut above the water like metallic icebergs. Twisted gray beams protrude in crooked positions. From a park near Fort McHenry, visitors can see the giant cargo ship that struck the bridge and remains lodged in the wreckage.
The Boss Is Calling Late. Should the Law Let You Ignore It?
SAN FRANCISCO — Few places have done more than the Bay Area — the center of the smartphone industry — to ensure that bosses can call, text or Slack their workers all the time, nights and weekends included.
New Jersey’s Ballot Must Be Immediately Redesigned, Federal Judge Rules
In a landmark ruling, a federal judge on Friday ordered New Jersey to redesign its election ballot before the June primary, upending a long-standing source of electoral power for the state’s Democratic and Republican political machines.
A Georgia Town Basks in Bountiful Filming. The State Pays.
THOMASVILLE, Ga. — It is no wonder that moviemakers saw potential in Thomasville, Georgia, as a stand-in for Main Street USA. Cobblestone streets and mom-and-pop stores speckle the downtown of this city of 18,000 that is caked in red clay soil and nestled among rolling hills.
Those Billion-Dollar Lottery ‘Jackpots’ Aren’t Even Half That Big
Lottery fever is rising again in the United States. But buyer beware. The advertised jackpots aren’t nearly as big as they look. On March 26, someone in New Jersey won a jackpot that Mega Millions advertised on its website as $1.13 billion. And Powerball says its current jackpot is $935 million.
Shohei Ohtani Is Home and Focused on Baseball. Dodgers Fans Are Relieved.
The top deck of Dodger Stadium is far from the action but may have the best view in baseball. Straight ahead are the San Gabriel Mountains. During night games, as the sun goes down, the sky glows pink. Down below, the full choreography of the game is on display, offering a panoramic view shunned by the movie stars and moguls who fill the sections behind home plate.
Health Concerns Mount for Migrant Children at Outdoor Holding Sites
JACUMBA, Calif. — To Dr. Theresa Cheng, the scene was “apocalyptic.”. She had come to Valley of the Moon, an open-air holding site in San Diego’s rural Mountain Empire, to provide volunteer medical care to asylum-seekers who had breached the United States-Mexico border wall and were waiting to be apprehended by U.S. authorities.
How Sam Bankman-Fried’s Sentence Compares With Other White-Collar Cases
Two years in prison for tax and securities violations. Eleven years for deceiving investors. A 150-year sentence for the largest Ponzi scheme in history. The country’s most notorious white-collar fraudsters — such as Bernie Madoff and Elizabeth Holmes — have received a range of punishments for their crimes, from relatively short prison terms to effectively a life sentence.
‘Shortcuts’ Paint a Picture Of Boeing Ceding Quality
In February last year, a new Southwest Airlines Boeing 737 Max plane was on one of its first flights when an automated stabilizing system appeared to malfunction, forcing the pilots to make an emergency landing soon after they took off.
They Grow Your Berries and Peaches, but Often Lack One Item: Insurance
Farmers who grow fresh fruits and vegetables are often finding crop insurance prohibitively expensive — or even unavailable — as climate change escalates the likelihood of drought and floods capable of decimating harvests.
Questions Swirl Over Baltimore Bridge Collapse
As a spring tide rushed out of Baltimore harbor just after midnight Tuesday, the hulking outlines of a cargo ship nearly three football fields long and stacked high with thousands of containers sliced through frigid waters toward the Francis Scott Key Bridge.
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