Netflix CEO Ted Sarandos arrives for meetings at the White House on Feb. 26, 2026 in Washington, DC. Andrew Harnik | Getty Images Netflix CEO Ted Sarandos arrived at the White House on Thursday afternoon for a meeting on his company’s effort to buy part of Warner Bros. Discovery — shortly before WBD issued a…
NEW ORLEANS — A New Orleans judge ordered actor Shia LaBeouf to return to drug and alcohol rehabilitation and set a $100,000 bond on Thursday after the film star was charged with two counts of battery over an alleged assault outside a bar during Mardi Gras. LaBeouf, who waited alone in the courtroom wearing a…
INDIANAPOLIS — Fernando Mendoza will face a gauntlet from opposing NFL defenses this upcoming season, as all rookie quarterbacks do. Defensive coordinators will throw the kitchen sink at the expected No. 1 overall pick. Defenders will try to bait him in the back end and make his time in the pocket a living hell up…
The Paramount logo is shown on a structure at the Paramount studio lot in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, U.S., Feb. 26, 2026. Mike Blake | Reuters Warner Bros. Discovery has valued Paramount Skydance‘s latest offer as superior to Netflix, another twist in the ongoing sale process. Netflix will have four business days to make changes…
A sign of Swiss pharmaceutical giant Novartis is seen on the top of a building at Novartis Campus in Basel on Sept. 9, 2025. Fabrice Coffrini | AFP | Getty Images Novartis, one of the world’s largest pharmaceutical companies, and Genentech, a major biotech firm, say they’ve uncovered a “dangerous scheme” to import their allergy…
BUCHAREST, Romania — A Romanian court on Thursday rejected an appeal by American rapper Wiz Khalifa to annul his nine-month jail sentence handed down for drug possession in the Eastern European country. The Constanta Court of Appeal’s decision came after Khalifa, whose real name is Cameron Jibril Thomaz, filed an appeal last month against the…
Nearly five decades into a Hall of Fame career, there aren’t many nights that qualify as unfamiliar territory for Rick Pitino. His résumé includes seven Final Fours and two national titles. Now at St. John’s, he’s far more accustomed to making history than enduring it. But a 72-40 loss to UConn on Wednesday night was…
Corning shares took a breather Thursday from this year’s record-breaking run. While we can’t fault profit-takers after a four-session winning streak of more than 23%, we still see big things for the stock. The industrial-focused tech name dropped roughly 6.5% in afternoon trading after its recent parabolic move higher. However, the stock was still up…
Nvidia reported fiscal fourth-quarter results that comfortably topped Wall Street expectations on both revenue and earnings. Shares initially jumped in after-hours trading, but that enthusiasm faded, and the stock was lower Thursday. The pullback may emanate from comments made by CFO Colette Kress during the company’s earnings call regarding inventory levels. For several years, demand…
California sports betting is not currently legal. Voters rejected two statewide ballot measures in 2022 that would have allowed retail and online sportsbooks, leaving the state without licensed sports betting apps. As of 2026, there are no legal California sportsbooks operating statewide. Major platforms like FanDuel, DraftKings, BetMGM, and Caesars do not offer traditional sportsbook…
