Nexstar Media will acquire rival broadcast company Tegna for $6.2 billion according to a joint announcement on Tuesday, another sign of consolidation in an already contracting TV broadcast sector. The transaction, if approved, will bring together two major players in U.S. television, expanding Nexstar’s reach in the U.S. television and local news landscape. Nexstar oversees…
Iranβs World Cup team arrived in Tijuana last week bearing gold lapel pins on their jackets honoring the 168 victims, most of them schoolgirls, killed in a Feb. 28 U.S. missile strike on an elementary school in southern Iran at the outset of the war. The World Cup kicked off last week as that war…
MEXICO CITYΒ βΒ FIFA president Gianni Infantino described Mexico City Stadium as a venue βblessed by the godsβ and a βtrue cathedral of soccer.β Azteca Stadium, as most people know it, is steeped in soccer history and is now the only venue to host three World Cup opening ceremonies. But the Mexican national team had never much…
The government does not currently have control of Britain’s borders, the home secretary will admit in a speech today. Shabana Mahmood is hosting counterparts from the Western Balkans and other European allies in London, and will demand greater international co-operation to tackle small boat crossings. Politics Hub: Follow latest updates The summit is designed to…
βStorage Warsβ star Darrell Sheets was found dead by police on Wednesday in Lake Havasu City, Ariz. He was 67. According to Variety, which obtained a report from the Lake Havasu City Police Department, Sheets died from what appeared to be a self-inflicted gunshot wound. The statement said that on Wednesday around 2 a.m., officers…
DALLASΒ βΒ The Lakers are as shorthanded as they can be, their dynamic starting backcourt of Luka Doncic and Austin Reaves out with injuries at a pivotal time of the season. Theyβre the offensive engines for a Lakers team battling for the No. 3 playoff seeding in a competitive Western Conference. The 41-year-old LeBron James is now…
Back-to-back verdicts this week against Meta and YouTube could usher in a new chapter in accountability for tech companies, while opening the door to fresh legal challenges, experts tell CBS News. Two cases, decided in New Mexico and California, are the first to hold social media companies liable for harming young people. On Tuesday, a…
The NFL has reached a deal to take a 10% ownership stake in the Walt Disney Co.βs ESPN, the league and Disney announced Tuesday evening, a move that is expected to solidify the sports media outletβs relationship with the league for years to come. In return for the equity stake valued at more than $2…
Martin Mull was best known to audiences for playing comedic characters like Col. Mustard in βClueβ and Gene Parmesan in βArrested Development,β but a new exhibit opening next year at the Santa Barbara Museum of Art seeks to elevate the role Mull was most proud to inhabit: a respected painter. βMartin Mull: The Joys of…
As he laid in a hospital bed last April, grateful just to be alive, Alijah Arenas dreamed of this moment. He thought of it in the weeks and months after his Tesla Cybertruck hit a tree and burst into flames in Reseda, leaving him hospitalized for six days. And he thought of it over a…