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Larry Ellison guarantees $40.4 billion in Paramount's hostile bid for Warner Bros. Discovery
December 22, 2025 - 3:10 AM

Paramount is sweetening its hostile takeover bid for Warner Bros. Discovery with an “irrevocable personal guarantee” from Larry Ellison, who is putting up billions of dollars to back the deal for his son’s company.
Warner Bros asks investors to reject takeover bid from Paramount Skydance
December 17, 2025 - 12:30 AM

NEW YORK (AP) — Warner Bros. is telling shareholders to reject a takeover bid from Paramount Skydance, saying that a rival bid from Netflix will be better for customers.
FBI adds true crime TV producer to Most Wanted list for loan fraud tied to phony heiress story
December 09, 2025 - 5:08 AM

SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) — The former head of a California company that produced true crime TV shows has been added to the FBI's Most Wanted list, years after being charged with portraying herself as an heiress to get millions of dollars from lenders.
News from outside disappears in North Korea
November 24, 2025 - 1:52 PM

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — For two hours every day, Lee Si-young and her colleagues broadcast uncensored foreign news into authoritarian North Korea. Her radio audience could go to jail if caught listening.
Usher sues investors to recover $700,000 he lent to buy property for 'Homage ATL'
November 19, 2025 - 7:43 AM

ATLANTA (AP) — The music artist and entertainment executive Usher is suing a group of investors who have been trying to open a new restaurant and lounge in Atlanta.
Gustav Klimt portrait that spared its subject from Nazis breaks modern art record with $236M sale
November 18, 2025 - 3:52 PM

A Gustav Klimt portrait painting that helped save the life of its Jewish subject during the Holocaust sold Tuesday for $236.4 million, a record for a modern art piece.
Audit finds federal department couldn't account for 132 Indigenous artworks
October 27, 2025 - 4:36 PM

OTTAWA — The federal government has lost track of more than 130 Indigenous artworks and risks losing the trust of Indigenous artists if it doesn't take better care of its collection, an internal audit found last year.
Who's who of French artists in focus as a major private art collection goes on show in Berlin
October 22, 2025 - 8:14 AM

BERLIN (AP) — A major German private art collection accumulated over four generations is going on large-scale show for the first time in Berlin, with a who's who of French art of the 19th and 20th centuries at its core.
Newspapers closing, news deserts growing for beleaguered news industry
October 20, 2025 - 1:38 PM

Some 136 newspapers in the United States have closed in the past year, news deserts are expanding and web traffic to the nation's top newspapers has dropped markedly this decade, according to a report issued Monday that struggles to find hope for the beleaguered news industry.
Met Museum’s first Egypt show in over a decade brings ancient gods and goddesses to life
October 18, 2025 - 9:16 PM

NEW YORK (AP) — The powerful gods of ancient Egypt are having a get-together on Manhattan’s Upper East Side.
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THOMPSON: Department of War name change comes with hefty bill for American taxpayers
OPINION Last month, President Donald Trump decided he liked the sound of Department of War a lot more than Department of Defense. It was - like so many Trump impulses - a move that did little to change reality other t

Why some bars and most breweries close early in downtown Kelowna
It’s 10:30 p.m. and the night feels young inside one of Kelowna’s charming breweries, but your hope of painting the town red is dashed by last call. That’s a pretty common experience for folks who aren’t familiar wit

Why Okanagan cannabis shops aren't dominating the black market
Law abiding cannabis companies in the Okanagan deal with the government taking its piece of the pie at every turn, while trying to compete with a black market that's still going strong. Cannabis in B.C. gets taxed at several points betw

The story behind the Shuswap's familiar and historic Trickle Inn
A large, charming white house with green trim has been a familiar site for people travelling through the Shuswap for decades. Perched on side of the Trans-Canada Highway in Tappen, the house was a family home for the Carlin family for sever

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Larry Ellison guarantees $40.4 billion in Paramount's hostile bid for Warner Bros. Discovery

Warner Bros asks investors to reject takeover bid from Paramount Skydance

FBI adds true crime TV producer to Most Wanted list for loan fraud tied to phony heiress story

News from outside disappears in North Korea

Usher sues investors to recover $700,000 he lent to buy property for 'Homage ATL'

Gustav Klimt portrait that spared its subject from Nazis breaks modern art record with $236M sale

Audit finds federal department couldn't account for 132 Indigenous artworks

Who's who of French artists in focus as a major private art collection goes on show in Berlin

Newspapers closing, news deserts growing for beleaguered news industry

Met Museum’s first Egypt show in over a decade brings ancient gods and goddesses to life

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