Tech, TV, movies and news: Ellisons on brink of colossal empire
If Paramount can close its deal to buy Warner Bros. Discovery, Larry and David Ellison will influence nearly every corner of news, entertainment and tech.
Day: February 28, 2026
How Netflix forced Paramount to cough up more for Warner Bros.
The staggering price, representing one of the biggest media deals in the past decade, came to $31 a share in cash, or $111 billion including debt.
The faces of Mexico’s disappeared haunt this city’s streets. Families worry they will be wiped away
The faces of Mexico’s disappeared paint the streets of Mexico’s second-biggest city.
Man wanted for setting his house on fire to kill spiders in Pennsylvania is later arrested for hit-and-run in NYC
Volunteer firefighters spent about eight hours putting out the fires, according to local police chief
Video shows nearly blind refugee being released by Border Patrol, 5 days before his death
Surveillance video of a nearly blind refugee from Myanmar being dropped off at a Buffalo doughnut shop by Border Patrol agents five nights before he was found dead shows him pacing by a locked door and walking through an empty parking lot.
These four races will determine if there is actually a Democratic Tea Party
From North Carolina to Texas to Illinois to New York, establishment favorites all face challenges from progressive insurgents, Eric Garcia writes
Ryan Bliss, after season of injuries, is happy to show Mariners he belongs … again
Ryan Bliss missed almost all of last season recovering from injuries. But he’s happy to be back and also eager to prove he deserves a spot on the Mariners roster.
America could stage friendly takeover of Cuba, Trump says as talks with ‘failing’ island appear to reach critical point
DONALD Trump today teased a “friendly takeover” of Cuba, suggesting that Washington’s long-time nemesis is on the brink of collapse. Speaking to reporters on the White House lawn, the president revealed that Secretary of State Marco Rubio is locked in …
Palantir Cheats Exposed by Swiss: Using Laws Against Their Own Purpose
Palantir just sued Republik, a small Swiss magazine, for publishing investigative journalism based on 59 freedom of information requests. The reporting documented what the Swiss government already concluded: Palantir’s software posed unacceptable…
Protests persist at Iranian colleges and raise tensions as US military threat looms
It has been seven weeks since the Iranian government used brute force to extinguish huge nationwide protests.