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Lions Gate Entertainment Corp. shares rose in the extended session Thursday after the television and movie company's results exceeded Wall Street expectations, driven by its Starz streaming network and recent syndication of the television program "Mad Men." Lions Gate shares rose 7.5% after hours, following a 3% decline in the regular session to close at $7.81. The company reported fiscal first-quarter net income of $51.1 million, or 23 cents a share, versus a loss of $54 million, or 25 cents a share, in the year-ago period. Читать дальше...

Streamers were known for commissioning risky projects that studios would never touch. But Rodrigo Teixeira says they're increasingly acting like studios.

New York Attorney General Letitia James may be able to do what no politician before her has been able to accomplish – take down the National Rifle Association. Her lawsuit alleging self-dealing and misconduct could, if successful, dissolve the entire organization. While the suit is civil in nature, it reads like an old-fashioned corruption indictment. It alleges that the not-for profit organization violated New York state laws governing charities by diverting tens of millions of dollars away from... Читать дальше...

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New York Attorney General Letitia James may be able to do what no politician before her has been able to accomplish – take down the National Rifle Association. 

San Francisco Giants relievers Rico Garcia and Caleb Baragar allowed home runs to Daniel Murphy and Charlie Blackmon, respectively, as the Colorado Rockies scored five runs in the seventh inning to help earn a 6-4 win at Coors Field

OPELOUSAS, La. (KLFY) — Opelousas Police say they are investigating a drive-by shooting that injured no one in the 600 block of East Street. Opelousas Police Maj. Mark Guidry said a home occupied by five adults and four children was hit at least four times by gunfire in the shooting shortly after 4 p.m. today. […]

Another bizarre chapter was written in the 'Year of Bryson DeChambeau' after the American's driver broke during the opening round of the US PGA Championship.

T-Mobile US said it vaulted ahead of rival AT&T Inc. in the race for wireless customers to become the country’s second-largest cellphone carrier.

During a panel interview with Lester Holt, WHO Director-General Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus warned against making political decisions in combating the coronavirus.

Americans’ mental health is faring relatively badly, according to a new study that looked at eight rich countries.

Former President Barack Obama has called on the Senate to do away with the filibuster, but that won’t happen if West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin has anything to say about it.

"Canada was taking advantage of us, as usual," Trump said during a lengthy, campaign-style speech at a Whirlpool manufacturing plant in Ohio.

On Thursday, Politico reported that James Miles, the Trump administration’s choice to run the federally-backed Open Technology Fund, was involved in a pair of multilevel marketing schemes, including one that was shut down after a government investigation. “The Federal Trade Commission shut one of them down, calling it ‘an allegedly illegal pyramid scheme.’ A 2010 […]

1. Wayne LaPierre used the NRA as a 'personal piggy bank,' N.Y. attorney general says  NBC News
2. NRA Lawsuit: Fraud Investigation Moves New York AG To Seek Group's Dissolution  NPR
3. Hannity on New York's legal move against the NRA: It shows the radical left's broader agenda  Fox News
4. Nasty Rotten Association: NY’s AG reveals the damning truth about the NRA  New York Daily News
5. New York's lawsuit against the NRA is the best thing for responsible gun owners. Here's why. Читать дальше...

Trips to the Bahamas, private jets and luxury hotel suites were some of the ways the CEO and other executives are alleged to have used the nonprofit's money.

Swapna Suresh, the prime accused in the Thiruvananthapuram gold smuggling case, had gone to meet IAS officer M Sivasankar at his flat after her attempts for releasing the consignment seized by customs failed, National Investigation Agency (NIA) submitted before the special court on Thursday.

But teachers say more investment in safe space for students during COVID-19 is necessary due to socioeconomic inequities among neighbourhoods.

Another day in which we get to explain how content moderation is impossible to do well at scale. On Wednesday, Twitter (and Facebook) chose to lock the Trump campaign's account after it aired a dangerous and misleading clip from Fox News' "Fox & Friends" in which the President falsely claimed that children are "almost immune" from COVID-19.

Amazing

WASHINGTON, DC - The United States Senate on Thursday unanimously passed a bill banning the Chinese-owned video-sharing app TikTok on government devices.

Even if you've never used the incredibly popular video app, Trump's so-called "ban" should disturb you. Here's why

Oak Street Health says its business model is built to address rising costs and poor patient outcomes, two of the most pressing challenges facing the United States healthcare industry.

The $52.8 million plan, “Always Growing, Auburn Gresham,” on Thursday was awarded $10 million by the Pritzker Traubert Foundation, securing the first Chicago Prize.