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19 storiesCornell Faculty Move Toward No-Confidence Vote Over Sexual Assault Case Handling
Members of Cornell University's Faculty Senate have introduced a resolution for a vote of no confidence against the university administration over its handling of a 2024 alleged gang rape on campus. The resolution was submitted to a faculty…
Paramount closes Warner Bros. Discovery takeover, creating Skydance
Paramount Skydance closed its acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery on Tuesday, creating a company named Skydance led by CEO David Ellison and co-CEO Ynon Kreiz. The merged company brings CNN, CBS News, HBO Max and Paramount+ under one roof…
Emmy Awards to leave broadcast TV for Amazon's Prime Video in 2027
The Emmy Awards will move to Amazon's Prime Video under a six-year deal announced Tuesday, ending a broadcast run dating to 1955 and the annual rotation among ABC, CBS, Fox and NBC. The ceremony will stream free, with no Prime Video subscri…
Cornell trustees bring in Sally Yates to review handling of sex assault claims
Cornell University trustees announced Tuesday that former Deputy Attorney General Sally Yates will lead an independent review of how the university handles sexual misconduct complaints. The review follows days of protests over Cornell's res…
More Than 250,000 Rally Across France as Student School Protests Escalate
More than 256,000 people rallied across France on Tuesday and hundreds of schools were shut or blockaded as students, parents and teachers demanded more education funding. Police fired tear gas in Paris and other cities, and Fox News, citin…
Trump to announce $6.6B Anduril-Navy investment in Baltimore submarine facility
President Trump is set to announce a $6.6 billion investment by Anduril Industries and the US Navy in a new shipyard at Sparrows Point in Baltimore that would build components for Virginia-class submarines, with Anduril contributing $3.7 bi…
CNN chief Mark Thompson to stay as Ellison's Skydance takes over
Mark Thompson will remain chairman and editor-in-chief of CNN after the Ellison family's Skydance takes control of the network's parent company, Warner Bros. Discovery. The combined company, to be called Skydance, announced its leadership t…
Cornell students protest assault case handling; Day Hall vandalized
Student activists vandalized Day Hall, Cornell University's administration building, at about 3am Monday, smashing a glass door and painting messages in red, after a lawsuit alleging a 2024 fraternity-house gang rape. A Cornell spokesperson…
Paramount completes $110 billion Warner Bros. Discovery deal, forming Skydance
Paramount said on Tuesday it completed its $110 billion acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery, creating a combined entertainment company called Skydance. The new company brings together Paramount Pictures, Warner Bros. Pictures and Skydance…
French high schools shut as student protests over school conditions enter third week
Student protests over underfunded and deteriorating schools across France entered a third week, with hundreds of high schools closed or disrupted and a student union saying 2,000 were at a standstill. Education Minister Édouard Geffray said…
Students protest across France over school resources as unions join
Students demonstrated in cities across France on Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2026, demanding more resources and better conditions in schools, according to the Associated Press, with marches in Rennes, Paris and Bordeaux. The New York Times reported th…
Uber to buy Boston-based catering marketplace ezCater for $2.3 billion
Uber announced Tuesday it is acquiring Boston-based ezCater, a workplace catering marketplace, for $2.3 billion in an all-cash deal. Uber said the purchase will expand Uber Eats and Uber for Business by helping restaurants win larger cateri…
Cornell president says university “must do better” amid rape allegation scrutiny
Cornell University President Michael Kotlikoff said in a Saturday video statement that the university “must do better” in handling sexual assault allegations and the investigation that followed them. A former student identified as Jane Doe …
French student protests over school conditions spread; nearly 5,000 arrested
Student protests over teacher shortages and deteriorating school buildings have spread across France since they began on Sept. 21 at a high school in a Paris suburb, according to The Hill. Newsweek reported nearly 5,000 arrests, more than 6…
Trump administration proposes dropping Head Start limits on suspending preschoolers
The Trump administration has proposed changes to Head Start regulations that would remove federal rules against suspending and expelling preschoolers, Associated Press, The Boston Globe and ABC News reported. The proposal would instead ask …
Warner Bros.’ “Digger” Opens to $8 Million as Studio Nears Paramount Merger
“Digger,” Warner Bros.’ Tom Cruise-starring satire directed by Alejandro G. Iñárritu, opened to an estimated $8 million in North American theaters, among the weakest debuts of Cruise’s career. International sales added $12 million from 74 m…
Student protests over French school conditions spread, hundreds injured
Student protests over conditions in France's high school system have spread across the country, and some demonstrations have escalated into violent clashes with police in recent days. The interior ministry said roughly 3,000 people have bee…
Nearly 1,400 laid off at Ohio truck plant days before Trump rally
Nearly 1,400 workers were laid off Wednesday at a truck factory in Springfield, Ohio, three days before President Donald Trump's rally at a nearby high school. The reports say the cuts were large enough to basically erase an entire year of …
Paramount and Warner Bros. Discovery to merge as Skydance on October 6
Paramount CEO David Ellison announced on X that the merged Paramount and Warner Bros. Discovery company will be called Skydance. TechCrunch put the deal at roughly $110 billion and CNET at $111 billion, with a close expected on October 6, b…