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Netflix to acquire Warner Bros. studio and streaming business for $72 billion 12/05/2025 04:14pm • NEW YORK (AP) — Netflix struck a deal Friday to buy Warner Bros. Discovery, the Hollywood giant behind “Harry Potter” and HBO Max, in a $72 billion deal that would bring together two of the biggest players in television and film and potentially reshape the entertainment industry. If approved b The Latest: 2026 FIFA World Cup groups are set. See what the tournament could bring 12/05/2025 03:56pm • The FIFA World Cup draw at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., divided a record 48 teams into 12 groups of four. Six spots won’t be determined until March, when 22 teams will face off in playoffs. The draw also served as a stage for U.S. President Donald Trump to receive the first-ever FIFA Pe US Steel to resume steel production at Illinois plant shut 2 years ago 12/05/2025 03:50pm • HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — U.S. Steel said it will resume making steel slabs at its Granite City Works plant in Illinois as demand rebounds. The company shut down the last blast furnace there in 2023, and it even moved to wind down its steel processing mill there in September. However, it reversed it Railroads will be allowed to reduce inspections and rely more on technology to spot track problems 12/05/2025 03:05pm • The nation's freight railroads are going to be able to try relying more on technology and inspect their tracks in person less often after the federal government approved their waiver request on Friday. The Association of American Railroads trade group asked for the relief from inspection requirement In Colorado town built on coal, some families are moving on, even as Trump tries to boost industry 12/05/2025 02:57pm • CRAIG, Colo. (AP) — The Cooper family knows how to work heavy machinery. The kids could run a hay baler by their early teens, and two of the three ran monster-sized drills at the coal mines along with their dad. But learning to maneuver the shiny red drill they use to tap into underground heat fee Georgia Power says it needs a huge increase in power capacity to meet data center demand 12/05/2025 02:40pm • ATLANTA (AP) — With data centers flooding into Georgia, utility regulators face a big decision: Should they let Georgia Power Co. spend more than $15 billion to increase its electricity capacity by 50% over the next six years to serve computer complexes? Or could the utility overbuild and stick ot The Whitecaps have had success against Miami, so they're hoping the MLS Cup is no different 12/05/2025 02:24pm • Vancouver has already bested Inter Miami in a big competition this year, so the Whitecaps feel there's really no reason they can't do it again in the MLS Cup final. Back in late April, the Whitecaps downed Lionel Messi & Co. 5-1 on aggregate in the two-legged CONCACAF Champions Cup semifinals. EU hits Elon Musk's X with 120 million euro fine for breaching bloc's social media law 12/05/2025 02:14pm • LONDON (AP) — European Union regulators on Friday fined X, Elon Musk’s social media platform, 120 million euros ($140 million) for breaches of the bloc’s digital regulations, in a move that risks rekindling tensions with Washington over free speech. The European Commission issued its decision What might change for streamers under the proposed $72B Netflix-Warner Brothers Discovery deal 12/05/2025 01:59pm • NEW YORK (AP) — Two of the most popular streaming services have agreed to combine, in a move that could change the streaming service landscape. Netflix said Friday it will acquire the studio and streaming business of Warner Bros. Discovery, the legacy Hollywood giant behind “Harry Potter” and Another line of attack: White House sets up a hall of shame for news outlets 12/05/2025 01:10pm • NEW YORK (AP) — President Donald Trump's White House is taking on the role of media critic and asking for help from “everyday Americans." The White House launched a web portal it says will spotlight bias on the part of news outlets, targeting the Boston Globe, CBS News, The Independent and The W Championship week: No CFP worries for Big Ten with No. 1 vs No. 2 matchup; anxiety reigns elsewhere 12/05/2025 12:52pm • The conference championship games are upon us, providing the College Football Playoff committee one last look at contenders for the 12-team field and requiring anxious coaches and players on bubble teams to keep the antacids handy. The Big Ten will be the only conference with a sense of calm this we FACT FOCUS: Trump said weaker gas mileage rules will mean cheaper cars. Experts say don't bet on it 12/05/2025 12:41pm • DETROIT (AP) — President Donald Trump this week announced plans to weaken rules for how far automakers' new vehicles need to travel on a gallon of gasoline, set under former President Joe Biden. The Trump administration said the rules, known formally as Corporate Average Fuel Economy, or CAFE, sta Lebanon tells a UN team the country will need a back-up force once peacekeepers' term ends 12/05/2025 11:47am • BEIRUT (AP) — The Lebanese prime minister on Friday told a visiting U.N. delegation that his country will need a follow-up force in southern Lebanon along the border with Israel to fill the vacuum once the U.N. peacekeepers' term expires by the end of next year. The U.N. Security Council voted una Burkina Faso plans to restore death penalty for treason, terrorism, espionage 12/05/2025 11:43am • DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Burkina Faso’s Council of Ministers has adopted a bill to restore the death penalty, targeting offenses such as treason, terrorism and espionage, authorities said. “The adoption of this bill is part of reforms ... to have a justice that responds to the deep aspirations o Trump's security strategy slams European allies and asserts US power in the Western Hemisphere 12/05/2025 11:40am • WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump's administration has set forth a new national security strategy that paints European allies as weak and aims to reassert America's dominance in the Western Hemisphere. The document released Friday by the White House is sure to roil long-standing U.S. allie