The Baltimore Ravens extended coach John Harbaugh’s contract by three years, taking him through the 2028 season. The 62-year-old Harbaugh is the Ravens’ all-time winningest coach with a 172-104 record over 17 seasons, not including going 13-11 in the playoffs. He is the second-longest-tenured active coach behind Mike Tomlin, who has been with the Pittsburgh…
The main gate at The Walt Disney Studios in Burbank, California, on Sept. 25, 2023. Mario Anzuoni | Reuters The Federal Communications Commission has alerted the Walt Disney Company and its ABC unit that it will begin an investigation into the diversity, equity and inclusion efforts at the media giant. The FCC, the agency that regulates…
Elon Musk said on Friday that his startup xAI has merged with X, his social network, in an all-stock transaction that values the artificial intelligence company at $80 billion and the social media company at $33 billion. “xAI and X’s futures are intertwined,” Musk, the world’s richest person, wrote in a post on X. “Today,…
The US’s top media regulator on Friday said it was opening an investigation into the diversity practices of Walt Disney and its ABC unit, saying they may violate equal employment opportunity regulations. Brendan Carr, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) chair, wrote to the Disney CEO, Robert Iger, in a letter dated on Thursday that the…
LeBron James is arguably the greatest player of all time and, by extension, the greatest No. 1 overall pick in the history of the NBA Draft. The No. 1 picks before James all deserve to be in the conversation — Magic Johnson, Kareem Abul-Jabbar, Tim Duncan, Shaquille O’Neal — but James has separated himself from…
US Vice-President JD Vance has accused Denmark of leaving Greenland vulnerable to alleged incursions by China and Russia, as he urged its people to “partner” with the US. Speaking during a visit to the Arctic island, Vance said he hoped Greenlanders would vote for independence from Denmark, which he said had not invested enough to protect the semi-autonomous territory. Vance’s claims that its ally Denmark had “not done…
FILE PHOTO: Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Acting Director Russell Vought testifies before House Budget Committee on 2020 Budget on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., March 12, 2019. Yuri Gripas | Reuters A federal judge on Friday ordered the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau‘s leadership, appointed by President Donald Trump, to halt its campaign to…
A US oil tanker that was hit by a container ship in the North Sea is to be towed to the north-east of England after more than 200,000 barrels of jet fuel are removed over the weekend, a maritime company has said. The Solong collided with the anchored tanker Stena Immaculate about 12 miles off…
Charlie Javice, who is charged with defrauding JPMorgan Chase & Co into buying her now-shuttered college financial aid startup Frank for $175 million in 2021, arrives at United States Court in Manhattan in New York City, June 6, 2023. Mike Segar | Reuters Charlie Javice, founder of a startup purchased by JPMorgan Chase in 2021,…
CoreWeave Inc. signage during the company’s initial public offering at the Nasdaq MarketSite in New York, US, on Friday, March 28, 2025. Michael Nagle | Bloomberg | Getty Images It wasn’t supposed to go down like this. The Trump presidency was set to usher in a rush of money to the markets, spurred by a…
