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DirecTV to buy debt-laden rival Dish for $1 after decades-long pursuit

DirecTV agreed Monday to buy satellite rival Dish Network, ending decades of on-again, off-again negotiations and making the nation's largest pay-TV distribution company with a total of 20 million subscribers. A new company will be born. Dish, owned by EchoStar, is billions of dollars in debt and facing the prospect of imminent bankruptcy. As part […]

Naked suspect leads police on bizarre pursuit, before getting caught by K-9

Amazing body camera footage released on Friday shows a police dog in Washington state helping officers apprehend a nude suspect. The Pierce County Sheriff's Office announced the arrest and described the footage in a press release titled “K9 Bronco vs. Naked Man.” Without naming the suspect, authorities said the incident began on the morning of […]

Could Marina Mabrey be the missing piece in Sun pursuit of WNBA title?

Marina Mabry couldn’t stop laughing. She smiled after she made three 3-pointers, she smiled during her halftime interview and she smiled after the game when she was asked how it felt to wear a Connecticut Suns uniform. In his first game as a member of the Sun, it looked like Mabry might be the missing […]

Imane Khelif’s ‘pursuit of happiness’ tramples biblical, historical truth

Racism and American slavery from 160 years ago are fueling the controversy engulfing Algerian boxer Imane Kherif’s bid for an Olympic gold medal, according to the Associated Press. The problem is not Kerif’s XY chromosomes or high testosterone levels. It’s racism. That’s it. And that’s why so many sports fans are against Kerif’s participation in […]

Google faces Italy probe over ‘misleading’ pursuit of user data

Google is under antitrust investigation in Italy for alleged “misleading and aggressive” business practices, the latest in an intensifying string of competition investigations targeting the tech giant in the United States and Europe. Italy’s competition authority said its investigation focuses on the consent requests Google sends to users regarding their data, which “do not appear […]