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U.K. Approves Paramount-Warner Bros. Merger

The U.K. has cleared Paramount Skydance’s $111 billion acquisition of Warner Bros. on both competition and public interest grounds after Paramount beefed up promises about programming and news provision in the country. In a statement, the U.K.’s Department of Culture, Media and Sport said, “Today, the Competition and Markets Authority have announced their decision that […]

U.K. Approves Paramount-Warner Bros. Merger

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The Deaths ICE Doesn’t Count

Prisciliano Trejo Ricano spent his 29th birthday on July 10 in Georgia’s Stewart Detention Center. In the privately-run facility that can hold about 1,900 detainees at a time, Trejo Ricano felt “like…

  • Prisciliano Trejo Ricano died July 24 after ICE release.
  • ICE stopped reporting deaths within 30 days of release.
  • ICE detainee mortality rate highest in over a decade.

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