The Justice Department probing the NFL’s antitrust exemption could lead to new regulations put in place

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Nobody should be surprised that the Justice Department has opened an investigation into the NFL’s antitrust exemption — but it’s far from clear how this game will end. For the record, I’m not a big fan of the NFL’s business model. Among the aspects I find loathsome (its embrace of gambling is at the top […]


Stanley tumbler maker won’t have to face class-action suit over lead scare

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A federal judge dismissed a proposed class-action lawsuit accusing the maker of Stanley tumblers of concealing that the popular water bottles contained lead. In a decision on Friday, U.S. District Judge Tana Lin in Seattle said consumers did not demonstrate a “specific and plausible risk of harm” from lead by using the tumblers, which are made by […]


For Good’ lead Thanksgiving box office

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Disney’s “Zootopia 2” follows detectives Judy Hopps and Nick Wilde find themselves on the twisting trail of a mysterious reptile who turns the mammal metropolis of Zootopia upside down. Disney Moviegoers have plenty to feast on at the box office this Thanksgiving. Disney’s “Zootopia 2” snared $10.2 million in Tuesday previews, the second-highest haul for […]


Tesla, GM lead record U.S. EV sales as federal incentives end

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DETROIT – Tesla and General Motors are leading the U.S. automotive industry this year in record domestic sales of all-electric vehicles, as consumers hurried to buy EVs before up to $7,500 in federal incentives for each purchase ended in September. New data provided to CNBC from Motor Intelligence shows U.S. sales of EVs, excluding hybrids, […]


New Study Finds That Book Bans Lead to Increased Readership

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Welcome to Today in Books, our daily round-up of literary headlines at the intersection of politics, culture, media, and more. New Study Explores the Impact of Book Bans on Library Circulation Researchers at Carnegie Mellon and George Mason University have published a new study about the impact of book bans on the consumption of banned […]


TikTok Ban and Trump Executive Order Lead to Tech Company Dilemma

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For more than six years, Amazon Web Services, the world’s largest cloud computing company, provided technical support to deliver TikTok videos to tens of millions of Americans. But over the weekend, Amazon faced a dilemma. A new law was taking effect banning TikTok, owned by the Chinese company ByteDance, in the United States. Tech companies […]