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Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Following weeks of discussions, Paramount’s potential merger deal with Skydance has fallen apart, as reported earlier by The Wall Street Journal. In a statement on Tuesday, Paramount’s parent company, National Amusements, said the companies couldn’t “reach mutually acceptable terms” for its deal with Skydance Media. One possible issue may have been Skydance’s decision not to include legal protection that would shield National Amusements head Shari Redstone from a lawsuit filed by shareholders, according to a report from The Hollywood Reporter. The WSJ reports that now, Redstone is “likely” to pursue a sale of National Amusements without trying to merge Paramount with another company. Rumors about a merger with Warner Bros. Discovery... Continue reading…

Image: Kristen Radtke / The Verge; Getty Images Elon Musk has dropped his lawsuit against OpenAI and its CEO, Sam Altman, accusing the company of a breach of contract and allegedly abandoning its mission of creating AI technology to benefit humanity. As reported earlier by CNBC, the case was dismissed without prejudice, meaning Musk can file it again. Musk’s decision to withdraw the lawsuit, filed in a California state court in February (case number CGC24612746), comes just one day before a scheduled hearing where the judge would’ve reviewed OpenAI’s request to dismiss the case. It’s also one day after Musk said he would ban Apple devices at his companies if the company integrates OpenAI’s technology into the iPhone and Mac “at the OS level,” among other bizarre threats. His lawsuit... Continue reading…

Following the devastating Great Fire of London in 1666, the city faced immediate and long-lasting repercussions. The fire, which began at a bakery on Putting Lane, quickly engulfed the majority of London, leaving 80% of the city in ruins and displacing 65,000 people. Amidst the chaos, exacerbated by ongoing conflicts with France and the Netherlands, paranoia gripped the populace. Immigrants became targets of violence, with rumors blaming them for the fire. Anti-French sentiments led to attacks on individuals of French descent, while Catholics were scapegoated, further dividing an already fractured society.  Read moreSection: NewsVideosHistoryImportant EventsRead Later 

Democrat Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg and the lead prosecutor in the New York criminal trial against Donald Trump will testify July 12 before the House Judiciary Committee, multiple media outlets reported Tuesday.

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., confirmed Tuesday that he will attend the meeting later this week that was organized for GOP presumptive nominee Donald Trump to meet with chamber Republicans.

Former president Donald Trump is not the holder of liquor licenses at his three New Jersey golf clubs, his company said Tuesday in response to an inquiry by the New Jersey attorney general's office into whether his convictions in a New York case might affect those...