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AEW Dynamite: Cody Rhodes, Darby Allin team up

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (UPI) -- Cody Rhodes and newly crowned TNT Champion Darby Allin joined forces on Dynamite to take on FTW Champion Brian Cage and Ricky Starks of Team Taz. Cage and Starks' manager Taz was a guest commentator during the main event match. Rhodes was accompanied to the ring by his coach Arn Anderson. Anderson was thrown out of the match, however, after he got upset about Taz coming down to the ringside area and grabbing Rhodes' foot. Anderson […]

todayNovember 19, 2020 38

Entertainment

Conan O’Brien to end ‘Conan’ in 2021, host new HBO Max show

LOS ANGELES (UPI) -- Conan O'Brien is ending his TBS late-night talk show Conan in 2021. WarnerMedia confirmed in a press release Tuesday that Conan, which premiered in November 2010, will end its run at the end of its 10th season in June 2021. O'Brien's signature travel specials, Conan Without Borders, will continue to air on TBS. Following the end of Conan, O'Brien will begin hosting a new, weekly variety series on HBO Max. WarnerMedia owns both TBS and HBO […]

todayNovember 19, 2020 37

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Illinois lawmaker proposes ending cash-bond system

SPRINGFIELD -- Illinois lawmakers have the chance to ensure poverty is never the reason a person stays in jail. The Pretrial Fairness Act has been newly introduced in both chambers and would reform the state's pretrial justice system and end the use of money bond. Sen. Robert Peters (D-Chicago), who sponsored the bill, said too many people can't afford to pay the bond for their release. And he contends pretrial incarceration stands at the intersection of race, class, and gender. […]

todayNovember 13, 2020 90

Entertainment

Twitch admits handling DMCA takedowns poorly

SAN FRANCISCO -- Twitch is acknowledging the fault of the ways when handling the ongoing Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) controversy. For several years, streamers were put at risk of losing their accounts due to playing licensed music during their broadcasts. However, streamers aren't out of the woods yet. The gamer-oriented streaming platform is strongly recommending not playing licensed music during streams. This is due to ongoing negotiations between Twitch, which is owned by Amazon, and record labels. In a […]

todayNovember 12, 2020 66

Business & Lifestyle

AEW working on console game, mobile games with former WWE 2K series developer

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- Just weeks after All Elite Wrestling (AEW) marked the first year anniversary of its weekly flagship episodic wrestling show Dynamite, the wrestling promotion is marking another milestone. In a press conference held Tuesday evening online, the promotion would launch its gaming division, AEW Games, with some projects in the works. AEW co-executive vice president Kenny Omega would kick off the presentation with the announcement of their console game. The title of the project is not currently known, […]

todayNovember 10, 2020 49

National

ON THIS DAY: November 10

Today's date is November 10, 2020, the 315th day of this year. This is a breakdown of what happened in the world on this particular day. Notable events: November 10 in the 18th and 19th century William Franklin, the final colonial governor of New Jersey, signs the charter of Queen's College on this day in 1766. The college would later become Rutgers University. The United States Marine Corps was founded on this day in 1775. It was founded inside Philadelphia's […]

todayNovember 10, 2020 133

Business & Lifestyle

ESPN to lay off 300 workers, won’t fill 200 open jobs

BRISTOL, Conn. (UPI) -- ESPN announced Thursday it will lay off 300 employees and will not fill about 200 open positions, marking its largest number of job cuts in five years. The sports network, which is owned by Disney, employs about 6,000 people worldwide, 4,000 of whom are in Bristol, Conn. It laid off 300 employees during a round of cuts in 2015. "Today is hard because ESPN has always been -- and will always be -- fortified by its […]

todayNovember 5, 2020 66

Business & Lifestyle

GameStop closed on Thanksgiving, Black Friday deals offered early

GRAPEVINE, Tex. -- If you were planning to huddle outside of your nearest GameStop store, save yourself the trip this year. This is assuming your closest store hasn't already closed or gone out of business due to the company's ongoing restructuring plan. GameStop is following the lead of other major retailers by being closed on Thanksgiving Day. Walmart and Target made similar announcements earlier this year. Normally, the video game retail giant has been opening up to Black Friday shoppers […]

todayOctober 27, 2020 35

Business & Lifestyle

After nearly seven months, Quibi to cease operations

LOS ANGELES -- Quibi, a short-form entertainment content streaming service, announced Wednesday that they will be shutting down some seven months after its public launch. A Wall Street Journal report states that amid mounting problems, the service has opted to shut itself down. Thus ends a year full of high-flying expectations for the entertainment start-up that raised $1.75 billion in capital. Founders Jeffrey Katzenberg, a film producer, and former Hewlett Packard CEO Meg Whitman, issued a public statement that the […]

todayOctober 22, 2020 69

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