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It was not Elsa from Frozen making it snow at the Disneyland Resort today, it was a winter storm that has continued to hit California that made the theme park guests get a chilly surprise from the sky. Social media was abuzz on Wednesday, Mar. 1 after snow started to fall in Anaheim. Laughing Place

Interest rates may rise less than previously thought with the governor of the Bank of England signalling there is no urgent need for hikes. The central bank has been consistently raising interest rates – making borrowing more expensive – in an effort to bring double-digit inflation down to the Bank’s 2% target. Further increases had

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries seized on the latest revelations from Dominion Voting Systems’ defamation lawsuit against Fox News, as they called on Rupert Murdoch to curb hosts from spreading election conspiracy theories. According to a Dominion filing on Monday, Murdoch said in a recent deposition that some Fox

House prices have fallen for the sixth month in a row and dropped 1.1% in the year up to last month, according to one of the UK’s biggest mortgage lenders. House price data from Nationwide building society showed it was the first annual decline since June 2020. On a monthly basis, the price fall from

Vanessa Bryant has reached a settlement of $28.85 million with Los Angeles County over the leaked photos from the helicopter crash scene where her husband Kobe and daughter Gianna died. The settlement includes the $15 million a jury awarded Bryant back in August. “Today marks the successful culmination of Mrs. Bryant’s courageous battle to hold

Supermarket giant Sainsbury’s has said it plans to close two Argos depots in a move that will impact 1,400 jobs. It is expected to take place over the next three years as part of a wider shake-up of its general merchandise operations across the group that would see its major warehouses cut from five to

Nexstar CEO Perry Sook said the company’s acquisition of the CW has already paid for itself in terms of adding muscle to the company’s distribution negotiations. The exec made the comment at the start of Nexstar’s fourth-quarter earnings call with Wall Street analysts. Earlier, Nexstar reported a 45% surge in advertising revenue during the election-fueled

UK grocery inflation continued to climb during February to reach a new record high of 17.1%, according to closely-watched industry data. Kantar Worldpanel reported that the increase over the past 12 months meant that families faced a potential £811 annual rise in the cost of their regular shopping basket. It had been hoped that a

Rupert Murdoch said in a recent deposition that he “would have liked us to be stronger in denouncing” Donald Trump’s false claims about the 2020 presidential election, conspiracy theories that the Fox Corp. executive chairman at once called “bullsh*t and damaging.” But he admitted that some Fox hosts “endorsed” those election fraud claims. “Not Fox,

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen have agreed a new post-Brexit deal for Northern Ireland, calling it the Windsor Framework. lt is designed to tackle the issues impacting Northern Ireland since the UK left the EU – and the so-called Northern Ireland Protocol came into force. But what does

Streaming pay-TV bundle provider FuboTV closed 2022 with 1.445 million subscribers in North America and posted healthy numbers in many financial categories in the fourth quarter. Despite those positives, shares in Fubo fell 17% just after the opening bell. The stock was at $1.96 on twice its normal trading volume day after the company revealed

The energy regulator has reduced the cap on the amount energy companies can charge customers but bills are still expected to increase. Ofgem has today announced the cap on the amount typical households pay on electricity and gas bills will drop to £3,280 from 1 April. It’s a decrease from the previous cap of £4,279

As both the WGA and DGA head into talks for contract negotiations with the AMPTP, producers at last night’s PGA Awards had a wait-and-see attitude. Much of that has to do with the fact that the WGA hasn’t set its pattern of demands yet with talks set to begin March 20. Their contract expires May

The electric vehicles arm of Octopus Energy’s parent company is seeking a £100m funding boost to accelerate its growth amid soaring production of greener cars. Sky News has learnt that Octopus Electric Vehicles (OEV) is working with bankers on plans to raise new funding from external investors during the coming months. OEV is part of

UPDATED, 5:49 PM: The wild weather in Los Angeles has forced the cancellation of the red carpet for tonight’s portion of the NAACP Image Awards ceremony. The event’s dinner at LA Live downtown is going on as planned, but “the red carpet has been canceled due to the inclement weather,” a rep confirmed to Deadline.

As Ukrainians mark a year since Russia’s invasion, Ian is joined by Ukraine’s deputy economy minister, and the chief executive of the Ukrainian steelmaker Metinvest – owners of the Azovstal steel mill in Mariupol, which was besieged by Russian soldiers last May. He also speaks to the chief executive at Allbright and the chair of

EXCLUSIVE: We’ve heard from sources that Jason Seagraves has exited Cavalry Media as their SVP of Development. Seagraves is the second executive to leave the management and production company following co-founder Dana Brunetti, which we first reported. Seagraves, I understand, has both Brunetti and Cavalry Media co-founder Keegan Rosenberger’s approval to transition to a producorial

Citymapper, the urban transport app which ranks among Britain’s most prominent consumer technology companies, is in talks to be bought by a multibillion dollar New York-based rival. Sky News has learnt that Citymapper, which launched in 2010, is in advanced discussions about a takeover by Via Transportation. City sources said a deal could be struck

Newspapers across the country are pulling the “Dilbert” cartoon after a podcast racial rant from creator and author Scott Adams. Adams said on his his Coffee with Scott Adams online video program  that white people should “get the hell away from Black people,” labeling Blacks as a “hate group.” The Dilbert cartoon is a satire on office

A financial services giant backed by an Abu Dhabi state investment fund is the latest suitor to emerge as a contender to swoop on parts of the stricken London-listed company MJ Hudson. Sky News has learnt that Apex Group, which is based in Bermuda and has around 12,000 employees, plans to table an offer next