Justice Dept. Clears Way for Paramount-Warner Bros. Merger

The $111 billion deal would unite two major movie studios and put CNN under the same roof as CBS News.A merger of Paramount and Warner Bros. Discovery would include the Warner Bros. movie studio, above, in Burbank, Calif.

L Lauren Hirsch, David McCabe and Benjamin Mullin

SpaceX’s Unlikely Journey From Far-Out Idea to $2 Trillion Juggernaut

Elon Musk said he had initially given SpaceX less than a 10 percent chance of succeeding. His rocket company has come a long way.A SpaceX ad on the Nasdaq MarketSite tower in Times Square. The company, which Elon Musk founded in 2002, began trading on the stock market on Friday.

R Ryan Mac, Kenneth Chang and Kirsten Grind

Musk Is the World’s First Trillionaire. Who Was the First Billionaire?

John D. Rockefeller, the Gilded Age oil baron, became America’s first billionaire in 1916. Like Elon Musk’s ascension, the milestone made headlines.John D. Rockefeller Sr., in Lakewood, N.J., in 1933. Rockefeller, the Gilded Age oil baron, became a billionaire in 1916.

J John S.W. MacDonald

Trump Administration Says It Will Restart Asylum and Immigration Processing

The response came after a federal judge rebuked officials for failing to immediately comply with the order he issued last week.An immigration court in New York in May. More than a million applications for asylum and immigration had ground to a halt under Trump administration policies.

M Madeleine Ngo and Zach Montague

Scientists Race to Test Treatments as Ebola Outbreak Widens

Trials are beginning on several drugs that have shown promise in preliminary studies against the virus that is causing the current outbreak.A health worker in the town of Mongbwalu, Democratic Republic of Congo, collecting medication for patients suspected of having Bundibugyo virus last month.

C Carl Zimmer and Stephanie Nolen

Federal Agents Search Voting Rights Group in Ohio

It was not immediately clear what the investigators were looking for, but a board member with a progressive group said members had been served with search warrants.People voting in Ohio in 2024.

D Devlin Barrett and Glenn Thrush

Despite Trump Claims, Spencer Pratt Seems to Accept L.A. Mayor Results

President Trump said the loss was an example of election fraud, but Mr. Pratt did not entertain that idea. Instead, he plans to wind down his campaign but keep attacking the two Democrats who advanced.“I didn’t get in this for political power, I got in this to expose this corrupt machine, and nothin

S Soumya Karlamangla

Framing David Hockney’s Greatest Art

Whether in Los Angeles, in his native England or traveling the world, the artist always reinvented the world he saw, with psychological insight.

H Holland Cotter

Trump’s D.C. Renovations, HGTV Style

President Trump brings a particular brand of reality TV-style renovations to the nation’s capital.After generations of slow and often staid improvements, the Trump era has already added a splashy flair to today’s Washington, including an Ultimate Fighting Championship octagon cage rising on the Sout

J Jesse McKinley

Gene Shalit, Film Critic Bristling With Hair and Puns, Dies at 100

One of the nation’s most recognizable characters, he delivered his wacky commentary for more than 40 years on the “Today” show.Gene Shalit in 1980. With his handlebar mustache, bushy hair, black horn-rimmed glasses and extravagant bow ties, he was one of the nation’s most recognizable characters.

R Robert D. McFadden

Brawls, Biting and Bliss in a City Craving a Knicks Championship

Decades of bottled-up hopes and frustrations have created a frenzy around the New York Knicks that has brought out the worst in some fans.Police officers stood guard as Game 4 of the N.B.A. finals drew a massive number of fans to Midtown Manhattan.

M Maria Cramer and Maia Coleman

Knicks in Five? Please Don’t Tempt the Jinx Gods.

Some Knicks fans have predicted series sweeps. Others, conditioned by decades of failure, pay more heed to jinxes and superstitious rituals.The Knicks’ championship run has revealed a fundamental difference among some fans, with some unafraid of making boastful predictions and others recoiling at th

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