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Riftbound Directors Says Game Used To Be A Lot Like Magic: The Gathering–Until Players Rejected It
In recent years, the trading card game (TCG) environment has seen a boom of new games entering the market. There are still genre mainstays, like Magic: The Gathering, Pokemon, and Yu-Gi-Oh!, which continue to receive support and feature a thriving secondhand market. However, new original IP TCGs like Flesh and Blood and Sorcery are making…
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Judge schedules Paramount-Warner Bros Discovery antitrust trial for March 2027
A US federal judge has finalised the trial schedule for the antitrust case seeking to block Paramount’s takeover of Warner Bros. Discovery, setting proceedings to begin in March 2027 — later than Paramount had wanted. Judge Araceli Martinez-Olguin ordered the trial to run 12 court days, from 2 to 19 March 2027, with a final…
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Maryland House approves constitutional amendment clarifying redistricting rules
Lawmakers in the Maryland House on Tuesday passed a constitutional amendment to clarify rules around redistricting as the national fight over congressional lines promises to rage beyond the midterms. Delegates voted 96-38 to pass House Bill 2100, which now heads to the Maryland Senate for approval. The Senate’s Education, Energy, and the Environment panel was…
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Revealed: major oil firms make $93bn profits amid war and climate crisis
Eight of the world’s largest oil companies made almost $93bn (£69bn) in profits in the second quarter of 2026, as the Iran conflict pushed global oil prices to highs above $126 a barrel. The windfall, which comes amid record heatwaves and severe drought linked to fossil-fuel emissions, has renewed calls for firms such as Saudi…
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June McDoom Announces Debut Album Follow The Light: Hear “Without You”
New York-based singer-songwriter June McDoom has signed to Jagjaguwar and announced her debut album, Follow The Light, due out on 16 October. Known for blending Jamaican reggae and folk influences absorbed during her South Florida upbringing with jazz training from her time in New York, McDoom has built up a following through EPs since 2022…
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Appeals court blocks Trump from rescinding green bank funds
In a reversal, a federal appeals court has once again blocked the Trump administration from rescinding billions in climate funds issued under the Biden administration’s signature Inflation Reduction Act (IRA). The D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals reinstated part of a previous preliminary injunction that temporarily bars the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) from clawing back billions…
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Prisoner-release row, Trump consulate closures and Albanese tax U-turn dominate
A Sheffield attack victim demands rethink of early-release rules, the US preps to shut five consulates and Australia’s PM backs down on tax reform, plus OpenAI-Apple row, a £14k AI chatbot fraud and breast-screening gaps in younger women.
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Woke Washington governor blamed wildfires on climate change… now man who previously killed his dad after fight about doing the dishes has been arrested for ARSON
A man in Washington state who was previously convicted of killing his father following an argument over washing the dishes has been arrested on suspicion of arson, amid wildfires that the state’s governor had publicly attributed to climate change. The case has drawn attention partly because of the suspect’s history of violence and partly because…