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Omos (black pants) and Brock Lesnar (black shorts) during Wrestlemania Night 2 at SoFi Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Joe Camporeale-USA TODAY Sports/files Netflix (NFLX.O) took a big step into live events on Tuesday with a more than $5 billion rights deal that would make it the exclusive home of World Wrestling Entertainment’s Raw from January 2025. The 10-year partnership will put Raw on the streaming platform in the U.S., Canada, Britain and Latin America, among other territories, the companies said. Netflix will also exclusively telecast outside the U.S. all WWE shows and specials, including SmackDown, as well as pay-per-view live events such as WrestleMania and Royal Rumble. News of the deal sent shares of TKO Group Holdings (TKO.N), the parent firm of WWE, up 21% in early trading. Shares of Netflix were flat. The streaming pioneer has an option to extend the deal for another 10 years or to opt out after the initial five years. Netflix began experimenting with live events las...

Republican presidential hopeful and former US President Donald Trump looks on, flanked by son Eric Trump (L) and daughter-in-law Lara Trump, during an Election Night Party in Nashua, New Hampshire, on January 23, 2024. (Photo by TIMOTHY A. CLARY/AFP via Getty Images) On Tuesday night, the nation’s presidential primary in New Hampshire had the greatest raw vote total in its history for Donald Trump, marking a massive triumph for the former president. As of Wednesday afternoon, when 95% of the anticipated votes were tabulated, Trump had more than 172,000 votes. He was more than 35,000 votes ahead of former South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley (R-S.C.). Senator Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), a socialist who defeated Hillary Clinton in the 2016 Democratic primary with a total of 152,193 votes, set the previous record for the most raw votes cast. The contest lasted for several months, ending in early June. In addition, Trump, 77, held the previous record for the most votes received by a Republican ...

IDF troops operate in the Gaza Strip. January 24, 2024. 'Sinwar knows he will die a martyr': Analysts weigh in on Hamas leader's end-game - NBC “He’ll keep some of the hostages forever,” Jacob Nagel said. “This will be his insurance policy that no one will kill him."    Yahya Sinwar leader of the Palestinian Hamas Islamist movement hosts a meeting with members of Palestinian factions, at Hamas President's office in Gaza City, on April 13, 2022. (photo credit: ATTIA MUHAMMED/FLASH90) A Wednesday NBC report echoed recent assessments that the IDF is likely closing in on Gaza leader Yahya Sinwar, but experts differed in their estimations of when Sinwar expects to meet his end and on what terms.  The report comes after the IDF found cages deep under Khan Yunis in which hostages are believed to have been held, a possible indication of the whereabouts of the terrorist leader, who is believed to have surrounded himself with hostages as human shields. “It is a fair assumpti...

Maine’s top court Wednesday evening declined to weigh in on whether former President Donald Trump can stay on the state’s ballot, keeping intact a judge’s decision that the  U.S. Supreme Court must first rule  on a similar case in Colorado. Democrat Shenna Bellows concluded that Trump didn’t meet ballot qualifications under the insurrection clause in the U.S. Constitution but a judge put that decision on hold pending the Supreme Court’s decision on the similar case in Colorado. In a unanimous decision, the Maine Supreme Judicial Court dismissed Bellows’ appeal of the order requiring her to await the U.S. Supreme Court decision before withdrawing, modifying or upholding her decision to keep Trump off the primary ballot on Super Tuesday. “The Secretary of State suggests that there is irreparable harm because a delay in certainty about whether Trump’s name should appear on the primary ballot will result in voter confusion. This uncertainty is, however, precisely what guides our d...

Even as Donald Trump seeks his third straight Republican presidential nomination, his live appearances still present an unsolved riddle for many news outlets: How do you cover him? The question hung in the air as CNN, MSNBC and some streaming outlets started — then stopped — showing  Trump’s speech  following Tuesday’s  New Hampshire primary . There was little hand-wringing at Fox News Channel and Newsmax, networks that appeal to Trump supporters. They carried the former president’s remarks in full. Outlets weigh whether an event’s newsworthiness justifies live coverage when there’s a risk Trump will make false statements that are difficult, if not impossible, to correct in real time — or go completely off script with something entirely unexpected. MORE NEWS Maine’s top court dismisses appeal of judge’s decision on Trump ballot status Trump leans into voter fraud playbook, preparing to cry foul if he loses expected Biden rematch Fox News allowed to pursue claims that voti...

 Former President   Donald Trump   could return to a New York courtroom Thursday to defend himself against a   lawsuit seeking more than $10 million for things he said about advice columnist E. Jean Carroll after she accused him of sexual assault. Trump’s first visit to court on Monday ended abruptly because a juror was ill. The trial has been suspended since then. Carroll’s lawyers are expected to finish presenting their case in the morning. If everything goes as planned, Trump could be on the witness stand before a lunch break. Trump is fresh off big victories in the  New Hampshire primary  on Tuesday and the Iowa caucus last week. Carroll, 80, testified at a trial last year in the same courtroom that she was attacked by Trump in the dressing room of a midtown luxury department store in spring 1996. A jury last year agreed that it happened and  awarded Carroll $5 million  in damages for sexual abuse and defamation. OTHER NEWS A thinned-out prima...