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WASHINGTON (AP) — Florida’s Republican-dominated congressional delegation is urging the Trump administration to drop a plan that would allow new oil drilling for the first time in decades off the state’s coast.A letter signed by Republican Sens. Rick Scott and Ashley Moody — as well as by all 28 House members from Florida — says the Interior Department plan would put the state’s thriving tourism industry at risk and disrupt military operations in a key training area.“In 2020, you made the right decision to use executive action to extend the moratorium on oil and gas leasing off Florida’s Gulf and…

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Frank Gehry, who designed some of the most imaginative buildings ever constructed and achieved a level of worldwide acclaim seldom afforded any architect, has died. He was 96.Gehry died Friday in his home in Santa Monica after a brief respiratory illness, said Meaghan Lloyd, chief of staff at Gehry Partners LLP.Gehry’s fascination with modern pop art led to the creation of distinctive, striking buildings. Among his many masterpieces are the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao, Spain; The Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles and Berlin’s DZ Bank Building.He also designed an expansion of Facebook’s Northern California…

NEW YORK (AP) — Netflix’s $72 billion deal to acquire Warner Bros. studio and its film and television operations drew quick reactions Friday.Film and television industry entities including guilds and the lobbying group for movie theater owners criticized the deal, warning it would harm consumers and cinema owners.In announcing the deal, Warner Bros. and Netflix executives touted the deal’s benefits. Warner Bros. Discovery CEO David Zaslav said the deal “will ensure people everywhere will continue to enjoy the world’s most resonant stories for generations to come,” while Netflix co-CEO Ted Sarandos said it would “give audiences more of what they…

The Club’s top 10 things to watch Friday, Dec. 5 1. The S & P 500 rose modestly this morning, even as Netflix shares dipped on its blockbuster deal to buy Warner Bros. Discovery film and streaming properties. The index, as of yesterday’s close, was up slightly for the first week of December. 2. Netflix beat out Comcast and Paramount Skydance in the bidding war over Warner Bros. Discovery assets, reaching a $72 billion deal to buy its movie studio and streaming service HBO Max. The acquisition is expected to close after WBD’s planned spin of its TV networks in…

ATLANTA (AP) — With data centers flooding into Georgia, utility regulators face a big decision: Should they let Georgia Power Co. spend more than $15 billion to increase its electricity capacity by 50% over the next six years to serve computer complexes? Or could the utility overbuild and stick other ratepayers with the bill?It would be one of the biggest build-outs in the U.S. to meet the insatiable electricity demand from developers of artificial intelligence. The largest subsidiary of Atlanta-based Southern Co., Georgia Power said in testimony filed last month that the build-out will boost the state’s economy and “allow…

The visit of the Reds is Leeds’ third match in a week against a side who finished in the top four last term.After suffering a stoppage-time 3-2 defeat away at Manchester City, they overcame Chelsea 3-1 on home soil on Wednesday.Farke continued: “We have to see who will be fully recovered. For some players it’s of course a bit easier once you are used, for example, to have this load, three games in seven days. So, Joe Rodon, Ethan Ampadu, they are a bit more used to it.”But also the players who have just joined us in the summer, for…

Arne Slot says he is “proud” of how Liverpool have dealt with the passing of Diogo Jota, at the end of a week in which he would have turned 29.Thursday marked Jota’s birthday and put Liverpool’s on-field struggles into perspective.Reflecting on how difficult it has been to grieve for Jota, Slot opened up to Sky Sports.”The players and our fans and everyone connected to the football club… everybody has conducted themselves so well,” said Slot. Twitter This content is provided by Twitter, which may be using cookies and other technologies. To show you this content, we need your permission to…

Ruben Amorim robustly defended his decision to continually omit Kobbie Mainoo during a spiky press conference ahead of Manchester United’s game against Wolves on Monday Night Football.Mainoo, 20, is yet to start a Premier League game this season and remained an unused substitute throughout the 1-1 draw with West Ham on Thursday evening. Amorim was asked repeatedly about the player during the press conference at Old Trafford. Asked if he could see there was a risk of Mainoo becoming demoralised after another game in which he was left on the bench, Amorim said: “I see it. I just want to…

Israel is threatening to demolish a refugee camp’s popular youth football ground built on land owned by the Armenian church on the outskirts of Bethlehem in the shadow of the West Bank separation wall. The artificial grass pitch, which was installed in 2021, is regularly played on by youngsters from Aida refugee camp, including girls who have represented the Palestine women’s national teams at youth level. Early one morning two weeks ago, Israeli soldiers pinned a notice to the gates of the football ground ordering a halt to all activities at the site and warning that it could be demolished because it…

Unacceptable and embarrassing. That is the stark assessment of Wolves’ latest performance from defender David Moller Wolfe, in a Premier League season that is showing few signs of improvement.No points, no goals and no clean sheets in the three games Rob Edwards has overseen so far. And that is certainly not a reflection on the new head coach, but rather the cumulative events of the past few months and years at Molineux which have seen a once-formidable squad gradually broken up. Ahead of the Monday Night Football fixture against Manchester United, Moller Wolfe reflected honestly on the latest defeat against…