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Thursday August 8th, 2019 night edition

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Disney is also axing the majority of the existing Fox film development slate and refocusing output, after the studio posted a $170 million operating loss in Disney’s fiscal third quarter.

In addition, the company’s streaming platform Disney Plus will get four big brands from Fox to adapt as straight-to-service content.

It’s likely not a coincidence that those properties come from deep in the Fox film vault.

In the same quarter last year, Disney estimated that Fox’s film unit generated $180 million in operating income.

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Iger also said indie label Fox Searchlight will continue on its current trajectory and also make movies for Disney Plus.

Under Disney, Fox has films dated through the end of 2020, including Steven Spielberg’s take on “West Side Story,” the Amy Adams thriller “Woman in the Window” and Brad Pitt’s astronaut drama “Ad Astra. »

Steve Kerr: ‘Somebody could walk in the door in the gym right now and start spraying us with an AR15’

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There have been three mass shootings in the past week in Gilroy (Calif.), El Paso (Texas) and Dayton (Ohio).

And the Warriors’ coach has become increasingly irritable at Republican lawmakers for their refusal to pass any gun control legislation.

Somebody could walk in the door in the gym right now and start spraying us with an AR-15,” Kerr told Bay Area News Group as he eyed the practice court on Monday. »

St. Louis sergeant: There are white supremacists on the police force

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"Do you think that there are white supremacists on the police force?"

"Yes" said Heather Taylor, an almost 19-year veteran on the St. Louis Metro police force.

But the man who hired the police chief, St. Louis Public Safety Director Jimmie Edwards, said he's "not surprised" that Taylor said there are white supremacists on the force. »

Warren pledges to restore net neutrality if elected

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), a 2020 Democratic presidential hopeful, announced on Wednesday that she would appoint commissioners to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) who would restore net neutrality rules if elected president.

Warren, who has long been a proponent of net neutrality, said she would appoint FCC commissioners who would restore the provisions if elected president.

Last week, fellow 2020 Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) told the Daily Dot that he would also appoint FCC commissioners who would restore net neutrality if elected president. »