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AP NewsCast 10 a.m. EDT

Oct 6, 2026 · 2m

Summary

Paramount has completed its $81 billion acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery, creating a new Hollywood giant. Meanwhile, Cornell University students protested the school's handling of sexual assault allegations, demanding better support and accountability. In science, Belgian-born physicist Francis Halzen won the Nobel Prize for his work on neutrinos at the IceCube Observatory in Antarctica. The episode also reports that U.S. stocks are rising toward an all-time high and that televangelist Jim Bakker has died at age 86.

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