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The $3.9 billion acquisition of the San Diego Padres was approved Monday, greenlighting entrepreneur Kwanza Jones and Clearlake Capital co-founder José Feliciano as the franchise’s new owners.

10 billion hours in RobloxToy company Mattel is getting into the videogame business with the launch of Mattel Game Studios, which it says "will develop, publish, and operate original interactive experiences inspired by Mattel’s portfolio of iconic brands." But the approach it's taking to that task is rather different from what we've seen in the past.

David Ellison’s Paramount Skydance asked the judge overseeing the antitrust lawsuits filed by 12 states and the WGA to force the plaintiffs to pony up a whopping $1.88 billion bond to cover the company’s losses related to the delay in its merger with Warner Bros. Discovery.

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Health researchers and entrepreneurs argue in a new research paper that the future of top-tier medical care won’t come from doctors working in tandem with artificial intelligence, but will instead be administered purely from autonomous AI models that are likely to outperform both physicians and human-AI hybrid teams as soon as 2030.

The full track listing for Dreamworks Animation’s “Forgotten Island” has been revealed.

SB19, BINI and Lea Salonga are among the artists leading the soundtrack. As previously revealed, H.E.R. and Katseye’s Sophia Laforteza also feature. The soundtrack will be released on Sept. 18 with the film set to open on Sept. 25.

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The residents of Derry get a 27-year rest between cycles of Pennywise the Dancing Clown menacing their small Maine town.

Fans of IT: Welcome to Derry won’t have to wait quite that long for Pennywise to return to HBO, but they’ll still have to wait a little longer than they probably would have liked.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

1. What Is A 'Touron’?
2. The Biggest Mistakes That Turn Visitors Into Tourons
3. How To Be A Better National Park Visitor
4. Why Responsible Tourism Matters Now More Than Ever
5. Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

Buffalos grazing at Hayden Valley, Yellowstone, National Park, Wyoming, USA. The term touron can refer to tourists who visit national parks and exhibit careless or dangerous behavior, like getting too close to wildlife.

Charlie Dean will captain England Women against Ireland Women in September for the three-match ODI series.

Dean was stand-in captain at the start of the season in an ODI series against New Zealand due to an injury to Nat Sciver-Brunt, and she will round things off with three more ODIs.

Chelsea midfielder Enzo Fernandez remains a target for Manchester City in the final two weeks of the transfer window.

City will decide whether to try to sign him before the window closes on September 1 after opting not to make an offer before last week's cut-off set by Chelsea.