A roadside chain for more than 50 years, Motel 6 was owned by Blackstone, the private equity giant. Oyo will pay $525 million in an all-cash deal.Motel 6, the budget hotel chain that has lined American highways for decades, will be sold to Oyo, an India-based ... More »
Media Guarantors, a leading provider of completion bonds for independent film, along with the assets of its sister company SpottedRisk, has been acquired by big insurance brokerage CAC Group. It marks a major shift in a space with only a few key players.... More »
Twitter - X/Tech / The service is also launching a video tab, according to an internal email from X CEO Linda Yaccarino.By Kylie Robison, a senior AI reporter working with The Verge's policy and tech teams. She previously worked at Fortune Magazine and Busines... More »
A US soldier who fled into North Korea last year has been sentenced to 12 months of confinement after pleading guilty to desertion as part of a plea agreement, his lawyer has said.Because of good behaviour and time served, the soldier was released, the lawyer,... More »
Founded in 1965, Gold's Gym originated as a small gym located in Venice Beach, California. It's since expanded, with locations now sprawled across the globe. "Storied athletes including Arnold Schwarzenegger, Lou Ferrigno, and Franco Columbu worked out at the ... More »
Rallying supporters in two battleground states, Vice President Kamala Harris signaled on Friday that her closing campaign message would focus on the life-or-death risks that abortion bans pose to American women — and on the argument that former President Donal... More »
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — A federal judge on Friday temporarily blocked Tennessee from enforcing a law banning adults from helping minors get an abortion without parental permission.... More »
A Texas couple was sentenced to more than a decade in prison each Friday after their pit bulls got loose and killed an 81-year-old man last year, the Bexar County District Attorney’s Office said.Christian Moreno was sentenced to 18 years in prison and Abilene ... More »
U.S. spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs) saw a major rebound on Thursday, recording net inflows of $158 million. This inflow marks a significant turnaround from the $52 million in outflows seen the day before. Ark Invest and 21Shares led the inflows wit... More »
Travis King, the US soldier who fled from South to North Korea last year before being returned home, has been sentenced to one year of confinement and dishonourably discharged from the military. More »
There's no question that people have worn out the superlatives over the past few years, whether it's slapping "breaking news" on stories that turn out to be anything but, or calling a political event or move "a big deal." But it's likely this story qualifies a... More »
Kamala Harris was in Georgia today, giving a speech about abortion and lying about 'Trump abortion bans' taking the life of Amber Nicole Thurman. That's wholesale misinformation, because Thurman was able to procure a chemical abortion and died from complicatio... More »