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Valve wants players to know that it plans on fighting New York Attorney General Letitia James' lawsuit, which last month accused the company of promoting "illegal gambling" through its in-game loot boxes. In an email sent to Counter-Strike 2, Dota 2, and Team Fortress 2 players in New York, Valve says it's "disappointed" in the lawsuit's claims, arguing that mystery boxes are "widely used



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Both federal and local prosecutors in Manhattan looked into sexual assault allegations against Jeffrey Epstein's associate Leon Black, although neither ultimately brought charges against the former Apollo CEO.
  • Leon Black's deposition in an Epstein victims' lawsuit was postponed for 10 days.
  • Epstein victims allege Black's funds facilitated sex

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Werner Herzog.

Dreams took hold of Werner Herzog early in his life. Because that's all he had.

Born in Munich just before the Allies bombed it during World War II, Herzog and his family fled to a remote village in Bavaria and lived there in poverty for most of his childhood.

With no telephone, no running water, and definitely no television, the young Herzog had to use his mind to


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Pastor Jamal H. Bryant speaks during a Target Fast town hall last year.
  • Organizers behind a yearlong boycott of Target over its DEI policies say they're ending the effort.
  • Community leaders said they have had productive conversations with executives over the past year.
  • Not all shoppers are convinced to return to Target in full for issues that go beyond a single protest.

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The Steam Machine is back from the dead. Not as a Valve-supported program for manufacturers to create living room PCs, but instead as a home console sibling to the Steam Deck. Valve introduced its second attempt at ruling the living room in a surprise hardware announcement in November 2025, and paired the new Steam Machine with a new Steam Controller and a wireless VR headset it calls the Steam


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As the sophomore season of Netflix's live-action adaptation makes some big changes to the 'One Piece' narrative, creator Eiichiro Oda already has an endpoint in mind for the show.



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Instead of moving forward with a jury trial against Live Nation-Ticketmaster as expected, the Justice Department announced a settlement Monday that omitted what used to be on the top of its wish list: a breakup.

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Iran is one of the countries on the US State Department's "Do-Not-Travel" list.
  • Lesser-known travel destinations can offer unique experiences, but aren't always safe everywhere.
  • Across the world, 21 countries are on the US State Department's "Do-Not-Travel" list due to risks.
  • The State Department warns of threats like terrorism and kidnapping in some of these

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It must be 2017 because loot boxes are back in the news again. Two weeks after New York's attorney general sued Valve over its use of the gimmick, the company has responded. In short, the Steam maker essentially said, "See you in court."

New York's lawsuit accuses Valve of promoting illegal gambling through its games. AG Letitia James called the loot boxes found in titles like Counter-Strike 2, Tea


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