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Workers at Wizards of the Coast are making a move. The teams behind Dungeons and Dragons and Magic: The Gathering have launched a unionization effort, and if successful, nearly every major intellectual property under the Wizards umbrella would fall under union representation — a significant shift for one of gaming's most iconic studios.
Shifting to a story with longer legs than anyone hoped, a UCLA study is warning that Hyundai and Kia vehicles will likely remain prime theft targets for another sixteen years. The so-called Kia Boys phenomenon, which spread through social media, created theft patterns researchers say are now deeply embedded in criminal behavior across American cities.
And in a First Amendment fight drawing serious attention, a federal judge heard arguments in ABC's lawsuit against the FCC Tuesday. The network's attorneys argued that the Trump administration's ongoing threats to its broadcast licenses are actively suppressing editorial decision-making — though ABC faces a significant jurisdictional hurdle before the case can move forward.
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