The original version of an iconic Disney character has entered the public domain. The Center of the Study of the Public ...

This year, the earliest versions of Betty Boop, Blondie, nine Mickey Mouse cartoons, and the first week of the Mickey Mouse ...

Betty Boop & Pluto have officially entered the public domain, opening the door for developers to use them freely in video ...

Fireworks attached to bottles of Champagne sent up showers of sparks that appear to have ignited insulation in a bar. The blaze killed 40 people. By Ségolène Le StradicAurelien Breeden and Thomas ...

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January 2, 2026 • As we look back at our international reporters' most memorable stories of the last year, we revisit the story of an NPR journalist in Gaza seeking food from a distribution site run ...

The new year means that a 95-year-old Disney character is now part of the public domain alongside Mickey Mouse and Winnie-the-Pooh.

A new chapter of animation history begins as the leash on one of Disney’s most iconic hounds has finally been cut. The ...

Some Democrats embrace his style while Republicans portray him as a foil on the national political stage. Reuters, the news and media division of Thomson Reuters, is the world’s largest multimedia ...

The months after the release of the June 2020 World Economic Outlook (WEO) Update have offered a glimpse of how difficult rekindling economic activity will be while the pandemic surges. During May and ...