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Magic Mountain is worth $533 million less than Six Flags Entertainment Corp. previously thought, part of a broader reassessment that wiped out more than $1.5 billion in value across the company’s portfolio. The write-down was disclosed in the company’s latest financial filing and reflects what accountants call a “goodwill and intangible asset impairment.” ... That’s what happened here. The formal accounting test found that the assets were overstated. Magic Mountain alone saw $533 million removed from the books. Other major parks, including Six Flags Great America ($192.8 million), Six Flags Over Georgia ($187.9 million), Six Flags Fiesta Texas ($103.8 million),...

The elephant in the room grows bigger after a look at the latest violent crime statistics: blacks are the greatest perpetrators, and the greatest victims, of criminal violence. First, let’s look at a new stat, from AFPost on X: AF Post @AFpost Follow There have been nearly 19,000 suspected shooters recorded in New York City since 2006. Only 1.5% were listed as White. That means just 285 suspected shooters were white, while a whopping 18,715 were non-white. When we cross-reference that data with numbers from the city, we see more of the whole picture. The latest report from the NYPD...

Police in Dauphin County were dispatched to Hersheypark on Friday evening after a group of teenagers was involved in an altercation during the park’s opening day. A Hersheypark spokesperson provided the following statement to PennLive: “There was an altercation between a group of teenagers in Hersheypark the evening of Friday, April 3. Police responded to assist Park security in swiftly addressing the situation and removing those involved from the Park. “As safety is our top priority, Hersheypark has a zero tolerance policy for behavior of this type. Those who do not abide by our policy will no longer be welcome...

A Paris court on Monday began hearings in a major trial involving 22 suspects accused of murder and other serious crimes on behalf of a mafia network inside the Athanor Masonic Lodge in the Paris suburb of Puteaux. The accused include police officers, former French intelligence agents and businessmen. Twenty-two people went on trial in France on Monday on charges of murder and other serious crimes centred on members of a Masonic lodge accused of running hit squads. Thirteen of the defendants face life imprisonment. Those in the dock include four military personnel from France's foreign intelligence service (DGSE), two...