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    LeBron James producing, Antoine Fuqua to direct Muhammad Ali documentary for HBO 

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    In this June 19, 2016, file photo, Cleveland Cavaliers' LeBron James answers questions as he holds his daughter Zhuri during a post-game press conference after winning the NBA title by defeating the Golden State Warriors in the NBA Finals. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg, File)
    LOS ANGELES (AP) --

    King James is set to tell the story of The Greatest.

    Cleveland Cavaliers star LeBron James will be the executive producer of an HBO documentary on Muhammad Ali, who died earlier this year. The as-yet-untitled film will be directed by Antoine Fuqua, who also helmed the boxing drama "Southpaw" and "Training Day." Fuqua will also produce.

    James has been a longtime admirer of Ali, the boxing great and social activist. James recently pledged a $2.5 donation to a new exhibit on Ali at the Smithsonian Institution.

    "It's tough to put into words how much it means to me to be a part of this project honoring the legacy and telling the extremely important story of the great Muhammad Ali," he said. "He transcended sports and used his platform to empower people, which paved the way for all athletes and people of every race and gender that came after him, myself included. It's important that his story continues for generations to come."

    James' SpringHill Entertainment, which he co-founded with business partner and close friend Maverick Carter, will produce the multipart film. HBO says the documentary will "explore Ali's greatest triumphs and comebacks, painting an intimate portrait of a man who, against all odds, dreamed and achieved the impossible, over and over again."

    HBO said it will combine archival footage with cinematic recreations to tell Ali's story.

    Ali's family is also participating in the project, and his widow, Lonnie Ali, was excited about James' involvement.

    "This documentary will have national and global appeal," she said. "I'm hopeful this documentary will engage the audience in a similar way Muhammad engaged his audience and fans. Without a doubt, Muhammad's life journey provides simple yet extraordinary lessons for all of us, with perhaps the most important one being, to see and embrace the humanity in all people."

    Ali died June 3 at the age of 74.

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    Amazon scraps partnership with surveillance company after Super Bowl ad backlash

    Friday, February 13, 2026
    A person pushes the doorbell on their Ring doorbell camera, July 16, 2019, in Wolcott, Conn. (AP Photo/Jessica Hill, File)

    Amazon's smart doorbell maker Ring has terminated a partnership with police surveillance tech company Flock Safety.

    The announcement follows a backlash that erupted after 30-second Ring ad that aired during the Super Bowl featuring a lost dog that is found through a network of cameras, sparking fears of a dystopian surveillance society.

    But that feature, called Search Party, was not related to Flock. And Ring's announcement doesn't cite the ad as a reason for the "joint decision" for the cancellation.

    Ring and Flock said last year they were planning on working together to give Ring camera owners the option to share their video footage in response to law enforcement requests made through a Ring feature known as Community Requests.

    "Following a comprehensive review, we determined the planned Flock Safety integration would require significantly more time and resources than anticipated," Ring's statement said.

    "The integration never launched, so no Ring customer videos were ever sent to Flock Safety."

    Flock reiterated that it never received Ring customer videos — and that ending the planned integration was a mutual decision that allows both companies to "best serve their respective customers." In a statement, Flock added that it "remains dedicated to supporting law enforcement agencies with tools that are fully configurable to local laws and policies."

    Flock is one of the nation's biggest operators of automated license-plate reading systems. Its cameras are mounted in thousands of communities across the U.S., capturing and billions of photos of license plates each month. The company has faced public outcry amid the Trump administration's aggressive immigration enforcement crackdown. But Flock maintains that it does... Read More

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