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By MIKE SCHNEIDER Associated Press A Florida judge should rule without trial against Disney as the company fights Gov. Ron DeSantis’ takeover of a board that oversees Walt Disney World, the Republican governor’s appointees said in a Tuesday court filing. Members of the Central Florida Tourism Oversight District asked the state judge in Orlando for
Continue ReadingBy MIKE SCHNEIDER Associated Press A Florida judge should rule without trial against Disney as the company fights Gov. Ron DeSantis’ takeover of a board that oversees Walt Disney World, the Republican governor’s appointees said in a Tuesday court filing. Members of the Central Florida Tourism Oversight District asked the state judge in Orlando for
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The city of Indio will proclaim August 26 as “Hunter Lopez Day.”Watch the presentation live at the link below: Marine Corporal Hunter Lopez, 22, was among the 13 U.S. servicemembers killed on Aug. 26, 2021 in a terrorist attack during evacuations in Kabul, Afghanistan. Hunter was born in Palm Springs, grew up in Indio, and
Continue ReadingMERIDEN, Conn. (AP) — Police who were examining a stolen car for evidence made a surprising find: a kitten. Now they are looking for his owner. The Meriden Police Department said on its Facebook page Monday that the gray-and-white male cat was perched under a seat in the stolen vehicle. The car collided with a
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The average daily high temperature for the Coachella Valley between August 9th and August 25th ranges from 106° to 109°F. The chart below was provided by the Palm Springs Unified School District and lists their guidelines for dealing with high heat index temperatures. The heat index is a measurement of how hot it actually feels
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La policía está investigando un intento de robo que provocó disparos en una joyería en el corazón del centro de Palm Springs el martes por la tarde. El robo ocurrió en Gold Estate Jewelry en S Palm Canyon y Arenas Road alrededor de las 3:05 p.m., según el teniente William Hutchinson del Departamento de Policía
Continue ReadingBy PAUL J. WEBER Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas wants Planned Parenthood to return millions of dollars in Medicaid reimbursements and pay far more in fines. U.S. District Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk in Amarillo held a hearing on the case Tuesday but did not issue a ruling. It appears to be the first lawsuit
Continue ReadingBy MARTÍN ADAMES ALCÁNTARA and DÁNICA COTO Associated Press SAN CRISTOBAL, Dominican Republic (AP) — Authorities say the death toll from a powerful explosion near the capital of the Dominican Republic has risen to 11 as firefighters are searching through the smoldering rubble. More than 50 people were injured in Monday’s explosion at a bustling
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Sofía Benavides (CNN) — Neymar Jr. lo dijo con sus palabras. “Estoy aquí en Arabia Saudita. Soy Hiali”, contó el brasileño en un video publicado este martes por el club saudí Al-Hilal en X, antes conocido como Twitter. La Saudi Pro League invirtió mucho en los últimos meses y se aseguró otra superestrella mundial. Anteriormente, CNN
Continue Reading Alexandra Ferguson (CNN) — La Procuraduría General de República Dominicana investiga a Wander Franco, campocorto estrella de los Rays de Tampa Bay, por una supuesta relación con una menor de edad, dijo la entidad a CNN este martes. La dependencia señaló que está en medio de la investigación, pero no reveló más detalles. CNN se
Continue Reading Manuela Castro (CNN Español) — Con Javier Milei como el candidato más votado en las primarias abiertas, simultáneas y obligatorias (PASO) de Argentina —junto con su partido La Libertad Avanza, que también fue el partido con mayor cantidad de sufragios—, se despejó una de las grandes “x” de la ecuación de cara a las elecciones
Continue ReadingBy JOHN FLESHER AP Environmental Writer TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) — The Biden administration is rejecting a plea from environmentalists to toughen regulation of large livestock farms that release manure and other pollutants into waterways. The Environmental Protection Agency said Tuesday that it needs to further study the biggest U.S. animal operations, which hold thousands
Continue ReadingBy KATE BRUMBACK Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Putting 19 people on trial at the same time is a difficult assignment for any prosecutor — whether or not one of those defendants is a former president of the United States running to reclaim his old office. The sprawling racketeering indictment returned this week by a
Continue Reading Sofía Benavides (CNN) — Madonna se siente mejor. La cantante reprogramó las fechas de su “Celebration Tour” que debió aplazar luego de sufrir un problema de salud en su casa en Nueva York en junio. La reina del pop estuvo hospitalizada en la unidad de cuidados intensivos debido a una infección bacteriana y luego fue
Continue ReadingBy LINDSEY BAHR and ANDREW DALTON AP Entertainment Writers The actors and writers strikes have resulted in most Hollywood film and television productions being shut down, from the “Gladiator” sequel to the live action “Lilo & Stitch.” But some independent films and television productions are are still filming after reaching agreements with the Screen Actors
Continue ReadingBy LINDSEY BAHR and ANDREW DALTON AP Entertainment Writers The actors and writers strikes have resulted in most Hollywood film and television productions being shut down, from the “Gladiator” sequel to the live action “Lilo & Stitch.” But some independent films and television productions are are still filming after reaching agreements with the Screen Actors
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A now-former Texas sheriff’s corporal was arrested in connection with a hit-and-run in Riverside that killed a man who was trying to put gas in his pickup on the shoulder of Interstate 215, the California Highway Patrol announced today. According to the CHP, Giovanni Ceja, 31, of San Antonio, Texas, was arrested without incident
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By Eric Levenson, CNN (CNN) — In his 2011 memoir, Michael Oher wrote that he had a special skill for forgetting his difficult past. “To get out of that world, I did have to forget,” he wrote in “I Beat the Odds: From Homelessness, to The Blind Side, and Beyond.” “To get to the next
Continue ReadingBy JUAN A. LOZANO Associated Press HOUSTON (AP) — A judge has called a new law unconstitutional that passed in the GOP-led Texas Legislature that will dictate how elections are run in the state’s most populous county. Harris County is a Democratic stronghold and home to Houston. The law, which would abolish a position that
Continue ReadingASUNCIÓN, Paraguay (AP) — President Santiago Peña said Paraguay and Taiwan are “not just allies, but also brothers” when he was sworn in as the South American country’s new president on Tuesday. Peña took the presidential oath outside the government palace in the capital of Asunción in a ceremony attended by several regional leaders and
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