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The Burbank-based Walt Disney Co. announced today it has reached a deal to acquire Comcast Corp.’s remaining 33% stake in the Hulu streaming service for an anticipated $8.61 billion. The exact purchase price could vary pending the outcome of a value assessment of Hulu, and if the value is determined to be higher, Disney will
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL R. SISAK and JENNIFER PELTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump Jr. testified Wednesday that he never worked on his father’s financial statements, the documents now at the heart of the civil fraud trial that threatens former President Donald Trump’s real estate empire. The ex-president’s eldest son is an executive vice
Continue ReadingBy Bryan Mena, CNN Washington, DC (CNN) — The Federal Reserve held interest rates steady Wednesday for the second consecutive meeting, leaving the central bank’s benchmark lending rate at its highest level in 22 years. Economists and financial markets had expected the pause in the Fed’s aggressive rate-hiking campaign, after several Fed officials signaled they anticipate a further slowing of the US economy as it
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Melissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN Español) — El conflicto entre Israel y los palestinos ha estado plagado de violencia desde antes de la fundación de Israel en 1948, y miles de personas de lado y lado han muerto o han quedado heridas en ataques durante décadas. Si bien los Gobiernos de diferentes países han estado al
Continue ReadingBy TERRY SPENCER and ERIC TUCKER Associated Press FORT PIERCE, Fla. (AP) — A federal judge in Florida has indicated she may delay the start of former President Donald Trump’s trial on charges that he hid classified documents at Mar-a-Lago. U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon questioned prosecutors Wednesday about whether starting the trial in May
Continue ReadingBy NAJIB JOBAIN and ISABEL DEBRE Associated Press RAFAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Hundreds of foreign passport-holders and dozens of other seriously wounded Palestinians desperate to escape Israel’s bombardment of Gaza crowded around the black metal gate on the Egyptian border Wednesday, hoping to pass through the enclave’s only portal to the outside world for
Continue Reading Valeria Ordóñez (CNN Español) — Cerca de 250 policías y militares colombianos, comandados por el director general de la Policía Nacional, buscan por tierra y aire a Luis Manuel Díaz, padre de la estrella del fútbol Luis Díaz, quien fue secuestrado junto a su esposa el sábado en el municipio de Barrancas, departamento de La
Continue Reading Alexandra Ferguson (CNN) — No hay nada como Halloween para medirle la temperatura a la cultura pop. ¿Qué personaje de las películas de terror reinó en 2023? ¿Qué ícono pop fallecido resucitó ad infinitum? ¿Cuántas versiones de Barbie, en honor a la multimillonaria superproducción de Greta Gerwig, se pusieron de moda? Los disfraces de los
Continue ReadingBy SAM METZ Associated Press RABAT, Morocco (AP) — Arab nations that have normalized or are considering improving relations with Israel are coming under growing public pressure to cut those ties because of Israel’s war with Hamas. Tens of thousands of people have taken to the streets of Rabat and other Moroccan cities in support
Continue ReadingBy Danielle Wiener-Bronner, CNN New York (CNN) — Thinking of skimping on a DoorDash tip? Do so at your own risk, warns a message being tested by the food delivery provider. If you try to place an order through the DoorDash app without leaving a tip, you may get this pop-up: “Orders with no tip
Continue ReadingBy THALIA BEATY Associated Press It’s the kind of problem nonprofit leaders dream about: What do you do when you get an unexpectedly large donation? Summer Science Program, a nonprofit with an annual budget of about $2 million, sent about 200 high school juniors to six-week intensive research courses at universities this year. It has
Continue ReadingBy THALIA BEATY Associated Press It’s the kind of problem nonprofit leaders dream about: What do you do when you get an unexpectedly large donation? Summer Science Program, a nonprofit with an annual budget of about $2 million, sent about 200 high school juniors to six-week intensive research courses at universities this year. It has
Continue ReadingBy Charlie Buckley, CTVNews.ca Data Journalist Click here for updates on this story Toronto, Ontario (CTV Network) — Since the beginning of October, Canada has committed $60 million in aid to the Gaza Strip and surrounding areas as the Israel-Hamas war rages on. According to data from the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD),
Continue ReadingBy Megan DeLaire, CTVNews.ca Writer Click here for updates on this story Toronto, Ontario (CTV Network) — Stimulant drugs including cocaine, MDMA and multiple types of amphetamines contributed to roughly half of all accidental overdose deaths in Canada from 2020 to 2021, according to a new report by Statistics Canada that also tracked a sharp
Continue ReadingBy NICHOLAS RICCARDI Associated Press DENVER (AP) — The effort to ban former President Donald Trump from the ballot under the Constitution’s “insurrection clause” turned to distant history on Wednesday, when a law professor testified about how the post-Civil War provision was indeed intended to apply to presidential candidates. Gerard Magliocca, of Indiana University, said
Continue ReadingBy BETH HARRIS AP Racing Writer ARCADIA, Calif. (AP) — After horse deaths marred this year’s Kentucky Derby and Preakness, and two more occurred days ahead of the world championships, safety at the Breeders’ Cup is under intense scrutiny. For the first time, all 14 Cup races this weekend at Santa Anita will be run
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By Christina Maxouris and Michelle Watson, CNN (CNN) — Maine Gov. Janet Mills announced Wednesday she plans to establish an independent commission of experts to probe the Lewiston mass shooting, the “months preceding the shooting and the police response to it.” “I know that the Maine State Police are working hard to conduct a thorough
Continue ReadingBy DANIEL POLITI Associated Press BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Israel criticized Bolivia, Chile and Colombia on Wednesday after the South American countries undertook a series of diplomatic moves to protest Israel’s military operations against Hamas in Gaza. Other Latin American countries, including Argentina and Brazil, have also increased their criticism of the impact that
Continue ReadingBy SOPHIA TAREEN Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — Volunteers, churches and advocacy groups are scrambling to find indoor shelter for migrants in Chicago as the temperatures drop. They say the city is moving too slowly to move asylum-seekers from police stations and adjacent streets into indoor shelter. Early Wednesday, dozens were sent to a church
Continue ReadingBy DEE-ANN DURBIN AP Business Writer DoorDash on Wednesday reported better-than-expected sales in the third quarter as it gained users and they ordered more frequently. The San Francisco delivery company said its total orders grew 24% to 543 million in the July-September period compared to the same period a year earlier. That was well above
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