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By Samantha Delouya, CNN (CNN) — Disney is appealing a major setback earlier this week in its ongoing legal and political battle with Florida’s Republican governor Ron DeSantis. On Thursday, Disney filed a notice of appeal, challenging a Florida federal judge’s decision to throw out its case accusing DeSantis of punishing Disney for exercising its
Continue ReadingBy DAVID SHARP Associated Press AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — Relatives of the victims of the deadliest shooting in Maine history are imploring an independent commission to prevent such a thing from ever happening again. Testifying through tears at a hearing Thursday, they described gunfire, blood and panic. One by one, family members of seven of
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By Sana Noor Haq and Rosa Rahimi, CNN (CNN) — Hanadi Gamal Saed El Jamara, 38, says sleep is all that can distract her children from the aching hunger gnawing at their bellies. These days, the mother-of-seven finds herself begging for food on the mud-caked streets of Rafah, in southern Gaza. She tries to feed
Continue ReadingBy JOSEPH WILSON and EMILIO MORENATTI The Associated Press GUALBA, Spain (AP) — Spain’s northeastern region of Catalonia has declared a drought emergency for the area of around 6 million people including the city of Barcelona. But thousands of people who live in villages and towns in the Catalan countryside have already been in full-blown
Continue ReadingBy MIKE SCHNEIDER Associated Press ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Disney on Thursday appealed a judge’s dismissal of its free speech lawsuit over what it described as Gov. Ron DeSantis’ retaliatory takeover of Walt Disney World’s governing district, as the Florida governor separately called any appeal “a mistake.” “They were wrong and we were right,” DeSantis
Continue ReadingBy MIKE SCHNEIDER Associated Press ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Disney on Thursday appealed a judge’s dismissal of its free speech lawsuit over what it described as Gov. Ron DeSantis’ retaliatory takeover of Walt Disney World’s governing district, as the Florida governor separately called any appeal “a mistake.” “They should move on,” DeSantis said at a
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Ayer en la corte de Indio se declaro culpable un sujeto acusado de atropellar fatalmente a un hombre de 39 años en mayo del 2022 cerca de la calle Palm Canyon en Palm Springs, por lo que el juez lo sentencio a 90 días en prisión y dos años en libertad probatoria. Se trata de
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Ayer dieron a conocer que toda la semana ha estado en pausa el juicio contra Benjamin Winkle acusado de matar a balazos a Michael Mendoza que accidentalmente atropello y mato al perro del sospechoso en la comunidad de Anza a pocas millas del Valle de Coachella, además enfrenta cargos de intimidación a un testigo y
Continue ReadingSANFORD, Fla. (AP) — A California teenager accused of swatting a Florida mosque has been arrested and transported across the country to face felony charges. Alan Winston Filion, 17, was arrested Jan. 18 by the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department on a warrant from Seminole County, Florida, according to court records. He was extradited to
Continue ReadingBy DIDI TANG Associated Press Washington (AP) — Two U.S. lawmakers have nominated Jimmy Lai, a former Hong Kong publisher now standing trial on national security charges, and three other jailed Chinese dissidents for the Nobel Peace Prize. While hundreds of people are often nominated for the annual prize, this nomination is certain to draw
Continue ReadingBRATISLAVA, Slovakia (AP) — Mass street protests have intensified across Slovakia against a plan by populist Prime Minister Robert Fico to amend the penal code and eliminate the office of the special prosecutor that deals with major crime and corruption. Thousands were rallying as the protests on Thursday spread to 31 cities and town across
Continue ReadingMEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s president has suggested that talks with the U.S. government on migration and drug trafficking could suffer after media reports of a U.S. investigation into alleged drug money donations for his 2006 campaign. President Andrés Manuel López Obrador suggested U.S. officials should apologize for what he called baseless allegations. He said
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urielblanco (CNN) — Mark Zuckerberg, CEO de Meta, pidió perdón a familias presentes en el Congreso de Estados Unidos durante una polémica audiencia este miércoles ante la Comisión Judicial del Senado, en la cual varios directores ejecutivos de las grandes empresas de redes sociales testificaron sobre los riesgos que sus productos representan para los jóvenes.
Continue ReadingBy JULIE CARR SMYTH Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Stanley J. Aronoff has died at age 91 after a long career that included nearly four decades in the Ohio Statehouse. A partner at the law firm Aronoff founded says he died peacefully Wednesday. The Harvard-educated lawyer from Cincinnati was known as an artful negotiator
Continue ReadingBy JAKE OFFENHARTZ Associated Press New York (AP) — This New York love story begins with a criminal act of sabotage. Under cover of darkness a year ago Friday, someone breached a waist-high fence and slipped into the Central Park Zoo. Once inside, they cut a hole through a steel mesh cage, freeing a majestic
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A First Alert Weather Alert is in place. Rain is coming down in the Coachella Valley, and more is expected to come throughout the day. With an atmospheric river approaching Southern California, we expect moderate to heavy rain. This time creates concerns for street and wash flooding. Drivers should drive slow, turn on lights and
Continue ReadingBy GEOFF MULVIHILL Associated Press A company that helped develop marketing campaigns for OxyContin and other opioids has agreed to a $350 million settlement with U.S. states over the toll of the powerful prescription painkillers. New York Attorney General Letitia James said Thursday that Publicis Health engaged in predatory and deceptive marketing strategies to help
Continue ReadingBy BROOKE SCHULTZ Associated Press/Report for America It was a passionate student letter in 2020 that caused the Southern York County school board to reconsider its logo: a Native American man, representing the “Warriors.” Though the conversation had come up before in the suburban district located in southern Pennsylvania, 2020 was a turning point of
Continue ReadingBy ED WHITE Associated Press PONTIAC, Mich. (AP) — The mother of the Michigan school shooter took the stand in her trial for involuntary manslaughter. Before she took the stand, prosecutors in Michigan rested their case against the mother of a school shooter. Jennifer Crumbley is charged with involuntary manslaughter. She’s accused of ignoring her
Continue ReadingBy Marianne Garvey, CNN (CNN) — Donald Glover thought he might consult Brad Pitt when he decided to take on a new series version of “Mr. & Mrs. Smith.” Pitt, charmingly, according to Glover, declined. Glover appeared on “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon” this week, where he recalled his attempt to talk Pitt, who
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