ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Character and parade performers at Disneyland in California are officially unionized. Federal labor officials said Wednesday that they’ve certified the results of a three-day election that took place earlier this month in Anaheim. Actors’ Equity Association will represent roughly 1,700 performers and assistants who help bring Disney’s popular characters to life
Continue ReadingBUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Players on Argentina’s women’s squad say they understand why four teammates quit amid a dispute with the national soccer federation over pay and conditions but insist they’ll seek improvements by working from within. Goalkeeper Laurina Oliveiros, defenders Julieta Cruz and Eliana Stábile and midfielder Lorena Benítez left the squad Monday
Continue ReadingAssociated Press BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — Republican Sen. Steve Daines has blocked a Biden administration judicial nominee who would have been Montana’s first Native American federal district court judge. Attorney Danna Jackson with the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes was nominated by President Joe Biden in April. The post requires Senate confirmation. A spokesperson for
Continue ReadingAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — An international law enforcement team has arrested a Chinese national and disrupted a major botnet that officials said he ran for nearly a decade. Officials said Wednesday that Yunhe Wang amassed at least $99 million by reselling access to the botnet to criminals who used it for identity theft, child
Continue ReadingBy ED WHITE Associated Press DETROIT (AP) — The state of Michigan says it’s willing to step in and oversee property repairs at 1,900 homes in Flint. Water pipes have been inspected or replaced at those homes but the grounds remain a mess. In March, a judge found Flint in civil contempt after missing deadlines
Continue ReadingBy LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Prosecutors at Sen. Bob Menendez’s bribery trial have showed jurors hundreds of texts, emails and phone calls that show his girlfriend-turned-wife’s desperate financial situation before New Jersey businessmen came to the rescue. Prosecutors elicited the evidence through the testimony of an FBI agent for a second
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Alexandra Ferguson Nueva York (CNN) — Una fiscal de Manhattan dijo este miércoles que es posible una nueva acusación contra Harvey Weinstein, ya que han aparecido más denunciantes con acusaciones contra el poderoso productor de Hollywood cuya caída se convirtió en un símbolo del movimiento #MeToo. La fiscal adjunta Nicole Blumberg dijo al juez del Tribunal
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By BERNIE WILSON AP Sports Writer SAN DIEGO (AP) — Braxton Garrett outlasted Yu Darvish, Josh Bell had three hits and scored twice and the Miami Marlins beat the sloppy San Diego Padres 9-1 on Wednesday to avoid a sweep. Jesús Sánchez hit a solo homer and Jazz Chisholm Jr. had two hits and drove
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Cathedral City Public Arts Commission is seeking painters/muralists to paint 23 benches for a project at Ocotillo Park, centrally located at 33300 Moreno Road in Cathedral City. This neighborhood park offers a range of amenities, including ball fields, a basketball court, skateboard park, tennis court, tot lot, splash pad, barbeque stands, shade structures, and a
Continue ReadingBy KIM TONG-HYUNG and HYUNG-JIN KIM Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea has fired a barrage of ballistic missiles toward its eastern sea, according to South Korea’s military, days after its attempt to launch a military reconnaissance satellite ended in failure but still drew strong condemnation from its rivals. South Korea’s Joint
Continue Reading CNNEspañol sjv (CNN Español) — La Jefatura de Gobierno de la Ciudad de México es uno de los cargos en juego en las elecciones federales de este 2 de junio en el país. El cargo es ocupado actualmente por Martí Batres, quien sucedió a la hoy aspirante presidencial Claudia Sheinbaum, elegida en 2018, por el
Continue ReadingBy Kristen Holmes and Steve Contorno, CNN (CNN) — In recent weeks, an increasingly familiar list of Republicans has dominated the not-very-subtle competition to become Donald Trump’s running mate. Trump himself has added to the air of inevitability by floating these names in interviews and appearances over and over. But there’s a steady drumbeat of
Continue ReadingBy LOLITA C. BALDOR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A string of security, logistical and weather problems has battered the plan to deliver desperately needed humanitarian aid to Gaza through a U.S. military-built pier. Broken apart by strong winds and heavy seas just over a week after it became operational, the project faces criticism that
Continue ReadingBy REBECCA BOONE Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Jury deliberations began Wednesday in the case of an Idaho man charged with murdering his wife and his girlfriend’s two youngest children in what prosecutors said was a callous scheme for money, power and sex. “Three dead bodies … and for what?” prosecutor Lindsey Blake told
Continue Reading Valeria Ordóñez Ghio (CNN Español) — El segundo debate entre los tres aspirantes a la Jefatura de Gobierno de la Ciudad de México tuvo este domingo como temas centrales la crisis y contaminación del agua, y el combate a la corrupción. De acuerdo con expertos consultados por CNN, ambas temáticas son primordiales para los más
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By Rebekah Riess, CNN (CNN) — New York officials put safety precautions in place after terror group ISIS-K made a “global” threat earlier this year against the upcoming ICC Men’s T20 Cricket World Cup on Long Island, New York. On Wednesday, Nassau County Police Commissioner Patrick J. Ryder said the event received an ISIS-K-linked threat
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We will continue to feel warm afternoon highs in the triple digits for the rest of the week. Our temperature outlook shows lots of warm colors across the nation. This indicates that temperatures are likely to be warmer than average for the foreseeable future. We also will continue to experience breezy to gusty conditions around
Continue ReadingRALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — An Ohio man has been sentenced to supervised probation after pleading guilty to threatening to kill a North Carolina state senator last year. Thirty-eight-year-old Nicolas Alan Daniels, of West Portsmouth, Ohio, entered a plea to one felony count of threatening a legislative officer last Thursday in Wake County, North Carolina, court,
Continue ReadingBy JOSH DUBOW AP Pro Football Writer SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) — The San Francisco 49ers signed receiver Jauan Jennings to a contract extension through the 2025 season to get one of their two missing receivers back at practice. The Niners had given Jennings a $4.89 million restricted free agent tender in March before signing
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