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ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Mickey Mouse will soon be able to hug again. Costumed characters at U.S. Disney parks have kept their distance from visitors for nearly two years because of the pandemic. They haven’t been able to give hugs, sign autographs or interact up close with fans. That is about to change in a

By TALI ARBEL AP Technology Writer Well, that was fast. Twitter has announced, via Twitter, that it is indeed working on an edit feature for tweets. Newly chosen board member and now Twitter’s largest shareholder Elon Musk had run a Twitter poll that started Monday asking users if they wanted an edit button. Many Twitter

By TOM HAYS Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A jury has started deliberating at a U.S. trial stemming from an audacious $4.5 billion scheme involving former Goldman Sachs bankers to ransack a Malaysian state investment fund known as 1MBD. The jurors worked briefly without reaching a verdict on Tuesday after receiving instructions from U.S.

By ALEJANDRA MOLINA Religion News Service Activists and historians in the Orange County city of Huntington Beach are rallying to preserve ‘sacred’ land that Japanese immigrants acquired before California enacted the Alien Land Law in 1913 that barred Asian immigrants from owning land. It’s called Historic Wintersburg and efforts to preserve this 4.5-acre landscape have

By MICHELLE CHAPMAN AP Business Writer General Motors and Honda are planning to co-develop some affordable electric vehicles that will use GM’s next-generation Ultium battery technology. The vehicles, which will include a compact crossover, are expected to begin going on sale in North America in 2027. Doug Parks, GM executive vice president of global product

By TOM HAYS Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A jury has started deliberations at a U.S. trial stemming from an audacious $4.5 billion scheme involving former Goldman Sachs bankers to ransack a Malaysian state investment fund known as 1MBD. The jurors went to work Tuesday after receiving lengthy instructions from U.S. District Judge Margo

By JACK MAGRUDER Associated Press SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (AP) — The San Francisco Giants will open defense of their NL West title without two key components. It’s a situation they managed well a year ago. Third baseman Evan Longoria and outfielder/first baseman LaMonte Wade Jr. will begin the season on the injured list, although the Giants

By ADAM BEAM and MICHAEL BALSAMO Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A law enforcement official says a second suspect arrested in connection with the mass shooting that killed six people in Sacramento posted a live Facebook video of himself brandishing a handgun hours before the shooting. The official told The Associated Press on Tuesday

By GREG BEACHAM AP Sports Writer ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Anaheim Ducks captain Ryan Getzlaf says he will retire at the conclusion of the regular season. The 36-year-old playmaking center is choosing to end a 17-year NHL career spent entirely with one club. Getzlaf has scored 1,013 points in 1,150 games since his NHL debut

AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) — Tiger Woods says, for now anyway, he’s planning to play this week in the Masters, a little more than a year after he nearly lost a leg in a car crash. The five-time champion at Augusta National made the announcement Tuesday morning. He will play nine more practice holes on Wednesday

By NOAH TRISTER AP Sports Writer Gene Shue, a two-time NBA Coach of the Year who won 784 games with the Bullets, 76ers and Clippers, has died. A five-time All-Star as a player for the Pistons, Shue went on to coach for more than two decades. He took the Baltimore Bullets to the NBA Finals

By MICHELLE CHAPMAN AP Business Writer Elon Musk is joining Twitter’s board of directors, one day after it was disclosed that the Tesla CEO took a 9% stake in the social media platform. Twitter Inc. said in a regulatory filing that it entered into an agreement with Musk on Monday that will give the billionaire

By ADAM BEAM and KATHLEEN RONAYNE Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A second suspect has been arrested in connection to the mass shooting in Sacramento that killed six people in California’s capital. Police say 27-year-old Smiley Martin is the brother of the first suspect. He was arrested Tuesday while hospitalized with serious injuries from

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Sacramento police say second suspect, brother of first, has been arrested in connection with mass shooting.

NEW YORK (AP) — Elon Musk will join the board of directors at Twitter after revealing a massive stake in the social media platform.

By DOUG PADILLA Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — As Los Angeles Dodgers left-hander Julio Urias awaits to hear if he will be the team’s No. 2 starter this season, an even greater honor awaits down the road. Urias is in line to take over as the Dodgers’ top left-handed starter at some point in