By DAVID HAMILTON AP Business Reporter SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Disney shareholders have rallied behind longtime CEO Robert Iger, voting Wednesday to rebuff activist investor Nelson Peltz and his ally, former Disney Chief Financial Officer Jay Rasulo, who had sought seats on the company’s board. The company had recommended a slate of directors that did
Continue ReadingBy HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH Associated Press MISSION, Kan. (AP) — A man who was briefly handcuffed but not charged in the shooting at the Kansas City Chiefs’ Super Bowl rally is suing three more lawmakers over social media posts falsely accusing him of being among the shooters and an immigrant in the country illegally. Denton Loudermill
Continue ReadingBy Zenebou Sylla, CNN (CNN) — Investigators in New York were finally able to put a name to skeletal remains that were discovered on the shore of Lake Ontario over 30 years ago, they announced Tuesday. The remains were “badly decomposed and mostly skeletal” when they were found in April 1992 near what is now
Continue ReadingBy JESSE BEDAYN Associated Press/Report for America DENVER (AP) — Colorado’s wildlife authorities say a wolf has killed a calf in Colorado. It’s the first confirmed livestock kill after 10 of the predators were controversially reintroduced in December to the dismay of the state’s rural residents. Colorado Parks and Wildlife confirmed Wednesday after an investigation
Continue ReadingBy CHRIS MEGERIAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden has faced protests over the conflict in Gaza all over the country, but this week he confronted one inside the White House itself. The occasion was a private meeting on Tuesday where Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris and national security leaders could hear from
Continue ReadingBy JOHN HANNA AP Political Writer TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Republicans are likely to approve a proposed state budget for Kansas with a provision aimed at forcing the state’s Democratic governor to restrict diversity initiatives on college campuses. It also is likely to have a provision requiring her to help Texas in its fight with
Continue ReadingBy ED WHITE Associated Press PONTIAC, Mich. (AP) — Prosecutors in Michigan are recommending at least 10 years in prison next week for two parents who are the first in the U.S. to be held criminally responsible for a school shooting. Jennifer Crumbley showed a “chilling lack of remorse” for her role, and James Crumbley
Continue ReadingLOS ANGELES (AP) — Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass vowed that cleanup would happen at a home where mounds of garbage and debris had piled up several feet high across the entire property’s fenced-in yard and driveway. The mayor said Wednesday she only learned this week about the Spanish-style bungalow in the Fairfax district that
Continue ReadingBy STEPHEN WHYNO AP Sports Writer Horse racing deaths in the United States increased slightly in 2023 from 2022, according to the annual report released Wednesday by the federally mandated agency that began regulating the sport two years ago. The Horse Racing Integrity and Safety Authority reported 1.32 deaths per 1,000 starts last year, up
Continue ReadingBOSTON (AP) — A Massachusetts council has approved Gov. Maura Healey’s plan to pardon tens of thousands of people convicted of misdemeanor marijuana charges going back decades. The pardons approved Wednesday by the Governor’s Council will take effect immediately, although officials say it will take some time to update state criminal records. Healey says the
Continue ReadingBy DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Chiefs wide receiver Rashee Rice said Wednesday that he was taking “full responsibility” for his part in a weekend wreck involving speeding sports cars that caused a chain-reaction crash on a Dallas highway and resulted in minor injuries to four people. Rice was leasing
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Cathedral City officially broke ground on a brand new park coming to the Dream Homes neighborhood. The Dream Homes Park groundbreaking ceremony was held Wednesday morning at the intersection of San Diego Drive and Chia Place. Mayor Mark Carnevale, Councilman Ernesto Gutierrez and project leaders were on hand to make remarks. “This park is going
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL R. SISAK Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A judge on Wednesday rejected Donald Trump’s bid to delay his April 15 hush money criminal trial until the Supreme Court rules on presidential immunity claims he raised in another of his criminal cases — spurning another of the former president’s ploys to put off
Continue ReadingBy Manu Raju, CNN (CNN) — Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene bluntly warned Speaker Mike Johnson on Wednesday that moving ahead with an aid package for Ukraine would be one of “the most egregious things he could do” as she said she was “not backing off at all” over her threat to force a House vote
Continue ReadingCNN By Manu Raju, CNN (CNN) — Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene bluntly warned Speaker Mike Johnson on Wednesday that moving ahead with an aid package for Ukraine would be one of “the most egregious things he could do” as she said she was “not backing off at all” over her threat to force a House
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By DAVID HAMILTON AP Business Reporter SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Disney shareholders have rallied behind longtime CEO Robert Iger, voting Wednesday to rebuff activist investor Nelson Peltz and his ally, former Disney Chief Financial Officer Jay Rasulo, who had sought seats on the company’s board. The company had recommended a slate of directors that did
Continue ReadingBy STEPHANY MATAT Associated Press FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — U.S. Sen. Rick Scott is spending millions of campaign dollars on ads focused on Florida’s Hispanic voters. In recent years, these voters have often supported Republicans and been critical to GOP wins in important counties in Florida. In the coming weeks, Scott will release a
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A woman who died from her injuries after an early afternoon Tuesday crash in Thermal was identified by the Riverside County Coroner’s Office Wednesday morning as Perla Reyes Diaz, 22, of Thermal. The California Highway Patrol reported a call at 11:48 a.m. of a single-vehicle collision in Thermal near Harrison Street and 68th Avenue. The
Continue ReadingBy ELLEN KNICKMEYER and LOLITA C. BALDOR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Shortly after an airstrike widely attributed to Israel destroyed an Iranian consulate building in Syria, the United States had an urgent message for Iran: We had nothing to do with it. But that may not be enough for the U.S. to avoid retaliation
Continue ReadingBy STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks held firmer Wednesday, a day after their worst drop in weeks. The S&P 500 inched up by 5.68 points, or 0.1%, to 5,211.49 The Dow Jones Industrial Average slipped 43.10, or 0.1%, to 39,127.14, and the Nasdaq composite added 37.01, or 0.2%, to
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