By 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
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
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 Coachella Valley YMCA Flag Football team is heading to Orlando to play in the Pro Bowl Games. They will compete in the Flag Football tournament, competing against teams from across the world. They will be one of the four teams repressing the Los Angeles Rams and two team members have been selected to participate
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 Vasco Cotovio, Yulia Kesaieva, Radina Gigova and Christian Edwards, CNN (CNN) — Ukraine’s military intelligence says it sank a Russian warship off the coast of Crimea overnight into Thursday, landing the latest in a series of blows to Russia’s Black Sea Fleet after mounting a “massive” missile attack on the occupied peninsula hours earlier.
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 COLLEEN LONG, ZEKE MILLER and AAMER MADHANI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden on Thursday issued an executive order that targets Israeli settlers in the West Bank who have been accused of attacking Palestinians and Israeli peace activists in the occupied territory, imposing financial sanctions and visa bans in an initial round
Continue ReadingBy STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks are gaining ground Thursday following their worst tumble in months. The S&P 500 was 1% higher in afternoon trading. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 279 points, or 0.7%, as of 2:43 p.m. Eastern time, and the Nasdaq composite was 1.1% higher.
Continue ReadingBy RAF CASERT Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — Farmers burned bales of hay, threw eggs and firecrackers at police — and wrested some promises of relief from European leaders on Thursday, the culmination of weeks of protests across the continent over excessive red tape and competition from cheap imports. Eager to reassure a key part
Continue ReadingBy ADRIANA GOMEZ LICON Associated Press The failed campaign and expansive political operation to make Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis the Republican nominee for the White House cost $168 million. The sum has been reported in filings to the Federal Election Commission. The pro-DeSantis super PAC Never Back Down is reporting payments of more than $130.6
Continue ReadingFES, Morocco (AP) — Authorities in Morocco have arrested 30 people in the city of Fes on charges of blackmail, threats and trafficking of newborn babies. Morocco’s state-owned news agency reported on Wednesday that the suspects were arrested this week. They include law enforcement agents, doctors, nurses and other health professionals. They are accused of
Continue ReadingBy Zahid Mahmood and Marshall Cohen, CNN LONDON (CNN) — A London judge has dismissed Donald Trump’s lawsuit against retired British spy Christopher Steele over his controversial 2016 dossier that contained unverified and salacious allegations about Trump’s ties to Russia. A judge from the London High Court dismissed the data privacy lawsuit against Steele and his company,
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