The Burbank-based Walt Disney Co. announced today it has reached a deal to acquire Comcast Corp.’s remaining 33% stake in the Hulu streaming service for an anticipated $8.61 billion. The exact purchase price could vary pending the outcome of a value assessment of Hulu, and if the value is determined to be higher, Disney will
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL R. SISAK and JENNIFER PELTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump Jr. testified Wednesday that he never worked on his father’s financial statements, the documents now at the heart of the civil fraud trial that threatens former President Donald Trump’s real estate empire. The ex-president’s eldest son is an executive vice
Continue ReadingBy TERRY SPENCER and ERIC TUCKER Associated Press FORT PIERCE, Fla. (AP) — A federal judge in Florida has indicated she may delay the start of former President Donald Trump’s trial on charges that he hid classified documents at Mar-a-Lago. U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon questioned prosecutors Wednesday about whether starting the trial in May
Continue ReadingBy NAJIB JOBAIN and ISABEL DEBRE Associated Press RAFAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Hundreds of foreign passport-holders and dozens of other seriously wounded Palestinians desperate to escape Israel’s bombardment of Gaza crowded around the black metal gate on the Egyptian border Wednesday, hoping to pass through the enclave’s only portal to the outside world for
Continue ReadingBy SAM METZ Associated Press RABAT, Morocco (AP) — Arab nations that have normalized or are considering improving relations with Israel are coming under growing public pressure to cut those ties because of Israel’s war with Hamas. Tens of thousands of people have taken to the streets of Rabat and other Moroccan cities in support
Continue ReadingBy THALIA BEATY Associated Press It’s the kind of problem nonprofit leaders dream about: What do you do when you get an unexpectedly large donation? Summer Science Program, a nonprofit with an annual budget of about $2 million, sent about 200 high school juniors to six-week intensive research courses at universities this year. It has
Continue ReadingBy THALIA BEATY Associated Press It’s the kind of problem nonprofit leaders dream about: What do you do when you get an unexpectedly large donation? Summer Science Program, a nonprofit with an annual budget of about $2 million, sent about 200 high school juniors to six-week intensive research courses at universities this year. It has
Continue ReadingBy Kate Sullivan and Jeff Zeleny, CNN (CNN) — Former President Donald Trump’s penchant for inflammatory rhetoric has cost him thousands of dollars in fines in the courtroom but appears to be buoying his White House bid as he escalates his use of dark and violent language on the campaign trail. “You have to go
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Containment of the roughly 2,500-acre Highland Fire in Aguanga increased from 25% to 40% and did not expand today, according to Cal Fire Riverside and the Riverside County Fire Department. Air operations were officially terminated Thursday, and a temporary flight restriction placed over the fire zone to prevent civilian aircraft from disrupting air tankers and
Continue ReadingBy NICHOLAS RICCARDI Associated Press DENVER (AP) — The effort to ban former President Donald Trump from the ballot under the Constitution’s “insurrection clause” turned to distant history on Wednesday, when a law professor testified about how the post-Civil War provision was indeed intended to apply to presidential candidates. Gerard Magliocca, of Indiana University, said
Continue ReadingBy BETH HARRIS AP Racing Writer ARCADIA, Calif. (AP) — After horse deaths marred this year’s Kentucky Derby and Preakness, and two more occurred days ahead of the world championships, safety at the Breeders’ Cup is under intense scrutiny. For the first time, all 14 Cup races this weekend at Santa Anita will be run
Continue ReadingBy Christina Maxouris and Michelle Watson, CNN (CNN) — Maine Gov. Janet Mills announced Wednesday she plans to establish an independent commission of experts to probe the Lewiston mass shooting, the “months preceding the shooting and the police response to it.” “I know that the Maine State Police are working hard to conduct a thorough
Continue ReadingBy DANIEL POLITI Associated Press BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Israel criticized Bolivia, Chile and Colombia on Wednesday after the South American countries undertook a series of diplomatic moves to protest Israel’s military operations against Hamas in Gaza. Other Latin American countries, including Argentina and Brazil, have also increased their criticism of the impact that
Continue ReadingBy SOPHIA TAREEN Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — Volunteers, churches and advocacy groups are scrambling to find indoor shelter for migrants in Chicago as the temperatures drop. They say the city is moving too slowly to move asylum-seekers from police stations and adjacent streets into indoor shelter. Early Wednesday, dozens were sent to a church
Continue ReadingBy DEE-ANN DURBIN AP Business Writer DoorDash on Wednesday reported better-than-expected sales in the third quarter as it gained users and they ordered more frequently. The San Francisco delivery company said its total orders grew 24% to 543 million in the July-September period compared to the same period a year earlier. That was well above
Continue ReadingBy WILL WEISSERT and JILL COLVIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is 80 and Donald Trump is 77, and they are prone to making gaffes. But polls show that voters view age as more of a liability for Biden than they do for Trump. An August poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center
Continue ReadingBy ED DAVEY Associated Press LONDON (AP) — France, England and countries across western Europe braced for what could be some of the highest wind speeds the region has witnessed in decades as Storm Ciarán arrived on the English coast Wednesday evening. Heavy rain associated with the storm was pushing ashore at the southwest tip
Continue ReadingBy JEFF AMY Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia says it will appeal a judge’s order to redraw some congressional and state legislative districts, but that it won’t fight in court to pause the order for now. That means a special session later this month to draw new lines is likely to proceed. The filing
Continue ReadingBy MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace Writer CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — NASA’s Lucy spacecraft has encountered the first of 10 asteroids on its long journey out to Jupiter. The spacecraft on Wednesday zoomed past the pint-sized Dinkinesh in the main asteroid belt beyond Mars. Lucy came within 270 miles of the asteroid, testing its instruments
Continue ReadingBy ALEX VEIGA AP Business Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — A series of court challenges seek to upend longstanding real estate industry practices that determine the commissions agents receive on the sale of a home — and who foots the bill. One case ended Tuesday with a federal jury in Missouri ordering the National Association
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