By MIKE SCHNEIDER Associated Press ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Appointees of Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis are seeking communications between Disney and local media, as well as documents related to the company’s position on Florida’s so-called “Don’t Say Gay” law. It’s part of a state court fight over control of the district that governs Walt Disney
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — George “Funky” Brown, the co-founder and longtime drummer of Kool & The Gang who helped write such hits as “Too Hot,” “Ladies Night,” “Joanna” and the party favorite “Celebration,” died Thursday in Los Angeles at age 74. Brown died after a battle with cancer, according to a statement released by Universal
Continue ReadingSALEM, Ind. (AP) — A Louisiana woman accused of involvement in the death of a 5-year-old Atlanta boy whose body was found in a suitcase in Indiana last year has reached a plea deal with prosecutors. News outlets in Georgia and Indiana report that 41-year-old Dawn Coleman of Shreveport will be sentenced Tuesday. The Atlanta
Continue ReadingBy Arlette Saenz, CNN Washington, DC (CNN) — President Joe Biden is sharpening his attacks against former President Donald Trump – in public and, even more so, in private – as recent polls show warning signs for the Democrat in their possible rematch next fall. Biden personally wanted to speak out this week after Trump
Continue ReadingBy BABACAR DIONE Associated Press DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Senegal’s highest court has effectively barred detained opposition leader Ousmane Sonko from running for president early next year. The court overturned a local court’s decision to reinstate Sonko to the West African country’s voter rolls. The legal setback for the politician came on the same day
Continue ReadingBy SARAH RANKIN Associated Press RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — University of Virginia officials are further delaying the public release of the findings of an investigation into the events surrounding a 2022 campus shooting that killed three student-athletes and wounded two other students. Citing concern about the impact the findings could have on the suspect’s pending
Continue ReadingBy MARIA SHERMAN AP Music Writer LAS VEGAS (AP) — At the inaugural Formula One Las Vegas Grand Prix, music and entertainment has taken a front seat. It began with a star-studded Open Ceremony on Wednesday, featuring single-song performances from Thirty Seconds to Mars, Keith Urban, Andra Day, Bishop Briggs, Journey, Steve Aoki, J Balvin,
Continue ReadingBy WAYNE PARRY Associated Press ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey is moving forward with its offshore wind industry, despite the loss of two major offshore wind farm projects when Danish developer Orsted pulled out of the state. The state Board of Public Utilities is seeking bids for a transmission facility into which several
Continue ReadingBy Alex Marquardt, Kaitlan Collins, MJ Lee and Oren Liebermann, CNN (CNN) — Hamas has demanded that Israel stop flying surveillance drones over Gaza as part of its request that Israel pause its military operations in exchange for freeing hostages held by the terrorist group, according to two Israeli officials and a third source familiar with the
Continue ReadingST. JOSEPH, Mo. (AP) — A man has been found guilty in the death of a woman whose remains were found inside a duffel bag along a rural road in northwest Missouri. Ariel Starcher was killed at a Kansas City hotel. The St. Joseph News-Press reports that Marcus Brooks was convicted Thursday of first-degree murder
Continue ReadingBy JONEL ALECCIA AP Health Writer The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is screening imports of cinnamon from multiple countries for toxic lead. It comes after more reports of illness in children who ate pouches of applesauce puree. The pouches were sold in several retail and online stories and have been recalled. The FDA says
Continue ReadingBy RIO YAMAT Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — Four of the eight Las Vegas high school students accused of beating their schoolmate to death in a brawl captured on cellphone video have made their first appearances in the adult court system. A judge on Friday ordered them held without bail pending their next court
Continue ReadingBy YURAS KARMANAU Associated Press TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — More than 2,400 Ukrainian children aged 6-17 have been taken to Belarus from four regions of Ukraine that are partially occupied by Russian forces, a study by Yale University has found. The study, released Thursday by the Humanitarian Research Lab of the Yale School of Public
Continue ReadingBy TOM MURPHY AP Health Writer A New York City woman who died Sunday from cancer has raised enough money to erase millions of dollars in medical debt with a posthumous plea for help. Casey McIntyre told followers in a social media message posted by her husband that she had arranged to buy the medical
Continue ReadingMENTOR, Ohio (AP) — Authorities say a man facing eviction from a mobile home park in Ohio fatally shot the site’s property manager and two other residents before retreating into his home. The shooter then fired shots at police and kept officers at bay before he killed himself. Another resident was wounded in the shooting
Continue ReadingSofía Benavides (CNN) — ¿Qué tienen en común los diccionarios, los aviones de combate, los plátanos y la Guardia Suiza? Es una pregunta seria, pero con una respuesta deliciosamente absurda: todo sirvió de inspiración para los trajes nacionales que se exhibieron durante la competencia preliminar del certamen Miss Universo 2023. Específicamente, esos fueron los looks
Continue ReadingSol Amaya (CNN) — John Lally estaba en su tercera entrega de grava del día este sábado por la mañana cuando vio luces intermitentes de la policía en el espejo retrovisor de su camioneta e inmediatamente pensó que lo estaban deteniendo. Lally, quien había tenido serios enfrentamientos con las autoridades a lo largo de los
Continue ReadingBy Sophie Tanno, Hamdi Alkhshali and Oren Liebermann, CNN (CNN) — Gaza’s largest hospital, Al-Shifa, has become a flashpoint in Israel’s war against Hamas, which began when gunmen from the militant group crossed the border into Israel on October 7, killing around 1,200 people. Palestinians and humanitarian agencies say the current fighting in and around Al-Shifa
Continue ReadingBy Lisa Respers France, Brynn Gingras, Kristina Sgueglia and Alli Rosenbloom CNN (CNN) — There’s been an outpouring of support for Cassie Ventura since news broke Thursday that she is suing producer Sean “Diddy” Combs over allegations he raped and subjected her to years of abuse when they were in a relationship. The singer, model
Continue ReadingBy Ben Church, CNN (CNN) — Charissa Thompson, a Fox Sports and Amazon Prime Video “Thursday Night Football” host, has apologized after saying she used to make up reports when working as an NFL sideline reporter earlier in her career. Speaking on the “Pardon My Take” podcast, which was released on Wednesday, Thompson admitted to
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