By Oliver Darcy, CNN (CNN) — Alarm bells are going off at ABC News. The Disney-owned newsroom was jolted on Thursday after a report suggested that the outlet could soon be expelled from the Magic Kingdom. Bloomberg’s Christopher Palmeri and Thomas Buckley reported that Disney has “held exploratory talks” about selling ABC to Nexstar Media
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CNN By Kit Maher and Daniel Dale, CNN (CNN) — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis criticized Donald Trump for claiming he doesn’t know who gave Dr. Anthony Fauci a presidential commendation that the former president awarded him. “It literally says President Trump awards commendation. Is this the immaculate commendation or something like that? Did this just
Continue ReadingBy Jennifer Henderson, CNN (CNN) — Video from an Ohio school’s hallway camera shows a school employee chasing a 3-year-old down the hall and hitting him in the head from behind, knocking him to the ground, an attorney for the boy’s family alleges. After the child is on the ground, the employee at Rosa Parks
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By Kara Scannell, CNN (CNN) — A New York state appellate court judge has put the civil fraud trial involving the New York attorney general’s office and former President Donald Trump on temporary hold, raising questions about whether the trial will begin next month as planned, according to three people familiar with the court ruling.
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By Juliana Liu, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — Economic activity in China appeared to improve in August, with data released on Friday suggesting a downturn in growth may be stabilizing. But more bad news on real estate highlighted the challenges that still lie ahead. Industrial production — which measures output from sectors such as manufacturing
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CNN By Melanie Zanona, Annie Grayer and Manu Raju, CNN (CNN) — Facing renewed threats to his speakership, Kevin McCarthy is making a strategic bet: his critics don’t have the votes to oust him – and if they do, he’ll grind it out on the floor again as he did back in January. The speaker
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By Christian Edwards, CNN (CNN) — Ukraine has ramped up missile and drone strikes on occupied Crimea in recent weeks, as it attempts to land both strategic and symbolic blows against Russian forces that annexed the peninsula in 2014. Kyiv launched an extensive assault on a Russian naval base in Sevastopol early Wednesday morning –
Continue ReadingBy TOM KRISHER and DAVID KOENIG AP Auto Writers DETROIT (AP) — The United Auto Workers union says it will go on strike at three vehicle assembly plants as it presses Detroit companies to come up with better wage and benefit offers. The factories include a General Motors assembly plant in Wentzville, Missouri; a Ford
Continue ReadingDETROIT (AP) — Auto union plans strikes at factories in Wentzville, Missouri; Toledo, Ohio, and Wayne, Michigan, if no deal reached.
Continue ReadingBY EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS Associated Press JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi should stop defending a Jim Crow-era portion of its state constitution that permanently strips voting rights from people convicted of certain felonies, the Democratic nominees for two statewide offices said Thursday. Greta Kemp Martin faces first-term Republican Attorney General Lynn Fitch and Ty Pinkins
Continue ReadingSofía Benavides (CNN) — Una nave espacial abandonada por astronautas estadounidenses en la superficie de la Luna podría estar causando pequeños temblores conocidos como terremotos lunares, según indicó un nuevo estudio. Por primera vez, los investigadores revelaron un tipo, hasta ahora desconocido, de actividad sísmica en la Luna mediante un análisis de datos de la
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CNN By Kate Sullivan, CNN (CNN) — Former President Donald Trump said Thursday that he discussed pardoning himself in the final days of his presidency but dismissed the option to do so. “I could’ve pardoned myself. Do you know what? I was given an option to pardon myself. I could’ve pardoned myself when I left.
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) A default judgement was entered last week in favor of the Missouri Attorney General’s Office against Zechariah Hockersmith and ProCare Pools, LLC. Attorney General Andrew Bailey announced the default judgement in a Thursday press release. The judgement was entered on Friday, according to Casenet. The defendants were ordered to pay a
Continue ReadingBy TRÂN NGUYỄN Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California lawmakers have voted to strengthen eviction protections for renters, closing an existing loophole allowing landlords to circumvent the state’s rent cap. The bill is one of hundreds approved during a late legislative session Thursday. Gov. Gavin Newsom has until Oct. 14 to act on the
Continue ReadingBy KIM CHANDLER Associated Press BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — Alabama on Friday will mark the 60th anniversary of the 1963 bombing at 16th Street Baptist Church that killed four girls. Lisa McNair, the sister of one of the victims, said that as the anniversary is remembered, she hoped people will think about what they can
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Every year, the United States seems to see drought conditions in one region or another. During the years of 2020 through 2022, drought struck much of the northern Great Plains states and south Central portions of Canada. This lead to a significant decrease in many waterfowl populations. The past spring of 2023 seemed to provide
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By Ramishah Maruf, CNN New York (CNN) — Bill Maher said his show is returning to air — despite the WGA writer’s strike raging on. “Real Time is coming back, unfortunately, sans writers or writing,” Maher said on Instagram Wednesday. “It has been five months, and it is time to bring people back to work.”
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ST. LOUIS (KMIZ) A former Moberly doctor who admitted in federal court to a scheme to steal from taxpayers by using his father’s name to bill Medicaid and Medicare was sentenced Thursday to nearly two years in prison, according to a press release from the Department of Justice. Dr. Justin G. LaMonda, 42, pleaded guilty
Continue Reading By Ramishah Maruf, CNN New York (CNN) — Google has reached a $93 million settlement with the state of California to resolve allegations that it was collecting consumers’ data without their consent, the state’s attorney general said in a statement Thursday. The California Department of Justice found that, after a multi-year investigation, the tech giant
Continue ReadingBy DIANE JEANTET Associated Press RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — When the Brazilian prosecutor in charge of a homicide case targeting Danelo Cavalcante saw footage of the 34 year-old crab-walk out of a U.S. prison last month, he thought the fugitive might try to head home, where he stood to receive a considerably lighter sentence.
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