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Niles: Disney thwarts Florida’s bid to take over special district, but company needs oversight

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:18:19 GMT

Disney CEO Bob Iger delighted the Internet last week when The Walt Disney Company smacked down Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis with the slickest misdirect since Lightning McQueen learned to drift left by turning right.But don’t let the jokes distract you from the fact that this was a conflict that never should have happened.DeSantis and his allies in the Florida legislature had been trying to scuttle the Disney-controlled Reedy Creek Improvement District that governs the Walt Disney World Resort’s land. Florida’s move came after former CEO Bob Chapek criticized the state’s so-called “Don’t Say Gay” law. But before the legislature voted to approve Reedy Creek’s replacement with the new, DeSantis-controlled Central Florida Tourism Oversight District, Reedy Creek’s board approved a Declaration of Restrictive Covenants that gave Disney Parks control over the resort’s planning and zoning for years to come.But Disney did not stop there.To guard against a legal prohibition of perpetuities, Reedy...

Bridge: April 5, 2023

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:18:19 GMT

“If you’re looking for a sign from God, this is it.” — a message on a sign beside a church in my town.Today’s South zooms into six spades, expecting North to produce a shapely hand with a big spade fit. If North had held the king of clubs instead of the ace of hearts, South would have had 13 tricks.As it was, South ruffed the first heart, drew trumps, took the A-K of diamonds and ruffed a diamond. He threw a club on the ace of hearts, ruffed dummy’s last heart and ruffed his last diamond. At the end, he led a club from dummy — and lost two clubs to West.GUIDANCEIf you’re looking for guidance as declarer, a surplus of trumps may be a sign of a possible end play. As South played, he could pitch a club from dummy on the fourth diamond. West would have to return a club from his king or yield a ruff-sluff.South could also lead a trump to dummy at Trick Two, discard a club on the ace of hearts, ruff a heart, lead a trump to dummy and let the...

Word Game: April 5, 2023

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:18:19 GMT

TODAY’S WORD — REPRISED (REPRISED: rih-PRIZE’D: Repeated a performance.)Average mark 34 wordsTime limit 45 minutesCan you find 41 or more words in REPRISED? The list will be published tomorrow.YESTERDAY’S WORD — FASTER fare fast fate fear feast feat fest feta fret after aster safe safer sate sear seat serf star stare strafe tare tear tsar east raft rate restTo purchase the Word Game book, visit WordGameBooks.com. Order it now for just $5 while supplies last!RULES OF THE GAME:1. Words must be of four or more letters.2. Words that acquire four letters by the addition of “s,” such as “bats” or “dies,” are not allowed.3. Additional words made by adding a “d” or an “s” may not be used. For example, if “bake” is used, “baked” or “bakes” are not allowed, but “bake” and “baking” are admissible.4. Proper nouns, slang words, or vulgar or sexually explicit words are not allowed.Contact Word Game creator Kathleen Saxe at [email protected].

China’s Mounting Challenge to U.S. Hegemony

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:18:19 GMT

Despite China warning “serious confrontation in the U.S.-China relationship,” House Speaker Kevin McCarthy confirmed plans to meet with Taiwan’s President Tsai Ing-wen when she visits California on Wednesday. This week on Intercepted, Elbridge Colby, former defense strategist during the Trump administration, joins Jeremy Scahill and Murtaza Hussain to discuss and debate the emerging bipartisan consensus that China threatens U.S. economic and military dominance. They discuss the impact of the U.S. war machine globally, China’s military build-up, as well as China’s rapidly expanding international prominence and economic might. As Beijing celebrates its diplomatic efforts to broker a peace deal between Saudi Arabia and Iran, and makes moves aimed at ending Russia’s war in Ukraine, they debate whether Beijing poses a real threat to the U.S. and if a non-hegemonic world is possible.Transcript coming soon.The post China’s Mounting Challenge to U.S. Hegemony appeared first on The Int...

Analysis: Trump hush money case raises thorny legal issues

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:18:19 GMT

NEW YORK (AP) — The coverup is worse than the crime, the expression goes. And in the hush money case against former President Donald Trump, prosecutors say the coverup made the crime worse.In an indictment unsealed Tuesday, prosecutors say the 45th president falsified records about three hush money payments in order to keep potentially damaging stories from coming to light as he campaigned for the presidency. Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg said it was his effort to cover up crimes related to the 2016 election that allowed prosecutors to elevate the charges to felonies. The indictment, however, raises many thorny issues about state and federal law that could provide openings for the defense to attack the charges to try to get them tossed before the case even gets to trial. “The bottom line is that it’s murky,” said Richard Hasen, an expert in election law and professor at the University of California, Los Angeles law school. “And the district attorney did not offer a d...

Fact check: Trump ofreció un aluvión de falsedades en su primer discurso después de la acusación

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:18:19 GMT

(CNN) — El expresidente de Estados Unidos Donald Trump pronunció un discurso en su residencia en Mar-a-Lago este martes por la noche después de ser procesado en Manhattan por cargos de delito grave de falsificación de registros comerciales, y pronunció un aluvión de afirmaciones falsas que han sido desacreditadas previamente.Trump se declaró inocente de todos los cargos este martes.El expresidente fue repetidamente inexacto cuando giró al tema de la investigación federal sobre su manejo de documentos oficiales. También repitió algunas de sus falsedades favoritas sobre una variedad de otros temas.Aquí hay una verificación de hechos de algunas de las afirmaciones de Trump.Ley de registros presidencialesAl denunciar la búsqueda federal de agosto en Mar-a-Lago, Trump afirmó que la Ley de registros presidenciales requiere negociaciones prolongadas sobre la devolución de documentos.Dijo: “Para que todos sepan, estoy sujeto a lo que se conoce como la Ley de Registros Presidenciales, ...

Donald Trump, acusado de 34 delitos federales: noticias, última hora y reacciones

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:18:19 GMT

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Fuente real dice que la coronación es un momento apropiado para empezar a usar el título de ‘reina Camilla’

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:18:19 GMT

(CNN) — La coronación del rey Carlos de Inglaterra es un momento apropiado para empezar a utilizar el título de “reina Camilla” para su esposa, dijo una fuente real a CNN este miércoles.Camilla asumió el título de reina consorte tras la muerte de la reina Isabel II y la llegada al trono de su marido.“Tenía sentido referirse a Su Majestad como la reina consorte en los primeros meses del reinado de su majestad, para distinguirse de su majestad la reina Isabel II”, dijo una fuente real a CNN.El Palacio de Buckingham revela los detalles de la celebración de tres días para conmemorar la coronación del rey Carlos IIIEl Palacio de Buckingham hizo pública este martes la invitación a la coronación del rey Carlos III, en la que su esposa se titulaba por primera vez reina Camilla.“Reina Camilla’ es el título apropiado para poner junto a ‘rey Carlos’ en la invitación. La coronación es un momento apropiado para empezar a utilizar ‘reina...

Volkswagen recalls 140,000 SUVs due to faulty passenger-side airbags, owners told not to let anyone ride shotgun

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:18:19 GMT

Volkswagen is recalling 143,000 of its big Atlas SUVs in the US because a faulty sensor on the front passenger side can switch the airbag system off under certain conditions. Until the issue can be corrected, VW is advising owners to avoid letting people ride in that seat.The problem is “sporadic,” according to documents VW filed with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, which oversees vehicle recalls.Most modern passenger vehicles have weight sensors in the front seat to detect if someone small — like a child — is riding in that seat. Airbags, which inflate forcefully in the event of a crash, can injure small children. If these sensors detect a small person is seated there, the airbag is switched off.But faulty sensors in some Atlas SUVs can cause the so-called “passenger occupant detection system” to indicate a system issue and deactivate the airbag. This could leave front seat passengers without the protection of the airbag in th...

US 36 closed due to deputy-involved shooting

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:18:19 GMT

ADAMS COUNTY, Colo. (KDVR) — Deputies in Adams County were involved in a shooting with a suspect who allegedly shot and injured a woman at a nearby apartment. According to the Adams County Sheriff's Office, both east and westbound Highway 36 are closed from Federal Boulevard to Sheridan Boulevard due to a shooting investigation. ACSO told FOX31's Jim Hooley that deputies originally received a call for a gunshot victim at an apartment complex off Pecos. The female victim was transported to a local hospital where she is currently in intensive care. When deputies arrived on scene, the suspect drove by and deputies began to pursue the car. ACSO said the suspect then fired shots at deputies. Park Hill golf course plan losing in early Denver election returns The suspect was stopped after ACSO initiated a tactical maneuver. The sheriff's office confirmed "all occupants of the vehicle were taken into custody," but did not say how many people were arrested.No deputies, suspects or bystan...