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A man killed eight people with an AR-15 style rifle in a mass shooting Saturday at the Allen Premium Outlets mall in Texas, officials said. Photo: WFAA/Associated PressAuthorities are investigating a Texas shooter’s possible links to white supremacist ideology, according to law-enforcement officials with knowledge of the probe, following a killing spree at a suburban Dallas mall on Saturday. The gunman was identified as Mauricio Garcia, 33 years old, the officials said. He is accused of killing eight people and injuring seven others after opening fire at Allen Premium Outlets in Allen, Texas, before being shot dead by a police officer. He used an AR-15-style rifle in the attack and multiple other firearms were found at the scene, according to the officials.

CNN —A driver plowed into a group outside a shelter that had been housing migrants in a Texas border town on Sunday, leaving seven people dead and several others injured, authorities say. The crash left seven dead and between four to six others injured, Martin Sandoval, a Brownsville police spokesperson, told CNN. Police have not released the name of the driver, but say it was a Hispanic man, Sandoval told CNN. He said witnesses described seeing the car “lose control.”The shelter has been housing immigrants while they wait for permanent housing, he said. Brownsville, Texas is located on the southern tip of Texas, just across the Rio Grande River.

☆ Ron DeSantis Signs Bill Nullifying Disney Development Agreements
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-05 | by ( Arian Campo-Flores | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

After a year of trying to outmaneuver each other, Walt Disney Co. is suing Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis. Ron DeSantis signed legislation nullifying agreements Walt Disney Co. struck that allowed the company to retain some control over future development in the district covering its Orlando-area theme parks. The move opens another front in the Republican governor’s yearlong battle with the entertainment giant. It is the second effort aimed at invalidating the agreements, after a board that oversees the district—whose new members were named by the governor—last week declared the accords null and void.

May 4 (Reuters) - State attorney generals in New York and California on Thursday launched a joint investigation into allegations that female employees of the National Football League (NFL) have been subjected to sex discrimination and harassment. The NFL, a multibillion-dollar enterprise led by Commissioner Roger Goodell and headquartered in New York City, is the most popular U.S. sports league. James in a statement said that "no institution is above the law, and we will ensure the NFL is held accountable." The league has offices in New York and California with more than 1,000 employees, the attorney generals said. The league in 2020 also launched an investigation into claims that 15 female employees of the Washington NFL team now called the Commanders faced sexual harassment, which also prompted scrutiny from Congress.

☆ MLB roundup: Dodgers stun Phillies on walk-off slam
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-04 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +13 min

Brandon Drury also hit a homer for the Angels, who won for the sixth time in their last eight games. Starter Seth Lugo (3-2) held the Reds to one run on seven hits over six innings to earn the win. Pfaadt, a touted pitching prospect, went 4 2/3 innings and allowed nine hits -- four of which were home runs -- and seven runs. Texas starter Andrew Heaney allowed six runs on four hits in 4 2/3 innings, with four walks and five strikeouts. Losing pitcher Eric Lauer (3-3) allowed four runs -- all unearned -- on four hits and struck out six in 4 2/3 innings.

☆ Title 42: Why the Biden administration expects a surge at the US-Mexico border next week
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-02 | by ( Zachary B. Wolf | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

Migrant surge expectedThe surge of migrants is expected because Title 42, the Trump-era policy that allowed the government to quickly turn away certain migrants at the border during the Covid-19 pandemic, is expiring. These deployments are not unprecedented in recent years, but this one is notable since it coincides with an expected surge of border encounters. Biden administration’s plan to discourage border crossingsThe administration has tried to discourage migrants from simply crossing the border and promised that people apprehended will be turned away and potentially barred from reentry. Anger from New York’s mayorTexas has been transporting thousands of migrants to cities like New York, Chicago and Washington, DC. “Governor Abbott sent asylum seekers to NY – Black mayor; to Washington – Black mayor; to Houston – Black mayor; to Los Angeles – Black mayor; to Denver – Black mayor.

☆ Ron DeSantis’s Oversight Board Moves to Sue Disney
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-01 | by ( Arian Campo-Flores | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Chairman Martin Garcia, third from left, said the board aims to enforce its declaration that development approvals Disney struck with a previous board were null and void. Photo: Zack Wittman for The Wall Street JournalThe board overseeing the district covering Walt Disney Co.’s Orlando-area theme parks authorized its lawyers to sue the entertainment giant in state court, without explaining what the suit would allege. The lawsuit, expected in a central Florida court, would mark the latest salvo in the escalating battle between the company and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis .

☆ Ron DeSantis’s Oversight Board Sues Disney
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-01 | by ( Arian Campo-Flores | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

WSJ’s Arian Campo-Flores explains what’s behind Disney’s lawsuit against Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis. Photo Composition: Rachel RogersThe board overseeing the district covering Walt Disney Co.’s Orlando-area theme parks sued the entertainment giant in state court, accusing the company of striking a “backroom deal” in an effort to preserve its ability to essentially self-govern the district. The lawsuit, filed on Monday in the Ninth Judicial Circuit Court, which includes Orange and Osceola counties, marks the latest salvo in the escalating battle between Disney and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis .

☆ Cleveland, Texas shooting: Suspect in massacre had been deported 4 times after entering US illegally, ICE source says
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-01 | by ( Ed Lavandera Holly Yan Elizabeth Wolfe Rosa Flores | Ed Lavandera | Holly Yan | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

The suspect, identified as Francisco Oropesa Perez-Torres by ICE, was first removed by an immigration judge in March 2009, the ICE source said. The suspect was convicted of driving while intoxicated in 2012 in Montgomery County, Texas, and was sentenced to jail time, the ICE official said. Family photo“One of the people who died saw when my wife fell to the ground,” Garcia told CNN. Go Nakamura/Getty ImagesThere had been 15 people in the house at the time of the shooting, Garcia told CNN. He was in my county,” Capers said.

☆ How Ron DeSantis Could Unlock $86 Million for a Presidential Run
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-29 | by ( Julie Bykowicz | Alex Leary | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

After a year of trying to outmaneuver each other, Walt Disney is suing Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis. WSJ’s Arian Campo-Flores explains what is behind the lawsuit. Ron DeSantis is poised to jump into the Republican presidential primary in the coming months with an $86 million pot of donor money—and a legally questionable strategy for using it. The cash, currently sitting in a Florida political committee fund, would need to take a circuitous path to help him: It is illegal to use money raised for a state election to run for federal office, meaning Mr. DeSantis can’t simply transfer it into a presidential campaign account.

☆ DeSantis’s Miscalculation: ‘Disney Is Playing the Long Game’
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-28 | by ( Arian Campo-Flores | Robbie Whelan | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis suggested it would be a short fight when he first threatened to strip Walt Disney Co. of the power to govern its magic kingdom of theme parks, waterslides and hotels around Orlando. A year later, Mr. DeSantis is enmeshed in a drawn-out conflict with the entertainment giant that has shifted from the political realm into the courts, with no end in sight.

☆ Disney Files Suit After DeSantis’s Oversight Board Voids Theme-Park Agreements
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-26 | by ( Arian Campo-Flores | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Photo: APWalt Disney Co. sued Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis after a new board he named to oversee the district housing the company’s Orlando-area theme parks declared null and void agreements Disney struck in February. The lawsuit, filed in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Florida, accuses the Republican governor of conducting a “targeted campaign of government retaliation” as punishment for the company’s decision to speak out against a law passed last year with the governor’s backing that bars classroom instruction on gender identity and sexual orientation in early elementary-school years.

☆ Ron DeSantis’s Disney Oversight Board to Consider Nullifying Agreements
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-26 | by ( Arian Campo-Flores | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Photo: APAn oversight board named by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is scheduled to meet Wednesday and consider a proposal to declare null and void agreements struck by Walt Disney Co. in February that retained much of the company’s control over the land near Orlando that houses its theme parks. At its meeting last week, the Central Florida Tourism Oversight District board of supervisors, which oversees a special tax district that includes Walt Disney World Resort, criticized agreements cemented by the company shortly before the new board, aligned with Mr. DeSantis, took over. Disney went before the board’s prior leadership, which it essentially handpicked under a previous structure that the state Legislature and Mr. DeSantis overhauled, and secured approvals for the next 30 years on zoning, infrastructure and air rights that the company might need if it chooses to expand Disney World.

☆ Disney Sues Ron DeSantis After Oversight Board Voids Theme-Park Agreements
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-26 | by ( Arian Campo-Flores | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

☆ Oklahoma County Commissioner Accused of Making Threatening Comments Resigns
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-20 | by ( Adolfo Flores | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Protesters in Idabel, Okla., demanding the resignations of several McCurtain County officials earlier this week. Photo: Christopher Bryan/Southwest Ledger/Associated PressA county commissioner in southeast Oklahoma has resigned after being named by the local newspaper as one of several officials on a recording allegedly discussing killing two reporters and lynching Black people, Gov. Kevin Stitt ’s office said Wednesday. Carly Atchison, a spokeswoman for Mr. Stitt, said the governor’s office had received a handwritten resignation letter from McCurtain County Commissioner Mark Jennings .

☆ DeSantis-Allied Board Plans to Nullify Disney’s Prior Development Deal
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-19 | by ( Arian Campo-Flores | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Photo: Associated PressAn oversight board appointed by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis advanced plans to nullify agreements Walt Disney Co. made under prior leadership, which allowed it to retain significant control over the land near Orlando where its theme parks are located. The Central Florida Tourism Oversight District board of supervisors, who met Wednesday, criticized the agreements cemented by Disney in February, shortly before the new board took over. The agreements included a 30-year land-development contract locking in zoning, infrastructure and air-rights approvals that the company might need if it seeks to expand its Walt Disney World Resort.

A team from the U.S. Department of Agriculture led the effort in Maryland, covering nearly half a million acres of land and marsh hunting for the invasive rodent. They worked in a grid to systematically trap and remove nutria before moving on to the next area. Yann Schreiber/AFP/Getty

☆ Twitter Chief Elon Musk Tries to Reassure Advertisers
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-18 | by ( Arian Campo-Flores | Patience Haggin | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Elon Musk discussed the advertising industry with NBCUniversal executive Linda Yaccarino at a Miami Beach, Fla., conference on Tuesday. Photo: Rebecca Blackwell/Associated PressMIAMI BEACH, Fla.—Twitter Chief Executive Elon Musk made his latest appeal to advertisers on Tuesday, seeking to reassure them that the platform is a hospitable and valuable vehicle for their brands. Many advertisers pulled their ads from Twitter after Mr. Musk’s takeover of the social-media platform was completed in October, either out of concern that Mr. Musk might weaken content moderation, potentially leading to more hate speech on the social-media platform, or because of the uncertainty surrounding the company’s direction under its new leadership. Advertising represented almost 90% of Twitter’s revenue in 2021.

☆ Elon Musk says he wants a 'normal person' for president in 2024 whose values are 'smack in the middle of the country'
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-18 | by ( Sarah Jackson | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

The 2024 presidential election is a year away, but Elon Musk already knows who he wants to see in office. Musk has praised and criticized Biden and Trump alike, and he now says he wants a "normal person" as president. He told Fox News he'd like a president "whose values are smack in the middle of the country." Elon Musk says the ideal presidential candidate for him is "just a normal person." Looking ahead, Musk added, "I would prefer, frankly, that we put just a normal person as president, a normal person with common sense and whose values are smack in the middle of the country, just center of the normal distribution and I think that they would be great."

☆ Chip Roy, Pivotal in House Speaker Talks, Braces for Fight on Debt Ceiling
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-16 | by ( Natalie Andrews | Photographs Sergio Flores For The Wall Street Journal | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

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☆ Gov. Ron DeSantis Signs Florida Six-Week Abortion Ban
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-14 | by ( Laura Kusisto | Arian Campo-Flores | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis late Thursday signed into law a bill banning abortion after six weeks of pregnancy, a strict measure that could earn him support from Republican primary voters if he runs for president but that also carries political risks among the broader electorate. The legislation was a priority this session for the state’s Republican-led legislature, and political observers think it could boost Mr. DeSantis’s prospects in a presidential primary. Antiabortion leaders said it would also help assuage concerns that Mr. DeSantis has lagged behind some other Republicans nationally in fighting for restrictions on abortion.

☆ Be on the Lookout for Rodents of Unusual Size With Orange Teeth
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-11 | by ( Adolfo Flores | Erin Ailworth | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

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☆ Deepening Florida Drought Hits Ranchers, Growers
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-11 | by ( Arian Campo-Flores | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

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☆ MLB roundup: Solo HR sends Rays to 10-0
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-11 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +11 min

Muncy also singled, all after Mookie Betts had led off the game with his second homer of the season for the Dodgers, who snapped a three-game losing streak. Reds starter Graham Ashcraft allowed two runs on six hits in six innings with seven strikeouts and three walks. Ryan Mountcastle drilled a two-run homer in the first inning and Austin Hays added a solo shot in the sixth. Alvarez drove in two runs to boost his major-league-leading RBI total to 16, plating a pair in the second inning with a single. Jake Cave hit a solo homer and double while Nick Castellanos added three hits and three RBIs.

☆ Ahead of Easter, Nicaraguan Catholics press on despite procession ban
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-04 | by ( Ismael Lopez | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Ortega's tough stance on the church has been met by a mix of fear and determination among the Central American nation's Catholics. "What's most important is to live our faith," said Maria Flores, who noted that the canceled street procession this Friday - when Christians worldwide mark the crucifixion of Jesus - will be the first time in over four decades she will miss it. Eliseo Nuñez, a Nicaraguan political analyst in exile in neighboring Costa Rica, said government officials banned the processions to quash the prospect of further unrest. In 2005, former Marxist rebel Ortega converted to Catholicism ahead of winning the presidential election the following year. Reporting by Ismael Lopez; Writing by David Alire Garcia; Editing by Sonali PaulOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

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