Elon Musk‚ the world’s third richest man‚ promised Disney shareholders he would dip into his vast wealth to buy up stock in the troubled entertainment giant if they voted hedge fund manager Nelson Peltz onto the board today. The activist investor is losing a bitterly-fought proxy war with Bob Iger‚ whose decision to halt ad spending on X threatened to bankrupt Musk’s social media company. The Tesla boss retaliated by calling for Disney to sack its CEO and is funding a wrongful dismissal lawsuit...

Former President Donald Trump is beating President Biden in six of the seven key swing states for the 2024 election‚ according to a new poll‚ with voters raising concerns about the 81-year-old incumbent’s mental fitness and his handling of the economy and immigration issues. A Wall Street Journal survey released Wednesday found Trump‚ 77‚ is leading in Michigan‚ Pennsylvania and Georgia by between one and three percentage points and in North Carolina‚ Arizona and Nevada by more than the poll’s...

In recent weeks‚ Donald Trump has made clear that he’s prepared to pursue a national abortion ban if voters return him to the White House‚ with the former president suggesting he might support imposing government restrictions at either the 15-week or 16-week point. When Fox News asked the Republican whether he believes a 16-week national abortion ban “could be politically acceptable‚” the presumptive GOP nominee replied‚ “So‚ we’re gonna find out.” Trump added‚ “Pretty soon‚ I’m gonna be making...

Since the beginning of the Israel-Hamas war that started on October 7‚ the number of casualties in Gaza has been a subject of heated debate.  According to the Hamas-run health ministry‚ the number now stands at more than 30‚000 dead‚ with no distinction made between civilian and combatant casualties. In previous rounds of fighting in the Strip‚ the total number of deaths reported by the Gazan authorities have been found to be broadly accurate‚ not differing significantly from...

At least 32‚916 Palestinians have been killed and 75‚494 have been wounded in Gaza since October 7‚ the Hamas-run health ministry says. The terror group’s figures are unverified‚ don’t differentiate between civilians and combatants‚ and list all the fatalities as caused by Israel — even those believed to have been caused by hundreds of misfired rockets or otherwise by Palestinian fire. Israel has said it killed some 13‚000 Hamas members in Gaza fighting‚ in addition to some 1‚000 killed...

Eman Abusaeid struggled to keep her children safe in Gaza‚ as Israeli bombs targeted her neighborhood in the days after Oct. 7‚ when Hamas militants stormed into Israel. The Palestinian architect and mother of two could hear Israeli fighter jets rumbling overhead as air strikes took out the building next to hers. Bodies were being pulled from the rubble. She was trying to shield her children from scenes of death all around. "We woke up with the dust bombing on our faces and bodies‚ and...

K-9 Midnight of the DeLand Police Department in Florida helped find a missing 3-year-old boy and reunited him with his family on Friday. Source: Police dog finds missing Florida toddler safe in woods after following scent from blanket Love stories like this.

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