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We are almost there! Disney announced new details about the upcoming Tiana’s Bayou Adventure attraction, which will open at Disneyland and Walt Disney World later this year. The entertainment company shared a look at the new audio-animatronics characters created just for the attraction and gave more insight into the ride’s storyline. Byhalia doesn’t just build dams; she helps build musical instruments using natural materials from the bayou. As a strong-willed percussionist, it’s safe to say Byhalia is the heartbeat of the band, as well as a natural designer and engineer. (Disney Parks Blog) Always willing to dig a little deeper to help others, Gritty plays the washboard (a found automobile license plate) with a high-energy flair. It’s the perfect instrument for someone who’s often overzealous and digs to relieve her nerves. (Disney Parks Blog) Seeing limitless possibilities, no one finds more wonder in the bayou and the sounds of zydeco music than Beau. All she knows is beauty, especially her own. You can find her plucking out the low notes with her upright gourd bass, which of course, involves some musical dexterity with her tail.

The Los Angeles city animal shelter system has been in crisis for many years with critics and animal advocates pointing the finger at poor management. Two weeks ago, a small but vocal group rallied outside a Los Angeles City Council meeting calling for drastic changes, pointing to what they describe as deplorable conditions and a lack of spay and neuter options, while also demanding more community outreach to encourage fostering and adoption. Staycee Dains was appointed general manager of L.A.’s Animal Services department last summer with the tall order of reducing overcrowding, increasing staffing and, ultimately, saving the lives of healthy pets at the city’s six shelters. L.A. Animal Services GM Staycee Dains tends to a shelter dog. March 2024. (KTLA) Dains sat down with KTLA 5 News in September to insist progress was being made. “In just a couple of months that I’ve been there, I’ve been completely focused on bringing in more staff … we are an understaffed organization … as well as bringing on more volunteers,” she told us at the time. According to her staff, that focus is paying off.  The

World By Ahmed Shawkat March 26, 2024 / 2:07 PM EDT / CBS News Cairo — The narrow streets and alleys of a working-class neighborhood in Egypt’s capital hosted thousands of people Monday who came together to break their Ramadan fast at the longest dinner table in the country. It was the 10th time that northern Cairo’s Matareya neighborhood had hosted the annual Iftar meal on the 15th day of Ramadan, and it was the biggest so far. Organizers said some 400 volunteers helped to line up about 700 tables along a handful of connected, and ornately decorated, streets and alleys and then fill them with food prepared by community members. There was no official count, but those behind the gathering claimed as many as 30,000 people had turned up to break their fast after sundown. People pack a crowded street in northern Cairo’s Matareya neighborhood for an annual mega-Iftar on the 15th day of Ramadan, March 25, 2024, in Egypt. CBS News/Ahmed Shawkat Hamada Hassan, one of the organizers, told CBS News the story of the mass-Iftar started 12 years ago on the 15th

A 24-year-old man who was thrown off a balcony after witnesses spotted him swimming naked in the pool of an apartment complex has been sentenced to 10 years in prison. Tracy Marquis Rose of Palm Springs pleaded guilty March 12 to one felony count each of attempted murder, assault with a gun, vandalism and being a convicted felon and narcotic addict in possession of a firearm, according to court records. He also pleaded guilty to two felony counts of burglary, two misdemeanor counts of battery, and one misdemeanor count of resisting an officer. He was sentenced Monday at the Larson Justice Center in Indio to 10 years in prison, Riverside County District Attorney’s Office spokesman John Hall told City News Service on Tuesday. Shortly before 1 a.m. on Jan. 13, 2022, officers responded to a report of a burglary and attempted homicide in the 1600 block of Via Entranda, according to the Palm Springs Police Department. At the scene, they found evidence of shots fired and some of the victim’s stolen property, but did not immediately find the suspect. The reporting party was shot at

The UC Regents are urging dismissal of a former UCLA Anderson School of Management professor’s gender discrimination lawsuit, saying the plaintiff’s own decisions as well as criticisms from students were factors in her contract not being renewed for the 2022-23 academic year. In her Los Angeles Superior Court lawsuit, Jennifer Walske alleges gender discrimination, harassment, retaliation, hostile work environment, failure to prevent discrimination and both intentional and negligent infliction of emotional distress. She maintains she experienced a backlash retaliation for complaining that female faculty members were subjected to disparate treatment by the business school administration. But in court papers filed Friday and Monday with Judge Bruce Iwasaki, attorneys for the UC Regents say Walske was an adjunct professor and that there was no guarantee her appointment be renewed each academic year. Moreover, Walske had mixed ratings from students who raised concerns regarding her work and she has no legal grounds for seeking punitive damages, the UC lawyers further contend. When UCLA offered Walske alternative courses to teach after the ones she had were removed, she refused to teach any courses at all and the Anderson

Maryland state of emergency declared after Baltimore bridge collapse – CBS News Watch CBS News Maryland Gov. Wes Moore declared a state of emergency Tuesday after a large container ship struck the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore early Tuesday. CBS News’ Ramy Inocencio has the latest confirmed information, and Roberto Leon, an engineering professor at Virginia Tech University, breaks down the structural factors that will be part of the investigation. Also, CBS News’ Nicole Sganga reports on the impact of the collapse. Be the first to know Get browser notifications for breaking news, live events, and exclusive reporting. Not Now Turn On

Over the last few months, a legendary name in the music world has faced a series of shocking allegations of sexual abuse. In civil lawsuits, four women have accused Sean “Diddy” Combs of rape, assault and a litany of other abuses, dating back three decades. One of the allegations involved a minor. The claims sent shock waves through the music industry and put Combs’ entertainment empire in jeopardy. Now, the hip-hop mogul’s legal troubles have worsened considerably. Law enforcement sources told The Times that Combs is the subject of a sweeping inquiry into sex-trafficking allegations that resulted in a federal raid Monday at his estates in Los Angeles and Miami. Authorities have declined to comment on the case, and Combs has not been charged with any crimes. But the scene of dozens of Department of Homeland Security agents — guns drawn — searching Combs’ properties underscored the seriousness of the investigation. Sources with knowledge of the case, who spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak publicly, said federal authorities have interviewed at least three women, but it’s unclear whether any

LaLiga volverá a festejar el Clásico español en el Sur de California el próximo 21 de abril cuando Barcelona y Real Madrid se enfrenten. LaLiga, junto a su socio de transmisión ESPN, celebrará el gran partido en Downtown Disney District de Anaheim, California. Downtown Disney District ofrecerá a los aficionados una experiencia especial en su visita, mientras que ESPN tendrá su producción en inglés y en español, como Fuera de Juego, ESPNFC, y SportsCenter, desde Anaheim. LaLiga, bajo la rama de LaLiga Norteamerica, ha realizado desde el año pasado varias activaciones específicas con aficionados en Estados Unidos, con el fin de hacer crecer la marca de la liga española y acercarse a los aficionados. Esta activación se llama “El Partidazo”, en la cual una vez al mes LaLiga identifica el mejor partido de la semana y realiza una actividad con una de la peñas, o grupo oficial de aficionados , alrededor de Estados Unidos. Hasta ahora han organizado 40 eventos en diferentes ciudades en el país. El partido del Barcelona y Real Madrid del 21 de abril (12 p.m. Hora del Pacífico) será como “la

(Rhona Wise / Associated Press) March 26, 2024 10:09 AM PT ORLANDO, Fla. —  The NFL will play on every day of the week but Tuesday this season. In addition to its “Black Friday” game — a budding tradition that began last season — the league announced it will schedule a Week 1 game on Friday, Sept. 6, to played in Sao Paulo, Brazil, and streamed exclusively on NBC’s Peacock. That will mark the first time in more than 50 years that the NFL has played on Friday night of opening weekend. The opponents have yet to be announced. Christmas falls on a Wednesday this year, and the NFL is planning two games on that day. Because Sunday-Wednesday is too tight a turnaround, each of the four teams playing on Christmas will play the previous Saturday. In a larger sense, this conceivably allows the NFL to experiment with a Wednesday-Saturday format for future seasons. What’s more, Amazon’s Prime Video is getting a wild-card game. That will mark the second time a postseason game will be available exclusively via a streaming service. Peacock got a wild-card game

In Gaza, famine is imminent. To get urgently needed food, clean water, temporary sanitation facilities and medical supplies to more than 2 million Palestinians, President Biden ordered construction of a floating dock. Building it will take weeks. In the interim, aid trickles into the narrow strip of land between southwestern Israel and the Mediterranean. A Spanish-supplied ship from Cyprus offloaded rice and flour at a makeshift jetty formed from some of the ample rubble left by weeks of Israeli bombing. Some trucks are permitted to enter through “Gate 96,” a hole in the barrier that seals off Gaza from Israel. Some food is dropped by parachute. So far it is insufficient to slow the steady advance of severe hunger. In the northern part of Gaza, largely destroyed by the Israeli air and ground assault that followed the Oct. 7 Hamas attack that killed 1,200 Israelis, people are desperate. Some have reportedly raided the few aid trucks that get in. Others were killed and seriously injured by air-dropped cargo when parachutes failed to open. Emergency aid is hardly a substitute for peace. In the southernmost part

In a small alcove along Sunset Boulevard, plates are newly piled with turmeric pilaf, braised chicken legs and pickles. Celery stews and barley-and-bean soups simmer, and saffron milk bread, or shirmal, comes served with feta, butter and house-made jam. At Azizam, which translates to “my dear” in Farsi, there are yogurt dips and sunny eggs in rich tomato broths. It’s more stew-based and perhaps less familiar to those who identify only kebabs with Persian cuisine, said chef and co-owner Cody Ma, who runs the operation with his partner, Misha Sesar. “At the end of the day it’s not just a Persian restaurant, it’s an Iranian restaurant,” Ma said. “There’s so many different cultures in Iran, so many ethnicities, and we’re kind of a testament to that.” Some items, such as the Tabriz-style kofteh, are a rarity on restaurant menus due to their time- and labor-intensive process. At Azizam this dish — a large, stuffed, tender meatball of ground beef and rice — is particularly meaningful, blending the owners’ heritages. Sesar grew up eating a similar version made by her paternal grandmother, though hers would hide

BALTIMORE (AP) — A cargo ship lost power and rammed into a major bridge in Baltimore early Tuesday, destroying the span in a matter of seconds and plunging it into the river in a terrifying collapse that could disrupt a vital shipping port for months. Six people were missing. The ship’s crew issued a mayday call moments before the crash took down the Francis Scott Key Bridge, enabling authorities to limit vehicle traffic on the span, Maryland’s governor said. The ship struck one of the bridge’s supports, causing the structure to collapse like a toy. It tumbled into the water in a matter of seconds — a shocking spectacle that was captured on video and posted on social media. The vessel caught fire, and thick, black smoke billowed out of it. A container ship rests against wreckage of the Francis Scott Key Bridge on Tuesday, March 26, 2024, as seen from Pasadena, Md. The ship rammed into the major bridge in Baltimore early Tuesday, causing it to collapse in a matter of seconds and creating a terrifying scene as several vehicles plunged into the chilly