A spy for Kurdish forces in Syria stole Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi’s underwear in order to obtain a DNA sample of the ISIS leader and help lead the US military to his location, Kurdish officials have claimed. Officials from the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) described how they tracked the elusive Baghdadi from one end of
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Beware the alternate at the WTA Finals, especially if it’s Kiki Bertens. The Dutchwoman replaced Naomi Osaka Tuesday after a back injury ended the Japanese superstar’s season, and she duly produced a stirring comeback to oust the world’s top-ranked player Ashleigh Barty 3-6 6-3 6-4 in the Red Group. Last year, Bertens came in for
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Esports are filling basketball arenas, airing on major cable TV networks and attracting sponsorship dollars from blue chip companies. So it should come as no surprise that Wall Street is looking to cash in on the popularity of the ESL, Overwatch League, League of Legends World Championship and other esports events as well. There are
Continue Reading David Benioff and D.B. Weiss, the creators of HBO’s “Game of Thrones,” are exiting the Star Wars trilogy they had been set to write and produce. The first film in the series was supposed to arrive in theaters in 2022. The two said in a statement that their new production deal with Netflix made it
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Amazon is eliminating its fee for grocery delivery in the United States as competition heats up in the rapidly expanding food delivery business. Before today, Amazon charged Prime members a $14.99 monthly subscription fee for its Amazon Fresh online grocery delivery service. Two-hour Whole Foods deliveries were free for many Prime customers through Amazon’s Prime
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Boeing CEO Dennis Muilenburg is prepared to tell Congress on Tuesday the company deserves the scrutiny it is receiving on the 737 MAX after two crashes and a worldwide grounding of the airplane. Read his prepared remarks here: cnn.com/2019/10/29/politics/boeing-ceo-opening-statement/index.html
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Click here for updates on this story CLACKAMAS COUNTY, OR (KPTV) — Two teenage boys were taken into custody Tuesday morning after deputies say they led them on a pursuit in a stolen vehicle and then crashed next to railroad tracks in Milwaukie. The Clackamas County Sheriff’s Office said deputies attempted to stop a Hyundai
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Men have been shooting hoops in the NBA, the nation’s premier professional basketball league, for a while. Since 1946, to be exact. But in that time, the league has only had a handful of female referees. On Tuesday, the NBA announced that it was promoting Jenna Schroeder to its full-time officiating staff, making her the
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(CNN) — La ejecución y las secuelas de las redadas que abatieron a Osama bin Laden y Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi fueron tan diferentes como los presidentes que las supervisaron. Pero en un área convergieron: Barack Obama y Donald Trump querían ver las operaciones. La forma en que cada líder manejó el momento decisivo dice tanto
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Robert Evans was bigger than life and he left us with a little something that we can meditate upon. The Hollywood titan who died over the weekend at the age of 89 is being hailed for his final tweet that reflected his outspoken nature. Back in July, Evans responded to a tweet from Scott Feinberg,
Continue Reading Boeing CEO Dennis Muilenburg is prepared to tell Congress on Tuesday the company deserves the scrutiny it is receiving on the 737 MAX after two crashes and a worldwide grounding of the airplane. Read his prepared remarks below:
Continue Reading Eight Russian service members were killed in a shooting at a military base in Siberia on Friday, Russia’s top law enforcement agency said in a statement. According to the statement from the Investigative Committee, a soldier allegedly opened fire on colleagues at a military garrison near the city of Chita, killing two officers and six
Continue Reading Facebook executives are facing mounting pressure, including from inside the company, to make sweeping changes to how the social media site runs political ads — including reversing a controversial policy that allows politicians to run false ads and how voters are targeted on the platform. On Monday night, the top Democrat on the Senate Intelligence
Continue Reading The trade war with China has been a two-steps forward, three-steps back affair. The current thinking is in the “two-steps forward” camp. The president told reporters Monday his negotiators are moving ahead on a so-called Phase One trade agreement: “We’re looking probably to be ahead of schedule to sign a very big portion of the
Continue Reading Bangladesh cricket star Shakib Al Hasan has been banned from cricket for two years, with one year suspended, after breaching the sport’s anti-corruption code. Al Hasan was guilty of failing to contact the sport’s Anti-Corruption Unit (ACU) watchdog after being approached on three separate occasions to “engage in corrupt conduct,” said a statement published on
Continue Reading Age is a just a number to 75-year-old winger Isao Tsulabayashi, who is a member of Tokyo’s Buwaku Rugby Club. “For me rugby is a tough sport,” Tsulabayashi told CNN Sport’s Christine Macfarlane. “I train myself to harden my body for rugby.” READ: South Africa edges past Wales to reach third Rugby World Cup final
Continue Reading A commemorative coin produced to celebrate the UK’s planned October 31 departure from the European Union is the latest high-profile government initiative to fall victim to yet another Brexit delay. Britain’s finance ministry confirmed Tuesday that unreleased 50 pence pieces (worth about 63 cents) bearing the inscription “peace, prosperity and friendship with all nations” and
Continue Reading(CNN) — The House committees conducting the impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump are seeking testimony from Robert Blair, an assistant to the President and senior adviser to acting White House chief of staff Mick Mulvaney, a source familiar with the request told CNN. The committees investigating Trump have requested Blair — who was on
Continue Reading A former soldier from Nepal has climbed the world’s 14 highest peaks in just over six months, smashing the previous record by over 7 years. Nirmal “Nims” Purja, 36, who served with the British Special Forces, reached the 8,027-metre-high summit of Mount Shishapangma, Tibet, on Tuesday morning local time along with three sherpa climbers. This
Continue Reading On Tuesday, Alexander Vindman, the top Ukraine expert on the National Security Council, is expected tell House investigators that he had major concerns about the appropriateness of a July 25 phone call between President Donald Trump and Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky. And that those worries led him to immediately flag the call to his superiors
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El Paso City Council is scheduled vote Tuesday to take action against District 4 Rep. Sam Morgan after he was arrested and accused with assaulting his wife on Oct. 4 The agenda for Tuesday’s council meeting has two items. The first one calls for a discussion and a vote on a resolution that would censure,
Continue Reading (CNN) — La Cámara de Representantes de Estados Unidos avanza hacia la siguiente fase de su investigación de juicio político, y programaron una votación para finales de esta semana sobre los procedimientos que podrían llevar rápidamente al presidente Donald Trump a convertirse en el tercer presidente en la historia de Estados Unidos en ser sometido
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An anthem for narcissism was immortalized in Carly Simon’s 1972 hit song, “You’re So Vain.” “You walked into the party / Like you were walking onto a yacht / You had one eye on the mirror / And watched yourself gavotte,” Simon sang. And of course, there’s the famous chorus: “I’ll bet you think this
Continue Reading Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee are calling on Attorney General William Barr to recuse himself from “matters related to Ukraine” and the Justice Department’s investigation into the origins of the Russia election interference investigation. “He’s the attorney general, supposedly of our country, but it becomes clearer every day he’s the lawyer for the President,”
Continue Reading Cats. When they’re not scratching up furniture (or your skin), they’re napping, purring, snuggling balls of joy. They’ll probably celebrate National Cat Day the same way. But unlike your beloved feline, you’ve only got one life instead of nine. So live life to the fullest or take a cue from a cat and laze about
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Country singer Ned LeDoux and his wife are mourning the loss of their daughter. LeDoux said on Facebook that his two-year-old daughter Haven died in a “tragic choking accident” at their home on October 20. He said that he and his wife, Morgan, are in mourning, and asked for privacy. LeDoux and his wife and
Continue Reading John Cena is playing a firefighter in a new movie and wants to help some real-life first responders. On Monday the wrestler-turned-actor tweeted a video announcing his plan to donate $500,000 to those currently fighting the California wildfires. The actor portrays a firefighter in the forthcoming film “Playing with Fire” and tweeted “I’m asking that
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Mylan Pharmaceuticals Inc. is recalling one lot of the anti-anxiety medication alprazolam — commonly sold under the brand name Xanax — “due to the potential presence of foreign substance,” the company said last week. The company said the likelihood that someone would fall ill “is expected to be rare, but the remote risk of infection
Continue Reading On Sunday, Democratic Rep. Katie Hill of California announced her resignation from Congress, following recent allegations that she had an improper relationship with a campaign staffer before taking office. (She has denied separate allegations that she had an inappropriate relationship with a congressional staffer.) “This is the hardest thing I have ever had to do,
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