(CNN) — La Cámara de Representantes de EE.UU. votará esta semana ratificando la investigación de juicio político de los demócratas sobre el presidente Donald Trump y Ucrania, a medida que los demócratas avancen con una votación formal después de resistirse inicialmente. La votación del jueves rechazará la versión de la Casa Blanca y los congresistas
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A jury has awarded nearly $20 million to a police officer in Missouri who alleged that his department discriminated against him over his sexual orientation and said he was told to “tone down your gayness.” St. Louis County Police Sgt. Keith Wildhaber was performing a routine security check at a local restaurant in 2014 when
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After a kiss with Howard Stern on her talk show earlier this month, Ellen DeGeneres was asked by her latest guest, Jennifer Aniston, what it was all about. “How was it? Did you enjoy it? Were you nervous? Did you kinda get into it at all?” the “Morning Show” star asked. Stern had initiated the
Continue Reading With several wildfires raging in California, there’s no shortage of headlines and TV footage of the disaster that’s unfolding. But officials — and, let’s face it, even journalists — often use terms and phrases to describe what’s going on that aren’t exactly clear to everyone. When is a fire 40% contained? And what, exactly, is
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House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Monday sent a letter to Democratic members of Congress announcing a vote this week on a resolution affirming the impeachment investigation, establishing rules for public hearings, providing due process rights for the White House and other procedures. The decision to hold a vote comes after pressure from Republicans and the
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Immigration hardliner Julie Kirchner, Department of Homeland Security citizenship and immigration ombudsman, offered her resignation to President Donald Trump this week, according to a letter from acting Secretary Kevin McAleenan sent on Monday. Kirchner, who has led the ombudsman office for the past two years, was previously the executive director of the Federation for American
Continue Reading (CNN) — Los viajeros matutinos de Pittsburgh vivieron un lunes inusual luego de que un autobús cayera hacia atrás en un sumidero, dejando la mitad delantera del colectivo colgando varios metros por encima de la vía. El autobús de la Autoridad Portuaria estaba detenido en un semáforo en rojo cuando se abrió un agujero rectangular
Continue Reading The killing of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi was a tremendous victory for US counterterrorism policy and a demonstration of the skill and capacity of US intelligence agencies and special operators. For an embattled president, it also offers a rare moment to act as an effective commander-in-chief and to counter the steady drip, drip of White House
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AT&T is about to introduce the world to HBO Max. The launch of a new subscription video streaming service was a keystone in AT&T’s $85 billion deal for Time Warner, CNN’s parent company. After a lengthy court fight, the deal took effect in June 2018, and management has been working on plans for HBO Max
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A 67-year-old retired doctor has given birth in China — potentially making her the country’s oldest new mother. The woman, surnamed Tian, gave birth to a girl on Friday at Zaozhuang Maternity and Child Health Hospital, where she had worked as a doctor before retiring, in the country’s northeastern Shandong province. A hospital spokeswoman told
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EL PASO, Texas — The reopening of El Paso’s Cielo Vista Walmart store, where 22 people were killed on Aug. 3, will now take place Nov. 14 at 9 a.m. The retail giant made the announcement Tuesday, one day after ABC-7 reported that the original target date of Nov. 6 had been delayed. As part of
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WASHINGTON, DC — There are good dogs — and then there are hero dogs who chase down the world’s top terrorist to his fatal demise. President Donald Trump said that a dog, part of the U.S. operation that resulted in the death of ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi over the weekend, was injured while chasing
Continue Reading The House impeachment inquiry deposition schedule started the week a bit in flux following former deputy national security adviser Charles Kupperman’s defying a congressional subpoena to attend his Monday morning meeting with the impeachment probe. While Kupperman’s testimony remains up in the air, the impeachment investigators are marching on with a full week of depositions
Continue Reading Gospel singer Kirk Franklin announced his boycott against the Dove Awards and the Trinity Broadcasting Network after the broadcaster censored Franklin’s award speech. According to a lengthy Instagram video the singer posted Monday, TBN edited out the portion of Franklin’s speech in which he discussed police brutality against the black community. Franklin won gospel artist
Continue Reading So far this year, 2020 presidential candidates have spent almost $41 million on TV ads promoting their campaigns. Which is interesting! But not nearly as interesting as this: Candidates not named “Tom Steyer” have spent just $6 million on TV ads, according to CNN’s David Wright. Meaning that Steyer, the billionaire Democrat, has dropped more
Continue Reading First, the good news: Chicago Public Schools has reached an initial deal with a union it’s been sparring with for weeks. Now, the bad news: That deal doesn’t affect the 25,000 educators still on strike in the country’s third-biggest school district. So 300,000 students are missing an eighth day of classes Monday. Students will be
Continue Reading 5G is inching closer to becoming a reality for many people, and there’s no question it will make devices faster, smarter and more connected. But talk about what that technology will enable often sounds like something out of a science fiction film: driverless cars, the internet of things, smart cities, the emergence of the Fourth
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Alphabet’s startup investments appeared to be a headache for the company in its most recent quarter. Google’s parent company said Monday that its revenue for the three months ending in September topped $40 billion, an increase of 20% from the same period a year earlier. But the company’s earnings missed Wall Street’s expectations by a
Continue Reading A New York mother arranged an unforgettable gift to her autistic son, a die-hard “Jeopardy!” fan — a phone call with host Alex Trebek. Learning about Trebek’s struggle with pancreatic cancer crushed her son, said Debbie Stevens, a pulmonary fibrosis survivor from Brooklyn. She decided to arrange a call for the two of them so
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Major League Baseball is cracking down hard on two women who flashed their breasts on TV during Game 5 of the World Series Sunday night in Washington. The women, identified as Julia Rose and Lauren Summer, are banned indefinitely from “all stadiums and facilities,” according to a letter delivered to them by hand and signed
Continue Reading Too often, members of Congress feel compelled to highlight what divides us. In an age of intense partisanship and ideological division, it is an easy trap — one that can distract us from addressing the core issues on which we agree and can take action. Today, the two of us — a practicing Jewish Democrat
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Click here for updates on this story Los Angeles (KTLA) — An 18-year-old woman was fatally shot in the Vermont Vista neighborhood of South Los Angeles on Friday, according to the Los Angeles Police Department. The victim was inside a vehicle near West 104th and South Figueroa streets when shots were fired from another vehicle
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story Huntington Beach (KTLA) — A record number of swimmers were stung by stingrays on Saturday in Huntington Beach, authorities said. Officials said 176 people were injured by the creatures after swimming too far into the ocean during a low tide. The warm temperatures brought a high number of
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story Sacramento (KOVR) — A wind-whipped grass fire along Interstate 5 in Natomas created both chaos and a traffic jam on Sunday. The freeway was closed in both directions for five hours as crews worked to put out the flames. It started a grass fire at Hilton Garden Inn
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story Bristol Township (KYW) — A young woman was found shot dead outside a Bristol Township residential neighborhood overnight. Police rushed to Mitchell and Bloomsdale Roads around 11 p.m. Sunday for a report of gunfire. Residents say they heard about eight or nine gunshots. Crime scene investigators remained at
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EL PASO, Texas — The eighth person to be convicted in the brutal dismemberment death of a missing man was sentenced to 60 years in prison on Tuesday. Adrian Herrera’s sentencing came one day after a jury found him guilty of engaging in organized criminal activity and tampering with a corpse and other evidence. The
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story New York (WCBS) — Police are looking for two men wanted in the fatal shooting of a 14-year-old boy at a Queens basketball court. The memorial continues to grow for Amir Griffin. The teenager was on a basketball court Saturday evening when someone in the area fired a
Continue Reading The Trump administration will allow more than 250,000 people from El Salvador to remain in the United States under temporary status for at least one more year, the US and El Salvador governments announced Monday. The move gives the tens of thousands of El Salvadorans who fall under temporary protected status — a form of
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story Chicago (WBBM) — A Vernon Hills woman says someone stole thousands of dollars from her through the payment service Zelle, which is built into most major banking apps. CBS 2 Morning Insider Tim McNicholas explains two risky things to avoid to help other consumers avoid becoming victims. It
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story Baltimore (WJZ) — Police are investigating a report of an unarmed carjacking in the parking lot of the Maryland Historical Society in Mount Vernon over the weekend. Officers responded to the parking lot at around 5 p.m. on Saturday where they found a 52-year-old woman who told them
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