Early UAW votes on ending the GM strike a mixed bag
Nearly 50,000 General Motors employees are in the process of voting on a tentative labor deal that could end their five-week strike. The early…
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US diplomat directly ties Trump to Ukraine quid pro quo
The top US diplomat in Ukraine, Bill Taylor, testified Tuesday that he had been told President Donald Trump would withhold military aid to the…
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Reclaiming Inuit culture, one tattoo at a time
Candice Pedersen remembers hearing about her great-grandmother’s tattoos and wanting the same traditional markings on her skin. “She had…
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Disneyland guests warned of measles exposure after infected person visits park
A Los Angeles County resident visited Disneyland last week while infectious with measles, health officials said late Tuesday, potentially exposing…
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CNN Poll: Biden’s lead in Democratic primary hits widest margin since April
Former Vice President Joe Biden’s lead in the race for the Democratic nomination for president has rebounded, and now stands at its widest…
Continue Reading Investors react to a flood of CEO departures
Happy Wednesday. A version of this story first appeared in CNN Business’ Before the Bell newsletter. Not a subscriber? You can sign up right…
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Police car crashes into notable central El Paso church
EL PASO, Texas — An El Paso Police Department squad car crashed late Tuesday afternoon into a central city church. The police squad car ran…
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Chinese cafe paints dogs to look like giant pandas
A Chinese cafe is under fire for painting dogs as pandas to stand out in the competitive pet cafe market. The cafe — in the southwestern city…
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This Kenyan artist is illustrating African women like you have never seen before
Phoebe Ouma spends a lot of her time with a pencil between her fingers, sketching women and clothing she finds interesting. Born in Nairobi,…
Continue Reading Always is taking the female symbol off its packaging to be inclusive of transgender and nonbinary customers
Always sanitary products will remove the Venus symbol, historically used to represent the female sex, from its products to be inclusive of…
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RugbyX: ‘Rock-and-roll’ five-a-side rugby seeking to capitalize on Rugby World Cup success
As the eyes of the rugby world focus on Japan for the final stages of the Rugby World Cup, back in the UK, six teams will go head-to-head in…
Continue Reading Parents, your kids are at risk from hate group outreach
Joanna Schroeder is a mother of three in Los Angeles who has made it something of a mission to warn parents of the racism running throughout social…
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Nearly half of all El Paso traffic deaths so far this year involve pedestrians
EL PASO, Texas — El Paso police released the latest numbers of traffic deaths for 2019, and so far nearly half of them as cases of pedestrians…
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Construction begins on busiest I-25 interchange in Las Cruces
LAS CRUCES, New Mexico — The New Mexico Department of Transportation will begin construction on one of the busiest interchanges in town on Thursday.…
Continue Reading Remains found in a landfill identified as a missing South Carolina 5-year-old
Police have been looking for 5-year-old Naveah Lashay Adams since August, and they say they have found her body in a South Carolina landfill. Nevaeh…
Continue Reading Top Republicans in Congress break with Trump over ‘lynching’ comment
Top Congressional Republicans broke with President Donald Trump on Tuesday over the President’s comparison of the impeachment inquiry to a…
Continue Reading Chinese report counts 206 unicorns. That’s more than America
China has surpassed the United States to become the world’s biggest hub for unicorns, according to a new report from a Shanghai-based research…
Continue Reading You might want to change the time of day you take your blood pressure medicine
You may want to take your blood pressure medicine at bedtime rather than when you get up in the morning, according to a study published Tuesday in…
Continue Reading Kylian Mbappe scores hat-trick to surpass Lionel Messi goal record
Kylian Mbappe became the youngest player to score 15 Champions League goals after netting a second-half hat-trick in PSG’s 5-0 rout of Club…
Continue Reading Dramatic deposition rocks Trump’s impeachment defense
Democrats may have just unearthed their smoking gun and the quid pro quo in one fell swoop after the most consequential and dramatic turn yet in…
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Texas GOP House Speaker drops re-election bid after secret tape scandal
AUSTIN, Texas — First-term Texas House Speaker Dennis Bonnen announced Tuesday he will not seek reelection to the lower chamber in 2020 —…
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Blue Halloween buckets signifying autism draw mixed reaction from El Pasoans
EL PASO, Texas — The blue bucket trend started after a post on Facebook went viral. It was posted by a mother whose son has autism, encouraging…
Continue Reading Can the Democrats avoid a brokered convention?
Will 2020 see the return of the brokered national political convention — that is, a convention where delegates are unable to agree on a nominee…
Continue Reading NBA fans protest China with pro-Hong Kong T-shirt giveaway in Los Angeles
While the NBA has been trying to manage its relationship with China over the past few weeks, fans back home have served notice they’re not to…
Continue Reading A Phoenix officer will be fired for pulling a gun on the parents of a girl who allegedly stole a doll, police chief says
A Phoenix officer will be fired for pulling a gun on the parents of a 4-year-old girl who allegedly stole a doll from a Family Dollar store, the…
Continue Reading Melting glaciers in the Russian Arctic reveal five new islands
The Russian Navy has discovered five new islands in the Arctic after they were revealed by melting glaciers. The Navy first spotted the islands in…
Continue Reading Shaquille O’Neal weighs in on NBA-China spat, says ‘Daryl Morey was right’
Basketball icon Shaquille O’Neal has weighed in on the spat between the NBA and China, siding with Houston Rockets General Manager Daryl Morey…
Continue Reading SoftBank shares slide after massive WeWork bailout
Shares in SoftBank fell 2.5% on Wednesday after the Japanese conglomerate confirmed a massive deal to bail out WeWork, the embattled office space…
Continue Reading Clippers topple Lakers in revamped rivalry as NBA looks past China
After all the off-court drama in the NBA recently, the start of the regular season could not have arrived soon enough. Since June, the league has…
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