Acting White House chief of staff Mick Mulvaney refused to comply with House impeachment investigators’ subpoena for a closed-door deposition Friday, citing “absolute immunity” from testifying. “This morning, one minute before his scheduled deposition was to start, Mr. Mulvaney’s outside counsel informed us that his client had been directed by the White House not to
Continue Reading Two things are true about Michael Bloomberg. First, he would very much like to be president — and has flirted with running multiple times over the past decade. Second, he is not someone who wastes money or time on flights of fancy. Both of these facts are decidedly relevant when considering the former New York
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China’s top ride-hailing firm is walking back one of its newest features after users accused the company of discriminating against women by preventing them using one of its services in the late evening. Didi Chuxing earlier this week announced it would resume its controversial carpooling service, Hitch, for the first time since taking it offline
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Tiger Woods has told his players to call him any time of the day or night with ideas as he takes on the “eye-opening” role of captain for the United States team at December’s Presidents Cup. Not only is Woods making his debut as a captain, but his form this season — a 15th major
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(CNN Español) — La Fiscalía Metropolitana de Chile confirmó la detención de un individuo sospechoso de participar en incendios registrados en una estación del Metro de Santiago el pasado 18 de octubre. A través de su cuenta de Twitter, el fiscalía indicó que se trata de un hombre de 33 años, a quien se señala de ser
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A 95-year-old World War II veteran got his high school diploma more than 70 years after he left school and joined the Marines. Cpl. Lewie Shaw was awarded the diploma on Thursday during a Veterans Day ceremony at Claremore High School in Oklahoma. Shaw put on a red cap and gown over his military uniform
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Click here for updates on this story COWLITZ COUNTY, WA (KPTV) — Middle school students are honoring veterans through their artwork in Kelso and Longview. The leadership class at Huntington Middle School scattered 50 painted rocks throughout the area, asking people to look for, photograph, and share images of the rocks on social media this
Continue Reading (CNN) — Una comunidad cerrada en Simi Valley, California, fue evacuada el jueves después de que dos personas y un perro fueron encontrados muertos en una casa y se descubrió una amenaza de bomba escrita en una pared, dijo la Policía. La Policía fue llamada a la casa alrededor de las 6:45 p. m. después
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Billionaire Michael Bloomberg will have a “difficult” time jumping into the 2020 race should the former New York mayor decide to run, Democratic presidential candidate Andrew Yang said Friday. “It’s going to be very, very difficult for him to jump in right now and somehow replace the thousands of conversations many of the candidates have
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Two turtles with what appear to be swastikas painted on their shells were seen in a park in Washington state. Police in Renton learned that the turtles “had some markings painted on their shells,” according to a post Tuesday on the department’s Facebook page. The Anti-Defamation League Pacific Northwest tweeted, “two turtles were spotted with
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Tina Turner showed up to the show based on her life on Thursday night, bringing the Broadway audience to their feet. The music icon, 79, appeared at “Tina: The Tina Turner Musical,” at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre in New York City, and surprised the audience with a post-show speech. Tony-nominated actress Adrienne Warren, who plays Turner
Continue Reading The anonymous senior Trump administration official claims in their forthcoming book that Trump officials considered resigning together last year in a “midnight self-massacre” in hopes to sound an alarm about President Donald Trump, according to an excerpt obtained by The Washington Post. The unnamed author known as “Anonymous,” whose new book “A Warning” will be
Continue Reading Cannabis, so hot right now. The burgeoning North American cannabis industry — and, notably, the booming hemp-derived CBD sector — has become a red-carpet-like affair with celebrities and athletes signing on to pitch one brand or another. On Thursday, Aubrey Drake Graham, best known as hip-hop artist Drake, partnered with Canadian cannabis giant Canopy Growth
Continue Reading Ten people at a care facility in Oklahoma were hospitalized after they were injected with insulin instead of a flu shot, police said. Eight of the patients were residents of Jacquelyn House and two were employees, Sgt. Jim Warring, with Bartlesville Police Department told CNN. The facility serves intellectually and developmentally disabled people, according to the
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About 130,464 pounds of raw ground beef products have been recalled because they may contain plastic, the US Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced Thursday. The products subject to the recall are 16-oz vacuum sealed packages of “Nature’s Rancher 100% Grass Fed Organic Ground Beef 85% Lean, 15% Fat” and “Nature’s
Continue Reading A lawyer for the Ukraine whistleblower, whose complaint document triggered the House impeachment inquiry of President Donald Trump, has sent a letter to the White House warning the President to “cease and desist” attacking his client. Read the letter here: cnn.com/2019/11/07/politics/read-whistleblower-lawyer-letter-to-trump/index.html
Continue Reading Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg said Thursday that President Donald Trump “doesn’t respect his own presidency” because, in the view of the South Bend, Indiana, mayor, Trump doesn’t take his duties seriously. “He has done nothing to command my respect, I’ll say that,” Buttigieg said on “Cuomo Prime Time” Thursday night. “Why?” anchor Chris Cuomo
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Plenty of high clouds and cold temperatures to start out on Friday morning. A trough will push most of the moisture to our south today, spotty showers will remain possible this afternoon and evening. Temperatures will begin to warm up by Saturday, then a few degrees above normal for Sunday, with highs reaching the 70s.
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It’s early days for Disney+, but the opening original-programming salvo for the new streaming service looks a whole lot like “The Mandalorian” — the first live-action “Star Wars” series — and the seven dwarfs. Much of the Disney+ pitch will hinge on access to its library and vaults, but the sizzle of any streaming service
Continue Reading Chandler and Monica are still together. “Friends” stars Courteney Cox reunited with her former co-star Matthew Perry on Thursday and posted a cute picture of herself with her TV husband. “Guess who I had lunch with today….I KNOW!!” Cox captioned the shot. “Could I BE any happier? #realfriends,” she added, using one of Chandler Bing’s
Continue Reading Former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, after saying in March that he wouldn’t run for president, is backtracking and preparing a potential run for a 2020 bid, a spokesman for the billionaire tells CNN. Bloomberg is expected to file the necessary paperwork to get on the Democratic primary ballot in Alabama this week, the spokesman
Continue Reading (CNN) — Los políticos de todo el mundo a menudo son acusados de evadir preguntas difíciles, pero una alcaldesa local en Chile llevó las cosas al siguiente nivel el jueves al huir literalmente de los periodistas. Evelyn Matthei, alcalde de la comuna de Providencia en Santiago de Chile, había sido abordada por periodistas en la
Continue Reading After a record-hot summer in the Northern Hemisphere, wildfires in California are not the only thing raging. Across the developed world, concerned citizens are pouring into the streets to lambaste feckless politicians for failing to protect the planet. At the same time, their neighbors inveigh against out-of-touch politicians for instituting environmental policies that fail to
Continue Reading Scientists have developed a fake rhino horn using horsehair, in a bid to create “credible fakes” to flood the market and reduce demand for the material. Researchers from the University of Oxford created the synthetic horn by bundling horse hairs, gluing them together with a matrix of regenerated silk to mimic the collagenous properties of
Continue Reading At least five people have been killed and 330 others injured after a 5.9-magnitude earthquake struck northwestern Iran on Friday, Iranian state-run Press TV reported. Press TV said emergency and evaluation teams are operating and Red Crescent teams have been dispatched to the area. The tremor struck at around 2:00 a.m. local time (5:30 p.m
Continue Reading In the dead of night on August 13, 1961, the East German Army began placing more than 48 kilometers of barbed wire through the center of Berlin, splitting the city into two stark halves. On one side, the Soviet-backed East functioned under a socialist state while the West was controlled by Allied forces, a little
Continue Reading This is how you walk a red carpet! Selena Gomez and her little sister, Gracie Teefey, 6, wore matching princess outfits at the “Frozen 2” premiere Thursday night in Hollywood. This is everything. Gomez captioned a picture from the premiere on her Instagram, “Hope I’m officially the best big sissy ever now.. she was LIVING
Continue Reading A “five shining star” snow crab was auctioned off in Tottori, Japan for a whopping 5 million yen ($46,000) on November 7. It’s the highest-ever price paid for a snow crab, according to the Tottori prefecture’s fishery promotion division, which was in charge of the auction. The coveted crustacean was a male, weighing 1.2 kg
Continue Reading Finding a way to experience a country away from other groups of tourists is a challenge in 2019. It doesn’t take long for once underexplored areas to become popular as the word gets out. A surge in interest in long distance trails has seen long-established hikes such as Spain’s Camino de Santiago and even parts
Continue Reading Democrats continue to push an aggressive timeline for moving on the impeachment inquiry. CNN’s Manu Raju and Jeremy Herb write that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi hasn’t shared her thinking on timing with members, but watching the actions of impeachment investigators is telling. Two data points: Democrats are avoiding court battles that could delay their inquiry
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