This story was originally published in the November 20 edition of CNN’s Meanwhile in America, the daily email about US politics for global readers. Sign up here to receive it every weekday morning. Picture the scene. The terrace of a swank Kiev restaurant. The US ambassador to the EU, rich Republican donor Gordon Sondland, selects
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SOCORRO, Texas — A substitute teacher who filled in earlier this week at Socorro High School is now under investigation after a video surfaced of her telling a male Hispanic student to, “Speak English, we’re in America.” In an exclusive interview with ABC-7, junior Carlos Cobian says he walked into class watching a soccer match
Continue Reading Authorities in China have released what they say is a confession by detained former British consular employee Simon Cheng, who earlier this week claimed he was tortured by police in August. Cheng, a 28-year-old Hong Kong citizen who was detained for 15 days while on a trip to mainland China earlier this year, claimed in
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EL PASO, Texas — Officials said they were looking into the cause of an elementary student’s sudden death just hours after falling ill at her northeast El Paso school. Confirmation of the investigation from the El Paso Independent School District came one day after the girl was taken to the hospital after becoming sick at
Continue Reading Police in Las Vegas shot a suspect who entered a restricted area at McCarran International Airport, where he attacked officers, authorities said Thursday. Las Vegas Metropolitan Police officers assigned to the airport were dispatched around 3:30 a.m. to a door alarm in one terminal of the airport in Paradise, officials said. Officers found the man
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The growth of e-commerce has gutted many traditional retailers and led to the shuttering of brick-and-mortar stores. In response, many retail companies have shifted their focus away from physical stores and tried to rapidly grow their digital presence. But not Nordstrom. The company is doubling down on the importance of storefronts to its future. The
Continue Reading A 225-pound security guard at a Boston fashion store has been indicted on charges of assault and civil rights violations after allegedly punching an 11-year-old girl who was shoplifting, authorities said. A Suffolk County grand jury in Massachusetts on Tuesday handed down the charges against Mohammad Khan, 36, of Cambridge, and his employer, Securitas Security
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To riff on a popular construction: our debate stage, ourselves. Four people of color, four women and one gay man squared off during Wednesday night’s Democratic presidential debate. The field’s diversity is unprecedented — but how it played out in real time reflected some of the persistent problems in American society. Perhaps the most jaw-dropping
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Heroes don’t always wear a cape, which is the basic spine of “Dark Waters,” a slow-flowing, moderately satisfying movie about a real-life corporate scandal that defiling the environment, and the low-key attorney who doggedly led the fight against it. Said scandal involves DuPont, the chemical company, which put the lie to its “Better living through
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) – More than $10 million has been donated to One Fund El Paso, the fund to help the victims of the Aug. 3 mass shooting at the Cielo Vista Walmart. You still have time to donate, but you need to do so by Monday, Nov. 25. Go to http://www.onefundelpaso.org/ and follow
Continue Reading Chinese entertainment group, Huahua Media, is joining forces with Nigerian filmmakers to produce the first major China-Nigeria film. Huahua signed a deal to co-produce 30 days in China, with Nigerian comedian Ayo Makun, popularly known as AY. The film is part of Makun’s comedy franchise, which includes ’30 days in Atlanta’ and ‘10 days in
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Lawmakers in Massachusetts passed a comprehensive set of tobacco controls early Thursday morning that, if signed into law, will make the state’s tobacco laws among the toughest in the nation. The bill, which made it to Republican Gov. Charlie Baker’s desk after midnight, passed both houses of the state legislature with widespread support — 32-6
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There were 2,290 cases of lung injury linked to vaping as of November 20, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Thursday. That’s an increase of 118 cases from last week, when there were 2,172 cases of vaping-related lung injuries. The vaping injuries have been reported in 49 states, the District of
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Country singer Sam Hunt was arrested early Thursday for allegedly driving under the influence, according to an arrest affidavit obtained by CNN. Hunt, who’s known for such country hits as “Body Like a Back Road” and “Drinkin’ Too Much,” was stopped by police in East Nashville, Tennessee, after he was observed driving the wrong way
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Democratic presidential candidate Andrew Yang on Thursday said the House impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump may not help Democrats win back the White House in 2020 given the closing window for the party to “present a positive vision for the country.” “The fact is Donald Trump thrives on attention, even negative attention,” Yang told
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EL PASO, Texas — A semi-truck crash on a wet and slick Interstate-10 in west El Paso backed up traffic for miles for several hours on Thursday evening. A Federal Express semi crashed into the median along I-10 westbound at Executive Center during rain showers. There was no immediate word of any injuries. As of
Continue Reading Two meteor scientists, Peter Jenniskens and Esko Lyytinen, shared their prediction for an outburst by the alpha Monocertoid meteor shower on November 21 or 22, depending on your location. Prepare to set your watch so you don’t miss the potential for a very limited and rare dazzling display in the night sky that could include
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Click here for updates on this story PORTLAND, OR (KPTV) — The Salvation Army is offering a new way to help homeless women in Portland’s Old Town district. The organization celebrated the opening of a new hospitality program at the Female Emergency Shelter on Southwest Second Avenue. The organization had grilled cheese and a brass
Continue Reading A veteran Detroit police officer killed in the line of duty was hailed as a hero after he and other officers confronted a gunman accused of invading a home on the city’s west side. Investigators believe the 28-year-old suspect entered the home Wednesday evening looking for his girlfriend. Rasheen McClain, 46, and his partner, Phillippe
Continue Reading Antonio Brown has countersued a woman who accused him of rape, not only denying her allegations but also accusing her of defamation and causing the former NFL star to lose lucrative professional contracts. Brown, a free agent, filed his countersuit against Britney Taylor on Wednesday in his home state of Florida, two months after she
Continue Reading Former President Barack Obama bluntly urged Democrats nervous about the state of the party’s primary field to “chill out” on Thursday, stressing that while there are differences between the numerous Democrats running for president, those differences are “relatively minor” compared to what the Trump administration is doing. The comments from Obama build on a series
Continue Reading Meteorites that crashed into Earth billions of years ago contain sugars, researchers say, lending support to the idea that asteroids may hold some of the ingredients to life. An international team of scientists found “bio-essential” sugars in meteorites, which also contain other biologically important compounds, according to a press release from NASA on Tuesday. Asteroids
Continue Reading It’s hard to imagine how the past three days could have gone worse for Republicans. The public impeachment hearings were never going to be a good thing for Trump — given that the proceedings were controlled by the House Democratic majority and we knew, from a series of closed-door depositions over the past month, that
Continue Reading President Donald Trump has once again weighed in on potential disciplinary action against Navy SEAL Eddie Gallagher, appearing to override a Navy decision to initiate a review that could result in him being stripped of his status as a SEAL. The Navy’s review could have led to Gallagher’s expulsion from the elite warfare community, according
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WASHINGTON, DC — An FBI official is under criminal investigation after allegedly altering a document related to 2016 surveillance of a Trump campaign adviser, several people briefed on the matter told CNN. The possibility of a substantive change to an investigative document is likely to fuel accusations from President Donald Trump and his allies that
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EL PASO, Texas — Two separate but nearby semi-truck crashes along a rain-slickened Transmountain Road late Thursday afternoon snarled traffic and injured at least one person. The crashes happened along Transmountain at mile-marker 20 on the eastern edge of Franklin Mountains State Park near the museums. One semi crashed into some guardrails, while the other
Continue Reading Music manager Scooter Braun has finally broken his silence on Taylor Swift’s public statements of displeasure with him, his company and her former record label. On Thursday, Braun, in his first public remarks about the situation since it began six months ago, called for “communication” with Swift, who has been wrapped up in an increasingly
Continue Reading A DNA test has “established with scientific certainty” that Hunter Biden, the son of former Vice President Joe Biden, is the father of an Arkansas woman’s baby, according to a motion filed Wednesday by the woman. The filing says Hunter Biden “is not expected to challenge the results of the DNA test or the testing
Continue Reading Republican lawmakers on Capitol Hill are working with the White House to prepare for the likely Senate impeachment trial of President Donald Trump, coalescing around the idea that allowing Democrats to lay out their evidence may be the best course of action to protect the President. During a Thursday meeting with White House Counsel Pat
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