The Trump administration recently put forth a plan that would allow for shooting down drones near US airports, angering Republican lawmakers, who argued that it is “irresponsible” and exceeds the department’s authority. In response to the potential airport threats, the Department of Homeland Security, the Department of Defense, the Federal Aviation Administration and the Department
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Isolated rain showers impacted the region this morning, the rain will let up after 7 am. We’ll see dry weather this evening before widespread rain showers return, on Thursday with the passage of a Pacific cold front. Temperatures will stay in the mid and upper 60’s Wednesday and then cool to the low 60’s Thursday.
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Target’s CEO Brian Cornell talks often about the split in retail between winners and losers. Target is clearly in the winners’ camp right now and is set to benefit during the holidays. The big box retailer delivered another quarter of higher sales in stores and online and raised its earnings guidance going into the holiday
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This creature may be decades old, but that doesn’t make it any less adorable. “Baby Yoda,” the internet’s newest star, has Star Wars and Disney fans going crazy. The newly released Star Wars series “The Mandalorian,” exclusive to the Disney+ streaming service, is turning heads not just because of the storyline — but due to
Continue Reading On Tuesday, the House’s ongoing impeachment investigation held its third day of public hearings — featuring National Security Council Ukraine expert Alexander Vindman and Jennifer Williams, a member of Vice President Mike Pence’s staff. The afternoon hearing featured former US Special Envoy to Ukraine Kurt Volker and Tim Morrison, the former top Russia and Europe
Continue Reading The activist Ady Barkan announced on Wednesday that he is endorsing Elizabeth Warren for president, a strong sign of progressive support for the Massachusetts senator after her rollout of a “Medicare for All” transition plan last week that received mixed reviews from leading single-payer advocates. Barkan, who is dying of ALS after being diagnosed in
Continue Reading Citibank is beefing up its checking account offering with free ATM withdrawals and higher yields. It’s battling online-only banks that have been luring consumers with low costs and big perks. Kind of. Competition is robust, and banks are bringing fees down to attract more customers. But there’s often a catch, as is the case with
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Former England women’s manager Mark Sampson has been charged with alleged racist language by the English Football Association. The 37-year-old is the caretaker boss of League Two side Stevenage having taking over on a temporary contract at the start of the season. The allegations of racist language were reportedly made by a former coach and
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico — A spokesman for El Paso Electric told ABC-7 more than 5,500 customers were without power early Wednesday morning in Las Cruces due to storms overnight. The spokesman said there was no time estimate for when the outages will be fixed.
Continue Reading Happy Wednesday. A version of this story first appeared in CNN Business’ Before the Bell newsletter. Not a subscriber? You can sign up right here. The story of the retail industry has increasingly become about winners and losers. Walmart? By and large, they’ve been a winner. Others haven’t been so lucky. Kohl’s, for example, disappointed
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Accounting firm KPMG has dropped its support of Prince Andrew’s Pitch@Palace networking event, severing ties with the Duke of York before his controversial interview with the BBC on Saturday. KPMG’s decision not to renew sponsorship of the Pitch@Palace initiative was made in August, according to a source with direct knowledge of the matter. Although KPMG
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Israel hit dozens of Iranian and Syrian military targets in a series of raids in the early hours of Wednesday, the Israeli military said, in response to four rockets fired from Syrian territory into Israel in the early hours of Tuesday. Israeli military warplanes hit surface-to-air missiles, weapons houses and military bases in Syria, the
Continue Reading The son of Germany’s ex-president Richard von Weizsäcker was stabbed to death while giving a lecture in Berlin on Tuesday night, local police have confirmed. Fritz von Weizsäcker, a 59-year-old medical doctor, was delivering a lecture at the Schlosspark-Klinik hospital in the west Berlin district of Charlottenburg, a Berlin police spokesman told CNN. At about
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Where will you be expanding your horizons in 2020? If you take National Geographic’s advice, you’ll be seal-watching in Quebec, hiking in Hungary or braving the world’s tallest bridge in Guizhou, China. The travel publisher has just released its Best Trips list, highlighting 25 destinations it recommends for “transformative travels” in 2020. “Best Trips is
Continue Reading Ten people — including seven fraternity members — were indicted after an investigation into the death of an 18-year-old fraternity pledge at Ohio University last year, prosecutors said. Collin Wiant was pledging the Sigma Pi fraternity at the university’s Athens campus in November 2018. A lawsuit filed by his parents in February alleges he was
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He’s won four Champions League titles with Real Madrid and scored over a hundred goals for the club. But Gareth Bale is facing a backlash from the club’s fans after celebrating with a flag that suggests he prefers appearing for Wales and playing golf ahead of starring for Real. After helping Wales secure qualification to
Continue Reading At least 22 people were injured when a fire broke out at a Bronx apartment building Tuesday night. Authorities responded to the blaze — which was burning on the second and third floors of the building — just before midnight. More than 100 firefighters were at the scene assisting with the fight. Thirteen officers were
Continue Reading Alibaba put a price on its highly anticipated Hong Kong stock market debut on Wednesday, the world’s biggest share sale of the year so far. China’s largest e-commerce company said it was issuing the new shares at 176 Hong Kong dollars ($22.50) each. That’s equivalent to a discount of about 3% to Alibaba’s closing price
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As impeachment hearings play out on Capitol Hill, Iowans on both sides of the political spectrum see the inquiry as a boost to their party’s chances of winning the general election next November, according to a new CNN/Des Moines Register/Mediacom poll. That sentiment is stronger among registered Republicans who do not plan to attend the
Continue Reading Some parts of fire-ravaged Southern California could get a little bit of good news: The area is predicted to have its first significant rainfall since May. (Unfortunately, with rain may come flash flood warnings. They just can’t catch a break.) Here’s what else you need to know to Get Up to Speed and Out the
Continue Reading When Southwest Captain Tammie Jo Shults landed a crippled 737 last year after an engine blew apart mid-air, many people were surprised to find out that there was a woman at the helm. Today, a critical pilot shortage across the world has given women and people of color unprecedented opportunity. It has turned airline recruiting
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(CNN Español) – Este martes, en Chile, un grupo de diputados de oposición presentó una acusación constitucional contra el presidente Sebastián Piñera por su supuesta responsabilidad en “las graves y sistemáticas violaciones a los derechos humanos cometidas por agentes del estado en el último mes”. El documento fue entregado en el Congreso luego de que
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Last week, thousands of student protesters streamed into Hong Kong Polytechnic University and occupied the campus as the city’s violent political unrest reached fever pitch. Once inside, they soon faced an impossible choice: stay inside until supplies run out, or leave the university and risk getting tear gassed and arrested for rioting, a charge which
Continue Reading China’s central bank is further loosening its purse strings as the country grapples with a slumping economy and a prolonged trade war with the United States. On Wednesday, the People’s Bank of China cut its new benchmark lending rates by five basis points. The one-year loan prime rate (LPR) dropped to 4.15% from 4.20% in
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A college professor was found shot to death on a sidewalk. Detectives learn the victim and his ex-wife were in the midst of a custody battle so bitter, months before his murder she had secretly fled to Mexico with their daughter. Around that time, the professor’s former father-in-law was looking for a ‘sicario,’ someone who
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EL PASO, Texas — A car plunged off a rain-slickened Transmountain Road late Tuesday night and into a ravine, injuring two people. The incident happened about 10:20 p.m. along westbound Transmountain near mile-marker 20. Firefighters had to extricate the driver, who was trapped inside the crashed car. The passenger was also briefly stuck in the
Continue Reading Tuesday’s marathon hearing in the Trump impeachment inquiry began at 9 a.m. Eastern and ended around 8:25 p.m. On Fox News, Tucker Carlson was dismissive of the four witnesses, saying “the circus train of impeachment remains stalled on the tracks.” But others saw a deepening crisis rather than a circus. On CNN, Jeffrey Toobin said
Continue Reading “Keep it in the ground” has long been a favorite slogan of the environmental movement aimed at the coal, oil and gas industries, and the catchphrase is based in science. For years, scientists have warned that without shifting energy consumption from fossil fuels to renewable sources, the planet will experience potentially disastrous levels of global
Continue Reading Let’s take a close look at what’s happening at three of the biggest newspaper owners in the United States. Because, after all, changes at local newspapers have ramifications for communities big and small, from coast and coast and all the points in between. “This week marks a major turning point in the already-churning U.S. daily
Continue Reading The 8-year-old Michigan girl who was not allowed to get her school picture taken because of her red hair extensions got a second chance at a special photo shoot. And this time, it was all on her terms. When Chicago photographer Jermaine Horton was tagged in a Facebook post featuring young Marian Scott’s story, he
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