As prepared for delivery: I’d like to address a few brief words to the American people watching at home. If you watched the impeachment hearings last week, you may have noticed a disconnect between what you actually saw and the mainstream media accounts describing it. What you saw were three diplomats, who dislike the President’s
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Genetically-modified babies are “highly desirable” to help protect people from disease and could be created ethically within two years, according to a new scientific paper. Gene editing now presents such low risks that it could be used in human embryos, according to an analysis by Kevin Smith, a bioethicist at Abertay University in Scotland, published
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The Doobie Brothers are “Takin’ It To The Streets” again. The classic band has announced a tour which will include their former frontman, Michael McDonald. Members Tom Johnston, Patrick Simmons and John McFee have continued to perform together as the Doobie Brothers for years and last month announced a Las Vegas residency in February 2020.
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Luis Enrique has been reappointed as Spain’s national team coach, five months after he left the job to spend more time with his family during his daughter’s battle with bone cancer. The nine-year-old died in August. Enrique had also been absent from the Spanish camp for three months before resigning in June. His former assistant,
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WASHINGTON, DC — Democrats who want to oust President Donald Trump and Republicans battling to save him are braced for the most momentous phase yet in the battle of impeachment that is rocking Washington. The showdown that could result in Trump becoming only the third US president to suffer such a fate will resume in
Continue Reading As prepared for delivery: Thank you, Chairman Schiff, Ranking Member Nunes, and other Members of the Committee for the opportunity to provide this statement. I appear today pursuant to a subpoena and am prepared to answer your questions to the best of my abilities. I have had the privilege of serving as a Foreign Service
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The ABC-7 StormTRACK Weather team issued an ABC-7 First Alert for increased rain chances this week. The weather changes will arrive late Tuesday afternoon as clouds begin streaming into the region. Some areas could get nearly .50″ of rainfall, the rain will bring in some cooler temperatures as well. Showers will taper off by late
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The White House’s top Ukraine expert — who expressed concerns about President Donald Trump’s phone call with the Ukraine President — is set to appear on Tuesday before a committee leading the House impeachment inquiry as House Democrats continue to take their case to the public. Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman, a decorated veteran who was
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Officials are investigating a string of violent horse attacks in upstate South Carolina that left some animals dead and others with severe injuries. At least five horses have been injured in the past three weeks, Greenville and Spartanburg county officials said. One died, and two others were euthanized because of their injuries. The attacks have
Continue Reading The tumultuous impeachment hearings and the string of GOP election losses this fall underline the electoral risks Republicans are courting as they allow President Donald Trump to refashion the party in his combative image. In overlapping ways, the election results and the hearings — in particular Trump’s characteristically belligerent response to them — have highlighted
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It was an aquatic case of serendipity. Nearly three years after a female basking shark was tagged with a satellite transmitter at Malin Head, the northernmost point of Ireland, she happened to be photographed at Nauset Beach, Massachusetts. The event marks the second-ever recorded observation of trans-Atlantic movement of the species, according to a study
Continue Reading When Vice President Mike Pence departed a September meeting with the Ukrainian President, the US ambassador to the European Union moved quickly across the room on the mezzanine level of the Warsaw Marriott to corral one of the new President’s top aides. After a meeting in which President Volodymyr Zelensky expressed concern over the status
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EL PASO, Texas — It has been two years since the death of Rogelio Martinez, a Border patrol agent from El Paso. To this day, his cause of death remains a mystery. The case made news around the world, but the investigation remains open. Right before he died, Martinez was patrolling in a remote and
Continue Reading The Trump administration’s reversal of decades of US foreign policy on Israeli settlements in the West Bank has been in the works for a year, says a US official, but the timing couldn’t have been better for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Netanyahu has banked on his relationship with the US President to carry him to
Continue Reading A gunman killed two people in the parking lot of a Walmart in Duncan, Oklahoma, on Monday morning before turning the gun on himself, police Chief Danny Ford said. The Duncan Police Department said a man and woman had been killed in a car parked at the Walmart. Both were in the front seats, while
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(CNN Español) – La coalición opositora Unidad Nacional Azul y Blanco anunció este lunes el inicio de una jornada de ayuno y de plantones para demandar la libertad de más de 130 manifestantes opositores que, según ellos, permanecen detenidos y que el gobierno de Daniel Ortega considera reos comunes. Por ello, también dieron a conocer
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One of Europe’s biggest airlines is going carbon neutral. EasyJet announced Tuesday that it will begin offsetting emissions from its fleet of 331 planes immediately, becoming the first major airline in the world to operate net zero carbon flights. “From today onwards, easyJet will make all flights net zero carbon,” it said in a statement.
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Happy Tuesday. A version of this story first appeared in CNN Business’ Before the Bell newsletter. Not a subscriber? You can sign up right here. You’d think that Monday’s surprise meeting between Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell and President Donald Trump might leave investors feeling shaken. After all, it’s the first time the president and
Continue Reading Attention in Hong Kong continues to be focused on the city’s Polytechnic University, where an ever-shrinking number of protesters remain holed up inside the besieged campus under the threat of arrest. The university has been occupied by hundreds of protesters, including many high school students, since last week. On Sunday it was the scene of
Continue Reading Sen. Elizabeth Warren has promised that “Medicare for All” will not cost the middle class one penny more in taxes. That vow, however, is possible largely because the Massachusetts Democrat and 2020 presidential candidate asserts that creating a single-payer health insurance system will cost a whole lot less than many others think it will. That
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Samoa has declared a state of emergency after several deaths linked to a measles outbreak, closing schools and placing restrictions on public gatherings. Some 14 children under the age of five and one adult have died from the epidemic in the South Pacific island nation, the United Nations children’s agency UNICEF confirmed Tuesday. The Samoa
Continue Reading Please pass the turkey but hold the politics. Mattel’s limited-edition Nonpartisan Uno deck is out just in time to keep Thanksgiving dinner politics-free. The new version removes the red and blue cards — which could be seen as politically charged — and introduces a new VETO card to help families everywhere keep the peace. On
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Imagine if tennis legends Roger Federer and Serena Williams lived and trained in the same small town. Both arguably the greatest of all time in their own disciple, living and training side by side, pushing each other to new heights. Or perhaps soccer stars Cristiano Ronaldo, Lionel Messi and Neymar all taking root in the
Continue Reading A CNN/Des Moines Register/Mediacom poll in Iowa finds that a majority of likely Democratic caucusgoers would prefer a health care option that isn’t “Medicare for All.” About a third (36%) want Medicare for All while another third (34%) want to create a public option for buy in and 20% would prefer to restore lost provisions
Continue Reading Although Budapest’s stunning architecture and unique tourist attractions are world renowned, many travelers flock here to sample therapeutic waters from the 118 natural thermal springs that flow through the “City of Spas.” You’ll find everything from Zen-inspired spa retreats to traditional Turkish Baths in Hungary’s capital, but its luxury spa experience is the pièce de
Continue Reading PG&E is warning customers that they may have to shut off power in 25 counties due to a strong offshore wind this week. More than 300,000 California residents could be impacted by a Public Safety Power Shutoff (PSPS) as winds pick up Wednesday morning and last until Thursday morning, a release from the utility said.
Continue Reading In a surprise decision Monday, a Hong Kong court threw out a month-old mask ban the government had introduced in the hopes of stemming the city’s ongoing political unrest. But the ruling has provoked anger in China, with the country’s top legislature signaling that it may use this as an opportunity to drastically rewrite Hong
Continue Reading Two floors beneath the headquarters of Iraqi Military Intelligence, at the end of a red-carpeted corridor, two doors swing open to reveal a museum of cold, calculated and deliberate horror. This is no celebration of the darkest chapter in Iraq’s recent bloody history — rather it is a warning of how dangerously efficient were those
Continue Reading (CNN Español) — El Gobierno de Bolivia dijo que identificó un grupo criminal que quiere atentar contra la vida de presidenta interina, Jeanine Áñez, según informó en rueda de prensa el ministro de Gobierno, Arturo Murillo este lunes Murillo dijo que tras conocer la información, se canceló el viaje de Áñez al departamento de El
Continue Reading Investors are falling over themselves to buy into Alibaba’s debut on the Hong Kong stock market. China’s biggest e-commerce company will stop taking orders from retail investors for its $13 billion share sale later on Tuesday after seeing stronger-than-expected demand, a person familiar with the matter told CNN Business. The enthusiasm is a vote of
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