Everyone needs to calm down. It seems Taylor Swift can perform her hits, including those that were the subject of very public dispute last week, at the upcoming American Music Awards. Last week, Swift said her former music label, Big Machine Label Group, had denied her request to play some of her early songs at
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One month after WeWork’s former CEO, Adam Neumann, received a massive payout despite all but running the company into the ground, more than 12,000 global staffers are bracing for mass layoffs this week. On Monday, WeWork’s executive chairman Marcelo Claure confirmed that layoffs are imminent in an email to staff obtained by CNN Business. In
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Nine new witnesses in the impeachment inquiry are scheduled to give public testimony in the coming days, the second week of highly anticipated open hearings. Four new witnesses will testify Tuesday: Jennifer Williams, a policy aide to Vice President Mike Pence; Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman, an official from the White House’s National Security Council who
Continue Reading The House committees conducting the impeachment inquiry have released the transcript of the closed-door deposition of State Department official David Hale. Hale testified before House lawmakers on November 6, and is scheduled to testify in public on Wednesday. Read his closed-door deposition below:
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A Maryland high school teacher is facing assault charges following a fight with a 17-year-old student that was caught on camera, according to court documents. The altercation, which happened at Largo High School in Upper Marlboro, Maryland, was “very, very disturbing,” Police Chief Hank Stawinski said at a news conference Friday. Before the alleged assault,
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EL PASO, Texas — On November 18, 1999, the annual Texas A&M Bonfire collapsed during construction, killing 12 and injuring 27. The events of that day changed many lives forever. John Comstock, a Texas A&M student who was the last one pulled from the debris, is the focus of a new documentary from El Paso
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A senior State Department official who appeared to have extravagantly padded her resume and to have touted a fake TIME magazine cover to bolster her standing has resigned, according to a letter obtained by CNN. Mina Chang, deputy assistant secretary for the Bureau of Conflict and Stabilization Operations, announced her decision on Monday, blaming a
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EL PASO, Texas — No matter how you were affected, you probably remember where you were on August 3rd, the morning an active shooter entered the Cielo Vista Walmart and took 22 lives. “I remember our phones going off with alerts from the police saying to stay clear of the area,” said El Paso resident
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EL PASO, Texas — The engineering department at the University of Texas at El Paso is reaching new heights. UTEP was recently awarded $70 million from the U.T. board of regents from the permanent university fund, to expand its growing research and teaching program in additive manufacturing; otherwise known as 3-D printing. The funding also
Continue Reading North Korea has said it is not “interested” in further meetings with the US, a day after President Donald Trump tweeted a message to the country’s leader Sunday saying “See you soon!” A statement from North Korean Foreign Ministry adviser Kim Kye Gwan, posted by state news agency, KCNA, said: “I interpreted President Trump’s tweet
Continue Reading Lawmakers on the House Intelligence Committee are bracing for a contentious flareup Tuesday when Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman testifies because Republicans could ask him about his conversations after President Donald Trump’s infamous July phone call with the Ukrainian President. When Republicans attempted a similar line of questioning behind closed doors during Vindman’s deposition last month,
Continue Reading Several Republican lawmakers were more “shaken” than they publicly let on by the testimony of a US official in Kiev who overheard a phone conversation between the US ambassador to the European Union and President Donald Trump, a top GOP congressional source told CNN. David Holmes — who will testify publicly as part of the
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The last 17 minutes of a New Jersey high school playoff game interrupted by gunfire last week will be made up at Lincoln Financial Field Wednesday, thanks to the Philadelphia Eagles. The shooting took place in Pleasantville, about an hour outside Philly, at the end of the third quarter of the game between Camden and
Continue Reading Changes and vacancies in the top ranks of the Department of Homeland Security have made it harder to hire new employees and keep ones already on staff at the department, according to a new inspector general report. These management woes have been around since the department’s inception, but have been made worse by that lack
Continue Reading A small number of protesters remain inside a Hong Kong university campus that has been the site of a prolonged battle with police. Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU), on the southern tip of the Kowloon peninsula, has seen some some of the most violent and dramatic scenes in almost six months of anti-government demonstrations. Multiple
Continue Reading President Donald Trump’s aides have explored moving some impeachment witnesses on loan to the White House from other agencies, such as Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman, back to their home departments ahead of schedule, according to people familiar with the conversations. As public hearings bring the officials’ allegations to his television screen, Trump is asking anew
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OK, boomer. Ready for a trademark application war? The popular phrase, which has mostly been used by teens and millennials to make fun of older people for being out of touch, has taken on a life of its own. Most notably, 25-year-old New Zealand lawmaker Chlöe Swarbrick used the phrase to dismiss an older member
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UFC fighter Ben Askren, 35, announced his retirement Monday while on the ESPN podcast “Ariel Helwani’s MMA Show.” “I’m retiring from the sport of mixed martial arts, and frankly, I’m retiring from everything,” Askren told Helwani. “I’ve been having hip problems and I finally had the discussion with my doctor. I actually got the MRI
Continue Reading Justice Department Inspector General Michael Horowitz will appear before the Senate Judiciary Committee on December 11 to discuss the findings of his report into the opening of the Russia investigation, Chairman Lindsey Graham announced Monday. “Mr. Horowitz will be appearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee on December 11, where he will deliver a detailed report
Continue Reading It’s a prevailing assumption: Black Americans will reliably forgive. On Sunday, Michael Bloomberg apologized for the New York Police Department’s promotion of “stop and frisk,” a controversial policing strategy that disproportionately affected black and Latino men and was a pillar of the former mayor’s approach to crime control for more than a decade. “Over time,
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EL PASO, Texas — Several classes were entirely sold out to Borderland residents during Saturday’s ‘Stop The Bleed’ instructional event at the city of El Paso’s 911 Regional Communications Building. A total of four classes ran from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. “People have really bought into it and after August 3rd, people really know
Continue Reading President Donald Trump’s reelection campaign ran more than 6,000 Facebook ads mentioning impeachment during the first week of public hearings in the inquiry, according to an analysis of ad data. The ads — which could have cost up to $1 million — highlight the unique role social media is playing in America’s first impeachment hearings
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EL PASO, Texas– Several holy relics belonging to a modern day saint were made available to the public for veneration on Sunday at the Cristo Rey Monastery. Otherwise known as ‘Padre Pio’ the saints gloves, handkerchief and a lock of hair were amongst the revered items that have been under constant guard during a tour
Continue Reading The group for state Democratic attorneys general issued a warning to potential candidates on Monday — back abortion rights, or we won’t back you. The Democratic Attorneys General Association announced that it would only endorse candidates who support abortion access and publicly vow to defend reproductive rights, a requirement the group called “first-of-its-kind for any
Continue Reading In his first briefing since the start of public hearings in the House impeachment inquiry, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo declined to defend State Department officials who have been attacked by President Donald Trump. “I’m not going to get into the issues surrounding the Democrat impeachment inquiry,” Pompeo told reporters at the State Department Monday,
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico — Educators at Oñate High School in Las Cruces now have more than a quarter of a million dollars for STEM education. “The sky is the limit as far as this goes, so it’s a fantastic opportunity,” said Col. Dave Trybula, Commander of White Sands Missile Range. The federal money is part
Continue Reading A Massachusetts man pleaded not guilty Friday to drug possession and reckless child endangerment charges after his 5-year-old son brought cocaine to school. Holyoke police said the boy ingested the cocaine, was taken to a hospital and is expected to be OK, according to CNN affiliate WGGB-TV. Benny Garcia, 29, the child’s father, is being
Continue Reading Dennis Tyler, the Democratic mayor of Muncie, Indiana, was indicted Monday on a charge of accepting a $5,000 bribe, according to the US Attorney’s Office. Tyler accepted the bribe in exchange for awarding contracts to a company from Gaston, Indiana, that performs demolition, excavation and construction projects for Muncie, according to the indictment. The mayor
Continue Reading With China’s economy slowing, many market and economic experts believe that the United States has more leverage to negotiate favorable terms to end the trade war. They may be wrong about that. Chinese consumers continue to spend, despite concerns about tariffs imposed on the country by the Trump Administration. Chinese companies are reporting robust earnings.
Continue Reading Here’s a look at the life of Gerald R. Ford, the 38th president of the United States. Personal Birth date: July 14, 1913 Death date: December 26, 2006 Birth place: Omaha, Nebraska (grew up in Grand Rapids, Michigan) Birth name: Leslie Lynch King Jr. Father: Leslie Lynch King Sr. Mother: Dorothy Ayer (Gardner) King Marriage:
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