President Donald Trump met with Attorney General William Barr and White House counsel Pat Cipollone in an Oval Office meeting Thursday afternoon in which the so-called Horowitz report came up in conversation, two sources told CNN. The animated discussions were captured by TV crews outside the Oval Office on the South Lawn of the White
Continue Reading(CNN) — The White House has released a transcript of President Donald Trump’s first phone call with his Ukrainian counterpart. The call, which occurred on April 21, came just after Volodymyr Zelensky was elected president. It doesn’t contain any mentions of the Bidens or the 2016 election, as a later July call did.
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The teenager who murdered his father and then opened fire on a South Carolina school playground, killing a 6-year-old boy, was sentenced to life in prison without parole Thursday. Judge R. Lawton McIntosh also sentenced Jesse Osborne, 17, to 30 more years for three attempted murders in the September 2016 school shooting. Osborne was 14
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A child prodigy from Belgium is on course to gain a bachelor’s degree at the tender age of 9. Laurent Simons is studying electrical engineering at the Eindhoven University of Technology (TUE) — a tough course even for students of an average graduate age. Described by staff as “simply extraordinary,” Laurent is on course to
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Gorgui Dieng is one of two Senegalese players in the NBA, but back home he might be better known for his philanthropic work. The Minnesota Timberwolves center is a seven-year NBA veteran who signed a four-year $64 million contract extension with the team in 2016. And Dieng isn’t wasting his privileged position. With the help
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The second public hearing in the impeachment inquiry will be held Friday with former US Ambassador to Ukraine Marie “Masha” Yovanovitch appearing before House lawmakers. For more than a month, Democrats have investigated whether President Donald Trump used the powers of his office to pressure Ukraine to help his reelection by announcing investigations into his
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The nice weather pattern will continue Friday afternoon, with warming temperatures Saturday. A cold front will move through the region late Saturday into Sunday morning, but it will only drop the temperatures a few degrees. The next system moves in Tuesday, as of now it looks like we could see a chance for showers through
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JCPenney has a long way to go before it’s a turnaround story. But the company had some rare good news Friday: It was able to trim its losses in the third quarter, and it raised its profit forecast, even as its sales continue to fall. The company reported an operating net loss of $97 million
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Get ready for the speculation that Jhené Aiko and Big Sean have reunited. They have — artistically. Aiko enlisted her ex-boyfriend for her new single titled “None Of Your Concern.” The pair dated from 2016 to 2018 so it’s hard not to envision that Aiko is sending her ex a message when she sings, “It
Continue Reading Formula One champion Lewis Hamilton is not looking forward to negotiating a new contract with Mercedes but hopes a deal can be agreed “soon.” The Briton, whose contract runs out at the end of 2020, clinched his sixth world title this month to become the second most successful driver in F1 history, but he says
Continue Reading Nike’s new shoe was not created for athletes such as basketball players or tennis players, but for a different crowd — medical workers. Nike Air Zoom Pulse is an athletic shoe designed for those in the medical profession. Nike said in a news release that they had “everyday heroes” specifically in mind. The company went
Continue Reading It’s science rule #1: Don’t eat your experiments. Typically, this is good advice, but for the astronauts aboard the International Space Station, tasked with baking the first batch of cookies in space, it may be tough to follow. And understandably so. For the last year and a half, husband and wife duo Ian and Jordana
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The Department of Defense’s decision last month to award a massive cloud computing contract to Microsoft was a huge loss for rival Amazon. Amazon isn’t going down without a fight. On Thursday, an Amazon spokesperson told CNN Business it plans to file a formal legal complaint protesting the decision. The company claims the deal was
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(CNN Español) — Durante cuatro días, del 15 al 18 de noviembre, México celebrará el ya tradicional El Buen Fin, un fin de semana de descuentos en múltiples tiendas pensado para reactivar la economía fomentando el consumo. Para que tus compras en línea no sean objeto de fraude, aquí cinco recomendaciones de la Procuraduría Federal
Continue Reading Chicago just got a major caffeine jolt from Starbucks. The coffee chain opened its world’s largest Roastery location on Friday. The five-story location is 35,000 square feet, overtaking the Tokyo Roastery as Starbucks’ biggest location. Located in the city’s Magnificent Mile neighborhood, the new Roastery is replacing a former Crate and Barrel location. It was
Continue Reading Happy Friday. A version of this story first appeared in CNN Business’ Before the Bell newsletter. Not a subscriber? You can sign up right here. Retailers are gearing up for the holiday season — and so far, it looks to be a good one. All signs point to healthy spending from Americans, who are expected
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While sports are an important part of a healthy lifestyle for young people, injuries can happen too — and a new report from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s National Center for Health Statistics reveals which activities are most likely to send a young athlete to the emergency room. The report, published Friday
Continue Reading Donald Trump called Marie Yovanovitch “bad news.” In a televised impeachment hearing Friday, the US ambassador to Ukraine that the President ousted for apparently thwarting his rogue foreign policy scheme, may prove him right. Democrats called for the foreign service veteran’s testimony to lift the lid on what they say is a black diplomatic operation
Continue Reading Alibaba’s plan to raise billions of dollars by selling shares on the Hong Kong stock market will be one of the largest public offerings in the world this year. It’s also a savvy political move. While the Chinese company wants to use the money — up to $13 billion — to expand its business, public
Continue Reading Secretary of Defense Mark Esper landed in South Korea on Thursday to navigate renewed threats from an “enraged” North Korea and newly heightened strain in the alliance with Seoul that congressional aides, lawmakers and Korea experts say has been caused by President Donald Trump. Trump is demanding that South Korea pay roughly 400% more in
Continue Reading ¿Volvió la Biblia a la política de Bolivia? Algunos presidentes de Latinoamérica son menores de 40 años. Cuestionan políticas contra migrantes que buscan asilo en EE.UU. Además: Instagram está probando ocultar los “me gusta” en todo el mundo. Esto es lo que debes saber para comenzar el día. Primero la verdad. 1. Informe del Senado critica
Continue Reading The Hong Kong government is warning that six months of increasingly violent mass protests will cause the economy in the Asian financial hub to shrink this year. A forecast published Friday by the government predicts Hong Kong’s economy will contract by 1.3% in 2019, marking the first year of recession since the global financial crisis
Continue Reading A gunman opened fire at Saugus High School in Santa Clarita on Thursday morning. It’s a reality many students there had been fighting to end. They joined the March For Our Lives movement. They held town halls with local leaders. Their California school developed an in-depth safety plan in case a day like today ever
Continue Reading Cristiano Ronaldo is now just two goals shy of reaching an astonishing century after the superstar netted yet another hat-trick in Portugal’s 6-0 demolition of Lithuania Thursday. The forward’s treble ensured his side is now just one win away from Euro 2020 qualification, which it can secure against Luxembourg Sunday. Ronaldo, who has now scored
Continue Reading The night of June 18, David Marcus and his team at Facebook pulled an all-nighter as they prepared for a big company announcement the next day. They’d spent the past year working nights and weekends, developing Libra, a digital currency that would make it as easy and cheap to send money across the world as
Continue Reading After sheriff’s deputies responded to a shooting at Saugus High School in Southern California on Thursday, six students were rushed to local hospitals with gunshot wounds. “Among those that were transported turned out to be the suspect, who is currently in the hospital in grave condition,” said Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva. In the
Continue Reading Those deadly bushfires are still raging in Australia, and now the country’s biggest city, Sydney, may be facing a water shortage. Here’s what else you need to know to Get Up to Speed and Out the Door. (You can also get “5 Things You Need to Know Today” delivered to your inbox daily. Sign up here.)
Continue Reading No federal criminal civil rights charges will be brought against the United States Park Police officers involved in the fatal shooting of unarmed motorist Bijan Ghaisar, according to a statement from the US Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia. Ghaisar, 25, was shot after he left the scene of a minor traffic accident in
Continue Reading In almost six months of protests, you might be forgiven for thinking Hong Kong had seen it all. And yet, this week brought a new sight: men in suits and women in heels joining with student protesters to defy police in the heart of the city’s business district. Throughout protests in Central this week, bankers,
Continue Reading There’s alpha males and then there’s super studs. This stallion has so much X factor a date with him has doubled in price. Star race horse Kingman now commands a hefty $192,000 a time for breeders looking to mate their mares, twice as much as his debut fee after a prolific start to stud life.
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