Lawmakers (and reporters) are largely in a state of suspense as negotiators prepare for a very big week on the spending talks to avoid a potential government shutdown. Still waiting. And watching. And waiting. And watching. Oh, and the clock is ticking. Bottom line The House and Senate will pass measures to keep the government
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Costa Rica is known for being home to some of the world’s cutest animals, such as sloths and ocelots. But the country’s national tourism body wants visitors to come to their country to look at animals, not to pick them up. The Costa Rican Tourism Institute is behind a campaign called #stopanimalselfies. It’s a response
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Adidas is shutting down two cutting-edge footwear factories in Germany and the United States and moving production to Asia. The German sportswear maker announced this week that it would be closing plants near Ansbach, Germany, and Atlanta, Georgia. The facilities, which Adidas calls “Speedfactories,” use automated tech to produce sneakers. Adidas had hoped to bring
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Alabama’s capital city, a hub of the civil rights movement decades ago, is about to inaugurate its first African-American mayor. Steven Reed will be sworn in as mayor of Montgomery in a ceremony late Tuesday morning at the Montgomery Performing Arts Center. Reed, a Montgomery County probate judge, won an October runoff to replace Mayor
Continue Reading More than any other industry, technology companies prioritize ethical issues important to most Americans, according to a study released Tuesday from Forbes and the non-profit research group Just Capital. Well, except for one very notable exception: Facebook. The groups’ researchers interviewed more than 4,000 American adults, asking respondents their perception of 1,000 of the nation’s
Continue Reading Selena Gomez is opening up about her life and health. After the singer was diagnosed with lupus, she tells the vodcast “Giving Back Generation” that she discovered the disease has a direct impact on her weight, which made her struggle privately. The side effects of high blood pressure and taking medications for the disease has
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You’ve probably heard people say that keeping plants in your home or office helps to make the air cleaner, but science says otherwise. There are two primary myths about keeping plants in indoor spaces: one is that you get more oxygen with a houseplant around, and the other is that the plant helps clean the
Continue Reading Don’t you dare leave us Chris Evans! The Marvel star sat down for a chat with “Variety Studio: Actors on Actors” and revealed he often considers leaving the business. “Every couple of months, I decide I’m done acting,” Evans said. “This has been my thing for decades now. I’m always looking for a way out,
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The seeds of the Ukraine scandal were planted in the fertile soil of right-wing media many months before most people ever heard about an alleged “quid pro quo.” In fact, many of President Trump’s shadow foreign policy maneuverings happened in plain sight, on the pages of The Hill website and in the prime time hours
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On Russian state television, tightly controlled by the Kremlin, support for Donald Trump in his current impeachment battle is absolute. After all it is Russia, they sometimes joke, that got the US president elected in the first place! Of course, allegations of meddling in the 2016 US presidential election, which swept Trump into office, are
Continue Reading Ford’s unionized employees appear ready to sign a new contract, a move that would allow the automaker to avoid the kind of strike that recently hobbled rival GM for 40 days. United Auto Workers locals that represent members at various Ford plants around the country have started to report results of ratification votes on a
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The Republican staff on the three panels involved in the impeachment investigation have drafted a detailed memo, circulated to GOP members of all three committees and obtained by CNN, outlining their defense of President Donald Trump. Utilizing witness testimony from the closed-door depositions, as well as public reporting, the memo attempts to undercut several key
Continue Reading America’s 1,700 private nonprofit colleges play a significant role in American society, enrolling 3.4 million students and employing 750,000 people. Yet few people appreciate just how much pressure they are under, despite increasing press coverage of particular situations including the closing of Mount Ida College and the restructuring of Sweet Briar College and Hampshire College.
Continue Reading Joe Biden renewed his attacks against Sen. Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts on Monday, pointing to her advocacy for “Medicare for All” and saying it comes from an elitist belief that Americans shouldn’t be allowed to make up their own minds on health care. The former vice president’s comments came at a CNN town hall in
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The public couldn’t listen to a public court hearing Monday night over acting White House chief of staff Mick Mulvaney’s House impeachment subpoena, a federal judge in Washington said. Court security told three reporters from CNN, Bloomberg and The Washington Post to leave the DC federal courthouse minutes before the 5 p.m. ET start time
Continue Reading We all do it: buy fresh fruits and veggies with the best of intentions to gobble them down, only to open the fridge a few days (or weeks) later to discover a rotten mess. One tweetfest tapped into our pervasive shame over store-bought salad: “Almost left the grocery store without buying a bag of spring
Continue Reading Burger King is going big on plant-based meat. In August, the burger chain started selling the Impossible Whopper throughout the United States. The meatless version of its signature burger has been so successful that Burger King is launching a plant-based “Rebel” Whopper across Europe, and it’s testing more plant-based options, including the Impossible Whopper Jr.
Continue Reading China wants to boost its adoption of electric vehicles. So far, that hasn’t been easy. Data released this week suggests that the Chinese market for new energy vehicles could shrink this year, according to an industry group. The China Association of Automobile Manufacturers said Monday that the sales of electric, hybrid and fuel cell cars
Continue Reading Financial Times editor Lionel Barber is stepping down after 14 years on the job. His replacement, Roula Khalaf, will be the first woman to lead the storied UK newspaper. The newspaper announced Tuesday that Barber would leave after 34 years spent working prestige assignments including Washington correspondent, Brussels bureau chief and editor. “It’s been a
Continue Reading Prepare your kids (or just the kid in you). Disney’s highly-anticipated streaming service, Disney+, launches today. Here’s what else you need to know to Get Up to Speed and Out the Door. 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
Continue Reading A diversity paradox looms over the Democrats’ hopes of recapturing the White House in 2020. The field of Democratic presidential candidates includes the most racial minorities ever, and more minorities will likely vote next year in the party’s primaries than ever before. Yet four white contenders consistently lead in state and national polls, partly because
Continue Reading Imposing, dignified and alone, a great white rhino strides through the grassy surrounds of Kenya’s Solio Lodge wildlife conservancy. In another intimate shot, a black rhino calf and its mother are spotted feeding together, at the Lewa Conservency. Further south in the country, in the Tsavo West National Park, a black rhino is seen grazing
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(CNN) – En su libro sobre el tiempo que trabajó en la Casa Blanca de Donald Trump, la exembajadora de Estados Unidos ante la ONU Nikki Haley asegura que fue reclutada por los entonces secretario general de la Casa Blanca, John Kelly, y entonces secretario de Estado Rex Tillerson para subvertir los deseos del presidente.
Continue Reading Fifty-one children and three teachers were injured at a kindergarten in southwest China when a man attacked them with a corrosive chemical, state media reported Tuesday. According to state-run news agency Xinhua, a 23-year-old suspect surnamed Kong climbed into the school in Kaiyuan city, Yunnan province, on Monday afternoon and sprayed caustic soda on a
Continue Reading “Disney’s Folly.” That’s what some in Hollywood dubbed “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs” before it premiered in 1937. Critics argued that Walt Disney was risking his studio’s reputation with a risky film that no one would sit through. But in the end, Disney’s gamble paid off. “Snow White,” the first animated feature in America,
Continue Reading It was supposed to be a solitary day of fishing. But an off-duty Australian wildlife ranger caught more than he bargained for when he was attacked by a crocodile — and lived to tell the tale after poking it in the eye to make a narrow escape. Craig Dickmann, 54, was fly fishing alone on
Continue Reading At least 12 people have been killed and around 100 others injured after two trains collided in eastern Bangladesh in the early hours of Tuesday morning. Rescue teams are at the scene trying to pull survivors out of the wreckage, Mohammed Shawkat Ali, Additional Superintendent of Police for Chittagong Railway, told CNN. “The rescue operation
Continue Reading T-Mobile and Sprint are hoping to complete their merger soon. But the man positioned to head that new company is in talks to lead another major undertaking: a rescue mission for WeWork. T-Mobile CEO John Legere, who has been set to remain chief executive of the combined company that will result from its merger with
Continue Reading A search is underway for two missing boaters after a storm capsized a vessel off the southeastern coast of Florida on Friday, the US Coast Guard said. A survivor told rescue crews that after their vessel capsized, he swam for help while the other two boaters stayed with life jackets on, the US Coast Guard
Continue Reading China’s annual Singles Day online shopping bonanza brought in a record $38 billion in sales for Alibaba. The country’s biggest e-commerce company had already topped last year’s record 16 1/2 hours in, before it posted a final tally of 268.4 billion yuan ($38.4 billion) at the end of the day. That’s an increase of about
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