Moscú (CNN) — El presidente de Rusia, Vladimir Putin, dijo en su conferencia de prensa anual el jueves que el juicio político al presidente de Estados Unidos, Donald Trump, se basó en “razones inventadas”, y expresó dudas de que será removido del poder. El miércoles, la Cámara de Representantes votó casi exactamente según las líneas
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Christmas is just around the corner. This year, instead of jumping into endless political conversations at the dinner table, try throwing some Christmas knowledge at your family. The surprising history of one of America’s most beloved Christmas songs, “Jingle Bells,” may be enough to draw them in. ‘Jingle Bells’ was written by James Lord Pierpont.
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An initial review of some 850 Saudi military students training in the United States did not uncover any signs that the remaining Saudi students pose an immediate threat, the Pentagon announced Thursday. The review of available information, including government data and social media accounts began after this month’s deadly shooting at Naval Air Station Pensacola
Continue Reading New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy signed a new law on Thursday making it illegal to discriminate based on hairstyles associated with race, his office said. It’s one year to the day that an African American high school wrestler cut off his dreadlocks so he could compete. The law, known as the “Create a Respectful and
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The Senate is at an “impasse” about setting the rules of the impeachment trial of President Donald Trump, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said Thursday, leaving the status of the trial in limbo as lawmakers leave Washington until the new year. The House of Representatives took its final vote of the year Thursday without appointing
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AUSTIN, Texas — After Cesar Fierro spent 40 years on death row, the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals tossed out his sentence Wednesday. The state’s highest-ranking criminal judges unanimously agreed to vacate Fierro’s death sentence, citing faulty instructions given to his 1980 trial jury. The court sent his case back to El Paso for a new punishment
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American Airlines and British Airways have been rated among the worst airlines for long-haul flights, according to a survey of travelers by a consumer watchdog. The UK flag carrier was criticized for the “quality of its food and drink, the comfort of its seats and value for money for its short-haul and long haul services,”
Continue Reading (CNN Español) — Para el expresidente de Bolivia, Evo Morales, la orden de aprehensión en su contra es “injusta, ilegal e inconstitucional”, y ha dicho, desde Argentina, donde le fue concedido el estatus de asilado, que seguirá en la lucha política. La Fiscalía de Bolivia emitió esta semana una orden de captura contra el exmandatario
Continue Reading (CNN) — American Airlines y British Airways fueron calificadas entre las peores aerolíneas para vuelos de larga distancia, según una encuesta hecha a viajeros por una organización de vigilancia para consumidores. El informe anual de la revista Which? Travel criticó a la aerolínea bandera de Gran Bretaña por “la calidad de sus alimentos y bebidas, la
Continue Reading James Wiseman, a potential No. 1 pick in the next NBA Draft, has left the University of Memphis to prepare for his professional career. Wiseman was serving a NCAA suspension — one that would have kept him off the court until January 12. The NCAA levied the punishment after judging that his family had improperly
Continue Reading (CNN) – Cuando Jeanne Souron-Mathers murió en noviembre pasado, la policía de Tooele, Utah, se sorprendió al encontrar el cuerpo de su esposo Paul dentro de un congelador en la casa de la pareja. Pero eso no fue todo. La policía también descubrió una carta notariada de Paul que aseguraba que su esposa no era
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Federal researchers have found widespread evidence of racial bias in nearly 200 facial recognition algorithms in an extensive government study, highlighting the technology’s shortcomings and potential for misuse. Racial minorities were far more likely than whites to be misidentified in the US government’s testing, the study found, raising fresh concerns about the software’s impartiality even
Continue Reading Fun fact: This is the smallest number of candidates onstage thus far this cycle (a slim seven!). Joe Biden should feel confident heading into Thursday night’s debate. He’s mostly regained his footing in the polls, including CNN’s latest poll, which finds him leading the pack with 26% support among Democrats and Democratic-leaning independents. Of course, a
Continue Reading A Chinese woman was arrested Wednesday and charged with trespassing on President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago property, according to Palm Beach Police, in the second time this year that a Chinese national been arrested for intruding on the premises. Lu Jing, 56, allegedly trespassed on the Palm Beach resort and was asked to leave by security,
Continue Reading After being impeached, President Donald Trump is hoping to move quickly to a vigorous defense in the Senate and is distressed the trial he hopes will vindicate him might be delayed. “What are they doing?” Trump asked a top Republican ally, Sen. Lindsey Graham, upon learning Thursday morning that House Democrats may withhold sending articles
Continue Reading Hundreds of veterans of Barack Obama’s campaigns and administration have signed on to endorse Sen. Elizabeth Warren for president, as multiple Democratic presidential candidates compete to claim the popular former president’s political coalition and legacy. With the Iowa caucuses less than two months away, more than 200 Obama alumni joined a signature-gathering effort led by
Continue Reading Thousands of people who were removed from Georgia’s voter rolls this week for lack of civic participation were put back into “inactive” status following an announcement from the secretary of state on Thursday. Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger announced a deadline extension until December 2021 for 22,000 voters whose registrations had been canceled due to
Continue Reading Sen. Bernie Sanders will face a smaller field of competition for the Democratic president nomination in his home state next year. Vermont’s secretary of state announced Tuesday that New Jersey Sen. Cory Booker, Colorado Sen. Michael Bennet and former Maryland Rep. John Delaney will not appear on the ballot for the March 3 presidential primary
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Bettors gather at dozens of venues across the island for what Puerto Ricans call “the gentlemen’s sport,” a gruesome face-off — often to the death — between roosters outfitted with plastic spurs in a tradition dating to colonial times. A federal ban that was to take effect Friday marked the death knell for the US
Continue Reading Even as the House was impeaching President Donald Trump, he was in the midst of a rowdy campaign rally in Michigan. The President, clearly both agitated by the proceedings in Washington and energized by the cheering crowd in front of him, spoke for more than two hours Wednesday night — railing against, well, everyone. I
Continue Reading President Donald Trump vowed last year that he’d never sign another sweeping spending deal to avoid a government shutdown. This year, Congress broke it up into two. According to Trump’s adviser, Kellyanne Conway, the President is poised to sign the deal to fund the federal government through fiscal year 2020 — avoiding a budget showdown
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OKLAHOMA CITY, Oklahoma — Police and fire crews responded to a shooting Thursday afternoon at Penn Square Mall in Oklahoma City. One person at the mall was injured, according to ABC affiliate KOCO. That victim was taken to an area hospital in critical condition. “At this time, we’ve located one shooting victim from the incident
Continue Reading (CNN) – Una corte federal de apelaciones determinó que el mandato individual de la Ley de Cuidado de Salud Asequible, mejor conocida como Obamacare, es inconstitucional. Sin embargo, los jueces no invalidaron toda la medida, que sigue vigente. Es probable que la decisión –tomada en la Quinta Corte de Apelaciones del Circuito de EE.UU. con
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Click here for updates on this story HILLSBORO, MO (KMOV) — A son beat his father to death with a golf club in Hillsboro early Thursday morning, according to the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Department. Authorities said deputies were called to the 1000 block of Tracy Lane around 3:15 a.m. for a disturbance. According to the
Continue Reading (CNN Español) — Este jueves, el Senado en Chile aprobó el proyecto que habilita una nueva reforma constitucional, fijando el 26 de abril de 2020 como fecha para un plebiscito donde se le consultará a la ciudadanía si quiere una nueva Constitución o no. La instancia se da luego de dos meses de protestas sociales
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story MUSCATINE, IA (WQAD ) — Muscatine Salvation Army Lieutenant Greg Bock is braving the elements to raise money and awareness for people struggling to make ends meet this Christmas. Day one and its only 20 degrees but the cold weather isn’t holding Lieutenant Bock back. The Muscatine County
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What are pro tennis stars Serena Williams and Coco Gauff doing to prepare for the first Grand Slam tennis competition of the season? Living it up at a Florida resort, of course. The duo have been all over social media while they attend a star-studded preseason training camp put on by Serena’s trainer Patrick Mouratoglou.
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Nothing is free, not even free trading. That point was driven home by “failures” uncovered by regulators at zero-commission trading app Robinhood. FINRA, Wall Street’s self-regulator, fined Robinhood $1.25 million Thursday for sending customer trading orders to four broker-dealers without guaranteeing the best price. Those broker-dealers — probably market makers such as high-frequency trading firms
Continue Reading Nota del editor: David Bittan es abogado. Analista de temas políticos e internacionales. Columnista del diario el Universal de Venezuela. Ha participado en el Congreso Judío Mundial. Es miembro del American Jewish Committee y de la Federación de Comunidades Judías de España. (CNN Español) — En medio de un proceso que, considero, debilitaría a Donald
Continue Reading The Republican-controlled Senate quietly cut the phrase “white nationalist” from a measure in the National Defense Authorization Act, which was intended to explicitly address the threat of white nationalists in the military, altering the language of a House-passed amendment before passing the massive military spending bill Tuesday. The House amendment, which was passed in July,
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