Happy New Year’s Eve. A version of this story first appeared in CNN Business’ Before the Bell newsletter. Not a subscriber? You can sign up right here. Former Nissan and Renault chief Carlos Ghosn has fled Japan, where he was awaiting trial on alleged financial crimes. His destination: Lebanon. Here’s what we know: As a
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In the basement of a huge townhouse on the outskirts of Beijing, young Chinese men are clustered in front of screens playing computer games 14 hours a day. But they’re not friends with too much time on their hands, or just eager gamers — they’re a new brand of professional athletes, and they’re training for
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Well, it’s the last 5 Things newsletter of 2019. Have a safe and happy New Year’s Eve, and we’ll drop something special in your inbox tomorrow to kick off 2020. 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
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The senior minister at West Freeway Church of Christ said Monday he knew the gunman who killed two people inside the sanctuary Sunday. Britt Farmer spoke at a community vigil outside of his church in White Settlement on Monday night. He honored both victims, Anton “Tony” Wallace and Richard White, whom he called his best
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Under the dazzling blue sky, the glass-walled skyscraper that is Capital Gate twinkles in the sunlight as people bustle in and out of the airy lobby. Above them, just about visible, are the window cleaners — suspended with ropes and harnesses, artfully polishing Capital Gate’s 728 individually made glass panels, which are custom-designed to fit
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(CNN Español) — Este lunes el presidente de Uruguay Tabaré Vázquez firmó una resolución para declarar el estado de emergencia nacional en materia de violencia contra la mujer. La resolución indica que a pesar de que el Estado habría tomado las medidas pertinentes para combatir este problema, la situación actual en Uruguay en materia de
Continue Reading (CNN) – La selva amazónica ha perdido el equivalente a 8,4 millones de campos de fútbol durante la última década debido a las deforestación. Una cifra que es igual a cerca de 62.159 kilómetros cuadrados o a 10,3 millones de campos de fútbol americano. Es como si se perdiera un terreno mayor a Costa Rica.
Continue Reading The airplane that crashed in Lafayette, Louisiana, killing five people on board, was intact when it hit the ground, the National Transportation Safety Board said at a news conference Monday. The plane was in the air for just over a minute before it crashed, NTSB Vice Chairman Bruce Landsberg said. Landsberg says that investigators with
Continue Reading The mother of two missing Idaho siblings who haven’t been seen since September is not cooperating with investigators, police say. Investigators believe that Lori Vallow, mother of missing siblings Joshua “JJ” Vallow, 7, and Tylee Ryan, 17, knows either the location of the children or what happened to them, according to a press release issued
Continue Reading Nio — China’s troubled Tesla rival — gave investors a little bit of hope this week when it reported improving car sales and revenue. But the electric carmaker is still hemorrhaging money and could have problems keeping the lights on if it doesn’t find more cash. Nio’s stock popped nearly 54% in New York on
Continue Reading The man accused of barging into a rabbi’s Monsey, New York, home and stabbing five people at a Hanukkah party with a machete has a “long history of mental illness and hospitalizations,” his family and attorney said. Grafton Thomas, 37, has suffered from depression and psychosis for years, said his lawyer, Michael Sussman, and was
Continue Reading China’s Shanghai Composite just finished its best year since 2014. The index ended the year up 22% after closing higher on Tuesday, its last trading day of 2019. That’s the best performance since the index recorded a 53% gain five years ago. That also makes it the year’s top performer among major Asian stock indexes.
Continue Reading A Columbus, Ohio, doctor is suing the hospital system that accused him of overprescribing pain medication to more than two patients near death. Dr. William Husel was fired in December 2018 during an internal investigation by his former employer, Mount Carmel Health System. In June, Husel was indicted on 25 counts of murder. He has
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Disney’s stewardship of “Star Wars” went from irrational exuberance to “The sky is falling” panic in the time it took to produce a single trilogy. As that chapter closes and new doors swing open in the universe of streaming, it’s time for something often lacking in discussions about George Lucas’ creation — namely, a little
Continue Reading A Kansas police officer who initially claimed McDonald’s employees wrote “F*****g pig” on his cup has resigned, the city’s police chief said. “In (our) investigation we have found that McDonald’s and its employees did not have anything whatsoever to do with this incident, this was completely and solely fabricated by a Herington police officer who
Continue Reading When a man with a “big machete knife” burst into a rabbi’s home, stabbing victims as they celebrated Hanukkah, Josef Gluck ran away from the danger. Then he came back to confront it. It was Saturday night, and dozens of people had gathered at Rabbi Chaim Rottenberg’s home in Monsey, New York. The congregants spanned
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Sen. Bernie Sanders is in “good health,” nearly three months after suffering a heart attack, the attending physician at the US Capitol said in a letter released Monday. The physician, Brian Monahan, said in a summary of the Vermont senator’s health that Sanders is no longer taking several of the medications initially prescribed to him
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The US Army has banned the use of the hugely popular short video app TikTok by its soldiers, calling it a security threat. The Army has joined the Navy in barring the use of the app on government-owned phones, following bipartisan calls from lawmakers for regulators and the intelligence community to determine whether the Chinese-owned
Continue Reading Padma Lakshmi had a brilliant response after being confused for actress Priyanka Chopra. The blatant mix up happened over the weekend, when The New Yorker tagged an Instagram photo of Lakshmi as Chopra in a post featuring celebrities’ favorite cartoons from the magazine. Lakshmi posted a screen shot of the since deleted error, with a
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UTEP head coach Rodney Terry says there’s no reason to panic after two of his players announced their intention to transfer from the program. One of those players was sophomore guard Nigel Hawkins. Hawkins announced on Saturday he was entering the transfer portal, but then the following day Hawkins changed his mind and decided to
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It will start off cold – in the upper 20’s – but hit around 50 for the high for the big game. Expect sunshine and high clouds across the area with light easterly winds. If going to the game, dress in layers. Later Wednesday and Thursday the winds will crank up. Expect gusts to hit
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LAS CRUCES, N.M. – The attorney for a man suing the Las Cruces Police Department told ABC-7 that the excessive force case might set a precedent for police conduct. “Even when a person is being arrested, regardless of what the suspicion or allegations or accusations are, they always have their constitutional rights,” said Daisy Chaparro,
Continue Reading (CNN) — Joe Biden les dijo a los votantes en Nueva Hampshire el lunes que consideraría elegir a un republicano como compañero de fórmula, pero agregó: “No puedo pensar en uno en este momento”. Biden discutió la posibilidad después de que una mujer le dijo al exvicepresidente que si él fuera el candidato demócrata, “tendrá
Continue Reading A family in Texas found themselves doing damage control on Christmas Day after their 12-year-old son accidentally set their lawn on fire with a magnifying glass. Nissa-Lynn Parson posted photos on Facebook of what she said is going down in the family history book as one of the most memorable Christmas Days to date. “My
Continue Reading (CNN Español) — El Gobierno de la presidenta interina de Bolivia, Jeanine Áñez, declaró este lunes persona non grata a la embajadora de México en ese país, María Teresa Mercado, a la encargada de negocios de la Embajada de España, Cristina Borreguero y al cónsul de España en Bolivia, Álvaro Fernández y dio un plazo
Continue Reading Huawei officially has a shot at helping the world’s second-largest internet market build its 5G network. India will not exclude the embattled Chinese company from the country’s forthcoming 5G trials, a senior government official confirmed Monday. “We have taken a decision to give 5G [bandwidth] for trial to all the players,” Ravi Shankar Prasad, the
Continue ReadingIt will start off cold – in the upper 20’s – but hit around 50 for the high for the big game. Expect sunshine and high clouds across the area with light easterly winds. If going to the game, dress in layers. The winds will begin to pick up later Wednesday and Thursday with gusts
Continue Reading Indicted Rudy Giuliani associate Lev Parnas’ attorney is asking a federal judge for permission to share some information seized from Parnas when he was arrested, including the contents of one of his iPhones, with House impeachment investigators. “Review of these materials is essential to the Committee’s ability to corroborate the strength of Mr. Parnas’s potential
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Click here for updates on this story ASHEVILLE, NC (WLOS ) — Once trash, now a treasure turned into something to help others in need! Our Person of the Week launched an effort to help the homeless all while keeping hundreds of pounds of medical waste out of the landfill. At facilities like Mission Surgery
Continue Reading (CNN) — Un científico chino que ayudó a crear los primeros bebés editados genéticamente del mundo fue sentenciado a tres años de prisión. He Jiankui conmocionó al mundo en 2018 cuando anunció que las gemelas Lulu y Nana habían nacido con ADN modificado para hacerlas resistentes al VIH, lo cual había logrado usar con la
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