‘Togo’ tells the heroic dog story you only think you know on Disney+
Disney has a long history of dog movies — “Old Yeller” still gets you every time — and dips back into that well with…
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Community Rallies To Help Prevent Seattle’s Only Black-Owned Floral Shop From Closing It’s Doors
Click here for updates on this story Seattle, WA (The Seattle Medium) — Just last week, Mary Wesley, owner of Flowers…
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Trump in 2008: It’d be ‘wonderful’ if Pelosi impeached Bush over Iraq
President Donald Trump has fulminated over House Democrats’ impeachment efforts — and repeatedly taken aim at House Speaker Nancy Pelosi…
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Boeing’s 737 Max crisis will weigh on America’s GDP growth in 2020
Boeing will halt production on its bestselling jet next month. That’s bad news for the American economy. The aircraft manufacturer Tuesday…
Continue Reading FX’s ‘A Christmas Carol’ brings a bleak lump of coal to the holidays
“A Christmas Carol” remains one of the most oft-adapted stories in literature, and there have been numerous attempts to do something…
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Reseña: La película ‘Cats’ deja un recuerdo que es mejor olvidar
(CNN) — “Cats” no es el desastre absoluto que algunos temían, o esperaban perversamente, pero no es buena, ya que ofrece una adaptación…
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The biggest risks for stocks in 2020
Optimism over a “phase one” trade deal between the United States and China is pushing stocks to record highs in the final days of the…
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The science of Star Wars: How filmmakers made alien creatures believable
When director Rian Johnson visited Ireland’s Skellig Michael, where Luke Skywalker made his self-imposed exile in “The Last Jedi,”…
Continue Reading Top Trump ally in Congress not running for reelection
Republican Rep. Mark Meadows, one of President Donald Trump’s most visible allies on Capitol Hill, is not seeking reelection in 2020, he…
Continue Reading YouTube burnout is real. Creators are struggling to cope
For eight years, Kati Morton, a mental health expert, has used YouTube to discuss sensitive issues ranging from eating disorders to anxiety. But…
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The more we watch TV, the more we prefer thinner female bodies, study shows
Watching television makes viewers more likely to prefer thinner female bodies, a new study shows. Scientists measured the relationship between TV…
Continue Reading Ryan Reynolds has the perfect solution for getting rid of unwanted guests
Nice to see everyone, now get out of my house. So you made the mistake of inviting everyone over to your place for a holiday gathering. But now…
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City seeks input on name for new east El Paso park
Residents have less than a month to give their input on the name of a new El Paso park. The park will be on the city’s east side at 13501 Jason…
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How WADA’s doping ban hits Russia and Vladimir Putin where it hurts
No expense was spared. A $50 billion statement of intent that in hosting the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics, Russia was back as a major player on the…
Continue Reading Vladimir Putin says Trump was impeached for ‘made-up reasons’
Russian President Vladimir Putin said in his annual news conference Thursday that US President Donald Trump’s impeachment was based on…
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Herman Boone, football coach played by Denzel Washington in ‘Remember the Titans,’ dies
Herman Boone, the tough, no-nonsense high school football coach played by Denzel Washington in “Remember the Titans,” has died. He was…
Continue Reading From Instagram to TikTok: How social media evolved this decade
Shortly after midnight Pacific time on October 6, 2010, a new app built by a small team went live on Apple’s App Store. Right away, they…
Continue Reading Eight-year-old tops YouTube list of high earners with $26 million
An eight-year-old boy who reviews toys on YouTube has been named by Forbes as the platform’s highest earner in 2019. Ryan Kaji, whose channel…
Continue Reading Nancy Pelosi se niega a comprometerse a enviar cargos de juicio político al Senado
(CNN) — La presidenta de la Cámara de Representantes, Nancy Pelosi, no se comprometió el miércoles a enviar los cargos de juicio político al…
Continue Reading More than 9,300 stores closed in 2019
2019 was another bruising year for many American retailers, despite healthy consumers and a strong economy. This year, US retailers announced 9,302…
Continue Reading IAC is spinning off dating website Match
IAC is consciously uncoupling with its stable of dating websites and apps. Match Group, which owns Match.com and popular dating apps Tinder and…
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How former Kentucky Gov. Bevin’s pardons are affecting those convicted and the victims’ families
Former Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin was on his way out of office when he dropped a huge batch of pardons and commutations of sentences of hundreds of…
Continue Reading How former Kentucky Gov. Bevin’s pardons are affecting those convicted and the victims’ families
Former Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin was on his way out of office when he dropped a huge batch of pardons and commutations of sentences of hundreds of…
Continue Reading New ruling means Supreme Court dodges Obamacare showdown, but legal fight rolls on
After a long-awaited ruling from a US appeals court on the fate of the Affordable Care Act, this much is clear: the wait will only be longer, and…
Continue Reading TSA expecting 42 million passengers over the holidays
The Transportation Security Administration estimates 42 million passengers will go through security checkpoints across the country this holiday…
Continue Reading Bank of England press conferences were leaked to traders seconds before broadcast
UK regulators are looking into the unauthorized use of audio feeds from Bank of England press conferences that could have given traders access to…
Continue Reading The world’s oldest central bank ends its big experiment with interest rates
Happy Thursday. A version of this story first appeared in CNN Business’ Before the Bell newsletter. Not a subscriber? You can sign up right…
Continue Reading Ryan Matthews spent 5 years on death row for a crime he didn’t commit. He was exonerated and just graduated college
Over the weekend, Ryan Matthews — a loving dad, husband and a “gentle giant,” as his family describes him — graduated…
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Confessed serial killer Samuel Little says he killed the woman in this sketch. Authorities hope the public knows who she is
Samuel Little has been drawing sketches of the dozens of the women he confessed to killing over several decades. Authorities in Mississippi are now…
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