NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Former national security adviser John Bolton will speak at Tennessee’s Vanderbilt University later this month alongside another former national security adviser, Susan Rice, just two weeks after the U.S. Senate acquitted President Donald Trump without subpoenaing Bolton to testify at the impeachment trial. Bolton served as national security adviser to Trump
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Sen. Mitt Romney’s decision to break party ranks and vote to convict President Donald Trump of abusing his power in relation to his dealing with Ukraine was a deeply personal act. But whether the Utah Republican intended it or not, it was (and is) also a decision with potentially profound consequences for the future of
Continue Reading Before the State of the Union speech she would later rip up on camera, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi called a news conference to rip President Donald Trump’s “all-out assault on health care.” Afterward, reactions of key voter groups to Trump’s televised prime-time address helped explain that pre-emptive strike. Democratic research found the speech’s passage on
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The federal government has cleared the way for a Silicon Valley startup to deploy thousands of its self-driving delivery vehicles on US streets. Nuro, based in Mountain View, California, is now able to launch up to 5,000 of its R2 autonomous vehicles over the next two years, according to the US Department of Transportation. The
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Southwest Airlines had a particularly rough 2019, but it still managed to turn a profit. As part of an annual tradition, Southwest is sharing that profit with employees. The airline announced Thursday it’s giving 60,000 employees a $667 million profit-sharing bonus. That means some eligible employees will soon receive 12.2% of their annual salary, which
Continue Reading TEMPE, Ariz. (AP) — The CEO and founder of an organic fertilizer company says he was fired after he was caught on camera using a racial slur against an African-American driver of a ride-hailing service. AgroPlasma Inc. founder Hans Berglund was caught on video Friday cursing at 25-year-old Uber driver Randy Clarke in the Phoenix
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Erik Helland, the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s longtime strength and conditioning coach for the men’s basketball team, has resigned from the program. An investigation by the university discovered that Helland had used a racial epithet while recounting a story from his NBA career while in the presence of a number of basketball student-athletes. Helland did not
Continue Reading Amazon, Nike, American Airlines and dozens of other companies have taken a stand for LGBTQ rights in Tennessee. They are among the nearly 150 companies that signed a letter opposing Tennessee’s anti-LGBTQ laws. The collective, known as the Tennessee Businesses Against Discrimination, specifically calls out HB 836, a law that allows foster care and other
Continue Reading A leading Senate Democrat is calling for an independent investigation into whether the Trump administration improperly classified key documents that were sent to Congress for political reasons, including the transcript of President Donald Trump’s July 25 call with his Ukrainian counterpart and the War Powers justification for the killing of Iranian Commander Qasem Soleimani. In
Continue Reading A veteran Florida trooper was fatally shot on Interstate 95 after pulling over to assist a disabled vehicle, police said. A passing off-duty police officer from another jurisdiction witnessed the shooting and killed the suspect, said Col. Gene Spalding, director of the Florida Highway Patrol. The suspect was later identified as Franklin Reed III. The
Continue Reading A teenager was shot and killed while on Facebook Live, near his home in New York on Tuesday and now police are looking for whoever is responsible. Around 6:45 pm, police responded to a 911 call about a male shot at Elton Street and New Lots Avenue in Brooklyn, according to a statement from the
Continue Reading US Customs and Border Protection is now considered a “security agency,” a move that allows the agency to shield information about personnel from the public. The move has raised concerns among lawyers and advocates of government transparency, who say the agency will be further shrouded in secrecy. Acting CBP Commissioner Mark Morgan announced the change
Continue Reading SpaceX’s Starlink internet business could one day be spun off into a separate company and taken public, giving mainstream investors a chance to buy a coveted piece of Elon Musk’s rocket venture. Gwynne Shotwell, SpaceX’s chief operating officer, told a group of investors during a recent event in Miami that Starlink is the “right kind
Continue Reading Education Secretary Betsy DeVos will personally pay for a school choice scholarship that President Donald Trump awarded to a fourth-grader during his State of the Union address Tuesday. During his speech, the President called on Congress to act on his school choice tax credit proposal and pointed to the Philadelphia student, Janiyah Davis, and her
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“Star Wars” fans, this one’s for you. Disney announced Thursday that reservations will open later this year for Star Wars: Galactic Starcruiser, a two-day, two-night, all-immersive vacation simulating life in the “Star Wars” universe. Think cruise but, you know, far, far away. “Star Wars: Galactic Starcruiser is a completely new type of experience,” said Ann
Continue Reading World champion boxer Gervonta “Tank” Davis is facing a domestic violence charge after authorities in Florida said he assaulted a former girlfriend. Davis was “observed battering his former girlfriend,” the Coral Gables Police Department said in a news release. According to the arrest report, the incident happened at a celebrity basketball game on February 1
Continue Reading Impeachment is over. President Donald Trump has been acquitted. One bruising chapter has ended, but another phase of the Ukraine affair is only now beginning. Because Senate Republicans blocked all efforts to hear from new witnesses and subpoena documents, the complete story of what happened between Trump and Ukraine still hasn’t been told. They calculated
Continue Reading Planeloads of Americans fleeing the fast-moving coronavirus outbreak in China are arriving at military bases across the United States this week on what could be the final chartered flights. The outbreak has infected 28,000 people and killed more than 560 in China, where it started in December in Wuhan city. Outside mainland China, it’s raced
Continue Reading When an elementary school in Berkeley, California, hosted a “parent’s night out” fundraiser, they didn’t think playing the 2019 remake of “The Lion King” would do anything besides keep the kids happy. That was until Emerson Elementary School received an email from a licensing company Thursday — more than two months after the event —
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Central Arkansas (7-16, 6-6) vs. McNeese State (12-11, 7-5) H&HP Complex, Lake Charles, Louisiana; Saturday, 4 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: McNeese State seeks revenge on Central Arkansas after dropping the first matchup in Conway. The teams last played on Jan. 4, when the Bears outshot McNeese State from the field 48.1 percent to 41.7 percent
Continue Reading Ball State (13-9, 6-3) vs. Western Michigan (10-12, 3-6) University Arena in Read Fieldhouse, Kalamazoo, Michigan; Saturday, 4 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: MAC foes meet as Ball State faces Western Michigan. Ball State took care of Kent State by eight in its last outing. Western Michigan is coming off a 64-60 win over Miami in
Continue Reading A Democratic senator facing a tough reelection fight in deep-red Alabama said Thursday that his impeachment vote to convict and remove President Donald Trump from office won’t hurt his chances. Speaking with CNN’s Jake Tapper on “The Lead,” Sen. Doug Jones said that while “there are people that are not happy” with his vote, “Alabama
Continue Reading Maryland Eastern Shore (3-19, 2-5) vs. Morgan State (12-12, 6-3) Hill Field House, Baltimore; Saturday, 4 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: Maryland Eastern Shore seeks revenge on Morgan State after dropping the first matchup in Princess Anne. The teams last played each other on Jan. 27, when the Bears shot 30.4 percent from the field en
Continue Reading Few actors can almost single-handedly elevate a crime procedural above its humble origins, but Edie Falco is one of them. The former “The Sopranos” star lifts “Tommy” to a higher level, playing the first female chief of the Los Angeles Police Dept., an organization with a particularly storied TV tradition. Reflecting the strides since “Dragnet”
Continue Reading New York state banned landlords from forcing renters to pay hefty broker’s fees in a legal decision that could upend real estate in America’s biggest city. Broker’s fees are a familiar source of distress to anyone who has tried to rent an apartment in New York City. Prospective tenants are often required by the landlord
Continue Reading The news keeps getting worse for the sports entertainment company World Wrestling Entertainment. Shares of WWE fell 9% Thursday morning after the company reported “considerable uncertainty” about its strategy and outlook. The stock already has plunged more than 30% in 2020. The company said Thursday it was considering “alternative strategic options for the WWE Network,”
Continue Reading The Treasury Department is cooperating with a Senate Republican investigation into Hunter Biden’s activities in Ukraine, according to a top Democrat on one of the committees. Sen. Ron Wyden of Oregon, the ranking Democrat on the Senate Finance Committee, criticized the Treasury Department for sending over information after it had stonewalled the House’s impeachment inquiry
Continue Reading A new government watchdog report says the Department of Homeland Security’s cybersecurity agency is “not well-positioned” to safeguard the nation’s election systems ahead of the 2020 cycle. The report from the Government Accountability Office arrives at the start of the primary season amid concerns that Russia and other hostile outside actors will attempt to interfere.
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(CNN Español) — El gobierno panameño informó este jueves que planea repatriar a otro grupo de estudiantes desde China, con el objetivo de reducir los riesgos de contagio de coronavirus; medida que también puede solicitar cualquier panameño que se considere expuesto en el país asiático, agrega el comunicado. El anuncio se dio en el marco de
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