Amazon is facing criticism from two Holocaust remembrance groups for some content available on its site that they describe as dangerous and antisemitic. The Auschwitz Memorial and the Holocaust Educational Trust are calling on Amazon to stop selling books by Julius Streicher, a member of the Nazi party and the founder and publisher of Nazi-era
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(CNN) — En Nueva York, un hombre atacó a una mujer que usaba una máscara facial y le dijo que era una “enferma de mierda”. En un metro de Los Ángeles, un hombre dijo que los chinos están sucios y dijo que “todas las enfermedades han venido de China”. La ignorancia desenfrenada y la información
Continue Reading (CNN) — Acosado en la escuela por su enanismo, Quaden Bayles, de 9 años, solloza incontrolablemente en la parte trasera del auto de su madre y le dice a la cámara: “Dame un cuchillo, quiero suicidarme”. Su madre, Yarraka Bayles, del estado australiano de Queensland, publicó el desgarrador video de Facebook Live esta semana para
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One man was shot and six other people were injured when a gun discharged during a dance at a flea market in Houston Sunday night, according to Harris County Sheriff Ed Gonzalez. Sheriff’s deputies responded to a report of seven people shot at the Mercado SabaDomingo flea market in the northern part of the city
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The last time anyone saw these military aircraft, US forces were pummeling Japanese targets in the western Pacific during World War II. “Operation Hailstone” in February 1944 was a decisive victory for the US. But it came at a cost to American forces — 40 service members were killed and more than 20 aircraft were
Continue Reading The Chinese government announced Wednesday that it is revoking the press credentials of three Wall Street Journal reporters, the largest expulsion of overseas media from the country in more than three decades. The US news organization’s editor in chief Matt Murray decried the move as a “harsh and unprecedented action” and said “we will continue
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White House officials are expected to ask Congress for emergency funding this week to battle the coronavirus amid growing fears of a larger outbreak in the US, two officials familiar with the forthcoming request said. Government aides worked throughout the weekend on the supplemental request, which is still not final but could be sent to
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EL PASO, Texas — An El Paso man in need is resting at home now after being saved by a charitable heart procedure. After 63-year-old Pilar Gomez was diagnosed with heart valve disease, he was given a 50/50 chance to make it through the next two years. That was when a unique philanthropic initiative stepped in
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EL PASO, Texas — El Paso’s Segundo Barrio honored the neighborhood’s most iconic priest on what would have been his 101st birthday this weekend. “We just want to keep the tradition in celebrating him alive,” said Gracie Viramontes with Sacred Heart Parish, which held a mass celebrating his life and legacy on Saturday. Father Harold Rahm died last
Continue Reading CNN will host two nights of town halls next week featuring the leading Democratic presidential candidates, just days before voters head to the polls in South Carolina and on Super Tuesday, the network announced Thursday evening. The hourlong individual town halls will air in prime time on Monday and Wednesday and will follow the CNN
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President Donald Trump’s acting chief of staff Mick Mulvaney did not travel with him to India as scheduled at the last minute, according to four people who say he has a cold and was advised not to go. A senior administration official who briefed reporters Friday originally listed Mulvaney along with 11 others who were
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EL PASO, Texas – The Humane Society of El Paso hosted a ‘kitten shower’ on Saturday in preparation for an influx of expecting feline mothers. “We are expecting at least 1,000 kitties that we need to feed and care for,” said Patti Hack, a program manager at the Humane Society of El Paso. The kitten season
Continue Reading South Carolina Rep. James Clyburn on Sunday said he’ll endorse a 2020 Democratic presidential candidate after Tuesday night’s Democratic debate — just three days before the state’s primary, a key early contest in the party’s nomination process. Clyburn, the House Majority Whip and a key South Carolina voice, has not yet made a public endorsement
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EL PASO, Texas– We are no longer under an ABC-7 First Alert however, windy conditions will continue tonight but will steadily calm down overnight. Quiet weather is expected to start off the work week. Clear skies and near normal temperatures are expected Monday with a few mild breezes during the afternoon hours. More breezy to
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TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES, New Mexico — Spaceport America invited dozens of racing enthusiasts Sunday, attracting business to Doña Ana and Sierra counties. Spaceport America, an FAA-licensed launch complex along with East Coast Timing Association, held the Spaceport Invitational, a land speed racing event that was closed to the public. “It’s not like drag racing, it’s
Continue Reading Sen. Bernie Sanders says he would meet with the leader of North Korea and other US adversaries if he were elected president. “Meeting with people who are antagonistic is, to me, not a bad thing to do,” the Vermont senator said during a “60 Minutes” interview slated to air Sunday, referring to a meeting with
Continue Reading Former Democratic hopeful Marianne Williamson made a surprise appearance at Sen. Bernie Sanders‘ rally Sunday in Austin, Texas, to announce her endorsement of the Democratic front-runner. “Bernie Sanders has taken a stand, and Bernie Sanders has been taking a stand for a very long time. He has been consistent, he has been convicted, he has
Continue Reading A convicted murderer escaped from a work release center in Alabama Saturday night, authorities said. Daniel Miner, 43, was reported missing after a Saturday night bed check at the facility in Childersburg, southeast of Birmingham, the state’s correction department said in a release. Miner is a white man, 5 feet 6 inches tall, and weighs
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Three weeks ago, Lisa Wang was fighting a high fever when she was turned away from an overflowing hospital in Wuhan, the central Chinese city mired in a deadly coronavirus crisis. A chest scan showed her lungs were infected, but she couldn’t get treated for the novel coronavirus she likely had because there weren’t enough
Continue Reading Jeremiah Cribb was only trying to fit a good deed into his overnight driving shift. He ended up falling 75 feet off the side of a North Carolina bridge — but survived, somehow, and walked away with a few broken ribs. Cribb, a 24-year-old FedEx driver, spotted a driver stalled along a bridge in Salisbury.
Continue Reading Police cleared the Jewish community center in Albany, New York, on Sunday after a person affiliated with the center received an emailed bomb threat, authorities said. Albany police were notified of the email around 11:05 a.m. and responded with officers and three K-9 units, Albany police spokesman Steve Smith said. With the help of New
Continue Reading A man drove his Jeep off the top of a six-level parking garage and landed across the street on a McDonald’s in Santa Monica, California, authorities said Sunday. The 20-year-old driver from Twentynine Palms, California, “while injured, was conscious, suffering and speaking with officers when they arrived” shortly after midnight, according to a press release
Continue Reading (CNN Español) — Las autoridades colombianas arrestaron al exlíder del Ejercito de Liberación Nacional (ELN), Gerardo Antonio Bermúdez Sánchez, alias Francisco Galán, en la ciudad de Medellín, departamento de Antioquia. La orden fue emitida por un juez penal del circuito especializado de la ciudad de Santiago de Cali, en relación al secuestro masivo del 17
Continue Reading Pete Buttigieg‘s campaign sent a letter to the Nevada State Democratic Party on Sunday, alleging that there are “material irregularities pertaining to the process of integrating early votes into the in-person precinct caucus results” and asking the party to take three concrete steps to address the purported issues. The letter asked the state party to
Continue Reading Welcome to 2020! With just 6 days until the South Carolina primary and 9 days until Super Tuesday, the 2020 election is in full swing. Every Sunday, I outline the 5 BIG storylines you need to know to understand the upcoming week on the campaign trail. And they’re ranked — so the No. 1 story
Continue Reading The US intelligence community’s top election security official appears to have overstated the intelligence community’s formal assessment of Russian interference in the 2020 election, omitting important nuance during a briefing with lawmakers earlier this month, three national security officials told CNN. The official, Shelby Pierson, told lawmakers on the House Intelligence Committee that Russia is
Continue Reading If you’re going to diss someone on Twitter, you might want to try spelling their name right. But that wasn’t the issue Gigi Hadid had with Jake Paul after he came for her boyfriend Zayn Malik. “Almost had to clap up zane from 1 direction because he is a little guy and has an attitude,”
Continue Reading It’s an incredible feat at any age. But George Hood, who set the male world record for longest time in the abdominal plank position, is 62 and says he’s in the greatest shape of his life. On February 15, Hood held a plank for 8 hours, 15 minutes and 15 seconds, which Guinness World Records
Continue Reading Docents at the Penn Museum in Philadelphia have not always reflected its diverse, vibrant collection. The museum’s Ellen Owens and Kevin Schott found a way to change that. “Both of us had been thinking about how we can diversify our guide pool,” Owens told CNN. They used a grant to create a new program at
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