GOP Sen. Susan Collins, who is up for reelection in Maine, would not say on Tuesday if she voted for President Donald Trump in her state’s primary. She twice declined to answer the question. “I already answered that question,” Collins told CNN when asked if she supported Trump’s reelection bid. Collins’ spokesperson referred CNN to
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JPMorgan Chase is bracing for the coronavirus outbreak by asking thousands of its employees to work from home for a day to test contingency plans, a person familiar with the matter told CNN Business. The move shows how seriously the largest bank in the United States is taking the risks posed to its operations by
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(CNN Español) — Un vocero del Ministerio de Salud de la Ciudad de Buenos Aires le confirmó a CNN el primer caso de coronavirus en Argentina. Darán más detalles sobre el caso en una conferencia de prensa de autoridades de salud. Las autoridades argentinas intentan contactar al resto de los pasajeros del avión en el
Continue Reading A key Republican senator said Tuesday that he would not vote to block President Donald Trump’s controversial Federal Reserve nominee, Judy Shelton, if other GOP senators who have expressed misgivings about her also decide to back her. “I will not be the one to kill her nomination,” said Sen. Richard Shelby of Alabama, a senior
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Candidates applying to join President Donald Trump’s administration will now have to explain what part of Trump’s campaign message “most appealed” to them and why. The question is one of several Trump-focused litmus tests that has been added to a questionnaire that candidates for political appointments across the federal government must now complete. The new
Continue Reading President Donald Trump and Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, the Taliban’s chief negotiator and one of its founding members, spoke by telephone on Tuesday amid reports that the Taliban had resumed violence in Afghanistan days after the US and Taliban signed a historic agreement in Qatar. Trump confirmed the call as he departed the White House
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Here’s a look at the life of the late Joe Paterno, longtime head football coach of the Penn State Nittany Lions. Personal Birth date: December 21, 1926 Death date: January 22, 2012 Birth place: Brooklyn, New York Birth name: Joseph Vincent Paterno Father: Angelo Lafayette Paterno, law clerk Mother: Florence (de Salle) Paterno Marriage: Suzanne
Continue Reading Congressional negotiators as of Tuesday afternoon have not finalized a multi-billion supplemental spending bill to respond to the coronavirus outbreak in the US and a final sticking point revolves around how to make an eventual vaccine affordable, according to senators and aides in each party. “Democrats have been pushing for strong provisions to ensure the
Continue Reading Facebook will skip one of the tech industry’s biggest annual events as companies restrict travel over fears about the novel coronavirus. The company has decided not to attend this year’s South by Southwest (SXSW) conference in Austin, Texas, it confirmed on Monday. “Due to concerns related to coronavirus, our company and employees will not be
Continue Reading Top officials from the Democratic National Committee and Republican National Committee are monitoring the spread of the coronavirus and gauging how it could impact their respective conventions this summer, officials from both committees tell CNN. The conversations among Democrats remain informal, DNC officials say, but Democrats are starting to monitor the spread of the virus
Continue Reading Former CNN anchor Bobbie Battista has passed away at the age of 67, according to a family spokeswoman. Battista died on Tuesday morning after a four-year battle with cervical cancer, according to Wendy Guarisco, family spokeswoman. “Bobbie was the consummate trooper in her struggle with cancer, she was courageous and fearless in her battle and
Continue Reading Bernie Sanders has spent his entire campaign saying this day would come. Now, it’s here. After more than a year of angling and long periods of indecision, the leaders of the moderate wing of the Democratic Party are rapidly coming together to lift and fortify former Vice President Joe Biden ahead of Super Tuesday. The
Continue Reading Super Tuesday is today. Here’s everything you need to know about how to watch CNN’s coverage. How many states vote on Super Tuesday? Fourteen states and one US territory vote on Super Tuesday: Alabama, American Samoa, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Maine, Massachusetts, Minnesota, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont and Virginia. How can I watch CNN’s
Continue Reading Donald Trump likes pictures. Visuals. Maps. And one map in particular: This county-by-county one, which he tweeted out to his 70+ million followers last fall: On Tuesday, speaking to the National Association of Counties, Trump returned, again, to that map. “Oh I love those beautiful red areas that middle of the map,” Trump told the
Continue Reading Google is canceling its biggest event of the year because of concerns about the coronavirus. The 2020 edition of Google I/O, an annual developer conference originally scheduled for May 12-14 at Google’s Mountainview headquarters, will no longer take place, the company confirmed on Tuesday. “Due to concerns around the coronavirus (COVID-19), and in accordance with
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Click here for updates on this story NASHVILLE, TN (WSMV) — Parts of Tennessee State University’s main campus was damaged by the storms that hit Nashville just after midnight on Tuesday. The storm severely damaged several structures on TSU’s agricultural farm. Three of the four buildings were totally destroyed, according to a news release. Other
Continue Reading Senate Intelligence Chairman Richard Burr and the panel’s top Democrat, Mark Warner of Virginia, are asking the Trump administration to declassify information related to the death of journalist Jamal Khashoggi and the US intelligence community’s assessment of who was responsible. The senators sent a letter on Monday to acting Director of National Intelligence Richard Grenell
Continue Reading Voting is taking place in 14 Super Tuesday states on the most crucial day yet in the 2020 election, a day that will go a long way toward showing whether surging former Vice President Joe Biden can slow the march of liberal front-runner Sen. Bernie Sanders to the Democratic presidential nomination. Since his thumping victory
Continue Reading Stocks went on a wild ride Tuesday after the Federal Reserve slashed interest rates by a half-point to help insulate the US economy from the global coronavirus outbreak. Wild swings followed the unscheduled announcement until investors made up their minds around midday: The Fed’s rate cut is bad news for the economy. Stocks dropped sharply
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story LANSING, MI (WJRT) — Gov. Gretchen Whitmer is creating four new statewide task forces to combat the spread of coronavirus and assess the effects it may have on Michigan. The task forces cover: — State operations and facilities. — Medical and human services, including protection of health care
Continue Reading After the most brutal week for investors since the Great Recession, stocks soared Monday on the hope central banks will ride to the rescue. The Federal Reserve delivered Tuesday with a 50 basis-point rate cut, the first emergency cut between meetings since the Great Recession. It came just hours after finance ministers and central bankers
Continue Reading (CNN Español) — La ciudadanía estadounidense para inmigrantes puede obtenerse por varias vías, pero el proceso puede que no sea tan sencillo, más luego de una serie de medidas que ha tomado el gobierno del presidente Donald Trump para frenar la migración en el país. El trámite se llama “naturalización” y su duración puede variar
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story CHESTER COUNTY, PA (WPMT) — A former Pennsylvania State Trooper has been charged with multiple counts of rape of a child and related offenses after the investigation of allegations made by a 22-year-old woman, who claimed he raped her when she was between the ages of nine and
Continue Reading Former FBI director and longtime Republican James Comey voted for Joe Biden in Super Tuesday’s primary elections, saying he participated in his first Democratic contest to support the party “dedicated to restoring values in (the White House).” “I agree with @amyklobuchar: We need candidate who cares about all Americans and will restore decency, dignity to
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story Ludlow, MA (WCVB) — A Ludlow woman is facing animal cruelty charges after two horses were found living in stalls with piles of manure so high that the animals’ backs were pressed against the barn roof rafters, causing sores, the MSPCA said. On Feb. 5, a team from
Continue Reading The egos have landed. Pete Buttigieg and Amy Klobuchar have reluctantly shelved once-soaring White House dreams. The former mayor from South Bend, Indiana, and the senator from Minnesota have quit the Democratic race, after billionaire Tom Steyer’s weekend exit. Buttigieg endorsed Joe Biden on Monday night, and Klobuchar was expected to follow. All three are
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico — Movie legend Richard Dreyfuss spoke to young aspiring filmmakers at New Mexico State University on Tuesday afternoon. Known for his roles in ‘Jaws’ and ‘Close Encounters of the Third Kind,’ Dreyfuss is in town for the Las Cruces International Film Festival. The festival starts on Wednesday night at the Mesilla
Continue Reading The Federal Reserve slashed interest rates by half a percentage point on Tuesday, a bold attempt to give the US economy a jolt in the face of concerns about the coronavirus outbreak. It was the first unscheduled, emergency rate cut since 2008, and it also marks the biggest one-time cut since then. The new benchmark
Continue Reading Football coaches pacing the sidelines while clutching a Microsoft Surface tablet have been a familiar sight ever since the NFL and Microsoft announced a technology partnership in 2013. Now, Microsoft is expanding the deal so that teams can use…Teams. Microsoft announced Tuesday that as part of an expansion of its deal with the NFL, individual
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SAN ANTONIO, Texas — More than 120 people quarantined in Texas after a coronavirus outbreak aboard the Diamond Princess cruise ship in Yokohama, Japan, have completed their 14-day confinement and were released Tuesday, local and federal officials say. Another 15 people who were repatriated from the cruise ship remain “locally in medical care or quarantine
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