Oposición en Nicaragua empieza plan de lucha por la liberación de activistas detenidos
(CNN Español) – La coalición opositora Unidad Nacional Azul y Blanco anunció este lunes el inicio de una jornada de ayuno y de plantones para…
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EasyJet flights are now carbon neutral
One of Europe’s biggest airlines is going carbon neutral. EasyJet announced Tuesday that it will begin offsetting emissions from its fleet of…
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Even an unusual Trump-Powell meeting can’t spook investors right now
Happy Tuesday. A version of this story first appeared in CNN Business’ Before the Bell newsletter. Not a subscriber? You can sign up right…
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Hong Kong campus siege almost over, but the violence and anger is here to stay
Attention in Hong Kong continues to be focused on the city’s Polytechnic University, where an ever-shrinking number of protesters remain holed…
Continue Reading A new Uno deck promises to keep families away from politics at Thanksgiving dinner
Please pass the turkey but hold the politics. Mattel’s limited-edition Nonpartisan Uno deck is out just in time to keep Thanksgiving dinner…
Continue Reading PG&E may shut off power to more than 300,000 customers in California due to wind starting Wednesday
PG&E is warning customers that they may have to shut off power in 25 counties due to a strong offshore wind this week. More than 300,000…
Continue Reading China just hinted it may upend Hong Kong’s legal system over the mask ban
In a surprise decision Monday, a Hong Kong court threw out a month-old mask ban the government had introduced in the hopes of stemming the…
Continue Reading Counting AK47s and learning trigonometry for snipers. How children were taught math under ISIS
Two floors beneath the headquarters of Iraqi Military Intelligence, at the end of a red-carpeted corridor, two doors swing open to reveal a museum of…
Continue Reading Gobierno de Bolivia denuncia que grupo criminal pretendía atentar contra la presidenta Jeanine Áñez, sin entregar detalles
(CNN Español) — El Gobierno de Bolivia dijo que identificó un grupo criminal que quiere atentar contra la vida de presidenta interina, Jeanine…
Continue Reading Alibaba finds strong demand for its Hong Kong shares despite turmoil in the city
Investors are falling over themselves to buy into Alibaba’s debut on the Hong Kong stock market. China’s biggest e-commerce company will…
Continue Reading McDonald’s could return $29 million to New Zealand workers after holiday pay error
McDonald’s has agreed to pay what could be tens of millions of dollars to New Zealand employees after becoming embroiled in a nationwide…
Continue Reading In 46 weeks this year, there have been 45 school shootings
They have taken place across the country. From Georgia to California. At elementary, middle and high schools. On college and university campuses. In…
Continue Reading A vegan man claims Burger King cooked Impossible Whopper alongside meat
A man is suing Burger King because the meatless Impossible Whopper is cooked on the same grill as meat products, the lawsuit alleges. The class…
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Emergency Alert System was delayed during El Paso’s Walmart shooting; why it took 77 minutes
EL PASO, Texas — No matter how you were affected, you probably remember where you were on August 3rd, the morning an active shooter entered the…
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2 pedestrians injured after being struck by car in west El Paso
EL PASO, Texas – Two pedestrians were struck by a car and injured Monday evening. Emergency dispatchers said one of the two victims had serious…
Continue Reading Beijing denounces New York Times’ decision to publish leaked Xinjiang documents
The Chinese government has reacted furiously to the publication of more than 400 pages of sensitive Communist Party documents by the New York Times,…
Continue Reading Yemen’s Houthi rebels seize Saudi Arabian ship in Red Sea
A Saudi Arabian tugboat was seized by Yemen‘s Iranian-backed Houthi rebels on Sunday, according to the state-run Saudi Press Agency SPA. The…
Continue Reading Pennsylvania outlaws solitary confinement for death row inmates
Pennsylvania inmates on death row will no longer face solitary confinement. The ACLU reached a settlement in its class action lawsuit against the…
Continue Reading A man drove his girlfriend across the US, killed her and then impersonated her on social media, police say
A Pennsylvania man admitted to taking his girlfriend from Pennsylvania to Nevada under the guise of a vacation and then killing her, according to an…
Continue Reading Why would Trump reverse US policy on Israeli settlements? Good question.
This was originally published as the November 19 edition of CNN’s Meanwhile in America, the daily email about US politics for global readers.…
Continue Reading Patrick Frazee convicted of killing his fiancée, sentenced to life without the possibility of parole
A Colorado judge Monday sentenced Patrick Frazee to life in prison without the possibility of parole for killing Kelsey Berreth, his fiancée who…
Continue Reading Chick-fil-A will no longer donate to anti-LGBTQ organizations
Chick-fil-A is making major changes to its charitable foundation, ending donations to two organizations that have been criticized for being…
Continue Reading South Dakota launches a new anti-drug campaign with the tagline, ‘Meth. We’re on it.’
South Dakota launched a new campaign Monday to battle a methamphetamine crisis that Gov. Kristi Noem says is “growing at an alarming…
Continue Reading No charges against Charleston church targeted by white supremacist
An investigation into the handling of funds at Charleston’s historically black Mother Emanuel AME Church found no evidence of wrongdoing,…
Continue Reading Investors don’t seem to know what to make of the US-China trade war
A muddled view of US-China trade talks once again seems to be weighing on investors. The major Asian market indexes were mixed in early trading…
Continue Reading Rechazan acusación contra 16 activistas de Nicaragua por supuesto uso de armas
(CNN Español) – En Nicaragua, la Policía Nacional presentó este lunes ante medios de comunicación afines al gobierno a 16 activistas, 13 de…
Continue Reading Yakisoba hits the spot: Lunch dish at Portland Public Schools named among best in U.S.
Click here for updates on this story PORTLAND, OR (KPTV) — A lunch dish served up by Portland Public Schools has been…
Continue Reading North Carolina A&T University students worried about white van at off-campus apartments
Click here for updates on this story GREENSBORO, N.C. (WGHP) — A misunderstanding near North Carolina A&T…
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UTEP awarded $70 million grant to expand 3-D printing program
EL PASO, Texas — The engineering department at the University of Texas at El Paso is reaching new heights. UTEP was recently awarded $70 million…
Continue Reading WeWork braces for mass layoffs this week
One month after WeWork’s former CEO, Adam Neumann, received a massive payout despite all but running the company into the ground, more than…
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