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Following controversial national security law, TikTok is leaving Hong Kong

July 7, 2020 9:18 AM CNN

TikTok says it will exit Hong Kong, joining other big tech firms in expressing concern about operating in the Asian financial hub after China imposed…

The United States is ‘looking at’ banning TikTok and other Chinese social media apps, Pompeo says

July 7, 2020 6:08 AM CNN

The United States is “looking at” banning Chinese social media apps, including TikTok, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Monday. Pompeo…

Spaceport America CEO placed on administrative leave amid investigation

July 6, 2020 10:52 PM Associated Press, KVIA ABC-7

TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES, New Mexico — The CEO of New Mexico’s commercial spacecraft launch facility has been placed on administrative leave amid an…

Las Cruces City Council votes to keep face mask mandate carrying fines for businesses

July 6, 2020 2:36 PM Jim Parker

LAS CRUCES, New Mexico — Las Cruces City Council on Monday evening voted 7-0 to keep in effect Mayor Ken Miyagashima’s emergency proclamation on…

Ruidoso Downs, Luby’s, Alamo Drafthouse among borrowers from federal small-business relief fund

July 6, 2020 9:37 AM CNN, Associated Press, Texas Tribune

WASHINGTON, DC — After withering pressure from lawmakers, the federal government on Monday released data on hundreds of thousands of borrowers…

The explosive tell-all book by Trump’s niece is coming out two weeks earlier than expected

July 6, 2020 1:04 PM CNN

A tell-all book by President Trump’s niece Mary, a licensed clinical psychologist, will now be published next week, two weeks earlier than…

Miami-Dade to shut down restaurants again as Florida’s Covid-19 hospitalizations surge

July 6, 2020 12:21 PM CNN

As Florida sets the most dubious of records amid the coronavirus pandemic, Miami-Dade County has decided it’s done playing by the state’s…

Here’s a sign Warren Buffett may have gotten his mojo back

July 6, 2020 9:45 AM CNN

Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway finally put some cash to work with its purchase of natural gas assets from Dominion Energy. The deal could…

The explosive tell-all book by Trump’s niece is coming out two weeks earlier than expected

July 6, 2020 9:36 AM CNN

A tell-all book by President Trump’s niece Mary, a licensed clinical psychologist, will now be published next week, two weeks earlier than…

Minority owners of the Washington Redskins are attempting to sell

July 5, 2020 10:54 PM CNN

WASHINGTON, DC — Washington Redskins minority owners Fred Smith, Dwight Schar and Robert Rothman are all attempting to sell their interest in…

Beijing says it’s ‘strongly concerned’ by India’s decision to ban Chinese apps

July 5, 2020 9:21 PM CNN

Beijing is pushing back on a decision by India to ban dozens of Chinese mobile apps as tensions between the world’s most populous countries…

Las Cruces expands on New Mexico face mask order: City to fine businesses as state fines people

July 3, 2020 4:23 PM Jim Parker

LAS CRUCES, New Mexico — Las Cruces Mayor Ken Miyagashima issued an emergency proclamation Friday that expands upon the face mask order issued by…

America is running out of fireworks

July 3, 2020 11:08 AM CNN

The fireworks business is booming — so much so that America may soon run out. As the coronavirus pandemic continues, consumer fireworks sales,…

Unemployment rate won’t recover for the next decade, CBO projects

July 2, 2020 2:18 PM CNN

America’s recovery from the pandemic recession could last through the better part of the next decade, according to the Congressional Budget…

GOP senators express outrage over mass firings at global media agency led by Trump and Bannon ally

July 2, 2020 2:13 PM CNN

A bipartisan group of senators, including several allies of President Trump, say they will review the US Agency for Global Media‘s federal…

Andrew Yang: What Congress can do to avoid a new Great Depression

July 2, 2020 2:06 PM CNN

We are on the precipice of another Great Depression in the United States. But Congress has the power to prevent it — if it acts quickly. The global…

The Dodge Durango Hellcat is a family SUV that can go 180 mph

July 2, 2020 10:16 AM CNN

For when you need to get the kids to soccer practice — and you need them there now — Fiat Chrysler will soon offer the Dodge Durango SRT…

Stocks soar after jobs report

July 2, 2020 7:40 AM CNN

Wall Street is cheering the better-than-expected June jobs report. Futures had been pointing to about a 1% rise at the opening bell before the jobs…

US adds 4.8 million jobs as unemployment falls to 11.1%

July 2, 2020 6:41 AM Associated Press

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. employers added a substantial 4.8 million jobs in June, and the unemployment rate fell to 11.1%, as the job market improved…

2 Cielo Vista Walmart workers fired after customer is told ‘You’re in America, learn English’

July 1, 2020 6:55 PM Jim Parker

EL PASO, Texas — Two employees from El Paso’s Cielo Vista Walmart store have been fired after a viral video surfaced showing one of the pair telling…

Advertisers have Facebook’s attention. Now here’s what they want

July 1, 2020 11:07 AM CNN

Facebook is about to look a little different, whether users notice or not. Starting Wednesday, numerous household names — from Hershey’s…

Ed Henry fired from Fox News over sexual misconduct allegation

July 1, 2020 10:00 AM CNN

Fox News said Wednesday that Ed Henry, one of its top news anchors, had been fired after the network received a complaint last week of sexual…

Europe, bid au revoir to American tourists

July 1, 2020 3:31 AM CNN

The Canadians will be in Europe this summer, and the Thais and the Moroccans. You might bump into a Rwandan, and no doubt Aussie backpackers will…

The fates of two leading newspaper publishers are up in the air

June 30, 2020 9:18 PM CNN

A version of this article first appeared in the “Reliable Sources” newsletter. You can sign up for free right here. Wednesday is the…

Judge temporarily blocks publication of tell-all book by President Trump’s niece

June 30, 2020 8:51 PM CNN

A New York judge on Tuesday temporarily blocked the publication of an unflattering tell-all book written by President Trump’s niece that Simon…

New Mexico fireworks vendors invite El Pasoans to visit them once ban takes effect

June 30, 2020 5:53 PM Kate Bieri

MESILLA, New Mexico — El Paso leaders may plan to ban fireworks on the holiday weekend, but New Mexico vendors are welcoming Texans to cross state…

Facebook bans hundreds of accounts related to the Boogaloo extremist movement

June 30, 2020 3:29 PM CNN

Facebook on Tuesday banned hundreds of accounts, groups and pages that it said were linked to the Boogaloo movement, a loosely organized extremist…

Small businesses leave $130 billion in emergency relief untouched — and ask Congress to rethink the aid

June 30, 2020 2:05 PM CNN

Jessica and Richard Fierro are among more than 4.5 million small business owners who tapped into the $660 billion Paycheck Protection Program —…

Texas will now delay reinstating work-search requirement for unemployment benefits

June 30, 2020 1:42 PM Texas Tribune

AUSTIN, Texas — The Texas Workforce Commission decided Tuesday to postpone reinstating a work-search requirement for out-of-work Texans receiving…

Airbus is cutting 15,000 jobs because of the pandemic

June 30, 2020 1:18 PM CNN

Airbus will cut about 15,000 jobs, or more than 10% of its workforce, over the next 12 months as it comes to terms with a plunge in demand for new…