South Carolina school shooter sentenced to life in prison
The teenager who murdered his father and then opened fire on a South Carolina school playground, killing a 6-year-old boy, was sentenced to life in…
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Nine-year-old child genius to graduate university
A child prodigy from Belgium is on course to gain a bachelor’s degree at the tender age of 9. Laurent Simons is studying electrical engineering…
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NBA celebrates Gorgui Dieng’s charity work in native Senegal
Gorgui Dieng is one of two Senegalese players in the NBA, but back home he might be better known for his philanthropic work. The Minnesota…
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How to watch Friday’s impeachment hearing
The second public hearing in the impeachment inquiry will be held Friday with former US Ambassador to Ukraine Marie “Masha” Yovanovitch…
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Wait. Is that … hope for JCPenney?
JCPenney has a long way to go before it’s a turnaround story. But the company had some rare good news Friday: It was able to trim its losses in…
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Jhené Aiko enlists ex-boyfriend Big Sean for ‘None of Your Concern’
Get ready for the speculation that Jhené Aiko and Big Sean have reunited. They have — artistically. Aiko enlisted her ex-boyfriend for her new…
Continue Reading Lewis Hamilton hopes new F1 contract can be sorted ‘soon’
Formula One champion Lewis Hamilton is not looking forward to negotiating a new contract with Mercedes but hopes a deal can be agreed…
Continue Reading Nike released a shoe for ‘everyday heroes’ like doctors, nurses and home health aides
Nike’s new shoe was not created for athletes such as basketball players or tennis players, but for a different crowd — medical workers.…
Continue Reading The story behind the first batch of cookies in space and the first zero-gravity oven
It’s science rule #1: Don’t eat your experiments. Typically, this is good advice, but for the astronauts aboard the International Space…
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Amazon will protest Pentagon’s decision to award $10 billion cloud contract to Microsoft
The Department of Defense’s decision last month to award a massive cloud computing contract to Microsoft was a huge loss for rival Amazon.…
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El Buen Fin: 5 consejos para comprar en línea de forma segura
(CNN Español) — Durante cuatro días, del 15 al 18 de noviembre, México celebrará el ya tradicional El Buen Fin, un fin de semana de descuentos…
Continue Reading Starbucks opens its biggest store ever
Chicago just got a major caffeine jolt from Starbucks. The coffee chain opened its world’s largest Roastery location on Friday. The five-story…
Continue Reading US consumers are gearing up for their next challenge: holiday shopping
Happy Friday. A version of this story first appeared in CNN Business’ Before the Bell newsletter. Not a subscriber? You can sign up right here.…
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These sports injuries cause the most ER visits among youth, report finds
While sports are an important part of a healthy lifestyle for young people, injuries can happen too — and a new report from the US Centers for…
Continue Reading Democrats hope latest witness will detail Trump’s abuse of power
Donald Trump called Marie Yovanovitch “bad news.” In a televised impeachment hearing Friday, the US ambassador to Ukraine that the…
Continue Reading Alibaba’s homecoming is about pleasing China and buying trade war insurance
Alibaba’s plan to raise billions of dollars by selling shares on the Hong Kong stock market will be one of the largest public offerings in the…
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Trump hikes price tag for US forces in Korea almost 400% as Seoul questions alliance
Secretary of Defense Mark Esper landed in South Korea on Thursday to navigate renewed threats from an “enraged” North Korea and newly…
Continue Reading 5 cosas que debes saber este 15 de noviembre: los ganadores del Latin Grammy y el presidente más joven de Latinoamérica
¿Volvió la Biblia a la política de Bolivia? Algunos presidentes de Latinoamérica son menores de 40 años. Cuestionan políticas contra migrantes…
Continue Reading Hong Kong expects first annual recession since 2009 as protests rage
The Hong Kong government is warning that six months of increasingly violent mass protests will cause the economy in the Asian financial hub to shrink…
Continue Reading After Parkland, Saugus High students walked out to protest school shootings. Thursday, their school was the target
A gunman opened fire at Saugus High School in Santa Clarita on Thursday morning. It’s a reality many students there had been fighting to end.…
Continue Reading Cristiano Ronaldo scores hat-trick to move within two goals of historic landmark
Cristiano Ronaldo is now just two goals shy of reaching an astonishing century after the superstar netted yet another hat-trick in Portugal’s…
Continue Reading Meet the Facebook executive who wants you to trust him with your money
The night of June 18, David Marcus and his team at Facebook pulled an all-nighter as they prepared for a big company announcement the next day.…
Continue Reading What we know about the suspect in the California school shooting
After sheriff’s deputies responded to a shooting at Saugus High School in Southern California on Thursday, six students were rushed to local…
Continue Reading 5 things to know for November 15: School shooting, impeachment, Gaza, Chile, plague
Those deadly bushfires are still raging in Australia, and now the country’s biggest city, Sydney, may be facing a water shortage. Here’s…
Continue Reading US Park Police involved in fatal shooting of Bijan Ghaisar won’t face federal criminal civil rights charges
No federal criminal civil rights charges will be brought against the United States Park Police officers involved in the fatal shooting of unarmed…
Continue Reading Hong Kong’s government is being willfully blind to the chaos it’s creating
In almost six months of protests, you might be forgiven for thinking Hong Kong had seen it all. And yet, this week brought a new sight: men in suits…
Continue Reading A date with this stud just doubled in price to $192,000
There’s alpha males and then there’s super studs. This stallion has so much X factor a date with him has doubled in price. Star race…
Continue Reading Booker and Sanders propose a new federal agency to set drug prices
Sens. Cory Booker and Bernie Sanders are pushing for the creation of a new federal agency aimed at controlling the rising cost of prescription drugs.…
Continue Reading Germany makes measles vaccination compulsory for children
Germany’s parliament has voted to make measles vaccinations compulsory for children, with parents who fail to immunize their children facing…
Continue Reading A doorbell camera captured a woman screaming for help from a passing car. Police want to find her
A Los Angeles doorbell camera captured the gut-wrenching screams of a woman police say they believe may have been kidnapped, but it did not capture…
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