SoftBank’s massive WeWork bailout hands ousted founder $1.7 billion golden parachute
SoftBank is bailing out WeWork in a deal that will give the Japanese tech company almost total ownership of the troubled office space startup. It…
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Star Wars and me: A 40-year love story
The part of the internet that grew up with the four-decade-long saga known as “Star Wars” was in tears on Monday, as the final trailer…
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Washing your hands is the best way to stop the E. coli superbug
People failing to wash their hands after going to the toilet, rather than undercooked meat or other food, is behind the spread of…
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Soto homers, doubles and Nats win World Series Game 1 over favored Astros, 5-4
HOUSTON, Texas — Juan Soto homered onto the train tracks high above the left field wall and hit a two-run double as the Washington Nationals tagged…
Continue Reading How much more of Donald Trump can Republicans possibly take?
Everyone has a breaking point. It’s worth remembering that fact at this moment as congressional Republicans find themselves confronted with a…
Continue Reading In Trump world, flattery will get you everywhere — and nowhere
If presidencies were branding exercises, sycophancy would be the trademark of the Trump era. Sycophancy in politics is often hard to see, something…
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Why British Champions Day is ‘like the FA Cup final’
A collective gasp rolls around Ascot as superstar Stadivarius and popular jockey Frankie Dettori lose their crown after a gritty fight to the finish.…
Continue Reading There’s a scientific reason you crave junk food when you don’t get enough sleep
It’s 3 a.m. and you’re wide awake for the second night in a row. You get up and stumble to the kitchen for some warm milk mom swears will…
Continue Reading Early UAW votes on ending the GM strike a mixed bag
Nearly 50,000 General Motors employees are in the process of voting on a tentative labor deal that could end their five-week strike. The early…
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US diplomat directly ties Trump to Ukraine quid pro quo
The top US diplomat in Ukraine, Bill Taylor, testified Tuesday that he had been told President Donald Trump would withhold military aid to the…
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Reclaiming Inuit culture, one tattoo at a time
Candice Pedersen remembers hearing about her great-grandmother’s tattoos and wanting the same traditional markings on her skin. “She had…
Continue Reading Disneyland guests warned of measles exposure after infected person visits park
A Los Angeles County resident visited Disneyland last week while infectious with measles, health officials said late Tuesday, potentially exposing…
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Las Cruces man is among umpires for World Series
LAS CRUCES, New Mexico — A veteran Major League Baseball umpire from Las Cruces is on the officiating crew for this year’s World Series pitting the…
Continue Reading CNN Poll: Biden’s lead in Democratic primary hits widest margin since April
Former Vice President Joe Biden’s lead in the race for the Democratic nomination for president has rebounded, and now stands at its widest…
Continue Reading Investors react to a flood of CEO departures
Happy Wednesday. 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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Chinese cafe paints dogs to look like giant pandas
A Chinese cafe is under fire for painting dogs as pandas to stand out in the competitive pet cafe market. The cafe — in the southwestern city…
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This Kenyan artist is illustrating African women like you have never seen before
Phoebe Ouma spends a lot of her time with a pencil between her fingers, sketching women and clothing she finds interesting. Born in Nairobi,…
Continue Reading Always is taking the female symbol off its packaging to be inclusive of transgender and nonbinary customers
Always sanitary products will remove the Venus symbol, historically used to represent the female sex, from its products to be inclusive of…
Continue Reading RugbyX: ‘Rock-and-roll’ five-a-side rugby seeking to capitalize on Rugby World Cup success
As the eyes of the rugby world focus on Japan for the final stages of the Rugby World Cup, back in the UK, six teams will go head-to-head in…
Continue Reading Parents, your kids are at risk from hate group outreach
Joanna Schroeder is a mother of three in Los Angeles who has made it something of a mission to warn parents of the racism running throughout social…
Continue Reading Remains found in a landfill identified as a missing South Carolina 5-year-old
Police have been looking for 5-year-old Naveah Lashay Adams since August, and they say they have found her body in a South Carolina landfill. Nevaeh…
Continue Reading Top Republicans in Congress break with Trump over ‘lynching’ comment
Top Congressional Republicans broke with President Donald Trump on Tuesday over the President’s comparison of the impeachment inquiry to a…
Continue Reading Chinese report counts 206 unicorns. That’s more than America
China has surpassed the United States to become the world’s biggest hub for unicorns, according to a new report from a Shanghai-based research…
Continue Reading You might want to change the time of day you take your blood pressure medicine
You may want to take your blood pressure medicine at bedtime rather than when you get up in the morning, according to a study published Tuesday in…
Continue Reading Kylian Mbappe scores hat-trick to surpass Lionel Messi goal record
Kylian Mbappe became the youngest player to score 15 Champions League goals after netting a second-half hat-trick in PSG’s 5-0 rout of Club…
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Texas GOP House Speaker drops re-election bid after secret tape scandal
AUSTIN, Texas — First-term Texas House Speaker Dennis Bonnen announced Tuesday he will not seek reelection to the lower chamber in 2020 —…
Continue Reading Dramatic deposition rocks Trump’s impeachment defense
Democrats may have just unearthed their smoking gun and the quid pro quo in one fell swoop after the most consequential and dramatic turn yet in…
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Blue Halloween buckets signifying autism draw mixed reaction from El Pasoans
EL PASO, Texas — The blue bucket trend started after a post on Facebook went viral. It was posted by a mother whose son has autism, encouraging…
Continue Reading Can the Democrats avoid a brokered convention?
Will 2020 see the return of the brokered national political convention — that is, a convention where delegates are unable to agree on a nominee…
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