May 7 2019 — CNN — As deputies ran inside the STEM School Highlands Ranch, they could hear shots being fired. Two suspects had made their way deep inside the suburban Denver school and begun shooting inside two separate classrooms, Douglas County Sheriff Tony Spurlock said. An 18-year-old male student was killed and eight students were injured in the attack, which […]
May 7 2019 — CNN — US stocks fell sharply on Tuesday, as financial markets grappled with the risk of an all-out trade war between China and the United States.
May 7 2019 — CNN — A former adviser to first lady Melania Trump who was involved in the planning of President Donald Trump’s inauguration disputed the White House’s account of her 2018 departure, the New York Times reported Monday. Stephanie Winston Wolkoff objects to suggestions by White House officials that she was forced out of the East Wing job she […]
May 7 2019 — CNN — President Donald Trump’s decision to escalate tariffs on $200 billion of Chinese goods on Friday is angering American businesses that say they were taken by surprise. Importers received just five days’ notice about the sudden rise in the tariff rate to 25% from 10%. Phil Page, the CEO of Missouri-based Cap America, estimates that his […]
May 6 2019 — CNN — A new statement from Boeing indicates that the aerospace manufacturer knew about a problem with the 737 Max aircraft well before the deadly October 2018 Lion Air crash, but decided not to do anything about it. Boeing previously acknowledged that an alert system that was supposed to be a standard feature in the fleet “was […]
May 6 2019 — CNN — Donald Trump — warning that his presidency is being stolen — sure seems threatened by Robert Mueller, especially considering his declaration that the special counsel handed him “complete and total exoneration.” Trump on Sunday called for Mueller to be barred from testifying to Congress — in a hearing that could come as soon as May […]
May 5 2019 — CNN — Longshot Country House crossed the finish line second at the Kentucky Derby on Saturday but was declared the winner after second-favorite Maximum Security was disqualified for interference. It was the first time a Derby winner was disqualified because of a foul on the track. In 1968, Dancer’s Image won but failed a drug test and […]
May 5 2019 — CNN — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is concerned President Donald Trump will not voluntarily step down unless Democrats win by a “big” enough margin in 2020 that he doesn’t contest the results, the New York Times reported Saturday. In an interview with the newspaper this week, the Democratic leader expressed worry over a scenario where Trump would […]
May 4 2019 — CNN — A Boeing 737 plane arriving from the Guantanamo Bay military station in Cuba with 143 people aboard went off the runway and into the St. Johns River in Florida on Friday night, authorities said. The plane was in shallow water and not submerged in the river in Jacksonville, the Sheriff’s Office said. There were no […]
May 3 2019 — CNN — North Korea fired an unidentified short-range missile Saturday morning from the country’s eastern coast, the South Korean Defense Ministry confirmed to CNN by text message. The Defense Ministry added that South Korea and US authorities, are analyzing the details of the missile. The launch took place around at 9:06 a.m. (8:06 p.m. ET Friday). It […]
May 3 2019 — CNN — President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin spoke by telephone Friday morning for “over an hour,” during which they briefly discussed special counsel Robert Mueller’s report and other issues, White House press secretary Sarah Sanders said. Speaking to reporters at the White House, Sanders said the Mueller report was discussed “very, very briefly,” adding […]
Apr 30 2019 — CNN — Secretary of State Mike Pompeo claimed Tuesday that embattled Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro was preparing to leave the country for Cuba, but was talked out of it by Russia. “We’ve watched throughout the day, it’s been a long time since anyone’s seen Maduro,” Pompeo said in an interview with CNN’s Wolf Blitzer on “The Situation […]
Apr 30 2019 — CNN — Japan’s Emperor Akihito formally abdicated Tuesday during a historic ceremony in Tokyo, becoming the country’s first monarch to step down from the Chrysanthemum Throne in two centuries. His son, Crown Prince Naruhito, 59, will be inaugurated as the 126th emperor Wednesday, ushering in the Reiwa era.
Apr 30 2019 — CNN — Former Vice President Joe Biden’s announcement of a bid for the Democratic presidential nomination earned him an 11-point polling bounce, leaving him head and shoulders above the rest of the Democratic candidates. A new CNN poll conducted by SSRS after Biden’s announcement on Thursday shows 39% of voters who are Democrats or Democratic-leaning independents saying […]
Apr 29 2019 — CNN — Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein submitted his resignation letter to the White House Monday.