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ViacomCBS rings Nasdaq opening bell
CBSNews - 5 Dec 2019 21:09
CBS and Viacom have completed their merger. ViacomCBS Chairman Shari Redstone and ViacomCBS President and CEO Bob Bakish celebrated the new corporate combination with a ceremonial ringing of the opening bell at the Nasda...
Greta Gerwig Has Made Cinema's Greatest Little Women
Slate - 5 Dec 2019 04:08
Impeccably cast and radically reimagined, it's so stuffed with pleasures I don't know where to start.
Mocked Abroad and Assailed at Home, Trump Returns to Face Impeachment
The New York Times - 5 Dec 2019 06:26
Two days in London on the world stage provided him no respite.
Legal scholar says Trump's actions are "abuse of his office"
CBSNews - 5 Dec 2019 07:02
The House Judiciary Committee on Wednesday questioned four constitutional scholars on their views of impeachment. Susan Low Bloch, a legal scholar who testified during the impeachment of President Clinton, joins CBSN's "...
58 Migrants Dead After Boat Capsizes off Mauritania, U.N. Says
Time - 5 Dec 2019 06:36
It was one of the deadliest disasters this year among migrants trying to make the perilous journey to Europe
The week's good news: December 5, 2019
The Week - 6 Dec 2019 00:30
1. The unexpected musical partnership between Alan Tripp, 102, and Marvin Weisbord, 88, started with a poem. Tripp and Weisbord live in the same Pennsylvania retirement community, and right before he turned 100, Tripp pe...
Democrats eye impeachment vote by the end of 2019
CBSNews - 5 Dec 2019 07:02
Republicans argued Wednesday that Democrats are using the impeachment inquiry to meet a political timeline. Rebecca Roiphe, a CBSN legal contributor and former assistant district attorney in the New York County's Distric...
The Republican Impeachment Argument Is Unreasonable
Slate - 5 Dec 2019 06:53
But that's because reason doesn't work for them.
Gunman shoots three at U.S. military base in Hawaii, takes own life
Reuters - 5 Dec 2019 06:44
A gunman opened fire at the historic military base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii on Wednesday, base officials said, with local media reporting that at least three people were wounded, two of them critically, before the suspect...
Gold miners flash the cash in biggest deal binge in a decade
Reuters - 5 Dec 2019 02:04
Gold miners look set to extend a deal spree after notching transactions worth a record $30.5 billion this year, according to data, the biggest M&A binge since bullion prices peaked nearly a decade ago.
Karen McDougal sues Fox News after Tucker Carlson accused her of 'extortion'
The Week - 5 Dec 2019 22:53
Comments made by Tucker Carlson on his show last December just got Fox News hit with a lawsuit. Karen McDougal, the model who alleges she had an affair with President Trump beginning in 2006, has filed a slander lawsuit ...
Take a Break and Hit Play on This Enthralling Video of Ducks Waddling Around a Glass Roof
Time - 5 Dec 2019 22:05
Surprisingly soothing
Police: Rapper sucker-punched middle-aged dad during arcade altercation
Boston - 5 Dec 2019 20:51
Courtney Paul Wilson, whose stage name is ABGM Spitta, was arrested on a charge of aggravated battery causing bodily harm.
What sort of country would tolerate child poverty rising to 40%? Maybe the UK | Polly Toynbee
The Guardian - 5 Dec 2019 19:48
If the Tories win, their brutal cuts in spending on children will make more of them poorer by 2022. Labour says it will stop that Of all the destructions of the dismal decade, history will surely judge the deliberate dow...
Pelosi Says House Will Begin Drafting Impeachment Charges Against Trump
The New York Times - 5 Dec 2019 19:04
The speaker said she was instructing House committee chairmen to move forward with articles of impeachment against President Trump, escalating a partisan confrontation that could lead to a vote by Christmas
More than 100 people sick from E.coli outbreak in romaine lettuce: FDA
ABC News - 5 Dec 2019 19:01
Over 100 people are sick from an E.coli outbreak in romaine lettuce, according to the FDA.
Israeli same-sex couples find legal loophole for marriage
CBSNews - 5 Dec 2019 18:59
Israel embraces gay tourists - and even hosts a gay Pride - but lags behind when it comes to gay rights
Lee Hall picks Philly cheesesteak, onion rings as last meal on death row
New York Post - 5 Dec 2019 18:56
Tennessee death row inmate Lee Hall will be chowing down a Philly cheesesteak before he is scheduled to be put to death Thursday, according to new reports. Hall, 53, has also selected two orders of onion rings, a slice o...
Pelosi says Democrats will draft articles of impeachment against Trump
Reuters - 5 Dec 2019 18:55
U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Thursday said she has directed a House committee to draft articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump over his effort to pressure Ukraine to investigate a ...
World of Weddings: Same-sex couples in Israel find legal loophole to recognize marriages
CBSNews - 5 Dec 2019 18:46
In our World of Weddings series, we are exploring the different ways people get married and celebrate their love around the globe. Seth Doane traveled to Tel Aviv where he met a same-sex couple who had to find a legal lo...
Library of Congress exhibit shows Rosa Parks was no accidental activist
CBSNews - 5 Dec 2019 18:45
In our series "A More Perfect Union," we aim to show that what unites us as Americans is far greater than what divides us. That principle is embodied by Rosa Parks, whose actions inspired the civil rights movement. She w...
Black Lives Matter protester crashes Pete Buttigieg event in Indiana
New York Post - 5 Dec 2019 18:43
An event designed to showcase black support for Pete Buttigieg in Indiana went off the rails Wednesday night when a Black Lives Matter protester rushed the stage and was nearly clobbered by a cane-wielding senior citizen...