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Best Black Friday 2019 Apple deals available right now (just updated)
This story is part of Holiday Gift Guide 2019, your source for the season’s best gifts and deals, hand-picked by the experts at CNET. It’s hard not to find something on sale during the weeks-long shopping extravaganza collectively referred to as Black Friday (and Cyber Monday), even when it comes to high-end Apple gifts. The new iPhone …
Positive signals grow on U.S.-China trade deal
U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer, Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and Chinese Vice Premier Liu He discussed progress in the talks in a phone call Monday. China’s Ministry of Commerce said the two sides discussed how to resolve core concerns and reached consensus on how to resolve related issues, according to an informal translation of an …
Major Snow Totals, Even More To Fall During The Day Tuesday – CBS Denver
(CBS4) – A major Colorado snowstorm has dropped huge amounts of snow in the Denver metro area and in northern Colorado, and it’s not done. Plan on another 5 to 8 inches in the Denver metro area Tuesday and another 3 to 6 inches in the Ft Collins area where there is already more than …
Judge tells Trump he’s not a king — the President is not so sure
All of Trump’s scandals are fusing together into a momentous fight over his staggeringly broad claims of expansive presidential power. How it turns out will shape his personal political legacy, the nature of the office he has held for nearly three years and potentially the American political system itself. How much power does a President …
2019 Maui Invitational scores, bracket, schedule, teams: BYU beats UCLA, will meet Kansas in semifinals
So much for that highly-anticipated game between No. 3 Michigan State and No. 4 Kansas in the championship of the Maui Invitational. Virginia Tech didn’t cooperate on setting up a Spartans vs. Jayhawks showdown by upsetting Michigan State 71-66 Monday in the tournament’s first round The loss to the Hokies sends the Spartans into the …
Albania earthquake: At least four people killed in 6.4-magnitude tremor
The United States Geological Survey said the earthquake hit at an approximate depth of 20 kilometers (12 miles) early Tuesday local time. The epicenter was in the port city of Durres, about 13 miles from the capital Tirana. Social media videos from the area show several buildings have collapsed. Police told CNN-affiliate A2 that at …
Cave fire threatens homes in Santa Barbara County amid strong winds
A wind-driven brush fire that started late Monday afternoon in Los Padres National Forest near Highway 154 in Santa Barbara County moved quickly downhill, prompting mandatory evacuations and threatening homes. The Cave fire started just after 4 p.m. near East Camino Cielo and Painted Cave Road and by 8 p.m. had grown to at least …
Federal judge says former White House counsel Don McGahn must speak to House
“However busy or essential a presidential aide might be, and whatever their proximity to sensitive domestic and national-security projects, the President does not have the power to excuse him or her from taking an action that the law requires,” Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson wrote. “Stated simply, the primary takeaway from the past 250 years of …
Former White House counsel Donald McGahn must comply with House subpoena, non one is “above the law” judge rules
In a 118-page decision, U.S. District Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson of Washington, found no basis for a White House claim that the former counsel is “absolutely immune from compelled congressional testimony,” likely setting the stage for a historic separation-of-powers confrontation between the government’s executive and legislative branches. The House Judiciary Committee went to court in …
Charles Schwab confirms plans to buy Omaha-based TD Ameritrade in $26 billion deal
Charles Schwab is buying rival TD Ameritrade for $26 billion, a blockbuster deal accelerated by massive disruption in the online brokerage industry. Competitive pressure has already forced brokerages to make it free for customers to trade U.S. stocks online, and Schwab’s proposal would combine two of the biggest players in the industry.The tie-up announced Monday …
