Following the reopening an investigation into the 2009 fatal police shooting of Oscar Grant, no charges will be brought against a second former Bay Area Rapid Transit officer, the Alameda County district attorney said in a statement Monday. Grant was fatally shot on January 1, 2009, while lying face down on a platform at the
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Customers observing coronavirus violations at businesses and restaurants can now complain on Yelp. The crowd-sourced review platform is expanding its Covid-19 section on profile pages to include information about enforcement of social distancing and if staff are wearing masks with new indicators activated by user reports. Yelp said Tuesday that the changes aim to “instill
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The next few days are going to be long, but by the end of Wednesday, we expect that President Donald Trump will be impeached a second time. The story over the upcoming days will continue to be not just what is happening on the floor, but how the Capitol and the members in it prepare
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John Reilly, a longtime soap opera actor known for his time on “General Hospital,” died on Saturday, his daughter confirmed to CNN. He was 86. “John Henry Matthew Reilly AKA Jack. The brightest light in the world has gone out,” Caitlin Reilly said in an Instagram post. “Imagine the best person in the world. Now
Continue Reading Following last week’s insurrection at the US Capitol, a growing number of companies are distancing themselves from President Donald Trump and supporters who are peddling false claims about his election loss. What’s happening: Airbnb said it will try to ban Capitol rioters from staying at properties on its platform as fears grow about more violence
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Crocs’ bittersweet moment has arrived in the midst of a global pandemic. The foam clog, derided by many for being “ugly,” expects 2020 to be a record sales year. On Monday, Crocs raised its fourth-quarter (ended Dec. 31) outlook and full-year outlook for 2021, now forecasting fourth quarterly year-over-year revenue to have increased about 55%
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An Indonesian search team has recovered one of the two black boxes that belonged to the Sriwijaya Air plane that crashed in the Java Sea with 62 people on board, a crucial instrument for investigators probing the cause of the crash. The flight data recorder was found as a team — including divers and a
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The FBI has received information indicating “armed protests” are being planned at all 50 state capitols and the US Capitol in Washington, DC in the days leading up to President-elect Joe Biden’s inauguration on January 20, according to an internal bulletin obtained by CNN. The news comes as security measures are being stepped up ahead
Continue Reading 2020 was one of the deadliest years for law enforcement officers in history, according to a group that tracks officer deaths in the line of duty. A report released Monday by the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund (NLEOMF) found that 264 federal, state, military, tribal and local law enforcement officers to date died in
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Facebook will begin removing all content that mentions the phrase “stop the steal,” a full 69 days after Election Day. The social media giant said in a blog post that it will ramp up enforcement against the phrase because it was used by those who participated in last week’s riots at the US Capitol. “With
Continue Reading A thorough cleaning is part of the every-four-years tradition that comes with the outgoing president and his family swapping White House living with the incoming president and family. The delicate and highly choreographed event of packing up and moving out, and unpacking and moving in, done by dozens of prepped and trained staff and movers,
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Videos of belligerent passengers at airports — some donning pro-Trump outfits — being forced off planes or denied boarding are circulating widely on social media, with many users describing the scenes as airport officials informing people that participated in the Capitol riot that they’re on a no-fly list. But that’s not necessarily the case. Though
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As pandemic quarantines go, this might be the best: sprawling on a hotel balcony overlooking azure Caribbean waters as you bake gently in the sun. But it isn’t enough for some. The past month has seen a slew of high-profile cases of tourists getting in trouble for breaking the rules while on a sun-and-sand vacation.
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News outlets are publishing more and more videos, photos and testimonials from Wednesday’s pro-Trump riot on Capitol Hill. And it’s becoming clear that as heinous as the attack looked in real time, on live TV and in our social feeds, it was even worse than we knew then. It was even more violent. It was
Continue Reading President Donald Trump will bookend his administration’s focus on immigration with a trip to his signature border wall on the US-Mexico border, a visit on the heels of a deadly riot on Capitol Hill incited by the President as House Democrats prepare a second impeachment vote. On Tuesday, Trump is expected to travel to Alamo,
Continue Reading The Presidential Inaugural Committee has announced the theme of President-elect Joe Biden’s inauguration: “America United.” Here’s what you need to know to Get Up to Speed and On with Your Day. (You can also get “5 Things You Need to Know Today” delivered to your inbox daily. Sign up here.) 1. Capitol riot The FBI
Continue Reading Today, Jayme Closs is surrounded by loved ones, doing well and taking life day by day, her aunt said — a far cry from fighting for her life just two years ago. Then 13 years old, Jayme escaped the home of the man who had killed her parents and abducted her for 87 days. Wearing
Continue Reading An Indonesian search team has recovered one of the two black boxes that belonged to the Sriwijaya Air plane that crashed in the Java Sea with 62 people on board three days ago. It was not immediately clear whether the box found was the the cockpit voice recorder or the flight data recorder, CNN Indonesia
Continue Reading A federal judge granted Lisa Montgomery, the only woman on federal death row, a stay of execution pending a competency hearing — just hours before she was scheduled to die. Judge James Hanlon of the US District Court for the Southern District of Indiana wrote in the order granting the stay, “Ms. Montgomery’s motion to
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Officials in South Korea have withdrawn recently published guidelines for pregnant women, following a backlash over their use of outdated sexist stereotypes. Seoul city government’s Pregnancy and Childbirth Information Center published the guidelines on its website on January 5, including instructions to “prepare instant foods like curry, black bean paste and soup, so the husband,
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