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(Bloomberg) -- Elizabeth Warren called out Blackstone Group Inc. for its real estate practices as she laid out her tenants’ rights plan, accusing the company of “shamelessly” profiting from the 2008 housing crisis.Her criticism on Monday was the latest instance of the Democratic 2020 presidential candidate singling out Wall Street companies and investors by name for actions she says contribute to inequality.In a Medium post where she laid out proposals to strengthen tenants’ rights, Warren assailed... Читать дальше...

On November 16, 2019, a two-wheeled motorcycle with three people was hit by a small car. One person on the motorcycle died on the spot and one person was injured. The other one and the driver of the car were fine. The police reported that the driver involved in the test was exhaled alcohol test on the spot, and there was no drunk driving. It has been controlled and the accident is further investigated. {{file|t=kaDV_1574110537}}

He’s at the peak of his powers and owns plenty of hardware, but there’s the overwhelming feeling that Callum Smith has so much more left to accomplish. The Liverpool-born super middleweight is The Ring Magazine champion, the WBA titleholder and an Ali trophy winner. He came of age with a seventh-round body shot knockout of […]

1. Taylor Swift cleared to perform hits at AMAs amid feud with Scooter Braun, Big Machine Records: report  Fox News
2. Scooter Braun "Frustrated" With Scott Borchetta Over Taylor Swift Feud | E! News  E! News
3. Taylor Swift's American Music Awards Medley In Limbo Amid Conflicting Reports  NPR
4. Opening Bell 11.18.19  Dealbreaker
5. Scooter Braun Would Like to Distance Himself From This Taylor Swift Feud  Vanity Fair
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TUGUEGARAO CITY, Philippines—More than 200 people in Cagayan were evacuated on Monday as Severe Tropical Storm “Ramon” (international name: Kalmaegi) barreled toward land, and was expected to hit the northern part of the province during the night or early morning. Rogelio Sending Jr., Cagayan provincial information officer, said most of the evacuees were residents of […]

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HAMILTON, Iowa (AP) - Crews have found the body of a woman while fighting a mobile home fire in the tiny southern Iowa city of Hamilton.

An obstacle to generating fusion reactions inside facilities called tokamaks is that producing the current in plasma that helps create confining magnetic fields happens in pulses. Such pulses, generated by an electromagnet that runs down the center of the tokamak, would make the steady-state creation of fusion energy difficult to achieve. To address the problem, physicists have developed a technique known as transient coaxial helicity injection (CHI) to create a current that is not pulsed.

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Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is speaking out about why he's not speaking out.Pompeo gave one of the Trump administration's rare press conferences Monday to announce another pro-Israel policy and was immediately hit with impeachment questions. Specifically, Pompeo was asked about one current and one former State Department employee -- and refused to defend them even though he said earlier that's something he "always" does.After his announcement, Pompeo was asked to respond to accusations that... Читать дальше...

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is speaking out about why he's not speaking out.

Representatives from across the Middle East are meeting at UN Headquarters this week in efforts to negotiate a legally binding treaty establishing a regional zone free of nuclear weapons and other weapons of mass destruction.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) has announced the qualifiers and seeds for the 2019 NAIA Women's Volleyball National Championship, with the American Midwest Conference (AMC) having three teams make the field.

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said Monday he and his Republican colleagues are eager to pass temporary funding legislation keeping the government open through Dec. 20.

1. Pompeo says US does not view Israeli settlements as violation of international law – live  The Guardian
2. Trump impeachment news – live: President considers testifying over Ukraine scandal, as White House scrambles to deny serious health condition  The Independent
3. Trump to ‘strongly consider’ testifying in impeachment probe  Financial Times
4. Mike Huckabee: Democrats' Trump impeachment theatrics a sign of their growing desperation – It's now a parody  Fox News
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Nick Wright loves nothing more than bashing the Patriots, but he still knows how to give credit when credit is... Read More »

ANKARA The European Union on Monday called on all sides in Hong Kong to exercise restraint and said that any violence is “unacceptable”. Maja Kocijancic, a spokeswoman for the EU Commission, said in a news briefing in Brussels that the EU continues to monitor the situation in Hong Kong. “We repeat our call to all […]

ATLANTA (AP) - The city of Atlanta is planning a vigil to honor transgender people who die in crimes.

Alphabet subsidiary DeepMind supplied the AI and machine learning models behind the Google Play Store's app recommender algorithms.

• Insider chose 16 bad albums by high-profile artists that were released in 2019 and ranked them by Metacritic scores.
• "In My Defense" by Iggy Azalea was ranked most disappointing with the lowest score of 39/100.
• "She Is Coming" by Miley Cyrus, "Free Spirit" by Khalid, "No. 6 Collaborations Project" by Ed Sheeran, and "Jesus Is King" by Kanye West also made the list.
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Music lovers were blessed with some excellent albums this year... Читать дальше...

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