By Jonathan DeLise Tokyo (CNN) — Japanese-produced whisky, nihonshu (sake), and beer are popular around the world. But one bar in Tokyo has been trying to reintroduce to locals and visitors alike a taste of doburoku, one of the oldest and most controversial drinks in Japanese history. Heiwa Doburoku Kabutocho Brewery is in the Nihombashi
Continue ReadingBy Daniel Dale, CNN Washington (CNN) — Former President Donald Trump repeated a series of false claims, many of which have long been debunked, about immigration and other subjects in his speech at a Sunday evening rally at Madison Square Garden in New York City. Here is a fact check of 16 false claims he
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Associated Press PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Jerami Grant scored 28 points to lead the Portland Trail Blazers to a 125-103 victory over the New Orleans Pelicans on Sunday for their first win of the season. Anfernee Simons pitched in 27 points and six assists as the Blazers bounced back from a 105-103 loss to the
Continue ReadingCNN By Gregory Krieg, CNN (CNN) — Donald Trump’s rally at Madison Square Garden in New York began with a series of profane attacks on Kamala Harris, Hillary Clinton, other Democratic leaders, Puerto Rico and migrants sheltering in the city. Local Trump loyalists, who made up many of the event’s speakers’ list ahead of the
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By Michelle Watson and Nadia Kounang, CNN (CNN) — McDonald’s will resume selling Quarter Pounders in all restaurants this week after considering new data regarding an E. coli outbreak linked to its famed burgers, the company announced Sunday. The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued a food safety alert Tuesday warning that dozens of people had
Continue ReadingLuis Ernesto Quintana Barney (CNN) — Se espera que la superestrella de los Dodgers de Los Ángeles, Shohei Ohtani, juegue en el Juego 3 de la Serie Mundial, dijo el mánager de los Dodgers, Dave Roberts, en una conferencia de prensa el domingo. Roberts dijo a los periodistas que la decisión final probablemente se reduzca
Continue ReadingBy Gregory Krieg, CNN (CNN) — Former President Donald Trump closed his Madison Square Garden rally on Sunday with an ominous 80-minute speech denouncing his political rivals, assailing immigrants and promising to invoke an 18th century law to pave the way for mass deportations. But it was the opening acts of the New York City
Continue ReadingBy Gerardo Lemos and Mitchell McCluskey, CNN (CNN) — Bolivia’s former president Evo Morales said his car was fired on in what he claimed was an “assassination attempt” amid simmering political tensions in the South American country. Morales, who was not injured, blamed the government for the attack, which he called a “failure” that adds
Continue ReadingBy Cindy Von Quednow, CNN (CNN) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Sunday announced a proposal to more than double the state’s film and tax incentives, which he says will create more competition among other states and countries offering similar perks to the entertainment industry. The new proposal will expand the annual tax credit pool
Continue ReadingAssociated Press Bad Bunny threw his support behind Vice President Kamala Harris on Sunday by sharing a video of the Democratic presidential nominee shortly after a comedian at Donald Trump’s Madison Square Garden rally made crude jokes about Latinos and called Puerto Rico a “floating island of garbage,” angering artists and some Hispanic Republicans. Bad
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It’s been a “spook-tacular” weekend in the Mountain View High School Auditorium. As the school’s theatre program presents: Traveling Terrors, a haunted carnival experience. People got to enjoy a three-day immersive, interactive experience featuring: clowns, fortune tellers and a ringmaster. There was also a non-scary area for younger kids.
Continue ReadingAssociated Press HAVANA (AP) — Ramon Espinosa started working for The Associated Press in 2000 in Spain. Five years later, he was sent to the Dominican Republic and then Haiti. Since 2012 he has been based in Cuba. Here’s what he said about making this extraordinary photo.
Continue ReadingBy Zoe Sottile, CNN (CNN) — Tennessee authorities are searching for a man who they say called 911 claiming he had been chased by a bear – leading first responders to a dead body and sparking a manhunt for the caller. The incident began on October 18 when a man called 911 pretending to be
Continue ReadingBy Gregory Krieg, Priscilla Alvarez and Jeff Simon, CNN (CNN) — The road to the White House goes through Philadelphia, Vice President Kamala Harris said on Sunday, as she made several stops across the city that could determine her fate in Pennsylvania — and with it, the race to 270 electoral votes. Harris was joined
Continue ReadingAP Technology Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — McDonald’s announced Sunday that Quarter Pounders will again be on its menu at hundreds of its restaurants after testing ruled out beef patties as the source of the outbreak of E. coli poisoning tied to the popular burgers that killed one person and sickened at least 75 others
Continue ReadingAndrea Gomez (CNN) — La vicepresidenta Kamala Harris visitó Freddy & Tony’s Restaurant, un restaurante puertorriqueño en el norte de Filadelfia, y les dijo a los clientes que quiere que el país deje atrás la “era Trump” y que cree que son parte de una “nueva generación de liderazgo”. “La llamada ‘era Trump’ ha consistido
Continue ReadingBy Dana Karni and Tim Lister, CNN (CNN) — An Israeli MP behind a bill that would prevent the main UN agency in Gaza and the West Bank from working in Israel has accused the US ambassador in Israel of lobbying opposition leaders to block the move. If the bill passes in the Israeli parliament, the Knesset, this
Continue ReadingBy Jill Dougherty, CNN Tbilisi, Georgia (CNN) — In a dramatic show of unity, Georgia’s often fractured opposition gathered at the presidential palace in Tbilisi, standing shoulder to shoulder behind the president, Salome Zourabichvili, as she defiantly announced, “I do not recognize these elections. Recognizing them would be tantamount to legitimizing Russia’s takeover of Georgia
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Ruth Burleigh, for whom serving as Bend’s first woman mayor was just one part of a long life full of civic and community involvement and accomplishments, has died at the age of 98.
Continue ReadingBelén Liotti (CNN) –– Un orador que participó en el mitin del expresidente Donald Trump en el Madison Square Garden este domingo se refirió a Puerto Rico como una “isla flotante de basura”. El comediante Tony Hinchcliffe, quien presenta el podcast “Kill Tony”, fue el primer orador durante la programación del mitin de Trump en
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