Monthly Archives: December 2016

Hollywood thinks kids can come up with movies. So we sat seven in a room and gave their ideas from laser monsters to polar bear witches to an Oscar-nominated producer and asked which one hed pick There are two things you should know about the upcoming movie $115m writedown on the film. So what happened? […]

Campaigners have been calling for investment to be brought forward to tackle what they say is a funding crisis in services for the elderly and disabled. Reality Check: Is social care getting more money? Laura Kuenssberg: How can social care be funded? Care: The alternative options How the care system works across the UK On […]

Hundreds of crucifixes have been erected across an Indiana town in protest after a lawsuit ordered a cross be removed from the town’s Christmas tree because its placement violated the First Amendment. Residents in Knightstown, about 40 miles east of Indianapolis, launched the cross campaign over the weekend after the American Civil Liberties Union filed […]

(CNN)Officials in Corpus Christi, Texas, on Thursday said a chemical used in asphalt may have contaminated the city’s water supply, prompting an advisory against using tap water for everything from drinking to bathing. A news release from the city stated the chemical is Indulin AA-86, an asphalt emulsifier. Three to 24 gallons of the chemical […]

The Martinellis try to preserve their family history and the agricultural spirit of the valley that is now surrounded on all sides by the tech company A Bay Area family is holding on to its ramshackle farmstead in the heart of Googles sprawling headquarters despite reason to believe it has been offered $5m to $7m […]

1977 report said Trump was completely tax-exempt for the next 30 years and Trump was convinced in 1988 he could win presidency, informant wrote The secret service of communist-era Czechoslovakia spied extensively on Donald Trump, it has emerged, with one informant alleging in 1977 that the future US president-elect is completely tax-exempt for the next […]

Image copyright Keith Hunter Ansty Plum – Wiltshire – by Coppin Dockray Covert House – Clapham, south London – by DSDHA Garden House – Hackney, east London – by Hayhurst and Co Modern Mews – central London – by Coffey Architects Murphy House – New Town, Edinburgh – by Richard Murphy Architects Outhouse – Forest […]

(CNN)Donald Trump’s real estate empire spans the globe, with Trump hotel, golf and condominium projects in South America, Europe and Asia. Watch CNN Investigations’ look into Trump’s international business partners on CNN’s “OutFront with Erin Burnett” at 7 p.m. ET on Thursday. Most of Trump’s overseas real estate ventures are licensing agreements: Trump is paid […]

DoJ alleges Sterling Heights violated religious freedom of American Islamic Community Center when it shot down a 2015 application to build mosque The US Department of Justice is suing the city of Sterling Heights, Michigan, alleging it violated federal law in 2015 when it denied a proposal to build a mosque in the city. The […]

Samsung washer models demonstrated at CES in 2013.Image: dAVID BECKER/GETTY IMAGES Things are not going well for Samsung. The company responsible for the infamous exploding Galaxy Note7 is now recalling a whopping 2.8 million of its top-loading washing machines, for… well, exploding. The decision to recall the products came after reports that 730 washer units […]