daily links: november 2019

11.1.19
NBC News—Beto O'Rourke ends his 2020 presidential campaign
ABCnews.com—Trump switches his official residence from New York to Florida
CNN.com—Deadspin's entire staff resigns in protest of editorial policies handed down by their new owners, a private equity firm
USA Today—Google to buy Fitbit for $2.1 billion
CBS News—UPS plans to hire 50,000 workers on a single day to handle holiday delivery surge
BBC News—China launches 5G networks in 50 cities


11.4.19
USA Today—Transcripts from some of the closed door impeachment depositions released to the public
NBC News—Writer who accused Trump of sexual assault is now suing him for defamation
CBS News—McDonald's CEO terminated after he admitted to a consensual relationship with another employee, violating company policy
CNN.com—Cleveland Browns player cut after sending a series of threatening, profane tweets after latest loss
BBC News—Microsoft experiments with four day workweek and limiting meetings to no more than 30 minutes
ABCnews.com—Apple commits $2.5 billion to help solve the California housing crisis


11.11.19
CNN.com—Federal judge says that Trump can't stop NY state from releasing his tax returns
CBS News—Landlord accused of illegally evicting tenants so he could list their apartments on Airbnb
ABCnews.com—New York probing Apple Card after allegations of gender bias in setting credit limits
NBC News—Italy passes law requiring all cars to have seat alarms in order to prevent hot car deaths
USA Today—Country club sues one of its own waiters after he accidentally spills wine on an expensive purse
BBC News—Joker becomes the most profitable comic book movie in history based on its production cost and total ticket sales


11.12.19
CNN.com—Supreme Court allows lawsuit from Sandy Hook families against gun manufacturer Remington to proceed
CBS News—Landlord accused of illegally evicting tenants so he could list their apartments on Airbnb
NBC News—Disney Plus hits capacity snags on launch day
BBC News—Gene causes vegetables to taste exceptionally bitter to some people
ABCnews.com—America's largest milk manufacturer files for bankruptcy
USA Today—Aston Martin reveals its first motorcycle, of which it will produce only 100 units


11.13.19
CNN.com—First day of public impeachment hearings include damning testimony about Trump's actions and motivations
ABCnews.com—WHO approves world's first Ebola vaccine
CBS News—Nike to stop selling its shoes through Amazon
BBC News—Venice mayor blames historic flooding on climate change
USA Today—Apple unveils new Macbook Pro with larger screen
NBC News—Disney+ reaches 10 million subscribers on its first day of launch


11.14.19
CNN.com—Trump asks Supreme Court to block subpoena for his tax returns
CBS News—High school student murders two of his classmates win a gun and wounds three others before killing himself
NBC News—Trump administration preparing to seize private land in order to build a border wall
USA Today—Republican candidate finally concedes in Kentucy governor's race
BBC News—Eddie Murphy to star in fourth Beverly Hills Cop movie that will be a Netflix exclusive
ABCnews.com—Disney+ adds warning about racist stereotypes in some of the older Disney movies available on the streaming service


11.15.19
USA Today—Former ambassador to Ukraine testifies before Congress in impeachment hearings
ABCnews.com—Jury finds Trump associate and campaign advisor guilty in all seven counts stemming from the Mueller investigation
BBC News—Amazon appeals the awarding of a $10 billion Pentagon cloud contract to Microsoft
CNN.com—Nike releases a shoe made specifically for hospital workers
NBC News—Man claims that once his boss found out he was gay, his pay was cut in half so he'd be on par with "other females"
CBS News—Cleveland Browns defensive star Miles Garrett suspended indefinitely from the NFL after ripping the helmet off an opposing quarterback and hitting him with it


11.18.19
CBS News—House investigating whether Trump lied to Mueller in his written answers
CNN.com—Chick-fil-A says it will no longer donate to anti-LGBTQ organizations
ABCnews.com—Supreme Court puts an indefinite hold on Congress' demand to see Trump's taxes as part of its investigation
NBC News—New bill would limit use of facial recognition technology by law enforcement, but only among federal agencies
BBC News—Ford unveils electric Mustang
USA Today—Jack Daniel's unveils liquor-based advent calendar


11.19.19
NBC News—Public testimony in impeachment probe continues
BBC News—Wikipedia founder launches social network aimed at replacing the toxic Facebook
ABCnews.com—Man pleads guilty to federal charges for making illegal bullets used by Las Vegas shooter
NBC News—New bill would limit use of facial recognition technology by law enforcement, but only among federal agencies
CBS News—Fox files trademark for "OK boomer"
USA Today—Vegan sues Burger King over Impossible Burger


11.20.19
CNN.com—Trump's EU ambassador implicates pretty much everyone, including the president himself, it the Ukraine extortion scheme
CBS News—House passes bill that would federally decriminalize cannabis
NBC News—Google says it will limit targeting for election ads
ABCnews.com—Telescope that has been protested in Hawaii could find new home in the Canary Islands
BBC News—Baltimore mayor who resigned in disgrace charged with fraud
USA Today—New York sues Juul for marketing their vaping products to teens


11.21.19
ABCnews.com—Trump wants to prevent the Navy from taking disciplinary action against a SEAL who posed with the corpse of an enemy while deployed in Iraq
BBC News—Federal executions, reinstated by Bill Barr, are halted by federal judge over concerns about how the convicted men will be put to death
CNN.com—Massachusetts passes bill banning all flavored tobacco products and imposing new tax on vaping devices
CBS News—Hotel offers $1 rooms—as long as guest agree to livestream everything that happens during their stay
USA Today—Taco Bell testing chicken tenders
NBC News—Coldplay says it will not tour behind its upcoming new album due to environmental concerns


11.22.19
BBC News—SpaceX Starship prototype experiences major failure during testing
NBC News—Bank robber says police illegally used Google location data to find and apprehend him
ABCnews.com—California increases taxes on legal cannibis sales
USA Today—Bumble Bee tuna files for bankruptcy in wake of price fixing scandal
CBS News—Amazon plans to open cashierless grocery stores
CNN.com—GM will start selling electric pickup trucks in 2021

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