CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here is a look back at the events of 2023. Notable US Events January 3 – Republican Kevin McCarthy fails to secure enough votes to be elected Speaker of the House in three rounds of voting. On January 7, McCarthy is elected House speaker after multiple days of negotiations and
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By Coy Wire and Issy Ronald, CNN (CNN) — From the first moment Pro Football Hall of Famer Steve Young began coaching his daughters’ high school flag football team, he was captivated. “I was blown away at their sense of, ‘Oh my gosh, I no longer love football because I get to watch it. I
Continue ReadingMCKINNEY, Texas (AP) — Authorities say a small plane overshot the runway while trying to land at a Texas airport and struck a car that was driving along a nearby road, injuring one person. Video shows the propeller plane smashed through a fence during the emergency landing in the Dallas suburb of McKinney on Saturday.
Continue ReadingBy R.J. RICO and JEFF AMY Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Police used tear gas and flash-bang grenades to halt a march seeking to stop construction of an Atlanta-area police and firefighter training center. The clash came Monday at the end of a 2-mile protest march to the training center site. Opponents call the project
Continue ReadingBy Jessica Xing, CNN (CNN) — A Pennsylvania man has been arrested and charged with felony arson after a fire at a New York racetrack left one person injured and more than two dozen horses dead, police said. Boyd H. Fenton, 32, of Athens, Pennsylvania, also faces felony charges of burglary, criminal mischief and assault,
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By Kevin Liptak and Piper Hudspeth Blackburn, CNN Washington (CNN) — A 3-year-old American citizen toddler is one of the hostages being held by Hamas in Gaza, the White House said Sunday. In a readout of a Sunday call between President Joe Biden and Qatar’s Emir, the White House said the child’s parents were killed
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By Chris Isidore, CNN New York (CNN) — You can add Taylor Swift to the list of things like wars, storms and other natural disasters that can prompt an airline to waive a change fee. LATAM Airlines, the largest airline in South America, announced Saturday it was waiving its change fees for customers who wanted
Continue Reading By Marianne Garvey, CNN (CNN) — The full trailer for Zack Snyder’s “Rebel Moon — Part One: A Child of Fire” promises an other world adventure. According to the official synopsis for the Netflix film, “After crash landing on a moon in the furthest reaches of the universe, Kora (Boutella), a stranger with a mysterious
Continue Readingurielblanco (CNN) — Murió Maryanne Trump Barry, la hermana mayor del expresidente Donald Trump, dijeron a CNN dos fuentes con conocimiento del asunto. Tenía 86 años. Barry, ex jueza federal y fiscal, fue seleccionada por el presidente Ronald Reagan para servir en la Corte Federal de Distrito en Nueva Jersey en 1983. Posteriormente, fue designada
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By Alicia Wallace, CNN Minneapolis (CNN) — New survey data released Monday by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York showed that US consumers believe inflation will continue to ease, the labor market will remain strong and they will continue to spend more than they did pre-pandemic. The October Survey of Consumer Expectations painted a
Continue ReadingBy Shelby Montgomery Click here for updates on this story OKLAHOMA CITY (KOCO) — A family of nine escaped to safety after a fire sparked early Monday morning at a northwest Oklahoma City home. Shortly before 1:30 a.m., crews responded to a house fire near Northwest 25th and MacArthur Boulevard. Firefighters told KOCO 5 that
Continue ReadingBy Maricela De La Cruz Click here for updates on this story STANISLAUS COUNTY, California (KCRA) — A fight for better working conditions has just begun for nearly 300 farmworkers in Stanislaus County as they voted to unionize. The win comes as a first under a new California law that allows for easier union representation
Continue Reading By Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — Former Slipknot drummer Jay Weinberg is speaking out about being let go from the group. “I was heartbroken and blindsided to receive the phone call that I did on the morning of November 5th; the news of which, most of you learned shortly after,” Weinberg wrote on Instagram.
Continue ReadingBy Peyton Headlee, Connor Hills Click here for updates on this story OVERLAND PARK, Kansas (KMBC) — Police are investigating after a shooting at Oak Park Mall late Sunday afternoon in Overland Park. A spokesperson with the Overland Park Police Department confirmed the shooting, along with the involvement of three undercover police officers, just before
Continue ReadingBy DASHA LITVINOVA Associated Press TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — An associate of opposition leader Alexei Navalny has been jailed by a court in the Siberian city of Tomsk pending trial. An ally of Ksenia Fadeyeva says the activist, who used to run Navalny’s office in Tomsk, has been jailed while she awaits her trial on
Continue Reading By Kristen Holmes, Shimon Prokupecz and Avery Lotz CNN (CNN) — Maryanne Trump Barry, the eldest sister of former President Donald Trump, has died, two sources with knowledge of the matter told CNN. She was 86. Barry, a former federal judge and prosecutor, was selected by President Ronald Reagan to serve on the Federal District
Continue ReadingAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House is releasing a strategy to potentially expand the availability of radio spectrum needed for cellphones, satellites, navigation, space travel and other emerging technologies. The increasingly digitized and mobile economy has put pressure on the available range of frequencies used for wireless communication. The spectrum is also vital
Continue ReadingKATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — Nepal’s government has decided to ban the popular social media app TikTok, saying it was disrupting “social harmony” in the country. The announcement was made following a Cabinet meeting on Monday. Foreign Minister Narayan Prakash Saud said the app would be banned immediately. He said that to make social media platforms
Continue ReadingBy THALIA BEATY Associated Press In September, the award-winning author and academic Ibram X. Kendi and Boston University acknowledged that they were laying off most of the staff at the research center he runs. The news prompted former colleagues to publicly question the BU Center for Antiracist Research’s ability to deliver on the promises it
Continue ReadingBy ALANNA DURKIN RICHER Associated Press WORCESTER, Mass. (AP) — A man and woman accused of operating a commercial sex ring with wealthy and prominent clients in Massachusetts and the Washington, D.C., suburbs have appeared in court. But a hearing on whether they should remain behind bars while they await trial was delayed until next
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