By Jacopo Prisco, CNN (CNN) — If you’ve heard a sonic boom recently, you probably remember it. The loud, explosion-like bang – caused by a plane flying faster than the speed of sound – can be startling, and even crack windows. Sonic booms are part of the reason why there are no supersonic passenger planes
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By Nadeen Ebrahim, CNN Abu Dhabi, UAE (CNN) — Just weeks before Hamas launched its October 7 attack on Israel, Saudi Arabia said it was inching closer to normalizing diplomatic ties with the Jewish state. Despite three months of war that have left more than 23,000 Palestinians dead and the Arab world seething, Riyadh is
Continue Reading By Marianne Garvey, CNN (CNN) — The 75th Primetime Emmy Awards, television’s top prize, will take place on Monday night after a delay from September due to industry strikes. “Succession” leads with 27 Emmy nominations, followed by “The Last of Us” with 24, “The White Lotus” with 23, and “Ted Lasso” with 21. Due to the voting
Continue ReadingBy Brandon Miller, Monica Garrett and Matt Stiles, CNN (CNN) — Iowa has held the Republican caucuses every four years since 1976 in either January or February, putting them at risk for cold, but nothing like what happened Monday. Live Coverage: Follow the latest Iowa caucus developments and results here Iowans woke up on Monday
Continue ReadingCNNEspañol sjv (CNN) — Piensen en un piloto kamikaze y la imagen que se le viene a uno a la mente probablemente sea una cara gritando oscurecida por gafas lanzándose a una zambullida mortal. O tal vez sin rostro alguno y solo un avión de combate chocando contra un buque de guerra. Probablemente no sea
Continue Reading By Olga Voitovych, Anna Chernova, Victoria Butenko, Svitlana Vlasova and Rob Picheta, CNN (CNN) — Ukraine claimed it destroyed a Russian spy plane over the Sea of Azov on Monday, in what would be a significant strike against Moscow’s aerial capabilities. Ukraine’s Commander-in-Chief Valerii Zaluzhnyi initially said on Telegram on Monday that two aircraft had been
Continue Reading By Amir Tal, CNN Jerusalem (CNN) — A woman in her 70s was killed Monday and 17 other people were injured in twin attacks in the central Israeli city of Raanana, according to hospitals treating the victims. Israeli police said two suspects stole vehicles and ran over a number of people in the city north
Continue ReadingBy Lauren Piesko Click here for updates on this story SAGINAW, Michigan (WNEM) — Friday’s winter storm was the first big winter storm Mid-Michigan experienced this winter and some Saginaw families are making the most of it. Many flocked to Hoyt Park to enjoy sledding and other winter fun. “We’re having a great time with
Continue ReadingBy ZEKE MILLER AP White House Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) — A fake 911 call that the White House was on fire has sent emergency vehicles to the complex. President Joe Biden and his family were at Camp David in Maryland when the call came in Monday morning. A person familiar with the matter says fire
Continue ReadingBy Shoshana Stahl, Cameron Bopp Click here for updates on this story EDWARDSVILLE, Illinois (KMOV) — A Metro East church operating as a warming shelter is facing pushback and the potential for thousands of dollars in fines after the city ordered it to close its doors due to zoning permit issues. First Baptist Church in
Continue ReadingPHILADELPHIA (AP) — Police have opened a vandalism investigation into the spray-painting of a swastika on a wall adjacent to a Holocaust memorial in Philadelphia over the weekend. Authorities say the symbol, measuring about two feet by two feet and scrawled with green spray-paint, was reported Sunday on the wall adjacent to the Horowitz-Wasserman Holocaust
Continue ReadingBy JEFF MARTIN and JEFFREY COLLINS Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Communities across the nation celebrated the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday on Monday with acts of service, prayer services and parades. But with the November presidential election as a backdrop, some events took on an overtly political turn. In King’s hometown of Atlanta, several
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By Oren Liebermann and Haley Britzky, CNN (CNN) — A Houthi anti-ship ballistic missile struck a US-owned and operated cargo ship on Monday, US Central Command said in a statement. The attack against the Gibraltar Eagle appears to be the first time the Houthis have successfully struck a US-owned or operated ship, raising the stakes
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By Ben Morse, CNN (CNN) — Andy Murray says there is a definite possibility he has played his final Australian Open match after a straight-set defeat in the first round of this year’s tournament. Murray, 36, lost 6-4 6-2 6-2 to Argentina’s Tomás Martín Etcheverry on Monday, just his second opening-round defeat at the grand
Continue ReadingBy Alex Gaul Click here for updates on this story ST. LOUIS, Missouri (KMOV) — Local snow plow crews worked to remove snow Sunday, in spite of extremely cold temperatures and wind chills that hit the St. Louis region this weekend. St. Louis received a light coating of snow Saturday evening, and many snow removal
Continue ReadingCNNEE (CNN Español) — En México, es necesario que todos los ciudadanos mayores de 18 años cuenten con la credencial del Instituto Nacional Electoral (INE) para poder votar en las próximas elecciones generales del 2 de junio, en donde se elegirá presidente, diputados, senadores y autoridades locales. En total, se votará para elegir 20.375 cargos,
Continue ReadingBy SONIA PÉREZ D. Associated Press GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — Guatemala’s new president has huge challenges to address now that he’s finally been sworn into office. After months of efforts to derail his inauguration, old guard legislators delayed Bernardo Arévalo’s swearing-in by 10 hours on Sunday. The ceremony ended up taking place very early Monday.
Continue ReadingBy WALA Staff Click here for updates on this story ASHEVILLE, North Carolina (WALA) — High schoolers across North Carolina gathered in Asheville on Sunday, Jan. 14, for a robotics tournament. Students spent months building, coding, and testing their robots in preparation for this first qualifier at Asheville School. If their bots performed well enough
Continue ReadingBy Justin Berger Click here for updates on this story ASHEVILLE, North Carolina (WALA) — It’s been more than three weeks since two people were killed in a music studio on New Leicester Highway. There have been no arrests made. On Sunday, Jan. 14, Keshaunda Jones, the mother of 20-year-old Marck’ia “Minnie” Jones — one
Continue ReadingCNN Analysis by Stephen Collinson, CNN Des Moines, Iowa (CNN) — The storied history of the Iowa caucuses has never seen anything like this. A fateful election year likely to put the country’s institutions to an extreme test opens Monday as the first-in-the-nation state shivers under a blast of perishing polar weather. But it’s not
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