CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at the US Strategic Petroleum Reserve. Facts The US Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) is a stockpile of crude oil owned by the US government. It provides a back-up supply of crude oil if the commercial oil supply is disrupted. The crude oil is stored in underground salt
Continue ReadingKANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Royals and right-hander Brady Singer agreed to a $4.85 million contract Thursday, and fellow pitchers Nick Anderson, Carlos Hernández and Kyle Wright also agreed to deals, keeping Kansas City from going to arbitration this season. Anderson will make $1,575,000 after arriving from Atlanta, where he was 4-0 with a
Continue ReadingCNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here is a look at Arab Spring, anti-government protests that began in Tunisia in December 2010 and spread throughout the Middle East and Africa in 2011. Algeria January 4, 2011 – Protests begin, sparked by an increase in food prices. January 9, 2011 – Within the span of a week,
Continue ReadingBy Faith Karimi, CNN (CNN) — A Houston rapper kidnapped a pregnant woman and kept her captive in his squalid garage for more than four years despite her repeated attempts to escape, police say. Lee Carter, 52, whose stage name is Viper, was arrested last week and charged with aggravated kidnapping, according to court documents
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A UTV crash in Cooper County Wednesday afternoon sent two people to the hospital.
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This week’s roundup includes furniture kits, sausages and another Ford vehicle.
Continue ReadingBy Jack Guy, CNN (CNN) — The world’s oldest known fossilized skin belonged to a species of reptile that lived before dinosaurs roamed the Earth, a new study has found. The fragment of fossilized reptile skin was found in a limestone cave in Oklahoma, United States, and is at least 130 million years older than
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The City of Columbia is getting $3.6 million from the federal government to build 44 electric vehicle chargers.
Continue ReadingBy Christian Edwards, CNN (CNN) — South Africa accused Israel of genocide in an unprecedented case at the United Nations’ top court, saying the country’s leadership was “intent on destroying the Palestinians in Gaza” and calling for the court to order a halt to Israel’s military campaign in the enclave. On the first of two days
Continue ReadingBy JULIA FRANKEL and ALON BERNSTEIN Associated Press KIBBUTZ BE’ERI, Israel (AP) — Relatives of civilians killed at a kibbutz in southern Israel during the Oct. 7 attack by Hamas are demanding the military immediately investigate signs that some may have been killed by Israeli security forces as they battled militants holding hostages. The military
Continue ReadingBy Lianne Kolirin, CNN (CNN) — A brown and arid scrubland of a lawn is not something many gardeners would brag about. But that is exactly the kind of yard competition organizers in Sweden were looking for when they launched the prize for the “World’s Ugliest Lawn.” People from around the world were invited to
Continue ReadingBy Rikki Klaus, CNN (CNN) — The first time Leslie Jordan held her son, she didn’t recognize he was her child. “I didn’t know I had delivered. I was just like, ‘Is this my baby?’” Jordan recalled, adding the whole room was crying. Two days after her son’s birth, Jordan said she had a searing headache.
Continue ReadingBy Joseph Ataman, Frederik Pleitgen and Daria Tarasova-Markina, CNN Kyiv, Ukraine (CNN) — In the snow-filled skies above Ukraine, a deadly game is playing out. Russia began the new year with a barrage of air attacks, including the heaviest night of missile strikes since the war began, as Ukraine battles to meet an evolving threat with its limited supply of
Continue ReadingBy Alexandra Banner, CNN (CNN) — Prices are falling for TVs, cars, and gasoline as the US economy continues to defy recession predictions. Still, many consumers remain concerned about inflation — even though the typical middle-class American household has “more wealth, higher earnings and more purchasing power than before the pandemic,” Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen
Continue ReadingBy Anna Chernova and Amy Cassidy, CNN (CNN) — Jailed Kremlin critic Alexey Navalny told a Moscow court of “freezing” conditions inside his prison, as he appeared via video link to outline his case against the authorities at the Siberian penal colony in which he is being held. Addressing the Supreme Court in Moscow, the opposition figure
Continue ReadingBy Ella Nilsen, CNN (CNN) — Even as winter arrived in the East this week, with treacherous snow and an impending Arctic cold snap, much of the West is still entrenched in warm and dry conditions. It’s a sluggish and concerning start to what should be the region’s wet season and is raising concerns about
Continue ReadingWARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland’s president says he has started the process to once again pardon two politicians who were arrested earlier this week. The case is at the center of a standoff between Poland’s new centrist government and its conservative predecessor. The move Thursday came as thousands of supporters of Poland’s former governing Law
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Police were sent to Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft’s home Sunday night on a bogus call.
Continue ReadingBy Hilary Whiteman and Heather Chen, CNN (CNN) — Papua New Guinea was dealing with the fallout Thursday of violent riots and looting that shook the capital Port Moresby, with the prime minister vowing repercussions amid calls for his resignation and demands from China to safeguard its citizens and their businesses. Shops were looted and
Continue ReadingBy Josh Campbell and Jamiel Lynch, CNN (CNN) — A Florida man accused of posting online threats to carry out mass violence has been arrested and charged with making an interstate threat and a weapon violation, federal court records show. Alexander Lightner, 26, of Venice, Florida, allegedly posted comments online that were “intended to convey
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