By Radina Gigova and Darya Tarasova, CNN (CNN) — Russian opposition figure Alexey Navalny says he doesn’t feel lonely and is in a “great” mood despite serving a lengthy prison sentence in Siberia, but he still misses interacting directly with his family and friends. In a New Year’s Eve message shared by Navalny’s team on social media, Navalny is quoted
Continue ReadingBy Paradise Afshar, CNN (CNN) — Four people were killed and two others injured when a house exploded in Michigan Saturday, officials told CNN. “It went off like a bomb. I don’t know how to explain it,” an unnamed neighbor who was nearby at the time told CNN affiliate WDIV. “It was the scariest thing
Continue ReadingBy Andrew Torgan and Daniel Wine, CNN (CNN) — Welcome to the final Sunday — and the final 5 Things — of the year! Before we ring in 2024, check out CNN Digital’s top 100 stories of 2023 based on how many people read, watched or listened to a story. Here’s what else you need
Continue ReadingBy LUIGI NAVARRA and NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press VATICAN CITY (AP) — Tributes are being paid on the first anniversary of the death of Pope Benedict XVI. Pope Francis has praised Benedict’s love and wisdom in guiding the church, and Benedict’s private secretary expressed hope he might one day be declared a saint. Benedict was
Continue ReadingBy Sophie Tanno, CNN (CNN) — Russia said it launched retaliatory strikes on military sites and “foreign mercenaries” in Kharkiv after Ukraine’s bombardment of the Russian border city of Belgorod killed at least 24 people. At least three people were killed and 28 others were injured after Kharkiv was struck with waves of missiles and
Continue ReadingBy Zoe Sottile and Kendall Trammell, CNN (CNN) — When the ball drops in New York City’s Times Square to ring in the start of 2024, it’ll actually be late -– in dozens of countries around the world already welcoming the new year. Christmas Island in Kiribati, an island country in the central Pacific Ocean,
Continue ReadingBy AJ Willingham, CNN (CNN) — Hope springs eternal, and for many of us, 2024 is a new dawn. We may have limited time before the bloom of the new year fades and we’re left to confront our untended bad habits and the horrors of the world, so let’s make the most of this fleeting
Continue ReadingBy Chandelis Duster, CNN (CNN) — Adrienne Keeler remembers struggling to stay awake in church on New Year’s Eve as a child while her family praised God for carrying them through another year. Back then, Keeler said she couldn’t wait to get to the part of the church service where everyone said, “Happy New Year!” “I just
Continue ReadingBy Sophie Tanno and Xiaofei Xu, CNN (CNN) — France and Germany have ramped up security ahead of New Year’s Eve celebrations following warnings that the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas had raised the risk of terror attacks. Police in the German city of Cologne are bolstering their forces following a report that Islamist
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) As we prepare to say goodbye to 2023 and greet 2024 with open arms, the Jefferson City Police Department and at least one local bar are working to ensure everyone enters the new year on good terms. There will be an increase in officers on the road this New Year’s weekend
Continue ReadingBy Heather Chen and Yoonjung Seo, CNN Seoul, South Korea (CNN) — North Korea will no longer seek reconciliation and reunification with South Korea, Kim Jong Un has declared, as his nation vowed to put three new military spy satellites into orbit in 2024. Kim said inter-Korean relations had become “a relationship between two hostile
Continue ReadingBy DAN SCIFO Associated Press PITTSBURGH (AP) — Evgeni Malkin had a goal and an assist, helping the Pittsburgh Penguins top the St. Louis Blues 4-2. Malkin scored his 14th of the season on the power play. It was his third goal in two games. Malkin also set up Drew O’Connor’s fourth of the year.
Continue ReadingBy Sarah Dewberry, CNN (CNN) — A Florida teenager traveling alone was meant to fly to his mother in Ohio on a Frontier Airlines flight, but instead ended up on a flight to Puerto Rico. The 16-year-old passenger was scheduled to fly from Tampa to Cleveland on December 22, but “mistakenly boarded a different flight
Continue ReadingBy Andy Rose, CNN (CNN) — A US appeals court Saturday paved the way for a California law banning the concealed carry of firearms in “sensitive places” to go into effect January 1, despite a federal judge’s ruling that it is “repugnant to the Second Amendment.” The law – Senate Bill 2 – had been blocked last
Continue ReadingBy DAVE SKRETTA AP Basketball Writer KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Hunter Dickinson had 22 points and 13 rebounds, Kevin McCullar Jr. added 20 points, and second-ranked Kansas routed Wichita State 86-67 in the first matchup between the in-state rivals in nearly nine years. Elmarko Jackson added a career-best 12 points for the Jayhawks, who
Continue ReadingCOLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — Tamar Bates scored a career-high 25 points on a near-perfect shooting day, and Missouri breezed past Central Arkansas 92-59. Bates made 9 of 10 field goals, including all three of his 3-pointers, and was 4 for 4 from the free-throw line. Sean East II had 16 points, Noah Carter 11 points
Continue ReadingPierre Meilhan and Al Goodman, CNN (CNN) — The European Council has decided to enlarge the border-free Schengen area to include Bulgaria and Romania, the council’s Spanish presidency said Saturday. Controls on air and sea borders will be lifted as of March 2024, and discussions on lifting controls at land borders will continue in the
Continue ReadingBy Rhea Mogul, CNN (CNN) — An election boycotted by the main opposition as the world’s longest serving female prime minister looks set to extend her rule. A cricket legend and former prime minister languishing in prison versus a one-time fugitive looking to make a comeback as a powerful military keeps watch. A populist leader
Continue ReadingBy Tim Lister and Kareem Khadder, CNN (CNN) — Palestinians displaced inside Gaza as Israel pushes on with its ground offensive describe cramped living conditions, sky-high prices for food, children going hungry and poor sanitation, amid severe limits on food and supplies entering the coastal strip. CNN spoke by phone with several people trying to
Continue ReadingBy DEE-ANN DURBIN AP Business Writer Consulting firm McKinsey and Co. has agreed to pay $78 million to settle claims from insurers and health care funds that its work with drug companies helped fuel an opioid addiction crisis. The agreement was revealed late Friday in documents filed in federal court in San Francisco. The settlement
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