By Sarah Dewberry, CNN (CNN) — A plane with more than 350 asylum-seekers onboard arrived early Sunday morning at an airport near Chicago from Texas, according to officials, part of the state’s monthslong effort to send thousands of migrants to major cities around the country with little notice. The City of Rockford said in a Facebook post Winnebago County Sheriff
Continue Reading By Chris Boyette, CNN (CNN) — A man died Saturday morning in Hawaii after sustaining “injuries from a shark encounter” off the coast of Maui, according to local authorities. Police responded around 11:19 a.m. local time to a beach area off the Hana Highway in Paia. Officers used a watercraft to bring a 39-year-old man to
Continue Reading By AnneClaire Stapleton, CNN (CNN) — In a surprise move Denmark’s Queen Margrethe II has announced she will abdicate her role early in 2024, after a reign lasting more than five decades. Margrethe, 83, will hand over the throne to her son, Crown Prince Frederik, she said in her traditional New Year’s Eve speech broadcast
Continue Reading 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 Reading By 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 Reading By 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 Reading By 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 Reading By 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 Reading By 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 Reading By 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 Reading By 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
Continue Reading By 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 Reading By 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 Reading By 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 Reading Pierre 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 Reading By 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 Reading By 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 Reading By Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — The incredible discoveries and scientific feats of 2023 prove just how far curiosity and wonder can take humanity. Archaeological findings allowed researchers to take intriguing steps into the past and reveal more about our mysterious ancestors and creatures who roamed the planet before humans. At the same time, technological advancements enabled scientists to make
Continue Reading By Sarah Engel, CNN (CNN) — Authorities are searching for a Colorado mother suspected of killing two of her children and trying to kill a third after police initially responded to a reported burglary at their home. An arrest warrant was issued for Kimberlee Singler on murder and attempted murder charges after her 7-year-old son
Continue Reading CNN By Alisha Ebrahimji, CNN (CNN) — Frustrated by “rogue buses” from Texas dropping off migrants by the thousands, the mayors of New York, Chicago and Denver are trying to slow the surge by requiring the bus operators to coordinate arrivals under the threat of impound, fines and even jail time. Last week, 14 busloads
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