Most of California could experience significant flooding this week
By Allison Chinchar and Haley Brink, CNN Significant widespread flooding is possible across much of California on Monday as more heavy rain hits the…
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Kevin McCarthy, the view from home
By Kyung Lah, CNN The young man smiling in the last Bakersfield High School student newspaper for the 1983 school year was captioned —…
Continue Reading January 8, 2023, updates on Speaker Kevin McCarthy
By Allison Hoffman, Andrew Menezes, Chandelis Duster and Matthew Reed, CNN The-CNN-Wire™ & © 2023 Cable News Network, Inc., a Warner…
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State lawmakers turn to creative solutions in speaker fights
By JULIE CARR SMYTH and MARK SCOLFORO Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — As Republican infighting debilitates Washington, lawmakers at some…
Continue Reading Conservatives take aim at tenure for university professors
By HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH Associated Press MISSION, Kan. (AP) — When Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick asked Texas colleges to disavow critical race theory, the…
Continue Reading 5 things to know for January 9: Immigration, House, Brazil, Floods, Prince Harry
By Alexandra Meeks, CNN The advancement of smartphones and internet search engines has left human phone operators virtually extinct. Still, millions…
Continue Reading Start your week smart: House speaker, Damar Hamlin, Iran, Ukraine, Senegal
By Andrew Torgan, CNN Even if you’re not a football fan, you’ve probably heard about Buffalo Bills player Damar Hamlin suffering cardiac…
Continue Reading Rosewood, Florida, marks 100 years since race massacre. Here’s what happened
By Nicole Chavez, CNN In the years after World War I, Black people were thriving in the central Florida town of Rosewood when a White mob driven by…
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Lack of snow forces postponement of the 2023 FIS Para World Snowboard Championships
By Aimee Lewis, CNN The 2023 FIS Para World Snowboard Championships have been postponed because of a lack of snow. In a statement, the International…
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France’s Macron opens up about love to autistic interviewers
By JOHN LEICESTER Associated Press LE PECQ, France (AP) — The question for France’s president about his teenage romance with a teacher at his…
Continue Reading France’s Macron opens up about love to autistic interviewers
By JOHN LEICESTER Associated Press LE PECQ, France (AP) — The question for France’s president about his teenage romance with a teacher at his…
Continue Reading January 8, 2023, updates on Speaker Kevin McCarthy
By Allison Hoffman, Andrew Menezes, Chandelis Duster and Matthew Reed, CNN The-CNN-Wire™ & © 2023 Cable News Network, Inc., a Warner…
Continue Reading Over 150 Rohingya refugees reach ashore in Indonesia
By YAYAN ZAMZAMI Associated Press BANDA ACEH, Indonesia (AP) — More than 100 weak and hungry Rohingya Muslim refugees are among the latest group to…
Continue Reading Mikaela Shiffrin equals Lindsey Vonn’s all-time record of World Cup wins
By Issy Ronald and Wayne Sterling, CNN American skiing star Mikaela Shiffrin has equaled Lindsey Vonn’s record of 82 World Cup wins with…
Continue Reading Biden makes tightly controlled visit to the southern border, his first as president
By Priscilla Alvarez and MJ Lee, CNN President Joe Biden visited the US-Mexico border on Sunday for the first time as president, but he did not…
Continue Reading Prince Harry says explosive book is a bid to ‘own my story’
By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Prince Harry defended his decision to publish a memoir that lays bare rifts inside Britain’s royal…
Continue Reading Avalanche kills 2 people in Colorado county’s 2nd deadly avalanche of the season
By Tina Burnside, CNN Search and rescue crews recovered the body of a missing snowmobiler buried in the Colorado mountains after an avalanche…
Continue Reading Official: Apartment building collapse in Egypt kills 6
By SAMY MAGDY Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — A senior Egyptian official says at least six people were killed when an apartment building collapsed in…
Continue Reading Strong quake hits Vanuatu, triggering tsunami warning
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — The U.S. Geological Survey says a 7.0 magnitude earthquake shook the Pacific archipelago of Vanuatu on Sunday,…
Continue Reading 40 people killed, dozens injured in bus crash in Senegal
By BABACAR DIONE Associated Press DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — At least 40 people were killed and dozens injured in a bus crash in central Senegal, the…
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Has inflation finally peaked?
By Paul R. La Monica, CNN It may be a new year. But for investors, consumers and the Federal Reserve, inflation remains a major economic concern,…
Continue Reading Fire at Wisconsin dairy plant leaves storm drains clogged with butter
By Zoe Sottile, CNN Bring in the toast. A fire at a dairy plant in Wisconsin left storm drains and a historic canal clogged with butter. The fire…
Continue Reading Shiffrin shows her emotions after matching Vonn’s record
By ANDREW DAMPF AP Sports Writer KRANJSKA GORA, Slovenia (AP) — The emotions came pouring out of Mikaela Shiffrin when she matched Lindsey Vonn’s…
Continue Reading Over 2,000 join LGBTQ march in New Delhi after COVID break
By SHONAL GANGULY Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — More than 2,000 members of the LGBTQ community and their supporters have returned to New Delhi…
Continue Reading NFL pays tribute to Damar Hamlin as Jacksonville Jaguars clinch playoff spots
By Issy Ronald and Jacob Lev, CNN In the first games since Damar Hamlin’s on-field cardiac arrest on Monday, the NFL honored the Bills safety…
Continue Reading Biden inspects US-Mexico border in face of GOP criticism
By COLLEEN LONG Associated Press EL PASO, Texas (AP) — President Joe Biden walked a muddy stretch of the U.S.-Mexico border and inspected a busy…
Continue Reading Biden inspects US-Mexico border in face of GOP criticism
By COLLEEN LONG Associated Press EL PASO, Texas (AP) — President Joe Biden walked a muddy stretch of the U.S.-Mexico border and inspected a busy…
Continue Reading Biden inspects US-Mexico border in face of GOP criticism
By COLLEEN LONG Associated Press EL PASO, Texas (AP) — President Joe Biden walked a muddy stretch of the U.S.-Mexico border and inspected a busy…
Continue Reading Gunmen abduct passengers at train station in Nigeria’s south
By CHINEDU ASADU Associated Press ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Police in southern Nigeria say gunmen have abducted several passengers at a train station.…
Continue Reading The United States celebrates winning inaugural United Cup
By Aimee Lewis, CNN The United States celebrated winning the inaugural United Cup Sunday with a comprehensive victory over Italy in the final in…
Continue Reading40 dead, many injured in Senegal bus crash, president says
By Xiaofei Xu At least 40 people were killed Sunday and many others seriously injured in a bus crash in central Senegal, according to the…
Continue Reading Ana Montes, American convicted of spying for Cuba, released from US federal prison after 20 years
By Josh Campbell, CNN Ana Montes, an American citizen convicted of spying for Cuba, has been released from US federal prison in Fort Worth, Texas,…
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LinkedIn is having a moment thanks to a wave of layoffs
By Clare Duffy, CNN In a normal year at this time, a typical LinkedIn feed might be full of posts about year-end reflections on leadership and…
Continue Reading Iraq reopens Baghdad’s Green Zone to ease traffic jams
BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraqi authorities have reopened Baghdad’s heavily fortified Green Zone in an attempt to ease traffic jams in the capital. The…
Continue Reading Climate activists dig in to defend village from coal mine
By FRANK JORDANS Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — Climate activists are pledging to defend a tiny village in western Germany from being bulldozed for…
Continue Reading Climate activists dig in to defend village from coal mine
By FRANK JORDANS Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — Climate activists are pledging to defend a tiny village in western Germany from being bulldozed for…
Continue Reading Damar Hamlin posts photo from hospital bed and live-tweets Buffalo Bills game a week after his collapse
By Eric Levenson, Ben Church and David Close, CNN Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin posted a photo of himself on social media Sunday that shows him…
Continue Reading Kishida highlights security concerns on trip to Europe, US
By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida begins a weeklong trip to strengthen military ties with…
Continue Reading Colorado will halt busing of migrants to New York City and Chicago following conversation with cities’ mayors, governor says
By Isa Kaufman Geballe and Artemis Moshtaghian, CNN After earlier announcing that Colorado would help asylum-seeking migrants leave the state for…
Continue Reading Serbia says KFOR rejected its forces’ return to Kosovo
By JOVANA GEC Associated Press BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Serbia’s president says NATO-led peacekeepers in Kosovo have rejected its demand for…
Continue Reading As police in Idaho faced mounting criticism, investigators worked meticulously behind the scenes to nab a suspect
By Ray Sanchez, CNN In the weeks after four University of Idaho students were found stabbed to death in a home near campus, police faced mounting…
Continue Reading California hit by more storms, braces for potential floods
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — California was hit with more turbulent weather Sunday as thunderstorms, snow and damaging winds swept into the northern part…
Continue Reading California hit by more storms, braces for potential floods
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — California was hit with more turbulent weather Sunday as thunderstorms, snow and damaging winds swept into the northern part…
Continue Reading Israel revokes Palestinian FM’s travel permit over UN move
By JOSEF FEDERMAN Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — The Palestinian foreign minister says Israel has revoked his travel permit, part of a series of…
Continue Reading Body of 2nd snowmobiler found after Colorado avalanche
DENVER (AP) — Searchers have located the body of a second snowmobiler killed in a Colorado mountain avalanche this weekend. Crews using dogs and…
Continue Reading Public now can see Benedict’s tomb at St. Peter’s Basilica
By FRANCES D’EMILIO Associated Press VATICAN CITY (AP) — The public can now visit the tomb of Pope Benedict XVI in the grottoes under St.…
Continue Reading Rosewood, Florida, marks 100 years since race massacre. Here’s what happened
By Nicole Chavez, CNN In the years after World War I, Black people were thriving in the central Florida town of Rosewood when a White mob driven by…
Continue Reading South Africa’s ruling ANC party fetes 111th anniversary
By MOGOMOTSI MAGOME Associated Press JOHANNESBURG (AP) — South Africa’s ruling African National Congress party on Sunday marks its 111th…
Continue ReadingLightning in the ‘cataclysmic’ Tonga volcano eruption shattered ‘all records’
By Rachel Ramirez, CNN When the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai volcano erupted in January 2022, it sent shockwaves around the world. Not only did it…
Continue Reading Germany: Iranians held in suspected poison plot after US tip
By FRANK JORDANS Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — Two Iranian men have been detained in Germany following a tip from U.S. security officials that at…
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