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By Jackie Wattles and Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — The year ahead promises to deliver some spectacular pursuits, pushing human and scientific exploration of the cosmos further than it’s gone in decades. The visions are grand: NASA plans to send astronauts on a lunar fly-by mission that will travel deeper into the solar system than
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December 2023 was overall quite comfortable. However, it was notably warmer than average. Many days had temperatures very close to average but were nonetheless warmer. The warmest temperature of the month was December 5th with a high temperature of 84°F. The coldest temperature of the month was 44°F and occurred on December 12th. Five days
Continue ReadingBy BROOKE SCHULTZ Associated Press/Report for America Cherelle Parker has been sworn in as Philadelphia’s 100th mayor, becoming the first woman in that role. Parker too the oath of office Tuesday at a ceremony in Philadelphia on Tuesday. She succeeds term-limited Democratic Mayor Jim Kenney. Surrounded by family, friends, former mayors and current U.S. and
Continue ReadingBy MIKE CORDER Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — South Africa has launched a case at the United Nations’ top court alleging that Israel’s military campaign in Gaza amounts to genocide. The filing and Israel’s decision to defend itself at the International Court of Justice set up a high-stakes showdown before a panel of
Continue ReadingBy Anna Cooban, CNN London (CNN) — Stocks slipped back on the first trading day of 2024, but oil prices rose 2% on escalating tensions in the Middle East and bitcoin got another bump to trade above $45,000. The Dow Jones Industrial Average index slipped 0.2%, while the S&P 500 index fell about 1%. The
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Sofía Benavides (CNN Español) — El decreto de necesidad y urgencia (DNU) que dictó el presidente de Argentina Javier Milei el 21 de diciembre entró en vigor. La controvertida medida, que muchos sectores acusan de inconstitucional y que desregula la economía con la modificación y derogación de decenas de leyes, comenzó a regir este viernes
Continue ReadingBy Fawnia Soo Hoo, CNN (CNN) — For the past decade, Hollywood A-listers, from actors to directors to studio executives, have sought out photographer Mark Seliger to take their portraits in the elaborate pop-up studio he constructs in the middle of the storied “Vanity Fair” Oscars after-party. Whether resembling a rustic sitting room or a
Continue ReadingBy STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — A weak start to 2024 had Wall Street on Tuesday giving back a bit of its powerful gains from the year before. The S&P 500 slipped 27.00 points, or 0.6%, to 4,742.83 after coming into the year at the brink of its all-time high. The
Continue Reading By Cheri Mossburg and Brammhi Balarajan, CNN (CNN) — A rusty bomb covered in debris washed up on a California shore days after heavy surf pounded the coastline. On New Year’s Eve, the Santa Cruz County sheriff’s bomb squad headed out to inspect the bomb at Pajaro Dunes, located between Santa Cruz and Monterey. After
Continue ReadingBy DAVID BAUDER AP Media Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and former United Nations Ambassador Nikki Haley are set to appear at next week’s Republican presidential debate on CNN, while former President Donald Trump participates in a Fox News town hall at the same time. Both events will be held at
Continue ReadingLOS ANGELES (AP) — The bloom is off the final rose for “Bachelorette” star Rachel Lindsay and husband Bryan Abasolo, who found love on the reality dating show. Court records show that Abasolo filed to end their marriage Tuesday. He cited irreconcilable differences for the breakup and his filing in Los Angeles Superior Court says
Continue ReadingLOS ANGELES (AP) — The bloom is off the final rose for “Bachelorette” star Rachel Lindsay and husband Bryan Abasolo, who found love on the reality dating show. Court records show that Abasolo filed to end their marriage Tuesday. He cited irreconcilable differences for the breakup and his filing in Los Angeles Superior Court says
Continue ReadingJERUSALEM (AP) — The Israeli prime minister’s office says Zvi Zamir, a former director of the Mossad spy service who warned that Israel was about to be attacked on the eve of the 1973 Mideast war, has died. He was 98. Zamir led the Mossad from 1968-1974 during a turbulent period that included a number
Continue ReadingBy Christina Fan Click here for updates on this story BROOKLYN, New York (WCBS) — A 1.7 magnitude earthquake shook the area near Astoria, Queens early Tuesday morning. CBS New York’s Christina Fan reported people felt the quake as far as the Upper East Side. People on Roosevelt Island reported what they believed to be
Continue ReadingBy ILLIA NOVIKOV and HANNA ARHIROVA Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine’s two largest cities came under attack early Tuesday from Russian missiles that killed five people and injured as many as 130, officials said, as the war approached its two-year mark and the Kremlin stepped up its winter bombardment of urban areas. Air
Continue ReadingBy Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN New York (CNN) — Cynthia Kelly thought she was buying Halloween-themed Reese’s Peanut Butter Pumpkins with a “cute” carving of a pumpkin’s mouth and eyes, as pictured on the product’s packaging. But when she opened it, she was horrified to find that there was no pumpkin carving at all. It was
Continue ReadingBy LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — An appeals court says Michael Cohen can’t hold ex-president Donald Trump, his former boss, liable because he was jailed for what he claimed was retaliation for writing a tell-all memoir. The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Tuesday rejected Cohen’s attempt to revive a lawsuit
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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Officials with New Mexico’s largest electric utility say a proposed multibillion-dollar merger with a U.S. subsidiary of global energy giant Iberdrola has ended. Under the proposal, Avangrid would have acquired PNM Resources and its two utilities — Public Service Co. of New Mexico and Texas New Mexico Power. The all-cash transaction
Continue ReadingBy GARY D. ROBERTSON Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina’s election board has finalized the candidates for the state’s March 5 presidential primaries. The unanimous decision Tuesday by the State Board of Elections means President Joe Biden is the lone Democrat for the job on the ballots and Republican Donald Trump among the
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