By Mary Gilbert and Monica Garrett, CNN Meteorologists (CNN) — It’s no surprise that a year filled with extreme weather won’t be going out quietly with stormy conditions on the way for parts of the United States on New Year’s Eve, including some of the most populated areas of the Northeast. A quick-moving storm will
Continue ReadingBy Chris Isidore, CNN New York (CNN) — Boeing’s very bad year ended tragically on Sunday, as a 737 flown by Korean discount carrier Jeju Air crashed, killing 179 passengers and crew on board. It’s not yet clear what caused the jet to crash, and the investigation could take months. There’s no evidence at this
Continue ReadingPersonal essay by David G. Allan, CNN (CNN) — Useful life advice can be found in unexpected places. And like most wisdom, it has a way of sticking around. In the pilot episode of the 1990s quirky cult TV show “Twin Peaks,” the lead character, FBI special agent Dale Cooper (played by Kyle MacLachlan), walks
Continue ReadingAssociated Press LONDON (AP) — Revelers in the U.K. may have to wring themselves out as they ring in the New Year. A storm system bringing high winds, heavy rain, the possibility of snow and the threat of flooding washed out plans Tuesday for several fireworks displays — in some cases more than 24 hours
Continue ReadingAP Film Writer The cheese-loving English inventor Wallace and his loyal dog Gromit are coming back to the small screen. “Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl” debuts Friday on Netflix. It’s their first feature film since the Oscar-winning “Curse of the Were-Rabbit,” from 2005, and brings back a fan favorite as a villain. That’s the
Continue ReadingAnalysis by Stephen Collinson, CNN (CNN) — Donald Trump once called Jimmy Carter a “nice man” but a “terrible president.” The president-elect, speaking in 2019, was adopting a dominant narrative about Carter that took root after he reinvented the concept of the post-presidency with his Nobel Prize-winning global humanitarianism, peace-making and democracy promotion. There’s an
Continue ReadingBy David Goldman, CNN (CNN) — Between figuring out Lightning Lanes and how to cram all the rides and meals the family wants into a single trip, planning a Disney World vacation is complicated enough — let alone if you’re trying to do Disney on a budget. An entire cottage industry of “Disney hacks” has
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By Nadeen Ebrahim and Tim Lister, CNN (CNN) — In the weeks since Bashar al-Assad was ousted as Syrian leader, Russia has launched multiple flights to an airbase in the Libyan desert. Moscow’s goal appears to be to find an alternative stopover for its growing military involvement in Africa – and a way to retain
Continue ReadingAssociated Press SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — A blackout hit nearly all of Puerto Rico early on Tuesday as the U.S. territory prepared to celebrate New Year’s, leaving more than 1.3 million clients in the dark. Officials said it could take up to two days to restore power. The outage hit at dawn, plunging
Continue ReadingAssociated Press HONOLULU (AP) — As with many voters on Maui, Joshua Kamalo thought the race for president wasn’t the only big contest on the November ballot. He also was focused on a hotly contested seat for the local governing board. He made sure to return his ballot in the virtually all vote-by-mail state early,
Continue ReadingAssociated Press PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — The cars begin lining up early in the morning to be screened by Secret Service agents under white tents near the fence that surrounds President-elect Donald Trump’s vast south Florida estate. Famous figures such as Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Tesla and X
Continue ReadingBy Tami Luhby, CNN (CNN) — Medicare beneficiaries who take a lot of pricey medications will get a big break in 2025. That’s when the $2,000 annual cap on out-of-pocket costs for drugs bought at the pharmacy or through mail order takes effect. The limit is one of the 2022 Inflation Reduction Act’s most consequential
Continue ReadingBy Ramishah Maruf, CNN New York (CNN) — Historically, “Ladies’ Nights” have been great for business. The discounted drinks or meals tend to draw a large crowd of women, which in turn tends to draw more men — which then leads to packed bars and increased sales for the business. But a family-run restaurant in
Continue ReadingBy Jamie Barton, CNN (CNN) — The stars of college football have spent time with their loved ones, eaten their Christmas meals and opened their presents, but it’s now time to get back to the action. With the quarterfinals beginning on Tuesday, players and coaches will be dreaming of going one step closer to getting
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CNN By Hanna Park, CNN (CNN) — Aaron Brown, the renowned CNN anchor who gained prominence for his coverage of the September 11 attacks and his pivotal role in shaping the network’s evening news format, died Sunday at 76, his family said. Brown’s career in journalism began in local television in Seattle before becoming the
Continue ReadingAssociated Press DOVER, Del. (AP) — Sarah McBride made history in Delaware as the first openly transgender state senator in the United States. Now she’s making history again, recently elected as the first openly trans member of Congress. Her political promotion has come during a reckoning for transgender rights when legislation in Republican-governed states around
Continue ReadingBy Michael Nam, CNN (CNN) — It may surprise some people unfamiliar with the comic book industry, with its multibillion-dollar movie tie-ins, that it’s been on the verge of collapse multiple times over the decades. Now AI tools are adding new fears of a death knell. From political censorship in the 1950s to a sales
Continue ReadingBy Deidre McPhillips, CNN (CNN) — After a relatively slow start to the respiratory virus season, Covid-19 levels in the United States began ramping up just ahead of the winter holidays. In previous years, Covid-19 levels have typically started to rise in early November and reach their seasonal peak by the end of December. But
Continue ReadingAssociated Press DOVER, Del. (AP) — It was her last day in session as a Delaware state senator, and Sarah McBride sat in her tiny office at the state Capitol, preparing farewell remarks. She had made history here, as the first openly transgender state senator in the country. Now she was making history again, recently
Continue ReadingPor Stephen Collinson Donald Trump una vez llamó a Jimmy Carter un “buen hombre”, pero un “presidente terrible”. El presidente electo de EE.UU., al hablar en 2019, estaba adoptando una narrativa dominante sobre Carter que se arraigó después de que reinventara el concepto de la pospresidencia con su humanitarismo global, su construcción de la paz
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