New Year’s Day is the deadliest day of the year for drunk driving, and officials are urging people to think twice before getting behind the wheel. According to recent data, 55% of Americans drink more alcohol than usual on holidays, with that figure climbing to 65% for Gen Z. 1 in 5 Americans admit to illegally drinking
Continue ReadingFormer U.S. Open women’s doubles champion Gabriela Dabrowski revealed on Tuesday she had played through 2024 after undergoing treatment for breast cancer. She delayed part of that treatment so she could compete at Wimbledon where she reached the doubles final. “I know this will come as a shock to many, but I am OK and
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By Kelsey Gibbs Click here for updates on this story NASHVILLE (WTVF) — As many prepare to ring in the new year tomorrow night, one Nashville mother is asking people to celebrate responsibly, reflecting on the devastating loss of her daughter and her best friend at the hands of an alleged drunk driver. Cynthia Wagner
Continue ReadingThe Associated Press national player of the week in women’s basketball for Week 8 of the season: JuJu Watkins, Southern California The sophomore guard had another stellar effort in a win over Michigan on Sunday, scoring 31 points with seven assists, five rebounds and three steals. She was also 13 of 14 from the foul
Continue ReadingBy Alli Rosenbloom, CNN (CNN) — After a legal battle lasting more than eight years, Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie have settled their divorce, according to court documents obtained by CNN. The settlement was filed with the Los Angeles Superior Court on December 30, court records show. Financial records were not disclosed, nor were details
Continue ReadingAP Sports Writer BOSTON (AP) — The Dartmouth men’s basketball team has dropped its attempt to form a union. The team is ending a push to become the first college sports team to unionize in order to avoid a potentially damaging precedent from a National Labor Relations Board that soon will be controlled by Republicans.
Continue ReadingAssociated Press ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — A New Jersey offshore wind project is seeking a second delay because it still can’t find someone to build equipment for its turbines. Leading Light Wind had already received one pause of its project from the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities, but that pause ended on Dec.
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By Kendall Trammell, CNN (CNN) — When the ball drops in New York City’s Times Square to herald the start of 2025, it’ll actually be late to the party as dozens of countries around the world will already have welcomed the new year. Kiribati is an island country in the central Pacific Ocean, and its
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By Tracy Sears Click here for updates on this story HENRICO COUNTY, Virginia (WTKR) — Wearing a bright smile and on the arm of her father, Cheyanne Snell always walks the runway with confidence. For the past two years, the now 14-year-old Gloucester teen has enjoyed modeling in a fashion show called Laughter in the
Continue ReadingBy Ryan Dickstein Click here for updates on this story JESSUP, Maryland (WMAR) — Children all have an imagination of their own. Hopes and dreams of what they want to be someday when grown up. In one-year-old Kenneth Durant’s case, it’s a fascination with construction equipment. Recently Kenneth’s Jessup neighborhood underwent some sewer repairs. Gaines
Continue ReadingAssociated Press HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — A Pennsylvania court says the secretary of state has the authority to direct counties not to allow “unauthorized third party access” to voting machines or risk having those machines decertified and unable to be deployed for elections. In a 6-1 decision on Tuesday, the Commonwealth Court also ruled that
Continue ReadingBy Katie Hunt, CNN (CNN) — A toothy toadstool. A vegetarian piranha with a distinctive mark. And a pygmy pipehorse floating in the Indian Ocean shallows. These wild wonders were among the hundreds of previously unknown species of animals, plants and fungi that scientists named and described for the first time in 2024, expanding our
Continue ReadingPor Chris Isidore, CNN La unidad de Toyota Motor en Norteamérica confirmó que se unirá a sus rivales General Motors y Ford al donar US$ 1 millón al fondo de investidura de Trump. “Como muchas otras empresas, Toyota Motor Norteamérica se complace en apoyar la ceremonia de investidura, reflejando nuestra profunda y creciente presencia en
Continue ReadingAssociated Press DAMASCUS (AP) — In Damascus, the streets were buzzing with excitement Tuesday as Syrians welcomed in a new year that seemed to many to bring a promise of a brighter future after the unexpected fall of Bashar Assad’s government weeks earlier. While Syrians in the capital looked forward to a new beginning after
Continue ReadingAP National Writer SHARPSBURG, Pa. (AP) — When did we know for sure? Was it April, when Nature Made introduced its pickle-flavored gummy vitamins? Was it November, when Petco’s “Pickle Mania” promotion offered 26 different pickle-themed toys for dogs and cats? Maybe it was the December day that a food scholar was heard to utter,
Continue ReadingPor CNN Los fuegos artificiales comienzan a iluminan los cielos nocturnos alrededor del mundo en momentos en los que en algunos lugares ya reciben el Año Nuevo. Se necesitan 26 horas para que el nuevo año sea recibido en 39 zonas horarias diferentes. La Isla de Navidad en Kiribati, un país insular en el océano
Continue ReadingAP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stock markets will close on Thursday of next week in honor of former President Jimmy Carter, continuing a long-held Wall Street tradition in mourning the nation’s leaders. Both the New York Stock Exchange and Nasdaq announced this week that they plan to close their equity and options
Continue ReadingAssociated Press Aaron Brown, a veteran television news anchor whose steady hand helped guide CNN viewers through the unfolding tragedy of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, has died. Brown died Sunday of pneumonia in Washington, D.C., where he lived, family spokesperson Molly Levinson said. He was 76. Brown began his career in Minneapolis as a
Continue ReadingAssociated Press HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — Zimbabwe has abolished the death penalty, a widely expected move in a country that last carried out the punishment nearly two decades ago. President Emmerson Mnangagwa once faced the death penalty himself in the 1960s during the war of independence. He approved the law this week after a bill
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — The woman who died after being set on fire in a New York subway train this month was a 57-year-old from New Jersey, police announced Tuesday. The woman, Debrina Kawam, had worked at the pharmaceutical giant Merck in from 2000 until 2002, but her life at some point took a rocky
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