By Natasha Bertrand, Oren Liebermann and Katie Bo Lillis, CNN (CNN) — The number of US troops in Syria has regularly surged higher than the Pentagon has publicly disclosed since at least 2020, and in recent months increased to more than double the roughly 900 troops the US has long said are in Syria, multiple
Continue ReadingBy Marie Saavedra Click here for updates on this story CHICAGO (WBBM) — Uber is promising to replace a suburban mother’s Christmas gifts for her kids, after the courier driver she hired to deliver the toys mysteriously cancelled the trip after picking up the presents. Ki’ani Macklin spent her last $200 on Christmas gifts for
Continue ReadingBy Noel Brennan Click here for updates on this story CHICAGO (WBBM) — The hospital is no place for a kid to be around the holidays, but one Chicago organization – Holiday Heroes – does its part to make kids more comfortable. Christmas is right around the corner, but there’s no place one particular elf
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CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here is a look at the life of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. Personal Birth date: January 8 (Widely believed to be in his mid-30s, though birth year is publicly unavailable.) Father: Kim Jong Il Mother: Ko Yong Hui Marriage: Ri Sol Ju Children: Ju Ae, reportedly two others
Continue ReadingAssociated Press Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen’s doctors say they are pleased with his prognosis after the governor was injured by a horse bucking him off. Pillen underwent a procedure for his injured spleen and was in the intensive care unit at a hospital in Omaha Monday. He was expected to leave the unit sometime later
Continue ReadingQUITO, Ecuador (AP) — An Ecuadorian judge has reinstated Vice President Verónica Abad to her role and lifted the five-month suspension imposed against her by the Ministry of Labor for allegedly abandoning her duties. The judge on Monday ruled the sanction unconstitutional. It’s the latest twist in a feud between Abad and President Daniel Noboa
Continue ReadingBy Jill Martin and Homero De la Fuente, CNN (CNN) — Houston Texans wide receiver Tank Dell is out for the rest of the season after suffering a dislocated knee, torn ACL and other damage, Texans head coach DeMeco Ryans said to reporters Monday. In Houston’s 27-19 loss to the Kansas City Chiefs on Saturday,
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Charges are expected to be filed today against one of eight suspects police connected to a physical altercation in Palm Springs, after another person arrested in a vehicle that was allegedly involved in the fight pleaded not guilty to multiple counts. Hemet resident Jonah Wilkerson, 20, is expected to enter pleas to two felony
Continue ReadingAssociated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Federal prosecutors say a Brooklyn real estate magnate working with a Turkish government official to funnel illegal campaign contributions to New York City Mayor Eric Adams plans to plead guilty in the case. Prosecutors said in a Manhattan federal court letter Monday that Erden Arkan plans to plead guilty
Continue ReadingPor Uriel Blanco, CNN en Español La época navideña en México suele venir acompañada de ambiente frío en distintas partes del país debido al invierno boreal en esta parte del planeta. Sin embargo, la Nochebuena y Navidad 2024 vendrán junto a un frente frío y una vaguada que propiciarán tiempo frío —incluso con heladas en
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By Neal Riley Click here for updates on this story SPENCER, Massachusetts (WBZ) — Crews encountered exploding fireworks and icy conditions at a fire that destroyed two homes in Spencer, Massachusetts on Sunday. The fire on East Avenue was reported at about 4 p.m. Two homes were destroyed and a third was damaged. Two families
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Firefighters quickly contained a blaze in a Palm Desert duplex today, preventing it from spreading beyond the garage, authorities said. The fire broke out shortly after 8:45 a.m. in a single-story, two-unit duplex in the 73000 block of Amir Drive, according to the Riverside County Fire Department. Crews found “heavy smoke from the garage,” according
Continue ReadingAssociated Press As it crossed the Niger Delta in 2021, a satellite imaged acres of bare land. The site outside the city of Port Harcourt was on a United Nations Environment Programme cleanup list, supposed to be restored to green farmland as the Delta was before thousands of oil spills turned it into a byword
Continue ReadingORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — The Federal Aviation Administration has launched an investigation into why several drones collided and fell from the sky during a holiday show over the weekend in downtown Orlando, Florida. Saturday night’s accident injured a 7-year-old boy when the drones fell into a crowd of thousands of people watching the show at
Continue ReadingBy Allen Cone Click here for updates on this story HIALEAH, Florida (WFOR) — Two 19-year-olds were arrested Monday and two others are being sought in Hialeah following a pursuit of a vehicle stolen 14 miles away in South Miami, police said. At 3:01 a.m., officers responded to a call regarding a stolen vehicle near
Continue ReadingZAGREB, Croatia (AP) — Hundreds walked in silence in Croatia’s capital on Monday, seeking action after a pupil was killed and three other children were wounded in a knife attack at a school in Zagreb. The march was organized by teachers’ unions and asked authorities do more to ensure that schools in Croatia are safe
Continue ReadingPORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — The United Nations has raised the death toll of a recent massacre in which dozens of older people and Vodou religious leaders were killed by a gang in Haiti. The U.N. called on officials to bring the perpetrators to justice. The U.N. Integrated Office in Haiti said in a report published
Continue ReadingBy Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — Oscar-winning director Francis Ford Coppola has vivid memories of his experience surviving polio. In interview with Deadline regarding his new film “Megalopolis,” Coppola, who was diagnosed with polio as a child around the age of 9, recalled the quick onset of the disease. “People don’t understand that polio
Continue ReadingAssociated Press COLUMBIA, South Carolina (AP) — Victims’ families and others affected by crimes that resulted in federal death row convictions shared a range of emotions on Monday, from relief to anger, after President Joe Biden commuted dozens of the sentences. Biden converted the sentences of 37 federal death row inmates to life imprisonment without
Continue ReadingBy Ron Burke Click here for updates on this story ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico (KOAT) — Albuquerque Fire Rescue and the US Secret Service visited Cuidando Los Ninos in Albuquerque to spread holiday joy to about 130 kids and their families who don’t get to experience Christmas in the comforts of home. “Our families are represented
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