By Manu Raju and Lauren Fox, CNN House Speaker Mike Johnson and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer are moving closer to an agreement to set overall funding levels for the federal government, according to congressional sources. But that doesn’t mean a government shutdown will be averted later this month. Agreeing on an overall spending level
Continue ReadingBy Catherine Thorbecke, CNN New York (CNN) — Microsoft is adding a “Copilot” key that summons an AI-powered assistant with the click of a button in its biggest update to the Windows keyboard in three decades. The software giant said Thursday that the Copilot key will be coming soon to some new PCs made and
Continue ReadingBy Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — Russell Crowe has appeared in a few high profile historical projects, but he’s now saying he’s personally connected to some actual history of his own. The actor shared on X (formerly Twitter) on Wednesday that he’s related to Simon Fraser, who was the 11th Lord Lovat, a Scottish
Continue ReadingBy TARA COPP Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — An armed unmanned surface vessel launched from Houthi-controlled Yemen got within a “couple of miles” of U.S. Navy and commercial vessels in the Red Sea before detonating on Thursday, just hours after the White House and a host of partner nations issued a final warning to the
Continue ReadingBy Ja Nai Wright Click here for updates on this story TIMONIUM, Maryland (WMAR) — Courtney Russell is a widow and single mother. She met up with her in-laws at Sam’s Club in Timonium, so they could exchange gifts and babysit her son. While she was trying to put him in his uncle’s car, someone
Continue ReadingBy Randall Newsome Click here for updates on this story BALTIMORE, Maryland (WMAR) — Before Tiffany Capri Hainesworth became the founder of the award-winning brand, TCapri Tequila, she remembers running into a major road block in this journey before it even began. Several years prior to coming up with the idea, she went through one
Continue ReadingBy Oren Liebermann, CNN (CNN) — The Houthis launched an unmanned surface drone against commercial shipping lanes in the Red Sea early Thursday morning as the US Navy commander in the region said he sees no sign of the attacks abating. The attack with the unmanned surface vessel (USV) marks the first time the Houthis
Continue ReadingSol Amaya (CNN) — ISIS se atribuyó la responsabilidad de las letales explosiones en el sur de Irán, cerca de la tumba del comandante militar Qasem Soleimani, muerto en 2020 durante un bombardeo de Estados Unidos. Al menos 84 personas murieron y 284 resultaron heridas en las explosiones del miércoles, informó la agencia de noticias
Continue ReadingBy Samson Tamijani, Jennifer Maupin Click here for updates on this story STILLWATER, Oklahoma (KJRH) — Nearly 34 years after its Nintendo debut, a 13-year-old boy from Stillwater became the first person ever to beat the video game Tetris, NBC reported on Jan. 3. Willis Gibson was live-streaming when he scored 999,999 points on Level
Continue ReadingBy FREIDA FRISARO and ALANIS THAMES Associated Press FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Fire officials say a child playing with a cigarette lighter started a fire at the $6.9 million home owned by Miami Dolphins receiver Tyreek Hill. Davie Fire Marshal Robert Taylor tells The Associated Press that the fire was accidental. He did not
Continue ReadingBy Anna Cooban, CNN London (CNN) — Europe hasn’t quite shaken off the big, painful problem haunting its economies over the past two years. Annual inflation in Germany and France, the European Union’s leading economies, rose in December. The first estimate of eurozone consumer price inflation for last month published Friday confirmed the trend —
Continue ReadingBy ALEX VEIGA AP Business Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — The average long-term U.S. mortgage rate edged higher this week, ending a nine-week slide that gave prospective homebuyers some breathing room after home loan borrowing soared to the highest level in more than two decades. The average rate on a 30-year mortgage inched up to
Continue ReadingCNN, KCCI By Andy Rose, Dakin Andone, Evan Perez and Christina Maxouris, CNN (CNN) — A 17-year-old gunman killed a sixth grade student and wounded five other people Thursday morning at Perry High School near Des Moines, Iowa, authorities said. The five people wounded include four students and one school administrator, officials said. The school’s
Continue ReadingBy Jennifer Korn, CNN (CNN) — Peloton is partnering with TikTok to create short-form workout classes and other content as the struggling digital fitness and equipment company attempts to rebrand. As part of the partnership, TikTok will roll out a #TikTokFitness hub featuring a dedicated Peloton section with custom content created for the platform, the
Continue ReadingBy Anna Bahney, CNN Washington, DC (CNN) — Mortgage rates ticked up ever so slightly this week, kicking off 2024 by taking a breather from the previous nine weeks of consecutive declines. The 30-year fixed-rate mortgage averaged 6.62% in the week ending January 4, up from 6.61% the previous week, according to data from Freddie Mac
Continue ReadingBy Melanie Porter Click here for updates on this story DAVIS COUNTY, Utah (KSTU) — Search and rescue crews had to navigate through thick fog and negotiate with bison to save a group of four teenagers that became lost on Antelope Island. During their first call-out of 2024, on January 2, assistance was requested for
Continue ReadingCNNEspañol sjv (CNN) — Michael Schumacher, ganador de siete campeonatos de Fórmula Uno (F1), en 1994-1995 y 2000-2004, cumplió 10 años de haberse accidentado practicando esquí en los Alpes franceses. En su carrera automovilística, Schumacher obtuvo 91 victorias en Grandes Premios y 155 podios. Lewis Hamilton batió el récord de victorias de todos los tiempos
Continue ReadingBy Bryan Mena, CNN Washington, DC (CNN) — Latino economist Alberto Musalem has been named as the next president and CEO of the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, the bank announced Thursday. Musalem, 55, replaces James Bullard, who left the bank on August 14 to become the inaugural dean of Purdue University’s Mitchell E.
Continue ReadingBy NAJIB JOBAIN, JULIA FRANKEL and JACK JEFFERY Associated Press RAFAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israel’s defense minister on Thursday laid out his vision for the next phase of the war in Gaza, describing how Israeli forces would shift to an apparently scaled-down “ new combat approach” in northern Gaza, while continuing to fight Hamas
Continue ReadingBy Spencer Burt Click here for updates on this story WASATCH COUNTY, Utah (KSTU) — The Utah Division of Wildlife Resources says an invasive fish was recently caught at a popular reservoir, and they believe someone illegally brought the fish from another location. The DWR said it was contacted by an angler who caught a
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