By Renee Anderson, Alecia Reid, Nick Caloway Click here for updates on this story NEW YORK (WCBS) — Federal authorities are taking action against the mysterious drones seen flying over New Jersey and several other East Coast states. The Federal Aviation Administration has issued a ban on most drones over nearly two dozen towns, including
Continue ReadingBUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has said that European leaders must acknowledge the need to change their strategy regarding Ukraine. In comments to Hungary’s state broadcaster on Friday, Orbán argued that the current strategy was not working and Russia was advancing on the frontlines. He added that U.S. President-elect Donald Trump’s
Continue ReadingAssociated Press HARARE (AP) — Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa has launched a new policy that will allow beneficiaries of land taken from white people under controversial land reforms to sell it and to be able to borrow from banks using it as collateral. The new guidelines launched Friday mark a major shift in Zimbabwe’s land
Continue ReadingBERLIN (AP) — German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has dismissed an assertion by Elon Musk that only a far-right party can “save Germany.” But the German leader said Friday that freedom of opinion “also goes for multibillionaires.” Germany is expected to vote in an early election on Feb. 23 after Scholz’s three-party governing coalition collapsed last
Continue ReadingAssociated Press TOCOA, Honduras (AP) — Seven bullets pounded into Juan López outside a small white church on a sunny September afternoon. Another environmental champion in Honduras was dead after leading the fight to protect dense jungle and crystalline waters in a region rife with corruption and drug trafficking. López’s killing in the most deadly
Continue ReadingAssociated Press PALMYRA, Pa. (AP) — It was a radical idea, and for many years she had been resistant. But as Zoey Stapleton, 24, walked down a darkened hiking trail, steps behind her parents, she counted back from three and “took a leap of faith,” revealing to them that she wanted to become a nun.
Continue ReadingAP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — An inflation gauge that is closely watched by the Federal Reserve barely rose last month in a sign that price pressures cooled after two months of sharp gains. Prices rose just 0.1% from October to November. Excluding the volatile food and energy categories, prices also ticked up just 0.1%,
Continue ReadingBy Alicia Wallace, CNN (CNN) — The Federal Reserve’s preferred inflation gauge moved slightly higher in November — but not as much as economists were expecting, an indication that price hikes aren’t accelerating in a worrisome fashion. Still, cost of living concerns are growing as 2025 approaches and uncertainty widens about potential inflationary global events
Continue ReadingPor CNN en Español El gobierno del presidente Nicolás Maduro detuvo el 8 de diciembre a Nahuel Agustín Gallo, un gendarme argentino que había viajado a Venezuela para visitar a su pareja y a su hijo, denunciaron las autoridades de Argentina. Gallo, nacido en la provincia de Mendoza, es cabo primero de la Gendarmería Nacional
Continue ReadingFor the world, 2024 was riven by conflict on two fronts. As the year ends, Gaza is in shambles and tens of thousands are dead. Meanwhile an adjacent conflict between Israel and Hezbollah is playing out across the Lebanon landscape as the year ends. A continent away, the Russia-Ukraine war, which began with Russia’s invasion
Continue ReadingPor Stephen Collinson, CNN Estados Unidos está a horas de sufrir un cierre del Gobierno durante la temporada navideña por cortesía de Donald Trump y Elon Musk. Todo el mundo sabía que el presidente electo y su nuevo amigo superdisruptor iban a causar estragos en Washington. Pero nadie pensaba que lo conseguirían incluso antes de
Continue ReadingBy Karina Tsui, CNN (CNN) — The FBI has arrested a student at George Mason University in Virginia for allegedly plotting a mass casualty attack on the Israeli consulate in New York, according to a federal court filing. Egyptian national Abdullah Ezzeldin Taha Mohamed Hassan faces a slew of federal charges tied to distributing information
Continue ReadingAssociated Press BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Hundreds of Serbian students and others again blocked traffic for 15 minutes throughout the country as political tensions continue to simmer following last month’s collapse of a concrete canopy that killed 15 people. Friday’s traffic blockades have been held every week at exactly 11:52 a.m., the exact time on
Continue ReadingAssociated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Less than 1% of Catholic nuns in the United States today are 30 or younger. Seyram Adzokpa and Zoey Stapleton are two of the young women who have made the rare decision to join a religious community and begin the long process to become nuns. Here are their stories.
Continue ReadingAssociated Press Less than 1% of nuns in the United States today are 30 or younger. That number has remained steady in the past decade but shows little signs of increasing. Between 100 and 200 young women enter into a religious vocation each year in the U.S., and not all of them will complete the
Continue ReadingBy Lianne Kolirin, CNN (CNN) — A small silver amulet discovered by archaeologists in Germany could transform our understanding of how Christianity spread under the Roman Empire, experts have said. The tiny artefact, which measures about 1.4 inches (3.6 centimeters) long, was unearthed in a 3rd-century Roman grave just outside Frankfurt back in 2018. Archaeologists
Continue ReadingAssociated Press MIRERENI, Mayotte (AP) — Crowds in Mayotte have vented their frustration at French President Emmanuel Macron, with some booing. Particularly tense scenes unfolded Thursday as he toured destruction wrought by the strongest cyclone to hit the French territory in nearly a century. They underscored the discontent that many residents of the archipelago in
Continue ReadingBy Lianne Kolirin, CNN London (CNN) — Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr got back to where they once belonged on Thursday night – performing together, live on stage in London. Starr made a surprise appearance at the O2 Arena on the last night of McCartney’s “Got Back” tour. Announcing his special guest, McCartney said: “The
Continue ReadingBy David Goldman and Matt Egan, CNN (CNN) — President-elect Donald Trump doubled down on his tariff threats Thursday night, pledging to raise tariffs on European Union nations unless they increase their purchases of American oil and gas to narrow the trade gap with the United States. “I told the European Union that they must
Continue ReadingBy Chris Isidore, Vanessa Yurkevich and Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN New York (CNN) — Members of Starbucks Workers United staged their first strike in 13 months Friday and plan an escalating strike between now and Christmas Eve in what would become the union’s largest work stoppage since the organizing campaign started at the coffee retailer three
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