By Ashley Paredez Click here for updates on this story PHOENIX (KNXV) — A Phoenix man is thankful to be alive after being stranded in the wilderness for four days. This happened over the Christmas holiday in the California backcountry. “I’m like, buddy, we may not make it out of this one,” said Phoenix native
Continue ReadingBy Krystal Hur and Samantha Murphy Kelly, CNN New York (CNN) — Apple stock fell on the first trading day of the year, weighing down the US stock market and snarling Big Tech’s gangbusters 2023 rally. Shares of the iPhone maker sank 3.6% on Tuesday after Barclays downgraded the stock to an “underweight” rating from
Continue ReadingBy Kate Sullivan, CNN (CNN) — House Whip Tom Emmer announced on Wednesday that he is backing former President Donald Trump in his latest bid for the White House. With Emmer’s announcement on X, all of the Republican House leaders have now backed Trump’s re-election campaign. “Democrats have made clear they will use every tool
Continue ReadingBy Abeer Salman, Nada Bashir, Tamara Qiblawi, Tara John and AnneClaire Stapleton, CNN (CNN) — Hamas said Tuesday that one of its senior leaders has been killed in an attack in the south of the Lebanese capital Beirut, raising fears of a potential escalation in fighting in the region. Hamas media outlet Al Aqsa TV
Continue ReadingBy Kara Scannell, CNN (CNN) — A federal appeals court denied Donald Trump’s effort to delay his defamation trial set to begin in two weeks. In a brief court order issued late last week, a three-member panel of judges for the US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, denied Trump’s motion without elaborating. Trump asked
Continue ReadingSAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — A small daily newspaper in the U.S. Virgin Islands whose owner credited past generations of literate slaves for its survival is closing after 180 years in print. The St. Croix Avis published its first edition in 1844. The owner says the newspaper can no longer compete with social media
Continue ReadingBy Eric Bradner, CNN (CNN) — Former President Donald Trump, former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis qualified for CNN’s January 10 Republican presidential primary debate in Iowa, the network announced Tuesday. The debate is a final opportunity for candidates to make an impression in front of a national audience before voting
Continue ReadingLEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) — A judge has ruled that a former county clerk who refused to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples in Kentucky must pay up. Kim Davis must pay a total of $260,104 in fees and expenses to attorneys who represented one couple. That’s in addition to $100,000 in damages a jury says
Continue ReadingBy OMAR FARUK Associated Press MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — Somalia’s president has rejected an agreement signed between Ethiopia and the breakaway region of Somaliland to give landlocked Ethiopia access to its coast. President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud asserts that the agreement is a violation of international law. The deal would allow Ethiopia to lease a 20-kilometer
Continue ReadingBy Silvia Marchetti, CNN Rome (CNN) — A two-year dig to install a solar power plant near Rome has unearthed an ancient Roman necropolis containing 67 skeletons buried in 57 ornate tombs. Archaeologists were baffled by the find — thought to date between the second and fourth centuries — not least because the skeletons were
Continue ReadingCNN, KMGH By Steve Almasy, CNN (CNN) — A man accused of firing gunshots inside the building that houses the Colorado Supreme Court is scheduled to appear before a judge Wednesday morning, according to online jail records. The shooting happened Tuesday morning after 1 a.m. when a man who fled a two-car accident scene shot
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A social media post regarding a threat of violence Tuesday at schools in several Central Oregon communities brought a flood of worried calls to dispatchers and others late Monday and early Tuesday, prompting police investigations that so far have found the threat unfounded, possibly out of Portland, but brought increased officer presence around schools.
Continue ReadingBy BASSEM MROUE, ABBY SEWELL and KAREEM CHEHAYEB Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — Saleh Arouri, the deputy political head of Hamas and a founder of the group’s military wing, had been in Israel’s sights for years before he was killed in a drone strike in a southern suburb of Beirut on Tuesday. Israeli Prime Minister
Continue ReadingBy John Garcia Click here for updates on this story GARY, Indiana (WLS) — A Good Samaritan stepped in to flag down help after a serious crash Monday morning in Gary, Indiana. The crash happened early Monday morning, not far from the former Majestic Star casino, Gary police said. Police were struggling to find the
Continue ReadingBy Hanna Ziady, CNN London (CNN) — Maersk has suspended shipping through the Red Sea and Suez Canal — one of the world’s most important maritime trade routes — “until further notice” as it continues to review security following an attack on one of its vessels. The extended suspension reflects concern among international shipping giants
Continue ReadingBy Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — The docuseries “The Curious Case Of Natalia Grace” took viewers by storm and now the person at the center of it is having her say. The ID series (ID is owned by CNN’s parent company) explored the bizarre tale of an American couple who allege the girl they
Continue ReadingBy Stephanie Wade Click here for updates on this story CHICAGO (WLS) — Chicago police said four young kids were left home alone for the holidays on the West Side. Police found the children in a home in West Garfield Park on Sunday. The oldest child is just 11 years old. Around 1:30 p.m. on
Continue ReadingBy NICHOLAS RICCARDI and COLLEEN SLEVIN Associated Press DENVER (AP) — Authorities say a gunman leaving the scene of a car wreck shot his way into the Colorado Supreme Court building and inflicted “extensive damage” to the building. But investigators do not believe the incident was related to the court’s recent ruling removing former President
Continue ReadingBy Olivia Kalentek Click here for updates on this story HAMDEN, Connecticut (WFSB) — A Hamden family welcomed a pair of twins born in separate years and just minutes apart. The Hamden couple, Mykel and Aliyah Kiyomi Morris, were at Yale New Haven Hospital when they welcomed a baby boy and baby girl into their
Continue ReadingBy NICHOLAS RICCARDI and DAVID SHARP Associated Press PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Former President Donald Trump on Tuesday appealed a ruling by Maine’s secretary of state barring him from the state’s primary ballot over his role in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol. Trump, the early front-runner for the 2024 Republican presidential
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