Global stocks rise after turbulent week on Wall Street
Global stocks are rising Monday, and Wall Street is getting ready to try to shake off turbulence from last week sparked by the GameStop stock frenzy.…
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Myanmar military seizes power in apparent coup after detaining Aung San Suu Kyi and ruling party politicians
Myanmar’s powerful military has taken control of the country in an apparent coup, following the arrests of Aung San Suu Kyi and other senior…
Continue Reading Myanmar military seizes power after detaining Aung San Suu Kyi and ruling party politicians
Myanmar’s powerful military has taken control of the country in an apparent coup, following the arrests of the country’s civilian leader…
Continue Reading Kim Jong Un cannot denuclearize, former North Korean diplomat says
North Korea’s former acting ambassador to Kuwait believes Kim Jong Un will not give up his nuclear arsenal, but may be willing to negotiate an…
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White House open to scaling down stimulus checks to families making more than $150,000 in Covid-19 relief bill
President Joe Biden is open to some negotiation on his $1.9 trillion Covid-19 relief package, a senior administration official told CNN, but the $600…
Continue Reading One person is dead after a mall shooting in Wisconsin
One victim is dead and a second suffered minor injuries Sunday after a shooting at the Fox River Mall in Grand Chute, Wisconsin. The suspect is…
Continue Reading Myanmar Army seizes power after detaining Aung San Suu Kyi and ruling party politicians
Myanmar’s military has handed power of the country to the commander-in-chief of the armed forces, following the arrests of the country’s…
Continue Reading US futures slump after turbulent week on Wall Street
US futures slumped slightly Sunday, building on the turbulence spurred in part last week by the GameStop stock frenzy. S&P 500 futures were last…
Continue Reading Andrew Brooks, who led development of the first FDA-approved Covid-19 saliva test, dies at 51
Andrew Brooks, a research professor at Rutgers University who led the development of the first FDA-approved Covid-19 saliva test, died suddenly on…
Continue Reading Homeland Security gives TSA workers authority to enforce Biden’s mask mandate
The Department of Homeland Security said Sunday that Transportation Security Administration workers now have the authority to enforce President Joe…
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A huge piece of California’s Highway 1 near Big Sur collapsed into the ocean
A huge piece of California’s Highway 1 was washed out this week by a winter storm that brought heavy rain and snow. California Department of…
Continue Reading Republican campaign committees ask FEC to allow lawmakers to use campaign donations for bodyguards
Amid heightened concern about lawmaker safety, officials with the Republican congressional campaign arms have asked federal election regulators…
Continue Reading Myanmar’s Aung San Suu Kyi has been detained by the military, says ruling party spokesman
Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi and other top government figures have been detained “by the military,” a spokesman for the governing…
Continue Reading Blake Lively says she felt ‘insecure’ about her body after the birth of her third child and struggled finding clothes that fit
Blake Lively wants you to know that being a celebrity does not necessarily make her immune to feeling insecure. In posts to her Instagram story on…
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Neighbors in shock after learning a meth lab was being operated on their street
Equipment to make methamphetamines were found inside the…
Continue Reading Myanmar’s Aung San Suu Kyi has been detained, says ruling party spokesman
Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi and other top government figures have been detained, a spokesman for the governing National League for Democracy told…
Continue Reading Dow futures drop after turbulent week on Wall Street
Stock futures dropped Sunday after a week that saw volatile markets due to the recent GameStop situation. Dow futures were down 252 points, or 0.8%.…
Continue Reading GOP senators offer Covid-19 relief counterproposal to force talks with White House back to middle
Ten Republican senators on Sunday announced plans to unveil a roughly $600 billion Covid-19 relief package, a counterproposal to President Joe…
Continue Reading Ongoing siege following car explosion at hotel gate in Somalia’s capital
Somalia security forces are fighting armed gunmen to end a siege at a hotel in the east African country’s capital Mogadishu on Sunday that has…
Continue Reading Skier found dead after being buried by an avalanche in Utah
A skier died after being buried by an avalanche Saturday in the backcountry of Summit County, Utah. Kurt Damschroder, 57, of Park City, Utah, was…
Continue Reading Connecticut man arrested for 2004 murder of 16-year-old girl
Police in Waterbury, Connecticut, arrested and charged a local man for the murder of a 16-year-old girl whose 2004 death had long been unsolved.…
Continue Reading GOP lawmaker launches new PAC to reclaim Republican Party after Trump
GOP Rep. Adam Kinzinger on Sunday announced a new “movement” to push back on the Republican Party’s embrace of former President…
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The Nation’s Weather
The Nation’s Weather for Monday, February 1, 2021 _____ NATIONAL SUMMARY A large coastal storm off of the Mid-Atlantic Coast will bring heavy…
Continue Reading Biden steps into global scene upended by Trump’s ego-driven tumult
As President Joe Biden was ticking through a litany of grievances with his Russian counterpart on Tuesday, it wasn’t only his tone that made…
Continue Reading Thousands detained in Russia amid rallies for Alexey Navalny
Record numbers of protesters were detained in Russia on Sunday, as demonstrations erupted across the country in support of detained opposition leader…
Continue Reading Local health officials were doing their job. In the pandemic, that came with death threats and harassment
Joshua Embry took over as public health director in Grayson County, Kentucky just weeks before US officials announced the first case of coronavirus…
Continue Reading Two Republican senators vow to keep open mind in Trump’s second impeachment trial
Two Republican senators said Sunday they’ll remain fair jurors and listen to the evidence presented during former President Donald…
Continue Reading Die-hard revelers keeping Mardi Gras mega-store busy
Click here for updates on this story MOBILE, Alabama (WALA ) — A Mardi Gras mega-store. Toomey’s never…
Continue Reading ‘SNL’ takes on Marjorie Taylor Greene, GameStop and Tom Brady
“Saturday Night Live” returned for its first show of 2021, and had one question on its mind: “What still works?” That’s…
Continue Reading Battling pandemic, gym owner installs state of the art air purification system
Click here for updates on this story HARTFORD, Connecticut (WFSB ) — After COVID-19 reached his staff, a Hartford gym…
Continue Reading Large fire destroys building that houses Ga. county 911 center
Click here for updates on this story JEFF DAVIS COUNTY, Georgia (WGCL ) — A fire on Saturday night destroyed the…
Continue Reading Oregon swim club dives into pandemic birthday celebrations
Click here for updates on this story PORTLAND, Oregon (KPTV ) — While high school athletes await a return to their…
Continue Reading John Kerry says current goals under Paris climate agreement ‘inadequate’ to reduce Earth’s temperature
John Kerry, special presidential envoy for climate, said Sunday that the current goals under the Paris climate agreement are not enough to achieve…
Continue Reading WHO team investigating pandemic visits wet market, receives flu data
A team of World Health Organization investigators in China researching the origins of the coronavirus tell CNN they now have months of Chinese…
Continue Reading Ukraine Fast Facts
Here’s a look at Ukraine, the second-largest European country in area after Russia. It borders Moldova, Romania, Hungary, Slovakia, Poland,…
Continue Reading Students are ready to be back in the stands supporting their classmates
Click here for updates on this story NASHVILLE (WSMV ) — With COVID-19 data looking optimistic across the state,…
Continue Reading Small plane makes emergency landing in Rutherford County, TN
Click here for updates on this story MURFREESBORO, TN (WSMV ) — he pilot of a Cessna 162 made an emergency landing in a…
Continue Reading St. Peters father dies in hospital parking lot after family says hospital refused treatment
Click here for updates on this story ST. PETERS, Missouri (KMOV ) — Sadie Bell says her husband David died in the…
Continue Reading After a Seattle family lost their father while vacationing on Maui, local restaurants came to their aid
Click here for updates on this story Hawaii (KITV ) — Anthony Briggs of Seattle took his fiancé and three kids to Maui…
Continue Reading Grubhub has partnered with the Girl Scouts to help safely sell cookies and teach entrepreneurship
With the continuation of the pandemic, the Girl Scouts of America (GSUSA) is getting creative for cookie season. Besides safe in-person sales, the…
Continue Reading Archery club president takes aim at overcoming COVID-19
Click here for updates on this story SHREVEPORT, Louisiana (KTBS ) — “It tore me up pretty good, and I was in…
Continue Reading Judge: Man accused of swindling investors is ‘cantankerous,’ not incompetent
Click here for updates on this story SHREVEPORT, Louisiana (KTBS ) — Accused swindler David deBerardinis, whose federal…
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Life after COVID: The people who will re-enter society last
Danielle Seal likens going for a walk during the pandemic to an extreme sport. “When I go [and walk] the dog I have to ask people to stay two…
Continue Reading Daughters of the American Revolution get creative with performance, film short movie
Click here for updates on this story BREVARD, North Carolina (WLOS ) — A local historical organization is putting on…
Continue Reading ‘Women’s rights are being trampled’
Editor’s note: The people photographed and interviewed by CNN did so on the condition that they are only identified by their first names to…
Continue Reading Hilton Valentine, guitarist of The Animals, has died at 77
The Animals’ guitarist Hilton Valentine, best known for the iconic opening riff on the English rock band’s arrangement of “The…
Continue Reading Wife of Putin critic Alexey Navalny among thousands detained as police clamp down on rallies
The wife of opposition leader Alexey Navalny was detained Sunday in Moscow, according to the Navalny team, as she joined protesters across the…
Continue Reading ‘They were unjust to me,’ says teenager freed after blasphemy sentence quashed in Nigeria
Omar Farouq had an argument last year with a colleague that would change his life. Insults were exchanged in the heat of the moment, he admits, but…
Continue Reading Doorbell cameras are helpful for package theft, but come with privacy risks
Click here for updates on this story Edmonton, Alberta (CTV News) — Thanks to a rise in package theft, doorbell cameras…
Continue Reading Toys ‘R’ Us has closed all its stores — again
Toys “R” Us is closing its only two stores roughly a year after a highly anticipated relaunch of the storied brand. Tru Kids Inc., which…
Continue Reading An autographed Tom Brady rookie card got auctioned for $555,988
A Tom Brady rookie football card signed by the superstar quarterback has been auctioned on eBay for $555,988. The rare 2000 Playoff Contenders card…
Continue Reading Wife of Russian opposition leader Alexey Navalny detained as police clamp down on rallies
The wife of opposition leader Alexey Navalny was detained Sunday in Moscow, according to the Navalny team, as she joined protesters across the…
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10 GOP senators offer counterproposal for Covid-19 relief plan and request meeting with Biden
A group of 10 Republican senators on Sunday called on President Joe Biden to throw his support behind their own Covid-19 relief package framework,…
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Scrambling to save tens of thousands of lives
Congress was convulsed by controversy over the incendiary behavior of a freshman Republican from Georgia. Wall Street was roiled by insurgent…
Continue Reading Cicely Tyson Fast Facts
Here’s a look at the life of Emmy Award-winning actress Cicely Tyson. Personal Birth date: December 19, 1924 (some sources say 1933) Death…
Continue Reading John McEnroe Fast Facts
Here is a look at the life of tennis ace and television analyst John McEnroe. Personal Birth date: February 16, 1959 Birth place: Wiesbaden, West…
Continue Reading Michael Bloomberg Fast Facts
Here is a look at the life of Michael Bloomberg, former New York mayor and 2020 Democratic presidential candidate. Personal Birth…
Continue Reading Carl Icahn Fast Facts
Here’s a look at the life of investor Carl Icahn. Personal Birth date: February 16, 1936 Birth place: Brooklyn, New York Birth name: Carl…
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Palmeiras fans gather to celebrate dramatic Copa Libertadores win despite the pandemic
Palmeiras fans ignored social distancing rules and gathered in large groups to celebrate the Brazilian team’s dramatic victory in the Copa…
Continue Reading Pakistan Fast Facts
Here’s a look at Pakistan. It borders Iran, Afghanistan and India in Southeast Asia. In 1947, Pakistan gained its independence from Great…
Continue Reading South Sudan Fast Facts
Here’s a look at South Sudan, a landlocked country in east-central Africa. In 2011, South Sudan gained its independence from Sudan. About South…
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First on CNN: Trump’s impeachment defense team leaves less than two weeks before trial
Former President Donald Trump’s five impeachment defense attorneys have left a little more than a week before his trial is set to begin,…
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Why Biden has a rare opportunity for early success
Over five decades in Washington, President Joe Biden has watched seven newly-elected presidents get started. Improbably, he has the chance for a…
Continue Reading Pakistan battles tsunami of Covid-19 patients with few vaccines in sight
Keeping vigil outside the hospital ward in Karachi, Daniyal Ameen watched his father breathing through a ventilator via a live video link from the…
Continue Reading Russian protesters rally in support of opposition leader Alexey Navalny
Police swooped Sunday on supporters of detained opposition leader Alexey Navalny, as demonstrators defied authorities to rally in his name for a…
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Avalanches close Blaine County roads
The Blaine County Sheriff’s Office says several avalanches have closed the Warm Springs Road near West Fork, in Ketchum. …
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Police investigate suspected drug lab
Idaho Falls Police secured the area around a suspected drug lab located inside a home in the 3200 block of Londonderry Avenue. …
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Vaccination appointments filled within minutes
Eligible people hoping to secure an appointment for a COVID-19 vaccination Saturday found disappointment instead.…
Continue Reading Manchester United star Marcus Rashford racially abused online
Manchester United forward Marcus Rashford has become the latest football player to receive racist abuse online and described the incident as…
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