United States

Supreme Court nominee Sandra Day O'Connor smiles during her confirmation hearing before the Senate ...
Ariane de Vogue, CNN

Justice Sandra Day O’Connor, first woman on the Supreme Court, dies

Sandra Day O'Connor has died at the age of 93. O'Connor was the first woman to sit on the Supreme Court of the United States.
5 months ago
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) speaks during a news conference following a closed-door...
STEPHEN GROVES Associated Press

Senate Majority Leader Schumer warns antisemitism is on the rise

His remarks during a nearly-45 minute speech on the Senate floor Wednesday come at a sensitive time in the Israel-Hamas war.
5 months ago
FILE: Former United States Secretary of State and National Security Advisor Henry Kissinger attends...
NANCY BENAC Associated Press

Henry Kissinger, secretary of state under Presidents Nixon and Ford, dies at 100

He exerted uncommon influence on global affairs under Presidents Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford, earning both harsh criticism and the Nobel Peace Prize.
5 months ago
In this image made from video, the National Christmas Tree hangs from a crane in front of the White...
ASHRAF KHALIL Associated Press

Heavy winds knock over Christmas tree in front of White House, but it’s back upright

The tree, a 40-foot Norway spruce from West Virginia's Monongahela National Forest, had been planted just two weeks ago on the White House Ellipse.
5 months ago
The MSPCA-Angell is seeking very special adopters for a unique kitten named Gumby, who arrived in M...
Veronica Haynes

Gumby, a kitten with deformed legs, seeking forever home at MSPCA

The MSPCA is looking for adopters who are willing to take on the unique challenges that come with adopting a kitten with Gumby’s medical needs.
5 months ago
Honor Guard members carry a casket with the remains former first lady Rosalynn Carter out of a hear...
BILL BARROW Associated Press

Rosalynn Carter tributes highlight reach as first lady, humanitarian

Rosalynn Carter will lie in repose at The Jimmy Carter Presidential Library in Atlanta, followed by funerals in Atlanta and Plaines, Georgia.
5 months ago
Aerial view of a 30-vehicle crash on eastbound I-86 west of Pocatello on Monday morning. The crash ...
Clayre Scott

Chain reaction crash closes Idaho’s I-86, fog blamed

A 30-vehicle crash near the Pocatello regional airport has shut down Interstate 86 eastbound lanes and caused major delays. 
5 months ago
Image of a Honda HR-V. The company is recalling more than 300,000 vehicles over faulty seat belts....
Eva Rothenberg, CNN

Honda recalls more than 300K Accords, HR-Vs for seat belt issues

Honda told the NHTSA that some front seat belts in 2023-2024 Accords and HR-Vs have missing pretensioner rivets.
5 months ago
Image of Abigail Edan, now in the hands of Red Cross officials, a senior US official told CNN. (Hos...
Arlette Saenz, Betsy Klein and MJ Lee, CNN

4-year-old Israeli American hostage is released

Two American women who are unaccounted for are also expected to be part of the group of 50 women and children hostages expected to be released.
5 months ago
An employee takes inventory at a small shop....
Eva Rothenberg, CNN

Why Small Business Saturday is a hit with holiday shoppers

  New York CNN  — While retail giants like Amazon and Walmart hope for big profits from Black Friday, the less-heralded Small Business Saturday is looking to continue its winning streak for the nearly 32 million small businesses riding a wave of enthusiastic consumer spending and robust government investment. According to a new American Express […]
5 months ago
An Amtrak conductor flanks a train to Milwaukee at Union Station in Chicago, Illinois....
Samantha Delouya, CNN

Why doesn’t the US have more passenger trains?

  Los Angeles CNN — If your idea of train travel – fast, easy, ubiquitous, even glamorous – is from movies like “Before Sunrise” or “Bullet Train” set in Europe or Asia, you’ll be surprised to learn that the US was once the world’s superpower in passenger trains. With a busy transcontinental network of 254,000 […]
5 months ago
How to tell if the melon is ripe...
DEVI SHASTRI AP Health Writer

FDA expands cantaloupe recall after salmonella infections double in a week

The number of people sickened by salmonella from cut and whole cantaloupes has more than doubled in a week, with 99 infections across the U.S.
5 months ago
Law enforcement personnel block off the entrance to the Rainbow Bridge, Wednesday, November 22, in ...
Associated Press

FBI ends investigation of car wreck at Niagara Falls bridge

The FBI's decision late Wednesday ended a tense period of high alert as Americans headed into the Thanksgiving holiday.
5 months ago
A sign indicates that all bridges between the U.S. and Canada are closed after a car crashed and ex...
CAROLYN THOMPSON, JOHN WAWROW and JENNIFER PELTZ Associated Press

Fiery crash kills 2 at Niagara Falls’ Rainbow border bridge. Officials say no sign of terrorism

The incident prompted the closing of the border crossing and three others in the area. The other three later reopened.
5 months ago
damage at the rainbow bridge...
CAROLYN THOMPSON

NY governor says no sign of terrorism in car crash, explosion at Rainbow Bridge border crossing

The blast happened on the U.S. side of the Rainbow Bridge, which connects the two countries across the Niagara River.
5 months ago
Former President Donald Trump speaks during a commit to caucus rally....
Marshall Cohen, CNN

Colorado judge keeps Trump on 2024 primary ballot as latest 14th Amendment case falters

A Colorado judge has rejected an attempt to remove former President Donald Trump from the state’s 2024 primary ballot.
6 months ago
Police work at the scene of a shooting at New Hampshire Hospital on Friday, Nov. 17. The suspect in...
Associated Press

Shooter kills 1 before being fatally shot by trooper at New Hampshire psychiatric hospital

A shooting at a New Hampshire psychiatric hospital Friday ended with the suspect dead, police said.
6 months ago
FILE - President Joe Biden meets with Indonesia's President Joko Widodo in the Oval Office of the W...
Stephen Collinson, CNN

Protests encapsulate progressive angst that could imperil Biden’s 2024 campaign

(CNN) — Israel could not have asked for a better friend than President Joe Biden. In the anguished aftermath of the horror unleashed by Hamas on October 7, Biden grieved with Israelis as though he was one of them. As global anger mounted at the thousands of civilian deaths in Gaza during Israel’s counter-attack against […]
6 months ago
Signs are posted on the door of a closed unionized Starbucks Coffee in Anaheim, at its strike a yea...
Chris Isidore and Danielle Wiener-Bronner, CNN

‘Red Cup Day’ protest will be the largest strike in Starbucks history

This is the second year in a row that the union has staged widespread walkouts and protests to coincide with the company’s “Red Cup Day”.
6 months ago
Three students say New York University in Manhattan is not listening to Jewish students complaining...
Celina Tebor, CNN

3 Jewish students sue New York University over antisemitism response

Three students say New York University in Manhattan is not listening to Jewish students complaining about acts of antisemitism.
6 months ago
Abortion rights protestors rally on July 4, 2022 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania....
BROOKE SCHULTZ Associated Press/Report for America

Pennsylvania House passes ‘shield law’ to protect providers, out-of-staters seeking abortions

The Democratic-controlled House of Representatives has passed a measure seeking to protect those who come to Pennsylvania to get abortions.
6 months ago
U.S. Capitol Police stand outside the headquarters of the Democratic National Committee. Protesters...
MIKE PESOLI and CHRIS MEGERIAN Associated Press

Police make arrests after protest outside Democratic HQ calling for cease-fire in Israel-Hamas war

Police in the nation’s capital have responded to a protest outside the headquarters of the Democratic National Committee.
6 months ago
President Joe Biden and China's President President Xi Jinping walk in the gardens at the Filoli Es...
Stephen Collinson, CNN

Takeaways from the Biden-Xi summit, where low expectations were met

President Joe Biden’s summit with China’s President Xi Jinping may have closed a trap door under the world’s most critical diplomatic relationship.
6 months ago
Image of students working in a library during homeroom at D.H.H. Lengel Middle School in Pottsville...
ANNIE MA Associated Press

Do report cards reveal a child’s progress, or lack of it?

Many parents rely on report cards for a sense of their children's progress, but researchers say they might be missing the whole picture.
6 months ago