Wildfire-ravaged Australia is now facing another dramatic weather threat: firenados. These happen when intense heat forces air to rapidly rise, bringing smoke and flames with it. Here’s what you need to know to Get Up to Speed and Out the Door. (You can also get “5 Things You Need to Know Today” delivered to your inbox daily.
Continue Reading Four children were among those killed after a military plane crashed a few minutes after takeoff in the Sudanese town of El Geneina, a military spokesman said according to a state media outlet. The aircraft carrying 18 people, including seven crew members, crashed five minutes after it left the airport on Thursday killing everyone on
Continue Reading A San Diego judge has awarded $12.7 million to 22 women who claimed they were deceived and coerced into filming pornography they did not know would be posted online. Tuesday’s decision stems from a lawsuit filed by the unnamed women against pornography website GirlsDoPorn and concluded a trial that began in August. San Diego Superior
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Emotional support animals running wild in the aisles, rogue travelers pretending to be airplane pilots and drunken passengers causing emergency landings: last year was defined by some pretty dodgy airplane passenger behavior. Sure, aviation is stressful — and being crammed in next to scores of other passengers isn’t a recipe for relaxation, but fingers crossed
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(CNN) — Si bien la mayoría de las cosas buenas se vuelven más caras, un sueño se volvió ridículamente barato en 2019 gracias al aumento de las casas que se venden por un euro (poco más de 1 dólar) en Italia. CNN Travel dio la noticia hace 12 meses de que la aldea de Sambuca,
Continue Reading A former South Korean prime minister is one of 29 politicians charged over a mass brawl at the country’s National Assembly last year that saw one lawmaker locked in his office for more than six hours. A total of 37 people, including rival lawmakers and their aides, have been indicted on charges that include assault
Continue Reading (CNN) — ¿Quién ganó la batalla de las dietas de 2020? Por tercer año consecutivo, la muy investigada dieta mediterránea ganó la competencia en el ranking 2020 de las mejores dietas de US News y World Report. El informe, publicado el jueves, se encuentra en su décimo año. “Las características distintivas de una ‘mejor’ dieta
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New York City is taking extra measures to protect major areas from any potential revenge attacks after a US airstrike killed a top Iranian general. Mayor Bill de Blasio said he’s spoken with top city officials about immediate steps the New York Police Department will take to protect key locations “from any attempt by Iran
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Tesla is already cutting the price of its China-built cars just days after starting deliveries. The electric car company just slashed the starting price of its Shanghai-made Model 3 sedan to 323,800 Chinese yuan (about $46,400) from 355,800 yuan (about $51,000), according to its website. With government subsidies, the cost could drop to as low
Continue Reading In the battle for global dominance, all eyes are on China and the United States. With a new decade of competition looming, Washington is pushing back hard against Beijing across a range of fronts, including trade, military and diplomatic matters. For some the tensions are reminiscent of the Cold War, the almost 50-year conflict between
Continue Reading A man arrested in a kidnapping captured on home surveillance video in Las Vegas was in a relationship with the victim, and their one-month old was in the car at the time of the attack, police said. The Las Vegas Metropolitan Police on Thursday identified the suspect as Darnell Rodgers, 23. He faces a series
Continue Reading (CNN Español) — Un total de 465 guatemaltecos llegaron este jueves a Guatemala tras ser deportados por Estados Unidos, informó el Instituto de Migración del país centroamericano. Los deportados regresaron en cuatro vuelos de la Fuerza Aérea de Guatemala, dos procedentes de Brownsville, otro de El Paso, en Texas, y otro de Arizona. MIRA: Presentan plan
Continue Reading Happy New Year! While the holidays brought two weeks of relative quiet, preparations for the looming Senate impeachment trial have continued — though no one seems to know yet when that will begin, or what it will look like. More on that in a moment. First, here’s what you may have missed over the holidays: House Speaker Nancy Pelosi
Continue Reading The melt-up on Wall Street has reached historic proportions. Last year wasn’t just the S&P 500’s strongest since 2013. Markets wowed investors late in 2019 by showing an uncanny ability to trade higher, seemingly every hour of every day. Bespoke Investment Group ran the numbers and confirmed that Wall Street has rarely experienced a period
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A man accused of killing a teenager in Vancouver, Washington, after he learned she was transgender has been charged with a hate crime, CNN affiliate KPTV reported. David Bogdanov, 25, was arrested last month in connection with the death of missing 17-year-old Nikki Kuhnhausen. He was already facing a second-degree murder charge when prosecutors filed
Continue Reading A songbird mimicking the sounds of emergency sirens has been caught on video in southeast Australia, as firefighters battle deadly wildfires in the region. Former threatened species commissioner Gregory Andrews uploaded the clip to the “Australian Native Birds” Facebook group, and it has been shared more than 2,600 times. “OK this is one of the
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DALLAS, Texas — Jason Garrett’s time with the Dallas Cowboys is about to be over, ESPN reported Thursday night. ESPN quoted a source saying that after showing an “abundance of care and respect,” Cowboys owner Jerry Jones had decided that Garrett’s coaching tenure with the organization is done. Garrett’s contract expires Jan. 14 and his future with
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Click here for updates on this story FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. (KFSM) — A Fayetteville woman was arrested Sunday (Dec. 29) for cruelty to animals and aggravated animal cruelty charges, a Class D felony. According to an arrest affidavit, on July 30 Fayetteville Animal Service received a call from the Recycling Department of Fayetteville stating that Annette
Continue Reading Uyghur poet Aziz Isa Elkun fled China’s far western Xinjiang region more than 20 years ago. He’s not welcome in the country. He can’t even phone his mother. She said it was better if he didn’t, because every time he did, police would show up at her door. So, when Elkun’s father died in 2017,
Continue Reading The world’s biggest smartphone maker is widening its lead over rivals in the race to put 5G devices in customers’ hands. Samsung sold 6.7 million 5G smartphones in 2019 and now accounts for more than half the global market, it announced Thursday. The South Korean tech giant exceeded its own expectations, having set a sales
Continue Reading Larry Hopkins, leader of the United Constitutional Patriots militia group, pleaded guilty on Thursday to a federal weapons charge in US District court in New Mexico. Hopkins, pleaded guilty to being a felon in possession of a firearm, according to court records. The plea agreement says Hopkins knew he had prior felony convictions and still
Continue Reading A family in North Carolina thought they were just making themselves some dinner, but there was something else in the oven with the frozen pizza. Amber Helm’s husband Robert went to preheat their oven Monday night for what she said she thought would be an easy dinner. Once it had heated, Robert popped a frozen
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Bill Taylor, who led the US embassy in Ukraine and served as a key witness in the House impeachment inquiry, has departed his post. In his six months as charge d’affaires in Kiev, Taylor twice testified as part of the House probe into President Donald Trump, providing damning testimony about an alleged quid pro quo
Continue Reading Washington (CNN) — Ante las advertencias del Pentágono de que la retención de la ayuda militar a Ucrania podría ser ilegal, un funcionario de la Oficina de Administración y Presupuesto (OMB por sus siglas en inglés) dejó en claro que la orden de retener los fondos provino directamente del presidente Donald Trump, según documentos no
Continue Reading The suspect in the Hanukkah stabbings last week in Monsey, New York, had been interviewed by police in connection with the stabbing of a Jewish man five weeks earlier in the same town. Grafton Thomas, 37, was interviewed before the December 28 Hanukkah stabbings that left five people wounded north of Manhattan, Ramapo Police Chief
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BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) — The Pentagon said Thursday that the U.S. military has killed Gen. Qassem Soleimani, the head of Iran’s elite Quds Force, at the direction of President Donald Trump. An airstrike killed Soleimani, architect of Iran’s regional security apparatus, at Baghdad’s international airport Friday, Iranian state television and three Iraqi officials said, an
Continue Reading (CNN Español) — En Colombia, la ‘Ley Emiliani’ (o Ley 51 de 1983) estableció los días festivos como se conocen hoy en día. Son en total 18 feriados, algunos de los cuales se mueven a lunes, y otros que se mantienen. Estos son días de descanso obligatorio en Colombia. 1 de enero — Año Nuevo 6 de
Continue Reading (CNN Español) — Estados Unidos tiene 10 días festivos oficiales, entre los que están el Día de los presidentes, el Día de los caídos y la independencia, el 4 de julio. Programa tus días de descanso para este año con los días feriados federales en Estados Unidos. 1 de enero — Año Nuevo 20 de enero —
Continue Reading (CNN Español) — ¿Recién reintegrándote a la jornada laboral después de las festividades de fin de año y ya buscas programar tu próximo descanso? En Argentina hay 19 días feriados y 10 días no laborables que son aplicables para quienes profesen la religión judía o islámica. En el país también están establecidos los festivos con
Continue Reading Taiwan’s top military official was among eight people killed on Thursday when their Black Hawk helicopter crashed in mountains in the north of the island. Gen. Shen Yi-ming, 62, the Taiwan military’s chief of general staff, was en route to visit troops when the UH-60M helicopter disappeared from radar near New Taipei City while carrying
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