December 2021

Details of Emmett Till killing still a mystery as probe ends

December 12, 2021 7:07 AM Associated Press

By JAY REEVES Associated Press BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — The investigation into the lynching of Black teenager Emmett Till in Mississippi nearly 70…

Will new bacon law begin? California grocers seek delay

December 12, 2021 7:06 AM Associated Press

By SCOTT McFETRIDGE Associated Press ELLIOTT, Iowa (AP) — A coalition of California restaurants and grocery stores has filed a lawsuit to block…

Will new bacon law begin? California grocers seek delay

December 12, 2021 7:06 AM Associated Press

By SCOTT McFETRIDGE Associated Press ELLIOTT, Iowa (AP) — A coalition of California restaurants and grocery stores has filed a lawsuit to block…

EXPLAINER: Will ex-official clear up Noem nepotism probe?

December 12, 2021 7:01 AM Associated Press

By STEPHEN GROVES Associated Press SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — South Dakota lawmakers are preparing to hear from a former state employee at the center…

Spanish island volcano eruption hits local record of 85 days

December 12, 2021 6:58 AM Associated Press

MADRID (AP) — A volcanic eruption in Spain’s Canary Islands shows no sign of ending after 85 days. It became the island of La Palma’s longest…

Spanish island volcano eruption hits local record of 85 days

December 12, 2021 6:58 AM Associated Press

MADRID (AP) — A volcanic eruption in Spain’s Canary Islands shows no sign of ending after 85 days. It became the island of La Palma’s longest…

Crypto heists are only getting bigger. Here’s what you should know

December 12, 2021 6:53 AM CNN Newsource

By Jennifer Korn Over the summer, an anonymous hacker stole roughly $600 million in cryptocurrency from Poly Network, a decentralized finance network…

Crypto heists are only getting bigger. Here’s what you should know

December 12, 2021 6:53 AM CNN

CNN, CNNBUSINESS By Jennifer Korn Over the summer, an anonymous hacker stole roughly $600 million in cryptocurrency from Poly Network, a…

The global economy is increasingly out of sync

December 12, 2021 6:47 AM CNN Newsource

By Julia Horowitz, CNN Business The economic recovery from the coronavirus has always been uneven, with different parts of the world bouncing back at…

‘Succession’ finale: These are the burning questions we’d like to see answered

December 12, 2021 6:44 AM CNN Newsource

By Scottie Andrew, CNN “Succession” doesn’t do neat conclusions. It leaves gaps to be filled in off-screen, in later seasons or not…

Fact check: Deceptive attack ad against GOP Senate candidate Pat McCrory edits his quotes about Trump and rioters

December 12, 2021 6:30 AM CNN Newsource

By Daniel Dale A television attack ad from conservative Super PAC Club for Growth Action uses egregiously deceptive editing to build its case that…

Austria ends lockdown restrictions for vaccinated people

December 12, 2021 6:18 AM Associated Press

By EMILY SCHULTHEIS Associated Press VIENNA (AP) — Austria has ended lockdown restrictions for vaccinated people across most of the country.…

Florida Democrats aim to rebound as GOP voting numbers grow

December 12, 2021 6:18 AM Associated Press

By ANTHONY IZAGUIRRE Associated Press TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — In Florida, for the first time in modern history, registered Republican voters…

Kelly Ripa (L) and Anderson Cooper attend CNN Heroes at the American Museum of Natural History on December 08

Lynda Carter, Christopher Meloni and other stars join CNN tonight

December 12, 2021 6:02 AM CNN Newsource

By CNN Staff Celebrities and musicians have converged on the Museum of Natural History in New York City tonight to honor everyday people who are…

Getting child tax credit to lowest-income parents proves challenging

December 12, 2021 6:00 AM CNN Newsource

By Tami Luhby, CNN When President Joe Biden and congressional Democrats temporarily expanded the child tax credit this spring, they repeatedly touted…

Spanish bishop loses church powers after marriage to erotica author

December 12, 2021 5:49 AM CNN Newsource

By Hannah Ryan, CNN A bishop in Spain has had his clerical powers removed following his marriage to a “transgressive” author of erotica…

‘Interview with the Vampire’ author Anne Rice dies

December 12, 2021 5:45 AM CNN

Writer Anne Rice talks with Larry King on November 11, 1994 about why she writes about vampires and macabre…

At least 1 dead as swollen rivers flood streets in Spain

December 12, 2021 5:35 AM Associated Press

MADRID (AP) — Swollen rivers have burst their banks in north and northeastern Spain, causing the death of at least one person. Spanish weather…

Brignone wins World Cup super-G after Gut-Behrami crashes

December 12, 2021 5:25 AM Associated Press

ST. MORITZ, Switzerland (AP) — Federica Brignone has won a wind-swept World Cup super-G that saw pre-race favorite Lara Gut-Behrami crash out…

The work release inmate who went missing after being rescued from candle factory in Kentucky that collapsed in a tornado has turned himself in, officials say

December 12, 2021 5:15 AM CNN Newsource

By Andy Rose, CNN A work release inmate who went missing after being rescued from a Kentucky candle factory that collapsed during deadly tornadoes…

The work release inmate who went missing after being rescued from candle factory in Kentucky that collapsed in a tornado has turned himself in, officials say

December 12, 2021 5:15 AM CNN

Kyanna Parsons-Perez was trapped after the candle factory where she was working in Mayfield, Kentucky, was completely leveled by a tornado. Unable to…

Fueled by gun violence, cities across the US are breaking all-time homicide records this year

December 12, 2021 5:15 AM CNN

Fueled by gun violence, cities across the country are breaking all-time homicide records this year. CNN’s Ryan Young…

Fueled by gun violence, cities across the US are breaking all-time homicide records this year

December 12, 2021 5:15 AM CNN Newsource

By Priya Krishnakumar, Emma Tucker, Ryan Young and Pamela Kirkland, CNN One of the fastest-growing cities in the country, the capital of Texas is…

Israel to remove security detail for Netanyahu family

December 12, 2021 5:01 AM Associated Press

JERUSALEM (AP) — An Israeli parliamentary committee has voted to stop providing personal security details to former prime minister Benjamin…

G7 warns Russia of ‘massive’ consequences if Ukraine invaded

December 12, 2021 4:45 AM Associated Press

By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LIVERPOOL, England (AP) — The Group of Seven economic powers have told Russia to “de-escalate” its military…

Austria ends lockdown restrictions for vaccinated people

December 12, 2021 4:37 AM Associated Press

By EMILY SCHULTHEIS Associated Press VIENNA (AP) — Austria has ended lockdown restrictions for vaccinated people across most of the country.…

‘Interview with the Vampire’ author Anne Rice dies at age 80

December 12, 2021 4:35 AM CNN Newsource

By Andy Rose, CNN Anne Rice, author of the best-selling Vampire Chronicles novel series, died Saturday, her son announced on social media. She was 80…