January 2023

Rocket Lab launches Electron rocket from the US for the first time

January 25, 2023 10:45 AM CNN Newsource

By Jackie Wattles, CNN Rocket Lab, a prolific launch company that routinely blasts its towering Electron rockets out of New Zealand, conducted its…

Germany and US announce plans to send tanks to Ukraine in major sign of support for Kyiv

January 25, 2023 10:18 AM CNN Newsource

(CNN) — Germany confirmed it will send a long-demanded contingent of Leopard 2 tanks to Ukraine in a major sign of support for Kyiv that will be…

Legal fight around abortion drug mifepristone escalates with new lawsuits challenging state restrictions

January 25, 2023 9:23 AM CNN Newsource

By Tierney Sneed The legal fight around medication abortion — the two-pill regimen that allows women to terminate their pregnancies —…

What scientists say about the real-life zombie fungi that inspired ‘The Last of Us’

January 25, 2023 9:10 AM CNN Newsource

By Kate Golembiewski, CNN The zombies are identifiable by the fungi bursting from their bodies: a thicket of spiky tendrils, a miniature garden of…

4 arrested in connection to alleged rape of LSU student hit, killed by car

January 25, 2023 9:06 AM CNN Newsource

By Melissa Alonso, CNN Police in Baton Rouge this week arrested four men in connection with the alleged rape of a 19-year-old Louisiana State…

EPA plans to stop 6 power plants from dumping toxic coal ash into unlined ponds

January 25, 2023 9:00 AM CNN Newsource

By Ella Nilsen, CNN The Environmental Protection Agency on Wednesday announced it plans to stop six coal-fired power plants from continuing to dump…

Earth’s inner core may have stopped turning and could go into reverse, study suggests

January 25, 2023 8:02 AM CNN Newsource

By Lianne Kolirin, CNN The rotation of Earth‘s inner core may have paused and it could even go into reverse, new research suggests. The Earth…

Iceberg roughly the size of London breaks off in Antarctica

January 25, 2023 7:54 AM CNN Newsource

By Jennifer Hauser and Angela Fritz, CNN An iceberg nearly the size of Greater London broke off the Brunt Ice Shelf in Antarctica on Sunday according…

CASA of El Paso hosting Human Trafficking Awareness event

January 25, 2023 7:38 AM Jennifer Mendoza

EL PASO, Texas– January is National Human Trafficking Awareness month and CASA of El Paso will be hosting the “Red Sand Project.” The event is an…

Brendon Urie announces the end of Panic! At The Disco

January 25, 2023 7:27 AM Noelia Gonzalez

Panic! at the Disco, the emo-pop band that began in 2004, is ending its run after seven albums and nearly two decades. On Tuesday, lead singer…

New questions arise around George Santos’ campaign loans

January 25, 2023 7:19 AM CNN Newsource

By Fredreka Schouten, CNN The campaign of embattled Rep. George Santos on Tuesday filed updated reports with federal regulators that appear to raise…

Trump and Biden teams both jump on Pence disclosure as a classified documents defense

January 25, 2023 7:19 AM CNN

CNN By Kaitlan Collins, MJ Lee, Zachary Cohen, Phil Mattingly and Kristen Holmes, CNN Advisers to former President Donald Trump and President Joe…

California has some of the strictest gun laws in the country. Here’s what we know about the guns used in this week’s deadly attacks

January 25, 2023 6:59 AM CNN Newsource

By Emily Smith, CNN California has some of the strictest gun laws in the country, according to advocacy groups. And still the state has been rocked…

Baz Luhrmann’s ‘Elvis’ Returns to Theaters for Special Limited Engagement

January 25, 2023 6:53 AM Noelia Gonzalez

EL PASO, Texas–“Elvis” has re-entered the building. Despite the film currently streaming on HBO Max, those who would want to experience the biopic…

Storm system dumps heavy, wet snow on Indiana and Michigan

January 25, 2023 6:28 AM Associated Press

By RICK CALLAHAN and MIKE HOUSEHOLDER Associated Press INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Heavy, wet snow — part of a storm system that spawned tornadoes in the…

Virginia schools superintendent denies effort to ‘withhold recognition’ amid National Merit Scholarship investigation

January 25, 2023 6:25 AM CNN Newsource

By Athena Jones, Kirsten Appleton and Paul LeBlanc, CNN The Fairfax County Public Schools superintendent denied any “division-wide effort to…

Virginia schools superintendent denies effort to ‘withhold recognition’ amid National Merit Scholarship investigation

January 25, 2023 6:25 AM CNN

Multiple schools in Fairfax County, Virginia, are under investigation after allegedly failing to give students their National Merit Scholarship merit…

StormTrack Weather: Cool temperatures hang around

January 25, 2023 5:55 AM Nichole Gomez

Good Morning! The cool temperatures will stick around for the rest of the week. The temperature will run below average today topping out in the 50s…

Trump and Biden teams both jump on Pence disclosure as a classified documents defense

January 25, 2023 5:17 AM CNN

CNN, WPVI, WRTV By Kaitlan Collins, MJ Lee, Zachary Cohen, Phil Mattingly and Kristen Holmes, CNN Advisers to former President Donald Trump and…

McCarthy officially denies Schiff and Swalwell seats on House Intelligence Committee

January 25, 2023 5:07 AM CNN

CNN By Morgan Rimmer, CNN House Speaker Kevin McCarthy on Tuesday officially denied Democratic Reps. Adam Schiff and Eric Swalwell seats on the House…

Officials say woman shot man, stole his weapons while shooting in far east El Paso desert

January 25, 2023 5:06 AM Michael Courier

UPDATE (1:12 p.m.): A 29-year-old man was shot and robbed shortly after midnight Wednesday in a desert area near 2300 Tierra Del Monte, according to…

With newfound powers, statehouse Democrats race to expand voting rights

January 25, 2023 5:04 AM CNN Newsource

By Fredreka Schouten, CNN After strong electoral results in the midterm elections, Democrats in some key states are moving quickly this year on…

Trump and Biden teams both jump on Pence disclosure as a classified documents defense

January 25, 2023 5:02 AM CNN Newsource

By Kaitlan Collins, MJ Lee, Zachary Cohen and Phil Mattingly, CNN Advisers to former President Donald Trump and President Joe Biden jumped on news of…

CNN Poll: Broad majority of Americans approve of appointment of special counsel to investigate Biden documents

January 25, 2023 5:00 AM CNN Newsource

By Jennifer Agiesta and Ariel Edwards-Levy, CNN More than 8 in 10 Americans approve of the appointment of a special counsel to investigate classified…

McCarthy officially denies Schiff and Swalwell seats on House Intelligence Committee

January 25, 2023 4:53 AM CNN

CNN By Morgan Rimmer, CNN House Speaker Kevin McCarthy on Tuesday officially denied Democratic Reps. Adam Schiff and Eric Swalwell seats on the House…