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Month: January 2023

Nassau County GOP calls for Santos to resign

CNN By Gregory Krieg and Shania Shelton, CNN Leaders of the Nassau County Republican Party on Wednesday called for Rep. George Santos, elected to represent New York’s 3rd Congressional District in November, to resign from office over his lies to voters and fabrications about his personal life. “Today, on behalf of the Nassau County Republican

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Judge will allow prosecutors to use Trump’s ‘stand back and stand by’ comment in Proud Boys trial

By Holmes Lybrand and Hannah Rabinowitz, CNN A federal judge ruled Wednesday that prosecutors can use video of then-President Donald Trump telling the far-right group the Proud Boys to “stand back and stand by” in the trial against several of the group’s leaders charged with seditious conspiracy. District Judge Timothy Kelly said that the former

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FAA without permanent leader as Biden’s nominee faces criticism

By Kevin Liptak, CNN As the Federal Aviation Administration scrambled to get its systems back online Wednesday, causing nationwide delays in air traffic, the agency was operating without a permanent leader. That’s because President Joe Biden’s nominee to head the organization, Phillip Washington, hasn’t even received a confirmation hearing — despite Democrats being in charge

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Supreme Court allows New York gun law placing restrictions on concealed firearms to remain in effect pending legal challenges

By Ariane de Vogue, CNN Supreme Court Reporter The Supreme Court on Wednesday allowed a New York gun law that places restrictions on carrying a concealed firearm to remain in effect while legal challenges play out. In a brief order, the justices rebuffed an emergency request from challengers to the law who say it violates

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US and Japan strengthen military relationship with upgraded Marine unit in attempt to deter China

By Oren Liebermann, Haley Britzky, Phil Mattingly and Brad Lendon, CNN The US and Japan announced a significant strengthening of their military relationship and upgrade of the US military’s force posture in the country on Wednesday, including the stationing of a newly redesignated Marine unit with advanced intelligence, surveillance capabilities and the ability to fire

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Unusually brightening star captures attention as a stellar oddity

By Ashley Strickland, CNN Astronomers might have solved the mystery behind an unusually brightening star. University of Washington doctoral student Anastasios Tzanidakis and research assistant professor of astronomy James Davenport were searching for “stars behaving strangely” when they received an alert about a potential stellar oddity from the Gaia spacecraft. The space observatory, launched by

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5 things to know for Jan. 11: Storms, Ukraine, US military, Airline complaints, Eggs

By Alexandra Meeks, CNN In recent months, back-to-back extreme weather events like floods, tornados and hurricanes have caused catastrophic damage across the US — costing at least $165 billion last year alone. Scientists are saying the fingerprints of climate change are all over these weather disasters and underscore the urgency to cut planet-warming emissions. Here’s

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FDA vaccine advisers ‘disappointed’ and ‘angry’ that early data about new Covid-19 booster shot wasn’t presented for review last year

By Elizabeth Cohen and Naomi Thomas, CNN Some vaccine advisers to the federal government say they’re “disappointed” and “angry” that government scientists and the pharmaceutical company Moderna didn’t present a set of infection data on the company’s new Covid-19 booster during meetings last year when the advisers discussed whether the shot should be authorized and

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