The National Weather Service says we could see brutal, “once-in-a-generation” winter weather this week. They’re predicting a bomb cyclone will hit the U.S. today into tomorrow. That’s a brutal storm that rapidly intensifies in 24 hours. Winter weather alerts are in store for more than 90 million people with possible life-threatening weather in parts of the country today. Holiday
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(CNN) — US President Joe Biden and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky displayed a united front on their approach to Russia’s ongoing war in Ukraine as Zelensky makes a dramatic visit to the United States. “I think … we share the exact same vision, and that a free, independent, prosperous and secure Ukraine is the vision — we
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CNN By Kevin Liptak, CNN Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky arrived at the White House on Wednesday launching a dramatic visit to the US — his first trip outside his homeland since it was invaded 300 days ago — to rally his top international partner behind sustained military and economic assistance. “It’s good to have you
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Wells Fargo is slapped with a $1.7 Billion fine by federal regulators. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau says the company took part in quote “widespread mismanagement” for years. Officials say more than 16-million consumer accounts were affected, including wrongful disclosures and surprise overdraft fees. The bureau ordered Wells Fargo to pay more than two-billion in refunds to consumers. Wells
Continue Reading A fast-approaching arctic blast has put parts of the United States under a winter weather alert, with temperatures expected to drop to 50 degrees below zero in some areas. CNN’s meteorologist Derek Van Dam reports.
Continue Reading (CNN) — President Joe Biden and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky are planning to meet at the White House on Wednesday, according to two sources familiar with the planning, in a Washington visit that is tentatively scheduled to include an address to a joint session of Congress. Zelensky is already on his way to Washington, two separate sources said, for
Continue Reading (CNN) — The Taliban government has suspended university education for all female students in Afghanistan, the latest step in its brutal clampdown on the rights and freedoms of Afghan women. A spokesman for the Afghan Ministry of Higher Education confirmed the suspension to CNN on Tuesday. A letter published by the education ministry said the decision was
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To get the latest border-related stories from kvia.com, click here. EL PASO, Texas — Title 42 is a public emergency health order used during the pandemic to expel migrants who’ve entered the U.S. illegally, citing health concerns. Title 42 was used under the Trump Administration to help curb the spread of COVID-19. But critics have
Continue Reading By Jason Hanna, Caroll Alvarado and Stella Chan, CNN A 6.4 magnitude earthquake struck Northern California’s Eureka area early Tuesday, the US Geological Survey said, leaving at least two people dead, drawing reports of damage to roads and homes, shaking residents from their sleep and leaving tens of thousands without electricity. The epicenter of the
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Harvey Weinstein was found guilty Monday of rape at a Los Angeles trial in another #MeToo moment of reckoning, five years after he became a magnet for the movement. After deliberating for nine days spanning more than two weeks, the jury of eight men and four women reached the verdict at
Continue Reading (CNN) — A group of GOP-led states raced to the Supreme Court on Monday in an emergency bid to keep in place a Trump-era immigration policy known as Title 42 that is set to go off the books Wednesday. The policy allows officials to swiftly expel migrants at the US border and was vacated last month by
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(CNN) — Two people were killed and two others were wounded in a shooting outside Benito Juarez High School southwest of downtown Chicago Friday afternoon, Police Superintendent David Brown told reporters Friday. No suspects are in custody, he told reporters at a news conference. Brown said he didn’t have any information about the victims because
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(CNN) — About 100 Starbucks stores across America will be on strike for the next three days, as the union attempts to turn up the pressure in it year-long battle with the coffee retailer. This is the second widespread strike by Starbucks Workers United, which staged a one-day strike in November on the day that Starbucks had
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(CNN) — A 46-foot-high aquarium that was home to around 1,500 exotic fish burst Friday morning, injuring at least two people and sending a flood of water and debris onto a nearby street, police and firefighters in central Berlin have said. The AquaDom aquarium is located in the foyer of a Radisson Collection hotel, in the DomAquarée business and
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The Jan. 6 committee is preparing to urge the Department of Justice to prosecute former President Donald Trump on criminal charges during its business meeting on Monday, sources familiar with the matter told ABC News. The committee has been debating the move for months and is largely symbolic. Obstruction of an official proceeding and conspiracy to defraud
Continue Reading (CNN) — The rioter at the front of a mob that chased US Capitol Police Officer Eugene Goodman up flights of stairs near the Senate chamber on January 6, 2021, has been sentenced to five years behind bars. Douglas Jensen, who prosecutors say was one of the first 10 rioters to enter the Capitol during
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(CNN) — An American college student who was reported missing more than two weeks ago in France has told relatives he is safe in Spain, his family said Friday, seemingly resolving at least part of a mystery that sparked a multinational search. Kenny DeLand Jr. called his relatives early Friday, the family said in an online statement that added
Continue Reading (CNN) — About 300 tourists from around the world have been left stranded in the ancient city of Machu Picchu, according to the mayor, after Peru was plunged into a state of emergency following the ousting of the country’s president. Former President Pedro Castillo was impeached and subsequently arrested in early December after announcing his plan to
Continue Reading CNN By Brian Fung, CNN Elon Musk’s Twitter sparked an international outcry on Thursday by suspending a number of journalists at major news organizations who cover him. But a different and possibly related move that Twitter took around the same time, against a fast-growing rival, could open the company up to regulatory scrutiny, some legal
Continue Reading (CNN) — The Federal Reserve approved a half-point interest rate hike on Wednesday, a smaller increase than in recent months and an acknowledgment that inflation is finally easing. The increase marks a shift for the central bank after an unprecedented year that includes seven-straight rate hikes as part of an aggressive campaign to try and bring
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ST. LOUIS, Missouri (KMOV) — A customer shot an employee at a KFC in the Central West End after he was told the restaurant was out of corn, police say. The shooting happened at the location in the 5000 block of Delmar just after 6:30 p.m. Monday. A man in his 40s or 50s was
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The Ford F-150 Lightning was named MotorTrend’s 2023 Truck of the Year. It’s the second electric pickup in a row to win the award. The F-150 Lightning was a unanimous winner among the MotorTrend’s seven judges who lauded the truck as, “the best-riding, best-handling, and best-driving F-150 yet.” The Ford F-150 was judged by excelling
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A trio of U.S. lawmakers has introduced new legislation that aims to ban TikTok from operating in the United States. Senator Marco Rubio introduced a bill in the Senate this week that would ban TikTok from operating in the U.S. Two Congressmen have also introduced companion legislation before the House. The legislation comes as a
Continue Reading By Matt Phillips, CNN Two police officers were shot and killed early Wednesday morning in Bay St. Louis, Mississippi, officials said. Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves identified the slain officers as Officer Branden Estorffe and Sgt. Steven Robin, according to a tweet from his verified account. “I am heartbroken by this terrible loss of two brave
Continue Reading (CNN) — President Joe Biden signed into law Tuesday landmark new federal protections for same-sex and interracial couples, capping both a personal and national evolution on an issue that’s enjoyed growing acceptance over the past decade. Biden signed the Respect for Marriage Act before thousands of invited guests on the South Lawn at an event
Continue Reading (CNN) — FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried was indicted on eight criminal charges including wire fraud and conspiracy by misusing customer funds, according to an indictment from the US Attorney of the Southern District of New York. The 30-year-old Bankman-Fried was arrested at his home in the Bahamas on Monday and appeared in court in Nassau
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Twitter’s verification check marks are back. Twitter is now offering gold checks for companies, gray checks for government entities and other organizations, and blue checks for individuals, regardless of celebrity status. The updated verification system, which expands on check mark options with multiple new colors, is part of new owner Elon Musk’s effort to grow
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Railroad workers are hoping President Biden will sign an executive order to provide them paid sick days. The demand was at the heart of negotiations the past few months between the workers’ unions and freight rail companies. Congress stepped in to avert the strike but the legislation failed to include sick leave because it didn’t
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CNN By Ella Nilsen, CNN The US Department of Energy is expected to announce Tuesday that scientists have for the first time successfully produced a nuclear fusion reaction resulting in a net energy gain, according to the Financial Times and The Washington Post. The result of the experiment would be a massive step in a
Continue Reading By Michelle Watson, CNN A man hiking near the summit of Mt. Willard in New Hampshire fell 300 feet to his death, authorities said. The man was hiking with his wife Saturday morning when he fell and yelled out for help, New Hampshire Fish and Game said in a news release. “The hiker’s wife heard
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