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  • Biden and his team feeling vindicated by a 2022 turnaround built on the same decades-old principles

    Biden and his team feeling vindicated by a 2022 turnaround built on the same decades-old principles

     

    President Joe Biden spent hours during his first foreign trip behind closed doors, attempting to reassure a shaken group of US allies that America was back. It was clear, he later told advisers, just how much work remained to convince them of the durability of that commitment.

    ​President Joe Biden spent hours during his first foreign trip behind closed doors, attempting to reassure a shaken group of US allies that America was back. It was clear, he later told advisers, just how much work remained to convince them of the durability of that commitment. 

  • George Santos faces growing condemnation as House GOP leadership remains silent

    George Santos faces growing condemnation as House GOP leadership remains silent

     

    GOP Rep.-elect George Santos is facing growing condemnation from House Democrats, some of whom have called on him to step aside, and even from some corners of the GOP, with at least one of his fellow incoming Republicans calling for him to face an ethics investigation. House GOP leadership, however, remains silent over revelations that the New York Republican lied about parts of his biography. 

    ​GOP Rep.-elect George Santos is facing growing condemnation from House Democrats, some of whom have called on him to step aside, and even from some corners of the GOP, with at least one of his fellow incoming Republicans calling for him to face an ethics investigation. House GOP leadership, however, remains silent over revelations that the New York Republican lied about parts of his biography.  

  • 85% of rural land in California is now in ‘high’ or ‘very high’ risk for wildfires, new analysis shows

    85% of rural land in California is now in ‘high’ or ‘very high’ risk for wildfires, new analysis shows

     

    The climate crisis is among the key factors in a new assessment that shows more than 85% of California’s rural and unincorporated land is now in “high” or “very high” severity zones for wildfire danger, the state’s Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (Cal Fire) recently announced.

    ​The climate crisis is among the key factors in a new assessment that shows more than 85% of California’s rural and unincorporated land is now in “high” or “very high” severity zones for wildfire danger, the state’s Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (Cal Fire) recently announced. 

  • Piers Morgan’s Twitter account posts offensive tweets before disappearing

    Piers Morgan’s Twitter account posts offensive tweets before disappearing

     

    Controversial British television host Piers Morgan’s Twitter account sent out explicit, derogatory tweets to his 8.3 million followers Tuesday about the late Queen Elizabeth, singer Ed Sheeran, boxer Andrew Tate and others, before partially disappearing for some users.

    ​Controversial British television host Piers Morgan’s Twitter account sent out explicit, derogatory tweets to his 8.3 million followers Tuesday about the late Queen Elizabeth, singer Ed Sheeran, boxer Andrew Tate and others, before partially disappearing for some users. 

  • Man dies in Christmas Day avalanche in Colorado

    Man dies in Christmas Day avalanche in Colorado

     

    A 44-year-old man died in an avalanche in Colorado on Christmas Day, authorities said.

    ​A 44-year-old man died in an avalanche in Colorado on Christmas Day, authorities said. 

  • Business partners turn on Sam Bankman-Fried

    Business partners turn on Sam Bankman-Fried

     

    The stunning collapse of one of crypto’s most prominent firms has quickly morphed into a legal battle pitting former executives and ex-romantic partners against one another.

    ​The stunning collapse of one of crypto’s most prominent firms has quickly morphed into a legal battle pitting former executives and ex-romantic partners against one another. 

  • From the McRib to the Choco Taco, here are 6 foods we lost in 2022

    From the McRib to the Choco Taco, here are 6 foods we lost in 2022

     

    2022 marked a return to the basics for many of America’s largest food companies. That left some fan favorites in the garbage heap of history.

    ​2022 marked a return to the basics for many of America’s largest food companies. That left some fan favorites in the garbage heap of history. 

  • Exclusive: $4 gas could return as soon as May, GasBuddy projects

    Exclusive: $4 gas could return as soon as May, GasBuddy projects

     

    Gas prices will probably be significantly cheaper overall next year. Yet the national average could still climb back above the $4-a-gallon threshold as soon as May, according to GasBuddy projections shared exclusively with CNN.

    ​Gas prices will probably be significantly cheaper overall next year. Yet the national average could still climb back above the $4-a-gallon threshold as soon as May, according to GasBuddy projections shared exclusively with CNN. 

  • Air Force quietly speeds up plans to eliminate spy planes on the front line of America’s fentanyl war

    Air Force quietly speeds up plans to eliminate spy planes on the front line of America’s fentanyl war

     

    The US Air Force is moving up its timeline for scrapping a small fleet of surveillance planes used to help take fentanyl pills off the streets, telling National Guard pilots they must fly their aircraft to the boneyard by the end of the month so they can be stripped for parts, according to documents obtained by CNN.

    ​The US Air Force is moving up its timeline for scrapping a small fleet of surveillance planes used to help take fentanyl pills off the streets, telling National Guard pilots they must fly their aircraft to the boneyard by the end of the month so they can be stripped for parts, according to documents obtained by CNN.