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CNN  —  The suspect in the killings of four University of Idaho college students plans to waive his extradition hearing this week, his attorney said, to expedite his return to the Gem State, where he faces four counts of first-degree murder. Bryan Christopher Kohberger is “shocked a little bit,” Jason…

Reuters  —  At least nine people, including a 10-year-old boy, suffocated to death as crowds rushing to see a New Year’s firework display got stuck in a narrow corridor in a shopping mall near Uganda’s capital, police said. People started pushing through a passage in the Freedom City Mall just…

CNN  —  A Texas wildlife rehabilitator nursed over 1,600 frozen bats back to health in her attic after many of them fell from their roosts during Houston’s plunging temperatures last week. Mary Warwick, the wildlife director at the Houston Humane Society, told CNN that she has been working with bats…

CNN  —  One person was killed and nine others were injured in a shooting in Mobile, Alabama, Saturday night, just blocks from where people had gathered for the city’s New Year’s Eve celebration, according to CNN affiliate WPMI. Police got a call about shots fired at 11:15 p.m. in the…

CNN  —  Northern California was inundated with widespread flooding and power outages as a powerful atmospheric river barreled into the region, forcing water rescues, several highway closures, evacuation warnings and shelter-in-place orders. Despite the issues, the moisture is a bit of relief for drought-stricken California, which saw the driest beginning…

CNN  —  Three New York City police officers are in stable condition after being struck by a man wielding a machete in an unprovoked attack near Times Square, according to the NYPD commissioner. The attack occurred just after 10 p.m. Saturday on West 52nd Street and 8th Avenue, outside a…

CNN  —  Russia’s war in Ukraine has proven almost every assumption wrong, and left Europe wondering what left is safe to assume. Its invasion in February managed to startle in every way. To those who thought Moscow was sane enough to not attempt such a massive and foolhardy undertaking. To…

CNN  —  Boulder, Colorado, has closed its main public library due to methamphetamine contamination in the facility’s bathrooms and some seating areas, city officials say. The library first closed on December 20 after “higher than acceptable methamphetamine levels were found in restroom air ducts,” according to a news release from…

CNN  —  Anita Pointer, one of the founding members of the R&B group The Pointer Sisters, has died at age 74, according to her publicist Roger Neal. Pointer passed away Saturday at her home in Los Angeles where she was surrounded by her family, Neal said in a statement to…

(CNN) — New year equals new outlook. Apply this formula liberally to travel planning in 2023. After nearly three years of travel disruptions and complications, many countries have dropped most of their pandemic restrictions. People are traveling internationally in large numbers, and there’s plenty of pent-up demand to spread around…

(CNN) — This was a bad, bad week for holiday travelers in the United States. First there was the raging storm that caught many people in perilous situations far from home: Here are some of their stories. Then Southwest went into an almighty days-long meltdown that left hundreds of thousands…

CNN  —  A worker at the Montgomery Regional Airport in Alabama died Saturday in an incident on the ramp, the Federal Aviation Administration said Saturday. The Montgomery Regional Airport said in a statement an American Airlines/Piedmont Airlines ground crew employee was “involved in a fatality” around 3 p.m. “We are…

Taipei CNN  —  Taiwan’s President Tsai Ing-wen said the self-ruled democratic island is willing to provide assistance to help China deal with its Covid surge after Beijing eased its hardline approach last month. China abandoned its restrictive zero-Covid stance after nearly three years, ending snap lockdowns, contact tracing, mandatory testing…

Seoul, South Korea CNN  —  North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is calling for an “exponential increase” in his country’s nuclear weapons arsenal in response to what he claims are threats from South Korea and the United States, Pyongyang’s state media reported Sunday. Kim’s comments come as North Korea twice…

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New Year’s revelers watch a fireworks and laser show in Hong Kong. Isaac Lawrence/AFP/Getty Images Updated 1906 GMT (0306 HKT) December 31, 2022 So long, 2022. Hello, 2023. Revelers are ringing in the new year with celebrations across the globe. Last year, with the rapid spread of the Omicron coronavirus…

CNN  —  Queen guitarist Brian May has received a knighthood in honor of his services to music and charity. May, 75, was one of over 1,000 people honored on King Charles III’s first honors list since the monarch took the throne. The end-of-year list also includes fashion designer Mary Quant…

CNN  —  It’s never too late for more bump photos. Actress Sophie Turner gave birth to her second child in July – but she’s still showing off pictures of her adorable baby bump on Instagram. Turner welcomed her second child with her husband, musician Joe Jonas, in July. The duo…

CNN  —  Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal said Moscow wants to cause darkness and leave the country “in the dark for the New Year,” as deadly strikes swept several regions on Saturday. Moscow intends to “intimidate, leave us in the dark for the new year, cause as much damage to…

A version of this story appeared in CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. To get it in your inbox, sign up for free here. CNN  —  This year was full of moments that remind us why we look at the stars and dig into the past. Wonder and curiosity are some…

CNN law enforcement analysts on what investigators could be looking for CNN Chief Law Enforcement and Intelligence Analyst John Miller and CNN Senior Law Enforcement Analyst Andrew McCabe break down what’s next in the investigation into the killings of four University of Idaho students following the arrest of a suspect…

Editor’s Note: Join the fun starting Saturday at 8 p.m. ET as Anderson Cooper and Andy Cohen co-host CNN’s “New Year’s Eve Live” from New York City’s Times Square. CNN  —  Every New Year’s Eve, Anderson Cooper and Andy Cohen host four-and-a-half hours of live television, joined by celebrity guests…

CNN  —  2022 was not just another year that tried patience and frayed nerves, it was historic and deadly. Russian President Vladimir Putin did what was unimaginable to many, launching the largest land war in Europe since World War II. All too common horrors were unleashed once more on American…

CNN  —  Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback Blaine Gabbert used jet skis to help rescue the occupants of a helicopter after it crash landed in the water on Thursday, he said in a press conference on Friday. He and his two brothers, Tyler and Brett, were jetskiing in Hillsborough Bay, Florida…

Rescuers work at the site of a building damaged after a Russian missile strike in Kyiv, Ukraine, on December 31. (Gleb Garanich/Reuters) Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko said that at least one person has been killed in explosions in the capital city. “According to preliminary information, one person died in the…

A version of this story appeared in Pop Life Chronicles, CNN’s weekly entertainment newsletter. To get it in your inbox, sign up for free here. CNN  —  Full disclosure: I’m off thoroughly enjoying this down week between Christmas and New Year’s. But you should know I would never leave you…

CNN  —  For years I believed a lot of what I heard about millennials – those avocado-toast eating, latte-guzzling, selfie-taking narcissists who still live in their parents’ basements and can’t get their lives together. Then I realized something that surprised me: I’m a millennial, as are many of the people…

Editor’s Note: The CNN Film “Dionne Warwick: Don’t Make Me Over” premieres Sunday, January 1, at 9 p.m. ET exclusively on CNN. CNN  —  Gangsta rap dominated the music scene in the ’90s, and then one legendary singer’s intervention forever changed the genre. Grammy-winner Dionne Warwick is known as the…