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WASHINGTON — Key House and Senate lawmakers are demanding top federal law enforcement officials immediately brief them about mysterious drone sightings in New Jersey and New York, as the White House downplayed any potential threats to national security or the public. But lawmakers say that they — and the public — need more information after weeks of sightings in New Jersey and other states. “But the public deserves to know more, and it’s up to the FBI and Homeland Security to brief the public immediately. For weeks, residents have been spotting and taking videos of drones, which officials have described as commercial-grade devices and not typical “hobbyist” drones. "We’re going to try to get answers, and we’ll go from there.”So far, an all-member House briefing on the drones has not been scheduled, though some individual members have been briefed.

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☆ Pilots of turbulent Hawaiian Airlines flight should have gone around severe weather, report says
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-12 | by ( Alexandra Skores | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

CNN —As they were coming in for a landing, a “plume” of bad weather suddenly appeared in front of Hawaiian Airlines pilots who hit severe turbulence just seconds later. According to the NTSB’s final report, before Hawaiian Airlines flight 35, flying on an Airbus 330-299, departed Phoenix and headed for Honolulu, the captain was informed of “potential turbulence and embedded convective activity” over the Hawaiian Islands. A Hawaiian Airlines flight approaches Ellison Onizuka Kona International Airport at Keahole on the island of Hawaii on January 18, 2024. A 2022 incident of turbulence aboard a Hawaiian Airlines flight injured dozens. Hawaiian Airlines did not immediately respond to a request for comment, but previously told CNN it was “supporting all affected passengers and employees.”

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Federal officials Wednesday rejected claims the mysterious drones spotted in New Jersey are coming from an Iranian "mothership." That mothership is off … the East Coast of the United States of America. “There is no Iranian ship off the coast of the United States, and there’s no so-called mothership launching drones towards the United States,” she said. Phil Murphy should declare a state of emergency and issue an executive order banning recreational drone use at night. “Residents are increasingly alarmed by the surge in drone activity after dark, raising concerns about public safety and security,” Golden said.

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☆ Inside Syria's Saydnaya prison and GOP considers how to push Trump agenda: Morning Rundown
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-11 | by ( Elizabeth Robinson | Elizabeth Robinson Is A Newsletter Editor For Nbc News | Based In Los Angeles. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +10 min

One of Syria’s most notorious jails contains evidence of the Assad regime’s brutal crackdown on dissent. One woman NBC News spoke to had come in search of her son who had been missing for a decade. While Syrians grapple with the end of the regime, the country’s neighbor Israel moved into its territory in a new offensive. Read All About ItThe Bureau of Labor Statistics today will release the consumer price index for November, with analysts expecting 0.3% growth month over month. for November, with analysts expecting 0.3% growth month over month.

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☆ Sorry, ‘Real Housewives.’ Gen Z is all about Mormon wives
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-11 | by ( Alicia Park | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

“The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives” follows a group of eight married Mormon women in their 20s and early 30s living in Utah. Nowak and Hannah Jaeger, both Southern California locals, noticed their friends talking about “The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives” nonstop, prompting them to discuss it on their lifestyle podcast BusyBabes. Jessi Ngatikaura, Jennifer Affleck, Mayci Neeley, Taylor Frankie Paul, Mikayla Matthews, Layla Taylor and Demi Engemann in "The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives." Fred Hayes/DisneyAs the Mormon wives began to gain an audience on TikTok in 2022, one of the mothers Taylor Frankie Paul revealed she and other Mormon couples had been taking part in “soft-swinging” – or consensually sharing partners. But, in many ways, the show embraces the Mormon wives’ progressive desires – from talking about their sex lives to getting divorces – and pushes back on the conservatism within their own community.

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CNN —Russian forces are now just three kilometers (1.9 miles) from the outskirts of the key eastern Ukrainian city of Pokrovsk after making advances Wednesday, according to Ukrainian mapping service DeepState. They have also destroyed or captured Ukrainian positions near the city, a Ukrainian army spokesperson said. Ukrainian military bloggers have reported that the village has fallen to the Russians, a claim that has not been confirmed by Ukrainian or Russian officials. Data from DeepState, a Ukrainian monitoring group and mapping service, showed Russian soldiers just three kilometers from the southern outskirts of Pokrovsk Wednesday. Russian President Vladimir Putin has made it clear that his goal is to seize the eastern Ukrainian regions of Donetsk and Luhansk.

Persons: Nazar Voloshyn, Voloshyn, ” Donetskoblgaz, Roman Pilipey, Pokrovsk, Vladimir Putin, Volodymyr Zelensky, ”, Donald Trump, Antony Blinken, Biden, CNN’s Ivana Kottasová, Jennifer Hansler, Haley Britzky Organizations: CNN, Getty Locations: Ukrainian, Pokrovsk, Vidrodzennia, Novotroitske, Shevchenkove, Kharkiv, Donetsk, Ukraine, AFP, Russia, Ukraine’s Donetsk, Dnipropetrovsk, Moscow, Russian, Luhansk, United States

☆ Majority of US workers are satisfied with their jobs, but nearly a third are not happy with their pay
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-10 | by ( Jeanne Sahadi | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

By comparison, only 44% of Hispanic workers, 43% of Black workers and 42% of English-speaking Asian workers did. And nearly a third of all respondents said they were either not too satisfied with their pay (20%) or not at all satisfied (10%). A little respect may go a long wayOne thing that may help explain why the majority of US workers say they feel secure or satisfied in their jobs is that they feel respected. Hispanic and Asian workers now make up a larger share than they did in 2000 (19% today vs. 12% then), while the share of Black workers has remained steady (12% today vs 11% in 2000). In terms of gender, women still make up roughly the same share over the time period (47% today vs. 46% then).

Persons: Pew, haven’t, ”, it’s, ” Pew Organizations: CNN, Pew Research Center, AP VoteCast, Workers, Pew, Whites, “

CNN —Cincinnati Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow said Wednesday he felt “violated” after his Ohio house was broken into while playing the Dallas Cowboys in Texas on Monday night. According to the Hamilton County Sheriff’s Office incident report, the break-in happened at Burrow’s residence in Anderson Township, Ohio. The police report states Olivia Ponton arrived at Burrow’s house to find a shattered bedroom window and a room ransacked. A 911 call came in from Ponton’s mother, saying her daughter was at Burrow’s house. WLWT also reports, citing radio traffic, that there was an officer on detail at Burrow’s house that night.

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☆ ‘Raygun: The Musical’ pulled after controversial breakdancer calls in lawyers
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-09 | by ( Issy Ronald | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —A musical inspired by viral Olympic breakdancer Raygun was shut down hours before it was due to open on Saturday, after lawyers representing the athlete threatened legal action, the show’s creator said on social media. Steph Broadbridge, an Australian comedian who wrote and intended to star in “Raygun: The Musical,” said in a video posted on Instagram that the breakdancer’s “lawyers got in touch with the venue and threatened legal action.”Comedian Steph Broadbridge wrote and intended to star in the show. She added that Gunn’s lawyers trademarked the musical’s poster, which featured a silhouette of the breakdancer’s famous kangaroo hop and said she couldn’t perform that dance as Gunn “owns” it. How would I possibly be able to do that without any formal breakdancing training?” Broadbridge said. That listing now says the show is called “Breaking: The Musical.”CNN has contacted Gunn’s management team at the agency Born Bred for comment.

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☆ US charges two former Syrian officials for allegedly torturing Americans and Syrian nationals
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-09 | by ( Jack Forrest | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

CNN —Two former high-ranking Syrian intelligence officials have been charged with war crimes for allegedly torturing Americans and other civilians who were deemed enemies by the Syrian government and held in a military prison, the Department of Justice said Monday. They were charged with conspiracy to commit war crimes through cruel and inhuman treatment, according to an unsealed indictment filed in federal court in Chicago. Warrants for their arrests have been issued, and they remain at large, the Justice Department said. “The Justice Department has a long memory, and we will never stop working to find and bring to justice those who tortured Americans,” he said. “Hassan and Mahmoud allegedly oversaw the systematic use of cruel and inhumane treatment on perceived enemies of the Syrian regime, including American citizens,” said FBI Director Christopher Wray.

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☆ Analysis: Trump lays out 100-day plan in interview
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-09 | by ( Zachary B. Wolf | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +21 min

Here are key lines from NBC’s interview, along with some context:What will Trump accomplish in his first 100 days? It’s not entirely clear what Trump meant by arguing in the NBC interview that the US is subsidizing Canada and Mexico. I don’t say you use them like a madman. Trump would not definitely say he’ll fire FBI Director Christopher WrayWell, I can’t say I’m thrilled with him. I think that they’ll have to look at that, but I’m not going to — I’m going to focus on drill, baby, drill.

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☆ Lara Trump to step down from RNC amid speculation over Florida Senate seat
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-09 | by ( Colin Mccullough | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —Lara Trump said Sunday that she is stepping down as co-chair of the Republican National Committee. “The job I came to do is now complete and I intend to formally step down from the RNC at our next meeting,” Trump said in a post on X.Trump, the daughter-in-law of President-elect Donald Trump, announced the change amid speculation that she could be chosen to fill a potential US Senate vacancy in Florida. If Rubio is confirmed by the Senate to the role, Republican Gov. But yeah, I would 100% consider it.”Trump was elevated to RNC co-chair in March, after receiving her father-in-law’s endorsement the month prior. Lara Trump served as a public face for the RNC, with her focus centering on fundraising and public speeches.

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☆ Read the full transcript: President-elect Donald Trump interviewed by "Meet the Press" moderator Kristen Welker
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-08 | by ( ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +111 min

PRESIDENT-ELECT DONALD TRUMP:No, no —KRISTEN WELKER:And there’s no —PRESIDENT-ELECT DONALD TRUMP:He can’t deny it. KRISTEN WELKER:We’re going to —PRESIDENT-ELECT DONALD TRUMP:For what they did —KRISTEN WELKER:Yeah —PRESIDENT-ELECT DONALD TRUMP:– honestly, they should go to jail. PRESIDENT-ELECT DONALD TRUMP:For what they did —KRISTEN WELKER:Everyone on the committee you think —PRESIDENT-ELECT DONALD TRUMP:I think everybody —KRISTEN WELKER:– should go to jail? PRESIDENT-ELECT DONALD TRUMP:We’re talking about --KRISTEN WELKER:You won’t touch Medicare --PRESIDENT-ELECT DONALD TRUMP:– theft --KRISTEN WELKER:– Social Security? KRISTEN WELKER:But you --PRESIDENT-ELECT DONALD TRUMP:I want to stop--KRISTEN WELKER:– have talked about --PRESIDENT-ELECT DONALD TRUMP:Let me tell you what --KRISTEN WELKER:– the other world leaders.

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President-elect Donald Trump’s wide-ranging interview with “Meet the Press” moderator Kristen Welker that aired Sunday touched on just about every major policy he has proposed for his second term, including imposing new tariffs, tackling inflation and mass deportations. “They deleted and destroyed all evidence of — that they found.”In the interview, Welker pointed out that Democrats deny this. According to Thompson, those agencies, and another House committee, continue to have access to the files and information the Republicans have argued was deleted, since the House committee didn’t archive them pending White House and DHS review. Tariffs, jobs and inflationTrump misconstrued the potential economic realities of tariffs, the taxes charged to importers on goods coming into the U.S. from abroad. In the interview, Trump said he’d be open to eliminating childhood vaccines “if they’re dangerous for the children.”“When you look at what’s going on with disease and sickness in our country, something’s wrong,” Trump said.

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☆ Analysis: How Marco Rubio could raise the stakes for Cuba if he becomes secretary of state
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-08 | by ( Patrick Oppmann | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

Havana, Cuba CNN —For more than 60 years Cuba has buckled under US economic sanctions and its own government’s missteps. The son of Cuban exiles, Rubio has long made it his mission to ramp up the US trade embargo on Cuba. If confirmed, Secretary of State Rubio will face far more pressing issues like Russia’s war in Ukraine, conflict in the Middle East and countering growing Chinese influence in the world, particularly in Latin America. As secretary of state, Rubio could run point on devising additional economic sanctions on Cuba, increasing funding for dissidents and pro-democracy programs that Havana considers tantamount to regime change, and further restricting US travel to Cuba. During the first Trump administration, “Rubio called the shots on Cuba,” a US diplomat who did want to be quoted by name told CNN.

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But now two band members are breaking their silence in a new three-part docuseries, “Ace of Base: All The She Wants,” which premiered this week on Viaplay. “What I wanted with the documentary is I wanted to tell the hardships, but I also wanted to tell how to get whole again,” Jenny told NBC News NOW’s Top Story in an exclusive interview. “When nobody believed in us.”Despite three Grammy nominations in 1995 and three times topping the Billboard Top 40 chart, Jenny said Ace of Base was never about becoming famous. We didn’t go for that money.”Ace of Base pose for a portrait, in New York City, in 1994. “I did have, like, 200 hours of film material from the early ’90s until recent days, which I actually never watched,” Ekberg recalled.

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CNN —Biden administration officials, watching the remarkable speed of the Syrian rebel advance, increasingly see the possibility of the regime of Bashar al-Assad falling within days, five US officials told CNN. “Probably by next weekend the Assad regime will have lost any semblance of power,” one said. The Biden administration appeared caught off guard by the speed of the rebel advance launched last week. Regime troops have collapsed and melted away, leaving a fragile shell of an army to defend the president and Damascus. Leading the rebel advance in Syria is a group designated by the US as terrorist organization: Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, or HTS, which was previously linked to al Qaeda.

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☆ Holiday celebrations: What to do when you’re on your own
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-07 | by ( Kristen Rogers | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

If you’re troubled by your situation, it’s OK to honor your feelings and keep the celebrations low-key or sit this holiday season out, experts say. This could be the holiday season in which you feel empowered to create new meaningful experiences with friends or the VIP in your life who is always there for you — yourself. Here’s how to figure out what’s best for you this holiday season. Silver encourages single people to “stop viewing your holiday season as a consolation prize.”Your holiday season isn’t insignificant, said Silver, who has been single for 17 years. Regardless of what you do, Silver said she hopes you have as happy a holiday as anyone else — and urges you to choose the holiday season plans that you have the emotional bandwidth to handle.

Persons: “, ”, Shani Silver, podcaster, Norman Rockwell, Ayanna Abrams, you’re “, Abrams, Adam Brown, Silver, Brown, you’ve, gifting, intangibles, can’t, ” Abrams Organizations: CNN, The New School for Social Research Locations: New Orleans, Atlanta, New York

☆ Dolly Parton is searching for someone to play her on Broadway
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-06 | by ( Lisa Respers France | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

CNN —Dolly Parton needs help finding Dolly Parton. The iconic country star shared Thursday that casting has begun for a forthcoming Broadway show about her life, “Dolly: an Original Musical.”“Now I’m announcing the search for Dolly,” Parton said in a video. Parton said a select few will get to audition in person for the show’s casting director. Applications can be submitted at the show’s site. “Dolly: an Original Musical” will include music and lyrics written by Parton, with a book by the star and Maria S. Schlatter.

Persons: Dolly Parton, Dolly, ”, ” Parton, you’ve, Parton, Maria S, Schlatter, Bartlett Sher Organizations: CNN

☆ Hannah Kobayashi's family investigating possibility she was part of immigration marriage scam
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-05 | by ( Marlene Lenthang | Liz Kreutz | Marlene Lenthang Is A Breaking News Reporter For Nbc News Digital. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +6 min

The family of Hannah Kobayashi said they are investigating whether she was involved in a possible green card marriage scam, but stressed that nothing has been confirmed yet. The source said the possible scam was discovered by Kobayashi’s mother, who found immigration documents in her daughter's Hawaii home that listed an immigration attorney. The Los Angeles Magazine report said the FBI was investigating the possible marriage scam. Later that day, she got on a Metro train to South Los Angeles, then to downtown Los Angeles, accompanied by an unidentified man, police said. That day, family members said she sent messages that concerned them because their content and voice didn’t seem to match hers.

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☆ We are now living in 'third nuclear age' of expanding threats and arsenals, U.K. military chief warns
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-05 | by ( Https | Media-Cldnry.S-Nbcnews.Com Image Upload Newscms Alex-Smith-Circle-Byline-Template.Jpg | Alexander Smith | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +4 min

LONDON — The world is entering a “third nuclear age,” the head of the British armed forces has warned, with world-ending weapons once again spreading globally and international agreements to control them collapsing. He also cited China’s rapid development to become the world’s second fully-fledged nuclear competitor to the United States, alongside Russia. Global power is shifting and a third nuclear age is upon us,” Radakin said. Last year, Russia suspended its participation from New START, an agreement that sought to put verifiable limits on Washington’s and Moscow’s nuclear arsenals. And in 2019, then-President Donald Trump withdrew from the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces, or INF, Treaty, accusing Russia of violating the agreement.

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Her initial court appearance is due Thursday, the US Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of New York said. As her case raises serious questions about airport security, here’s what we know:What happened? Dali snuck onto Delta flight 264 from New York’s JFK International Airport to Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport on November 26. “I overheard the flight attendants talking about it with the pilots,” New York City real estate broker Rob Jackson told CNN. Dali had applied for asylum in France a few years ago, a Paris airport official told CNN.

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☆ World on brink of third nuclear age, UK military chief warns
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-05 | by ( Catherine Nicholls | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

London CNN —The world is at the brink of a third nuclear age, the head of the United Kingdom’s armed forces warned. “The world has changed,” Admiral Sir Tony Radakin said in a lecture on Wednesday at the UK’s Royal United Services Institute. “Global power is shifting, and a third nuclear age is upon us.”This age, he warned, is “altogether more complex” than those that came before it. The first of these ages was the Cold War, Radakin said, while the second was defined by disarmament efforts. The third group is made up of countries “hedging and ducking between the two for maximum advantage,” Radakin said.

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Arseny Turbin is recognized by several human rights groups as one of Russia’s youngest political prisoners. Arseny Turbin, 16, was sentenced in June to serve five years in prison for terror offenses. “But I know it’s not enough, and that I can’t change the system.”Excerpt from a letter written by Arseny Turbin to his mother and shared with CNN. Video Ad Feedback Arseny Turbin, then 15, stages a solo protest in June last year in his hometown of Livny. ‘Not just statistics’Kevin Lick, a 19-year-old dual Russian-German citizen, knows the price of dissent in modern Russia all too well.

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This article is part of the Opinion series At the Brink,about the threat of nuclear weapons in an unstable world. There are just two major pacts governing nuclear weapons in the cosmos, both of which predate Neil Armstrong’s first steps on the moon. Rescue Agreement 1970 Outer Space Treaty October 1967 Lays out the principles that governs outer space, the moon and other celestial bodies. Rescue Agreement 1970 Outer Space Treaty October 1967 Lays out the principles that governs outer space, the moon and other celestial bodies. Rescue Agreement Liability convention Today 1970 1980 1990 2000 2010 2020 Outer Space Treaty October 1967 Foundation of international space law that governs outer space, the moon and other celestial bodies.

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