President Joe Biden has been criticized by members of both parties for not being more transparent and forthcoming about the decision to shoot down three aerial objects, just days after a US fighter jet took down a Chinese surveillance balloon off the coast of the Carolinas. But there may have been good reason for the lack of information made public in the days following the flurry of activity, and we should be patient as US authorities get to the bottom of what exactly these aerial objects are and where they originated from.
The head of the US Environmental Protection Agency traveled to East Palestine, Ohio, on Thursday and said the agency plans to hold the train company Norfolk Southern accountable for its role in the derailment of a train carrying hazardous chemicals earlier this month.
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President Joe Biden will speak Thursday on "the United States' response to recent aerial objects," according to the White House, following the US military's downing of a Chinese spy balloon and other unidentified high-altitude objects over North American airspace in recent weeks.
Fox's "The Masked Singer" kicked off season 9 with a Sinatra-singing Gnome played by the iconic Dick Van Dyke, who left the flabbergasted Nicole Scherzinger in tears.
In this week's "Nightcap," The New York Times reporter Mike Isaac evaluates Elon Musk's first 100 days at Twitter. Curbed writer Alissa Walker explains the issue with EVs getting bigger. And UNC Charlotte professor Steven Rogelberg explains to CNN's Jon Sarlin how to combat the trend of too many meetings. To get the day's business headlines sent directly to your inbox, sign up for the Nightcap newsletter.
The father of the man accused of killing seven people and wounding dozens more at a Fourth of July parade mass shooting in Highland Park, Illinois, appeared in court Thursday after being indicted on multiple charges by a grand jury Wednesday.
President Biden has now addressed the American people about their concerns about the flying objects. CNN's Abby Phillip explains the sensitivity of this subject and how little the president can say on the matter.
An unarmed Black man who was shot and killed by a Shreveport, Louisiana, police officer had previously sued the police department, alleging excessive force, according to a lawsuit obtained by CNN.
A senior FBI official warned secretaries of state from across the US Thursday that Chinese hackers pose a "growing threat" and said their willingness to target the infrastructure of political parties ahead of the 2022 election demonstrates that "we could see more significant Chinese cyber activity against your states in the coming year."
With the thick vegetation of the northern Guatemala rainforests hiding its 2,000-year-old remnants, the full extent of the early Mayan way of life was once impossible to see. But laser technology has helped researchers discover a previously unknown 650-square-mile (1,683-square-kilometer) Maya site that offers startling new insights about ancient Mesoamericans and their civilization.
Gun violence, at its highest level in the US since the early 1990s, has become one of the top concerns for many American voters. As a result, the country has debated reforms to policing, bail, sentencing and other aspects of our criminal justice system. But we've been ignoring an even more fundamental challenge: the gaping holes in our nation's social safety net for the group at greatest risk of gun violence — young men.
After asking Microsoft's AI-powered Bing chatbot for help in coming up with activities for my kids while juggling work, the tool started by offering something unexpected: empathy.
