Every year, the residents of the small English town of Ottery St Mary carry flaming tar-lined barrels on their backs. The tradition dates back centuries, but the event's true origins have been lost to the mists of time.
A new poll found plummeting confidence in the American Dream - that if you work hard, you get ahead. "It's the sense that something structural has changed in the economy," says Wall Street Reporter Aaron Zitner, "and that we're more fragile - and that this is a longer-term problem than, say, inflation, which tends to be transitory."
By many measures the economy is booming, but even President Biden's supporters aren't so sure. CNN's Michael Smerconish asks, might it be that perception has overtaken reality?
CNN's Kim Brunhuber speaks with Hiba Tibi, the CARE Country Director for the West Bank and Gaza, about the growing humanitarian crisis due to the ongoing war.
CNN's Kim Brunhuber speaks with Henna Hundal, a delegate to the U.N. Climate Change Conference, about what to expect from U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris at the COP28 climate conference.
Emotional scenes have been witnessed many times over this past week as dozens of Israeli families reunite with their loved ones who had been held hostage. CNN's Jeremy Diamond has one of their stories.
Hospitals in southern Gaza say Palestinian casualties have been mounting quickly since the truce ended early Friday. CNN's Oren Liebermann has details. Some of the images in his report are graphic and disturbing.
A book owned by British author Jane Austen will be auctioned by Sotheby's in New York. "Curiosities of Literature" is by Isaac D'Israeli. Austen wrote her name on the title page, and is believed to have underlined some passages.
A Ukrainian source claims the country's security services attacked two trains carrying fuel as they crossed through Russia's Far East. CNN has not been able to independently confirm the explosions, and Russia is staying tight-lipped about the subject.
Democratic strategist James Carville reacts to the news that Speaker Mike Johnson wrote the foreword for and publicly promoted a book filled with discredited conspiracy theories and homophobic insults.
Speaker of the House Mike Johnson wrote the foreword and publicly promoted a 2022 book that spread baseless and discredited conspiracy theories and used derogatory homophobic insults, and targeted Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg for being "obnoxiously" gay.
Former President Donald Trump's lawyers in the Georgia 2020 election subversion case defended their client in a Fulton County courtroom for the first time. CNN political analyst Maggie Haberman joins Anderson Cooper to discuss.
Vermont shooting victim Kinnan Abdalhamid speaks to CNN's Anderson Cooper about the attack and whether he believes hate crime charges will be filed against the suspect.
CNN's Erin Burnett presses Mark Regev, a senior adviser to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, about revelations that Israeli intelligence seemingly ignored warnings about the October 7 Hamas terror attack.
CNN's Miguel Marquez gets voters' reactions after the House voted to expel indicted New York GOP Rep. George Santos over ethics violations, making him only the sixth lawmaker ever to be ousted from the chamber.
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