New Year’s celebrations swept across the globe, ushering in 2023 with countdowns and fireworks — and marking an end to a year that brought war in Europe and global worries over inflation.
Nation and World
Pope Benedict XVI received the sacrament of the anointing of the sick on Wednesday, after his daily Mass.
Walters made headlines in 1976 as the first female network news anchor, with an unprecedented $1 million annual salary.
The Mega Millions jackpot had reached an estimated $685 million. It likely will top $700 million come Jan. 3, 2023.
Arrest paperwork filed said Bryan Christopher Kohberger, 28, was being held for extradition to Idaho on a warrant for first degree murder.
The U.S., Japan, India, South Korea, Taiwan and Italy have announced testing requirements for passengers from China.
Ukraine’s military chief said preliminary reports showed Russia fired 69 missiles at energy facilities and Ukrainian forces shot down 54 of them.
Benedict, who was the first pontiff to resign in 600 years, dedicated his post-papacy life to prayer and meditation.
The ruling on pandemic-era limitations preserves a Trump-era policy that had been scheduled to expire under a judge’s order on Dec. 21.
The storm that walloped much of the country is now blamed for at least 48 deaths nationwide, with rescue and recovery efforts continuing Monday.
Putin’s remarks come as attacks on Ukraine continue. A countrywide air raid alert was announced twice on Sunday, and three missiles hit the city of Kramatorsk in the partially occupied Donetsk region, local officials reported.
The scope of the storm has been nearly unprecedented, stretching from the Great Lakes near Canada to the Rio Grande along the border with Mexico.
Tens of millions of Americans endured bone-chilling cold, power outages and canceled gatherings Friday from a storm that forecasters said was nearly unprecedented in its scope.
The bill passed mostly along partisan lines only hours before financing for federal agencies was set to expire.
The agency plans to have about 1,500 volunteers working on Christmas Eve to field phone calls from children who want to know Santa’s location.