(PART 2) Current Trends/Topics/HEADLINES in the News per (Week.com) Usually run 1 day late as they report what happened THAT DAY.. the next day
1/11/2024 (Thursday)
- Haley and DeSantis clash as Trump skips debate
- UN court hears South Africa genocide case against Israel
- Chris Christie suspends presidential campaign
- Judge says Trump won't speak during civil fraud case closing arguments
- Al-Shabab militants seize UN helicopter, crew in Somalia
- House committees recommend holding Hunter Biden in contempt
- Ecuador, drug mafias declare war on each other
- SEC approves bitcoin ETFs
- Amazon, Google lay off hundreds in post-pandemic cost cuts
- Avalanche kills 1 at California ski resort
1/12/2024 (Friday)
- Trump slams judge, New York attorney general in fraud trial closure
- US, UK hit Houthi military sites in Yemen
- Putin ally Medvedev issues nuclear warning
- Maryland election official resigns after Jan. 6 riot arrest
- Inflation ticked higher in December due to housing, fuel costs
- Pentagon watchdog investigates Austin hospitalization secrecy
- Hunter Biden pleads not guilty to tax charges
- Taiwan heads into elections amid tensions with China
- Spain's first parliamentarian with Down syndrome breaks barrier
- Patriots, Bill Belichick part ways after 24 years
1/13/2024 (Saturday)
- Winter storm blankets large swath of northern United States
- More than 30 Palestinians reportedly killed during overnight airstrike in Gaza
- Ruling party candidate wins Taiwan’s presidential election
- US military launches strike against Houthi stronghold in Yemen
- Trump ordered to pay The New York Times nearly $400,000 in legal fees after failed lawsuit
- Federal prosecutors to seek death penalty for Buffalo mass shooter
- Cockpit window crack forces Japanese ANA Boeing 737-800 flight to turn back
- Supreme Court to hear dispute over Starbucks firing of pro-union workers
- Kansas Proud Boy sentenced to more than 4 years for Jan. 6 attacks
- Air Canada passenger falls onto tarmac after opening cabin door
1/14/2024 (Sunday)
- Israel and Hamas mark 100th day of war
- GOP candidates campaign on final day before frigid Iowa caucuses
- Winter storms cause plummeting temperatures and snowfall
- Denmark proclaims new king as Queen Margarethe abdicates
- North Korea reportedly launches mid-range ballistic missile
- 2 Navy SEALs missing after nighttime mission off Somalia
- Diplomats meet in Davos to discuss Ukraine’s path to peace
- John Kerry stepping down as US climate envoy
- Texans, Chiefs emerge victorious in NFL wild card games
-Bill Hayes, star of 'Days of Our Lives,' dies at 98
1/15/2024 (Monday)
- Freezing Iowa caucuses to mark first voting of 2024 election
- Subzero temperatures place stranglehold on much of US
- US shoots down Houthi rocket fired at Navy warship
- Climate protesters interrupt Trump rally in Iowa
- US commemorates Martin Luther King Jr. Day
- Microsoft passes Apple as world’s most valuable public company
- Taiwan loses diplomatic ally 2 days after presidential election
- Icelandic volcano erupts for second time in under a month
- Detroit Lions win first playoff game in 32 years
- Hollywood’s television stars to gather for Primetime Emmy Awards
1/16/2024 (Tuesday)
- Trump wins Iowa caucuses in a landslide
- Houthi missile hits US commercial ship
- Hamas video appears to show 2 dead hostages
- Trump's second defamation trial set to start
- Austin released from hospital
- Navy searches for 2 Navy SEALs lost at sea off Somalia
- Winter weather disrupts MLK Day activities in parts of South
- Iran says it hit Israeli 'spy' site in Iraq with missile
- Washington sues to block Kroger-Albertsons merger
- 'The Bear,' 'Succession' win big at Emmys
1/17/2024 (Wednesday)
- US strikes Houthi targets for third time
- Trump sex defamation trial begins
- Trump turns focus to Haley in New Hampshire
- Iran attacks sites in Pakistan
- Report: Austin security detail asked for ambulance without sirens
- Supreme Court declines to review Indiana school transgender bathroom policies
- Negotiators reach bipartisan tax deal but obstacles remain
- Club Q shooter expected to plead guilty to hate-crime charges
- Judge blocks JetBlue-Spirit Airlines merger
- Woman accuses James Dolan, Harvey Weinstein of sexual abuse
1/18/2024 (Thursday)
- Judge threatens to remove Trump from civil defamation trial
- Medicine for hostages, Palestinian civilians reaches Gaza
- Johnson digs in against Ukraine aid without border crackdown
- Conservative justices appear inclined to limit federal regulatory power
- Pakistan hits separatist targets in Iran in retaliatory strikes
- Maine judge freezes Trump ballot ban pending Supreme Court decision
- Shell halts shipments through the Red Sea
- Prosecutor investigating TV attack assassinated in Ecuador
- Minnesota man freed after 25 years in prison sues medical examiner
- King Charles, Kate Middleton undergo medical procedures
1/19/2024 (Friday)
- Congress averts a government shutdown
- DOJ report finds 'cascading failures' during Texas school shooting
- Netanyahu opposes Palestinian state in postwar Gaza
- Defamation trial judge shuts down Trump lawyer
- Biden says strikes against Houthis will continue
- Drugmakers hiked prices in first 2 weeks of 2024
- Hunter Biden agrees to House deposition
- Judge schedules hearing on Fani Willis allegation
- Spelman College receives a record donation
- Peregrine lunar lander meets a fiery end
1/20/2024 (Saturday)
- Grand jury reportedly convened to investigate Uvalde shooting response
- Families protest outside Netanyahu's house as pressure mounts for hostage deal
- Biden signs stopgap measure to avoid government shutdown
- Iran and Hezbollah reportedly helping coordinate Houthi attacks
- Alec Baldwin charged for second time in deadly 'Rust' shooting
- Harvard creates task forces on antisemitism and Islamophobia
- NYC mayor vetoes ban on solitary confinement in city jails
- Sports Illustrated lays off nearly entire staff as financial woes mount
- Russia was China's top oil supplier in 2023, data shows
- Malia Obama debuts short film at Sundance Film Festival
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