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December 2022
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- December 31st
- December 30th
- Aerosmith's Steven Tyler sued for allegedly sexually assaulting a minor in the 1970s
- Recreational cannabis sales kick off in New York City
- Southwest Airlines promises to reimburse customers for costs caused by cancelations
- Andrew Tate arrested in Romania on human trafficking charges
- Justice Department sues one of the largest drug distributors in the U.S.
- Some Game of Thrones spinoffs 'shelved' amid changes at HBO Max, George R.R. Martin reveals
- How the Times Square New Year's Eve ball drop has changed over the years
- December 29th
- December 28th
- China to begin re-issuing passports in another reversal of COVID lockdowns
- Pope Francis asks for prayers for 'very sick' Pope Benedict
- Tensions flare between Serbia and Kosovo
- Russia to ban sale of oil to countries that impose price cap
- The best films of 2022
- The most unforgettable film and TV moments of 2022
- Why America's electrical grid is vulnerable to attack
- December 27th
- DOT investigating chaos at Southwest after airline cancels more than 2,500 flights
- Mega Millions jackpot rises to $565M after previous drawing yielded no winners
- 2023 Oscars: How and when to watch all the likely contenders
- Peru's mysterious Nazca Lines
- 4 electrical substations vandalized in Washington, leaving thousands without power
- December 26th
- December 24th
- December 23rd
- 3 killed in shooting at Kurdish center in Paris
- Meta to settle Cambridge Analytica lawsuit for $725 million
- 'Once in a generation' winter storm disrupts holiday travel
- Christmas scams warning as criminals cash in on cost-of-living crisis
- What's the best new Christmas movie of 2022?
- How to curb your holiday waste
- December 22nd
- YouTube snags NFL 'Sunday Ticket' in 7-year deal
- Accused subway shooter to plead guilty to terrorism charges
- Movie studios can be sued for misleading trailers, judge rules
- Overdose deaths increased 16 percent in 2021 compared to 2020
- Border Force strike may see airports close this Christmas
- 2 top Sam Bankman-Fried associates plead guilty in FTX scheme, will cooperate with prosecutors
- 'Your money is not charity': Zelensky ends whirlwind D.C. visit with ovation-filled address to Congress
- December 21st
- Mars' InSight lander officially goes dark after 4 years
- Texas school district under investigation for ordering the removal of LGBTQ books from libraries
- Massive crowds force Argentina soccer team to evacuate World Cup parade
- What to know about the severe winter weather threatening most of the U.S.
- Franco Harris, legendary Pittsburgh Steelers running back, dies at 72
- All about the 2022 winter solstice
- Dwayne Johnson isn't coming back as Black Adam anytime soon
- Biden will announce Patriot missiles for Ukraine during Oval Office meeting with Zelensky, officials say
- A history of presidential parodies on Saturday Night Live
- Indian troops gather on Chinese border after soldiers clash
- USPS is switching to electric mail trucks, in reversal for Trump-era postmaster general
- Taliban releases 2 Americans held in Afghanistan
- December 20th
- Report: Zelensky to visit U.S. and address Congress
- Survivor found after Thai warship sinks, but dozens remain missing
- Uvalde school fails safety inspection just 7 months after mass shooting
- Studies show surge in child homicides in 2020
- Terry Hall, lead singer of the Specials, dies at 63
- 6.4-magnitude earthquake hits California, causes power outages
- Wells Fargo ordered to pay $3.7 billion for mismanaging customer funds
- Jeremy Clarkson's 'deplorable' article about Meghan Markle sparks over 17,500 complaints
- Twitter users vote for Elon Musk to quit platform
- Why pet rent is so hotly contested
- Los Angeles jury convicts Harvey Weinstein on 3 rape, sexual assault charges
- Putin, Lukashenko meet as Ukraine fears Moscow could launch offensive from Belarus
- December 19th
- Dutch prime minister apologizes for slave trade, but critics say it is not enough
- Sam Bankman-Fried agrees to be extradited to U.S. from Bahamas, attorney says
- DOJ warns of spike in 'sextortion' cases targeting underage boys
- Milestone conservation agreement reached at UN biodiversity conference
- Fortnite creator Epic Games fined $520 million in record-breaking FTC settlement
- Elon Musk's Twitter poll says he should step down as CEO
- Tom Cruise thanks Top Gun: Maverick fans while jumping out of a plane
- Amber Heard settles Johnny Depp defamation case 'having lost faith in the American legal system'
- 36 injured after Hawaiian Airline flight hits 'severe turbulence'
- CNN investigative journalist Drew Griffin dies at 60
- Driving home for Christmas: 20m UK car journeys expected this week
- What is a reverse mortgage?
- Is time real?
- SNL mocks Trump's NFT trading cards 'scam,' says goodbye to Cecily Strong
- Vatican defrocks MAGA priest for 'blasphemous' social media posts, 'persistent disobedience'
- Elon Musk polls Twitter users on whether he should stay on as CEO
- December 18th
- Twitter briefly bans linking to other social media sites, including Facebook, Instagram, and Truth Social
- Messi finally leads his team to the mountaintop as Argentina wins FIFA World Cup
- Avatar: The Way of Water opens under expectations but could still become a box office juggernaut
- Iranian government arrests acclaimed actress in relation to protests
- North Korea fires pair of ballistic missiles that could potentially reach Japan
- Back to the moon ... and beyond
- Everything you need to know about Hanukkah (or is it Chanukah?)
- December 17th
- December 16th
- Brittney Griner makes 1st public statement since prisoner swap: 'It feels so good to be home!'
- Zelensky reportedly snubbed by FIFA after offering to share peace message at World Cup final
- Jane Fonda's cancer is in remission: 'Best birthday present ever!'
- EU threatens Musk with sanctions after Twitter suspends journalists
- New York becomes latest state to ban sale of cats, dogs, and rabbits in pet stores
- Man sentenced to 270 days in jail for attacking Dave Chappelle on stage
- Who are the Oath Keepers?
- Why California is considering reparations for racism
- What's behind the deadly strep A outbreak in the U.K.?
- Elon Musk bans critical journalists on Twitter
- U.S. Fish and Wildlife celebrates reintroduction of rare West Virginia fish that 'looks like a candy cane'
- Death penalty: U.S. carried out historically few executions in 2022, but 1 in 3 were 'botched'
- Elon Musk's Twitter abruptly suspends several journalists who cover Elon Musk and Twitter
- Claudine Gay named Harvard University's 1st Black president
- December 15th
- The House has pushed Puerto Rico one step closer to possible statehood. What will the Senate do?
- 3 men sentenced in Whitmer kidnapping plot
- 'Heartbroken' celebrities mourn death of tWitch, dancer and former Ellen DJ
- Teen hit by car and killed during World Cup celebrations in France
- James Patterson to complete Michael Crichton's unfinished 'passion project'
- White House relaunches free COVID test program as part of 'winter preparedness plan'
- Pelosi attack suspect allegedly planned to target Hunter Biden, Gov. Newsom, and Tom Hanks
- Stephen ‘tWitch’ Boss dead at 40: Ellen pays tribute to Fairytale Weddings host
- Liquid rules at UK airports to be relaxed by 2024
- Everything we know about the Avatar sequels after The Way of Water
- The environmental cost of cryptocurrency
- Ukraine's Zelensky tells David Letterman a Russia joke during Kyiv subway interview
- Elon Musk bans Twitter account tracking his private jet, threatens 20-year-old owner with 'legal action'
- 90-year-old graduates from college, 71 years after her 1st class
- Henry Cavill out as Superman as new DC film is set to focus on younger hero
- State of emergency declared in Peru amid ongoing protests
- December 14th
- What the latest Fed rate hike means for the economy
- Avatar: The Way of Water: What's the best way to see it, and what does 'high frame rate' mean?
- The biggest revelations from Netflix's Harry & Meghan documentary
- What we know about the death of Grant Wahl, the journalist who died at the World Cup
- Survivors mark 10 years since Sandy Hook shooting by helping others
- Stephen 'tWitch' Boss, Ellen DeGeneres Show DJ, dies at 40
- Jay Leno gives 1st interview since accident: 'My face caught on fire'
- Moroccan fans stranded after airline scraps World Cup flights to Qatar
- Elon Musk, no longer the world's richest after Tesla dive, has reportedly stopped Twitter's rent payments
- The European Union's Qatar bribery scandal, explained
- House, Senate negotiators announce 'bipartisan, bicameral framework' for 2023 spending package
- Santa saves Christmas and Ukraine on Stephen Colbert's Late Show animated Christmas special
- Here's what the U.S. achieved with nuclear fusion and why it matters
- Report: U.S. could soon send Patriot missile defense system to Ukraine
- December 13th
- U.S. Postal Service to honor John Lewis with a stamp
- Adam Sandler to receive Mark Twain Prize for American Humor
- 'Last Hawaiian princess' Abigail Kawānanakoa dies at 96
- WWE's Vince McMahon reportedly plotting his comeback after sexual misconduct scandal
- Study: Moderna, Merck vaccines could cut melanoma's recurrence by 44 percent
- 3 crazy details from the SEC filing against Sam Bankman-Fried
- Inflation rate decreased again in November
- Everything you need to know about the new Miyazaki movie
- Why Peruvians are taking to the streets in protest
- Why critics allege Twitter discriminated against conservatives
- EU rocked by €1m Qatar corruption scandal
- Vladimir Putin will skip annual year-end press conference for 1st time in a decade amid Ukraine setbacks
- Twin Peaks composer Angelo Badalamenti dies at 85
- FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried arrested in the Bahamas
- December 12th
- Trump plans to release book of personal correspondence with celebrities
- Taylor Swift 'Shake It Off' lawsuit dropped before trial
- COVID cases surge in China following relaxed restrictions
- New York City to dedicate gate to the exonerated Central Park Five
- Elon Musk responds to receiving 'a lot of boos' at Dave Chappelle show: 'A first for me in real life'
- Germany vows to tighten gun laws after foiled coup attempt
- Golden Globes fail to nominate any female directors — again
- Iran publicly executes 2nd prisoner as warning to protesters
- 2023 Golden Globes: The biggest snubs and surprises
- Treasury Secretary Yellen says U.S. inflation will be lower by end of 2023
- How to protect your money from inflation
- 3 women killed in Rome cafe shooting, including friend of prime minister
- German coup plot suspect Heinrich XIII's family was unimpressed with his princely ambitions
- Three children dead after plunging into frozen Solihull lake
- Ukraine says it destroyed Russia's Wagner militia Luhansk headquarters, army base in Melitopol
- U.S. reportedly set to announce major fusion energy breakthrough
- December 11th
- December 10th
- December 9th
- dearMoon billionaire selects DJ, YouTuber, and others for 1st private SpaceX lunar mission
- One Tree Hill star Bevin Prince opens up after husband was killed by lightning strike: 'Something bigger beyond me was calling him'
- Everything you need to know about the making of Guillermo del Toro's stop-motion Pinocchio
- Taylor Swift is writing and directing her 1st movie
- Low temperatures trigger cold weather payments
- Iran executes 1st protester, is accused of poisoning students to prevent more anti-government protests
- Who is Paul Whelan?
- Peru president Pedro Castillo replaced after impeachment
- OpenAI's ChatGPT chatbot: The good, the very bad, and the uncannily fun
- Watch Trevor Noah say farewell on his final Daily Show
- Why Russia would only trade Brittney Griner for 'Merchant of Death' Viktor Bout
- After 65 years, Philadelphia police have a name for the 'Boy in the Box'
- December 8th
- Comedian Jerrod Carmichael named host of revived Golden Globes
- Celine Dion suffering from rare neurological disorder affecting 'every aspect of my daily life'
- How the White House negotiated for Brittney Griner's release
- Gas is now cheaper in the U.S. than it was a year ago, for better or worse
- Ukraine embassies sent grisly packages of animal eyes ‘from Germany’
- The largest contracts in American sports history
- How to choose the right mortgage for you
- #BookTok: Is TikTok changing the publishing industry?
- Ukraine's custom drone strikes showed Russia it can hit Moscow, doesn't fear more escalation
- House Jan. 6 Committee to issue its final report on Dec. 21, with 'some form of public presentation'
- Wonder Woman 3 reportedly dead as new DC bosses mull major changes
- Peru's new president sworn in after country's ex-leader is impeached and arrested
- Former Theranos COO Sunny Balwani sentenced to nearly 13 years in prison
- December 7th
- Elon Musk briefly loses title of world's richest person
- Nigerian military has run forced abortion program for years, report says
- Why you want to think twice before using viral AI portrait app Lensa
- Johnny Depp, Wordle among year's top trending Google searches
- 3 wild details of the plot to overthrow the German government
- California attempting to collect $600,000 in unpaid taxes from Ye's apparel brand, report says
- Volodymyr Zelensky and 'the spirit of Ukraine' named 2022 Time Person of the Year
- Aaron Judge, Yankees reportedly strike 9-year, $360 million deal
- Dozens arrested over plot to overthrow German government
- Why is Europe mad about Biden's IRA?
- Texas will get more electricity from solar and wind power than natural gas next year, EIA projects
- Stax Records founder Jim Stewart, who helped produce the 'Memphis sound,' is dead at 92
- December 6th
- iPod creator launches new crypto wallet as industry fallout continues
- Harry and Meghan Netflix doc trailers accused of misleading use of stock footage
- Colorado shooting suspect charged with 305 counts, including murder, bias-motivated crimes
- Russia blames Ukraine for 3rd drone strike on airbase in 2 days
- Nike cuts ties with Kyrie Irving after antisemitism controversy
- How cities and states are confronting the mental health crisis
- The movement to protect Spirit Mountain
- Looming cold snap fuels fears of UK power cuts
- Russian military bloggers are reportedly irate at Moscow over Ukraine's drone strikes deep inside Russia
- Former Florida GOP congressman arrested, charged with secret lobbying on behalf of Venezuela
- Cheers star Kirstie Alley dies at 71
- Kremlin says Ukrainian drones targeted two Russian air bases
- December 5th
- Michael Avenatti sentenced to 14 years in prison for tax evasion, fraud
- Hertz agrees to pay $168 million to settle false theft claims
- HBO Max may just be called 'Max' after merging with Discovery+
- Chinese state-backed hackers stole millions in COVID relief, report says
- Who are the nominees for Time's 2022 Person of the Year?
- Congresswoman alleges $20K in donor checks 'plundered by a USPS employee'
- Taylor Swift fans sue Ticketmaster over disastrous concert presale
- Supreme Court to hear case of web designer opposed to same-sex wedding clients
- 'Goblin mode' is Oxford Dictionary's word of the year
- Sacha Baron Cohen's Borat takes on Kanye West: 'He's too antisemitic even for us'
- 439 Texas churches split from United Methodist Church as slow-motion schism continues
- China relaxes some zero-Covid restrictions
- What is 'Shrinkflation'?
- North Carolina county under curfew after gun attack on 2 substations cuts power to 45,000
- OPEC+ keeps output unchanged amid uncertainty over fallout from Western price caps on Russian oil
- Sesame Street's Bob McGrath dies at 90
- December 4th
- December 3rd
- December 2nd
- Houston police arrest 2 in connection with killing of Migos rapper Takeoff
- U.S. same-sex couple households surpass 1 million for the 1st time
- Hurricane Ian caused at least $50 billion in losses, the largest record since Hurricane Katrina
- A Britney Spears jukebox musical is headed to Broadway
- 4 Chinese solar manufacturers are evading tariffs, investigation finds
- Pentagon debuts new nuclear stealth bomber, the B-21 Raider
- Why activists are skeptical of Qatar's carbon-neutral World Cup
- How low will gas prices go this winter? 3 analyst predictions.
- South African government plunged into crisis over ‘Farmgate’ scandal
- Green Book actor Frank Vallelonga Jr.'s body found dumped in the Bronx
- The U.S. added 263,000 jobs last month, beating expectations
- Kanye West will not be buying Parler after all, Parler confirms
- Lecanemab: Understanding the controversial new Alzheimer's drug
- Is plant-based meat a failure?
- The rise and regulation of killer police robots
- Elon Musk suspends Kanye West's Twitter account after swastika post (and not for fat-shaming Musk)
- December 1st
- Spanish Prime Minister and U.S. Embassy latest targets in series of letter bombs
- What is a 'lady-in-waiting,' the royal role at the center of a U.K. racism scandal?
- This is the greatest film of all time, according to once-a-decade critics' poll
- Paul Whelan, American jailed in Russia, reportedly transferred to prison hospital
- Kanye West openly praises Hitler on Alex Jones' show
- Mortgages made simple
- How to save money without thinking about it
- Elon Musk hopes to implant computers into human brains by next year
- France's Stéphanie Frappart will make history as 1st woman to referee a men's World Cup match
- Al Roker returns to hospital due to blood clot 'complications'
- Lady-in-waiting Susan Hussey resigns over racist ‘abuse’ row
- A brief history of Pakistan's recent political turmoil
- House Jan. 6 committee interviews final witness, weighs criminal referrals
- U.S. gas prices fall to pre–Ukraine invasion levels, Dow jumps back up into bull market
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