Smart Talk by Dawn Lehman
CNN Breaking News- University of Pennsylvania President Liz Magill resigns December 9, 2023Liz Magill, the president of University of Pennsylvania, voluntarily stepped down from the helm of the Ivy League school on Saturday, according to an announcement from board chair Scott Bok.
- Humanitarian crisis worsens in Gaza as Israel-Hamas war intensifies December 9, 2023Israel's military issued a new appeal for Gazans to leave areas of the southern city of Khan Younis, where fighting rages against Hamas. Follow for live news updates.
- December 8, 2023 Israel-Hamas war December 9, 2023The United States vetoed a UN Security Council resolution Friday calling for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza.
- Michigan school shooter sentenced to life in prison without parole December 9, 2023Ethan Crumbley was sentenced in a hearing Friday for killing four students and wounding seven others when he opened fire at Oxford High School in Michigan in November 2021.
- American woman accused of conspiring to kill her husband released on bail in the Bahamas December 8, 2023American Lindsay Shiver, accused of conspiring to kill her husband with two co-defendants in the Bahamas, was granted bail of $100,000 by a Bahamian Supreme Court justice on Wednesday.
- Stocks notch a sixth straight week of gains after November jobs data December 8, 2023Wall Street's focus shifted Friday from the jobs report to upcoming inflation data, after the US economy added 199,000 jobs last month and the unemployment rate fell to 3.7%.
- Hamid Karzai Fast Facts December 8, 2023Read CNN's Fast Facts about Hamid Karzai, the former president of Afghanistan.
- House Oversight Committee launches investigation into Coast Guard after CNN report December 8, 2023The House Oversight Committee has launched an investigation into the US Coast Guard's "mishandling of serious misconduct" — including sexual assault, racism and hazing — after CNN exposed that its leaders concealed reports documenting those problems from its workforce, the public and Congress.
- Michigan school shooter to be sentenced December 8, 2023Ethan Crumbley will be sentenced in a hearing Friday for killing four students and wounding seven others when he opened fire at Oxford High School in Michigan in November 2021. Follow here for the latest live news updates.
- What? You're calling my kid a simp? December 8, 2023Simp is slang for a person (typically a man) who is desperate for the attention and affection of someone else (typically a woman).
- University of Pennsylvania President Liz Magill resigns December 9, 2023