The Morning Rundown
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Get up to speed on the stories leading the day. Join host Karah Rucker for a few minutes, five days a week, to stay ahead of the never-ending news cycle. Bringing you just the facts you need to know with reporting from Straight Arrow News.
Jury selection will be underway this morning in a trial between Tesla investors and the head of Tesla, Elon Musk.

Morning rundown: Musk trial begins, China’s population decreasing

Long stretches of rain flooded California have killed 19 people last week. Monday, more bad weather is expected.

Midday rundown: California storms, Mafia boss caught, Starbucks expands in China

Six new pages of classified documents were discovered over the weekend in President Biden's personal library of his Delaware home.

Morning rundown: More Biden documents, China’s new COVID death toll

The FAA is now saying personnel, not following procedure while accessing their system, caused an error and damaged a data file.

PM rundown: FAA says mistake grounded flights, House gets pay raise

Alabama and Georgia residents are picking up the pieces after more than a dozen tornadoes ripped through South on Thursday.

AM rundown: Deadly tornadoes strike South, Lisa Marie dies, UFO sightings

In December, the U.S. economy saw deflation for the sixth month in a row. Consumer prices came down for the first time since 2020.

PM rundown: Deflation in December, Disney and ESPN sued

Officials warned that more of the flooding that has devastated parts of California could turn the Monterey Peninsula into an island.

Officials: California peninsula may turn into island due to flooding

Two hospitals in New York City are getting back to normal operations this morning after nurses there went on strike for three days.

AM rundown: Nurses strike ends, pro-life bill passes

An outage at the FAA disrupts thousands of flights; Alabama warns about the abortion pill and the COVID-19 public health emergency extends.

PM rundown: COVID emergency extended, abortion pill prosecution

Republican politicians and officials in New York called on Rep. George Santos (R-NY) to resign following revelations of a two-fold scandal.

New York Republicans call on Rep. Santos to resign over scandals

The FAA is fixing a nationwide technical outage and has ordered all airlines to pause domestic flights in the U.S.

AM rundown: Flights grounded, Biden investigation underway

Netflix took 3 years to reach one million users. But it took big tech's latest AI gold mine, ChatGPT, only 5 days.

ChatGPT threatens Google as Microsoft looks to invest in the AI giant

Lawyers working for President Biden found classified documents while packing up the president’s former downtown D.C. office.

Lawyers found classified documents in Biden’s old office

New Jersey's gun law, signed in December, was immediately met with legal challenges that are now playing out in court.

PM rundown: NJ gun law paused, China retaliates against travel restrictions

A U.S. attorney has been assigned to review 10 classified documents discovered in an office Joe Biden used during his time as Vice-President.

AM rundown: Classified documents in Biden office; CA floods

Sen. Ben Sasse, R-Neb., officially resigned from his post on Sunday. Nebraska's governor will appoint someone to fill his seat.

PM rundown: Sen. Sasse steps down, Iran executes more protesters

Newly elected House Speaker Kevin McCarthy will be leading the floor in The House chamber. It's now on to business for the GOP.

AM rundown: Biden in Mexico, NY nurses strike, Calif. floods

Border Patrol and police cleaned up hundreds of migrants camped out in downtown El Paso, just days before President Biden arrives.

Midday rundown: El Paso swept of migrants, honeybee vaccine approved

The sports world was sent into shock as Buffalo Bills Damar Hamlin suffered commotio cords, igniting the NFL's emergency action plan.

When Damar Hamlin went down, the NFL’s emergency action plan took over

The apparent cardiac event Damar Hamlin suffered during a game shocked many across the sports world, including players and fans of the NHL.

As NFL deals with Hamlin injury, NHL is no stranger to cardiac events

While fighting in Ukraine continued despite Putin's proposed cease-fire, the White House revealed why Russia may be obsessed with Bakhmut.

Ukraine cease-fire ends, Russia’s obsession with Bakhmut explained

Bills' safety, Damar Hamlin, is on the mend. Now, a decision has been made to not resume the Buffalo Bills and Bengals game.

Morning rundown: Damar Hamlin on the mend, Jan. 6 anniversary

Breaking DNA evidence in the quadruple homicide in Idaho. Police say Bryan Kohberger's DNA was found on a knife sheath at the crime scene.

Midday rundown: Kohberger DNA found, NYC schools ban ChatGPT

Former Rep. Reid Ribble: House speaker vote ‘has gotten personal’