| Date | Event |
|---|---|
Jan 1 |
North Korea's Kim says US will never start war against North |
Jan 1 |
Costa Rica seeks cause of plane crash that killed 10 from US |
Jan 2 |
South Korea offers talks with defiant North ahead of Olympics |
Jan 3 |
North Korean leader orders border hotline with South Korea reopened on Wednesday |
Jan 3 |
US threatens to withhold aid cash to Palestinians |
Jan 4 |
US Powerball jackpot swells to $460 million, game's seventh-largest |
Jan 5 |
North Korea accepts January 9 talks offer from South Korea |
Jan 5 |
Trump administration drops Obama-era easing of marijuana prosecutions |
Jan 9 |
North, South Korea to hold talks as Winter Olympics help break ice |
Jan 9 |
North Korea will send Olympic team to South as countries hold high-level talks |
Jan 10 |
California mudslides kill at least 13 in area ravaged by wildfire |
Jan 10 |
Little damage as mag 7.6 quake hits in sea north of Honduras |
Jan 13 |
Trump sets off firestorm with 'shithole' remark |
Jan 14 |
Ballistic missile warning sent in error by Hawaii authorities |
Jan 14 |
Racial firestorm surrounds Trump at MLK holiday |
Jan 14 |
Chelsea Manning files to run for US Senate |
Jan 15 |
US moves ships, bombers toward Korea ahead of Olympics |
Jan 15 |
Double suicide bombing in Baghdad kills at least 16 people |
Jan 20 |
US government shutdown begins as spending bill fails in Senate |
Jan 21 |
US Senate to continue working to end government shutdown |
Jan 23 |
Netflix crosses $100 billion market cap on subscriber surge |
Jan 24 |
Thousands march against Trump in Zurich, other Swiss cities |
Jan 26 |
Vince McMahon: XFL to return in 2020 without gimmicks |
Jan 30 |
House panel votes to release Republican memo alleging anti-Trump bias |
Jan 30 |
Indians removing Chief Wahoo logo from uniforms in 2019 |
Feb 3 |
Trump escalates fight over Russia probe, approves release of secret memo |
Feb 4 |
Patriots QB Tom Brady picks up third league MVP award of career |
Feb 5 |
Philadelphia Eagles top New England Patriots to win their first Super Bowl |
Feb 7 |
Elon Musk's SpaceX launches megarocket with his own Tesla vehicle on board |
Feb 8 |
More than 400 killed in Syrian airstrikes on rebel areas, UN calls for ceasefire |
Feb 8 |
Pelosi stages 8-hour speech to push for vote for 'Dreamers' |
Feb 9 |
Court rejects appeals by 47 Russians against Olympic bans |
Feb 10 |
North Korea's Kim invites South Korean president for summit: South Korea |
Feb 12 |
Olympics: Organisers confirm 177 total norovirus cases at Pyeongchang |
Feb 12 |
Pierce joins Celtics legends as team retires his No. 34 |
Feb 14 |
Shaun White wins America's 100th Winter Olympics gold medal |
Feb 15 |
Ex-student arrested after 17 shot dead at Florida high school |
Feb 15 |
South African President Zuma succumbs to pressure, resigns |
Feb 16 |
Survivors of Florida high school shooting call for action on gun control |
Feb 17 |
Trump visits Florida hospital to pay respects after school shooting |
Feb 18 |
Commercial plane crashes in southern Iran, killing 66 people |
Feb 18 |
Facebook plans to use US mail to verify IDs of election ad buyers |
Feb 19 |
Austin Dillon wins Daytona 500 in the No. 3 two decades after Dale Earnhardt |
Feb 23 |
South Korea says approved visit by sanctioned North Korean to pursue peace on peninsula |
Feb 23 |
Special counsel files 32-count indictment against former Trump campaign officials |
Feb 24 |
Ex-Trump aide Gates pleads guilty in deal with special counsel |
Feb 24 |
Corporate partners cut cord with NRA as gun control debate rages |
Feb 25 |
Russia barred from flying flag at Games closing ceremony |
Feb 26 |
South Korea says it hopes for constructive talks between US, North Korea |
Feb 26 |
Florida to investigate police response to school shooting that killed 17 |
Feb 27 |
At least 30 killed in eastern Ghouta in 48 hours; aid convoys ready - UN |
Feb 28 |
States grapple with gun laws after Florida shooting |
Feb 28 |
Report: Jared Kushner's security clearance downgraded |
Mar 1 |
Walmart joins Dick's Sporting Goods in raising age to buy guns |
Mar 1 |
In blow to Trump, top aide Hope Hicks to leave White House |
Mar 2 |
Toyota says US tariffs on steel, aluminum will substantially raise production costs |
Mar 2 |
Large explosion in Afghan capital kills young girl, wounds 6 |
Mar 3 |
US dollar outlook darkens as trade war looms |
Mar 3 |
89-year-old Agnes Varda welcomes the title of oldest Oscar nominee |
Mar 4 |
China says its increasingly powerful military is no threat |
Mar 4 |
South Korea to send high-level officials to North for talks |
Mar 5 |
'Coco' wins best animated feature Oscar |
Mar 5 |
Former Lakers star Kobe Bryant wins Oscar for animated short |
Mar 5 |
China's Xi poised to make historic grab at indefinite rule |
Mar 7 |
North Korea open to abandoning its nuclear program, Seoul says |
Mar 9 |
Oil prices rise as US President Trump set to meet North Korea's Kim |
Mar 9 |
China, Japan, South Korea bristle over US steel, aluminum tariffs |
Mar 10 |
NRA files federal lawsuit challenging Florida gun-safety bill |
Mar 12 |
All five passengers died after helicopter crashes in New York City's East River |
Mar 14 |
Student walkouts planned across US to protest gun violence |
Mar 17 |
No. 16 UMBC stuns No. 1 Virginia 74-54 to make NCAA history |
Mar 18 |
China's Premier Li re-elected by parliament to premiership |
Mar 19 |
Putin, facing little opposition, wins Russian presidency again |
Mar 20 |
US, South Korea announce annual military exercises to begin on April 1 |
Mar 20 |
'Sex and the City' star Cynthia Nixon running for governor |
Mar 22 |
Zuckerberg says Facebook 'made mistakes' on Cambridge Analytica |
Mar 23 |
China urges US against taking trade relations to 'dangerous place' |
Mar 23 |
China strikes back in trade spat, aims tariffs at $3 billion US goods |
Mar 24 |
French policeman who took place of hostage dies of gunshot wounds |
Mar 25 |
Mexican police find bodies of 15 men crammed into pickup |
Mar 26 |
At least 53 die in Russia shopping mall fire |
Mar 26 |
Porn star says she was threatened to keep silence on Trump: TV interview |
Mar 26 |
Stormy Daniels, in '60 Minutes' interview, says she had sex with Donald Trump once |
Mar 28 |
26 countries pledge to kick out Russian diplomats over poisoning of ex-spy |
Mar 28 |
North Korea's Kim Jong Un visits China in 1st foreign trip as leader |
Mar 30 |
Tesla voluntarily recalls early Model S vehicles over power steering bolts |
Apr 1 |
Building collapse kills 10 in India; 10 pulled alive |
Apr 2 |
China space lab mostly burns up on re-entry in south Pacific |
Apr 4 |
China vows countermeasures as US issues extensive tariff list |
Apr 4 |
Trump wants US military to secure border until wall is built |
Apr 4 |
US proposes tariffs on $50 billion in Chinese imports |
Apr 5 |
China envoy says takes 'two to tango' in resolving trade dispute with US |
Apr 5 |
Trump signs proclamation authorizing National Guard to southern border |
Apr 6 |
Trump proposes $100 billion in new tariffs on Chinese goods |
Apr 7 |
Conor McGregor arraigned on assault charges after bus attack outside UFC event |
Apr 8 |
Man, 67, killed in raging fire at Trump Tower in New York |
Apr 8 |
Minnesota Duluth beats Notre Dame 2-1 for NCAA hockey title |
Apr 9 |
North Korea tells US that Kim Jong Un ready to discuss nukes |
Apr 10 |
Trump promises forceful response to chemical arms attack in Syria |
Apr 10 |
FBI raids home, offices of Trump's personal attorney Michael Cohen |
Apr 11 |
Oklahoma teachers rally at capitol as walkout enters 7th day |
Apr 14 |
Trump orders strike on Syria in response to chemical attack |
Apr 15 |
UN rejects Russian attempt to condemn US aggression in Syria |
Apr 16 |
France's Macron says he persuaded Trump to keep troops in Syria |
Apr 17 |
Kendrick Lamar wins Pulitzer Prize for 'Damn' |
Apr 17 |
Khloe Kardashian and Tristan Thompson name their daughter True Thompson |
Apr 21 |
North Korea says it will stop nuclear tests, abolish test site |
Apr 21 |
Southwest giving passengers $5000 checks on accident flight |
Apr 22 |
Oakland's Manaea tosses no-hitter against red-hot Boston |
Apr 22 |
4 Palestinians killed, including teen boy and disabled man, by Israeli snipers in Gaza |
Apr 24 |
Driver kills nine, injures 16 ploughing van into Toronto sidewalk crowd |
Apr 25 |
Rapper Meek Mill freed from US jail after months-long campaign |
Apr 27 |
Genealogy websites help California police find Golden State Killer suspect |
Apr 27 |
North Korea's Kim Jong Un crosses DMZ line for historic meeting with South Korea |
Apr 29 |
N. Korea to close nuke test site in May, unify time zone |
Apr 30 |
25 killed, including 7 journalists, in Kabul suicide bombing |
May 2 |
South Korea says it wants US troops to stay regardless of any treaty with North Korea |
May 2 |
Love it or not, Facebook launches dating service |
May 5 |
Stronger quake, magnitude 6.0, hits Hawaii close to erupting volcano: USGS |
May 5 |
Magnitude 5.7 quake hits Hawaii's Big Island where volcano erupting -USGS |
May 9 |
Volcanic activity paused in Hawaii but 'hazardous fumes' continue |
May 11 |
Turkey's Erdogan and Russia's Putin say US wrong to quit Iran deal |
May 13 |
11 dead, 41 hurt as suicide bombers hit Indonesian churches |
May 16 |
North Korea threatens to cancel US summit |
May 19 |
Teen gunman attacks Texas high school art class, kills 10 |
May 20 |
Cuba confirms 110 killed in country's deadliest plane crash since 1989 |
May 24 |
China tells US 'now is the time' if it wants peace with North Korea |
May 30 |
TV show 'Roseanne' abruptly cancelled after star's racist tweet sparks furore |
May 31 |
Volcanic lava flow spurs more evacuations on Hawaii's Big Island |
May 31 |
75 homes destroyed by Hawaiian volcanic eruption as haze detected in Guam |
Jun 2 |
Canada files WTO challenge of US tariffs, to work with EU |
Jun 4 |
Death toll 25 in Guatemala volcano eruption |
Jun 4 |
Guatemala's Fuego volcano eruption kills 25, injures hundreds |
Jun 5 |
Over 60 dead in Guatemala volcano eruption |
Jun 5 |
Gay adoption fight looms after US Supreme Court's cake ruling |
Jun 8 |
Capitals beat Golden Knights to win their first Stanley Cup |
Jun 9 |
Warriors complete sweep of Cavs for third NBA title in four years |
Jun 9 |
Warriors' Durant named NBA Finals Most Valuable Player |
Jun 10 |
Justify claims Triple Crown with Belmont Stakes win |
Jun 10 |
Mike Smith, 52, becomes oldest jockey to win Triple Crown |
Jun 11 |
Roadside bomb kills 6 civilians in Afghanistan |
Jun 13 |
North Korea state media says Trump agreed to lift sanctions against North |
Jun 14 |
US, South Korea, Japan vow to work on North Korean denuclearisation |
Jun 14 |
Comcast offers to buy Fox media assets for $65 billion in cash |
Jun 15 |
AT&T closes $85 billion deal for Time Warner |
Jun 18 |
Magnitude 6.1 quake in Japan's Osaka area kills three, stops factories |
Jun 18 |
Mexicans jubilant over World Cup win trigger earthquake sensors |
Jun 18 |
5 dead as SUV being chased crashes in South Texas |
Jun 20 |
North Korea expected to return remains of up to 200 US service members lost in Korean War |
Jul 2 |
LeBron agrees to 4-year, $154 million contract with Lakers |
Jul 5 |
Joey 'Jaws' Chestnut gobbles 74 hotdogs, setting new world record at Nathan's contest |
Jul 7 |
UK police in protective suits investigate latest Novichok poisoning |
Jul 8 |
British police continue hunt for poison used against ex-spy |
Jul 9 |
4 rescued from Thai cave in risky operation; 9 remain inside |
Jul 12 |
Croatia reaches World Cup for 1st time, beats England 2-1 |
Jul 16 |
France overpowers Croatia 4-2 to win 2nd World Cup |
Jul 17 |
US lawmakers call Trump 'weak' in summit with Russia's Putin |
Jul 18 |
Boeing gets $3.9 billion contract for new Air Force One jets |
Jul 21 |
Seventeen dead after Missouri tourist boat sinks in storm |
Jul 25 |
Trump to provide $12 billion in aid to farmers to ease trade pain |
Jul 29 |
Deadly California wildfire spreads as police report 17 people missing |
Jul 29 |
At least 10 dead, 40 hurt as 6.4 quake hits Indonesia island |
Aug 7 |
12 farmworkers killed in van accident in southern Italy |
Aug 15 |
Nebraska executes first inmate since 1997 |
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