January • January 1 •
Public Domain Day: Books, films, and other works published in 1928 enter the
public domain. The most notable work entering into the public domain is
Steamboat Willie, the earliest version of
Mickey Mouse, leading to the announcement of
multiple works based on this version of the character. • Four people, including the perpetrator, are killed in
a vehicle attack in
Rochester, New York. • January 2 –
Harvard University president Claudine Gay announces her resignation following a contentious house
hearing on antisemitism and allegations of plagiarism in her earlier academic career. • January 3 – A series of documents containing the names of associates of sex offender
Jeffrey Epstein are made available to the public. A majority of those mentioned are found to not be directly involved in any wrongdoing. • January 4 •
Criminal proceedings in the January 6 United States Capitol attack: Former
Proud Boys member
Christopher John Worrell is sentenced to 10 years in prison. • Two people are killed and six others are injured in
a school shooting in
Perry, Iowa. The shooter, a 17-year-old student at the school, committed suicide at the scene. A principal who tried to intervene and was shot later died from his injuries on January 14. • January 5 –
Alaska Airlines Flight 1282 suffers an
uncontrolled decompression after one of the emergency exit doors on the
Boeing 737 MAX 9 blows out, resulting in an emergency landing in Portland and the
FAA grounding all 737 Max 9s. • January 7 –
Audacy, the largest radio operator in the country, files for
Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. • January 8 •
Clashes break out at the World Headquarters of the
Chabad-Lubavitch movement in
Brooklyn,
New York City after construction workers for the synagogue leaders attempted to fill in a tunnel that students had illegally dug beneath the building, resulting in the arrest of nine people. The incident causes
antisemitic social media posts by
far-right and
QAnon figures to spread online. • The
Michigan Wolverines defeat the
Washington Huskies by a score of 34–13 to win the
College Football Playoff National Championship. • January 8–10 – A
storm complex, which caused $2.7 billion (2024 USD) in damage, brought a winter storm to the northern United States and a
tornado outbreak to the
Gulf Coast. • January 10 • Former
New Jersey governor Chris Christie suspends his
2024 campaign for president. •
Florida-based grocer
Publix opens their first
Kentucky store near the
Gene Snyder Freeway in
Louisville, entering their 8th
U.S. state of operation. • January 11 • The
New England Patriots mutually part ways with longtime head coach
Bill Belichick after a notably poor
season for the team. • The
Texas National Guard seizes a park in the border town of
Eagle Pass, Texas in response to the growing
Mexico–United States border crisis and does not allow
Border Patrol agents in the area as they previously used the park to detain migrants and instead places their own barbed wire and barriers. • January 12 •
Operation Prosperity Guardian: A US-led coalition
launches air strikes at Houthi militant locations in Yemen, marking a retaliation to the Houthi's
attacks on ships in the Red Sea. •
Heartland Signal leaks a video of Texas Governor
Greg Abbott making controversial comments about Texas shooting migrants who cross the
Mexico–United States border on a
Dana Loesch Show which lead to condemnations from Democratic party members and Mexico. • January 13 –
Gaza war protests in the United States: The
March on Washington for Gaza takes place on the 100th day since the start of the
Gaza war, the start of
South Africa's genocide case against Israel in the ICJ, and a day after the Yemen missile strikes, attracting what is believed to be over 100,000 protestors. • January 14 • The
Detroit Lions win their first postseason game since the
1991–92 playoffs with a 24–23 win against the
Los Angeles Rams. • The
Green Bay Packers become the first 7th seed to defeat a 2nd seed in the playoffs since its introduction in the
2020–21 playoffs. • January 15 –
2024 Republican Party presidential primaries: Ohio businessman
Vivek Ramaswamy ends his
presidential campaign after securing only 7.7% of the vote in the
Iowa caucuses. Former Governor of Arkansas
Asa Hutchinson ends his
campaign the next day after receiving less than 1% of the vote in the same. • January 16 –
Harvey Weinstein sexual abuse cases: A new lawsuit is filed by Kellye Croft against
Madison Square Garden Entertainment chairman
James L. Dolan, accusing him of pressuring her into unwanted sex back in 2014. She also files a lawsuit against American former film producer
Harvey Weinstein, accusing him of sexually assaulting her. • January 18 – The
United States Congress approves a stopgap bill to extend the deadline for government funding to March 2024, narrowly avoiding a government shutdown, which would have begun at midnight, January 19. • January 19 –
Alec Baldwin is indicted for
involuntary manslaughter after an
accidental shooting on the set of
Rust in 2021 which killed cinematographer
Halyna Hutchins and injured director
Joel Souza. • January 20 – At least 60 people are killed across the country after
two weeks of winter storms that caused dangerous road conditions and widespread power outages that could take weeks to fix. • January 21 •
2024 Republican Party presidential primaries:
Governor of Florida Ron DeSantis suspends his
campaign for President after a poor showing in Iowa and waning poll numbers in New Hampshire. •
A series of shootings take place around
Joliet, Illinois, killing eight and injuring one. Two days later, the perpetrator takes his own life after being confronted by law enforcement in
Natalia, Texas. • January 24 – During the
Standoff at Eagle Pass, part of the broader
Mexico–United States border crisis, the
Supreme Court rules against Texas for placing barbed wire at the border with Mexico. In response,
Texas Governor Greg Abbott announces that his state would not be following the orders of the court. At least 23 states announce their allegiance to Texas, including
Florida, who has sent their own
National Guard unit to aid the
Texas National Guard and
Texas Rangers. • January 25 • Convicted murderer
Kenneth Smith is executed in the
Holman Correctional Facility in
Alabama, using
nitrogen hypoxia, the first
death row inmate to die via this method. • The
United States Department of Commerce issues a $15 million bounty for information on
Hossein Hatefi Ardakani, an
Iranian businessman accused of procuring parts for drones assembled by Iran's
Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps that were later sold to
Russia. • January 26 • In
E. Jean Carroll v. Donald J. Trump, the jury awards Carroll $83.3 million after finding the defendant guilty of
defamation. • The
Justice Department finds former
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo liable for sexual harassment. •
AWS announced plans to break ground on two large data center facilities in
Mississippi, marking a $10 billion investment expected to create 1,000 jobs. • January 27 – The US suspends
UNRWA funds after
claims come out that 12 staff members took part in the
October 7 attacks in 2023, which included American victims. • January 28 –
Tower 22 drone attack – An
Iranian-backed militant group launches a drone attack on a US base in Jordan, killing three and wounding 47. The US
launches several missiles at Iraq and Syria in retaliation for the drone attack four days later.
February • February 1 •
Gaza war: The US imposes sanctions on
Israeli settlers over the violence in West Bank. • Three people are killed when a
Beechcraft Bonanza V35 crashes into a waterfront house in
Clearwater, Florida. Two of the casualties are on the ground while the third is the pilot. Three other houses are damaged by a fire which results from the crash. • The
Oregon Supreme Court upholds
Ballot Measure 113 by banning ten of the 12 Republican members of the
Oregon Senate for refusing to attend six weeks worth of legislative sessions in order to stall Democratic legislation. • February 4 • The
66th Annual Grammy Awards are held at the
Crypto.com Arena in
Los Angeles. "
Flowers" by
Miley Cyrus wins
Record of the Year and
Midnights by
Taylor Swift wins
Album of the Year. • The schedule for the
2026 FIFA World Cup, which will be co-hosted by the US, Canada, and Mexico, is released. A total of 78 games will be played in the US, including the
final. • February 6 • Social media network
Bluesky, seen as a potential rival to
X, is opened for public registrations, dropping its previous invite-only format. •
Toyota announced a $1.3 billion investment in a new Kentucky factory for a three-row electric SUV and EV battery packs. • February 7 • Self-help author
Marianne Williamson ends
her presidential campaign after losing three
Democratic primaries to President Biden. •
2024 East Lansdowne shooting: At least six members of a family are presumed dead in a house fire in
East Lansdowne, Pennsylvania following a shooting which injured two police officers. •
Children’s Health and
UT Southwestern Medical Center announced plans for a $5 billion campus in the Medical District near
Clements University Hospital in Dallas, Texas. • February 8 • Five
US Marines are found dead two days after the
CH-53E Super Stallion helicopter they were in crashed in the mountains outside of
San Diego during a routine training flight from
Creech Air Force Base to
Marine Corps Air Station Miramar. •
Joe Biden classified documents incident: Special counsel
Robert K. Hur recommends that no charges be brought against President Biden, though notes in Hur's report regarding Biden's failure to recall events prompt controversy regarding his age and memory. •
Tucker Carlson conducts
The Vladimir Putin Interview in
Moscow, where
Vladimir Putin shares his reasons for the
2022 Russian Invasion of Ukraine. The interview is accused of promoting
Russian disinformation and pro-war propaganda. • Sixteen-year-old
non-binary Oklahoma student
Nex Benedict dies after an incident stemming from repeated bullying at their high school due to their gender identity. This results in backlash towards
Ryan Walters, the
Oklahoma Superintendent of Public Instruction who has defended Oklahoma's anti-LGBT policies, and calls to investigate Nex's death as a hate crime. • February 9 • Six people, including CEO of
Access Bank Herbert Wigwe and former chair of the
Nigerian Exchange Group Abimbola Ogunbanjo, are killed when their helicopter
crashes near
Baker, California en route to
Las Vegas for
Super Bowl LVIII. •
Hop-A-Jet Flight 823 suffers a dual engine failure en route from
Columbus, Ohio to
Naples, Florida and attempts to land on
Interstate 75, but this destroys the aircraft and kills the two pilots, though the two passengers and one flight attendant survive. • February 11 – The
Kansas City Chiefs win
Super Bowl LVIII against the
San Francisco 49ers 25–22 in overtime at
Allegiant Stadium in
Las Vegas, the second Super Bowl to go into overtime after
Super Bowl LI. The Chiefs are the first repeat champions since the
New England Patriots in
2004. • February 12 – A
shooting takes place on a
4 Train and at
Mount Eden Avenue station in New York City, killing one and injuring five. • February 13 – Secretary of Homeland Security
Alejandro Mayorkas is
impeached by the House of Representatives. • February 14 –
2024 Kansas City parade shooting: One person is killed and at least nine are injured after a
mass shooting during the
Kansas City Chiefs'
Super Bowl LVIII championship parade at
Union Station in
Kansas City, Missouri. Two armed suspects were arrested at the scene. • February 15 • The US launches six missile-detecting
satellites into orbit in response to a "serious national security threat" related to Russia wanting to implement its
nuclear capabilities in
outer space. •
Odysseus, the first
US lunar lander since the unsuccessful
Peregrine Mission One, is launched at the
Kennedy Space Center Florida,
United States. •
Scout Motors announced the start of construction on its $2 billion electric SUV plant in South Carolina. • February 16 •
New York civil investigation of The Trump Organization: Judge
Arthur Engoron orders Trump and
his companies to pay $355 million ($464 million after
interest is added) as a result of being found liable for several counts of fraud. Additionally, his sons
Donald Jr. and
Eric are ordered to each pay $4 million and former
chief financial officer Allen Weisselberg is ordered to pay $1 million. Ten days later, Trump files an appeal of the judge's holding in the case. • An official committee that was appointed to represent the plaintiffs in the
Sandy Hook lawsuits against
Alex Jones unanimously votes to liquidate the far-right-wing conspiracy theorist's assets. • February 17 – Former congressman
George Santos sues late night host
Jimmy Kimmel for $750,000 on charges of copyright infringement, fraud, breach of contract, and unjust enrichment after Kimmel purchased
Cameo videos from Santos through fake names then used them on
his show. • February 18 –
2024 Burnsville shooting: Police and medics were fired upon from a home while responding to a domestic incident in
Burnsville, Minnesota. Two officers and a firefighter were killed, while another officer suffered a gunshot wound. After opening fire on first responders, the shooter fatally shot himself. • February 19 – The
2024 Daytona 500 is held with
William Byron of
Axalta's racing team winning. • February 20 – Three passengers who were on
Alaska Airlines Flight 1282 sue
Boeing for $1 billion for negligence, claiming the incident caused them physical injuries and
post-traumatic stress disorder. • February 21 • Biden cancels another $1.2 billion of student loan debts for nearly 153,000 people. •
Capital One announces an agreement to acquire
Discover Financial and
its namesake credit card network for nearly $35 billion. •
LePage v. Center for Reproductive Medicine: The
Alabama Supreme Court rules that
frozen embryos can be considered
children under state law. • A
ransomware attack cripples
Change Healthcare's payment system, disrupting insurance claims and making it difficult for patients to get the prescription medicine that they need. • February 22 •
AT&T suffers from
network outages impacting around 71,000 customers, which also affect
Verizon and
T-Mobile to a smaller degree. The outages were acknowledged, but no reason was given for their occurrence. Two days later, AT&T announced affected customers will be credited $5 on their next bill, the "average cost of a full day of service." •
Houston-based
Intuitive Machines'
Nova-C lander becomes the first commercial vehicle to
land on the Moon. •
Augusta University student
Laken Riley is murdered while out on a jog by Jose Antonio Ibarra, a 26-year-old
Venezuelan citizen who entered illegally in 2022. Her murder sparks media attention and debates about
immigration. • February 23 • The Biden administration announces over 500 new sanctions on Russian financial institutions, military institutions, sanctions evasion, energy production, and prison officials linked to the
death of Alexei Navalny. • A
high-altitude balloon is detected over
Utah, prompting the deployment of
fighter aircraft to intercept the object. The origin and purpose of the balloon are unknown, according to US officials. • February 25 –
Gaza war protests in the United States: An
Air Force member, identified as
Aaron Bushnell, commits
self-immolation in front of the
Embassy of Israel in DC, as a protest against American support of Israel's war against Hamas. He later died of his injuries. • February 26 –
The body of Mahogany Jackson is discovered in an illegal dump site in
Birmingham, Alabama. • February 27 – The
Smokehouse Creek Fire in the
Texas panhandle burns almost 200,000 acres, resulting in a state of emergency for the area. • February 28 –
Mitch McConnell announces that he will step down as
Senate Republican leader in January 2025. He's been serving as the Senate Republican leader since
2007.
March • March 2 –
United States support for Israel in the Gaza war: The
United States military announces plans to begin airdropping humanitarian aid into
Gaza. • March 3 –
Caitlin Clark breaks the all-time
NCAA Division I college basketball career scoring record that had been held by
Pete Maravich with 3,685 points. • March 4 • In
Trump v. Anderson, the
US Supreme Court unanimously rules that states can not keep presidential candidates off the ballot, overturning the
Colorado Supreme Court's decision in
Anderson v. Griswold. •
2022–2023 Pentagon document leaks:
Jack Teixeira, a 22-year-old former member of the
Massachusetts Air National Guard, pleads guilty to leaking classified
Defense Department documents on his
Discord server and is sentenced to 16 years and eight months in prison. • A Piper PA-32A crashes on
I-40 while attempting to land at
John C. Tune Airport in Nashville after suffering a mechanical failure. All five passengers on board are killed. • March 5 • The
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau issues a new rule capping late fees for credit cards at $8, per Biden's
Executive Order on Promoting Competition in the American Economy. • Louisiana Governor
Jeff Landry signs a bill that adds nitrogen gas and electrocution as execution methods. • March 6 •
2024 United States presidential election: Former
UN Ambassador and
South Carolina governor Nikki Haley suspends her
2024 campaign for President after a
poor showing on Super Tuesday, leaving Trump the presumptive Republican nominee. Minnesota Representative
Dean Phillips also ends
his campaign for the Democratic nomination after losing several
primaries to President Biden. • March 7 – President Biden delivers his
third State of the Union Address. • March 8 • A highway crash near
Dewhurst, Wisconsin involving a van and a semi-tractor kills nine people and injures one. • A
UH-72 Lakota helicopter crashes while conducting an aviation operation 41 miles west of
McAllen, Texas, killing one border patrol agent and two
National Guard soldiers and injuring another. • Former
Honduran president Juan Orlando Hernández is found guilty in a Manhattan court of conspiring with drug traffickers and enabling the transportation of over 400 tons of
cocaine from
Honduras to the US. • March 9 –
Utah adopts its new
state flag, 113 years after the adoption of its former flag. • March 10 • The
96th Academy Awards are held at the
Dolby Theatre in
Los Angeles.
Christopher Nolan's
Oppenheimer is nominated for 13 awards and wins seven, including
Best Picture. The ceremony draws an average of 19.5 million viewers, a 4% increase from the previous year. • Five people are killed during a
mass stabbing and murder–suicide in
Manoa, Honolulu. • An IAI 1125 Astra SP crashes while on approach to Ingalls Field Airport in
Hot Springs, Virginia. All five people on board are killed. • March 13 – The United States deploys a
Marine Corps Security Force Regiment platoon to secure the U.S. embassy complex in
Port-au-Prince, Haiti and evacuate embassy staff and other Americans citizens amid the
ongoing gang war crisis in the country. • March 13–15 – A
significant early spring tornado outbreak occurred throughout the
Midwestern and
Northeastern United States, with the most significant impacts occurring in
Indiana and
Ohio. The outbreak produced 34 tornadoes and caused $5.9 billion (2024 USD) in damage. • March 14 –
SpaceX successfully
launches the first
Starship rocket, the most powerful rocket ever built, at the
Starbase launch site in
Boca Chica, Texas after two previous failed attempts. However, the vehicle is lost during
reentry. • March 16 – A gunman kills three people in
Falls Township, Pennsylvania and escapes in a
stolen car. The suspect subsequently travels to
Trenton, New Jersey, where he barricades himself with several hostages. • March 18 –
Jo-Ann Stores files for
chapter 11 bankruptcy after accumulating over $1 billion in debt. • March 19 • In
United States v. Texas, the Supreme Court declines to block
a Texas Senate bill allowing officials to arrest and deport migrants. • Former Mississippi sheriff's deputy Hunter Edward is sentenced to a 20-year term of imprisonment for his role in
torturing two African-American men in January 2023. • March 20 – The Biden administration announces new
vehicle emission standards for 2027–2032, as it pushes for wider adoption of
hybrid and
electric vehicles. • March 21 – A man identified as Richard Slayman receives a
kidney from a genetically engineered pig at
Massachusetts General Hospital in
Boston. This medical breakthrough could see the end of
dialysis treatment. • March 26 • The
Francis Scott Key Bridge in
Baltimore partially
collapses after the large Singaporean cargo ship collides with it. Six people are reported missing and presumed dead. •
Abortion in the United States: The
Supreme Court announces that it will hear
a case on whether to restrict access to
mifepristone, a commonly used
abortion pill. •
AESC announced a $1.5 billion expansion of its lithium-ion EV battery manufacturing in
Florence County, South Carolina, creating 1,080 new jobs, bringing the total investment to $3.12 billion and supporting 2,700 new jobs. • March 27 –
2024 Rockford stabbings: Four people are killed and seven others are injured during a
mass stabbing in
Rockford, Illinois. • March 28 • In
United States v. Bankman-Fried,
the defendant is sentenced to 25 years in prison after being convicted of several counts of wire fraud and money laundering after he scammed $8 billion from investors via his company
FTX. • A bill that would have legalized recreational cannabis sales
in Virginia is vetoed by governor
Glenn Youngkin. • March 31 – Millions of
AT&T customers are affected by a data breach that leaked onto the dark web.
April • April 1 • The
Supreme Court of Florida rules that the
Florida Constitution does not confer a right to abortion, allowing the 15-week abortion ban to remain in effect. The Court's decision also allowed a six-week abortion ban, which had been halted by the Court until a decision was made, to proceed. As a result, the ban would take effect 30 days after the ruling. In the same opinion, the Supreme Court also approved
Florida Amendment 4 to proceed to the November 2024 ballot, which would enshrine a constitutional right to abortion before fetal viability. • Jacob Flickinger, a
dual American-
Canadian World Central Kitchen aid worker
is killed by an Israeli drone strike alongside six other volunteers while delivering
aid to the
Gaza Strip amid
its humanitarian crisis. The attack sparks outrage from the
White House and prompts more criticism towards aid worker casualties stemming from Israel's operations. • April 1–3 – A
significant tornado outbreak and derecho affected much of the
Midwestern and
Southeastern United States. The outbreak of 86 tornadoes and the derecho caused $1.8 billion in damage. A total of 32 million people were estimated to be under watches or warnings issued by the
National Weather Service, and over 700,000 people were estimated to have lost power. • April 2 –
General Electric splits into three independent companies:
GE Aerospace,
GE Vernova and
GE HealthCare. • April 3 – The
United States Army Corps of Engineers begins
dredging the
San Juan Bay in
Puerto Rico to open space for a new
natural gas terminal that is expected to add
$400 million to the
local economy. • April 4 •
Bird flu spreads to
cattle herds in at least six U.S. states, while a dairy farm worker is infected in Texas, becoming the second person to ever become infected with the virus in the United States. • Researchers at the
Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument in
Arizona release the largest 3D map of the
universe featuring more than six million galaxies. • April 5 • A
magnitude 4.8 earthquake strikes
New Jersey, causing tremors throughout the
East Coast. •
99 Cents Only Stores begins closing all of its 371 stores in the United States. • April 7 – In women's college basketball,
South Carolina wins the
national championship to complete their perfect 38–0 season, only the 10th perfect season in NCAA women's basketball history. • April 8 • A
total solar eclipse is viewable in the central and northeastern US, with the path of total eclipse over parts of Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Missouri, Illinois, Kentucky, Indiana, Ohio, Pennsylvania, New York, Vermont, New Hampshire, and Maine. • In men's college basketball,
Connecticut repeats as national champions, becoming the first program to do so since the
Florida Gators did so in
2006 and
2007. • April 9 • James and Jennifer Crumbley, parents of convicted
Oxford High School shooter Ethan Crumbley, are each sentenced to 10–15 years in prison after being found guilty of involuntary manslaughter earlier this year, the first parents in the nation to be held accountable for their child's school shooting. •
Abortion in Arizona: In
Planned Parenthood Arizona v. Mayes, the
Arizona Supreme Court upholds an 1864 law that disallows most types of
abortions. • April 10 – At least one person is killed by
flooding in
Mississippi as severe
storms hit the
South. • April 11 –
Sabrina Carpenter releases her single "
Espresso" • April 12 – A man
crashes a semi-trailer truck into a Texas Department of Public Safety building, killing one person and injuring 13 others. • April 17 •
Impeachment of Alejandro Mayorkas: The
United States Senate votes to dismiss both impeachment articles against
Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, by a vote of 51–48 on the first article and 51–49 on the second article. • The Biden administration announces that it will reimpose oil sanctions on
Venezuela. • Students at
Columbia University begin a
pro-Palestinian occupation protest on campus. Hundreds are arrested after
New York City leadership orders the protests to disperse, and the protesters are accused of
Antisemitism. • April 18 – In
ice hockey, the
National Hockey League board approves the relocation of the
Arizona Coyotes to
Salt Lake City,
Utah. The team will play home games at the
Delta Center, home of the
National Basketball Association's
Utah Jazz, until a new arena is complete. • April 19 •
Maxwell Azzarello, a 37-year-old man from
St. Augustine, Florida,
self-immolates in front of the
New York Supreme Court in
New York City where the
New York state criminal trial against Trump is set to begin. He died early the next day. •
Taylor Swift releases her new double album
The Tortured Poets Department. It breaks the record for most-streamed album in a single day and she becomes the
most-streamed artist in a single day. •
Tesla recalls thousands of
Cybertrucks due to "safety concerns" involving the truck's
accelerator pedals. • The
U.S. Department of Education releases revisions to
Title IX expanding protections to LGBTQ+ students. • April 20 – The House passes a series of bills that would provide $95 billion in military aid to countries including
Ukraine,
Israel, and
Taiwan. • April 23 • After five months with communication problems,
NASA receives decipherable data from
Voyager 1. • The
Federal Trade Commission issues a rule that bans
non-compete clauses across nearly all industries and professions, prompting a lawsuit over the new rule from the
US Chamber of Commerce and its allies the next day. • The
Department of Justice agrees to pay $138.7 million to those who were sexually assaulted by
Larry Nassar for the mishandled investigation by the
Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). • A
Douglas DC-4 crashes into the
Tanana River in
Alaska, shortly after takeoff from
Fairbanks, killing two people on board. • April 24 • Biden signs the
Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act, requiring that
ByteDance sell
TikTok to an American company in nine months or face the app being banned in the US. In response, ByteDance sues the U.S. government on
First Amendment grounds two weeks later. A similar lawsuit is filed by eight TikTok creators on May 14. • Toyota announced that it will invest $1.4 billion to assemble a new battery electric vehicle at its Princeton facility in Indiana. • April 25–27 – The
NFL Draft is held in Detroit with the
Chicago Bears taking former
USC quarterback Caleb Williams with the
first overall pick. Over 700,000 people attend the three day event, breaking the record held by the
2019 draft in Nashville by 100,000. • April 25 • Film producer
Harvey Weinstein's 2020 rape conviction is overturned by the
New York Court of Appeals by a vote of 4–3, and a new trial is ordered. However, Weinstein will remain in prison on a 2022 conviction in
California for rape. • The
Federal Communications Commission votes to restore
net neutrality rules implemented by the Obama administration after their repeal in 2017. •
AWS announced its intention to build new data centers in Indiana as part of an $11 billion investment, the largest capital injection into the region ever. • The
University of Southern California cancels its main commencement ceremony due to safety concerns stemming from
Israel–Hamas war protests on their campus. • April 25–28 – A
very large, deadly and destructive tornado outbreak occurred across the
Midwestern,
Southern, and High Plains. Over four days,
164 tornadoes touched down, killed 6 people, injured over 178 others, and caused $1.2 billion in damage. On April 26, a destructive EF4 tornado that
struck Elkhorn and Blair in Nebraska and an intense EF3 tornado that
struck Minden, Harlan, and Defiance in Iowa, where winds of were measured in the tornado. On April 27, a deadly and large EF4 tornado
struck Marietta, Oklahoma, and two deadly EF3 tornadoes struck
Sulphur, Oklahoma, and
Holdenville, Oklahoma. • April 26 – The Louisiana Supreme Court rules 4–3 in favor of predominantly White
St. George, Louisiana leaving
Baton Rouge, Louisiana. • April 29 • The United States and Mexico agree to clamp down on illegal immigration; Presidents
Joe Biden and
Andrés Manuel López Obrador agree to a plan to reduce illegal crossings. •
2024 Charlotte shootout: Four law enforcement officers and one gunman are killed and four others are wounded during a shootout in
Charlotte, North Carolina. • A
Powerball jackpot of $1.3 billion is won by a Laotian immigrant battling cancer. • Texas Governor
Greg Abbott sends a letter to the
Texas Education Agency instructing it to ignore U.S. President
Joe Biden's revisions to
Title IX adding protections for LGBTQ+ students. • April 30 – Judge
Juan Merchan fines
Donald Trump $9,000 for contempt of court, and threatens him with jail if he continues to violate his gag order.
May • May 1 • Federal judge
Catherine Eagles blocks several of North Carolina's restrictions on abortion pill
mifepristone, striking down a requirement that the drug only be prescribed by doctors in-person, as well as a requirement for patients to have an in-person follow-up appointment. • The
United Methodist Church votes 692–51 to repeal a longstanding ban on
LGBTQ clergy. The vote also forbids superintendents from forbidding a
same-sex wedding. • Pro-Israel counter-protestors attack
the pro-Palestinian encampment at the
University of California, Los Angeles, throwing objects and attempting to destroy barricades. • May 2 • Florida becomes the first state in the United States to ban
cultured meat. • Arizona governor
Katie Hobbs signs a bill that will allow abortions up to 15 weeks into the pregnancy, reversing the state Supreme Court's decision in
Planned Parenthood Arizona v. Mayes from last month. • Clothing retailer
Rue21 files for
Chapter 11 bankruptcy after accumulating $194.4 million in debt and announces it will close all of its 540 stores after 54 years in business. • May 3 • Representative
Henry Cuellar is indicted for accepting nearly $600,000 worth of bribes from an Azerbaijan-controlled company and a Mexican bank. •
Rivian announced plans to invest $1.5 billion to expand its operations in Illinois. • More than 2,000 people have been arrested for involvement in the
pro-Palestinian university campus protests. • The
Federal Trade Commission approves
ExxonMobil's acquisition of
Pioneer Natural Resources for $60 billion after concessions. • May 4 – The 150th edition of the
Kentucky Derby is held, with American
thoroughbred racehorse
Mystik Dan winning in a
photo finish. • May 5 •
McLaren driver
Lando Norris wins his first Formula One race after placing first in the
Miami Grand Prix. •
Kyle Larson defeats
Chris Buescher to win the
AdventHealth 400 at the
Kansas Speedway in the closest finish in
NASCAR Cup Series history, winning a
photo finish by one-thousandth (0.001) of a second. • May 6 • Reactions to
2024 pro-Palestinian protests on university campuses:
Columbia University cancels its main graduation ceremony due to ongoing the
pro-Palestinian protests and occupation on its campus. • A radical group identifying as "
Rachel Corrie's Ghost Brigade" claims responsibility for setting fire to 15 vehicles belonging to the
Portland Police Bureau on May 1. The group stated this act was intended to preemptively prevent the police from dismantling a pro-Palestinian encampment at
Portland State University. •
Steward Health Care System, a for-profit hospital chain, files for
Chapter 11 bankruptcy. • The 2024
Met Gala in New York City takes place with the theme "The Garden of Time," celebrating the Met's exhibit
Sleeping Beauties: Reawakening Fashion. • The
Department of Education’s
Office for Civil Rights opens an investigation into a gender identity policy of the
Katy Independent School District in Texas, which board members passed on August 28, 2023 and requires district employees to disclose to parents if a student requests the use of different pronouns or identifies as transgender. • May 6–10 –
A tornado outbreak drops
179 tornadoes over five days across the country, notably in
Barnsdall and Bartlesville, Oklahoma and
Tallahassee, Florida. • May 7 – The
Boy Scouts of America announces the renaming of the organization to Scouting America, effective on February 8, 2025. • May 8 • A statue of the late
African American civil rights leader
Daisy Bates is unveiled at the
U.S. Capitol building in
Washington, D.C., representing the state of Arkansas. • Researchers at
Google DeepMind announce the development of
AlphaFold 3, an AI model that can predict the structures of almost all biological molecules and model the interactions between them. • Healthcare chain
Ascension announces it has been the target of a cyber attack on its computer systems. • Following a similar April 29 letter to the Texas Education Agency, Texas Governor
Greg Abbott sends a letter to Texas public university systems and community colleges directing them not to comply with U.S. President
Joe Biden's revisions to
Title IX adding protections for LGBTQ+ students. • May 9 – A record annual increase in
atmospheric CO2 is reported from the
Mauna Loa Observatory in
Hawaii, with a jump of 4.7 parts per million (ppm) compared to a year earlier. • May 10–13 –
May 2024 solar storms:
Solar cycle 25, a
geomagnetic storm, hits Earth, reaching
G4 intensity and causing widespread aurorae, with
NOAA's
Space Weather Prediction Center issuing its first G4-level storm watch since 2005. • May 10 •
Shenandoah County Public Schools of Virginia votes to reverse its 2020 decision and restores
Confederate military leaders' names to schools. • The United States opposes a
United Nations General Assembly resolution granting
Palestine new rights and privileges, and to reconsider Palestine's request to become a UN member. • A
Pennsylvania jury orders
ExxonMobil to pay $725.5 million to a former mechanic who claimed that the company's gasoline and solvents caused him to develop
leukemia. • May 11 –
Minnesota adopts its
new state flag to coincide with the 166th anniversary of its date of statehood. • May 13 • Aftermath of the
Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse: Construction crews use explosives to demolish the remaining parts of the
Francis Scott Key Bridge in
Baltimore,
Maryland. The next step will be to refloat the
MV Dali for removal, which will allow maritime traffic to resume normal operations. • Three years after the previous
GameStop stock squeeze,
Redditors return to
artificially inflate GameStop's
share price by 75%, to an 18-month high. • The
Airlines for America trade association, along with major US airlines
American,
Delta,
United,
JetBlue,
Hawaiian, and
Alaska, files a lawsuit against the
United States Department of Transportation over a rule requiring upfront disclosure of airline fees. •
OpenAI announces a new model of their
generative pretrained transformer (GPT) named
GPT-4o, capable of visual and video speech recognition and translation. • May 14 • United States Army Major Harrison Mann resigns from the
Defense Intelligence Agency over the U.S.'s support for Israel in Gaza. • 18 Republican states file a lawsuit against the
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission to block legal protections for transgender workers. • Biden passes tariff increases on Chinese imports, including electric vehicle batteries, computer chips, and medical products. • Eight people are killed and 40 others are injured when a bus carrying farmworkers collides with a truck and overturns in
Marion County, Florida. • Tennessee governor
Bill Lee signs into law a bill that would see the
death penalty for defendants convicted of child rape. • Seafood restaurant chain
Red Lobster announces it will close 99 locations across the country. The chain filed for
Chapter 11 bankruptcy the next week. • May 15 •
Walgreens says that it will sell a generic version of the anti-overdose medication
naloxone for ten dollars cheaper than the brand-name version, Narcan, also available on its shelves. • A barge hits the Pelican Island Causeway in
Galveston, Texas, causing damage to the bridge and an oil spill in the
Gulf Intracoastal Waterway. • Federal prosecutors in Manhattan charge two brothers Anton and James Peraire-Bueno, the sons of
Jaime Peraire, with conspiracy to commit wire fraud, and conspiracy to commit
money laundering, after they were arrested for exploiting the
Ethereum blockchain and stealing $25 million worth of cryptocurrency. • The United States imposes visa restrictions on over 250 members of the
Nicaraguan government along with sanctions on three entities for "repressive action" and failure to control migrant smuggling through Nicaragua. •
Houston Astros pitcher
Ronel Blanco is ejected from the game against the
Oakland Athletics and receives a 10-game suspension after foreign substances were found in his glove. • The Supreme Court lets
Louisiana use a new congressional map with two majority-Black congressional districts in the
2024 House of Representatives elections. • May 16 • The
Dow Jones Industrial Average surpasses 40,000 points for the first time. • The
European Union opens a formal investigation into
Meta for potential breaches in online content rules relating to child safety on
Facebook and
Instagram, violating the
Digital Services Act. • Blinken announces a $2 billion additional military aid package for Ukraine, aimed at investing in Ukraine's industrial base. •
A significant derecho struck the
Gulf Coast of the United States from
Southeast Texas to
Florida, causing widespread damage, particularly in the city of
Houston and
surrounding metropolitan area. • May 19–27 –
A multi-day period of significant tornado outbreaks, along with significant
derechos, occurred across the
Midwestern United States and the
Mississippi Valley. From May 19–27, two derechos occurred and
247 tornadoes touched down, which killed 31 people, injured at least 243 others, and caused $7.3 billion in damage. On May 21, a large and violent
multi-vortex tornado
struck Greenfield, Iowa at EF4 intensity. In Greenfield,
a mobile radar measured winds of inside the tornado, marking the third time winds of over had ever been measured. On May 25, an intense EF3 tornado
struck Rosston, Era, Valley View, and Pilot Point in Texas, killing seven people, making it the deadliest tornado of both the outbreak sequence and in the United States during 2024 and injuring up to 100 others. Due to a malfunction, the tornado sirens in Valley View would not sound before the tornado struck. On May 26, another intense EF3 tornado
struck Eddyville, Crider, Charleston, and Barnsley in Kentucky, which prompted the issuance of four
tornado emergencies. • May 20 • The container ship
Dali is freed from bridge debris since its
initial collision on March 26 and is escorted by tugboats back to the
port of Baltimore. • Judges grant
Julian Assange permission to appeal his extradition order from the United Kingdom to the United States. • May 21 – The Department of Justice files a complaint to sue the state of
Oklahoma after the state's lawmakers drafted House Bill 4156, which would criminalize anyone without legal immigration status. • May 22 • Biden announces a
student loans debt cancellation of $7.7 billion for 160,000 people. •
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton files a lawsuit against the
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and members of the Biden administration to contest EEOC guidance stating that denying employees accommodations for their gender identity is workplace harassment. • May 23 • During a state visit to the U.S. by Kenyan president
William Ruto, President Biden announces his intention to designate
Kenya as a
major non-NATO ally. • The Department of Justice, along with 29 states and the
District of Columbia, filed
a sweeping antitrust lawsuit against Ticketmaster and its parent company
Live Nation Entertainment for running an illegal monopoly over live events. A separate consumer class action lawsuit by ticket buyers is filed against the same defendants the next day. • May 24 • Two Americans, including the daughter of Missouri senator
Ben Baker, are killed by gangs while doing missionary work in Haiti during
the ongoing crisis in the country. • Families affected by the
Uvalde school shooting file a lawsuit against
Daniel Defense and
Activision Blizzard for creating the
DDM4 V7 gun and promoting the weapon through the games in the
Call of Duty franchise. They also file a lawsuit against
Meta Platforms's social media site
Instagram, a product used by the gunman. • May 25 –
Anora, directed by
Sean Baker, wins the
Palme d'Or at the
Cannes Film Festival, the first American film to do so since
The Tree of Life in 2011. • May 26 –
2024 Indianapolis 500: In
auto racing,
Josef Newgarden wins the
Indianapolis 500 for the second consecutive year, becoming the first driver to do so since
Hélio Castroneves in 2002. • May 28 •
Humanitarian aid during the Gaza war: The U.S. removes the
Gaza floating pier from the
Gaza Strip for repair after its
flotilla was damaged in bad weather. • One person is killed and seven others are injured in a natural
gas explosion at an apartment building in
Youngstown, Ohio. • May 29 –
Air Products announced plans to invest $15 billion to build a network of commercial-scale multi-modal hydrogen refueling stations connecting Northern and Southern California. • May 30 • The
Department of Labor files a lawsuit against
Hyundai Motors over illegal use of child labor in
the company's Alabama factory. • Trump is found guilty of 34 counts of falsifying business records in his
New York hush money trial, making him the first president to be ever convicted of a felony. •
OpenAI removes online
influence operations based in
Russia,
China,
Iran, and
Israel, due to the usage of
AI to generate propaganda and fake content. •
2020–2024 H5N1 outbreak: A third human case of
H5N1 bird flu is found in a dairy worker in
Michigan. •
The US and UK navies strike 13
Houthi locations across Yemen, damaging underground facilities and vessels, killing at least two people and wounding ten. • A
Minneapolis police officer and a civilian are killed, and another police officer and three other people are wounded in
a mass shooting. The shooter was also killed.
June • June 1–29 – The
2024 ICC Men's T20 World Cup is co-hosted by the West Indies and the United States. • June 1 –
Ticketmaster and parent company
Live Nation submit a
SEC filing acknowledging a data breach of customer information potentially affecting 560 million users.
Banco Santander and cloud provider
Snowflake Inc. are also believed to have been affected by the same data breach. • June 3 – The value of
GameStop shares increases by 21% after
Keith Gill posts a $116 million investment on
Reddit. • June 4 – Biden enacts an executive order to temporarily suspend
asylum claims processing at the
Mexico–United States border when the seven-day average exceeds 2,500. • June 5 •
Boeing's
Starliner capsule launches its
first astronaut-crewed flight into space to the
International Space Station after several delays at the
Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in
Florida. • A Syrian man
fires several shots at the
U.S. Embassy in
Beirut, Lebanon, and is fatally shot by security forces. • A panel of the
United States Food and Drug Administration rejects
MDMA-assisted psychotherapy as a treatment for
PTSD. • June 6 • The
Department of State sanctions several
Georgian Dream politicians with travel bans for passing the "Law on Transparency of Foreign Influence", threatening further penalties if
Georgia continues "anti-democratic activity". •
SpaceX launches
Starship's
Integrated Flight Test 4, successfully guiding both the
Super Heavy booster and
Starship upper stage to soft water landings in the
Gulf of Mexico and the Indian Ocean, respectively. • June 7 – The Biden administration passes new federal rules that mandate new vehicles sold in the U.S. have to increase
fuel economy in automobiles by 2% per year for 2027 to 2031 for passenger cars and 2029 to 2031 for SUVs and light trucks. • June 10 – After 17 years of litigation,
Chiquita Brands International is
found liable by a federal jury of financing the far-right paramilitary death squad
United Self-Defense Forces of Colombia in the
Antioquia and
Magdalena Departments of
Colombia. • June 11 –
Hunter Biden is
convicted of three felony counts of
possession of a firearm while under the influence of narcotics. • June 12 •
Coach USA, a holding company for many bus services including
Megabus, files
Chapter 11 bankruptcy and seeks to sell its assets to shed $197.8 million of debt. • The
National Weather Service issues a rare flash flood emergency in southern
Florida for
life-threatening flooding conditions only expected once every 500 to 1,000 years. • Attorney General
Merrick Garland is found in
contempt by the House . • The
Oklahoma Supreme Court dismisses a lawsuit by the last survivors of the 1921
Tulsa race massacre who were seeking reparations. • June 13 • Dozens of hikers are afflicted with an unknown illness during hiking trips near
Grand Canyon National Park. • In
FDA v. Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine, the
Supreme Court rules against efforts to restrict access to the abortion pill
mifepristone, due to a lack of standing by the plaintiffs. • June 14 – A bankruptcy judge in Houston approves a supplication to liquidate the personal assets of Alex Jones, but rejects the same supplication to liquidate the business assets of
InfoWars—a highly prolific fake news website owned and operated by the far-right conspiracy theorist. • June 15 – Nine people are injured, including two young children, in
a shooting at a splash pad in the Detroit suburb of
Rochester Hills. • June 16 •
2024 California wildfires: Around 1,200 people are evacuated from the
Hungry Valley area near
Los Angeles,
California, as the Post Fire spreads through the dry mountains near
Interstate 5. • The
Birmingham Stallions defeat the
San Antonio Brahmas to win the
inaugural UFL championship. Stallions quarterback
Adrian Martinez is named Most Valuable Player. • June 17 • In the
2024 NBA Finals, the
Boston Celtics defeat the
Dallas Mavericks in five games, winning their 18th overall
NBA championship. The Celtics surpass the
Los Angeles Lakers to become the team with the
most NBA championships. • Federal judge
Robert S. Lasnik orders
BNSF Railway to pay the
Swinomish Tribe in Washington state $400 million after the company intentionally trespassed and repeatedly ran 100-car trains carrying crude oil across the tribe's reservation. •
77th Tony Awards: At the 2024
Tony Awards,
Stereophonic wins
Best Play and
The Outsiders wins
Best Musical. • Maryland governor
Wes Moore pardons over 175,000 people with low-level
marijuana convictions. • The
FTC sues
Adobe Inc., accusing it of illegally hiding
termination fees for its
Creative Cloud software subscriptions which includes
Adobe Photoshop as well as in subscriptions for
Adobe Acrobat. • June 18 • EV startup
Fisker files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy and begins selling its assets. •
Nvidia surpasses
Microsoft as the world's
most valuable publicly-traded company after its market cap exceeds $3.34 trillion. • The
Department of Agriculture announces a temporary suspension on imports of mangoes and avocados from
Michoacán, Mexico, after an incident that reportedly caused security concerns for safety inspectors. •
Regan Smith breaks the
100 metres backstroke world record at the
U.S. Olympic Swimming Trials in
Indianapolis, Indiana. •
2024 New Mexico wildfires: At least one person dies, over 500 structures are damaged or destroyed, and several thousand people are forced to evacuate from
Ruidoso, New Mexico, after the South Fork Fire burns over 15,000 acres of land. • June 17–21 – The
Northeast and Midwest experience heatwaves in which heat indexes reach . • June 19 • Louisiana Governor
Jeff Landry signs
a bill that makes it the first state to mandate that the
Ten Commandments be displayed in every public school classroom. •
2024 Atlantic hurricane season:
Tropical Storm Alberto forms in the Gulf of Mexico, the first storm of the 2024 Atlantic hurricane season. • June 20–July 14 – The
2024 Copa América is hosted by the United States. • June 20 – Researchers announce the discovery of
Lokiceratops rangiformis, a dinosaur species named after the
Norse god Loki, in the
Judith River Formation in
Montana. The findings are published in the journal
PeerJ. • June 21 • Four people are killed and nine are injured in
a mass shooting at a grocery store in Fordyce, Arkansas. •
2024 North America heat waves: At least six people die due to heat-related illness in the
Phoenix metropolitan area in
Arizona, as temperatures reach . • June 22 – A
University of Illinois team led by
Joshua Wurman and Karen Kosiba confirms
mobile radar measurements of between and in the tornado that struck Greenfield, Iowa on May 21. This is the first unambiguous radar confirmation of tornado winds over . • June 24 •
WikiLeaks founder
Julian Assange enters a plea deal with the
U.S. Justice Department, in which he will be found guilty on one federal charge in exchange for his release back to Australia. He is freed the next day. • The
Florida Panthers win the
2024 Stanley Cup Final, beating the
Edmonton Oilers in seven games, making it their first championship in franchise history. The win comes after losing the previous year's
Stanley Cup Final against the
Vegas Golden Knights. The Panthers also avoid becoming the fifth team in
National Hockey League history to lose a series despite having a
3-0 series lead, and the second to do so in the Stanley Cup Final since the
1941–42 Detroit Red Wings. •
Novo Nordisk announced plans to build a $4.1 billion facility in North Carolina, as demand for its weight-loss drugs has increased. • June 26 • The
2024 NBA draft is held at the
Barclays Center in
Brooklyn, with the
Atlanta Hawks selecting
Zaccharie Risacher with the first overall pick. • Biden pardons thousands of former servicemembers who were formerly convicted of a
now-repealed military ban on consensual homosexual sex. • June 27 • The
National Transportation Safety Board announces sanctions against
Boeing after the NTSB investigation into the
Alaska Airlines Flight 1282 door plug accident, where Boeing allegedly released information that the NTSB did not verify. • The
Department of Justice charges 193 people, including 76 medical professionals, with participating in healthcare fraud schemes worth $2.75 billion, including unlawful distribution of
Adderall and drug addiction treatments. • A federal jury rules that the
NFL violated antitrust laws by distributing out-of-market games through the premium
Sunday Ticket package, awarding damages that accumulate to $4.7 billion between residential and commercial subscribers. • The first
2024 presidential debate between President
Joe Biden and former President
Donald Trump is broadcast by
CNN in Atlanta. • The Supreme Court issues a ruling in
Moyle v. United States, dismissing the case and reinstating the ability to perform exceptional emergency abortion care in
Idaho, where a
formal ban on abortion is in place. • June 28 • The Supreme Court issues a 6–3 decision in
Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo which overrules precedent set in the 1984 case
Chevron U.S.A., Inc. v. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc. reducing the power of federal agencies. • Following his debate performance,
concerns about Biden's age and health are raised. In addition to the debate, Biden's campaign team is accused of withholding information about his condition from Democratic leaders. In the aftermath of the debate, multiple Democrats, including current and former members of Congress, statewide officials, journalists, donors, and celebrities called for Biden to
suspend his campaign for president, citing concerns about his cognitive ability. Biden suspended his campaign three weeks later. • June 29 – The Biden administration expands its
Temporary Protected Status program to 309,000
Haitians in the country to February 2026, offering them
deportation relief and
work permits. • June 30 –
Inside Out 2 surpasses $1 billion in worldwide box office earnings in less than three weeks, the fastest of any animated film in history.
July • July 1 – In
Trump v. United States, the Supreme Court rules in a 6–3 decision that former presidents are entitled to absolute immunity from prosecution for official acts that rely on core constitutional powers, taken while in office, presumed immunity for other official acts, and no immunity for unofficial acts. • July 2 • The
Department of Homeland Security deports 116 migrants back to China to deter illegal immigration across the
Mexican border, representing the nation's first "large charter flight" deportation in the past five years. •
Rudy Giuliani is disbarred in the state of New York for his efforts in attempting to overturn the
2020 United States presidential election. • Panama and the US sign a deal to reduce the flow of illegal immigration to the southern United States border through the
Darién Gap, with the US covering the costs of repatriating migrants who enter Panama illegally. •
A dozen resigned United States government officials release a joint statement denouncing Biden and his administration for their "undeniable complicity" in war crimes against Palestinian civilians by violating federal law to continue sending Israel weapons. • July 3 • At least 26,000 people are forced to evacuate amidst dozens of large wildfires in
Northern California. • The
EPA fines
General Motors $145.8 million for
excess emissions found in 5.9 million GM vehicles. • July 4 •
Hudson's Bay Company, the parent company of
Saks Fifth Avenue, completes a merger and purchases luxury department stores
Neiman Marcus and
Bergdorf Goodman for $2.65 billion. • July 6 –
2024 North America heat waves:
Maricopa County investigates over 160 suspected heat-related deaths related to ongoing heat waves across Arizona, California, and Oregon. • July 7 •
Skydance Media and
Paramount Global announced a definitive agreement to
merge in a deal valued at $8 billion. • Four volunteer
NASA crew members finish the first 378-day
Crew Health and Performance Exploration Analog mission to simulate living on Mars at the Johnson Space Center in Houston. • July 7–11 –
Hurricane Beryl makes
landfall in Texas, causing at least $6 billion (2024 USD) in damage to the state, before continuing across the central United States, where it
produced a large and significant tornado outbreak consisting of 68 tornadoes. At least 48 deaths occurred in the United States as a result of Beryl. • July 8 –
Boeing agrees to plead guilty to a criminal fraud conspiracy charge to avoid going on trial on charges related to
two fatal crashes involving its 737 MAX aircraft in 2018 and 2019. • July 9 • The
75th NATO summit is held in Washington, D.C. • The Key Largo tree cactus (
Pilosocereus millspaughii) is declared
locally extinct in
Florida as the first US extinction event due to sea level rise. •
Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines accuses the Iranian government of using social media to covertly encourage and finance
pro-Palestinian campus protests, to deepen American political divisions and increase distrust in democratic institutions. •
Hacktivist collective
SiegedSec leaks two gigabytes of data about the
Heritage Foundation. • July 10 –
United States support for Israel in the Gaza war – The Biden administration resumes sending 500-pound bombs to Israel after shipments were suspended in May. • July 12 –
Alec Baldwin's manslaughter charges arising from the
Rust shooting incident are dismissed due to a
Brady violation. • July 13 – Trump is
shot in an assassination attempt at a campaign rally in
Butler, Pennsylvania, receiving minor injuries. The
Butler County District Attorney reports that
the suspect was shot dead and that a member of the audience was killed in the shooting. Two other attendees were injured. • July 13–16 – An
intense sequence of severe weather outbreaks affected much of the
Midwestern and
Northeastern United States, producing two significant
derechoes that each had wind gusts exceeding , as well as multiple
tornado outbreaks that produced a combined 90
tornadoes. • July 15 • Federal judge
Aileen Cannon dismisses Trump's
classified documents case. • The
2024 Republican National Convention was held at the
Fiserv Forum in
Milwaukee until July 18. Trump chose Senator
JD Vance from Ohio as his running-mate on the first day. • July 16 – Democratic Senator
Bob Menendez from New Jersey is convicted on all counts, including bribery, by a jury in a federal corruption trial. • July 17 •
VF Corporation sells
Supreme to the French-Italian eyewear conglomerate
EssilorLuxottica for $1.5 billion USD. • President Biden tests positive for
COVID-19 and goes into self-isolation. • July 18 –
Darden Restaurants announces it will acquire
Chuy's for $605 million. • July 19 –
CrowdStrike launches a faulty software update which
causes IT systems worldwide to go down, with the worst impacts affecting airlines. • July 21 • President Biden announces he will
withdraw from the 2024 presidential election. • Vice President
Kamala Harris launches
her campaign for president, receiving Biden's support and becoming the presumptive nominee for the Democratic Party the next day. • July 23 • Secret Service director
Kimberly Cheatle resigns following widespread criticism of her department's actions during the
attempted assassination of Donald Trump. •
Israeli Prime Minister
Benjamin Netanyahu visits the United States and gives a speech before the
U.S. Congress. Boycotts and protests against his visit occur due to the ongoing
Gaza war. • July 25 –
Ismael "El Mayo" Zambada, leader of Mexico's
Sinaloa cartel, is arrested by US federal agents in
El Paso, Texas. • July 26 – The
2024 SAG-AFTRA video game strike starts. • July 30 – In
Florida v. Benefield, popularly known as the Black Swan case, the jury found Ashley Benefield guilty of the manslaughter of her husband, Douglas "Doug" Benefield.
August • August 1 •
2024 American–Russian prisoner exchange: 26 individuals are released from
Ankara Esenboğa Airport in the largest prisoner exchange between the United States and
Russia since the
Cold War. • The
Utah Supreme Court rules that the state's
abortion ban, which has been blocked since June 2022, should continue to be blocked. • The Biden administration announces its recognition of opposition candidate
Edmundo González Urrutia of the
Democratic Unitary Platform as the legitimate winner of the
2024 Venezuelan presidential election instead of
President Nicolás Maduro of the
United Socialist Party of Venezuela. • August 2 – In
United States v. Khalid Sheikh Mohamm,
Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin revokes a plea deal with three men who are
accused of plotting the
September 11 attacks, effectively reinstating it as a
death penalty case. • August 3–10 –
Hurricane Debby makes landfall in
Florida before moving across and affecting the
East Coast of the United States. In total, Debby killed 10 people and caused $7 billion in damage. • August 6 • The
FBI announces that they have launched an investigation into
Tennessee representative
Andy Ogles as a result of allegedly fraudulent campaign spending. A search warrant was issued on August 2, and his cell phone had been seized. • A
wrongful death lawsuit is filed in
King County,
Washington for $50 million by the family of French deep sea explorer
Paul-Henri Nargeolet, who perished in the
Titan submersible implosion while diving to the
wreck of the Titanic during the previous calendar year. • Recreational cannabis sales begin
in Ohio. • August 8 – Utah executes convicted murderer and rapist
Taberon Honie, the state's
first execution since 2010. • August 15 – Five people are charged in relation to the death of
Friends star
Matthew Perry. • August 19 – Former representative
George Santos pleads guilty to identity theft and wire fraud. • August 19–22 – The
2024 Democratic National Convention takes place at the
United Center in
Chicago, where
Kamala Harris and
Tim Walz are officially nominated as the party's choice for President and Vice President, respectively, in the upcoming election in November. • August 20 • Federal judge
Charles Ralph Simpson III dismisses two felony charges against the two police officers who were involved in the
killing of Breonna Taylor, determining that her boyfriend was ultimately responsible for her death by firing at the two law enforcement officials and, thus, prompting them to retaliate. • Federal judge
Leonie Brinkema rules that people who are positive for
HIV cannot be barred from enlisting the
United States Armed Forces. • August 23 –
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. suspends his
campaign for the presidency and endorses Donald Trump. • August 24 – The
Massachusetts Department of Public Health places the towns of
Douglas,
Oxford,
Plymouth,
Sutton, and
Webster on high alert after a patient is diagnosed with
mosquito-vectored
eastern equine encephalitis in the state's first case since the 2019–2020 outbreak. • August 27 • A jury in a Los Angeles federal court finds disbarred attorney
Thomas Girardi guilty of four counts of wire fraud after he was accused of stealing $15 million in
settlement funds from his clients. • Special Counsel
Jack Smith issues revised charges against former President Donald Trump for his alleged attempts to interfere in the 2020 election. • August 29 – The
US Army issues a rebuke of
Donald Trump's presidential campaign over an incident at
Arlington National Cemetery, in which a federal employee was "abruptly pushed aside" and Trump posed for a photo opportunity at soldiers' gravestones. • August 30 • The
Michigan Supreme Court rules that businesses cannot get state compensation over pandemic closures. • The
Maryland Supreme Court rules that, after being
vacated in 2022, Adnan Masud Syed's convictions and sentences should be reinstated due to procedural errors. • August 31 – The body of American-Israeli citizen
Hersh Goldberg-Polin is recovered from the
Rafah tunnels. Goldberg-Polin had been
kidnapped from the
Re'im music festival on October 7, 2023, and was held by Hamas for almost a year until his execution one to two days before his body was found.
September • September 2 •
2024 Chicago train shooting: Four
homeless people are randomly killed during a
mass shooting on a
CTA train in suburban Chicago. • The US seizes a plane used by
Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, and flies it from the Dominican Republic to Florida. • September 4 •
Apalachee High School shooting: Four people are killed and nine are injured during a mass shooting at
Apalachee High School near
Winder, Georgia. • A federal indictment alleges that
Tennessee-based company
Tenet Media, whose employees have included right-wing influencers
Tim Pool and
Dave Rubin, has functioned as a Russian government-backed disinformation campaign. • September 5 •
Hunter Biden enters an
Alford plea to nine federal counts, including tax evasion and filing false tax returns. • The US signs a treaty with the
European Union, the
United Kingdom, and seven other countries, which is the first in history on the use of
artificial intelligence systems. • September 6 –
Ayşenur Ezgi Eygi, a Turkish-American
International Solidarity Movement activist, is
killed while participating in a protest against the
IDF near
Nablus. • September 7 –
Interstate 75 Kentucky shooting: Five people are injured when a man opens fire at passing cars on
Interstate 75 near
London, Kentucky. • September 9–12 –
Hurricane Francine makes landfall in
Louisiana and causes flooding across the
Gulf Coast of the United States, causing $1.5 billion in damage. • September 10 • Trump and Harris
debate for the first time, hosted by
ABC News at the
National Constitution Center in
Philadelphia. • A jury finds Shawn Laval Smith guilty for the
murder of Brianna Kupfer, in
Los Angeles, California. • September 12 – The first commercial
spacewalk is conducted by entrepreneur
Jared Isaacman as part of the
Polaris Dawn mission, which also includes the highest altitude orbit by a human crew since the
Apollo program. • September 14 – Arizona governor
Katie Hobbs signs a bill that repeals the state's 1864 ban on abortion. • September 15 –
Attempted assassination of Donald Trump in Florida: An
assassination attempt against Trump takes place at his
West Palm Beach Golf Club. No one is injured, and the suspect,
Ryan Wesley Routh, is caught before firing a shot. • September 16 –
Sean "P. Diddy" Combs is arrested in Manhattan and charged with
racketeering,
sex trafficking, and transportation to engage in
prostitution. • September 17 • A three-judge panel on the
United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit upholds the conviction of
Ghislaine Maxwell for sex trafficking of underage girls in relation to
Jeffrey Epstein. • California governor
Gavin Newsom signs a bill which prohibits the replacement of actors with
artificial intelligence under state law. • September 18 • Food storage container firm
Tupperware files for bankruptcy, amid declining sales. • Kentucky governor
Andy Beshear issues an executive order to ban the practice of
conversion therapy in the state. • September 19 –
2024 Major League Baseball season:
Shohei Ohtani of the
Los Angeles Dodgers becomes the first MLB player in history to join the
50–50 club, stealing over 50 bases and hitting over 50 home runs in a single season. • September 20 – South Carolina carries out its
first execution since 2011 with convicted murderer
Freddie Eugene Owens. • September 21 –
September 2024 Birmingham shooting: Four people are killed and 17 are injured in a mass shooting in
Birmingham, Alabama. • September 22 –
2024 Major League Baseball season: The
Chicago White Sox become the first
American League team to reach 120 losses in a season and second in MLB history after the
National League's
1962 New York Mets. • September 24 • Former
Alameda Research CEO
Caroline Ellison is sentenced to 24 months in jail for fraud charges. • Marcellus Williams is executed in Missouri for the 1998
murder of Felicia Gayle, despite calls from the victim's family and the prosecutor to spare his life. • September 25 – New York City mayor
Eric Adams is
indicted following
federal corruption investigations. • September 26 – The
Nevada Supreme Court orders the dismissal of the sex crime trial against
Nathan Chasing Horse. • September 27–30 –
Hurricane Helene kills at least 215 and leaves 685 people missing in the southeast. • September 27 – September sees the greatest number of inmates executed at five, within a one-week span since
July 2003 with the execution of Alan Eugene Miller.
October • October 1 •
Jimmy Carter turns 100 years old, making him the first U.S. president to become a
centenarian. • The vice presidential candidates, Minnesota Governor
Tim Walz and Ohio Senator
JD Vance, debate in New York City, hosted by
CBS News. •
2024 United States port strike: Dockworkers at 36 ports begin three days of strike action, due to disagreements over compensation and the use of
automation. • California officially bans
fracking. • October 2 – A new court filing by
Special Counsel Jack Smith alleges that Donald Trump engaged in a "private criminal effort" to overturn the
2020 election results, and therefore should not be protected by the Supreme Court's ruling of immunity from prosecution for "official" acts conducted while in office. • October 3 –
Tina Peters, a former County Clerk of
Mesa County, Colorado, becomes the first election official in the U.S. convicted of criminal charges related to
'stolen election' conspiracy theories surrounding the
2020 United States presidential election. She is sentenced to nine years in prison. • October 8 • The
Environmental Protection Agency sets a 10-year deadline to replace all lead water pipes in the United States. • The
Federal Bureau of Investigation announces the arrest of an
Afghan national in
Oklahoma City,
Oklahoma, for allegedly plotting an
ISIS-related attack on
Election Day in November. • October 8–11 –
Hurricane Milton makes landfall in Florida, where 32 people were killed and 3.4 million people were left without power. Between October 8–9,
44 tornadoes touched down across Florida, including three EF3 tornadoes. • October 10 – The
Financial Crimes Enforcement Network levies a $3 billion fine against
TD Bank for chronic violations of
anti–money laundering laws. • October 13 –
SpaceX achieves the
first successful return and capture of a Super Heavy booster from
Starship, the biggest and most powerful rocket ever to fly. • October 20 – Five new civil lawsuits are filed against
Sean "Diddy" Combs in a federal court in New York, accusing the rapper of sexual assault and rape. • October 21 – The
Central Park Five file a lawsuit against Donald Trump in the
United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania over claims that he made in the second presidential debate on September 10. • October 22 •
2024 McDonald's E. coli outbreak: The
CDC reports 75 people have fallen ill and one person has died after consuming
McDonald's quarter pounders tainted with
E. Coli. 15 more people will have fallen ill by October 31. •
Deaths: Julia Hawkins, centenarian athlete (born 1916) • October 23 – The
Transportation Department fines
American Airlines $50 million for violations of disability laws. • October 24 – A mass stabbing attack in
College Hill, Cincinnati results in 4 deaths, including the attacker. • October 27 – Presidential candidate
Donald Trump hosts a
campaign rally at
Madison Square Garden in New York City. The event is widely criticized for its use of racist and misogynistic language. • October 28 – Actor
Jay Johnston is sentenced to
one year and one day in prison for his actions during the
January 6 United States Capitol attack. • October 30 –
2024 Major League Baseball season: The
Los Angeles Dodgers win their eighth
World Series title, defeating the
New York Yankees four games to one.
November • November 1 – South Carolina executes convicted murderer
Richard Bernard Moore, despite pleas from the judge, jury, pastors, prison staff, and his relatives to spare his life. • November 2 • Casual dining restaurant chain
TGI Fridays files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. •
Kamala Harris makes a surprise appearance on
Saturday Night Live, prompting FCC regulator
Brendan Carr to post on
X (formerly Twitter) that the appearance violates
equal-time rules. • November 3 –
Taylor Swift concludes
The Eras Tour in the United States at
Lucas Oil Stadium in
Indianapolis, the
highest-grossing concert tour of all time. • November 4 – The night before election day, Presidential candidates Trump and Harris both hold events in
Pittsburgh. • November 5 •
Donald Trump and running mate
JD Vance of the
Republican Party defeat
Kamala Harris and running mate
Tim Walz of the
Democratic Party in the
2024 United States presidential election. Trump becomes the second president elected to non-consecutive terms after
Grover Cleveland, and the first convicted felon, as well as the oldest man elected president. • The United States and
Somalia reach an agreement, involving the US writing off over $1 billion of Somalia's debt. • November 6 – Biden announces the expedited granting of over US$6 billion in
military aid to Ukraine. • November 8 – The Department of Justice charges Iranian national Farhad Shakeri with an
Iranian plot to attempt to assassinate Donald Trump. • November 9 •
Deaths: Bobby Allison, NASCAR driver (born 1937);
Judith Jamison, dancer and choreographer (born 1943) • November 10 • One person is killed and 16 others are injured in a
school shooting during a homecoming weekend party at
Tuskegee University. • In motorsports,
Joey Logano of
Team Penske wins the
2024 NASCAR Cup Series, his third win. •
Donald Trump Jr. announces his plans to join conservative investment firm
1789 Capital. • November 11 – Maryland Governor
Wes Moore posthumously commemorates
abolitionist Harriet Tubman as a one-star general in the
Maryland National Guard, celebrating her for
Veterans Day. • November 12 •
Second cabinet of Donald Trump: Trump selects
South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem as his
Secretary of Homeland Security, Senator
Marco Rubio as his
Secretary of State, and Fox News host and Army veteran
Pete Hegseth as his
Secretary of Defense. •
Haitian crisis: The
Federal Aviation Administration issues a temporary 30-day ground on all
U.S. airlines from flying to
Haiti after
gangs shot at a
Spirit Airlines aircraft that was attempting to land at
Toussaint Louverture International Airport in
Port-au-Prince. The airport is also closed indefinitely in response to the shooting. • Trump announces he plans to create the
Department of Government Efficiency and selects businessmen
Elon Musk and
Vivek Ramaswamy to lead it. • Heritage Project president
Kevin Roberts' book ''
Dawn's Early Light: Taking Back Washington to Save America'' is published. • November 13 – Trump picks
Matt Gaetz as his
Attorney General; however, Gaetz withdraws on November 21 due to ongoing Congressional investigations against him. • November 14 • Satirical news site
The Onion purchases
Alex Jones'
InfoWars at a
bankruptcy auction. • Trump nominates environmental attorney
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as his
Secretary of Health and Human Services, North Dakota Governor
Doug Burgum as his
Secretary of the Interior, and former Congressman
Doug Collins as his
Secretary of Veterans Affairs. • The
Kingda Ka roller coaster at
Six Flags Great Adventure, the world's tallest roller coaster, is retired. • November 15 •
General Motors lays off 1,000 employees and closes several facilities. • Three daughters of civil rights activist
Malcolm X file a $100 million
wrongful death lawsuit against the
CIA, the
FBI, and the
New York Police Department for their alleged roles in the
assassination of Malcolm X. • Trump names
Karoline Leavitt as the
White House Press Secretary for his
second term in office, which makes her the youngest person ever to serve in the role at 27 years old. • The
Tyson v. Paul fight is
live streamed on
Netflix and takes place at
AT&T Stadium in
Arlington, Texas between
Jake Paul and
Mike Tyson. Paul was declared the winner by
unanimous decision, and Netflix claims that 108 million people viewed the event on its platform. • November 16 • Trump picks Liberty Energy CEO
Chris Wright as his
Secretary of Energy. • The first case of Clade Ib
mpox, a more spreadable variant linked to the
outbreak in Africa, is detected in California. • November 17 – Biden lifts restrictions on the
Ukrainian use of US weapons for deep attacks inside of Russia, with Ukraine planning out long-distance attacks in the coming days. The first of these instances is two days later on November 19, where Ukraine launches
ATACMS long-ranged missiles into Russia. • November 18 •
Spirit Airlines files for
Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. • Trump picks Fox News host and former congressman
Sean Duffy as his
Secretary of Transportation. • November 20 • Jose Ibarra is found guilty of murdering Augusta University nursing student
Laken Riley. He is sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole. • Trump picks former
World Wrestling Entertainment CEO
Linda McMahon as his
Secretary of Education. •
Gautam Adani, an Indian billionaire and the chairman of the
Adani Group, was
indicted by the
District Court for the Eastern District of New York, along with seven other Adani executives, on charges of bribery. • November 21 • After Matt Gaetz withdraws his nomination for the position, Trump picks former
Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi as his Attorney General. •
Jussie Smollett hate crime hoax: The
Supreme Court of Illinois vacates the conviction and sentence of
Jussie Smollett for his staging of a hate crime against himself due to a violation of his due process rights. • November 22 • Trump picks hedge fund investor and former Yale professor
Scott Bessent as his
Secretary of the Treasury, congresswoman
Lori Chavez-DeRemer as his
Secretary of Labor, and former Texas state representative and retired NFL player
Scott Turner as his
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development. •
Wicked, the first half of
Universal Pictures'
two-part film adaptation of the
stage musical of the same name, is released in theaters and becomes an immediate pop culture phenomenon along with critical and commercial success, becoming the
highest-grossing Broadway musical film adaptation of all time. • November 23 – Trump picks
America First Policy Institute CEO
Brooke Rollins as his
Secretary of Agriculture. • November 25 –
Jack Smith dismisses his
2020 election interference case against Trump. • November 27 – The United States helps to mediate the
ceasefire agreement between
Israel and
Lebanon since
the conflict escalated in October. • November 29 – Three people are wounded in a shooting on
Black Friday at the
Park Plaza Mall in
Little Rock,
Arkansas.
December • December 1 – President Biden issues a
pardon for his son,
Hunter Biden, despite previously pledging against doing so. • December 2 • Elon Musk loses his bid to reinstate a pay package to the tune of $56 billion. •
Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez becomes the first person to reach a million followers on
Bluesky. • December 4 –
Brian Thompson, the CEO of insurance company
UnitedHealthcare, is
fatally shot outside the
New York Hilton Midtown, in what police call a "targeted attack". • December 5 – A magnitude 7.1
earthquake occurs off the coast of
California, being felt hundreds of miles away.
Tsunami and earthquake warnings are sent out across California,
Oregon, and
Washington. • December 6 – A federal appeals court, in a defeat to
TikTok and parent company
ByteDance, upholds the
Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act, enabling the law, which would ban the social media platform from the US on January 19, 2025, if the platform was not sold off to an American-owned company, to take effect. • December 7 –
MLS Cup 2024: The
LA Galaxy defeat the
New York Red Bulls 2–1 to win their sixth MLS Cup. • December 8 – In
baseball, the
New York Mets sign Dominican
professional baseball outfielder Juan Soto to a $765 million, 15-year contract, the largest contract in sports history. • December 9 • Police arrest 26-year-old
Luigi Mangione in connection with the fatal shooting of
UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson in New York on December 4. • A jury acquits Daniel Penny of criminally negligent homicide and
deadlocks on
manslaughter over his
killing of Jordan Neely in May 2023. • December 9–10 – The
US Navy is attacked in the
Gulf of Aden by the Yemen-based
Houthis, marking the most recent attack on the United States. • December 10 – Federal bankruptcy judge Christopher Lopez rejects the sale of
Alex Jones'
InfoWars to satirical news platform
The Onion in a dispute over the bidding process. • December 11 •
Albertsons backs out of a
$24.6 billion merger deal with
Kroger and files a lawsuit against them that includes a $600 million termination fee. •
Several drones of unknown operators are spotted over New Jersey, with some going over military areas. • December 12 – President Biden commutes the sentences of roughly 1,500 people who were released from prison and placed in home confinement during the
coronavirus pandemic and pardons 39 Americans convicted of non-violent crimes, the largest single-day act of
clemency in US history. The clemency drew outrage for commuting the sentences of
Mark Ciavarella and
Michael Conahan for their role in the
kids for cash scandal. • December 13 • The U.S. military evacuates Travis Timmerman out of
Syria after Timmerman had previously been reported missing in the country. •
McKinsey & Company agrees to pay $650 million and enter a
deferred prosecution agreement with the
Department of Justice to resolve criminal charges related to its advisory work for
Purdue Pharma on increasing
OxyContin sales, including
conspiracy to
misbrand a drug and
obstruction of justice. • December 16 • Two people are killed and six others are injured in
a mass shooting at the
Abundant Life Christian School in
Madison, Wisconsin. The perpetrator, a 15-year-old student at the school, is found dead at the scene. •
SoftBank Group announces a $100 billion investment in the United States, expected to create 100,000 new jobs by 2029, primarily in technology-related sectors such as artificial intelligence. • December 18 • Indiana conducts its
first execution since 2009 with convicted murderer
Joseph Corcoran. • The
CDC confirms the first severe case of
H5N1 bird flu in a human linked to exposure to a backyard flock. • A
Union Pacific train derails and strikes multiple vehicles and a building in
Pecos, Texas. Two people are killed and three are injured. • December 23 •
President Joe Biden commutes the sentences of 37 of the 40 individuals
on federal death row to life imprisonment without the possibility of parole. The exceptions are
Dylann Roof,
Robert Bowers, and
Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, who received death sentences for
terrorism or
hate-motivated mass murder-related crimes, as well as all four prisoners on
U.S. military death row. • A House ethics report finds "substantial evidence" that
Matt Gaetz paid for sex with a 17-year-old girl and used illicit drugs while in office. • December 24 •
President Joe Biden signs a bill making the
bald eagle the official
national bird of the
United States. •
American Airlines grounds all U.S. flights for several hours due to a technical issue. • December 28 – At least 15 people, including three firefighters, are injured when a train collides with a
fire truck in
Delray Beach,
Florida. • December 29 – Former
President Jimmy Carter dies at age 100 in his hometown of
Plains,
Georgia. • December 30 – The
Treasury reports a "major incident" in which
Chinese state-sponsored hackers broke into its systems earlier in the month and had access to employee workstations and some unclassified documents. == Deaths ==