2024 In Review Fast Facts | National & World [Video]

(CNN) — Here is a look back at the events of 2024.

Notable US Events

January 3 – Hundreds of pages of unsealed documents from a lawsuit connected to accused sex-trafficker Jeffrey Epstein are publicly released. This is the first set of documents to be unsealed under a December 18, 2023 court order.

January 4 – Dylan Butler, 17, fatally shoots a sixth-grade student and wounds seven other people at Perry High School in Perry, Iowa. The wounded include four students and the school’s principal. Butler dies from a self-inflicted gunshot wound.

January 5 – An Alaska Airlines flight headed from Portland to Ontario, California, returns safely to Portland International Airport shortly after takeoff after a panel of the fuselage, including the panel’s window, pops off. On January 6, the FAA grounds all Boeing Max 9 aircrafts. The aircrafts return to service on January 26.

January 5 – The Pentagon announces US Defense Secretary …