would like to apologize." On January 30, 2017, Costello announced that she would return to HLN to host a new program from Los Angeles. On August 21, 2017 her new show Across America with Carol Costello debuted. On October 16, 2018 it was announced by HLN that Costello was to be laid off, along with Michaela Pereira and Ashleigh Banfield, as part of the network's decision to scale back their live news programming. The final broadcasts for their programs took place on Friday, October 26, 2018. Although both Ashleigh Banfield and Michaela Pereira stayed to host their shows until their last days, Costello did not appear on air after October 16, 2018 with CNN correspondent Dianne Gallagher hosting the final broadcast. Since then, Costello has taken a more active role at Loyola Marymount University where she serves as first lady. She is a professor in the newly established journalism major and now also hosts a podcast developed by the university. According to Costello herself, she had been wanting to start a new venture for a while, even back on her days at CNN. Personal life A former resident of Atlanta, Georgia, Costello moved to the New York area after marrying Timothy Law Snyder in 2004. She and Snyder later moved to Baltimore, Maryland. In October 2015, Snyder was named president of Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles. In January 2017, Costello cited her husband's relocation as a primary factor in her decision to leave CNN for HLN and move to Los Angeles. In April 2015, Costello wrote that she became a "lapsed Catholic" after losing her younger brother Jimmy to cancer when she was 25. However, she stated that Pope Francis "reawakened my faith". References External links Profile at CNN website 1961 births American television news anchors Kent State University alumni Living people People from Minerva, Ohio American women television journalists CNN people Journalists from Ohio 21st-century American women American women podcasters American podcasters