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Washington — The Supreme Court on Friday ruled in favor of a group of Maryland parents who challenged their school district’s decision to deny them the ability to opt their elementary-aged children out of instruction featuring storybooks that address gender identity and sexual orientation. The high court said in a 6-3 decision in the case of…
Iran will hold a state funeral service Saturday for around 60 people, including its military commanders, killed in its war with Israel, after Tehran’s top diplomat condemned Donald Trump’s comments on supreme leader Ali Khamenei as “unacceptable”. The state funeral proceedings in Tehran for 60 nuclear scientists and military commanders killed in Israeli strikes are…
Renowned food critic, TV personality and former film producer Chua Lam has died at the age of 83. The news was announced on his Facebook and Weibo pages yesterday (June 27), with the posts reading: “Our beloved Mr Chua Lam passed away peacefully at Hong Kong Sanatorium and Hospital on June 25, 2025, accompanied by…
Bezos wedding guest gifts viral Labubu doll – CBS News Watch CBS News Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sanchez told guests they don’t want gifts for their nearly $50 million wedding bash in Venice, but one guest revealed she opted for collectible dolls known as Labubus. Be the first to know Get browser notifications for breaking…
It could take months to reach definitive conclusions explaining India’s deadliest plane crash in three decades. But a New York Times analysis of photos and videos from the June 12 incident — which were reviewed with aviation safety experts, including former pilots and crash investigators, as well as an audio forensics expert — reveals key…
Merriam, Kansas — Most will see just a furniture store when they visit My Home Contemporary Furniture in Merriam, Kansas, but for owner Henrik Svendsen, it’s the culmination of his life’s work. “I opened up four years ago,” Svendsen told CBS News. “I thought it would be the retirement for the kids.” Svendsen is closing…
Several high school graduations in New Jersey were postponed after excessive heat during a two-part ceremony Monday caused what the Paterson city fire chief declared a “mass casualty incident,” according to the Guardian. What’s happening? A “heat dome” began to descend on vast swaths of the Northeast and Midwest on Sunday, and over 100 million…
Hong Kong hopes to host Brazil’s national football team at Kai Tak Stadium, the city’s finance chief has said, as the South American country’s traditional Carnival festival made its debut in the city. Speaking at the opening ceremony of “Extravaganza! When Brazil Meets Hong Kong” on Friday, Financial Secretary Paul Chan Mo-po said the event…
Waunakee, Wisconsin — According to many of her senior classmates at Waunakee High School in Waunakee, Wisconsin, 18-year-old Molly Schafer was a loner. “I haven’t talked to her in years,” one student told CBS News. “Not a lot of kids did hang out with her,” another said. That wasn’t always the case. Back in elementary…
The head of a prestigious US public university resigned Friday amid pressure over his alleged failure to curb diversity programs, the latest salvo in the Trump administration’s war on academia. The Department of Justice had privately pressured the University of Virginia to fire its president to help resolve a probe of its diversity, equity and…