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How sharks help determine the health of our oceans – CBS News Watch CBS News While many fear sharks, they are an important part of our oceans’ ecosystem. Marine scientists are studying how the food these predators eat can be seen as a litmus test for the health of the oceans. Elizabeth Cook reports. Be…
Exploring the rise of artificial intelligence company OpenAI – CBS News Watch CBS News Karen Hao joins “CBS Evening News Plus” to discuss her new book, “Empire of AI,” which delves into the rise of Sam Altman and OpenAI, the company behind ChatGPT. Be the first to know Get browser notifications for breaking news, live…
Unreleased music by Beyoncé was stolen from a vehicle in Atlanta, according to police. Five hard drives with “watermarked music, some unreleased music, footage plans for the show, and past and future set list” were taken from a 2024 Jeep Wagoneer that was being driven by Beyoncé’s choreographer, Christopher Grant, last week, according to a…
A Connecticut man was sentenced Monday to 65 years in prison for the 2019 beating death of his girlfriend, Christine Holloway, but their baby daughter disappeared at the time and remains missing. Jose Morales, 48, was convicted by a jury in April of murder and evidence tampering in Holloway’s killing, which took place inside her home…
Martin Cruz Smith, the bestselling mystery novelist who engaged readers for decades with “Gorky Park” and other thrillers featuring Moscow investigator Arkady Renko, has died at age 82. Smith died Friday at a senior living community in San Rafael, California, “surrounded by those he loved,” his publisher, Simon & Schuster, said in a statement. Smith…
The U.S. government said Monday it is placing a 17.09% duty on most fresh Mexican tomatoes, after negotiations over alleged unfair trade practices ended without an agreement to avert the tariff. Proponents said the import tax will help rebuild the shrinking U.S. tomato industry and ensure that produce eaten in the United States is also…
Jeremy Porter is a professor of quantitative methods in the social sciences at the City University of New York. Deadly and destructive flash flooding in Texas and several other states in July 2025 is raising questions about the nation’s flood maps and their ability to ensure that communities and homeowners can prepare for rising risks. The same…
Millions of car buyers in the U.S. could soon get some tax relief thanks to a provision in the so-called “big, beautiful bill” that was signed into law on July 4 by President Trump. The idea of giving a tax break for auto purchasers was first floated by Mr. Trump while on the campaign trail…
A flurry of tariff threats by President Trump leaves U.S. consumers and businesses in limbo ahead of an Aug. 1 deadline to deploy the import duties against more than 50 countries around the world, according to economists and trade experts. “Nobody knows whether these are threats or whether they will become policy, so it seems…
Tesla heads to federal court in Miami on Monday to defend its Autopilot system in a wrongful death case involving the death of a 22-year-old college student. The fatal crash took place in April 2019, when a Model S Tesla equipped with the Autopilot technology struck a parked vehicle in Key Largo, Florida, killing one…