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Layoffs across the U.S. this year have climbed to their highest level since the pandemic slammed the economy in 2020, new labor data shows. In the first half of 2025, companies announced 744,308 job cuts nationwide, the highest tally since the first six months of 2020, when employers cut nearly 1.6 million jobs in response…
Washington — President Trump’s administration asked the Supreme Court on Wednesday to allow him to fire three members of the independent Consumer Product Safety Commission. The request to the high court by Solicitor General D. John Sauer arose from a federal judge’s decision earlier this month that found Mr. Trump’s removal of the three commissioners…
Microsoft is laying off just under 4% of its workforce in a new round of job cuts, the company said Wednesday. The cuts will affect 9,000 workers across the company, as it continues to make moves to trim its staff. “We continue to implement organizational changes necessary to best position the company and teams for…
An expedition to a remote and tiny island this fall will attempt to locate Amelia Earhart’s plane in the Pacific Ocean. The effort, announced Wednesday by the Purdue Research Foundation and Archaeological Legacy Institute, will focus on a “visual anomaly” in satellite and other imagery in a lagoon at Nikumaroro, an island located between Hawaii…
Sean “Diddy” Combs was found guilty Wednesday of transportation to engage in prostitution in his federal trial in New York, but the music mogul was acquitted of the more severe charges of racketeering conspiracy and sex trafficking. Combs was convicted of two counts of the prostitution-related charge. Each count carries a maximum sentence of 10…
The hottest beauty trends of the summer, from nails to fragrance – CBS News Watch CBS News People magazine’s Style and Beauty Director Brittany Talarico joins “CBS Mornings” to share the must-know summer trends in nails, hair and perfume. Be the first to know Get browser notifications for breaking news, live events, and exclusive reporting….
Washington — The House convened Wednesday to take up President Trump’s Senate-passed massive domestic policy bill and approve changes to the legislation ahead of a July 4 deadline to get the bill to the president’s desk for his signature. The House Rules Committee advanced the Senate’s changes to the bill overnight, setting it up for…
Bryan Kohberger, the former criminal justice doctoral student charged in the murders of four University of Idaho students in 2022, is expected to officially plead guilty Wednesday in a deal with prosecutors that spares him from the death penalty. The hearing is expected to begin at 11 a.m. local time (1 p.m. ET). People hoping…
Jurors in Sean “Diddy” Combs’ trial to resume deliberations after reaching partial verdict – CBS News Watch CBS News The jury in Sean “Diddy” Combs’ federal sex trafficking and racketeering trial reached decisions Tuesday on all but one charge. They are expected to continue deliberations Wednesday. Combs has pleaded not guilty to the charges. Be…
Mammograms can save lives, but CBS News has learned in some cases, insurance companies are refusing to cover them — even for breast cancer survivors. We first looked into this in October for our series, Medical Price Roulette, a collaboration with Clear Health Costs. After that story aired, we heard from hundreds of women who…