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A man surfing in Florida was hit in the face by a spinning shark — and the encounter was caught on camera. Surfer Darren Kaye said he was in waters off New Smyrna Beach, Florida, on Friday evening when the spinner shark knocked him off his board. Video shows the shark flying from the water…
Kouri Richins, the Utah mom who allegedly poisoned her husband with a fentanyl-laced cocktail and then wrote a children’s book about coping with grief, is facing dozens of new charges. The charges, filed Friday in a Utah court, include five counts of second-degree felony mortgage fraud, seven counts of second-degree felony money laundering, one…
Jimmy Swaggart, one of the country’s best-known televangelists who apologized after he was caught in a sex scandal, has died, his ministry’s SonLife Broadcasting Network announced in a statement shared with CBS News. He was 90. Swaggart died Tuesday morning, the statement said. News of his death was also posted to his official Facebook page. “Today,…
Washington — A federal judge in Rhode Island has blocked the Department of Health and Human Services from implementing mass layoffs and overhauling some of its sub-agencies, finding there to be “no rational basis” for the Trump administration’s reorganization plans that would have “devastating consequences” across the country if enacted. The suit was brought by…
BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Colombian President Gustavo Petro has suspended a rebel leader’s extradition to the United States, arguing that his presence in Colombia is needed to advance peace talks that seek to disarm hundreds of fighters in a region bordering Venezuela. Willington Henao Gutiérrez, known as “Mocho Olmedo” is one of the leaders of…
Finding a job can be a tall order in today’s economy, given the recent slowdown in hiring. For those searching, a new study on the best job markets in the United States may come in handy. With an eye toward job-hunters’ needs, SmartAsset ranked 348 U.S. cities based on six factors from the most recent Census Bureau…
The Trump administration recently transferred immigration detainees from countries in Africa, Asia, Europe and the Caribbean to detention facilities at the Guantanamo Bay naval base in Cuba, dramatically expanding the nationalities of those held there, internal U.S. government records obtained by CBS News show. As of earlier this week, Guantanamo Bay’s immigration detainees — who…
A major storm has yet to hit Florida this hurricane season but that hasn’t stopped the annual deluge of drugs from making landfall. A beachgoer on Sunday morning stumbled across nearly $500,000 worth of cocaine wrapped in “Yosemite Sam” packaging washed up on a Florida beach, authorities said, marking yet another discovery of illicit drugs…
Washington — Republicans plan to slash Medicaid funding to help offset the tax cuts and new spending included in President Trump’s massive domestic policy bill. There are some differences between the approaches taken by Senate and House Republicans, making Medicaid among the most divisive issues lawmakers have had to navigate in recent months. Staring down…
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