If you plot the origins of the greatest inventions in history, you start to notice a pattern: The light bulb, the phonograph, the airplane, air conditioning, the zipper, the microwave, lasers, transistors, the personal computer, the internet, GPS, the smartphone … No country on Earth has as rich a history of modern invention as this…
August 12, 2023, New Haven, Indiana. Shortly before morning broke in the home he rented with his wife Alison, at the base of a steep stairway, Kevin Davis‘ blood seeped onto the floor. OFFICER GARRETT SHANEBROOK | New Haven Police Department (bodycam video): Where’s that blood coming from? CORPORAL CADE HETRICK | New Haven Police…
Luigi Mangione’s lawyers asked a New York judge to dismiss some criminal charges, including the only count for which he could face the death penalty, from a federal indictment brought against him in the December assassination of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson. In papers filed Saturday in Manhattan federal court, the lawyers said prosecutors should also be…
10/11: CBS Weekend News – CBS News Watch CBS News Israelis credit President Trump with ceasefire deal, hostage release; Creative musicians turn trash to instruments and a landfill to theater. Source link
Thousands of federal workers get layoff notices in a government shutdown first – CBS News Watch CBS News Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is hoping for peace in his country’s war with Russia after speaking to President Trump over the phone. Taurean Small has the latest. Source link
Diane Keaton dies at 79 years old in California – CBS News Watch CBS News Actress Diane Keaton has died in California at 79 years old. Her family made the announcement but did not specify a cause. Ali Bauman reports on Keaton’s self-deprecating grace, humor and offbeat charm. Source link
A federal appeals court Saturday blocked the deployment of National Guard troops in the Chicago area amid ongoing protests at U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facilities that the Trump administration has vowed to crack down on. The court ruled, however, that the National Guard troops can remain under federal control. The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a…
Markets are bracing for more drama when trading resumes Monday, after President Trump slapped 100% tariffs on Chinese imports and called out “sinister and hostile” moves by China to try to corner the market on rare earth minerals. Trump tore into China’s new export controls Friday, announcing new tariffs “over and above” existing U.S. levies…
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip — Tens of thousands of displaced Palestinians returned to their Gaza neighborhoods Saturday, weaving through dust-shrouded streets as bulldozers clawed through the wreckage of two years of war and a ceasefire held in its second day. What You Need To Know Tens of thousands of displaced Palestinians are returning to their neighborhoods as a ceasefire…
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip — Tens of thousands of displaced Palestinians returned to their Gaza neighborhoods Saturday, weaving through dust-shrouded streets as bulldozers clawed through the wreckage of two years of war and a ceasefire held in its second day. What You Need To Know Tens of thousands of displaced Palestinians are returning to their neighborhoods as a ceasefire…