What happens when schools ban cell phones – CBS News Watch CBS News A recent report estimates on average, America’s young people spend over seven hours a day looking at a screen. Now more than two dozen states are limiting scrolling through phones while in school. “CBS Evening News” co-anchor John Dickerson reports. Source link
The White House may be the most well-known home in Washington D.C., but just blocks away from the presidential mansion sits a lesser-known home with its own piece of U.S. history. The Octagon is an approximately 10,000-square-foot home designed by William Thornton, who served as the first architect of the U.S. Capitol. The building…
A Florida man convicted of raping and killing his next-door neighbor was executed Tuesday evening, the state’s 15th execution this year. Florida has executed more people than any other state this year, followed by Texas and Alabama with five each. Norman Mearle Grim Jr., 65, died by lethal injection at Florida State Prison near Starke at…
Monkeys that were being transported Tuesday on a Mississippi highway escaped after the truck carrying them overturned, and all but one have since been killed, authorities said. The Jasper County Sheriff’s Department said the rhesus monkeys were from Tulane University, writing in a post on Facebook that “they are aggressive to humans and they require…
At Ford’s Michigan Assembly outside Detroit, more than 4,500 hourly employees turn out about 100,000 Broncos a year – a new one every 60 seconds. For obvious reasons, Ford’s been touting its commitment to American manufacturing. It advertises itself as employing the most hourly workers in the country – and more than 80 percent of…
For most of 2025, the job market was described by economists as “no hire, no fire” — a stretch of time when job seekers faced slim prospects, but workers could count on job security. But that fragile balance may now be shifting, labor experts warn, as mass layoffs at companies like Amazon and UPS signal…
The Trump administration is staging a major shake-up at Immigration and Customs Enforcement, with plans to reassign senior leaders in agency offices across the country amid frustrations over current arrest and deportation levels, two sources familiar with the changes told CBS News on Monday. One U.S. official, who requested anonymity to talk about internal matters,…
President Trump signed a trade agreement with Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi on Tuesday, as he focuses on cementing deals with key U.S. trading partners during his nearly weeklong trip through Asia. The deal — which the two countries agreed to over the summer — will see the U.S. charge 15% tariffs on imported Japanese goods, lower…
An expedition to try to locate Amelia Earhart’s plane on a remote island in the Pacific has been delayed until next year, Purdue University said Monday. A team of researchers was planning to travel to Nikumaroro Island in early November to determine whether something known as the Taraia Object — a visual anomaly seen in…
Washington — The Senate is expected to vote Tuesday evening on a measure that would block President Trump’s tariffs on Brazil, as Democrats seek support from a handful of Republicans willing to buck the president. Led by Sen. Tim Kaine, a Virginia Democrat, the bill would terminate the national emergency that the administration is using…