Blackout affects millions in Ecuador after transmission line fails ( www.cbsnews.com )
A failure in an energy transmission line on Wednesday produced an unexpected blackout throughout Ecuador, the government said, days after announcing that there would be power outages in the country due to production problems....
Texas doctor charged with obtaining confidential patient information on transgender care ( www.cbsnews.com )
A Texas doctor who calls himself a whistleblower on transgender care for minors is accused of illegally obtaining private information on patients from the nation's largest pediatric hospital who were not under his care....
More than 300 Egyptians die from heat during Hajj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia, diplomats say ( www.cbsnews.com )
GOP senator blocks Democratic bill to ban bump stocks after Supreme Court ruling ( www.cbsnews.com )
U.S. halts avocado and mango inspections in a Mexican state after 2 USDA employees attacked, detained ( www.cbsnews.com )
More than 300 Egyptians die from heat during Hajj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia, diplomats say ( www.cbsnews.com )
Maryland Gov. Wes Moore pardons 175,000 marijuana convictions: "This is a really big deal" ( www.cbsnews.com )
Maryland Gov. Wes Moore pardons 175,000 marijuana convictions: "This is a really big deal" ( www.cbsnews.com )
U.S. Secret Service member robbed at gunpoint in California during Biden trip ( www.cbsnews.com )
Iowa law letting authorities charge people facing deportation blocked for now ( www.cbsnews.com )
U.S. District Court Judge Stephen Locher issued a preliminary injunction because he said the U.S. Department of Justice and civil rights groups who filed suit against the state were likely to succeed in their argument that federal immigration law preempted the law approved this spring by Iowa lawmakers. He stopped enforcement of...
The $64 million mystery: How a wave of anonymous donations is fueling the 2024 presidential campaign ( www.cbsnews.com )
Maryland Gov. Wes Moore pardons 175,000 marijuana convictions ( www.cbsnews.com )
The governor will pardon misdemeanor charges for people who were found guilty of possessing small amounts of marijuana....
Carl Maughan, Kansas lawmaker arrested in March, has law license suspended over conflicts of interest in murder case ( www.cbsnews.com )
The Supreme Court ruled that conflict-of-interest waivers Maughan had Blevins and Akers sign didn't adequately address the situation or fully inform them of the consequences....
Social media platforms should have health warnings for teens, U.S. surgeon general says ( www.cbsnews.com )
Social media platforms should post warning labels, similar to those now used on cigarette packs, for teenagers who are increasingly suffering from mental health issues that are partly tied to the apps, U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy said Monday in an opinion piece in the New York Times....
Vietnam War veteran comes out as gay in his obituary, reveals he will be buried next to "the love of my life" ( www.cbsnews.com )
U.N. official says he saw Israeli troops kill 2 Palestinians fishing off Gaza coast ( www.cbsnews.com )
Two men fishing in the waters off the coast of the Gaza Strip were killed Wednesday by Israeli troops firing at them with automatic weapons, James Elder, the global spokesperson for the United Nations' children's agency UNICEF, told CBS News....
California Senate approves ban on transgender notification policies in schools ( www.cbsnews.com )
California Senate approves ban on transgender notification policies in schools ( www.cbsnews.com )
U.N. official says he saw Israeli troops kill 2 Palestinians fishing off Gaza coast ( www.cbsnews.com )
Two men fishing in the waters off the coast of the Gaza Strip were killed Wednesday by Israeli troops firing at them with automatic weapons, James Elder, the global spokesperson for the United Nations' children's agency UNICEF, told CBS News....
Carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere are surging "faster than ever" to beyond anything humans ever experienced, officials say ( www.cbsnews.com )
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Hunter Biden convicted of three felony counts in federal gun trial ( www.cbsnews.com )
African elephants have individual name-like calls for each other, similar to human names, study finds ( www.cbsnews.com )
Carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere are surging "faster than ever" to beyond anything humans ever experienced, officials say ( www.cbsnews.com )
One of the major drivers of the exceptional heat building within Earth's atmosphere has reached levels beyond anything humans have ever experienced, officials announced on Thursday. Carbon dioxide, the gas that accounts for the majority of global warming caused by human activities, is accumulating "faster than ever,"...
Graham just comes out and says the quiet part out loud ( www.cbsnews.com )
Let's help them win a war we can't afford to lose. Let's find a solution to this war. But they're sitting on a gold mine. To give Putin 10 or $12 trillion for critical minerals that he will share with China is ridiculous.