Miami Beach declares midnight curfew for this Spring Break weekend to curb "dangerous mayhem" ( www.cbsnews.com )
Listen up, spring breakers: Miami Beach has declared a midnight curfew....
Blood test shows 83% accuracy for detecting colorectal cancer, study finds ( www.cbsnews.com )
Massachusetts governor to pardon "hundreds of thousands" with marijuana convictions ( www.cbsnews.com )
Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey announced plans on Wednesday to pardon those in the state who have been convicted of simple marijuana possession. If approved by the Governor's Council, the pardons would apply to all prior adult misdemeanor convictions for marijuana possession....
Texas' largest-ever wildfire that killed at least 2 was ignited by power company facilities, company admits ( www.cbsnews.com )
What these red cows from Texas have to do with war and peace in the Middle East ( www.cbsnews.com )
U.S. military aircraft airdrop thousands of meals into Gaza in emergency humanitarian aid operation ( www.cbsnews.com )
"Three U.S. C-130 cargo planes dropped 66 total bundles, equating to about 38,000 pork-free meals, into the territory on Saturday morning. The bundles were split between three planes, the official said."...
Americans are spending the biggest share of their income on food in 3 decades ( www.cbsnews.com )
Between groceries and restaurants, Americans are spending more of their income on food than they have in 30 years....
High-income earners who skipped out on filing tax returns believed to owe hundreds of millions of dollars to IRS ( www.cbsnews.com )
The IRS is going after high-income earners who skipped out on filing federal income tax returns in more than 125,000 instances since 2017, the agency said Thursday....
In two days, the Smokehouse Creek Fire has grown to be the second-largest in Texas history ( www.cbsnews.com )
Just a reminder that it's still February, people.
Biden and Trump plan dueling visits to U.S.-Mexico border in Texas on Thursday ( www.cbsnews.com )
Suspect in Georgia nursing student's murder is accused of "disfiguring her skull," court documents say ( www.cbsnews.com )
The suspect in the killing of a nursing student on the University of Georgia campus used an object as a weapon in the crime and is also accused of "disfiguring her skull," according to newly filed arrest affidavits....
UAW president Shawn Fain on labor's comeback: "This is what happens when workers get power", says 'billionaires should not exist' ( www.cbsnews.com )
"I don't think billionaires should exist," he said. "No one needs that much money. I think it's inhumane. Pick any city, walk around, you know, you see people starving, people without basic necessities. There's no excuse for that. And it's not because people are lazy or don't want to work. The billionaires that keep amassing...
Military tracking high-altitude balloon flying over Western U.S. ( www.cbsnews.com )
Fentanyl dealers increasingly facing homicide charges over overdose deaths ( www.cbsnews.com )
Two people facing more than 200 animal cruelty charges after more than 100 animals found living in deplorable conditions ( www.cbsnews.com )
Florida Department of Health investigates Broward County's multiple measles cases ( www.cbsnews.com )
The Florida Department of Health is carrying out an epidemiological investigation surrounding the multiple cases of measles at a Broward County elementary school over the weekend....
Alexei Navalny appears healthy in video-link court hearing on day before his death – video ( www.theguardian.com )
After searing inflation, "American workers are getting ahead," Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen says ( www.cbsnews.com )
As of the end of 2023, the typical U.S. worker could afford the same goods and services as in 2019, prior to the pandemic, and had an additional $1,400 to spend or save per year, according to a January analysis by Treasury officials....
Pro-Palestinian protesters block traffic on Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco ( www.cbsnews.com )
A pro-Palestinian protest action briefly blocked all traffic on the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco Wednesday morning....
Artist says he will destroy $45 million worth of Rembrandt, Picasso and Warhol masterpieces with acid if Julian Assange dies in prison ( www.cbsnews.com )
Gen Z is recording themselves getting fired in growing TikTok trend ( www.cbsnews.com )
Female suspect fatally shot after shooting at Joel Osteen's Lakewood Church ( www.cbsnews.com )
A woman wearing a trenchcoat and armed with a long rifle was fatally shot by law enforcement officers after allegedly opening fire at Joel Osteen's Lakewood Church on Sunday afternoon....
Renowned climate scientist Michael Mann awarded $1 million in suit over his work being likened to child molester's acts ( www.cbsnews.com )
A jury on Thursday awarded $1 million to climate scientist Michael Mann, who sued a pair of conservative writers 12 years ago after they compared his depictions of global warming to a convicted child molester....
Fed Chair Jerome Powell on 60 Minutes: The US is on an unsustainable economic path ( youtu.be )
Pod of orcas trapped in drift ice off Japanese coast ( www.youtube.com )
Footage aired by the Japanese broadcaster NHK shows a pod of orcas, also known as killer whales, apparently trapped in drift ice off the coast of Hokkaido. At least 10 were seen poking out of a small gap in the surface and struggling for air.
