Americans want CEOs to walk in their shoes for a while, a new survey suggests. Asked about the one thing they would want corporate leaders to understand about economic life in the U.S. today, a quarter of those polled said the cost of living is too high and that companies should make products more affordable,…
Federal prosecutors on Friday asked a judge to dismiss an indictment charging former U.S. Olympic canoeist David Hearn with ripping up the bottom of the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, citing new information that the damage was caused by a “botched installation” by a contractor, not vandalism. The U.S. Attorney’s Office in D.C. had charged Hearn…
A man whose slain brother led one of Mexico’s most powerful and violent drug cartels pleaded guilty Friday in Washington to conspiring to traffic cocaine and methamphetamine into the United States. Antonio Oseguera Cervantes worked for cartels with his brother Nemesio Rubén Oseguera Cervantes, the drug lord known as “El Mencho” who was killed by…
Washington — The United States and Israel are planning what would be one of the harshest bombing campaigns to date against energy infrastructure targets in Iran, multiple sources told CBS News, with strikes possible throughout the weekend. There was some discussion about trying to conclude by the time financial markets open Monday because of concern…
Two notes that appear to have been sent by Nancy Guthrie’s kidnapper to a local news outlet shortly after her disappearance were made public Friday by the Pima County Sheriff’s Department. The search for the missing 84-year-old just passed the six-month mark, but according to the second note, sent on Feb. 6, Guthrie “perished shortly…
For the first time, the birth of a humpback whale was captured via drone earlier this week. Filmed off the coast of New South Wales, Australia, on Tuesday, the video shows the water fill with blood before the newborn calf emerges to take its first breath. A rare video of a humpback whale birth was…
An F-35 fighter jet crashed near a Marine Corps base in San Diego on Friday, sparking a small fire. A Marine Corps spokesperson said the pilot ejected, was recovered, and is being transported to a medical facility. It’s not immediately clear what led to the crash. An aerial photo shows the smoking aircraft on the…
Arizona, California and Nevada would take less water from the Colorado River under a proposal announced Friday by the federal government to stave off crisis in the beleaguered waterway, which serves as a crucial source of water for more than 40 million people in seven Western states. The proposal from the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation…
The families of four teenagers who died by suicide are suing Meta, Snapchat, TikTok and YouTube, alleging that using the social media platforms led to severe mental health and physical issues that resulted in their deaths. The lawsuit, filed Thursday in the Superior Court of Delaware, claims that the teens suffered years of harm from…
The Illinois Prisoner Review Board on Friday denied a bid for medical release from Sean Grayson, the former Sangamon County sheriff’s deputy convicted of second-degree murder in the 2024 killing of Sonya Massey. The decision means Grayson, who is roughly six months into a 20-year prison sentence, will remain behind bars. Attorneys Ben Crump and…
