A bird strike most likely caused the helicopter crash in the Hudson River that killed six people near New York City last year, according to a National Transportation Safety Board report released Thursday. The NTSB found bird remains in the wreckage of the Bell 206L-4 helicopter and the surrounding area. A family of five from…
The United States is burning faster than usual this year, while massive smoke plumes from Canadian wildfires deplete air quality on both sides of the border. Experts believe the severity of the current fire season, affecting millions of acres of land between both countries, was primed by climate extremes. More than 100 wildfires raged in…
A White House teleprompter operator allegedly made nearly $100,000 on Kalshi bets related to public statements made by President Trump. A source familiar with the matter identified the federal employee as Gabriel Perez. A Kalshi spokesperson said the company investigated Perez’s trading activity after its surveillance systems detected trades that didn’t adhere to typical buying…
In the 70mm IMAX projection booth with “Interstellar” – CBS News Watch CBS News Director Christopher Nolan’s futuristic sci-fi spectacle is receiving a rare theatrical release on old-school, large-format film stock. CBSNews.com’s David Morgan enters the projection booth where the new IMAX movie is being screened in 70mm. Source link
The U.S. government has designated two more Mexican cartels as foreign terrorist organizations, including one that operates near the U.S. border. They are the Juárez Cartel, on the border with Texas, and Los Viagras, a criminal group from the western state of Michoacán. The Federal Register, the U.S. government’s gazette, published the designation on Thursday….
A day after Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced that U.S. service members over the age of 30 will be annually screened for “testosterone deficiency,” doctors are expressing skepticism of the program and its goals. Hegseth said all service members over 30 will be screened as part of their regular health assessments, and that younger ones…
It was 4 a.m. on a Sunday and 46-year-old Jason Haley was once again wide awake. The suburban silence that Haley had grown used to in his two decades as a resident of Southaven, Mississippi, had, for the last few months, been replaced by a constant whirring, like an airplane hovering over his home, he…
Washington — Republican Sen. Thom Tillis of North Carolina said Thursday that Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche must meet with survivors of convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein’s abuse before he votes to advance Blanche’s nomination for attorney general out of the Senate Judiciary Committee. Tillis made his request during the second day of Blanche’s confirmation…
The U.S. Coast Guard said the search for three boaters missing after their vessel sank in San Francisco Bay near Alcatraz Island was suspended at sunset on Wednesday. One other person died shortly after being pulled from the water. Coast Guard Commander Jarod Toczko told an afternoon press conference that crews had searched over 950 square nautical…
General Mills is recalling nearly 736,000 Pillsbury bread rolls because they may contain glass, according to a notice posted by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration earlier this week. The recall includes 3,080 cases of Pillsbury Bread Rolls “Hard Roll Dough,” each containing 180 rolls, for a total of 554,400 rolls, and 1,260 cases of…
