The friendship between former first lady Michelle Obama and former President George W. Bush was on display again Thursday at the Obama Presidential Center’s opening ceremony in Chicago. Ahead of the ceremony, Bush gifted Obama a tin of Altoids in a callback to one of their viral moments at the funeral for Sen. John McCain…
This week, a heat dome that is scorching the western region of the country is spreading to the Northeast, affecting some 100 million people nationwide. The deadly heat was felt throughout the Great Basin, the Rockies, and parts of the desert Southwest on Sunday, when temperatures in Billings, Montana, reached a record high of 111…
The top Democrats on two congressional panels are demanding details and records about the training and vetting of an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer who shot and killed a Colombian immigrant in Maine earlier in July, according to a letter obtained by CBS News. California Rep. Robert Garcia and Connecticut Sen. Richard Blumenthal posed a…
8/25: CBS Evening News – CBS News Watch CBS News Country music legend Dolly Parton died at 80; CIA Director John Ratcliffe took a mysterious trip to Russia. Source link
A National Guardsman assigned to patrol the streets of Washington, D.C., as part of President Trump’s crackdown on crime is now facing criminal charges himself after he allegedly pulled a gun on a colleague. Zion Mitchell, 21, of Macon, Georgia, was arrested earlier this month on charges of possessing a firearm while committing the crime…
French artist and composer Céleste Boursier-Mougenot’s “Clinamen,” at the Park Avenue Armory in New York City, is a mesmerizing installation in which porcelain bowls floating in giant basins of water collide, producing chiming sounds that reverberate in the 55,000-square-foot hall, to foster a state of grace. Tracy Smith reports. Source link
President Trump has announced that Republicans will hold their first-ever national convention in Dallas ahead of the midterm elections. It’s an unusual event aimed at boosting turnout in races that will decide whether the party maintains control of Congress. The convention will be held on Sept. 9 and 10 at the American Airlines Center. The…
An extremely low flyover above a rugby stadium in South Africa has left many people asking: How low is too low? Two passenger jets — one following the other — swept just above the packed DHL Stadium in Cape Town on Saturday, coming really close to more than 56,000 people below. For a spectator who…
Many country singers have shared their remembrances of meeting Dolly Parton after they became stars. But few were actually working at Dollywood when they met the legend. Country star Carly Pearce met Parton when she was just 16 and performing as part of Dollywood’s Country Crossroads show. “I remember just staring at her because I…
The Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers who fatally shot Mexican national Lorenzo Salgado Araujo in Houston this week were looking for a different person when they stopped his vehicle, the Department of Homeland Security confirmed Thursday. “After receiving a credible tip from our law enforcement partners, our officers conducted surveillance on a target’s address. Weeks…
