Former President Barack Obama endorsed Democratic nominee Charles Booker in the Kentucky Senate race on Sunday, two days before Election Day. “I’m proud to support Charles Booker for the U.S. Senate,” former President Barack Obama said in a statement shared first with CBS News. “Charles cares deeply about the people of Kentucky, and by sending…
A mass shooting outside a football game in Alabama on Saturday killed one person and injured eight others, police said. The shooting happened outside Legion Field in Birmingham, Alabama, after the annual “Magic City Classic” football game. Police Chief Michael Pickett said most spectators and families had already left the stadium property when shots rang…
On a May evening back in 1950, Evelyn Trent had just finished feeding her rabbits when, she claims, she looked up and saw a slow-moving, metallic disk-shaped object hovering above her farm. Though some dismissed it as a hoax, her account was added to a growing list of unexplained events that sparked America’s first UFO…
Heidi Klum underwent a bloody transformation to become a giant, gruesome severed hand for her annual Halloween party in New York on Saturday, 25 years after she began hosting the much-anticipated event. Klum was unrecognizable, with only her eyes and mouth showing, blood dripping from her mouth as she stuck her tongue out. The top…
Daylight saving time for 2026 started early Sunday, meaning most Americans lost an hour of sleep overnight. The annual ritual of having the clocks “spring forward” an hour ahead takes place on the second Sunday of March. What is daylight saving time, exactly? By shifting clocks forward an hour, daylight saving time effectively moves an…
Next week’s midterm elections could prove momentous for Social Security, with time running out to put the program on solid financial ground. Social Security trustees’ most recent report projects that the program’s main trust fund is on course to be depleted by late 2032, after which Social Security recipients would face a more than 20%…
Few U.S. Senate races have captured the public’s attention like the battle in Michigan between Republican Mike Rogers and Democrat Abdul El-Sayed. It pits a 63-year-old former FBI agent and former congressman who has strong backing from President Trump against a charismatic doctor and political newcomer who, if elected, would become the first Muslim U.S….
Page, Arizona — Doug Herrera still lives in the house his father built, though his dad died some time ago from cancer. Herrera wonders if that illness could have been linked to pollutants from nearby uranium mining. Now, he worries that a possible new neighbor — a proposed $10 billion mega data center — could imperil…
Wendy Mayo knows firsthand how expensive and time-consuming caring for an aging parent can be. The 44-year-old Connecticut resident and her two siblings help look after their mother, who has Alzheimer’s disease and requires around-the-clock supervision. The siblings split the cost of care, which includes employing a professional caregiver, paying their mother’s rent, and spending…
The Federal Reserve held interest rates steady on Wednesday after hiking borrowing costs in September to clamp down on inflation. The central bank left the federal funds rate at a target range of 3.75% to 4%, keeping it unchanged after raising rates last month for the first time in three years. In a statement, the…
