A chunk of ceiling fell inside a main hallway of the Kennedy Center, which underscores the need to shut down the historic arts venue for renovations sought by President Trump, a spokesperson said. No one was injured when a piece of the ceiling inside the Kennedy Center’s grand foyer partially collapsed Friday evening, said Roma Daravi,…
President Trump has delivered his first major campaign contribution of the midterms to Texas Senate candidate Ken Paxton. The president is donating $10 million from his MAGA Inc. super PAC to help Paxton, the current Texas attorney general, who is locked in a surprisingly tight race with Democrat James Talarico. The donation includes $5 million…
Hiring stronger than expected in August – CBS News Watch CBS News President Trump took a victory lap as the United States added nearly three times as many jobs as analysts expected for August, while unemployment held steady at 4.1%. Source link
An attack involving explosives dropped from drones followed by a clash inside a military compound in northeastern Colombia has killed at least three soldiers and wounded four, Colombia’s army said Saturday. Local authorities blamed the attack late Friday on the rebel National Liberation Army (ELN). It targeted a military unit in the municipality of Ocaña,…
A 17th-century Italian painting looted by Nazis from a prominent Jewish Dutch art collector must be returned to the rightful owner’s heir, a judge in Argentina ruled on Friday. Judge Santiago Inchausti approved a deal in which the daughter of a fugitive Nazi official agreed to give up her claim to the painting rather than…
9/4: The Takeout with Major Garrett – CBS News Watch CBS News Judge declares mistrial in Lindsay Clancy murder case; U.S. employers add 162,000 jobs in August. Source link
Mortgage rates have confounded house hunters this year by steadily ticking higher. That trend is likely to continue, according to economists, with some predicting rates will climb back above 7%. “We’re effectively there,” Mark Zandi, chief economist at Moody’s Analytics, told CBS News. “And rates could easily go over.” The average rate for a 30-year…
The U.S. has many economies, not just one. Consider how much the gains in worker pay can vary from city to city. Nationwide, workers in August got a 4.7% bump in gross pay compared to a year ago, while their base pay rose by an average of 3.2%, according to ADP Pay Insights. Yet wages…
Magdeburg, Germany — At first glance, Magdeburg may seem an unlikely stage for a political upheaval of international significance. But this weekend, the city of only about 244,000 people will be at the center of an election that could leave a far-right party in control of a German state for the first time since World…
Employers across the U.S. are likely to face sharply higher health insurance costs next year, which could drive up how much workers pay for medical coverage, according to a recent survey. Health benefits consulting firm Marsh projects that the total health benefit cost per employee, which measures both employer and employee premium contributions, will rise…
