Beijing — On the outskirts of the Chinese port city of Ningbo, surrounded by lush green hills topped with giant wind turbines to harness the power of the gales off the East China Sea, is a factory where bosses believe they’re making the cars of the future. It’s where the Geely Auto Group, one of China’s…
Employers are likely to offer their workers only modest pay hikes in 2027, according to a new estimate. Salary increases next year are forecast to average 3.5%, including merit raises, cost-of-living adjustments, promotions and other pay increases, Marsh, a professional services firm, found in a survey of 1,000 U.S. organizations. “2023 was the high-water mark…
After 31 years in education, one choice cost an Ohio principal his job – it’s a decision he says he does not regret. As principal of Lakota East High School in a suburb of Cincinnati, Ohio, Rob Burnside sought different ways to engage with his students. Years ago, he would wear goofy-looking pants on Fridays…
As Tropical Storm Lala continued moving west away from Hawaii on Monday, residents were dealing with the destruction from the heavy rain the storm brought to the islands over the weekend. In the small community of Waiohinu on the southern point of Hawaii’s Big Island, a mudslide swept through and destroyed about a dozen homes….
Before streaming, smartphones, and social media, bowling leagues used to bring people together. And in New England, it was candlepin bowling. Alleys stretched from Massachusetts all the way into Canada’s Maritime Provinces. But it never really caught on anywhere else. Â But in Ellsworth, Maine, Autumn Mowery is fighting to keep the candlepin flame flickering….
THE botched case of a young Karachi businessman, Mir Raza Ali, who died under suspicious circumstances, took a new turn recently when his parents alleged kidnapping, torture and murder, while the police, at least initially, leaned towards suicide. The police surgeon questioned the post-mortem report on television; the deceased’s father filed a plea seeking exhumation…
The typical American’s paycheck has grown faster since 2019 than in any stretch since the early 1980s. Most of it didn’t stick. A CBS News analysis of Census data found the typical full-time worker earned $1,250 a week in the first half of 2026. That’s up $342 from the year before the pandemic, a raise…
This story previously aired on July 16, 2016.. It was summer in Miami — two years before her death — and Sylvie Cachay was on top of the world. From all over the country, top bathing suit designers were vying for attention. But it seemed all eyes were on Sylvie and her swimwear line, Syla….
This story originally aired on May 3, 2025. It shook the entire campus at the University of the Pacific. A freshman on her first day of college in 1979 was found unconscious, bleeding from her head, in a remote area of the school. Her name was Catina Salarno. Harriet and Mike Salarno were getting ready…
A month of shocks, controversy, and record chases ends with Argentina and Spain fighting for the trophy in New Jersey. There is a version of this tournament that exists only in press releases: 104 games, three countries, a halftime show with more headline acts than most music festivals manage in a weekend, a Peace Prize…
