Washington — Control of the House and Senate may not be immediately clear on election night, and some of the 2026 midterm election calls will take longer than others. But that’s not unusual or an indication of fraud, as some candidates may claim. As the nation watches to see how the elections unfold on Tuesday night,…
Sioux City, Iowa — Democratic Senate hopeful Josh Turek was standing with former Sen. Tom Harkin in a driveway in a small Western Iowa town when the former senator pulled out his phone to show the candidate something. “Oh my God,” Turek said as he leaned over to glance at Harkin’s phone, which appeared to…
Pope Leo XIV met on Saturday with the basketball teams from Villanova and Notre Dame, along with thousands of U.S. fans in Italy, ahead of the two Catholic universities’ season opener later this weekend. About 7,000 people entered the Paul VI audience hall inside the Vatican on Saturday after a special private Mass in St….
Sioux City, Iowa — Less than 24 hours after President Trump held a raucous rally inside an airplane hangar in this western Iowa town, Senate Majority Leader John Thune stood alongside Rep. Ashley Hinson in a strip-mall bar and grill a few miles away. Looking out over a giant water tank that punctuated the flat…
Former NBA player Malik Beasley is negotiating a plea agreement with the Department of Justice after initially pleading not guilty to charges that he altered his play in certain games in 2024 to enrich sports bettors and ease his own debts, his attorney said Saturday. In July, Beasley entered a not guilty plea in New…
Washington — Federal agents in the western U.S. this year encountered a large, triangular aircraft that zoomed through the sky from a standstill while making no noise or giving off any exhaust, according to new documents released by the Pentagon. The agents’ recollections were included in the Defense Department’s latest release of files related to…
PHILADELPHIA — A few months before basketball superstar LeBron James made his decision to join the 76ers, season ticket holder Aaron Selkow was also staring down a crossroad: does he renew for a 59th season or has the buzzer sounded on the family’s longtime investment? “I’d been thinking about it forever,” Selkow, 56, recalled to…
Character actors like John Turturro never fail to leave their mark on screen. He’s been commanding our attention in movies and on television for 46 years, always digging deep to deliver something memorable. Called one of the great character actors in the history of movies, Turturro responded with modesty: “Oh wow, I’ll take that compliment….
If Billy Crystal is one of the kings of comedy, his family home in L.A.’s Pacific Palisades neighborhood was definitely his castle. “Sunday Morning” was invited there a few times for interviews, and I’d usually end up getting schooled on his backyard basketball court. It was, he acknowledged, a magical place: “Yeah, it kept me…
White House homeland security adviser Stephen Miller spoke at a training conference for counterterrorism agents at FBI headquarters just over a week ago, days before prosecutors criminally charged a man with making disturbing calls and texts to his wife, Katie, multiple sources told CBS News. Former Justice Department officials called the visit unusual, given the…
