5m ago Diesel hits an all-time high as U.S. gas prices surge ahead of Labor Day weekend U.S. gas prices surged ahead of Labor Day weekend, with diesel hitting a record of $5.85 a gallon Friday, eclipsing its prior mark of $5.81, set in June 2022. The AAA has predicted that travelers will face…
The war with Iran is pushing up oil and gas prices, creating widespread financial strain on U.S. motorists, food delivery drivers, farmers as well as the U.S. Postal Service. Average U.S. gas prices topped $4 per gallon on March 31 for the first time since 2022, according to AAA. Analysts say prices are likely to remain elevated until shipping resumes in the Strait of Hormuz, a key…
SEC legal battle with LSU could reshape college football and governance of all college sports – CBS News Watch CBS News Just days before the first week of the college football season, a judge is set to rule on whether former professional football players can return to campus and play football. Mark Strassmann has the…
Gloria Steinem has died at the age of 92. Before 1974, single women often needed a man to co-sign for loans, and married women could only get credit cards in their husbands’ name. That changed thanks to Steinem and the women’s movement she helped lead. Norah O’Donnell looks back on the life of the feminist…
Former NFL quarterback and ex-Fox Sports analyst Mark Sanchez has filed a motion to plead guilty in connection with an October 2025 incident with a truck driver in which he was stabbed outside an Indianapolis hotel, court documents show. It wasn’t immediately clear what charges Sanchez was pleading guilty to, but he is facing a felony…
A trade group representing American automakers is urging Congress to permanently bar the sale of Chinese vehicles in the U.S. In a letter to senior lawmakers, the Alliance for Automotive Innovation on Thursday called on them to “enact a permanent ban on the sale, import and manufacture of Chinese connected vehicles, hardware and software” in…
The Justice Department on Thursday asked the Supreme Court to intervene in an ongoing legal battle over U.S. Postal Service rules for mail ballots just weeks before the November midterm elections and allow the agency to enforce them. In an emergency appeal to the high court, Solicitor General D. John Sauer requested the justices halt…
Washington — As legal battles over the U.S. Postal Service’s new regulations for mail ballots move forward, state and local election officials are raising concerns about the logistical hurdles they will have to surmount to implement the requirements just weeks before the November elections. Mail ballots will go out to voters in several states in…
Boston — A federal judge on Thursday pressed the Justice Department on the Trump administration’s plans to impose new regulations for mail voting just weeks before the November midterms and echoed concerns that the measures could result in the disenfranchisement of voters. Lawyers for the government and a group of Democratic-led states, joined by voting…
The Justice Department is attempting to revive a centuries-old law to speed up efforts to claim Iranian oil tankers seized during the war with Iran, but maritime law experts say the plan could face hurdles. The top federal prosecutor in southern Texas confirmed last month that his office is involved in the effort to revive…
