The U.S. Postal Service on Thursday said it will permanently raise postage rates next year to cover higher fuel costs. The USPS will make a temporary 8% surcharge on select postage prices, originally introduced in April, permanent in 2027, and also tack on a 3% price increase. The USPS Board of Governors, which oversees the…
This story first aired on Feb. 16, 2019. It was updated on Dec. 14. “I don’t know what’s going to happen,” Lynne Westafer said of the moment she heard gunshots. “None of us know what’s going to happen.” “A hundred-percent, I thought it was a mass shooting,” Arta Gjonbalaj told “48 Hours.” “We’re all going to…
U.S. and world health officials are calling on Russia to share more information after Russian media reports said a scientist at an infectious disease research facility in Siberia died after possibly contracting plague during a lab accident. The reports have caused concern, even as the World Health Organization says “the public health risk to the general…
This past Wednesday, they were strangers on a plane. By Friday, they were family. It was the first time hero passengers Daniel Schlichter, Zvika Manes, Tal Samuel and Asaf Rajuan had seen each other since those terrifying moments on FlyDubai’s Flight 1073. “That minute is probably the longest minute of my life,” said Schlichter about…
Knopf We may receive an affiliate commission from anything you buy from this article. In his memoir “Roll the Calls” (to be published Tuesday by Knopf), Hollywood superagent and mogul Ari Emanuel writes of coming to blows in the competitive entertainment universe – and, in one instance, being sidelined by the business end of a…
St. Martin’s Press We may receive an affiliate commission from anything you buy from this article. In “Go and Do Likewise: How We Heal a Broken Country” (to be published Tuesday by St. Martin’s Press), Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear, a Democrat, writes about how the language of faith, which he believes has been co-opted by…
This story originally aired on Jan. 10, 2026. In January 2022, the pain coursing through Hannah Pettey’s body for six months was hitting her harder than ever. Hannah Pettey: It was unbearable … I was in the bed at this point for probably like a week straight. Anne Marie Green: Were you even able to…
August 12, 2023, New Haven, Indiana. Shortly before morning broke in the home he rented with his wife Alison, at the base of a steep stairway, Kevin Davis‘ blood seeped onto the floor. OFFICER GARRETT SHANEBROOK | New Haven Police Department (bodycam video): Where’s that blood coming from? CORPORAL CADE HETRICK | New Haven Police…
Candice Davis had been pleasantly surprised by the ease of her first pregnancy. Her checkups were always clear, and she had few symptoms — until June 14, 2025, 11 days before her due date. The day started normally, but as the hours passed, Davis began to feel nauseous while sitting by her pool. Eventually, it…
Logan Coleridge was used to taking hits in football. He’d been playing since he was 6 years old and had sustained several concussions. But after a helmet-to-helmet impact during his freshman year of high school in August 2023, he started having debilitating symptoms. The New Jersey teen said he was very dizzy and had trouble…
