Washington — Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has told people close to him that Sean Parnell would be his top choice for secretary of the Army, several senior officials told CBS News. Parnell is currently chief Pentagon spokesperson and a former Army officer. A Defense Department spokesperson said: “The DOW [Department of War] doesn’t comment on…
Two people are dead and at least five others were injured, including three officers, after a shooting near 15 East Grant Street Wednesday afternoon in downtown Minneapolis, according to police. The suspected shooter is also dead. Officers were dispatched to the scene at 4:36 p.m., and arrived to find one person shot at a high…
Tropical Storm Edouard drenched parts of Texas and Louisiana on Tuesday. The threat intensified very quickly after developing late Monday night out in the Gulf. Jason Allen reports from Texas and Rob Marciano has the forecast. Source link
A jury has found Duane “Keffe D” Davis guilty in the killing of rapper Tupac Shakur on a Las Vegas night nearly 30 years ago. The jury reached its verdict in less than three hours. Davis, 63, was charged with murder with a deadly weapon with the intent to promote, further or assist a criminal gang in Shakur’s death….
Washington — The Supreme Court on Monday continued to allow construction of the new White House ballroom, clearing the way for the massive new structure that President Trump has championed. In a 5-4 decision, the Supreme Court halted lower court rulings that would’ve temporarily blocked the construction of a new 90,000-square-foot ballroom where the East…
Kalshi has permanently banned George Santos from its prediction market platform after the former New York lawmaker failed to cooperate with the company’s investigation into allegedly unlawful trades he made related to his attendance at the 2026 State of the Union address. A Kalshi spokesperson said Santos is being banned due to “his lack of…
NASA‘s newest telescope blasted off Sunday on a five-year mission to explore the secrets of dark energy and survey the cosmos like never before. SpaceX launched the $4.3 billion Roman Space Telescope shortly after daybreak from Kennedy Space Center. Roman blazed toward an observation point 1 million miles away that’s home to the Webb Space…
A military judge on Friday tossed out a confession that alleged Sept. 11 attacks mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed delivered to FBI agents almost 20 years ago, CBS News has learned, finding it was not given voluntarily. The ruling marks a blow to the federal government’s long-delayed effort to prosecute Mohammed, who is accused of developing…
Washington — Far-right political commentator Milo Yiannopoulos is currently in Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody, according to the agency’s online detainee database. Reports indicate Yiannopoulos, who is British, was in New Orleans ahead of a concert headlined by the artist formerly known as Kanye West scheduled for Friday night. TMZ first reported Yiannopoulos’ status. CBS…
The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent charged in a Minneapolis shooting during Operation Metro Surge has been released from a Texas jail, the Associated Press reports. The release follows a federal judge’s Wednesday denial of Minnesota’s request for a temporary restraining order to halt Christian Castro’s release. The shooting occurred the night of Jan. 14, when…
