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New House members say affordability, holding Trump administration accountable are top priorities

Newly elected House members arrived in Washington on Sunday for orientation, and freshman lawmakers on both sides of the aisle say they want to focus on lowering the cost of living for Americans following the seismic midterm election that shifted control of both chambers to the Democrats. CBS News spoke with several Democratic representatives-elect who…

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Nashville chef’s final call to friend raises suspicions about former football scout in her death

On the night of Feb. 25, 2023, outside Vanderbilt Medical Center in Nashville, Tennessee, Blaise Taylor was answering police questions about how a date turned into a medical emergency. BLAISE TAYLOR (police bodycam): We were together having a date night. Authorities wanted to know what happened to 24-year-old Jade Benning, who had been rushed to…

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House candidate who reported rape on campaign trail on why she came forward: “What about all the women who are victims?”

In the days since U.S. House candidate Bernadette Greene-Placentia publicly came forward alleging she was raped over the summer while repairing a campaign sign, she says women have been reaching out to her to share their own stories.  “The humbling thing is that so many – hundreds and hundreds of women from around the world…

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Shop clerk, son charged with selling illegal kratom amid probe into deaths of 2 Ole Miss students

A store clerk and his son have been charged with selling an illegal kratom product as federal authorities investigate the deaths of two University of Mississippi students, prosecutors said Friday. A drug task force in Mississippi had previously urged people to avoid kratom — an herbal substance that acts as a stimulant at low doses and…

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A former Indiana football star had fallen on hard times. A chance encounter with a fellow Hoosier gave him a new lease on life.

While walking along a path in Austin, Texas, earlier this year, Jasper Steinmetz spotted a man with something both familiar and out of place.  “I saw the Indiana University athletic backpack, and since I had just graduated from Indiana, we had that commonality. And I figured, you know, why not talk to him?” Steinmetz told…

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Indiana floods trigger rescues and evacuations as White River breaks century-old record

Several dozen people and their pets were rescued Saturday as floodwaters rose along the White River in Indianapolis, and emergency managers said that number was expected to climb as authorities in the city and elsewhere in central Indiana responded to what many described as historic flooding. “This is one of those once-in-a-lifetime type floods,” Jacob…

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A teenage football player had months of symptoms after a concussion. Doctors found a rare brain malformation.

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…

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