Councilmember Nithya Raman will be Los Angeles’ next mayor after defeating incumbent Karen Bass in the November general election, CBS News projects. Raman’s win comes after resounding victories for Democrats across the country on Election Day. Raman released a video statement on Thursday afternoon saying she is deeply honored to be the next mayor…
Former President Barack Obama endorsed Democratic nominee Charles Booker in the Kentucky Senate race on Sunday, two days before Election Day. “I’m proud to support Charles Booker for the U.S. Senate,” former President Barack Obama said in a statement shared first with CBS News. “Charles cares deeply about the people of Kentucky, and by sending…
It’s trite but true; Jimmy Stewart played the Everyman better than everyone. He had the gawky innocence to be an idealistic senator, in “Mr. Smith Goes to Washington”; an eccentric with a six-foot-tall rabbit pal in “Harvey”; and a depth, in “Rear Window” and “Vertigo,” that even Alfred Hitchcock found mysterious. But it was director…
Linda Mason, a trailblazing journalist who spent 47 years with CBS News, has died at the age of 84. She died peacefully Wednesday night surrounded by family, according to a statement from CBS News. After starting as a radio desk assistant in 1966, she went on to become the first female producer of the “CBS…
Former U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg has endorsed the independent candidate in the Montana Senate race, Seth Bodnar, over the Democratic nominee, Bodnar’s campaign announced Friday. “The best leaders I’ve served with, in uniform and in government, care more about getting the job done than about who gets the credit, and Seth is one of…
Cairo — Egyptian farmer Khaled al-Shahat was working on his land when he came across something he hadn’t seen before. The unusual pink rock led archaeologists to unearth pieces of statues for King Ramses II, who ruled Egypt from 1279 B.C. to 1213 B.C. “I was working on my land on Friday when I came across an…
Kerry Kennedy, the daughter of Robert F. Kennedy and Ethel Skakel Kennedy, was asked to describe her mother. She replied, “Extraordinarily chic, fun, funny, fully alive.” Kerry says that most people don’t know very much about her mom’s life. She calls it “a story of wonder and beauty and inspiration.” But not of self-reflection. As…
Three years before California realtor Wanying “Heather” Zhang was arrested as an alleged Chinese agent, she showed up in San Francisco celebrating the visit of President Xi Jinping. Zhang was photographed in 2023 wearing a red cap and marching on the street alongside the leader of a Chinese-American organization with deep ties to the Beijing…
Branson, Mo. — Jim Bakker, who along with his first wife Tammy Faye built an evangelical empire around the hugely successful “The PTL Club” TV show, only to lose it all over a sex scandal and financial crimes, has died. He was 86. Bakker died Monday, his second wife, Lori Bakker, said in a statement….
Backpack has been crowned the 2026 Fat Bear Week champion, beating out a fellow offspring of a former Fat Bear Week winner. Voters were split between bear 910 and 89 Backpack in the final round of the weeklong contest to see who is the chunkiest bear at Katmai National Park & Preserve in Alaska. Backpack…
