Ten research teams were honored Thursday at a satirical science awards ceremony that was hosted outside the U.S. for the first time due to travel concerns. Researchers who studied milk from cockroaches and analyzed soil health using underwear received Ig Nobel prizes celebrating unusual and imaginative contributions to science. The awards, organized by a digital…
It’s a night fashionistas and celebrity-watchers look forward to all year: The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute Benefit, known around the globe as the Met Gala, takes place on Monday, May 4, 2026, in New York City. The Spring 2026 exhibition, titled “Costume Art,” explores the intersection of fashion and art by pairing garments…
Designer John Galliano and the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City say the planned exhibition highlighting his work in conjunction with the 2027 Met Gala will not be going forward, following weeks of backlash. The designer said in a social media post on Monday that after “much reflection and discussion, with all those…
On this “Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan” broadcast, moderated by Margaret Brennan: Sen. Richard Blumenthal, Democrat of Connecticut Rep. John James, Republican of Michigan David Becker, CBS News election security analyst Afghan General Haibatullah Alizai Click here to browse full transcripts from 2026 of “Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan.” MARGARET BRENNAN: I’m…
The following is the transcript of the interview with Sen. Richard Blumenthal, Democrat of Connecticut, that aired on “Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan” on Aug. 30, 2026. MARGARET BRENNAN: And we turn now to Democratic Senator Richard Blumenthal, who joins us from Westport, Connecticut. Good morning to you, Senator. SENATOR RICHARD BLUMENTHAL: Good morning….
A Dutch drug addiction and mental health institute warned users on Friday about potentially lethal ecstasy pills shaped to look like the head of President Trump. The respected Trimbos Institute said that several of the pills have been handed in recently at a network of centers that test drugs for users before they take them. …
Two workers at Germany’s Frankfurt airport who caught malaria from a mosquito thought to have arrived on a plane have died, the city’s health authority said this week. Airport officials had earlier said one employee had perished, with six workers infected. The Robert Koch Institute said an imported Anopheles mosquito carried over by an aircraft…
Canadian trade officials acknowledge that the country’s retaliatory tariffs of up to 50% on $20 billion in American goods are intended to exert pressure on the Trump administration by targeting key U.S. states. Although the negotiators haven’t identified those regions, the tariffs could hit states in the Midwest and Northeast particularly hard, according to economists’ analysis…
Islamabad — A fire at a nursery in a major government hospital in Pakistan’s capital killed at least 14 newborns, hospital officials and the government said. The nursery at the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences housed at least 15 newborns when the fire broke out, hospital officials said. At least one baby was rescued. Rescue…
The language used Monday by Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent as he announced a new raft of sanctions against Iran was apocalyptic. The measures are part of the Trump administration’s plan to use economic pressure to force Iran to capitulate, to bring an end to the nearly six-month war and reopen the Strait of Hormuz. The…
