Democrats won control of the House of Representatives on Tuesday by flipping more than two dozen Republican-held seats, picking up perennial swing districts and seats that were once considered deep-red. The party’s wins ranged from suburban areas in the Northeastern United States to areas of South Texas that were once viewed as increasingly GOP-friendly. The…
Two Native American women made history Tuesday night in the 2026 midterm elections, winning a Senate seat and a governorship — both firsts for Native women — as Democrats swept races across the country. In New Mexico, former Interior Secretary Deb Haaland was elected governor, making her the first Native American woman elected to lead…
Five people, including two children, were rescued this week in the South Pacific island nation of Kiribati after three months drifting at sea in a 20-foot skiff, authorities said. Another four remained missing. Villagers rescued the group Sunday off Fanning Island in Kiribati, the Australian Broadcasting Corp. reported, after they had drifted an estimated 3,355 miles…
The Trump administration has made plans to deport nearly 200 Afghan nationals by first sending them to Pakistan, where officials would then return the deportees to Taliban-controlled Afghanistan, a U.S. official told CBS News. The official cautioned the plans are still in flux, and that it’s unclear when such deportations could take place. The Afghans…
Maria Montserrat Alvarado, a 39-year-old U.S. media executive, becomes the new head of Vatican communications this week, the first laywoman to head a Vatican “ministry.” The Mexican American will also be the first non-Italian to lead a vast department overseeing all of the Vatican’s television, radio and print operations, as well as its press office….
Rome — In the Italian town where Kimi Antonelli grew up, the celebrations were well underway Monday, even before the new Formula One World Champion’s friends, family and neighbors knew when he might come back home to join them. More than 500 people had gathered Sunday at a theater in Casalecchio to watch their hometown driver…
Four United States citizens were among the at least 69 people who were killed when a high-speed train slammed into the rear of another train in central Spain last week, officials said Sunday. The Center for Integrated Data, the legal body in Spain in charge of identifying victims of events with a high death toll,…
This year’s midterm elections in Texas are on track to cost a billion dollars, with more than half of it spent on the U.S. Senate campaign – what could be the most expensive non-presidential race in American history. But whatever the price tag, it’s certainly one of the most combative. Republican State Attorney General Ken…
When you hear the name Georgia O’Keeffe, architecture may not immediately come to mind. “So many people know Georgia O’Keeffe as a painter of flowers, or maybe they know her landscapes, or her paintings of bones; so, something like a barn, I know, is a surprise for many people,” said curator Ben Colman. “Curiously, flower…
Millions of Americans gained an hour of sleep this weekend when the twice-a-year time change commonly known as daylight saving ended for 2026. Most of the U.S. “fell back” an hour when the clocks changed at 2 a.m. on Sunday. Here’s what to know about what’s formally known as daylight saving time as it ended…
