Denmark and Greenland’s leaders appeared cautiously optimistic a day after President Trump announced a new security deal that would bolster U.S. military presence in a NATO ally’s semiautonomous territory. Mr. Trump announced on Friday he struck a deal to give the U.S. “permanent control over security, and all other needs, in Greenland, completely addressing ALL…
A wildfire that sparked near Ross in Palo Pinto County on Monday afternoon has grown to at least 50,000 acres and was 12% contained as of Tuesday, forcing evacuations in neighboring Jack County and affecting local schools, officials in North Texas said. How big is the Ross Fire and where is it burning? The Ross…
Tennessee authorities are investigating after a drug mix-up at a Nashville hospital caused patients to experience complications during what should have been routine surgeries. The error occurred at Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown on Friday, Aug. 14. CBS affiliate WTVF reported that four patients had received doses of potassium instead of standard pain drugs while undergoing…
Dozens of excavators operate day and night to extract gold from the mountains where villagers and their livestock once roamed. In Afghanistan’s northeastern Badakhshan province, dozens of excavators operate day and night to extract gold from the mountains where villagers and their livestock once roamed. Thousands of miners are deployed across the Shiwa area, about…
President Trump is planning to announce over $180 million in grants to boost educational and trade programs for the mining industry Friday, CBS News has learned, part of a bid to increase critical mineral production. Mr. Trump will unveil the plans at a roundtable at the State Department with educational leaders from universities like the…
