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Contiguous U.S. breaks its record for hottest month ever, NOAA says

July was “a wild weather month,” setting a record as the warmest month ever for the contiguous United States, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said Monday. Temperatures last month averaged 76.9 degrees Fahrenheit as above-average warmth blanketed the U.S., and several locations in Idaho, Utah, Wyoming and Montana saw all-time high temperature records since…

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Afghanistan’s gold rush upends lives, landscapes in northeastern Badakhshan province – World

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…

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Full transcript of “Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan,” Aug. 9, 2026

On this “Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan” broadcast, moderated by Margaret Brennan:  Sen. Bill Cassidy, Republican of Louisiana Sen. Bernie Sanders, Independent of Vermont National Institutes of Health Director Dr. Jay Bhattacharya Nicole Sganga, CBS News homeland security and justice correspondent Click here to browse full transcripts from 2026 of “Face the Nation with…

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Police form new team to probe Mir Raza Ali’s case; murder charge added to FIR – Pakistan

KARACHI: The investigation team probing the killing of 25-year-old businessman Mir Raza Ali has been reconstituted while the murder charge has been added to the case registered on his father’s complaint. Ali’s body was found in Karachi’s Gulistan-i-Jauhar last month, a day after he went missing on July 28. While his family is convinced that…

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