The Justice Department said Thursday it was seeking to end more than 50 long-standing consent decrees dating back decades that sought to curb unlawful racial segregation that was prevalent during the Jim Crow era. Harmeet Dhillon, the assistant attorney general for the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division, said her office was “ending prolonged federal oversight…
Washington — A federal judge on Wednesday signaled he is skeptical of President Trump’s ban on CNN, MS NOW and Politico from White House grounds, saying in a hearing that the outlets were not given due process before their access was cut off. Judge Timothy Kelly of the U.S. District Court for the District of…
Cairo — Archaeologists say they have discovered the remains of a likely warhorse from ancient Egypt that was given an honorific burial more than 3,000 years ago. The horse was found amid structures and artifacts that have revealed more details of military and daily life inside ancient Egyptian fortresses, the Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities…
American households earned a record median income of $87,460 last year, according to new Census Bureau data. The catch? That figure is only slightly above the previous peak set in 2019. Adjusting for inflation, that means the typical household has gained little economic ground in six years marked by pandemic upheaval and surging consumer prices….
The two measles-related deaths in Pennsylvania last month involved infants, and the virus itself caused one of the deaths, a Pennsylvania coroner confirmed Wednesday. Lancaster County’s coroner, Dr. Stephen Diamantoni, said he told the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention of his conclusions. CDC officials, however, have not said whether they will count either…
Kabul — As Americans reflect this week on the 25 years that have passed since the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, CBS News has returned to Afghanistan, where the war those attacks triggered ended five years ago with the Taliban’s stunning return to power. When the last U.S. and allied soldiers left after a brutal…
Two senior aides to Nigel Farage, the firebrand leader of the U.K.’s populist Reform party, have stepped down after the party was accused of breaking British electoral law concerning foreign funding in the wake of an investigative news report where a journalist posed as a wealthy American’s son who wanted to donate to the party….
Hillary Clinton reflects on Gloria Steinem’s impact on women’s rights – CBS News Watch CBS News Writer and women’s rights trailblazer Gloria Steinem died Wednesday at 92, her foundation announced Thursday. Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton joined “CBS Mornings” via phone to reflect on Steinem’s life and impact. Source link
Thirty years after launching during the dot-com boom, MapQuest has a new roadmap to success. The digital mapping company is now the top free app in the Apple App Store after declining to rename Lake Ontario “Lake America,” despite President Trump signing an executive order last week to change its name. “The surge follows MapQuest’s…
Washington — Google announced on Saturday that it had begun rolling out changes to how its maps display Lake Ontario’s name, after President Trump signed an executive order changing it to “Lake America” amid a trade fight between the U.S. and Canada. The president signed an executive order last week to rename the lake, which…
