An amateur historian has stumbled upon a provocative clue to the enduring mystery of what became of a notorious pirate who raided a royal Indian treasure ship centuries ago, implicating a co-conspirator whose name is familiar to many New Yorkers. James Bailey, who five years ago made headlines after unearthing ancient coins believed to be…
It’s trite but true; Jimmy Stewart played the Everyman better than everyone. He had the gawky innocence to be an idealistic senator, in “Mr. Smith Goes to Washington”; an eccentric with a six-foot-tall rabbit pal in “Harvey”; and a depth, in “Rear Window” and “Vertigo,” that even Alfred Hitchcock found mysterious. But it was director…
On a May evening back in 1950, Evelyn Trent had just finished feeding her rabbits when, she claims, she looked up and saw a slow-moving, metallic disk-shaped object hovering above her farm. Though some dismissed it as a hoax, her account was added to a growing list of unexplained events that sparked America’s first UFO…
The following is the transcript of the interview with Sen. Thom Tillis, Republican of North Carolina, that aired on “Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan” on Oct. 25, 2026. MARGARET BRENNAN: We turn now to North Carolina Republican Senator Tom Tillis, who joins us from Charlotte this morning. Good morning to you, sir. SENATOR THOM…
When California voters head to the polls next month, they’ll be asked whether to adopt a new proposal that calls for billionaires to be taxed like never before. Jo Ling Kent shares what Proposition 40 is all about: “There’s never been a proposal like this anywhere in the world, so it’s a novel idea,” said…
New Harbinger Publications We may receive an affiliate commission from anything you buy from this article. In her latest book, “Narratives: Let Go of the Stories That Keep You Stuck” (to be published Nov. 3 by New Harbinger Publications), psychotherapist Nancy Colier writes about how the stories we tell ourselves about ourselves can hold us…
Newly unearthed records in a Munich archive have cast doubt on Adolf Hitler’s whereabouts at the time of his niece’s suspicious 1931 death, according to news magazine Der Spiegel. Hitler’s unusually close and controlling relationship with his niece, Geli Raubal, has long been the subject of speculation and rumor, and newspaper reports at the time…
Scottsdale, Ariz. — A Phoenix suburb ditched a plan to send recycled water from toilets and other sources directly to residents’ taps after political candidates made unproven claims that the water is contaminated “poop water.” The affluent city of Scottsdale mainly uses purified water from the city’s liquid waste to recharge aquifers that can be…
London — My conversation with Tilly Norwood creeped me out. Within a minute, the world’s first “AI actor” could tell exactly how old I am and the region I’m from in the U.S. — it isn’t really clear how. The video interview took a particularly strange turn when the artificially intelligent Norwood identified Leonardo DiCaprio as a dream…
On this “Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan” broadcast, moderated by Weijia Jiang: Michigan Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed, a Democrat Utah Gov. Spencer Cox, a Republican CBS News executive director of news and surveys Anthony Salvanto CBS News executive director of news and surveys Anthony Salvanto, CBS News senior White House and political correspondent Ed…
