A shooting and subsequent firefight with responding officers left four people dead, including a deputy and the suspect, and another deputy critically wounded in eastern Washington state Tuesday, officials said. Deputies responded to a home in Spokane County, which borders Idaho, around 2:30 p.m. local time after a woman told her neighbor that she had…
Democrats’ decisive sweep of the U.S. House and Senate in Tuesday’s elections will reshape the direction of federal health policy — setting the stage for oversight investigations, a legislative push to reverse cuts to the Affordable Care Act and Medicaid, and a focus on lowering costs such as insurance premiums and drug prices. The conclusive…
The armed father who was hailed for his heroic actions during a deadly shooting at his daughters’ elementary school in Oregon frantically called authorities before he went after the shooter, according to a recording of the 911 call released Tuesday. “Someone’s at the school, at my daughters’ school with a gun. I have a gun,…
Kyiv — The death toll from a Russian missile strike on a Ukrainian aid distribution center climbed to 40, President Zelenskyy said in a Wednesday post on social media. Zelenskyy said Russia dropped nine bombs on an old school being used to distribute humanitarian aid in Ukraine’s southeast Zaporizhzhia region on Monday. “They first struck people…
A mother and daughter are dead in a suspected grizzly bear attack near Bella Coola, British Columbia, devastating their family, according to the victims’ relatives and B.C. Conservation Officer Service. Family members identified the victims as Jennifer Balcarras and her 20-year-old daughter, Selah Reed. The victims were first reported missing on Nov. 1, after they…
Washington — Voters across the country delivered a stinging rebuke to Republicans in Congress and President Trump’s agenda in the 2026 midterm elections on Tuesday, with Democrats capturing House and Senate seats that had seemed out of reach just a few months ago. CBS News projects Democrats will take control of both chambers when the…
The Iranian regime was quick to label the resounding losses for President Trump’s Republican Party in the midterm elections as evidence of American voters rejecting the costly war he launched with Israel more than eight months ago. Spain’s leader called it a sign of a global, right-wing populist “wave” crumbling, and Russia acknowledged that it…
Oregon’s Democratic Gov. Tina Kotek wins reelection, CBS News projects, a closer-than-expected campaign in a reliably blue state that hasn’t elected a Republican governor since 1982. Although Democrats were generally favored in the national environment, Kotek’s race against Christine Drazan was one of the biggest nail-biters for a Democratic incumbent in the country. Kotek, first…
Washington — Melat Kiros, who defeated Democratic Rep. Diana DeGette in Colorado’s primary in July, was born in 1997, the same year DeGette began her decadeslong congressional career. On Tuesday night, the 29-year-old democratic socialist made history as the first Generation Z woman to be elected to Congress. Kiros joins Democratic Rep. Maxwell Frost of…
Democrat Jon Rosenthal won the Texas Railroad Commissioner race, CBS News projects, defeating Republican Bo French after the GOP candidate refused to reconsider his racist, anti-Muslim and antisemitic comments. With about 93% of votes counted, Rosenthal led French 52.5% to 45.6%. The powerful Texas railroad commissioner does not deal with railroads, but instead regulates the…
