Sioux City, Iowa — Less than 24 hours after President Trump held a raucous rally inside an airplane hangar in this western Iowa town, Senate Majority Leader John Thune stood alongside Rep. Ashley Hinson in a strip-mall bar and grill a few miles away. Looking out over a giant water tank that punctuated the flat…
Pope Leo XIV declared that capital punishment is “inadmissible” as the United States plans to livestream an execution by firing squad. The American pope, in a post on X marking the World Day Against the Death Penalty, quoted the revised Catholic teaching on capital punishment ushered in by his predecessor, Pope Francis. The Catholic teaching…
Editor’s warning: Some of the details in this story are graphic. Chi Phi fraternity members shared a photo of the alleged victim in the Cornell University gang rape on Snapchat the night of the alleged assault, according to social media images obtained by CBS News. In the photo, obtained through Jane Doe’s attorney, she appears…
Technology companies are bringing a slew of artificial intelligence-powered gadgets to market — never mind the apocalyptic risks. The advent of generative AI, ushered in by the launch of ChatGPT in 2022, is now spawning a range of “intelligent” consumer products, from bag charms and smart speakers to digital work badges, that companies say will…
This story originally aired on Nov. 15, 2025. The guys at the sheriff’s office call her a cool dude with long hair because, they say, she’s meaner than any of them — on the gun range and in the field. Her name is Lt. Dakota Black. She’s a trained tracker and detective with the Pottawatomie…
Fewer U.S. children may have access to free school meals this academic year amid changes ushered in by the Republicans’ tax-and-spending law, the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act,” according to food and public policy experts. The impact on school meal programs stems from the OBBBA’s overhaul of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, the formal name…
