Washington — Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has banned Defense Department personnel from using nonpublic information to bet on U.S. military operations, according to a memorandum obtained by CBS News. In the Oct. 20 message to senior Pentagon leadership and combatant commanders, Hegseth said the prohibition would apply to classified and unclassified information and specifically includes…
The largest Powerball jackpot of 2026 has climbed to an estimated $905 million ahead of Monday night’s drawing. With no winner since May, the grand prize has ballooned to the eighth largest in history. Its estimated cash value is $391.9 million if the winner chooses a lump-sum payment over the annuity payouts, according to the…
Longtime CBS News cameraman Derek Williams, who spent four decades covering some of Asia’s most pivotal events, from the Vietnam War to the Tiananmen Square massacre, has died. He was 79. Williams died Wednesday, according to his family. He had been living with Parkinson’s disease and was recently diagnosed with cancer. Susan Zirinsky, former CBS…
