1m ago “It’s very difficult to communicate” with Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei, Iran’s president says Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said Wednesday that communication with the country’s supreme leader, Mojtaba Khamenei, was very “difficult at the moment.” Khamenei, who was wounded in the U.S.-Israeli strikes that launched the Middle East war, has not appeared in …
This story previously aired on July 16, 2016.. It was summer in Miami — two years before her death — and Sylvie Cachay was on top of the world. From all over the country, top bathing suit designers were vying for attention. But it seemed all eyes were on Sylvie and her swimwear line, Syla. …
The nation’s gross domestic product grew at an annual rate of 1.5% in the second quarter, the Commerce Department said Thursday, weaker than economists expected and a sign the Iran was is hurting growth. Economists polled by Reuters predicted GDP would rise at an annualized rate of 2.1% for April to June. GDP measures the …
Kyiv, Ukraine — Russian attacks across Ukraine overnight into Thursday killed at least eight people and wounded dozens of others, officials said, with the heaviest casualties reported in the eastern Dnipropetrovsk and western Lviv regions. The attacks were the latest in a series of large-scale Russian strikes on Ukrainian cities that Russia has intensified over …
Videos show dangerous flooding in New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania – CBS News Watch CBS News Dangerous flash floods hit the Northeast this week as heavy rains and thunderstorms inundated the area. Videos show the chaos and damage. Some footage has no sound.
The husband of a North Carolina woman who went missing last week while visiting the Caribbean island of Grenada said Wednesday he believes “there was no foul play” in her disappearance. Cailen Waddell, the husband of Elizabeth Waddell, said in a statement that the ongoing investigation will focus on tracing his wife’s movements in the …
The Justice Department is seeking to convince a federal judge to deport a Texas-based Afghan woman who prosecutors allege is an “alien terrorist,” it revealed Wednesday, in the first-ever test case before a secretive court that has never convened since it was created three decades ago. Nazira Haji Zada, 47, of Fort Worth, Texas, will …
A little more than a month after a very successful World Cup, FIFA, the world governing body of soccer, is cooking up something new. It’s given member organizations and clubs until Sept. 19 to sign off on a proposed plan to sell shares of its most prestigious tournaments, and it’s causing some controversy. Margaret Fleming, …
Washington — Todd Blanche’s confirmation as attorney general is on hold as Republican Sen. John Cornyn of Texas leverages his vote in exchange for an agreement in writing to formally kill the Justice Department’s “anti-weaponization fund.” The Senate Judiciary Committee was set to vote on advancing Blanche’s nomination, but Cornyn, a pivotal vote on the …
Oil prices jumped again Wednesday, while the U.S. stock markets fell ahead of a Federal Reserve decision on what to do with interest rates. The S&P 500 fell 0.4%. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was down 614 points, or 1.2%, as of 10 a.m. Eastern time, and the Nasdaq composite was 0.5% lower. The action …