When the California High-Speed Rail Authority awarded a $24 million contract to KPMG, newly obtained records indicate it knew the consulting giant intended to charge more than its unusually low bid for high-level positions. KPMG’s winning bid proposed an average hourly rate of roughly $200, but records reviewed by CBS California show its billed average …
Over the past week, Ukraine has received a stark reminder of its growing dependence on uninterrupted access to Elon Musk’s Starlink and Starshield networks in its drone-heavy war against Russia, now in its fifth year. Ukraine has a fraction of Russia’s resources, but its aggressive development of drone warfare on defensive and offensive fronts has …
6m ago Egyptian parliament postpones debate on military support to Saudi, state media reports Egypt’s parliament on Monday postponed its debate on President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi’s request to authorize military support to Saudi Arabia, which has faced mounting attacks from Yemen’s Houthis, Egyptian state media reported. The debate has been delayed until next week, …
Detective Susan Logothetti lives her professional life deep in the past, investigating cold cases at the Everett Police Department, north of Seattle. Det. Susan Logothetti: I love that people who thought they could get away with it 40 years ago are looking over their shoulder now, wondering what they left behind. One case in particular …
Erin Moriarty: Trysten, where are we? Trysten Mullis: We’re at the farm that I grew up on. This is where … me and my brother and sister grew up … these big white buildings here are the hog barns. Trysten Mullis, along with his younger siblings Taylor and Wyatt, and his parents Todd and Amy, …
It was a Monday evening around dinner time when a text popped up on Jane Doe’s cellphone on Oct. 21, 2024, less than 48 hours after a night of excessive drinking, drug use and group sex at the Chi Phi fraternity house on the Cornell University campus. Over two weeks of intermittent texting, in messages …
21m ago Saudi Arabia vows response after deadly Houthi attacks on airports Saudi Arabia’s energy minister said Monday that the kingdom had been tested, but would mount an “equally serious” response to a string of deadly attacks on Riyadh’s international airport by Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi rebels. Lethal airport strikes have rocked the world’s top …
The Emmy Award-winning “CBS News Sunday Morning” is broadcast on CBS Sundays beginning at 9:00 a.m. ET. “Sunday Morning” also streams on the CBS News app beginning at 11:00 a.m. ET. (Download it here.) Hosted by Jane Pauley Letting go: Why holding onto grudges can be damaging 07:03 COVER STORY: Letting go: Why holding onto grudges can …
Tennessee officials on Wednesday night were unable to carry out the execution of Christa Pike, according to an emergency motion filed by her attorneys and media witnesses. She has been transported to an area hospital, state officials said. Pike was slated to be the first woman executed in Tennessee in the last 200 years when …
Late-night, luxury rides to nightclubs, gyms, a tiki bar, and an escape room, all paid for by California taxpayers. A new High-Speed Rail inspector general report found hundreds of thousands of dollars in wasteful and unallowable travel expenses, in some cases approved by the rail authority’s CEO himself. The public might not know any of …