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Tracy Kidder, an award-winning narrative nonfiction writer who turned everything from computer engineering to life in a nursing home into unexpected bestsellers, has died. He was 80. Kidder’s longtime publisher Random House confirmed his death in a statement Wednesday: “Tracy’s gifts for storytelling and tireless reporting are an enduring reflection of the empathy, integrity, and …
PARAISO, March 25 (Reuters) – Shortly before dawn on March 17, Guillermo Risso saw a distant flash of light illuminating the night sky and thought that the Olmeca refinery, owned by Mexico’s state oil company Pemex, must be on fire. “It was an explosion, the entire refinery lit up,” said Risso, president of the community …
Six months after scrapping their own seawater desalination plant project, Corpus Christi City Council voted Tuesday to consider an agreement with a private company to purchase water from its desalination plant to help stave off an impending water emergency. The council voted 7-1 to begin negotiations to acquire water from a desalination plant that’s under …
March 25 (Reuters) – The White House has rejected an offer from billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk to cover the paychecks of U.S. Transportation Security Administration officers during a partial government shutdown, CBS News reported on Wednesday. (Reporting by Christian Martinez in Los Angeles and Ryan Patrick Jones in Toronto; Editing by Daphne Psaledakis) Copyright 2026 …
WASHINGTON (AP) — Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, hosting his first monthly Christian worship service at the Pentagon since the Iran war began, prayed Wednesday to have “every round find its mark.” “Every month it is fitting to be right here,” he told the gathered civilian employees and uniformed military personnel. “All the more fitting this …
A group representing soccer fans and a consumer advocacy organization are jointly suing world soccer body FIFA over World Cup ticket price “abuses” in the latest blow to a tournament that opens in North America in just 78 days. What was pitched as a showcase – and a windfall – for America has instead attracted …
Karoline Leavitt says talks are continuing between U.S. and Iran – CBS News Watch CBS News White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said Wednesday that the United States and Iran are still engaged in peace talks. CBS News White House reporter Olivia Rinaldi has more.
For years, pilots have complained about controller miscommunication and close calls with ground vehicles at New York’s LaGuardia Airport, according to reports filed in publicly available databases. CBS News reviewed dozens of reports dating back three decades about the airport, where a deadly collision occurred earlier this week. “Please do something,” an airline captain who …
The White House has rejected an offer from billionaire Elon Musk to fund pay TSA workers during a partial government shutdown that has disrupted airport travelers across the country, several sources told CBS News. The suggestion was taken seriously by Trump administration officials, but there could be legal challenges for Musk to cover the pay, …
