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Shrey Parikh emerged victorious Thursday in the 98th annual Scripps National Spelling Bee. The 14-year-old eighth-grader from Rancho Cucamonga, California, bested a field of eight contenders who had advanced to the finals. Shrey and 12-year-old Ishaan Gupta of Jersey City, New Jersey, were the last two spellers standing. The two went to a spell-off to …
What challenges await James Talarico and Ken Paxton in Texas Senate election – CBS News Watch CBS News Texas State Rep. James Talarico and Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton will face off for a U.S. Senate seat following Paxton’s primary runoff win earlier this week. CBS News political director Fin Gómez has more on the …
A Russian drone struck an apartment building in NATO-member Romania, its defense ministry said early Friday morning local time, wounding two people. “During the night of May 28-29, the Russian Federation resumed drone attacks on civilian and infrastructure targets in Ukraine, near the river border with Romania,” the Romanian defense ministry said. “One of these …
5/28: The Takeout with Major Garrett – CBS News Watch CBS News Trump and Iran yet to give final approval on 60-day truce, sources say; Trump administration building Ebola quarantine facility in Kenya.
When President Trump went to Walter Reed Medical Center for his six-month check-up on Tuesday, he also visited with U.S. service members. But he didn’t see any of the 14 troops wounded in the war with Iran, according to a military official familiar with his visit and a family member of one of the soldiers. …
New York Knicks center Mitchell Robinson has a broken right pinkie finger and there is no timetable for his return, according to a person familiar with the situation. The person spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity Thursday because the team had not announced the injury. Robinson appeared in 13 of New York’s …
Trump administration proposes NDA rule for federal employees – CBS News Watch CBS News The Trump administration is proposing a rule for federal employees to sign non-disclosure agreements, or NDAs. CBS News legal contributor Jessica Levinson breaks it down.
A Blue Origin New Glenn rocket exploded Thursday night on a launch pad at Cape Canaveral in Florida. The explosion occurred at about 9 p.m. Eastern Time. Blue Origin said there were no injuries from the incident. “We experienced an anomaly during today’s hotfire test,” Blue Origin said in a statement. “All personnel have been …
WASHINGTON, May 28 (Reuters) – The top federal prosecutor in Chicago denied on Thursday that his office has launched a criminal investigation into E. Jean Carroll, the writer who accused U.S. President Donald Trump of raping her in the mid-1990s. A person familiar with the matter told Reuters on Wednesday that the Justice Department had …
BOSTON, May 28 (Reuters) – A federal judge threw out a lawsuit that U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration filed challenging a Boston ordinance that restricts police cooperation with federal immigration enforcement. Boston-based U.S. District Judge Leo Sorokin ruled that the U.S. Department of Justice lacked legal grounds to pursue the lawsuit, one of around a …