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Severe storms, powerful winds cause massive power outages in Southeast U.S. – CBS News Watch CBS News Storms sweeping through the Southeast took down trees and caused major power outages. CBS News’ Nicole Valdes has more.
1m ago Could the Illinois Senate primary set the tone for other Democratic primaries? The race to fill Dick Durbin’s Senate seat could provide to be a tone-setter for other Democratic midterm primaries on issues like President Trump’s deportation policies and outside spending on state races. It also could reveal how much sway Gov. JB …
Illinois holds primary elections as candidates race to fill Sen. Dick Durbin’s seat – CBS News Watch CBS News Illinois is holding primary elections on Tuesday that will help determine who will fill retiring Sen. Dick Durbin’s seat. CBS News’ Aaron Navarro has more.
Shigeaki Mori, a Japanese atomic bomb survivor in Hiroshima and a historian but best known for a big hug he was given by then U.S. President Barack Obama during his historic visit to the city a decade ago, has died. He was 88. Born in 1937, Mori was 8 years old when he survived the …
A bank levy by a debt collector isn’t a warning; it’s a collection action that’s already in motion. Sean Zheng Lim/Getty Images Americans are currently carrying about $1.28 trillion in collective credit card debtwhich is both the latest record high and an amount that likely would have seemed unfathomable just a decade ago. But growing …
Spring break “takeovers” have started to overwhelm some Florida cities and local officials. The massive gatherings are organized on social media and pose danger “because they are organized by promoters and the city is not aware of it,” Daytona Beach Commissioner Stacy Cantu said. In Daytona Beach, Florida, a large crowd present for a so-called …
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — College Republicans have sued the University of Florida’s president on free speech grounds over the school’s decision to deactivate its chapter after being notified that at least one member engaged in an antisemitic act. The University of Florida College Republicans filed the lawsuit Monday in federal court against interim president Donald …
Can debt consolidation actually stop wage garnishment, or is it too late to take that route? Mohd Izzuan/Getty Images Americans are carrying more debt right now than at any point in recent history and the cracks are starting to show. Credit card debt is sitting at a record highdelinquency rates have been climbing steadily and …
March 5, 2026 | Children play around an unexploded missile that landed in an open field on the outskirts of Qamishli, eastern Syria. The U.S. and Israel attacked Iran on Feb. 28, killing Iran’s supreme leader and top military leaders. Iran has carried out retaliatory attacks against Israel, U.S. military assets in the Middle East, …