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NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Former Associated Press photographer Jack Thornell, whose Pulitzer Prize-winning picture of a shotgun-felled James Meredith looking back toward his would-be assassin on a Mississippi highway in 1966 became an enduring image of the Civil Rights Movement, has died. He was 86. Thornell died Thursday at a hospital in the New Orleans …
By Simon Lewis and Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON, April 24 (Reuters) – The U.S. State Department’s top lawyer has argued that President Donald Trump’s war with Iran was launched in self-defense and to defend U.S. ally Israel, arguing the bombing campaign was not the start of a new war but the continuation of an ongoing conflict. …
Sylvia Luke, the embattled lieutenant governor of Hawaiʻi, said Thursday she will take an indefinite leave of absence without pay. “This decision is not made lightly,” she said in a press release. “Serving the people of Hawai‘i has been the honor of my professional life, and I remain deeply committed to the responsibilities entrusted to …
By Marcela Ayres and Bernardo Caram BRASILIA, April 24 (Reuters) – Brazil’s planned critical minerals rules do not involve fresh tax breaks, Finance Minister Dario Durigan said on Friday, adding that their aim was to secure national sovereignty and add value through domestic processing. Durigan, who took charge of the ministry last month, told Reuters from …
Details on U.S. blockade against Iran and impact to global economy – CBS News Watch CBS News Pentagon officials provided details on operations in the Middle East against Iran as talks may resume in Pakistan between U.S. and Iranian officials. CBS News’ Aaron MacLean and Olivia Rinaldi report.
April 24 (Reuters) – The United States imposed fresh Iran-related sanctions on Friday and issued a general license authorizing the wind down of deals involving Chinese company Hengli Petrochemical (Dalian) Refinery Co, according to a notice on the U.S. Treasury website. (Reporting by Bhargav Acharya) Copyright 2026 Thomson Reuters. Photos You Should See – April …
One person died, and five others were injured after a shooting at a Louisiana mall, officials said. This comes as more details emerge about an apparent mass shooting plot at New Orleans’ Jazz Fest. CBS News’ Anna Schecter reports.
April 24 – The U.S. Space Force has awarded contracts worth up to $3.2 billion to 12 companies to develop space-based missile defense interceptor systems, advancing U.S. President Donald Trump’s Golden Dome plan. Golden Dome, expected to cost $185 billion, envisions expanding ground-based defenses such as interceptor missiles, sensors and command-and-control systems while adding space-based …
What we know about the Israel-Lebanon ceasefire extension – CBS News Watch CBS News Israel and Lebanon have extended their fragile ceasefire. CBS News’ Courtney Kealy reports.
Washington — A federal appeals court on Friday blocked President Trump’s directive suspending access to asylum and other legal protections for migrants unlawfully crossing the southern border. A divided panel of three judges on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit ruled that federal immigration law does not allow the president …