BEIRUT (AP) — Israel’s intense barrage of airstrikes on Wednesday hit without warning deep inside the Lebanese capital of Beirut, blowing buildings open to the elements and reducing apartment blocks to rubble in parts of the city that have traditionally escaped attack. It was not immediately clear what was targeted. The Israeli military later claimed …
PHOENIX (AP) — A federal judge has denied a request from prediction market operator Kalshi to bar Arizona prosecutors from moving forward with a criminal case, alleging the company is operating an illegal betting platform in the state. In a decision Wednesday, U.S. District Judge Michael Liburdi also denied Kalshi’s request for a ruling saying …
CHICAGO, April 9 (Reuters) – U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Thursday issued a new charter for a CDC vaccine advisory committee that expands the role of the panel to include a focus on vaccine risks and supposed gaps in vaccine safety evidence. The charter, signed by Kennedy on March 31 and posted …
Israel issues new evacuation orders for Beirut suburbs – CBS News Watch CBS News Sources tell CBS News that the U.S. will host diplomatic talks to craft a ceasefire between Lebanon and Israel. BBC Middle East correspondent Hugo Bachega joins CBS News with the latest.
Iran is still holding a tight grip on the Strait of Hormuz despite the ceasefire with the United States. Matt Smith, an analyst for Kpler, joined CBS News to discuss.
President Trump said Thursday that he urged Israel to scale back its military bombardment of targets in Lebanon, with the U.S. State Department later saying it would lead ceasefire efforts between Israel and Lebanon. CBS News’ Major Garrett and Ed O’Keefe have more.
The day after his wife disappeared during a nighttime boat ride in the Bahamas, Brian Hooker told a friend that she tried swimming back to him following her apparent fall overboard, but strong winds pushed them apart “pretty quickly,” according to messages reviewed exclusively by CBS News. Lynette Hooker, who is from Michigan, has been …
Breaking down Artemis II’s reentry process, heat shield’s importance – CBS News Watch CBS News The Artemis II crew is spending their last full day in space Thursday before Friday night’s splashdown to end their historic mission around the moon. CBS News senior national correspondent Mark Strassmann has more.
Prediction markets let people wager on just about anything — from basketball games to elections. And among more jarring bets recently, the fate of the U.S. and Israel’s war against Iran. Shortly ahead of a fragile ceasefire agreement earlier this week, a new group of accounts on prediction market platform Polymarket made highly specific, well-timed …
WASHINGTON (AP) — Plaintiffs challenging the Trump administration’s cost-cutting measures against an agency that funds and promotes libraries across the U.S. said Thursday they settled the case with the Justice Department in a deal that would reverse some of the steps taken. The American Library Association and the American Federation of State, County and Municipal …