Cancer has forced former Sen. Ben Sasse to tell himself the truth, he said. The 54-year-old, diagnosed late last year with stage-four pancreatic cancerhas already lived longer than doctors expected. He sees an opportunity in living on a deadline. “The lie I want to tell myself is that I’m the center of everything. And I’m …
Late last year, former Sen. Ben Sasse was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer and given three to four months to live. Now, he’s on “extended time” — and he wants to spend some of his remaining time talking about “bigger stuff.” In an interview with “60 Minutes” correspondent Scott Pelley and a town hall hosted by …
60 Minutes has reported on plenty of high-profile crimes before — but nothing like the “fowl play” involving the Columba livia domestica. That’s not some international crime syndicate. That’s the scientific name for pigeons, and they’re being stolen. We’re talking about elite racing pigeons. The finest compete at international events in which they are released …
Tom Van Gaver awoke to find that someone had broken in and swiped his most prized possession, a 1-pound pigeon named Finn. The untrained eye wouldn’t detect anything special in the 11-inch-tall pigeon, but Finn was incredibly quick and strong. By the time he was 1, he had won multiple championships in Belgium. He was …
By Nidal al-Mughrabi and Ali Sawafta CAIRO/WEST BANK, April 26 (Reuters) – Loyalists of President Mahmoud Abbas won most races in Palestinian municipal elections, election officials said on Sunday, in a vote that for the first time in nearly two decades included a city in the Gaza Strip run by rival Hamas. Saturday’s ballot marked …
April 26 (Reuters) – Republican Senator Thom Tillis on Sunday said he would allow Senate confirmation of Federal Reserve chair nominee Kevin Warsh to go forward after the Department of Justice on Friday dropped an investigation into Fed Chair Jerome Powell that Tillis viewed as a threat to the central bank’s political independence. Tillis had …
SHANGHAI (AP) — Bernd Wiesberger of Austria played bogey-free Sunday and closed with a 4-under 67 to overcome Adrian Otaegui of Spain and win the China Open, his first victory since returning two years ago from Saudi-backed LIV Golf. Wiesberger, who qualified for the 2021 Ryder Cup, avoided the mistakes that cost Otaegui. The Spaniard …
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Rob Refsnyder successfully challenged a third strike, and then hit a go-ahead solo home run in the ninth inning to lift the Seattle Mariners to a 3-2 win against the St. Louis Cardinals on Sunday. Refsnyder was initially called out by plate umpire John Bacon on an 0-2 pitch that the …
HOUSTON (AP) — Nelly Korda won The Chevron Championship on Sunday with a performance worthy of her return to No. 1 in women’s golf. Staked to a five-shot lead at the start, Korda was efficient as ever and no one could get closer than four shots all afternoon at Memorial Park. She closed with a …
STOCKHOLM, April 27 (Reuters) – Global military spending rose 2.9% in 2025 despite a 7.5% decline in the United States as President Donald Trump halted new financial military aid to Ukraine, a report by a conflict think-tank showed on Monday. Expenditure increased to $2.89 trillion in 2025, rising for the 11th consecutive year and taking …