WASHINGTON, May 18 (Reuters) – A group of Democratic lawmakers is calling for the removal of Kurt Olsen, the White House’s election security czar, claiming his time working as a special government employee had surpassed the legal limit. The group, led by Senator Alex Padilla, who represents California, wrote to the White House on Monday, …
CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — Alex Murdaugh has filed a lawsuit against the court clerk whose behavior during his murder trial led the South Carolina Supreme Court to overturn his convictions and life sentence for the deaths of his wife and son. The suit filed Sunday in federal court against former Colleton County Clerk of Court …
MOSCOW, May 18 (Reuters) – The situation around the Russian-held Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in Ukraine is reaching the “point of no return” due to increased Ukrainian attacks in the area, the head of Russia’s state nuclear corporation Rosatom was quoted as saying on Monday. The Russia-installed management at the nuclear plant, Europe’s largest with …
At least one of two shooters at a San Diego mosque is dead, sources say. Police say the threat is neutralized. CBS News’ Anna Schecter reports.
Roughly three-quarters of Americans say their incomes are lagging behind inflation, according to a CBS News poll. Recent economic data attests to the dip in so-called real wages. In April, U.S. inflation rose at an annual rate of 3.8% from a year ago, while workers’ paychecks grew 3.6% — the first time since 2023 that …
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — A fast-growing wildfire sparked by the fatal crash of a small medical plane outside Ruidoso, New Mexico, has triggered evacuations for a rural area north of the Capitan Mountains and closures in the Lincoln National Forest, officials said Monday. The plane was en route from Roswell Air Center to Sierra Blanca …
Threat neutralized in shooting at Islamic Center of San Diego, police say – CBS News Watch CBS News San Diego police said the threat at the Islamic Center of San Diego “has been neutralized” after officers responded to a reported active shooter on Monday. CBS News’ Shanelle Kaul has the latest.
LONDON (AP) — In Paris, police deployed tear gas. In Milan, Italy, a fistfight erupted. In London, Singapore and New York, all-night queues snaked from the doors of Swatch stores — the latest examples of status-symbol “drop culture” to flash across the globe when status symbols and resale value collide. The company at the center …
SAN DIEGO, May 18 (Reuters) – The mayor of San Diego on Monday reported an “active shooter situation” occurring at the Islamic Center in the city’s Clairemont community, and police said officers were on the scene, according to posts on social media platform X. No further official details were immediately available. (Reporting by Mike Blake …
Washington — The Supreme Court on Monday told lower courts to take another look at a pair of cases involving whether private individuals and groups can sue to enforce a key provision of the Voting Rights Act that prohibits discriminatory voting practices. In brief orders, the high court set aside lower court decisions and sent the …