Illinois Lt. Gov. Juliana Stratton has secured the Democratic nomination for Senate in her state, looking to fill the seat of longtime Sen. Dick Durbin. Stratton joins “The Takeout” to discuss her victory, the war with Iran and more.
NVIDIA’s GTC conference brought big crowds to Silicon Valley this week, with hundreds of companies showcasing products powered by NVIDIA’s chips. Tim Werth, tech editor at Mashable, joins CBS News to discuss.
A tech entrepreneur in Australia, Paul Conyngham, said he used artificial intelligence to design a cancer vaccine for his dog Rosie. He joins CBS News with Páll Thordarson, director of the UNSW RNA Institute, who worked with Conyngham on the technology.
Kouri Richins, Utah author and mother, was just found guilty for murder and attempted murder of her husband Eric Richins. The state accused her of killing him with a fentanyl-laced Moscow mule in 2022 after previously attempting to poison him via a sandwich on Valentine’s Day. Monday evening the jury found her guilty on all …
Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard told Congress in a written report on Tuesday night that Iran has made “no efforts” to rebuild its nuclear enrichment program after the 2025 U.S. strikes. Gabbard did not say those words in her Senate testimony on Wednesday. CBS News senior White House correspondent Weijia Jiang has more.
Gasoline prices in the U.S. jumped on Wednesday, as the Iran was continues to take a toll on energy infrastructure in the Middle East and slow shipping in the Strait of Hormuz. Drivers now pay an average of $3.84 per gallon, up from $2.92 a month ago and the highest level since September 2023, according …
Flu season is on the downswing at the national level, but some states are still seeing high activity, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. “Overall seasonal influenza activity remains elevated nationally but is decreasing in most areas of the country,” the CDC said in its most recent update from last week. The …
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — The rapper Mystikal, who received multiple Grammy nominations in the early 2000s, pleaded guilty Tuesday to raping a woman at his Louisiana home nearly four years ago, according to court records. The 55-year-old performer, whose given name is Michael Lawrence Tyler, pleaded guilty to third-degree rape in an Ascension Parish …
Labor leader Dolores Huerta said Wednesday that the late Cesar Chavez assaulted her in the 1960s. Huerta’s statement comes after a New York Times report released earlier Wednesday detailed allegations of abuse against Chavez. CBS News’ Elaine Quijano has the details.
The road to the U.S. Capitol proved to be very expensive for some candidates in the Illinois primary elections. Ads, mailers and other campaign elements can cost millions. The CBS News Data Team analyzed vote totals and dollars spent by the top candidates and made some fascinating discoveries. In the race for U.S. Senate, the …