The State Department is initiating a review of all 53 Mexican consulates operating in the United States, a U.S. official told CBS News on Thursday, in a move that could lead Secretary of State Marco Rubio to consider ordering the closure of some diplomatic offices. The review comes as bilateral tensions build over security cooperation …
The high-stakes OpenAI trial pitting tech giants Elon Musk and Sam Altman against each other is wrapping up its second week with testimony from former board members. Ashley Gold, Axios senior tech policy reporter, joins CBS News to discuss.
A council appointed by President Trump to reform the Federal Emergency Management Agency proposed a major overhaul to the agency that stops short of the administration’s vows to dismantle it, but could reduce the number of disasters the federal government supports and the amount of money it distributes. The FEMA Review Council’s report says it …
Powerful tornadoes ravage hundreds of homes across Mississippi – CBS News Watch CBS News At least 14 tornadoes touched down in Mississippi, injuring more than a dozen people and destroying hundreds of homes. CBS News correspondent Jason Allen reports from Purvis.
Artificial intelligence is the leading reason companies cite for layoffs for the second straight month, accounting for more than one in four job cuts in April, according to a new report from outplacement firm Challenger, Gray & Christmas. The report found 21,490 AI-related cuts last month, or 26% of the 88,387 total, marking the second straight …
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A former sheriff’s deputy was found guilty of reckless homicide on Thursday for shooting a Black man who was bringing sandwiches to his grandmother’s house. The killing of Casey Goodson Jr. by Jason Meade in December 2020 had provoked outrage in Ohio. The jurors said they couldn’t agree on the more …
PARIS, May 7 (Reuters) – Paris’ public prosecutor has opened a judicial investigation into Elon Musk’s X social media platform, a new step in a probe over alleged abuse of algorithms and fraudulent data, the prosecutor’s office said on Thursday. The latest legal development puts investigating judges in charge of the probe and follows tech …
French prosecutors are seeking charges against Elon Musk and his social platform X for child sexual abuse images on the platform, deepfakes, disinformation and complicity in denying crimes against humanity by the platform’s artificial intelligence system, Grok. The Paris public prosecutor’s office said Wednesday it has opened an investigation into X on charges including complicity …
May 7 (Reuters) – Iran’s Fars news agency said on Thursday that several sounds resembling explosions were heard near Bandar Abbas city, adding the origin and the location of these sounds was unknown. (Reporting by Yomna Ehab and Ahmed Tolba; Editing by Chris Reese) Copyright 2026 Thomson Reuters.
Health officials around the globe are monitoring the symptoms of returning passengers from the polar expedition ship Hondius after a Dutch couple and a German national died of hantavirus and more passengers became sick. As of Thursday, eight cases of hantavirus have been reported from the ship that crossed the Atlantic and five of them …