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Biden signs deal to lift debt ceiling
President Biden Saturday signed a bipartisan bill that will suspend the nation's debt ceiling and avoid what could have been a catastrophic government default. Christina Ruffini has more.
Chinese warship passes near U.S. missile destroyer
New video showed a Chinese warship on Saturday coming within 150 yards of hitting the USS Chung-Hoon in the Taiwan Strait.
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Some U.S. companies seek a return to the office
Some U.S. company leaders are calling for their remote workers to return to the office. Meta this week announced that it was mandating that all workers return to the office for three days a week starting in September. Carter Evans has more.
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Judge bans AI-generated filings — unless they get human oversight
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Netflix shareholders vote to reject executives' pay packages
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Chinese warship passes near U.S. missile destroyer
New video showed a Chinese warship on Saturday coming within 150 yards of hitting the USS Chung-Hoon in the Taiwan Strait.
Biden signs deal to lift debt ceiling
President Biden Saturday signed a bipartisan bill that will suspend the nation's debt ceiling and avoid what could have been a catastrophic government default. Christina Ruffini has more.
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June is Pride month, a celebration of LGBTQ life. But after years of hard-won civil rights gains for the LGBTQ+ community, there is a backlash that includes violence and tests of corporate commitment. Elise Preston has more.
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Some U.S. company leaders are calling for their remote workers to return to the office. Meta this week announced that it was mandating that all workers return to the office for three days a week starting in September. Carter Evans has more.
Zelenskyy indicates counteroffensive could be soon
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said in an interview Saturday with the Wall Street Journal that "we are ready" for a looming counteroffensive against Russian forces.
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Indigenous activists reclaim artifacts
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16 migrants flown to California on chartered jet, left outside church
California Gov. Gavin Newsom met with the migrants Saturday, saying that the state is working to determine who planned the trip and whether any criminal laws were violated.
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Biden signs debt ceiling bill that pulls U.S. back from brink of default
With just two days to spare, President Joe Biden has signed legislation that lifts the nation's debt ceiling.
AI eliminated nearly 4,000 jobs last month, report says
A report of U.S. job cuts showed roughly 5% of job losses in May were due to AI technology.
Another major insurer is halting new policy sales in California
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Judge bans AI-generated filings — unless they get human oversight
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Netflix shareholders vote to reject executives' pay packages
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16 migrants flown to California on chartered jet, left outside church
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Chinese warship comes within 150 yards of U.S. missile destroyer
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DeSantis introduces himself to GOP voters in first week of campaign
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With just two days to spare, President Joe Biden has signed legislation that lifts the nation's debt ceiling.
Trump lawyers told DOJ they couldn't find classified doc discussed in audio
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Makers of toxic "forever chemicals" lied about safety, study claims
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Canada is putting warning labels on each cigarette: "Poison in every puff"
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Fewer babies born in 2022, and teen births decline, CDC reports
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Political clashes in Senegal leaves 15 dead
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3 Israeli soldiers killed in gun battle at Egyptian border
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CIA chief secretly met with Chinese counterpart in Beijing last month
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Money stored on apps like PayPal could be at risk, feds warn
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"The ChatGPT Revolution" explored in CBS doc
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Meta threatens news ban in California over bill to support journalism
Owner of Facebook and Instagram could bar users in the state from sharing news over bill requiring tech companies to pay news publishers.
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Multiple rare sightings of wolverine in California confirmed
In the last century, only two wolverines were spotted in California.
Phoenix limits construction amid water crisis
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South Dakota zoo welcomes litter of "critically endangered" red wolves
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Trucker detained after a "weird" potato spill on a key Denmark bridge
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Poisoned cheesecake used as a weapon a first for NY investigators
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Woman poisoned with cheesecake; lookalike convicted of attempted murder
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Police arrest suspect in Florida's Hollywood Beach shooting
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Suspect captured in fatal shooting of West Virginia officer
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Livestream captures images of Mars
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Boeing again delays first piloted test flight of Starliner crew ferry ship
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Webb telescope discovers traces of water in atmosphere of exoplanet
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The artificial intelligence revolution has arrived. AI tools such as ChatGPT offer the power to transform fields like business, art, medical research and more. But this technology also brings ethical uncertainty and peril. CBS Reports explores the unleashing of this still rapidly evolving creation and some of the possible dangers.
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Viktoria Nasyrova is accused of using cheesecake as a murder weapon. Her motive was to steal the identity of Olga, who looks a lot like her. "48 Hours" correspondent Peter Van Sant reports.
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Megan Hargan was suspected of killing her mother and sister. Her defense had an unusual theory: her sister was the one who pulled the trigger – with her toe. "48 Hours" correspondent Peter Van Sant reports.
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Two people were killed when a small plane crashed and caught fire near an airport in Tupelo, Mississippi, on Saturday.
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Some U.S. company leaders are calling for their remote workers to return to the office. Meta this week announced that it was mandating that all workers return to the office for three days a week starting in September. Carter Evans has more.