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Pig skin protein gives sight back to 14 blind people
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The attacker was randomly shooting at people, including at children, state TV reported, quoting witnesses.
American teacher's family fears he'll be left behind in Russian prison
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Author Salman Rushdie in surgery after being stabbed in N.Y.; suspect identified
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Inflation and July's Consumer Price Index
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Ice Age human footprints found in Utah desert: "Lost oasis"
Men find 88 distinct prints left by a mixture of adults and children on what is now the Utah Test and Training Range.
Stunning image of colliding galaxies
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U.K. so hot and dry, the source of the River Thames has dried up
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Landfills are "super emitters" of methane, satellite data finds
The powerful greenhouse gas traps 80 times more heat in the atmosphere than carbon dioxide does.
Environmental impact of food
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Officials give update on Salman Rushdie stabbing
Salman Rushdie, the author whose writing led to death threats from Iran in the 1980s, was stabbed Friday as he was about to give a lecture in western New York, authorities said. The 75-year-old author was stabbed at least once in the neck, and once in the abdomen, and is still in surgery, officials said during a Friday evening press conference. Watch the press conference here.
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Author Salman Rushdie attacked at event
Police in western New York are investigating an attack on author Salman Rushdie, who was preparing to speak at an event when someone rushed up and stabbed him in the neck. CBS News senior investigative producer Pat Milton has more on what we know so far.
Author Salman Rushdie in surgery after being stabbed in N.Y.; suspect identified
The 75-year-old author was stabbed at least once in the neck and once in the abdomen, officials said during a Friday evening press conference.
Over 150 endangered vultures poisoned to death, many dismembered
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NASA's Perseverance finds tangled object on Mars
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Scientist apologizes after posting image of star that was actually sausage
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Officials give update on Salman Rushdie stabbing
Salman Rushdie, the author whose writing led to death threats from Iran in the 1980s, was stabbed Friday as he was about to give a lecture in western New York, authorities said. The 75-year-old author was stabbed at least once in the neck, and once in the abdomen, and is still in surgery, officials said during a Friday evening press conference. Watch the press conference here.
Senator Tim Kaine on "The Takeout"
Virginia Senator Tim Kaine joins Major Garrett on "The Takeout." They discuss Kaine's experience with long COVID, his opinion on a potential reelection campaign for President Biden, and the 2022 midterm elections.
Mar-a-Lago search warrant unsealed
A federal judge in Florida on Friday unsealed the search warrant of former President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago residence. The warrant revealed that the Justice Department is investigating Trump for potentially violating the Espionage Act, and that the FBI seized at least 11 sets of classified documents. Robert Costa and Catherine Herridge report.
New video in Courtney Clenney case
Surveillance video shows an incident between social media model Courtney Clenney and her boyfriend, Christian Obumseli, in an elevator in their private Miami apartment building, months before she allegedly killed him. She was charged with second-degree murder this week.
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