COVID hospitalizations jump 22% this week — and CDC predicts further increases
So far, the CDC doesn't think the highly mutated BA.2.86 variant is to blame.
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Dispatcher fatally shot in ambulance parking lot; husband charged
Cassandra Pena-Romero, 27, was shot at the Metropolitan Emergency Medical Services parking lot in downtown Little Rock.
Climate change contributed to Canada's extreme wildfires, report says
A new study determined that Canada's fires were fueled by human-induced changes in temperature and humidity.
Skipping GOP debate, Trump speaks with Tucker Carlson
During the debate, the eight candidates on stage were asked if they would support Trump as the GOP nominee if he is convicted in any of the four separate cases against him.
Terry Funk, WWE wrestling icon, dies at 79
Funk was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame in 2009.
Paul Flores hospitalized after being attacked in prison, lawyer says
Paul Flores was found guilty last year in the 1996 abduction and murder of Kristin Smart, a college freshman who vanished from campus.
BTK killer's Kansas home searched in connection to cold cases
The Osage County Sheriff's Office's ongoing investigations uncovered potential connections between Rader and other missing persons cases and unsolved murders in the Kansas and Missouri areas, authorities said.
Judge rejects Meadows' request to postpone his arrest in Fulton County
The former White House chief of staff's attorneys asked a court to block the Fulton County district attorney's enforcement of his arrest warrant while they try to have the Georgia state case against him moved to federal court.
Nvidia riding high on explosive growth in AI
Shares of the computer-chip maker are up 222% this year as artificial intelligence craze fuels sales growth.
Pittsburgh shooting suspect dead after 6-hour standoff
It's believed "hundreds of rounds" were fired after a man barricaded himself inside a home when deputies tried to evict him.
Abortion ban upheld by South Carolina Supreme Court
The 4-1 ruling departs from the court's own decision months earlier striking down a similar ban that the Republican-led legislature passed in 2021.
Debate guide: Four types of GOP primary voters, and just how solid is that Trump vote, anyhow?
Here's a description the four groups of GOP voters watching the first Republican debate Wednesday night, based on three waves of CBS News polling.
See Rudy Giuliani's mug shot after he turned himself in at Fulton County Jail
Rudy Giuliani surrendered at an Atlanta jail to be booked on charges alleging he and others attempted to subvert the 2020 election results in Georgia.
Kansas newspaper co-owner confronted officers during police raid
An angry 98-year-old Joan Meyer is seen on home footage, following officers around the house and confronting them.
Bear attacks 7-year-old boy in New York backyard
The bear was euthanized by law enforcement, and the boy was hospitalized for non-life-threatening injuries.
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U.S. reducing troop footprint in Middle East, sources say
Son of Stephen Hubbard, American freed from Russian jail, speaks out
Witkoff blasted for calling Putin a "humanitarian"
Supreme Court rejects bid to restrict treatments for trans inmates
Judge curbs DHS efforts to conduct sweeps for possible noncitizen voters
Elon Musk's Starlink and Starshield, and what they mean to Ukraine
U.S. ordering some government staff to depart Saudi Arabia
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Armed federal agents knock on doors looking for noncitizen voters
