Tracking Trends, Breaking News
The number of migrants unlawfully crossing the U.S. southern border has continued to drop markedly in July, nearing a threshold that would require officials to lift a partial ban on asylum claims enacted by President Biden, according to internal government data obtained by CBS News. July is on track to see the fifth consecutive monthly
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President Biden has tested positive for COVID-19, the White House confirmed Wednesday, prompting an array of questions about his health and condition. White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said the president is vaccinated and boosted and is experiencing mild symptoms. “He will be returning to Delaware where he will self-isolate and will continue to carry
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Tiger cub makes debut in China Tiger cub makes debut in China 00:59 Two Amur tiger cubs had their first public outing Thursday at Cologne Zoo in Germany, one of several zoos that has sought to help keep up the numbers of the rare big cats. The cubs – a female named Tochka and a
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Renowned wedding dress designer Hayley Paige, famous for her appearances on TLC’s reality show “Say Yes to the Dress,” is reintroducing herself to the world after resolving a complicated legal battle. Paige, who lost the rights to design dresses under her own name and control of her social media accounts, has finally regained both after
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Toronto —Two people have died in Canada of listeria bacterial infections after consuming plant-based milk alternatives sold under the brands Silk, made by Danone, and Walmart’s Great Value, the country’s federal health ministry said Wednesday in an updated notice. More than a dozen products have been recalled. The ministry said 10 more individuals – eight
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After the FBI identified the gunman who shot at former President Donald Trump as Thomas Matthew Crooks of Bethel Park, Pennsylvania, CBS News and other outlets reviewed public records that verified that he was a registered Republican who had previously donated $15 to a Democratic organization via ActBlue. The apparent contradiction in Crooks’ political alignment
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WSJ reporter’s Russian trial resumes WSJ reporter Evan Gershkovich’s spying trial resumes in Russia 02:13 A former U.S. paratrooper and rock musician detained in Russia more than a year ago on drugs charges was on Thursday sentenced to 13 years in jail, Moscow’s courts service said. Michael Travis Leake, who fronted Moscow-based rock band Lovi
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A new analysis shows an online account that was believed to belong to the shooter in the assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump — and where he had purportedly called the date of the attack his “premiere” — was fake, a federal law enforcement official told CBS News on Thursday. A law enforcement official
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Donald Trump’s running mate Sen. JD Vance gave his first speech as the nominee for vice president Wednesday at the Republican National Convention – and his mom, Bev Vance, was a big focal point, receiving a standing ovation. Vance, who has been open about his difficult childhood and wrote a memoir about it, “Hillbilly Elegy,” shared
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Canada plans to acquire a dozen new submarines capable of traveling under sea ice as part of efforts to bolster the defense of the country’s vast Arctic coastal region, the Canadian defense ministry announced last week. “A larger modernized submarine fleet will help us detect and deter threats on all three coasts and protect Canadians
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