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Saturday Sessions: Cymande performs “How We Roll” – CBS News Watch CBS News British band Cymande curated a cult following in the 1970s, but they cemented their legacy decades later, when hip-hop artists from De La Soul to the Wu-Tang Clan to the Fugees discovered and sampled some of their iconic songs. Now, Cymande is
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France is about to hold its largest-ever child sex abuse trial. While just one man is in the dock — a former surgeon accused of raping or sexual abusing 299 people, mostly child patients — activists hope the trial empowers other victims and helps expose other abusers long protected by societal taboos. Central to the
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Hostages released by Hamas as ceasefire holds; family confirms return of Shiri Bibas’ remains – CBS News Watch CBS News Overnight, Hamas freed six more Israeli hostages in Gaza. The release is happening despite heightened tensions between Hamas and Israel after the terror group handed over a body that was misidentified as Shiri Bibas, a
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NYC Mayor Eric Adams’ trial indefinitely delayed, but charges not dismissed NYC Mayor Eric Adams’ trial indefinitely delayed, but charges not dismissed 03:02 The corruption case against New York City Mayor Eric Adams will continue, for now. A judge on Friday appointed outside attorney Paul Clement to argue before the court over the U.S. Department of
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The Defense Department said Friday that it’s cutting about 5,400 probationary workers starting next week and will put a hiring freeze in place. It comes after staffers from the Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE, were at the Pentagon earlier in the week and received lists of such employees, U.S. officials said. They said those
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Washington — Caleb Vitello, the acting head of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, is being reassigned amid internal frustrations over the agency’s progress in carrying out President Trump’s mass deportation goals, administration officials told CBS News on Friday. In a statement, Department of Homeland Security spokesperson Tricia McLaughlin confirmed Vitello’s reassignment, saying he “is no
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The Justice Department is expanding the historic clemency that was extended to U.S. Capitol insurrectionists and defendants by moving to dismiss charges unrelated to the assault on the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, if the separate indictments stemmed from Jan. 6-related investigations. In a court filing in Ocala, Florida, a newly appointed top federal prosecutor
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An attorney employed by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement allegedly made “racist, bigoted, xenophobic, hateful, harassing and dishonest” posts on an X account where he tried to hide his identity, according to a legal complaint filed against him. James Rodden — who, as of at least Wednesday, was employed by ICE as assistant chief counsel, functioning
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A bus carrying university students and a truck collided on a highway in southeastern Brazil, killing 12 passengers and injuring 21 others, authorities said Friday. The truck driver, who was also injured, tried to flee the scene of the crash late Thursday night on a highway near the city of Ribeirao Preto, in the state
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A Great Big World, the Grammy-winning musical duo of Chad King and Ian Axel, is entering a new chapter as King steps back from performing due to a multiple sclerosis diagnosis while releasing their new EP “Then There Were Sparks.” King, who was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis in 2007, made the difficult decision to stop performing after years
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