Washington — Some Senate Democrats cast doubt on the Trump administration’s characterization of the strikes against Iran’s nuclear facilities after top officials briefed senators Thursday. In recent days, President Trump repeatedly declared “total obliteration” after three nuclear sites were bombed in a secret attack by the U.S. Meanwhile, an initial …
Read More »20 people injured by lightning strike at South Carolina lake
Twenty people were injured by a reported lightning strike at a South Carolina lake on Tuesday, fire officials confirmed. First responders assessed eight adults and 12 minors for electrocution after reports of a lightning strike hitting the water, Lexington County Fire Chief Kyle Minick said. Twelve of the patients were …
Read More »Trump extends TikTok enforcement ban deadline another 90 days
Washington — President Trump has once again delayed the enforcement of a bipartisan law that would effectively ban TikTok in the U.S. as a deal to separate TikTok from its China-based parent company, ByteDance, has remained elusive. The president announced Thursday that he signed an executive order pushing back the …
Read More »JetBlue flight rolls off runway at Boston’s Logan Airport upon arrival from Chicago
A JetBlue flight landing at Logan Airport in Boston from Chicago rolled off the runway and on to the grass Thursday morning. Airport officials said there were no reports of injuries. The Airbus A220 arrived from Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport just before noon. A photo taken by a passenger on …
Read More »Thrifting interest explodes for Americans worried about rising clothing prices and waste
St. Petersburg, Florida — Brooklyn Karasack loves to thrift and sew. She thrifts in her hometown of St. Petersburg, Florida, and then uses her grandmother’s sewing machine to whip up her fantastical creations. “This is probably $3 or something like that,” Karasack told CBS News, referring to an old pillowcase …
Read More »Entire Fulbright scholarship board quits, accusing Trump administration of meddling
All 12 members of the board overseeing the prestigious Fulbright scholarships resigned Wednesday, protesting the Trump administration’s alleged meddling with the selection of award recipients for the international exchange program. A statement published by the board members said the administration usurped their authority by denying awards to “a substantial number …
Read More »Man gored by bison in Yellowstone National Park after getting too close, NPS says
A man was gored by a bison in Yellowstone National Park on Tuesday after getting too close, the National Park Service said. Around 9:45 a.m. in the Upper Geyser Basin at Old Faithful, a man from Randolph, New Jersey, was gored after a large group of visitors approached the bison …
Read More »Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem says “we’re not going to let a repeat of 2020 happen” amid L.A. crackdown
Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said Sunday that the administration won’t allow a “repeat of 2020” to occur after President Trump called for the National Guard to enforce order in the Los Angeles area amid protests over activity by Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers. “We’re not going to …
Read More »Heads, torsos of executed 1940s war prisoners dug up in city park in Greece
Another series of unmarked graves — this one containing 14 individuals from Greece’s civil war era — have been dug up in a park in a suburb near the northern Greek city of Thessaloniki, local officials said Saturday. As in the previous tight cluster of unmarked burial pits excavated earlier …
Read More »Judge blocks Trump administration from preventing foreign students from traveling to Harvard
A federal judge late Thursday temporarily blocked President Trump’s move to ban foreign students from traveling to the United States to attend Harvard University, hours after the Ivy League school called the policy illegal retaliation for Harvard’s rejection of White House demands. U.S. District Judge Allison Burroughs granted Harvard’s request for a …
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