CHICAGO (CBS) — Former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris will go head to head in a presidential debate in Philadelphiaon Tuesday night— continuing a 64-year tradition in television that began at CBS Chicago’s old studios. On Sept. 26, 1960, Vice President Richard M. Nixon and U.S. Sen. John F. Kennedyof Massachusetts met for the first ever televised …
Read More »How Trump and Harris are preparing for their first debate of 2024
Washington — Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump willface off for the first timeTuesday night as Election Day quickly approaches — with the race upended since the last debate matchupbetween Trump and President Biden. Hosted by ABC News at the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia, the debate could be the only time Trump and Harris go head …
Read More »Missouri patient contracts bird flu despite no known contact with animals
A hospitalized patient in Missouri was infected with bird flu despite having had no known contact with dairy cows or other animals associated with an ongoing outbreak, health officials said Friday. This is the 14th person in the U.S. sickened with bird flu since March, when the virus was detected in cows, after infecting wild birds and mammals worldwide. One …
Read More »American woman Aysenur Eygi killed at pro-Palestinian protest in Israeli-occupied West Bank
Nablus, West Bank —An American woman was shot and killed in the Israeli-occupied West Bank on Friday, the U.S. State Department confirmed. Palestinian doctor Dr. Ward Basalat told The Associated Press that the 26-year-old woman, identified by the State Department as Aysenur Eygi, was shot in the head and died after arriving at the hospital. Witnesses, activists and Palestinian media …
Read More »Apalachee High School shooting is the latest in U.S. Heres how many happened in 2024, so far.
Two students and two teachers at Apalachee High School in Winder, Georgia, were shot and killed and nine other people were hospitalized with gunshot wounds Wednesday. The deadly incident on Sept. 4 was the 218th time a gun was fired or brandished at a school so far in 2024, data shows. The total number of shootings includes any incident where …
Read More »Uganda Olympic athlete Rebecca Cheptegei set on fire by her boyfriend, police say
A Ugandan athlete living in Kenya was attacked and set on fire by her boyfriend and is receiving treatment for burns on 75% of her body, police said. Rebecca Cheptegei, a distance runner who finished at the 44th position in the 2024 Paris Olympics, was attacked in her house in the western Trans Nzoia County. Trans Nzoia County Police Commander …
Read More »Police in China say bus crashed into students, parents outside school in Taian city, killing 11 people
Beijing —A bus crashed into a group of students and their parents at a school in eastern China early Tuesday, killing 11 people and injuring 13, police said. The students and parents were at the gate of a middle school in Tai’an city in the eastern province of Shandong just before 7:30 a.m., the Dongping county police department said in …
Read More »James Darren, Gidget actor, singer and director, dies at 88
James Darren, a teen idol who helped ignite the 1960s surfing craze as a charismatic beach boy paired off with Sandra Dee in the hit film “Gidget,” died Monday at 88. Darren died in his sleep at a Los Angeles hospital, his son Jim Moret confirmed to CBS News. Moret told CBS News that Darren was admitted to the hospital …
Read More »Paraguay finally has a sex ed curriculum, but many worry about the lessons on offer
Asunción, Paraguay— Ahead of her 15th birthday, Diana Zalazar’s body had gotten so big she could no longer squeeze into the dress she bought for her quinceañera to celebrate her passage into womanhood in Paraguay. Her mother sought help from a doctor, who suspected that growing inside of the 14-year-old Catholic choir girl could be a giant tumor. Next thing …
Read More »Suspected homicide victim identified 31 years after human remains found by children in Indiana field
Human remains discovered 31 years ago south of Indianapolis have been identified as a man from South Carolina, authorities said. Relatives of Michael Benjamin Davis said they had lost contact with him in the late 1980s, the Johnson County coroner’s office said. In 1993, children found the remains in a field near Interstate 65 in what is now a golf …
Read More »Breast cancer rises among Asian American and Pacific Islander women, and experts arent sure why
Christina Kashiwada was traveling for work during the summer of 2018 when she noticed a small, itchy lump in her left breast. She thought little of it at first. She did routine self-checks and kept up with medical appointments. But a relative urged her to get a mammogram. She took the advice and learned she had stage 3 breast cancer, …
Read More »Its a shark eat shark world. Researchers find evidence that large sharks may be hunting each other.
In the ocean food chain, large sharks generally only have to worry about keeping orcasat bay — but a new study suggests the apex predators may have to watch out for their own. Researchers have discovered evidence pointing to the first known case of a porbeagle shark — which can grow up to 12 feet long and 500 pounds — …
Read More »Congo prison escape attempt in Kinshasa leaves almost 130 dead, mostly in stampede, officials say
Kinshasa, Congo— An attempted jailbreak in Congo’s main prison in the capital left at least 129 people dead, most of them in a stampede, authorities said Tuesday. A provisional assessment showed that 24 inmates were shot dead by “warning” gunshots as they tried to escape from the overcrowded Makala Central Prison in Kinshasa early Monday, Congolese Interior Minister Jacquemin Shabani …
Read More »Australia former child care worker pleads guilty to 307 child sexual abuse charges
A former child care worker in Australia pleaded guilty Monday to more than 300 counts of raping, sexually abusing and exploiting dozens of girls under his care. The charges against 46-year-old Ashley Paul Griffith were so extensive that it took Judge Anthony Rafter more than two hours to read them inside a packed Brisbane courtroom on Monday, the Australian Broadcasting …
Read More »4 people shot and killed on Chicago-area Blue Line train, suspect in custody
CHICAGO (CBS) —Four people were killed in a mass shooting on a CTA Blue Line train in west suburban Forest Park on Monday morning. All four victims were passengers on a Blue Line train as it was headed into the Forest Park terminal when they were shot shortly before 5:30 a.m., said Forest Park Police Deputy Chief Christopher Chin. Police …
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