With the Federal Reserve once again holding rates steady following its March meeting, savers have a continued opportunity to benefit from high interest rates on certificates of deposit (CD) accounts. In today’s environment, savers can find CDs paying above a 5% annual percentage yield (APY). However, the Fed still foresees three rate cuts happening later this year, and that could …

March is drawing to an end and spring is in full swing. While the season change may provide a breath of fresh air, it may also come with new expenses. If you need to make home repairs, cover the cost of a wedding or pay for a wide range of potential expenses, you may be looking for the most affordable …

Credit card debt can be expensive. Depending on how high your credit card debt is, you could end up paying thousands of dollars in interest on what you owe — and thepay-off process could take decades. And, right now, your credit card debt could be costing you more than it has in the past. The federal funds rate is currentlypaused …

Beirut— The Syrian army said Friday that Israeli airstrikes near the northern city of Aleppo had killed or wounded “a number of” people and caused damage. A war monitoring group said the strikes killed 44 people, most of them Syrian troops. The U.K.-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, an opposition war monitor group, said Israeli strikes hit missile depots belonging …

President Biden is set to be endorsed Friday by members of Cesar Chavez‘s family — a mostly symbolic gesture, but one meant to send a signal to independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who’s trying to invoke his own family’s ties to the late union organizer and civil rights leader. Fernando and Paul Chavez, the sons of the late …

NEW WINDSOR, N.Y. — Two flights traveling to New Jersey’s Newark International Airport were forced to divert and make emergency landings amid high winds on Friday. United Airlines Flight 85 out of Tel Aviv was headed to Newark Liberty International Airport, but it was diverted to Stewart Airport in upstate New York due to high winds and turbulence. It landed …

In the wake of the collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge, which plunged into the Patapsco River in Maryland after the cargo ship Dali slammed into one of its support columns, CBS News has learned a majority of bridges in the U.S. lack any form of impact protection. Accidents like the one that destroyed the 47-year-old Baltimore bridge aren’t …

BALTIMORE — A massive salvaging effort is underway to reopen the Port of Baltimore after the deadly collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge. The Navy has mobilized a 1,000-ton lift capacity derrick barge, a 400-ton lift-capacity revolving crane barge and a 160-ton revolving crane to help lift debris from the water, a huge undertaking in the works. Officials say …

Astronomers have discovered powerful “twisted” magnetic fields spiraling around the black hole that sits at the center of the Milky Way, the European Southern Observatory said Wednesday. A new image from the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) for the first time showed in polarized light a ring of magnetic fields surrounding the Sagittarius A* black hole. The fields are similar to …

London —When Londoner Chelsea Battle first met her cavapoo Peanut, it was love at first sight. “He’s my son,” she told CBS News, calling her bond with her dog “one of the most important relationships in my life.” Chelsea adopted Peanut during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic. “I think it’s really important to understand that dogs have different personalities, …