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London — On a dead-end road in London’s Islington district, CBS News found Tim Bushe trimming his hedge. It was an ordinary scene in the neighborhood of row houses until you stepped back to take in the full scale of the neatly pruned topiary — in the form of a giant locomotive. “Philippa, my wife, used to sit in the …

Mason Branstrator has always been an athlete, but three years ago, at just 17 years old, his active lifestyle changed forever. “I was going for an ordinary day of downhill skiing, but this time, it was a lot different,” Mason, an experienced skier who frequented the slopes in his home state of Minnesota, told CBS News. “I remember thinking right …

This week, Scott Pelley reported on the families who held the home front while their spouses, fathers and mothers fought in the post-9/11 wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. About 600,000 American veterans have been diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder, or PTSD. Symptoms can include anxiety, fear, irritability, and depression. Through their reporting for this week’s story, Scott Pelley and the …

Editor’s Note: The Pentagon on Saturday said that the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower, an aircraft carrier operating in the Red Sea and at the center of America’s response to Houthi attacks, had begun its journey home and would soon be replaced by the USS Theodore Roosevelt. When the aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower set sail last October, the sailors …

A “small but detectable quantity” of infectious H5N1 bird flu virus was able to survive a common approach to pasteurizing milk, according to new research co-authored by scientists at the National Institutes of Health. The findings, published Friday in The New England Journal of Medicine, were based on experiments run at the agency’s lab. The researchers note this is not …

The Food and Drug Administration “inadvertently archived” a whistleblower’s complaint regarding conditions at an Abbott Nutrition plant that produced powdered baby formula recalled in 2022 due to bacteria that killed two infants, an audit shows. An early 2021 email raised red flags about the plant in Sturgis, Michigan, that became the focal point of a nationwide shortage of infant formula …

Washington — During the first five weeks of Sen. Bob Menendez’s bribery trial, his attorneys have peppered government witnesses with questions aimed at shifting the blame to the New Jersey Democrat’s wife,Nadine. Legal experts say Menendez’s strategy is not unique, but could backfire with jurors. “An empty-chair defense when a spouse is involved is somewhat risky, because some jurors can …

London —Catherine, the Princess of Wales, offered a rare health update Friday, saying in a statement that she is still undergoing chemotherapy for an undisclosed form of cancer and has “a few more months” of treatment left, but that she is making “good progress.” Princess Kate, as she’s often known, also announced her first formal step back into public life. …

Buried in the cellar of George Washington’s Mount Vernon home, a treasure trove was waiting to be discovered – an enormous amount of preserved cherries. Archaeologists discovered 35 glass bottles with cherries, Mount Vernon officials announced on Thursday, just a few weeks after two bottles were found in April. “Never in our wildest dreams did we imagine this spectacular archaeological …

Federal transportation officials are investigating how titanium sold with phony documentation made its way into parts used in making Boeing and Airbus planes. The Federal Aviation Administration and Spirit AeroSystems, a supplier of fuselages to Boeing and wings for Airbus, said Friday they are each investigating the scope and impact of the issue, which could raise potential concerns about aircraft …