Microsoft founder Bill Gates apologized Tuesday to staff at his nonprofit Gates Foundation for his ties to the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. During a town hall meeting, Gates acknowledged having two extramarital affairs while married to the foundation’s co-founder, Melinda French Gates. But he denied the women were among Epstein’s victims and said he did […]
Cuban officials said that its military opened fire on a U.S.-registered speedboat Tuesday, killing four people and injuring six. Cuba’s Ministry of the Interior posted on X, saying that the American boat fired the first shots, and a commander of the Cuban border guard was injured. “When a surface unit of the Border Guard Troops […]
The clock is ticking for Anthropic, one of the world’s largest artificial intelligence companies, after the Department of Defense threatened to blacklist the company from working with the military. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said the company has until 5 p.m. on Friday to grant the Pentagon full, unfettered access to its AI model. If not, […]
The FBI raided the offices of the Los Angeles Unified School District and the district’s superintendent, Alberto Carvalho. So far, it’s unclear exactly what prompted the raid conducted on Wednesday morning. FBI raid The FBI and Department of Justice reportedly confirmed federal agents searched Carvalho’s office at LAUSD headquarters in downtown LA. Employees were reportedly […]
Representatives from 15 states sued the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and their leaders, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Jay Bhattacharya. The complaint, filed Tuesday, alleges that the defendants unlawfully dismantled and reconstituted a federal vaccine advisory panel and then changed the childhood vaccine schedule […]
Food inflation is finally easing — but not in the meat aisle. Beef prices surged 15% over the past year and are poised to keep climbing, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Rising prices haven’t curbed Americans’ appetite for steaks and burgers, at least not yet. But shoppers want to know who, or what, […]
U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia Jeanine Pirro has ended her office’s attempt to indict six Democratic lawmakers over a social media video that urged service members not to follow unlawful orders. The move follows a federal grand jury’s unanimous refusal earlier this month to bring charges, according to NBC News, which first reported […]
President Donald Trump’s State of the Union address carried the same familiar grandiosity that he’s spoken with for decades. “This is the golden age of America,” Trump said Tuesday night. “It is indeed a turnaround for the ages. And we will never go back to where we were just a very short time ago.” The […]
DNA recovered from inside Nancy Guthrie’s Tucson home may not produce a usable profile for investigators. That limits one of the clearest paths to identifying whoever took her nearly four weeks ago. Sources familiar with the investigation told CBS News the sample is considered “low-level,” meaning there may not be enough material to generate a […]
President Donald Trump says the country is back on track and the economy is roaring. Democrats disagree, saying affordability is worsening. Plus, the Justice Department is backing away from its effort to indict six Democratic lawmakers over a video urging troops to refuse unlawful orders. And investigators now say the key DNA evidence found in […]
