US Military Amasses Strike Capabilities Near Iran—What to Know

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An F-35C Lightning II, attached to Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 314, prepares to launch from the flight deck of Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) in the Arabian Sea, on Feb. 15, 2026. Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Daniel Kimmelman/ U.S. Navy via DVIDS Over the past month, the U.S. military has amassed dozens

Stiff Competition

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REVIEW: ‘The Doctors’ Riot of 1788: Body Snatching, Bloodletting, and Anatomy in America’ by Andy McPhee This book explores not death itself, but what remains after it: the human body. For most species, the dead simply decay where they fall. Humans, however, have long venerated their deceased, which explains the visceral disgust evoked by acts

A Book to Sink Your Teeth Into

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Brian Raftery’s investigation of the serial killer, cannibal, gourmand, and pop cultural icon Hannibal Lecter is a very good book that sounds as if it should be a very bad one. When I first heard that Raftery, a respected entertainment journalist, was writing what purported to be a biography of Lecter, I both groaned and

DHS suspending TSA PreCheck, Global Entry programs amid partial shutdown

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Some flyers could soon experience longer lines at U.S. airports after the Department of Homeland Security on Saturday confirmed it would suspend the Transportation Security Administration’s PreCheck and Global Entry programs as the agency contends with a partial government shutdown that has entered its second week. In a statement provided to CBS News late Saturday