Russian military personnel have entered an airbase in Niger where some U.S. troops are located, two U.S. officials confirmed to CBS News on Thursday. Russians have been in Niger for several weeks as the U.S. negotiates the withdrawal of its troops from two airbases in the country, one of the officials said. A second official
The candidate who finished first in the Republican nomination primary race for a North Carolina congressional seat says she’s suspending her campaign, citing her rival’s endorsement by former President Donald Trump in the runoff election. Though Johnston County attorney Kelly Daughtry had the most votes among 14 candidates in the March 5 GOP primary for
Washington — When federal investigators executed a search warrant at Sen. Bob Menendez’s New Jersey home in June 2022, they found more than $480,000 in cash stashed in envelopes and coats, as well as 13 gold bars worth more than $100,000. They also seized nearly $80,000 from his wife’s safe deposit box at a nearby
Washington — Florida health regulators issued a new rule Thursday clarifying exceptions to the state’s six-week abortion ban, detailing the treatments allowed for certain medical conditions that jeopardize the health of the pregnant woman and fetus. The rule from the state’s Agency for Health Care Administration come a day after Florida’s new abortion restrictions took
Biden hosts Japan’s Kishida for state dinner Biden welcomes Japan’s Kishida to White House for state dinner 05:08 President Biden on Wednesday called longtime ally Japan “xenophobic,” along with China and Russia, blaming their economies’ recent performances on racial prejudice. The president made those remarks during an off-camera fundraiser to mark the beginning of Asian
A whistleblower who identified engineering problems at the company that supplied Boeing with airliner fuselages died on Monday, CBS News has learned, after suffering from a fast-spreading infection. Joshua Dean was a quality inspector at Spirit AeroSystems, which builds the bulk of the 737 Max for Boeing. Dean raised concerns in October 2022 about misdrilled
An orangutan appeared to treat a wound with medicine from a tropical plant— the latest example of how some animals attempt to soothe their own ills with remedies found in the wild, scientists reported Thursday. Scientists observed Rakus the orangutan pluck and chew up leaves of a medicinal plant used by people throughout Southeast Asia