The families of multiple campers and two counselors at Camp Mystic who died in the devastating flash flood in Texas in July are suing the camp, alleging gross negligence and reckless disregard for safety led to a "self-created disaster" that claimed the lives of 28 people total. The Fourth of July ...
Jacob Brinnad strikes a hung gar martial arts pose at his school in Katy, Texas on Sept 9. May Zhou China Daily Growing up in the Bay Area, Jacob Brinnand spent a lot of time in the Asian and Pacific Islander community where martial arts was a big part of the culture. "I became really inter...
PARIS -- Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy has been released from prison in Paris after spending around 20 days in detention, following a decision by the Paris Court of Appeal on Monday, which ordered his release under strict judicial supervision. He was seen leaving the prison this afternoon...
Sen. Bernie Sanders said Monday he's "very disappointed" that eight members of the Democratic caucus voted to advance a bill to reopen the government, arguing that Democrats got little in exchange aside from a "meaningless" vote on health insurance subsidies. Asked by CBS News' Caitlin Huey-Burns w...
President Donald Trump speaks to members of the media following a swearing in ceremony for Sergio Gor, the new U.S. Ambassador to India, in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, on Nov. 10, 2025. | Craig Hudson for POLITICO President Donald Trump’s adversaries say his sweeping pardon ...
This combination photo of eight senators is Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto, D-Nev., top row from left, Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Dick Durbin, D-Ill., Sen. John Fetterman, D-Pa., Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-N.H., and bottom row from left, Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Va., Sen. Angus King, I-Maine, Sen. Jacky...
Documentary revives century-old bonds forged in Kuliang, Fuzhou The premiere of the documentary Dear Kuliang and related exchange events take place in Los Angeles on Friday. ZHANG SHUOCHINA NEWS SERVICE High in the hills above Fuzhou in Southeast China lies Kuliang, once a summer retreat where...
Teenagers pose for a photo while holding smartphones in front of a Instagram logo in this illustration taken Sept 11, 2025. [PhotoAgencies] Denmark's government has agreed to implement a minimum age requirement of 15-years-old for use of certain social media platforms. The plan, led by the Minis...
Rising prices of goods, produce dim prospects for Thanksgiving, Christmas Cranes unload shipping containers from the CMA CGM Laperouse container ship at the Port of Los Angeles in California, United States, on Aug 15. Higher US tariffs have started to filter through to consumers in categories su...
He hedged when asked about the president's push to end the filibuster. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Sunday that there is no formal proposal from the White House to defund the Affordable Care Act and instead send money directly to Americans, despite a social media post from President Donald...
LONDON, Nov 10 Reuters - The BBC's boss and its head of news quit on Sunday following accusations of bias at the British broadcaster, including in the way it edited a speech by U.S. President Donald Trump. The publicly funded BBC had been under mounting pressure after an internal report by a former...
The dome of the US Capitol is reflected in a window as people visit the Washington Monument on November 2. Kent NishimuraReuters A critical bloc of eight Senate Democratic centrists on Sunday helped advance a funding deal to reopen the government in exchange for a future vote on extending enhance...
The nine missing are believed to have been near the crash site, officials said. The death toll has risen to 13 after a UPS plane departing Louisville Muhammad Ali International Airport in Kentucky crashed in a ball of flames earlier this week, officials said Thursday. The victim had been transport...
Musk would become the best-compensated CEO ever. Tesla shareholders awarded CEO Elon Musk a pay package on Thursday that could grant the tech entrepreneur nearly $1 trillion in compensation over the next decade. The pay package would make Musk the best-compensated CEO ever recorded. According to a...
WASHINGTON -- Former US House speaker Nancy Pelosi announced Thursday that she will not seek re-election next year and will retire from Congress at the end of her current term. Pelosi, 85, has represented California in Congress since 1987. She served as minority leader of the House of Representativ...