The leaders of Armenia and Azerbaijan recently signed a peace agreement at the White House, aiming to end nearly 40 years of conflict. At the signing ceremony, US President Donald Trump proudly declared that the two countries pledged to permanently cease all hostilities. Since returning to the Whit...
The SEC will move to a nine-game conference schedule in 2026, it said Thursday, ending years of debate about whether it should add another conference game. The decision came after the conference’s athletic directors met this week in Birmingham, Ala. Each school will play three annual opponents “f...
Democratic legislators and Gov. Gavin Newsom are selling Thursday's plans for a November statewide vote as a counterweight to Texas Republicans' redistricting. California's Democratic-controlled Legislature passed bills Thursday setting up a high-profile special election this fall, when voters will...
Nisar Ahmad Wani, scientific director of the Reproductive Biotechnology Centre, poses with cloned camels. PROVIDED BY ALETIHAD ABU DHABI, UAE — Camels, the ships of the desert, hold deep historical and cultural significance in the United Arab Emirates and preserving the finest of these animals fo...
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration said it is investigating. Six people died in an accident at a dairy farm in Colorado, authorities said. Fire crews were dispatched to a dairy farm in Weld County on Wednesday evening for a "confined space rescue," Southeast Weld Fire District Chief...
President Trump speaks with members of law enforcement and National Guard soldiers on Aug. 21, 2025, in Washington. Jacquelyn MartinAP President Trump on Thursday delivered pizza and hamburgers to a group of police and National Guard forces that he has charged with a high-profile push against wha...
Since the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation first began operating nearly three months ago, the U.N. says hundreds of Palestinians have been shot and killed by Israel Defense Forces and foreign military contractors at or near its aid sites. CBS News spoke to a new eyewitness who said it's not just the I...
Lisa Cook was nominated by Joe Biden to one the Federal Reserve's seven governors in 2022. A top official at the US Federal Reserve says she will not be "bullied" after President Donald Trump called for her resignation over an allegation of mortgage fraud. Governor Lisa Cook has been accused of ...
SYDNEY, Aug. 21 Xinhua -- One man has died and three more people have been seriously injured after a vehicle crashed into a tree in the northern suburbs of Brisbane in eastern Australia. A police statement said that the vehicle collided with a tree in the suburb of Zillmere, 12 kilometers north of ...
This photo taken from a Royal Jordanian Air Force airplane shows a view of the Gaza Strip on Aug. 17, 2025. Photo by Mohammad Abu GhoshXinhua JERUSALEM, Aug. 20 Xinhua -- Israel launched a new offensive on Gaza City on Wednesday aimed at defeating Hamas, a move that has drawn international critic...
The Democratic representative suddenly interrupted another party leader, saying, 'Sorry, I have to leave. They said it's a felony for me to do this.' Texas Democratic state Rep. Nicole Collier abruptly left a call with California Gov. Gavin Newsom and other Democratic Party members after claiming s...
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov [PhotoAgencies] MOSCOW - Discussing security guarantees for Ukraine without Russian involvement is a "road to nowhere", Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said Wednesday. "We cannot agree that now it is proposed to resolve questions of security, collect...
Washington — A federal judge in New York on Wednesday declined the Justice Department's request to unseal grand jury material in the case of late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, saying prosecutors had failed to demonstrate that "special circumstances" warranted the disclosure. Judge Richard Berman ...
President Trump expanded his criticism of the Smithsonian Institution to include other museums in a long social media post on Tuesday. "The Museums throughout Washington, but all over the Country are, essentially, the last remaining segment of "WOKE," he wrote. The post emphasized his ongoing disp...
Hurricane Erin is moving closer to the Eastern seaboard, bringing dangerous rip currents and flood risks that have prompted evacuation orders and states of emergency in two North Carolina counties. Hurricane Erin was 615 miles south-southeast of Cape Hatteras, N.C., as of 5 p.m. ET, the National Hu...