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The Price of Milk: Immigrants Behind American Dairy | CBS Reports

The economy and immigration are two of the biggest issues on the minds of Americans, but we rarely get a look behind the scenes to see how these key forces in American life intersect. CBS News Race ...

CBS News - 2d

Man who escaped Puerto Rico prison in 1987 is caught in Florida

A man who escaped from a Puerto Rican prison in 1987 has been arrested in Fort Myers, Florida, where authorities say he had been living under a different name.

CBS News - 1d

Angel Reese hints at possible strike by WNBA players: 'If y'all don't give us what we want, we sitting out'

The current CBA expires following the 2025 WNBA season

CBS Sports - 3d

Cowboys re-sign All-Pro returner KaVontae Turpin to three-year, $18 million contract

Turpin earned two Pro Bowl selections and a 2024 first-team All-Pro nod for his work as a returner in his first three years

CBS Sports - 11h

Overwatch 2 Collaborates With K-Pop Group LE SSERAFIM On New Skins

Blizzard has announced that it is collaborating with the K-pop group LE SSERAFIM again, giving players new skins to purchase for a select few characters. The collaboration will run between March ...

GameSpot - 18h

2025 Fantasy Baseball Draft Prep First Base Tiers 3.0: Tiered rankings for a position that thins out early

The urgency at first base may be higher than you realize

CBS Sports - 1d

Sam Bankman-Fried Lobbies Trump Associates in Hopes of a Pardon

Mr. Bankman-Fried’s family and allies are trying to help him escape a 25-year prison sentence for fraud related to the collapse of his cryptocurrency exchange, FTX.

The New York Times - 4d

What We Know About mRNA Vaccines

On the five-year anniversary of the Covid pandemic, a Times reporter, Apoorva Mandavilli, looks back at the success of, and the backlash to, the mRNA vaccine. There’s no question that this vaccine ...

The New York Times - 20h

Markets plummet after Trump doesn't rule out recession

Markets plummeted Monday as investors expressed fear of an economic slowdown. In an interview that aired Sunday, President Trump was asked point blank if he's expecting a recession this year, and ...

CBS News - 1d

U.S. stock futures fall after a rough week on Wall Street, as Trump won’t rule out recession

U.S. stock futures fell Sunday, as President Donald Trump offered little reassurance after the S&P 500 had its worst week since September.

MarketWatch - 2d

Violence Sweeps Coastal Syria, Sowing Chaos: ‘We Have to Get Out of Here’

Residents described shootings outside their homes and bodies in the streets in Syria’s worst unrest since Bashar al-Assad’s ouster. More than 1,000 people have been killed since Thursday, a war ...

The New York Times - 2d

TGL Golf, Unrivaled TV Ratings Don’t Tell Full Story of First Seasons

Failure’s not too hard to spot. Success? That’s a little harder to pin down. In sports, catastrophic failure has its own specific gravity, so much so that we can evoke some of the most ...

Yahoo Sports - 4d

First firing squad execution in 15 years is carried out in South Carolina

South Carolina has conducted the first firing squad execution in the U.S. in over a decade. Brad Sigmon was pronounced dead at 6:08 p.m. last night, three minutes after sharpshooters fired their ...

CBS News - 3d

Fantasy Baseball Spring Roundup: Gerrit Cole injury update, Jacob deGrom's interesting strategy, and more

Plus, find out where Bo Bichette should ideally be selected in your next draft

CBS Sports - 1d

Texas official on Chinese tariffs: Running into 'little rough spell' is 'fine'

Texas Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller said farmers may have a “little rough spell” under President Trump’s new tariff policies with China but the demographic should be “fine” in the long run. ...

The Hill - 14h

Rice strike and Raya saves help Arsenal rescue point at Manchester United

Ruben Amorim had set the bar low, as he has regularly sought to do during his tumultuous four months in charge at Manchester United. Expectation management is the name of the game. “We just need ...

The Guardian - 2d

Understanding Trump's 2024 comeback

When President Trump left office in January 2021, he said he would "be back in some form." A new book, "Revenge: The Inside Story of Trump's Return to Power," examines the president's ...

CBS News - 7h

Sources: Godwin returns to Bucs on 3-year deal

Chris Godwin, who had the most receptions through the first seven weeks of the 2024 season before getting hurt, has reached a deal with the Bucs, the team said.

ESPN - 16h

Xbox-Branded Handheld Planned For Later This Year - Report

There could be an official Xbox-branded handheld out by the end of this year. A new report states that Microsoft is partnering with a PC gaming company, like ASUS or Lenovo, on the device, with a ...

GameSpot - 1d

Free agent S Camryn Bynum to sign a 4-year, $60 million deal with the Colts

The Colts haven't been a team known to spend big on free agency in recent years, so this is a bit out of character for them.

Yahoo Sports - 1d

Search intensifies for missing Pitt spring breaker. Here's what we know.

Authorities are searching in the tourist town of Punta Cana for any signs of 20-year-old Pitt student Sudiksha Konanki, who disappeared while on spring break.

CBS News - 1d

Do spring games hurt more than they help? A look at the changes being made

With more schools opting out of spring games, we examine the reasoning behind those decisions.

ESPN - 1d

30 Years Later, Chrono Trigger's Defining Feature Still Can't Be Topped

Chrono Trigger is celebrating its 30-year anniversary today, March 11, 2025. Below, we explore how its innovative New Game Plus feature set it apart as an all-time classic. I spent almost an ...

GameSpot - 16h

The Age of Diagnosis by Suzanne O’Sullivan review – are we really getting sicker?

A neurologist discusses the dangers of overdiagnosing conditions from Lyme disease to ADHD in an era where technology meets pathology. For many years, people living in Lyme, Connecticut, were ...

The Guardian - 3d

Death Stranding 2 - Story, Release Date, And Everything We Know

Death Stranding 2: On the Beach has a release date for later this year, giving fans of the 2019 game a brand-new adventure to experience in the ruins of a world where humanity is on the edge of ...

GameSpot - 15h

The Fantasy Baseball Blueprint to a 2025 championship

Fantasy baseball analyst Scott Pianowski drops everything you need to know to hoist a trophy this season.

Yahoo Sports - 6d

Tariffs could deal a blow to Chinatowns that have no choice but to import cultural goods, locals say

In Chinatowns across the country, people worry about the potential damage to business, loss of cultural traditions and the already high rates of poverty in these immigrant communities.

NBC News - 2d

Female founders in the U.S. VC ecosystem: the good and the bad | Pitchbook (updated)

Women founders and investors raised $38.8 billion in funding in the U.S. in 2024, up 27% from the year before, according to PitchBook.

VentureBeat - 6d

Sam Darnold signing with Seahawks: Former Vikings QB agrees to three-year, $100.5 million contract, per report

Darnold finds a new NFL home out west

CBS Sports - 1d

We’re facing a ‘forever chemicals’ crisis. We must stop Pfas at the source

Pfas are poisoning our soil and polluting our lungs. The EPA is finally sounding the alarm – but that’s not enough. Sign up for our Detox Your Kitchen newsletter Several years ago, I made a ...

The Guardian - 1d

2025 Fantasy Football: Projections for Geno Smith, Davante Adams, DK Metcalf, free agents, and more

Early Fantasy Football projections for players on the move

CBS Sports - 1d

MeidasTouch Pops on Podcast Charts as Progressives Search for Answers

The company is a leader among numerous digital-first outlets that have been reshaping the progressive media landscape since President Trump took office.

The New York Times - 1d

Fantasy Baseball: Should you draft or pass on these 6 polarizing hitters?

Scott Pianowski examines the hitters with the widest range of opinions this fantasy draft season.

Yahoo Sports - 13h

Trump vows to take ‘hundreds of billions’ in tariffs as Australia’s hopes of getting exemption fades

Australia unlikely to escape US president’s global steel and aluminium tariffs despite intense lobbying to be carved out. Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our ...

The Guardian - 1d

Fantasy Baseball: Top outfield sleepers for 2025

Fantasy baseball analyst Dalton Del Don shares why he believes these five outfielders could make waves in 2025.

Yahoo Sports - 16h

John Mulaney returns to late night with Netflix's 'Everybody's Live.' Here's what we know

After the success of last year's "Everybody's in L.A.," comedian John Mulaney is returning to the late-night format on Netflix with "Everybody's Live."

Los Angeles Times - 1d

Juan Soto first OF pick in last mock before Opening Day

Check out the results of our first fantasy baseball head-to-head points mock draft of 2025, featuring round-by-round picks and a snapshot of the rosters of all 10 teams.

ESPN - 19h