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After 40 years on the run, escaped prisoner located and caught
A man who escaped a Puerto Rican prison nearly 40 years ago was taken into custody in Florida, according to the Lee County Sheriff's Office.ABC News - 3d -
FBI joins search for missing U.S. college student in the Dominican Republic
Authorities in the Dominican Republic are expanding their search for 20-year-old Sudiksha Konanki, last seen on a beach early Thursday morning. The FBI is now assisting, and police are ...CBS News - 20h -
Woman, 40, killed in shooting named
The 40-year-old died at the scene of the shooting in Rhondda Cynon Taf on Sunday.BBC News - 1d -
Saudi Arabia lifted a ban on cinemas. Now it just needs people to turn up
Local box office has struggled since movie ban was lifted in 2018Financial Times - 3d -
Fantasy Baseball: Which Expected Statcast Stats from last season should we believe for these hitters in 2025?
Statcast can be a powerful tool for fantasy baseball managers.Yahoo Sports - 1d -
Veterans cuts spark GOP backlash on Capitol Hill
"We don't need to be reading memos in the paper about 20 percent cut at the VA," Sen. Lindsey Graham said.Politico - 5d -
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 -
Lightening Up
Daylight saving time begins tomorrow, and the days are getting lighter and more expansive. If we want to, we can, too.The New York Times - 3d -
Selma marks 60 years since "Bloody Sunday"
Thousands paid tribute over the weekend in Selma, Alabama, to the nonviolent protestors who 60 years ago sought the equal right to vote. In what came to be known as "Bloody Sunday," the protestors ...CBS News - 1d -
Russian strike on Ukrainian town kills 11 as US cuts intelligence sharing with Kyiv
A Russian strike on a town in Ukraine’s embattled Donetsk region has killed at least 11 people as a wave of heavy aerial attacks continued into the second night following a U.S. decision to stop ...ABC News - 4d -
Russian strike on Ukraine kills more than 10 after Trump threatens sanctions
Russia struck the Donetsk region in Ukraine on Friday, killing at least 11 and wounding 30 people according to Ukraine’s officials, hours after President Trump threatened to impose sanctions on ...The Hill - 3d -
Prison labor, an invisible workforce of the U.S. economy
Incarcerated workers produce $2 billion in goods and $9 billion in services every year. But not all of the incarcerated are paid for their labor, which can benefit people inside and outside a ...CBS News - 2d -
Athletics owner John Fisher thinks he's set his team up for success: 'We think that we can win today'
The A's spent in the winter after their 92-loss season, but it's almost impossible to envision a turnaroundCBS Sports - 15h -
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At least 20 killed in Russian missile strikes on eastern Ukraine; Iconic Volkswagen microbus gets an electric revivalCBS News - 2d -
European stocks have crushed the U.S. — now a big bank is shifting its view
The year has started with a big rally for European stocks as the U.S. market struggles to remain above water. Now, HSBC strategists are changing their tune.MarketWatch - 1d -
Newark Police Officer Is Killed and Another Is Injured in Shooting
Gov. Philip D. Murphy of New Jersey asked people to “please pray” for the officers, who were shot around 6:30 p.m. Friday.The New York Times - 3d -
Lessons from the COVID-19 pandemic 5 years later
Five years ago Tuesday, the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a global pandemic. CBS News digital reporter Alex Tin explains the lessons the government and public health officials learned.CBS News - 9h -
UK reggae pioneers Steel Pulse: ‘We told punk fans – you can pogo, but please don’t spit at us’
They won a Grammy, risked being shot in the US and were adored by Bob Marley. As they go on tour, the band look back on half a century of being a voice for the voiceless. In the late 1970s, ...The Guardian - 18h -
CB Jourdan Lewis, Jaguars agree on 3-year, $30M deal
Lewis will reportedly be the NFL's highest-paid nickel defensive back, with a deal for three years and $30 million with $20 million guaranteed, as well as $12.5 million this coming season.Yahoo Sports - 1d -
You Can Now Romance A Popular Baldur's Gate 3 Character In Stardew Valley
If the internet has taught me anything, its that Stardew Valley and Baldur's Gate 3 are two games folks simply cannot get enough of, myself included. Fortunately, a newly-released, fan-made mod, ...GameSpot - 1d -
Figma in Talks With Bankers to Explore an I.P.O. This Year
The design tech company is exploring a public offering after regulators stymied its $20 billion sale to the software giant Adobe in 2023.The New York Times - 4d -
What Cooper Flagg Is Doing Is One of One, and It Deserves to Be Recognized
The expected No. 1 pick in this summer’s N.B.A. draft has a strong case for N.C.A.A. basketball’s player of the year award.The New York Times - 2d -
What Does a Shutdown Have to Do With the Budget or Elon Musk? Here’s a Guide.
A short-term spending bill, a 10-year budget plan and Musk’s cost-cutting team are all progressing at once.The New York Times - 11h -
Brazilian authorities suspend the airline involved in last year's crash that killed 62
Yahoo News - 14h -
5 years since WHO declared COVID-19 a pandemic
Five years ago Tuesday, the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 as a global pandemic. Dr. Bob Lahita, director of the St. Joseph's Institute for Autoimmune and Rheumatic Disease, joined CBS ...CBS News - 19h -
A reason to root for each driver, a question facing every team
Before the season kicks off, we bring you a reason to root for all 20 drivers, and the issues facing all 10 teams.ESPN - 1d -
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 - 23h -
Super Mario Bros. Scenes Now Available On Nintendo Alarmo
There's a hot new machine from Nintendo that everybody's talking about that just received a major update, and you know we don't mean the Switch 2. Yes, Nintendo's motion-activated alarm clock got a ...GameSpot - 1d -
Jurassic-era trees have grown in Tasmania for millions of years. Now they face their biggest threat: fire
Pencil pines grow for more than a thousand years each, and only in Tasmania. As lightning fires become more common, humans must mobilise to protect them – or lose these ancients forever. Get our ...The Guardian - 3d -
Four charged in death of boy killed in hyperbaric chamber fire in Michigan facility
Three people were charged with second-degree murder and a fourth person was charged with involuntary manslaughter in the death of Thomas Cooper, 5.NBC News - 1d -
14-year-old arrested as officer is killed, another wounded in New Jersey shooting
A 14-year-old was taken into custody on murder charges following a shootout with Newark, New Jersey, police officers Friday evening that left one dead and a second hospitalized, officials said.NBC News - 3d -
Schiff on transgender athletes: Confident that 'local communities' can 'make decisions' to ensure sports 'safe,' 'fair'
Sen. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) said Sunday he’s confident local communities can make their own decisions about whether to let trans athletes participate in women’s sports in a way that is “safe” and ...The Hill - 2d -
My husband plans to leave his estate to his adult son, who steals his credit card to gamble online. What can I do?
“Dementia runs in my husband’s family. My husband’s son has been known to take money from his dad without permission.”MarketWatch - 1d -
Steve Kornacki: Can Republicans build on Trump’s momentum in Wisconsin?
NBC News National Political Correspondent Steve Kornacki joins Meet the Press NOW to discuss Wisconsin's shifting electorate ahead of the state's Supreme Court election.NBC News - 12h -
FBI joins Dominican Republic search for missing University of Pittsburgh student, police say
The FBI has joined the Dominican Republic’s police in searching for Sudiksha Konanki, the University of Pittsburgh student who went missing a week ago while on spring break. Konanki, 20, vanished ...The Hill - 15h -
Covid’s Deadliest Effect Took Five Years to Appear
What once belonged to all of us now belongs to corporations.The New York Times - 1d -
Reflecting on five years since the COVID-19 pandemic changed the world
On this day five years ago, the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a global pandemic, shutting down daily life, crippling the economy and reshaping public health. More than 1.1 million ...CBS News - 19h -
It's been 5 years since WHO declared COVID pandemic
Five years ago today, the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a pandemic. Two days later, President Trump declared a national emergency. "CBS Evening News" co-anchors John Dickerson and ...CBS News - 8h -
Landslide in southwest Colombia kills 1 and leaves 3 missing
Officials in Colombia say at least one person has died and three other people are missing after heavy rains unleashed a landslide in the country's southwest regionABC News - 3d -
Seahawks trade Geno Smith to Raiders: Ranking Seattle's QB options after making surprising deal with Las Vegas
A look at what Seattle can do to fill its new void at the QB positionCBS Sports - 3d
