The Supreme Court is still on its three-month summer recess but already has loaded its docket with high-stakes legal battles for its term that begins in October.
Month: September 2024
One hundred years ago, in the summer of 1924, a government hunter named Frank Koehler set 21 traps near the remote town of Litchfield, in Lassen County about 75 miles north of Lake Tahoe, to catch a coyote that had killed a local farmer’s turkeys. When he returned a few days later, one of the
There’s a tropical disturbance over there in the Gulf of Mexico, another two out there in the Atlantic Ocean, but how much serious storm stew is brewing out there? Here’s … Click to Continue »
Photo: SunPower Solar developer SunPower filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in the US, but here’s some good news for its customers. Solar panel manufacturer Maxeon, a spin-off from SunPower, has announced it will provide warranty support in the US for SunPower-branded solar panels that it’s manufactured. Maxeon had a supply agreement to provide solar
A general strike in Israel to protest the failure to return hostages held in Gaza led to disruptions but was ignored in some areas, reflecting deep political divisions.
An 83-year-old Colorado fisherman has resurrected his 12-year fight for public freedom to wade in the state’s rivers, seeking arrest and risking conflicts with landowners by returning to a contested bend in the Arkansas River. Roger Hill hiked across federally managed public land to enter the river, donned his straw hat, and cast his dry-fly
23XI Racing driver Bubba Wallace has opened up on his devastating playoff heartache following the intense Cook Out Southern 500 at Darlington Raceway, the regular-season finale of the 2024 NASCAR Cup Series. Despite securing a remarkable pole position and leading 37 laps, Wallace’s playoffs dreams were crushed as he finished 16th. Wallace and rival Chris
Since Texas Gov. Greg Abbott began busing migrants to Chicago in August 2022, asylum-seekers have transformed the fabric of the city and beyond. More than 47,200 — mostly from Venezuela — have passed through Chicagoland and tens of thousands have settled here. Local officials have opened up over 20 buildings to temporarily house them and spent hundreds
A Bronx pedestrian is dead and an SUV driver in handcuffs after an early Monday crash on the Major Deegan Expressway, police said. The victim was struck near the Macombs Dam Bridge about 1:50 a.m. by the driver of a 2008 Toyota RAV4 going south on the expressway, cops said. Medics took the victim, believed
Legal powers introduced since the Grenfell Tower fire to force building owners to fix serious fire safety issues are being ignored, Sky News can reveal. One of the UK’s first Building Remediation Orders, issued by a judge last year, gave the owners of a block of flats in Bristol six months to fix serious fire
Singer Danielle Moore – who fronted the electronic band Crazy P – has died aged 52 in “sudden and tragic circumstances”, the group has confirmed. While her bandmates did not share her cause of death, they said they were “devastated” and would now “need time to process that this has happened”. Sharing a black and
Sep 2, 2024, 07:00 AM ET Open Extended Reactions As the final month of the 2024 MLB regular season begins, a few teams are already looking to October. The Milwaukee Brewers and Philadelphia Phillies have opened comfortable leads in the NL Central and NL East, respectively, while the Los Angeles Dodgers, New York Yankees, Baltimore
There were widespread disruptions across Israel on Monday as members of the country’s largest labor union went on strike to pressure Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to agree to a deal to bring home the remaining hostages held by Hamas in Gaza. The leader of the Histadrut union, which has hundreds of thousands of members
9/1: CBS Weekend News 18:41 A former child care worker in Australia pleaded guilty Monday to more than 300 counts of raping, sexually abusing and exploiting dozens of girls under his care. The charges against 46-year-old Ashley Paul Griffith were so extensive that it took Judge Anthony Rafter more than two hours to read them
The Climate Election: Your rising energy bills explained – CBS News Watch CBS News More Americans are having to choose between food and energy bills as the price of electricity rises. The cost is based on many factors, but one stands out from the rest — and is likely only going to make matters more
The sun is burning a hole in Americans’ wallets. Back-to-back months of heat records and sweltering days have contributed to rising electricity costs, and experts say that without action, it’s a problem that will likely only get worse. According to CBS News’ price tracker, the cost of electricity has increased from $0.14 per kilowatt hour