“I’m half Asian,” 13-year-old Chris Wang (Izaac Wang) declares to his new skater friends in this summer’s buzzy coming-of-age film “Didi.” He’s not; he’s telling an absurd lie that he believes will impress his friends. They start chanting, “Half-Asian Chris! Half-Asian Chris!” Later, when they meet Chris’ mother and discover both his parents are Taiwanese,
Month: September 2024
Sports News By JOHN RABY and SAFIYAH RIDDLE, Associated Press September 1, 2024 | 11:24 AM HEWITT, W.Va. (AP) — Ryan Craddock had seen his share of tragedy during two decades as a coal miner and firefighter. Then came the toughest heartbreak of all: his own. Craddock and his family are mourning the loss of
San Francisco 49ers rookie wide receiver Ricky Pearsall was shot on Saturday during an attempted robbery. The incident took place in Union Square and the rookie wideout was considered to be in stable condition at the time the news broke. Read more: 49ers Rookie Ricky Pearsall in Stable Condition After Being Shot in San Francisco
JERUSALEM — Israel’s largest trade union called a general strike for Monday to pressure the government for a cease-fire in Gaza after Israel said it had recovered the bodies of six hostages, including a young Israeli-American man held by Hamas. The Histadrut represents some 800,000 workers in such areas as health care, transportation and banking,
The Giants enter a season with expectations of — once again — being one of the worst teams in the NFL. Sportsbooks have Big Blue’s over/under set at 6.5 wins with +15000 odds to win the Super Bowl. While the expectations to hoist the Lombardi Trophy are absent this season, there are still plenty of
Creating a memorial to the horrors of World War I – CBS News Watch CBS News Washington, D.C., is home to numerous monuments, with a conspicuous omission: there has been no national memorial to the soldiers who’d fought and died in the First World War. After more than eight years of preparation, the completed World
Over the past 40 years, memorials to America’s 20th century wars have sprung up across Washington, D.C., with one conspicuous omission: There was no national memorial to veterans of World War I in our nation’s capital. “If you ask anybody on the streets where the World War I memorial is in D.C., most of them
Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson on Supreme Court ethics, presidential immunity – CBS News Watch CBS News Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, the first Black woman to sit on the Supreme Court, has a new memoir out Tuesday called “Lovely One.” In her first broadcast interview since joining the nation’s highest court, Jackson talks with “CBS Evening
Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson is the first Black woman to serve on the Supreme Court — and she’s determined not to be the last. Jackson’s new memoir, “Lovely One,” which will be released Tuesday, chronicles her ascent to the nation’s highest court and is titled after the meaning of her name, Ketanji Onyika. The 53-year-old
Walking the halls of the U.S. Supreme Court, Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson said, “I’m still just so floored being in this building.” In 2022 Jackson was named by President Joe Biden to the Supreme Court. In the two years since, the court’s newest and youngest member has become the most prolific questioner from the Bench.
Passage: In memoriam – CBS News Watch CBS News “Sunday Morning” remembers some of the notable figures who recently left us, including French actor Alain Delon, star of such classics as “Le Samouraï” and “The Leopard.” Be the first to know Get browser notifications for breaking news, live events, and exclusive reporting. Not Now Turn
The following is a transcript of an interview with Jonathan Dekel-Chen, whose son is being held hostage by Hamas, on “Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan” that aired on Sept. 1, 2024. NANCY CORDES: We are joined now by Jonathan Dekel-Chen, the father of one of the Israeli-American hostages still being held by Hamas. He
Nature: Sand Dollar Beach – CBS News Watch CBS News We leave you this Sunday overlooking Sand Dollar Beach in Monterey County, California. Videographer: Ed Givnish. Be the first to know Get browser notifications for breaking news, live events, and exclusive reporting. Not Now Turn On
Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson on Supreme Court’s affirmative action rulings – CBS News Watch CBS News In this web extra, Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson talks with “CBS Evening News” anchor and managing editor Norah O’Donnell about her dissent in the Supreme Court’s recent rulings that struck down the use of race as a factor in
Nogales, Mexico — While local food vendors, commuters and American travelers went about their day, migrants deported by the U.S. to this Mexican border city sat idly, visibly demoralized and disoriented. “I’m desperate,” said Emmanuel, a migrant from Mexico who had been returned from the U.S. earlier in the day. “I don’t know what I
Former President Donald Trump can make news 24/7 — and that includes on an otherwise sleepy Saturday on Labor Day weekend. While many readers were having breakfast, the Republican presidential nominee broke with Gov. Ron DeSantis and other Florida leaders, supporting the Adult Personal Use of Marijuana citizen initiative that would legalize recreational use as