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White House’s John Kirby on U.S. response to Middle East conflict – CBS News Watch CBS News White House national security communications adviser John Kirby speaks about the U.S. response to Iran’s unprecedented attack on Israel over the weekend. Be the first to know Get browser notifications for breaking news, live events, and exclusive reporting. Not Now Turn On
Jury selection begins in first criminal trial for former President Donald Trump – CBS News Watch CBS News Jury selection begins Monday in the “hush money” trial of former President Donald Trump. Trump, who strongly denies breaking any laws, is charged in New York with trying to illegally cover up an alleged affair with an adult film star. There are more than 500 potential jurors being considered for the historic trial. Be the first to know Get browser notifications for breaking news, live events, and exclusive reporting. Not Now Turn On
Biden says U.S. will not participate in retaliatory strikes on Iran – CBS News Watch CBS News The White House is focused on preventing any further escalation between Israel and Iran following the direct assault by Iran over the weekend. A U.S. official told CBS News that President Biden has informed Israel’s prime minister that while the U.S. stepped up to protect Israel, the U.S. will not participate in any retaliatory strikes on Iran. Be the first to know Get browser notifications for breaking news, live events, and exclusive reporting. Not Now Turn On
President Biden reiterated the United States’ commitment to defending Israel following an unprecedented and direct assault on the country by Iran on Saturday. No lives were lost and nearly all the projectiles were shot down from the attempt to send drones and missiles to take out Israeli military targets that were allegedly involved in a deadly embassy bombing in Syria.
Melting ice and unusually heavy seasonal rains have inundated parts of southern Russia and Central Asia with floodwater.
A cargo ship lost power and slammed into the bridge last month. By Luke Barr and Alexander Mallin Monday, April 15, 2024 12:33PM Baltimore Bridge Collapse President Joe Biden got a firsthand look Friday at efforts to clear away the hulking remains of the collapsed Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore. BALTIMORE — The FBI is investigating whether there was any criminal wrongdoing in the crash that brought down the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore in March, two sources familiar with the matter told ABC News. The probe will look at whether the crew left port with the knowledge something could be wrong with the ship, according to a source. This is a developing story. Please check back for updates. Copyright © 2024 ABC News Internet Ventures.
By KEN MILLER Monday, April 15, 2024 12:23PM The suit was filed in the wake of the 2021 tragedy that killed 10 people and injured hundreds more at NRG Park. A judge in Texas is set to hear arguments Monday in rap star Travis Scott’s request to be dismissed from a lawsuit over the deadly 2021 Astroworld festival in Houston. Scott headlined the concert during which 10 people were killed as authorities and festival organizers responded to a massive crowd surge and tried to shut down the show. Last week, the judge dismissed lawsuits against hip-hop guest performer Drake along with several other individuals and companies involved in the show. Attorneys for Scott, whose real name is Jacques Bermon Webster II and is also known as “Cactus Jack,” write in the motion to dismiss that he is a performer and had no role in providing security or crowd management for the festival. “Performers are not expected to render special protection to the audience, nor to safeguard them from the rest of the crowd,” the motion said. “Performing artists, even those who engage in certain promotional
For many people, tax season isn’t only about gathering W-2 forms or calling an accountant. It can also bring intense feelings of stress or anxiety about dealing with finances. Financial stress during tax season can manifest in different ways, whether that’s procrastinating on your tax return until the last minute or experiencing intense stress about filing incorrectly. If you’re dealing with financial stress right now, you’re not alone. “Many Americans experience high stress during tax times, and many Americans are dealing with financial stress,” financial wellness expert Joyce Marter said. You might think emotions and money don’t go together, but they often affect each other, said Lindsay Bryan-Podvin, financial therapist and founder of Mind Money Balance. “Our money and mental health intersect because they’re two parts of our overall wellness,” said Bryan-Podvin. Here are recommendations from experts to reduce financial stress during tax season while still getting your return done by the deadline: Don’t avoid, plan Financial stress can happen all year long. While tax season is only a window of time, it comes with something that can be daunting: a deadline. Some might find
By Susannah Cullinane, CNN , CNNWire Monday, April 15, 2024 10:59AM WNBA star Brittney Griner and her wife, Cherelle, are expecting their first child, the couple announced in an Instagram post on Saturday. “Can’t believe we’re less than three months away from meeting our favorite human being,” they captioned a picture of them holding hands over an ultrasound of the child, adding the hashtags, “#BabyGrinerComingSoon” and “#July2024.” Griner, 33, re-signed with the Phoenix Mercury ahead of the 2024 WNBA season earlier this month. In 2022, she spent nearly 300 days in custody in Russia after being wrongfully detained. The two-time Olympic gold-medalist – who had played in the off-season for a Russian women’s basketball team for years – was arrested at a Moscow airport in February that year after authorities found cannabis oil in her luggage. Despite her testimony that she had inadvertently packed the cannabis oil, she was sentenced to nine years in prison for drug smuggling. The US State Department deemed Griner had been wrongfully detained and after negotiations, she was released in December 2022 in a prisoner swap that involved Russian arms
California has some of the nation’s highest electricity rates, and power bills are rising fast. That’s a problem because it makes it harder for people to afford switching from fossil fuels to clean electric cars and appliances that are essential to combating climate change. Who wants to invest thousands of dollars in a heat pump or induction stove only to be punished with higher bills? But there’s a proposal by the California Public Utilities Commission that would ease the burden by changing the way customers of the state’s big three investor-owned utilities are billed. Rather than being charged for each kilowatt-hour with rates bulked up to cover capital costs and maintenance, electric customers would pay a modest flat fee (about $24 a month for most households) and a lower per kilowatt-hour rate. It’s a well-thought-out approach to modernizing California’s electric rates that adheres to a 2022 law requiring the commission to adopt income-based fixed rates, and does so without any onerous new income verification program as had been proposed. Change is needed because the existing rate structure used by Southern California Edison, Pacific Gas &
A woman was found with a fatal gunshot wound in the Westlake neighborhood of Los Angeles Monday morning. Police were called to the scene near Ingraham Street and Lucas Avenue just before 2:30 a.m. Arriving officers found the woman suffering from a gunshot wound, a spokesperson for the Los Angeles Police Department confirmed. Police investigate a fatal shooting in Los Angeles on April 15, 2024. (OnScene.TV) Los Angeles Fire Department personnel pronounced the unidentified woman dead at the scene. She was believed to be between 30 and 40 years old, the spokesperson said. Video showed the victim was found down on the sidewalk, where officers put up a white canopy and crime scene tape. Gunman opens fire atop SoCal apartment complex, terrifies residents Investigators have not announced a possible motive for the shooting and no description of a possible suspect was released.
By Li Cohen April 15, 2024 / 7:18 AM EDT / CBS News A “curious cat” that British firefighters had to rescue after it became stuck between two walls is now rising to internet fame for its reaction. Rather than looking relieved to be out of its precarious situation, the cat was photographed looking anything but. Lancashire Fire and Rescue Service posted about the ordeal on Facebook, saying the calico feline was stuck “between a wall and a hard place.” A “curious cat” had to be rescued in Lancashire, England, after getting stuck between two walls – but it looked anything but relieved once free. Lancashire Fire and Rescue Service/Facebook “Our crews from Preston safely rescued this curious cat from their tight squeeze earlier this week. They found themselves stuck between two walls and our firefighters carefully chiselled them out safe and sound,” the service wrote on Facebook. They posted the information along with a photo of one of the animal rescuers cuddling the cat to his chest. But hundreds of commentators were quick to notice that “curious cat looks fuming.” “He was the reigning
Federal authorities are asking for the public’s help in tracking down two men seen damaging popular rock formations at the Lake Mead National Recreation Area in Nevada.
“If gratitude had a face it wouldn’t be this kitty cat,” one person said of the agitated-looking calico.
By David Downey | Contributing Writer When Major League Baseball celebrates Jackie Robinson’s historic 1947 debut with the Brooklyn Dodgers on Monday, April 15, a small number of players wearing No. 42 in his honor will be African Americans. Tony Reagins, MLB’s chief baseball development officer and the Angels’ former general manager, said the percentage of Black major leaguers is down again this season. It fell to 6.0% from 6.2% in 2023, based on opening day numbers. The percentage is one-third of what it was more than three decades ago, according to baseball demographic studies. One reason for the decline seems to be the enormous popularity of basketball and football. Servite High School outfielder Miles Scott is seen Thursday, April 11, 2024, before baseball practice at the Anaheim school. (Photo by Jeff Gritchen, Orange County Register/SCNG) Show Caption of Expand “Everybody wants to play basketball and football because those are the two big-dog sports,” said Miles Scott, a junior at Servite High School in Anaheim. Jackie Robinson Day What: Every April 15 since 2004, Major League Baseball honors his legacy and breaking of the sport’s
Now that federal investigators say they have solved the Mystery of the Missing Millions, Shohei Ohtani can focus entirely on baseball matters. Such as whether his team can actually win a World Series. These Dodgers are what they were expected to be — to a degree. Counting Ohtani, they have four of the best hitters in baseball. In Tyler Glasnow, they have a very good pitcher who can be great if he stays healthy. Those aren’t their concerns. Their problems are in the previously overlooked parts of the roster. They have an extremely top-heavy lineup. They have an unreliable bullpen. They have a shaky defense. These shortcomings are why they have dropped three of their five games against the San Diego Padres, including a 6-3 defeat on Sunday night at Dodger Stadium. The Dodgers have played one other National League team that was in playoff contention last year, the Chicago Cubs, and were beaten by them twice in a three-game series earlier this month. This isn’t to say the Dodgers won’t win their division. They should. This isn’t to say the Dodgers won’t win 100
April 15, 2024 / 6:43 AM EDT / AP Bogota, Colombia — A small boat full of decomposing corpses was spotted by fishermen off Brazil’s northeastern coast on Saturday, according to local news reports. Brazil’s Attorney General’s office said in a statement that it had dispatched a forensics team to the area to determine where the bodies and the boat came from. “Some reports say there could be up to 20 corpses” in the boat, the Attorney General’s office said in a statement. The office announced it was opening a criminal and a civil investigation into the incident. The boat was floating off the coast of the state of Para in a remote location about 185 miles from the state capital Belem. Pilot of packed migrant boat that sank off England convicted of manslaughter It wasn’t the first time that vessels carrying dead bodies were spotted by fishermen in the western side of the Atlantic Ocean. In 2021, at least seven boats full of corpses washed up in Brazil and the Eastern Caribbean. Boots are placed on the ground by police officers as they inspect a
The Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival is known as a place to see and be seen. Here are a sampling of the couture being sported by festival-goers this year. Fans of the Do Lab pose for a photograph during day two of the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival at the Empire Polo Club in Indio on Saturday, April 13, 2024. (Photo by Drew A. Kelley, Contributing Photographer) Festivalgoers pose for photos in the evening light during the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival at the Empire Polo Club in Indio, Calif., on Saturday, April 13, 2024. (Photo by Watchara Phomicinda, Contributing Photographer) From left, Simone Anderson and Maxy Gates of Atlanta pose for a photograph during day two of the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival at the Empire Polo Club in Indio on Saturday, April 13, 2024. (Photo by Drew A. Kelley, Contributing Photographer) Festivalgoers pose for photos in the evening light during the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival at the Empire Polo Club in Indio, Calif., on Saturday, April 13, 2024. (Photo by Watchara Phomicinda, Contributing Photographer) Love Moor relaxes
A pilot and a dog escaped with minor injuries after a small plane landed or crashed in the waters off the coast of Rancho Palos Verdes on Sunday, April 14, with crews later working to recover the sunken aircraft. A single-engine plane crashed into the ocean off Rancho Palos Verdes Sunday evening. A man with a dog on a leash, above, escaped the plane with the dog and swam to shore, authorities said. (Photo by Contributing Photographer Chuck Bennett) A single engine plane crashed into the ocean off Rancho Palos Verdes Sunday evening. It happened just off the coast from the Trump National Golf Club and officials said the pilot and a dog aboard swam to shore. (Photo by Contributing Photographer Chuck Bennett) A single-engine plane crashed into the ocean off Rancho Palos Verdes Sunday evening. (Photo by Contributing Photographer Chuck Bennett) A single-engine plane crashed into the ocean off Rancho Palos Verdes Sunday evening. (Photo by Contributing Photographer Chuck Bennett) A single-engine plane crashed into the ocean off Rancho Palos Verdes Sunday evening. (Photo by Contributing Photographer Chuck Bennett) A single-engine plane crashed into
TODAY’S WORD — JASMINE (JASMINE: JAZ-min: A shrub of the olive family, usually with very fragrant flowers.) Average mark 15 words Time limit 30 minutes Can you find 19 or more words in JASMINE? The list will be published tomorrow. SATURDAY’S WORD — BEVERAGES bare barge base baser bear beaver beer bereave berg beverage brag brave breve eager ease eave erase ever vase veer verb verge verse rage rave reeve ager agree aver averse garb gave gear geese grab grave grease saber sage sager save saver sear seer sere serve sever severe To purchase the Word Game book, visit WordGameBooks.com. Order it now for just $5 while supplies last! RULES OF THE GAME: 1. Words must be of four or more letters. 2. Words that acquire four letters by the addition of “s,” such as “bats” or “dies,” are not allowed. 3. Additional words made by adding a “d” or an “s” may not be used. For example, if “bake” is used, “baked” or “bakes” are not allowed, but “bake” and “baking” are admissible. 4. Proper nouns, slang words, or vulgar or sexually explicit words
CELEBRITIES BORN ON THIS DAY: Emma Watson, 34; Seth Rogen, 42; Chris Stapleton, 46; Emma Thompson, 65. Happy Birthday: Settle in and follow through with your plans. Separate and categorize. Strive for perfection, detail and organization. Use your intelligence to overcome and conquer. Recognize opportunities and be willing to accept change that will help you reach your goal. Walk away from high-pressure situations. Show your strength and courage, and be the one who makes a difference using kindness and compassion. Your numbers are 3, 14, 21, 28, 33, 37, 45. ARIES (March 21-April 19): Walk away from drama. Focus on getting things done and sticking to your agenda. Look over your investments and adjust whatever needs updating. Look for an opportunity, and you’ll discover a path to new beginnings. The aim is to stabilize, not disrupt. Personal growth is favored. 2 stars TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Be creative, step outside your comfort zone and try something new. A change will revitalize you and encourage you to visualize what you want. Hesitation will lead to regret. Act instinctually, and don’t look back. Direct your energy wisely
