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Arizona bar offers unique solution to dwindling Colorado River – CBS News Watch CBS News Desert Monks Brewing uses recycled water to create a unique flavor and save water in the American west. The unique production process combines classic beer-making techniques and new technology for something truly original. Be the first to know Get browser notifications for breaking news, live events, and exclusive reporting. Not Now Turn On
Eye on America: AI-powered MRI scans and a push for hospital price transparency – CBS News Watch CBS News In New York, we learn how a major hospital and a tech giant teamed up to develop a new form of MRI technology that utilizes AI for faster scans. Then in Massachusetts, we examine how private equity investors have impacted community hospital resources. Watch these stories and more on Eye on America with host Michelle Miller. Be the first to know Get browser notifications for breaking news, live events, and exclusive reporting. Not Now Turn On
Many of the world’s greatest historical structures and buildings have been constructed with stone, but the material is largely no longer used in construction because of its cost. A New York startup is trying to change that.
Andrew Carmellini has risen to the top of the culinary world, opening a bevy of restaurants in New York City over the past two decades. Now, his newest restaurant, Café Carmellini, is the first one that has his name on it. Jeff Glor has more.
Pressure has been mounting to reach a deal as Gaza’s humanitarian crisis is dramatically escalating while Israel insists it will launch an offensive into Rafah, the territory’s southernmost city.
MEXICO CITY — Mexican authorities said Friday that three bodies were recovered in an area of Baja California near where two Australians and an American went missing last weekend during an apparent camping and surfing trip. The state prosecutors office did not say whether the bodies were those of the three foreigners, but said the bodies were discovered during the search for the missing men. It also announced that three people who were being questioned in the case of the missing men had been arrested and charged. “Three bodies were found south of the city of Ensenada, and they were recovered in coordination with other authorities during a specialized operation because they were found in a zone of difficult access,” the office said in a statement. “This was done as part of the search for two Australians and one American reported missing,” the office said. The site where the bodies were discovered near the township of Santo Tomás was near the remote seaside area where the missing men’s tents and truck were found Thursday on a remote stretch of coast. The men — identified by family
By Greg Archer | Contributing Columnist Women of Worship and Warfare International, or WOWW, is proof that blessings can come from humble beginnings. Several years ago, the Colton-based organization began in the basement of Pastor Roseanna Campos’ home and has since become a vibrant nonprofit organization helping women in need. “We would go to the pastor’s home for Bible studies,” said Geri List, assistant to the executive director of WOWW Transitional Home and Domestic Violence Emergency Shelter. “What ended up happening was some of the women needed help with groceries and maybe even paying utilities. Or with situations in their home with their children, husbands, drug activity, and more. “We ended up helping the women by giving them counseling, directing them to the church, and bringing them groceries,” she said. A seed was planted. 2022 participants in the Women of Worship and Warfare International. (Courtesy of Women of Worship and Warfare International) Today, the faith-based nonprofit’s reach revolves around a primary goal: To prepare women through awareness, skills, and strategies to confront and move through challenges, personal or otherwise. “Although our organization is mainly the
Texas braces for severe flooding amid storms – CBS News Watch CBS News Millions of Americans are bracing for slow-moving storms this weekend. Parts of Texas are expecting giant hail, damaging wind gusts and catastrophic flood conditions. In Houston, heavy rain has swamped the area and led to mandatory evacuations for some. Be the first to know Get browser notifications for breaking news, live events, and exclusive reporting. Not Now Turn On
Protests continue at college campuses – CBS News Watch CBS News It’s been more than two weeks since college campuses nationwide erupted in protest over the war in Gaza, but as finals season begins, some students have to decide between continuing to take a stand or finishing the academic year. Be the first to know Get browser notifications for breaking news, live events, and exclusive reporting. Not Now Turn On
Meet the American craftsman helping rebuild France’s Notre Dame cathedral – CBS News Watch CBS News It’s been five years since a fire nearly destroyed France’s iconic Notre Dame cathedral, but rebuilding work on the historic landmark is almost completed, thanks in part to the efforts of an American craftsman. Be the first to know Get browser notifications for breaking news, live events, and exclusive reporting. Not Now Turn On
Jason de Leon has spent years studying undocumented migration and border concerns, trying to understand why people would leave their homes in search of new ones. The reasons can include climate change, poverty and violence, and in his newest book, Leon dives into clandestine border crossings like never before. Dana Jacobson has more.
OAKLAND – At a glance, Lawrence Butler’s first full year with the A’s has been merely okay. Butler delivered his first career walk-off on April 12, launching a 445-foot home run that same night, but through 30 games, he’s hitting .185 with a .599 OPS. Dig deeper, though, and Butler’s tantalizing potential becomes clear. He’s smashing the ball. He’s displaying more patience. He’s playing fantastic defense. He’s, in short, flashing glimpses of being a foundational piece. “I envision him being extremely successful,” Darren Bush, Oakland’s bench coach and director of hitting, said. “He’s big, strong and fast. When you have that combination and you’re willing to listen and you’re willing to learn and you’re willing to take information in and use it, you’re going to have a good chance of being successful.” The underlying number that immediately jumps out is his average exit velocity of 94.4 mph. Entering Friday, that places him in the 97th percentile, tying him with Shohei Ohtani and placing him just below Aaron Judge (94.6 mph) and Matt Olson (94.7 mph). It’s not just the exit velocity, either. Just about all
According to the January issue of “Consumer Reports,” owners of electric vehicles (EVs) have experienced 80% more problems than owners of gas-powered cars (“Who Makes the Most Reliable Cars?”). Recent headlines noted increased owner complaints about reliability, limited charging stations and other unique problems with EVs. Sales are strong, but not as strong as they were a year or two ago. All of which has led some industry observers to conclude that electric vehicles are a failed technology, doomed to disappear like many other overhyped innovations. Are EVs the new 3D TVs? We believe the reports of EVs’ demise have been greatly exaggerated. The complaints may be legitimate, but we need to keep them in perspective. EVs have been around for a long time, but are not mass produced. Sales of EVs exceeded 1 million for the first time in 2023 (up from only 320,000 in 2020). That’s impressive, but it is roughly equivalent to where the internal combustion-powered car was in 1913 — before what we now consider the Age of the Automobile. Cars in 1913 were not without complaints, either. They were unreliable
As the June 15 constitutional deadline for enacting a 2024-25 state budget approaches, the good news for Gov. Gavin Newsom is that all-important income tax revenues in April slightly exceeded the administration’s $16.3 billion assumption. Even so, the bad news is that overall revenues from income, sales and corporate taxes are still running $6 billion behind what Newsom’s January budget projected for the current fiscal year, meaning that cumulative deficit will be substantially more than the $38 billion Newsom’s proposed budget assumed. But how much more? The Legislature’s budget analyst, Gabe Petek, has estimated that the cumulative deficit for the three-year “budget window” — 2022-23, 2023-24 and 2024-25 — to be $73 billion, largely due to his more pessimistic revenue calculations. Newsom’s January budget assumes that revenues are running $44 billion under last year’s budget projections during the three-year window, while Petek raises that estimate to $68 billion. With revenue shortfalls driving the state’s deficit number — whatever it might be — everyone involved in the annual budget process was closely monitoring what April 15’s income tax filing deadline would produce. Newsom even indefinitely postponed his annual state of the state address because
A cold, rainy storm was forecast to move into the Bay Area on the morning of Saturday, May 4, and linger into late afternoon. The updating radar map above shows areas of precipitation in green, with greater intensities indicated by yellow and orange. A winter weather advisory is in effect for the northern Sierra Nevada, including Lake Tahoe, from 11 a.m. Saturday to 8 a.m. Sunday. The National Weather Service predicts a “high-impact spring storm” with heavy snow and high winds, and it warns of “difficult to impossible” driving above 5,000 feet elevation. Updates on road conditions can be found on CalTrans’ website or mobile app or by calling (800) 427-7623.
Slaughtering wolves from helicopters? Castrating hogs? Shooting up Priuses with assault weapons? Murdering misbehaving puppies? Is this what it takes for a Republican woman to be a credible candidate for higher office? Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin started this bizarre trend back in 2008, when she was Republican presidential candidate John McCain’s running mate. Palin leaned heavily on her Alaska outdoorswoman bona fides to prove she weren’t no sissy. There is no evidence that Palin ever clubbed a baby seal, but she definitely endorsed what many consider to be the inhumane practice of shooting wolves from the sky as a way to keep a wild population in check. She often called herself a “mama grizzly” and liked to joke that the difference between a hockey mom (herself) and a pit bull was “lipstick.” A few years later, when Iowa Republican Joni Ernst ran to succeed Iowa Democratic U.S. Sen. Tom Harkin in 2014, she cut a memorable — if repulsive — campaign spot in which she touted her experience castrating hogs on her family farm. It was meant to be funny, because of course cutting off the testicles of young hogs
Book Review Trippy: The Peril and Promise of Medicinal Psychedelics By Ernesto LondoñoCeladon Books: 320 pages, $29.99If you buy books linked on our site, The Times may earn a commission from Bookshop.org, whose fees support independent bookstores. Ernesto Londoño’s engrossing and unsettling new book, “Trippy: The Peril and Promise of Medicinal Psychedelics,” is part memoir, part work of journalism. It tells of how Londoño sought relief from depression with mind-altering drugs. It also investigates the current fad of “medicinal” psychedelics as a treatment for those struggling with depression, trauma, suicidality and other conditions. (Celadon Books) Like other psychedelic enthusiasts, Londoño — a journalist who reported in conflict zones such as Iraq and Afghanistan and served as the New York Times’ Brazil bureau chief — wants us to like psychedelics. They relieve him of depression and suicidality. He then continues to “trip” to engage in self-exploration: escape reality, journey into himself and return with an expanded view of the world. Calling street drugs and hallucinogenics such as psilocybin, MDMA/ecstasy, LSD and ayahuasca “medicine” is problematic. Psychedelic psychiatry has had a resurgence in the past decade, though
Hope Hicks, a longtime close aide of former President Donald Trump, took the stand Friday to testify in his New York hush money trial. Hicks detailed the chaos inside Trump’s 2016 campaign, making her the first member of Trump’s inner circle to testify.
Employment data released in April showed that less jobs were added during the month than analysts expected, and showed that the nation’s unemployment rate had ticked up. Economists say this shows a cooling job market, but President Biden said it’s a sign his own economic plan is working.
May 4, 2024 / 9:00 AM EDT / CBS News Crown We may receive an affiliate commission from anything you buy from this article. New York Times bestselling author and humorist A.J. Jacobs previously wrote about his experiment in living life as interpreted by the Old and New Testaments in “The Year of Living Biblically.” Now, in an effort to fully understand our nation’s founding document, Jacobs embarked on a year-long quest to be the original originalist, in “The Year of Living Constitutionally” (to be published by Crown May 7). Yes, muskets were involved. Read the book’s “preamble” below, and don’t miss John Dickerson’s interview with A.J. Jacobs on “CBS News Sunday Morning” May 5! “The Year of Living Constitutionally” by A.J. Jacobs Prefer to listen? Audible has a 30-day free trial available right now. The Preamble I recently discovered that if you walk around New York City while carrying an eighteenth-century musket, you get a lot of questions. “You gonna shoot some redcoats?” “Can you please leave?” “What the hell, man?” Questions aside, a musket can come in handy. When I arrived at my local coffee
Eye Opener: Russia ramps up attacks in Ukraine – CBS News Watch CBS News Russia is ramping up its attacks on Ukraine as military leaders see victories on the battlefield in Ukraine. Meanwhile, Caitlin Clark made her first appearance on a professional basketball court in a WNBA pre-season game. All that and all that matters in today’s Eye Opener. Be the first to know Get browser notifications for breaking news, live events, and exclusive reporting. Not Now Turn On
