Updated May 15, 2026 / 7:50 PM EDT — A large fire and explosion at Robbins Lumber in Searsmont, Maine, killed one firefighter and injured at least 10 others on Friday, officials said. The blaze remained active late...
May 15, 2026 — SpaceX sent an uncrewed Dragon cargo ship toward the International Space Station Friday, carrying roughly 6,500 pounds of supplies, hardware and science gear for about 50 separate investigations.
Health officials are racing to contain a new Ebola outbreak in Africa after reports linked the virus to dozens of deaths. The cluster — reported in the Democratic Republic of Congo — has prompted surveillance...
Federal prosecutors say a planned terror campaign targeting Jewish institutions in New York, Los Angeles and Scottsdale, Arizona, was disrupted and a man linked to the alleged scheme has been arrested and brought to New...
Updated May 15, 2026 — Washington The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday declined to revive a voter-approved Virginia congressional map drawn to benefit Democrats, leaving intact a decision by the Virginia Supreme Court that...
Major Garrett filled in for Tony Dokoupil on the May 15 CBS Evening News, opening with a string of national and international developments: a foiled terror plot in the U.S., a massive mill explosion in Maine...
Michigan state senator and Senate candidate Mallory McMorrow told CBS News’ The Takeout that her Republican general-election opponent, U.S. Rep. Mike Rogers, will be “a formidable competitor” in November — and warned...
President Trump concluded a two-day summit in Beijing with outcomes that left some U.S. officials and lawmakers uneasy about Washington’s commitments to Taiwan. Following the trip, details were sparse about any concrete...
By Caitlin Yilek, CBS News — May 15, 2026 Former Defense Secretary Robert Gates told Face the Nation that the greatest danger Cuba poses to the United States is the island's potential collapse and the resulting...
Updated May 15, 2026 — Washington — As the Defense Department accelerates efforts to field inexpensive, expendable drones, an Army explosive safety specialist cautioned that the push to innovate quickly may be outpacing...
Updated May 14, 2026 — The commander of U.S. Central Command told the Senate Armed Services Committee that Operation Epic Fury met its objectives in significantly degrading Iran's military capacity, while warning that...
The Department of Justice is finalizing a plan to establish a "Truth and Justice Commission" and a $1.776 billion compensation fund to resolve claims by people who say they were harmed by government "weaponization,"...
