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Updated on: February 27, 2026 / 7:34 PM EST / CBS/AP Add CBS News on Google Neil Sedaka, the prominent singer-songwriter whose string of hits in the 1960s and '70s included "Laughter in the Rain," "Breaking Up is Hard to Do" and "Calendar Girl," has died, a representative confirmed to CBS News on Friday. He

Ayatollah Alireza Arafi appointed to interim leadership council Iran’s Guardian Council announced on Sunday that it had selected Ayatollah Alireza Arafi to join the three-person temporary leadership council formed to lead Iran following the killing of Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei. In this file photo, a woman walks past electoral posters of Ayatollah Alireza Arafi, then

Listen to this article with a free account President Donald Trump said Saturday that U.S. and Israeli strikes on Iran killed Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and other top leaders. “The people that make all the decisions, most of them are gone,” Trump told NBC News in a phone call, adding that “a large amount of leadership”

Bella Grace Wardlaw, age 13, of Phoenix, Arizona, formerly of Rome, Georgia, passed away peacefully at her home on Monday, February 23, 2026. Born on March 29, 2012, in Rome, Georgia, Bella was the beloved daughter of Mr. Andrew David Wardlaw and Mrs. Beth Lumpkin Wardlaw. She attended Hillcrest Middle School, where her artistic talents

By Haley Ott is the CBS News Digital international reporter, based in the CBS News London bureau. Read Full Bio Updated on: February 28, 2026 / 5:55 AM EST / CBS News Add CBS News on Google President Trump announced early Saturday that the U.S. was undertaking " major combat operations in Iran ," as

  5m ago Israeli military official says operation planned in unprecedented coordination with U.S. An Israeli military official told reporters that Saturday's joint strikes with the U.S. followed weeks of extensive planning and coordination between the two countries at a level that had never been seen before.  The official would not put a timetable on

Updated on: February 28, 2026 / 4:11 AM EST / CBS News Add CBS News on Google Washington — President Trump ordered military strikes on Iran early Saturday after pressing the country to curtail its nuclear program, grappling with an issue that has vexed presidents from both parties for decades.  Iran — which denies having

By Olivia Gazis covers intelligence and international security matters for CBS News. Twice Emmy-nominated, she has traveled worldwide with the secretary of state and contributes reporting on intelligence, foreign policy and other security topics across CBS News broadcast, radio, online and streaming platforms. Read Full Bio Camilla Schick is a British journalist in D.C. and

Bahrain says missile attack targeted US Navy fleet service center Bahrain’s state-run news agency said Saturday that the U.S. Navy's Fifth Fleet’s service center was targeted in a missile attack Saturday. IDF says strikes on dozens of military targets in Iran The joint Israeli-U.S. strike on Iran "included an attack on dozens of military targets

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