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David White retired at 58 after a 33‑year career in education — the last 15 years as an elementary school principal in Atlanta, where he was once named Principal of the Year. He thought retirement would be “blissful and...
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...
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...
Sgt. 1st Class Jose Serrano spoke out after U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement released his wife, Deisy Rivera Ortega, following roughly a month in custody. The couple’s situation drew attention when Rivera Ortega...
An active-duty U.S. soldier has been reunited with his wife after she was released from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) custody following about a month of detention. The wife, who was detained in April...
Eleven people were rescued after their twin‑engine turboprop was forced to ditch in the Atlantic during a short flight between Bahamian islands.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement on Thursday released Deisy Rivera Ortega, the wife of active-duty U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Jose Serrano, after roughly a month in custody, Serrano told CBS News. Rivera Ortega, an El...
A small plane from the Bahamas crashed into the Atlantic Tuesday off the coast of Florida, and video captured the rescue of everyone on board. Officials say all 11 people who were aboard the aircraft were pulled from...
Modesto, Calif. — Sixth grade teacher Nancy Barajas dims the lights, turns on a disco ball and plays upbeat music before big tests. Her students dance together for a “pre-celebration,” then take their exams. In...
By Camilo Montoya‑Galvez / Updated May 13, 2026 Just eight days after returning to the White House in early 2025, President Trump announced an effort to convert the U.S. naval base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, into a...
Abraham H. Foxman, the outspoken longtime national director of the Anti-Defamation League who spent more than half a century fighting antisemitism and other forms of bigotry, has died, the ADL said Sunday. He was 86....
The Los Angeles Zoo has seen an extraordinary run of new arrivals, drawing crowds and renewed attention to species conservation. In under five months the zoo welcomed a baby gorilla, a baby orangutan and three infant...
