Can paying off debt too aggressively hurt your finances? Here's when it may make sense to slow down
CBS Newsby Angelica Leicht·1d ago
There are plenty of reasons to want to get rid of your revolving debt quickly, especially if you're a borrower who's carrying a balance from one month to the next in today's economy.
No Surprises Act shielded patients from big medical bills. Now its arbitration system may be raising costs.
CBS Newsby Samantha Rappaport; Anna Schecter; Maddie Kornfeld; Emma Li; Julia Ingram; Megan Cerullo; Alain Sherter; Aimee Picchi·1d ago
A law designed to protect patients from surprise medical bills succeeded in eliminating unexpected charges, but spawned a lucrative arbitration industry with providers and specialized middlemen...
For families in Israel and Gaza, neither the pain nor the memory of children lost has faded
CBS Newsby Ciara Moran; Holly Williams·1d ago
Three years after Hamas launched its attack on Israel, killing some 1,200 people and taking 251 others hostage, the pain felt by families of some of the youngest victims of the assault and the war...
Lawyers seek to block today's execution of Texas man, citing Christa Pike's botched lethal injection
CBS News·1d ago
Lawyers for a Texas man who fatally shot a convenience store clerk are asking a judge to stay his execution by lethal injection set for Wednesday, citing the failed execution of in Tennessee last...
Americans are paying 62% more for water than a decade ago. Here's where costs have risen the most.
CBS Newsby Mary Cunningham; Alain Sherter·1d ago
Americans aren't only paying more for food amid stubbornly high inflation — the cost of washing it down has also surged.
Space station crew heads home as replacements settle in for 6-month tour of duty
CBS Newsby William Harwood·1d ago
The four people departing the International Space Station strapped into their Crew Dragon capsule and undocked early Wednesday, setting up re-entry and splashdown Thursday off the coast of Southern...
Live Updates: Vance seems to soften Iran nuclear demands, Rubio says Tehran has "lost control" of Strait of Hormuz
CBS Newsby Frank Andrews; The Associated Press; Khaled Wassef; Brian Dakss·1d ago
What to know about the Iran war today: - Vice President JD Vance appeared to soften Tuesday, saying Tehran must do something "meaningful" to reduce its nuclear enrichment, despite President Trump...
U.S. intercepts $3 million worth of fuel shipments to Cuba as energy blockade tightens
CBS Newsby Nicole Sganga·1d ago
The U.S. has intercepted 90 Cuba-bound shipments of biodiesel — valued at nearly $3 million — widening a U.S.-imposed oil blockade led by the Department of Homeland Security aimed at choking off...
Shock gloves purchased by ICE cause intense pain and quick compliance, Army study finds
CBS Newsby Joe Walsh·1d ago
The immigration agents could soon use to control detainees and protesters worked so powerfully during a military exercise that participants felt intense pain, stopped fighting immediately and...
Breast cancer rates are rising in young women. Here is what you can do to protect yourself.
CBS Newsby Norah O'Donnell·1d ago
"Survivorship starts at the day of diagnosis," says Dr. Eleonora Teplinsky — and for hundreds of thousands of American women each year, it's their new reality.
How Israeli and Palestinian kids are coping 3 years after the Oct. 7 Hamas attacks ignited the Middle East
CBS Newsby Tina Kraus·1d ago
Three years after Hamas militants launched their assault on southern Israel, killing 1,200 people, taking 251 others hostage and triggering Israel's that has killed tens of thousands of...
Analysis: What links Israel's Oct. 7 and America's Pearl Harbor and 9/11 disasters?
CBS Newsby Dov Lieber·1d ago
Tel Aviv — With the first Israeli election since the Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas attack just three weeks away, the country is grappling with conflicting accounts about whether Prime Minister Benjamin...
Weeks before Election Day, the nation's campaign finance regulator can't enforce the law
CBS Newsby Gabe Kaminsky·1d ago
In July, Reps. Mike Lawler, a New York Republican, and Josh Gottheimer, a New Jersey Democrat, had a request for the Federal Election Commission: help make sure artificial intelligence chatbots do...
U.S. troops on Okinawa facing curfew, alcohol ban after Marine charged with murder
CBS News·1d ago
U.S. forces on Okinawa were barred from drinking alcohol for 48 hours on Wednesday and were put under a 30-day curfew in the wake of the allegedly committed by an American Marine.
In Maine Senate debate, Collins says she's "not exactly" Trump's "favorite senator"
CBS Newsby Joe Walsh·1d ago
In an often-testy Tuesday night debate, Republican Sen. Susan Collins of Maine touted her three-decade-long record in Congress and took aim at some Trump policies — while Democrat Troy Jackson...
Hundreds of Israeli flags vandalized outside church in McKinney, Texas, ahead of Oct. 7 observance
CBS Newsby J D Miles·1d ago
It was designed to be a striking display of support for Israel during a week of remembrance of the deadly Hamas attack on Oct. 7, 2023.
From million-dollar mansions to surveillance missions, the life and travels of an alleged Chinese agent
CBS Newsby Josh Boswell·1d ago
Three years before California realtor Wanying "Heather" Zhang was , she showed up in San Francisco celebrating the visit of President Xi Jinping.
Mass murderer Nidal Hasan set for Dec. 3 execution by firing squad at Fort Hood, email states
CBS Newsby Meagan Harris·1d ago
An execution date for former Army Maj. Nidal Hasan, who killed 13 people in a 2009 shooting at Fort Hood, has been set for Dec.
2026 midterm election races to watch
CBS Newsby Kaia Hubbard; Caroline Linton; Caitlin Yilek; Joe Walsh·1d ago
CBS News' Battleground Tracker polling is back for 2026, capturing what's on voters' minds and the key groups to watch coast to coast, as well as what it means for districts, seat estimates and...
Eva Marie Saint, star of "On the Waterfront" and "North by Northwest," dies at age 102
CBS Newsby David Morgan·1d ago
Academy Award-winning actor Eva Marie Saint, who starred in such classics as "On the Waterfront" and "North by Northwest," but also bucked Hollywood conventions throughout her lengthy career, has...
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