Category: INTERNATIONAL

[ad_1] Texas agents begin arresting migrants at border crossing – CBS News Watch CBS News Texas state agents began arresting migrants at the southern border Wednesday night. The state defied federal officials who demanded Border Patrol agents’ access to a migrant-processing area be restored. CBS News immigration reporter Camilo Montoya-Galvez has more. Be the first… Continue reading Texas agents begin arresting migrants at border crossing

[ad_1] Even comparatively well-off Americans are struggling to afford a home in larger cities given the soaring housing prices in recent years. According to new data from real estate investing platform Arrived, higher income earners — defined as those in the top 30% — can’t comfortably afford to buy a home at any age in Boston, Denver,… Continue reading In larger U.S. cities, affording a home is tough even for people with higher income

[ad_1] Rates of routine childhood vaccination hit a 10-year low in 2023. That, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, puts about 250,000 kindergartners at risk for measles, which often leads to hospitalization and can cause death. In recent weeks, an infant and two young children have been hospitalized amid an ongoing measles… Continue reading How fringe anti-science views infiltrated mainstream politics — and what it means in 2024

[ad_1] The U.S. conducted its fourth round of strikes against Houthi targets in Yemen in just under a week on Wednesday after the Houthis continued targeting commercial vessels, a U.S. official confirmed to CBS News. The strikes targeted several sites that were prepared to launch attacks, according to the official.  Initial reports of the strikes… Continue reading U.S. launches fourth round of strikes in a week against Houthi targets in Yemen

[ad_1] CUPERTINO — A federal appeals court has decided to revive a U.S. sales ban on Apple’s premium watches while it referees a patent dispute revolving around a sensor, raising the specter that the company will pull the devices from stores for the second time in less than a month. The ruling issued Wednesday by… Continue reading Appeals court reinstates sales ban on Apple Watch models with blood oxygen monitor

[ad_1] World leaders gathered at the World Economic Forum’s annual meeting in Davos, Switzerland, on Wednesday to discuss Disease X, a hypothetical virus 20 times deadlier than COVID-19. While such a virus isn’t known to currently exist, researchers, scientists and experts are hoping to proactively come up with a plan of action to combat such… Continue reading World leaders are gathering to discuss Disease X. Here’s what to know about the hypothetical pandemic.

[ad_1] 1/17: Prime Time with John Dickerson – CBS News Watch CBS News John Dickerson reports on an ice storm in the Northwest, the Supreme Court appearing critical of a key doctrine known as “Chevron deference,” and what happens now that the U.S. has designated the Houthis as a terrorist organization. Be the first to… Continue reading 1/17: Prime Time with John Dickerson

[ad_1] A prosecutor investigating the dramatic live-broadcast armed assault last week on an Ecuadoran television station was shot dead Wednesday, the country’s attorney general said. “In the face of the murder of our colleague Cesar Suarez… I am going to be emphatic: organized crime groups, criminals, terrorists will not stop our commitment to Ecuadoran society,”… Continue reading Ecuador prosecutor investigating TV studio attack shot dead in his vehicle, attorney general says

[ad_1] The attorney general of Texas on Wednesday defied federal officials who demanded state authorities abandon a public park along the U.S.-Mexico border that state National Guard soldiers seized last week, setting up a legal showdown with the Biden administration over the country’s immigration policies. Over the weekend, the Department of Homeland Security called on… Continue reading Texas defies federal threat to abandon border area, setting up legal showdown

[ad_1] Washington — The Supreme Court’s conservative majority appeared likely Wednesday to curtail the ability of federal agencies to regulate a host of areas that touch on American life, signaling that a 40-year-old decision characterized as a “bedrock” of administrative law could be in jeopardy. The two challenges before the justices Wednesday arose from a… Continue reading Supreme Court signals openness to curtailing federal regulatory power in potentially major shift