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7/1: CBS Evening News Plus – CBS News Watch CBS News The biggest challenges facing Senate spending bill’s passage in House; Reporter’s Notebook: When politicians cry wolf on fiscal restraint Be the first to know Get browser notifications for breaking news, live events, and exclusive reporting. Not Now Turn On
France bans smoking in most public areas – CBS News Watch CBS News The iconic image of a smoking Parisian is becoming a thing of the past as France has banned smoking in most public areas. Ramy Inocencio reports. Be the first to know Get browser notifications for breaking news, live events, and exclusive reporting. … Read more
Jimmy Swaggart, televangelist once mired in sex scandal, dies at 90 – CBS News Watch CBS News Jimmy Swaggart, one of the country’s best-known televangelists who apologized after he was caught in a sex scandal, has died, his ministry’s SonLife Broadcasting Network announced in a statement shared with CBS News. He was 90. Be the … Read more
The number of migrants caught crossing the southern border illegally set a new historic monthly low in June, continuing an extraordinary lull in illegal immigration the Trump administration has attributed to its aggressive deportation efforts, preliminary government data obtained by CBS News shows. Last month, Border Patrol agents along the U.S.-Mexico border recorded just over … Read more
Europe sweltering under severe heat wave – CBS News Watch CBS News Health warnings remained in effect in several European countries as the first major heat wave of the summer continues. Elizabeth Palmer has more. Be the first to know Get browser notifications for breaking news, live events, and exclusive reporting. Not Now Turn On
Minnesotans call it “Amara’s Law” — named for Amara Strande. Starting this year, it’s America’s strictest state law policing PFAS, compounds known as “forever chemicals.” They are found in everyday products such as non-stick cookware and cosmetics and linked to childhood cancers and other health issues. “It’s in products. In humans. It’s in animals. It’s … Read more
How a dying woman’s fight led to the toughest PFAS ban in the U.S. – CBS News Watch CBS News Starting this year, “Amara’s Law” in Minnesota became America’s strictest state law policing PFAS, compounds known as “forever chemicals.” Mark Strassmann has more on the woman whose testimony helped spur its passage. Be the first … Read more
U.S.-backed Gaza aid program faces questions over security, food reaching civilians – CBS News Watch CBS News More than 100 aid organizations are calling for the U.S.-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation to be shut down. Officials in Gaza say more than 500 Palestinians have been killed near the group’s distribution sites in the past month. Debora … Read more
Jason Barrett visits his 94-year-old grandmother, Ruth Raney, at the Martinsburg Healthcare Center in West Virginia as often as he can. Medicaid will soon be covering the cost of Raney’s care, putting her among the 77% of West Virginia nursing home residents — and 63% of nursing home residents nationwide — who rely on the … Read more
The University of Pennsylvania has agreed to ban transgender athletes, resolving the civil rights case sparked by swimmer Lia Thomas, the Department of Education said Tuesday. Penn agreed to a number of “action items” to resolve what the department calls Title IX violations, the Education Department said in a statement. Those items include restoring “to … Read more