California enacts unprecedented restrictions on rat poisons in bid to protect wildlife

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L.A. Sparks star Cameron Brink had a fairytale engagement in Paris.

The Duke of Sussex, 40, is currently visiting home soil for a series of charity events -- but a royal reunion is likely not on the cards.

The pop star and Morris smiled together for a selfie while sitting in the stands of the Stamford Bridge stadium during a Chelsea F.C. soccer game.

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This Mets' roster has struggled mightily against Freddy Peralta, hitting just .200 in 83 plate appearances.

New York Rep. Elise Stefanik, a top Republican in the House and supporter of former President Donald Trump, speaks with "CBS Mornings" about the only vice presidential debate between Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and Sen. JD Vance.

Dave Benett/GettyPart of the reason Prince Andrew is steadfastly refusing to budge from his home, Royal Lodge, which he leases at a bargain price from the Crown Estate, is to leave it to his children, sources have previously told The Daily Beast.A bitter irony, then, that his older daughter, Princess Beatrice, now reportedly finds the place a “stress hole” that she avoids for fear of being drawn into her father’s ongoing humiliation over his alleged sexual relationship with Jeffrey Epstein victim Virginia Giuffre.The latest installment of this “nightmare” was the poorly received Amazon TV series A Very Royal Scandal, which starred Ruth Wilson as former BBC journalist Emily Maitlis, and Michael Sheen as Prince Andrew.Read more at The Daily Beast.

The request is the latest fallout from a Washington Post article revealing how a secret Justice Department investigation was closed despite prosecutors and FBI agents having sought to take additional steps.

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Decades after founding Pizzeria Paradiso, pioneer Ruth Gresser starts turning over the reins to Carlos Gonzalez, who immigrated from El Salvador in 2000.

Vice presidential candidate Gov. Tim Walz exaggerated claims about how many times he traveled to China, telling people he spent much more time there than in actuality.

The governor is asking people to act sustainably while making it harder for them to go solar.

This October, Netflix is treating you to a ghoulishly good programming slate with the best TV shows from around the world, so tune in to see these titles thrive all month long.

And we may ask ourselves (to quote Talking Heads—it’s never not a good time to quote Talking Heads): Well, how did we get here? How did we bring ourselves to this place of howling jeopardy? On the eve of the 2024 vice-presidential debate, with the stakes so terribly high, can we get a bit of context? And could it be presented entertainingly, so we don’t get bored? Allow me to recommend a viewing or re-viewing of Game Change. But first: Let’s go back. Back through the germ clouds and the sulfur swirls and the windows getting broken with the butts of flagpoles, to a time when we were only half-crazy. Three-quarters crazy, maybe. Let’s go back to the summer of 2008.Remember 2008? John McCain was the Republican candidate for president. The Democratic candidate was Barack Obama. The Great Backlash was yet to be unleashed; the foaming tides of grievance awaited their arch whipper-up.McCain versus Obama. Interesting pair of characters, interesting binary moment for the nation: cranky old McCain the war hero, unpredictable, unsteady perhaps, rumbling around the country on the Straight Talk Express (his bus)—and handsome young Obama, the anointed, the noble profile with his arena-swelling cadences. “We are a people of improbable hope … with an eye toward the future!” (Cue hysteria, flashbulbs.) Did he have a bus? Surely he simply hovered, weightless, from rally to rally. And as the summer wore on and convention time neared, it became apparent that Obama was creaming McCain. The polls, they jigged and jagged, the mood of the electorate swung this way and that, but McCain was always behind. Always losing. He had to make a move. He had to shake it up. He had to do something … game-changing.Game Change dramatizes the reckless hour when McCain picked Governor Sarah Palin of Alaska to be his running mate (“This is a woman with a gun, John!” burbles one of his advisers: “I mean, c’mon! The base is gonna be doing backflips”) and was then obliged to deal with the fallout as it emerged that she didn’t know much about foreign countries or what the Federal Reserve was. Woody Harrelson plays the McCain strategist/bouncer Steve Schmidt, all shoulders and gleaming cranium; Ed Harris plays a rambunctious, foulmouthed, wide-eyed McCain; and Julianne Moore, from a place of truly Strasbergian inwardness, plays Palin.At the time of its release—2012—Game Change seemed a fairly earnest and didactic, if very well made, piece of entertainment. Framed at beginning and end by Schmidt’s interview with Anderson Cooper (in which a sweating Schmidt is asked, “If you had it to do over again, would you have her on the ticket?”), it seemed pretty clear on the idea that the Palin pick was a disaster, a Faustian bargain with the forces of American irrationality. McCain loses, of course, but right after his super-dignified concession speech, the crowd starts lowing: “Sa-RAH! Sa-RAH!” Something is happening. Palin glows, a radioactive glow. The soundtrack drones with foreboding; the McCain team look around nervously. They can feel the lion’s breath of history on their necks.[From the June 2011 issue: Joshua Green on the tragedy of Sarah Palin]Watched now, it feels more complex. Because it’s a movie, a good movie, with an obligation to character and narrative arc and so on, Game Change, almost in spite of itself, gives us a Palin who is rounded and human and likable. Plucked from her Alaskan habitat by the unscrupulous jocks of the McCain campaign, small-town Sarah struggles in the jangling world of prime time. She keeps her family nervously close—even including in her entourage the young man who recently impregnated her daughter out of wedlock. (“Thank you for inviting me, Mrs. Palin.” “Thank you for cutting your mullet, Levi. I really appreciate it.”) Her speech at the Republican National Convention is a smash—she kills it!—and the people out on the road love her, but her political persona is brittle. It does not retain information. It was not built for scrutiny. To the liberal media, she becomes quarry, and you feel for her in the big interviews. You dislike Charlie Gibson and his schoolmasterly frown. Katie Couric circles with a predatory glitter: “When it comes to establishing your worldview, I was curious: What newspapers and magazines did you regularly read before you were tapped for this?” (“Name one fucking paper!” groans Schmidt.)Verbally, the movie has two registers, which serve as two opposing discourses. One is the homespun idiom of folksy Sarah: “Hey, Bristol? You hold Trig. I’m gonna take Piper on the roller coaster.” The other is the ultra-secular, sub-Sorkin politico-speak used by the hacks and flacks around McCain. “The data shows we have four things we have to do. We have to win back the independents, we have to excite the base, we have to distance ourselves from the Bush administration, and we have to close the gender gap.” If the “deep state” exists, this is how it talks.So Game Change, pre-Trump, pre-pandemic, pre–January 6, unknowing as it obviously was of all the weirdness that was coming down the pike, saw quite clearly the cleavage in the American psyche out of which the future—our present!—would emerge. On the runway somewhere on the campaign jet, before the pick is announced, brutal Steve Schmidt is struck by Palin’s equanimity. (She is gazing blissfully out the window.) “You seem totally unfazed by this,” he says. She turns to him: “It’s God’s plan.” And despite the slight glaze of fanaticism on Moore’s face as she says this, and the flash of panic on Harrelson’s, you’re kind of with her. Schmidt, about to ascend to 30,000 feet, doesn’t know that he’s in the hands of God. But Palin does!McCain-Palin was a tragedy: A great statesman, desperate for the win, succumbed to vanity and made a pact with darkness. That’s one way to look at it. McCain-Palin was a comedy: A flailing candidate, wrecked on his own ego, made a ludicrous decision, and it all blew up in his face. That’s another way to look at it. Game Change sort of splits the difference: McCain-Palin was a movie, soapy but terribly consequential, and we still don’t know how it’s going to end.

Tuesday marks former President Jimmy Carter's 100th birthday. No other U.S. president has ever lived as long. CBS News correspondent Nicole Sganga shows the stories of Secret Service special agents that have been part of a group protecting the 39th president for nearly half a century.

The latest Fox News Power Rankings show whether Vice President Kamala Harris or former President Donald Trump leads on the top issues.

With the start of the season just days away, let's come up with a lottery ticket parlay for division winners to see if we can't take advantage of a possible chaotic season in the NHL.

Tyreek Hill misses his quarterback and a functional offense.

Spirit Halloween wasn't laughing over the "Saturday Night Live" sketch that poked fun at the costume store.

AHL scrimmage. NHL prices.

Some Democratic allies of Gov. Tim Walz are worried about his Tuesday debate against Sen. JD Vance, suggesting that the Minnesota governor has not been tested.

Israel began a ground invasion of southern Lebanon, vowing a limited operation targeting Hezbollah militants.

The Sports Illustrated Swimsuit model has been fueling romance rumors with her dance partner ever since they were spotted kissing on set last week.

Antonio Brown dipped into his disgusting social media repertoire to say something — anything — that would possibly draw attention.

CBS News correspondent Nancy Cordes and chief election and campaign correspondent Robert Costa break down what to know about the VP debate between Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and Sen. JD Vance.

Vice President Kamala Harris toured FEMA headquarters Monday and spoke to the governors of North Carolina and Georgia by phone about the federal help being offered to areas devastated by Hurricane Helene. Meanwhile, former President Donald Trump visited Georgia to see the damage there and falsely accused President Biden of not speaking with Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp.

Hurricane Helene is now blamed for more than 130 deaths in the southeast, and the death toll is expected to rise. Days after the historic storm, rescue crews in western North Carolina are still struggling to clear damaged roads and help people in some of the hardest-hit areas.

The Israeli military says it has begun a "limited, localized" ground operation against Hezbollah targets in southern Lebanon. It comes after two weeks of heavy bombing targeting Hezbollah leadership.

Thousands of dockworkers went on strike just after midnight on Tuesday as they rally for higher pay and more job security. The strike was expected to involve 25,000 workers, according to USMX, and close 14 ports. The strike threatens to drive up prices for consumers.

The North Carolina State Climate Office explains how the "monster storm" left unprecedented damage that will likely "take years to document."

Verizon has a recommendation for people still having trouble getting service on their mobile phones after a massive outage.

When one man confesses that he doesn’t know anything about geography, Travis Kelce quips, “Me neither.” 

When Bruce Buffer belts out his name, he keeps it straight forward: Khalil Rountree Jr. That abbreviation is an ode to the man he never got to know.

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Pacers guard Tyrese Haliburton explained how he became close with Fever star Caitlin Clark.

Realtor.comBEVERLY HILLS—On face value, the empty Mediterranean villa on this quiet, leafy street is an unlikely destination for tour vans and true crime-obsessed looky loos.But 722 North Elm Drive is a notorious address: the multi-million dollar home where Lyle and Erik Menendez killed their parents with a flurry of shotgun blasts on a summer night in August 1989.Just over the neatly trimmed hedge and behind a row of elegant front windows, the brothers slaughtered José and Kitty Menendez in the family’s seemingly cozy family room.Read more at The Daily Beast.

"This moment is a difficult one, but knowing that she has had such an incredible, devoted fan base has given her strength," Kelly Monaco's mom said.

Alabama freshman wide receiver Ryan Williams impressed the nation on Saturday night against Georgia, including tennis legend Serena Williams.

The “Pitch Perfect” actress and the fashion designer were spotted holding hands and looking cheery as they explored the charming Parisian streets Monday.

Mayor Eric Adams accused the feds of illegally leaking secret grand jury information to the media and called on the Manhattan judge overseeing his case to intervene in a new motion filed Tuesday.

House Republican Brian Mast urged the Department of Veterans Affairs to fire employees who improperly accessed JD Vance and Tim Walz' medical records

It is too early in the season for you to not get this right. 

Brad Pitt and Ines de Ramon are reportedly taking their relationship to the next level after moving in together in February. A source told People that the couple realized they "have something special."

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I can't stand her, but I want to do what's best for my daughter.

Former New England Patriots head coach Bill Belichick was critical of the organization's plan on offense as the team fell to the San Francisco 49ers.