Man who used legal loophole to live rent-free for years in New Yorker Hotel found unfit to stand trial
Man shot in broad daylight on Upper West Side, suspect still at large: cops
A 47-yo man was shot in broad daylight today on the Upper West Side Thursday morning, cops said. He was blasted one time in the shoulder and once in the leg at West 69th Street and Columbus Avenue at around 9:20 a.m., police said. The victim was taken to St. Luke’s Hospital in stable condition....
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Jennifer Lopez’s platforms Uggs are bound to sell out — so snag them while you still can
The "Unstoppable" star may be famous for her glam red carpet looks — but when she's off the clock, she lives in the cozy brand's bestsellers.
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When will Donald Trump be sworn into office?
It will be several months before President-elect Donald Trump takes office. Here's what to know about when he will be sworn in as the 47th president of the United States.
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Tiger Woods and ex-wife Elin Nordegren ride together at son Charlie’s golf tournament
The former couple supported teenage son Charlie during a South Florida golf tournament earlier in the week.
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Tourists stole historic artifacts after jumping fence at national park: authorities
Roxanne McKnight, 39, and Dusty Spencer, 43, allegedly trespassed and stole artifacts at Cave Springs Cowboy Camp in a Utah national park.
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Trump’s ideas could lower tax bill for many, but raise national debt
Social Security recipients, people who earn tips and many businesses could see lower IRS bills if all of Donald Trump’s tax policy ideas come to fruition.
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Israel expands assault in north Gaza, says civilians can't come back
Israeli ground forces have "started to operate" around a northern Gaza town, expanding an anti-Hamas offensive that will apparently see residents kept out indefinitely.
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New York Times tech employees remain on strike, Guild targets high-paid CEO Meredith Kopit
New York Times Tech Guild remains on strike Thursday and the group has a mobile billboard circling the Gray Lady’s headquarters accusing the paper’s top executives of union busting.
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Professional Women's Hockey League unveils new team jerseys
"CBS Mornings Plus" exclusively reveals the fresh jerseys for all six Professional Women's Hockey League teams as they gear up for their second season. New York Sirens player Abby Roque and league executive Amy Scheer join to talk about the league's growth and the new designs.
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Rep. Thomas Massie 'willing to help' Trump, but hasn't received 'commitments or offers' from the Trump team
Rep. Thomas Massie said he would be "willing to help" Trump but has "received no commitments or offers" from the Trump team.
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Oxnard Unified School District schools dealing with affects of Ventura County wildfires
Camarillo High principal Matt La Belle says the fires have affected students and staff. Camarillo is scheduled to host a playoff game against Oak Park on Friday.
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What do tickets cost for the Chiefs vs. Broncos game at Arrowhead Stadium?
The Chiefs haven't lost a regular season game since Christmas 2023. Yes, really.
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Over 40 monkeys escape from research lab and are on the loose in South Carolina
Cops are warning residents in rural South Carolina to shut their doors and windows after at least 43 monkeys escaped from a bio-research lab.
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Can Trump again in 2028? Get the details on term limits for presidents
Here's everything to know about presidential term limits after President-elect Donald Trump won the 2024 election.
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Dua Lipa drinks from a coconut and more star snaps
Dua Lipa enjoys a refreshment, Jennifer Lopez steps out in London and more snaps...
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Should you sell your gold investment as the economy improves? Experts weigh in
Investors may want to consider selling gold to pursue faster growth opportunities or keeping it as a safety net.
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Sydney Warner’s biggest fear turned into the best thing for her and 49ers’ Fred Warner
"Bachelor" alum Sydney Warner got candid about her life at home with 49ers star Fred Warner.
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Panthers, Chuba Hubbard agree to 4-year contract extension
The Carolina Panthers announced on Thursday that they have agreed to a four-year contract extension with their top running back Chuba Hubbard.
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Mountain Fire in Southern California 0% contained after growing incredibly fast
The Mountain Fire is 0% contained and has scorched about 14,000 acres in Southern California since erupting Wednesday with hundreds of firefighters battling the blaze in areas near Los Angeles. CBS News correspondent Jonathan Vigliotti has more.
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MSNBC’s Joe Scarborough drags Dems for being ‘afraid’ to ‘offend some small subset of their base’
The former GOP congressman-turned-liberal news anchor placed blame on Democrats the morning after news outlets declared former president Donald Trump victorious over Vice President Kamala Harris in the race for the White House.
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Emissions from private jets are skyrocketing. Monitoring them is about to get much harder
A new study found private jet emissions jumped 46% in the last five years, with the U.S. as the main culprit.
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When it comes to obesity, ultra-processed foods aren’t the only culprit
Processing is a tool to produce the kinds of foods we can’t resist, and that’s the root of the obesity crisis.
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How Elon Musk Bought America
What will he get for helping propel Donald Trump to the White House? Whatever he wants.
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Mark Wahlberg's Las Vegas restaurant catches fire
Mark Wahlberg's Las Vegas restaurant Flecha Cantina caught fire on Wednesday night, officials shared with Fox News Digital.
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Taylor Swift’s family tree: meet her beloved parents and younger brother
From growing up with them on a Christmas tree farm to bringing them around the world on her Eras Tour, Taylor Swift seems to have a tight-knit family. The pop star’s relatives have made headlines lately, between her brother Austin giving a disabled fan the VIP treatment at his sister’s show and her mom Andrea...
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Coast Guardsman rappels from chopper to rescue passenger in dire need of hospital from Hawaii cruise ship: video
In two dramatic rescues on two sides of the Pacific Ocean the US Coast Guard on Tuesday pulled patients from a cruise ship and an oil tanker.
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Why the U.S. Can’t Bridge the Divide at the Kitchen Table
Kara Alaimo examines why anger over the Dobbs decision wasn’t enough to stop Trump’s re-election.
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Real-life Rosie the Riveter celebrates 100 years of resilience
Jennifer McMullen is a real-life Rosie the Riveter celebrating her 100th birthday. She went from factory work during WWII to a career at California State San Bernardino.
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Monica Garcia ‘in shock’ after losing court battle against Heather Gay
Looks like Heather Gay came prepared to court with “receipts, proof, timeline, screenshots!” Monica Garcia is “in shock” after a Utah judge ruled in favor of Heather’s Beauty Lab after the med spa sued her in 2023 for “failing to pay” her lip injection bill. Watch the full video to learn more about the former...
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Bills' Jordan Phillips drops incredible remark about return to team
Jordan Phillips had a great reaction to his return to the Buffalo Bills after being injured while playing with the Dallas Cowboys. He spoke to reporters on Wednesday.
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Joe Scarborough visibly shocked after finding out what the price of butter is: ‘Is it wrapped in gold?’
"A few weeks ago... somebody who was going to be voting for Kamala Harris came up to me and said 'oh my God, Trump's going to win... I go to the grocery store butter is over $3'" the former Florida congressman said.
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LAFC faces a tough out in Vancouver Whitecaps, a reflection of coach Vanni Sartini
Vanni Sartini, the manager of the Vancouver Whitecaps, is a socialist and an atheist, attributes that are oddly relevant in his team's MLS playoff game with LAFC on Friday.
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Joe Buck has no idea what Chris Russo is talking about with Cowboys swipe
Perhaps the Mad Dog has truly gone mad.
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MSNBC’s Claire McCaskill cries over Kamala Harris’ concession speech
McCaskill could be heard crying in the background while MSNBC aired Harris’s speech.
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Inside the Trump transition team's work to staff the new administration
President-elect Donald Trump's transition team is up and running as they work to coordinate policy plans and staff hires before Trump returns to the Oval Office. CBS News campaign reporter Olivia Rinaldi has more.
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Non-profit builds playground for young cancer survivor
After 8-year-old Christian Herrera's cancer diagnosis limited his time outside, volunteers from Roc-Solid built a backyard playground just for him. Now, Christian and his family volunteer to help other kids battling cancer.
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Shaboozey on his signature look and rise in country music
In an exclusive interview with Gayle King, country music's breakout star Shaboozey opens up about his signature look and the success of "A Bar Song (Tipsy)" which now tops the Billboard Hot 100. He reflects on a year that includes TIME 100 recognition and CMA nominations.
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Democrats Actually Had Quite a Good Night in North Carolina
Kamala Harris lost the state, but many down-ballot races went their way.
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Why Democrats couldn’t sell a strong economy, in 3 charts
People shop in a supermarket on October 30, 2024, in Brooklyn, New York City. | Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images The red shift in 2024 was so broad that no one localized issue appeared to tip the election in President-elect Donald Trump’s favor. However, one key factor may have been voters’ widespread dissatisfaction with the economy. Enduring pessimism about the US economy has puzzled political analysts, given that most major indicators suggest it is strong and that the US has recovered better than other countries from a pandemic-induced slump. Inflation has come down significantly from its peak in June 2022, slowing price hikes for basic goods. The Federal Reserve started cutting interest rates, making borrowing money cheaper. The economy has continued to grow at a solid rate. Unemployment dipped to its lowest level in 54 years in 2023 and stayed within a desirable range. On paper, everything looked great. But in poll after poll ahead of the election, voters signaled concern for the economy and ranked inflation as their top issue. The rough, preliminary voting data available in exit polling showed the same trend. At the heart of that disconnect might be elements that broad economic indicators often struggle to capture: Despite a “strong economy,” many Americans continued to feel the burden of higher prices, struggled to find work, and took on more debt. And the Election Day results suggest they blamed Democrats — specifically President Joe Biden and Democratic nominee Vice President Kamala Harris — for those problems. Here’s what the rosy portraits of the economy embraced by Democrats may have missed. There was a real inflation backlash Though inflation is now down to 2.4 percent from its post-pandemic high of 9.1 percent, it’s been clear for months that Americans are still hurting financially and psychologically. Wage growth has caught up with inflation on average. But wage gains haven’t been uniform: The lowest-paid workers saw some of the biggest gains, particularly in the leisure and hospitality sectors, but other industries, from advertising to chemical manufacturing, saw their wages decline relative to inflation. But even if workers received raises that outpaced inflation, that doesn’t help with sticker shock. Research has shown that consumers have an internalized “reference price” — a conception of what constitutes a fair price for a good they routinely purchase. If that imagined price doesn’t match up with reality, consumers feel short-changed. Though a person’s reference price can change, it usually does so slowly, following the normal pace of inflation (roughly 2 percent per year). Consumers haven’t had much time to adjust amid rapid inflation in recent years. That causes them to overestimate inflation: An August YouGov poll found that most consumers think inflation is significantly higher than it actually is. Consumers also often misunderstand how inflation works. The important thing to know is that it only goes one way: When inflation decreases, that just means that prices are increasing less quickly, not that they are going down. (That can happen, though rarely.) Prices going down, a phenomenon known as deflation, would be a potentially worrying signal about the health of the economy. If consumers pay less for a good, that can translate to less money to pay the workers who produce and distribute it, leading to less consumer spending overall and slower economic growth. The job market is tougher The days of the pandemic-era “Great Resignation”— when employers struggled to hire and workers had their pick of jobs and the ability to demand higher wages — are well and truly over. The unemployment rate has ticked up in recent months to 4.1 percent, and job growth has slowed to levels not seen since 2020. This is still within the realm of what economists would consider low unemployment. But the top-line rate doesn’t tell the full story. For one, people are staying unemployed for longer: 1.6 million Americans were unemployed for a period of at least 27 weeks in October, compared to just 1.3 million the same month last year. Many workers may also find themselves underemployed, stuck in part-time work or a job that doesn’t require their training or qualifications. This is especially true for recent college graduates, over half of whom were underemployed a year after graduation, according to a February report by the Burning Glass Institute and the Strada Institute for the Future of Work. Some industries are also cutting jobs. That includes jobs in manufacturing and temporary help services, which have decreased by 577,000 since March 2022. The overall unemployment rate doesn’t really reflect these nuances, which suggest Americans’ work lives may not be as rosy as the top-line number makes them appear. Americans have less money and are taking on more debt After a brief spike in savings rates during the pandemic due to a series of stimulus checks, Americans are now saving less than they were pre-pandemic. This creates a cycle where Americans have less money, so they borrow more. Because interest rates have been high, borrowing has become more expensive, leaving them with even less money. Americans are pulling from their now-depleted savings and amassing debt on credit cards and other revolving credit plans in which consumers can repeatedly borrow money up to a set limit and repay in installments. The total amount of credit card debt in the US reached an all-time high of $1.14 trillion as of October, with individuals owing an average of $8,000. Credit card delinquency rates have gone up. Young adults in particular, many of whom are also struggling with high student loan debt, are increasingly falling behind on their credit card payments. At some point, something has to give. This might be part of the reason many Americans still yearn for the economy under Trump in 2019, when they had more cash on hand and weren’t staring down so much debt.
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Photos: Mountain fire fueled by Santa Ana winds destroys dozens of homes in Ventura County
The fire prompted evacuation orders for more than 10,000 people as it threatened structures in suburban communities and agricultural areas around Camarillo.
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Jennifer Lopez dishes on her holiday plans amid ‘intense year,’ Ben Affleck divorce
It’s been a hard year for Jennifer Lopez, so she wants to end it in the jolly spirit! The singer shared in an interview with People that she’s excited for the holiday season, following her divorce from Ben Affleck. Watch the full video to learn more about JLo looking forward to this special time of...
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‘Bachelor’ alum Kelsey Anderson clarifies her and Joey Graziadei’s relationship status amid ‘personal’ issues
Graziadei proposed to Anderson on the Season 28 finale of "The Bachelor," which aired in March 2024.
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Halle Bailey calls out ex DDG for livestreaming with their infant son without her consent: ‘Extremely upset’
"hi everyone. just so you know i am out of town and i don't approve of my baby being on a stream tonight," the singer wrote on X Wednesday night.
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Virginia Rep. Gerry Connolly announces cancer diagnosis 2 days after winning re-election
U.S. Rep. Gerald "Gerry" Connolly has announced that he has cancer of the esophagus two days after winning re-election for his ninth term in Congress.
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White House preparing for peaceful transition of power to Trump administration
President Biden will address the nation Thursday morning for the first time since Donald Trump won the presidential election as the Biden administration prepares to leave the White House. CBS News political reporter Zak Hudak has more.
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Harris campaign senior adviser deletes X account after dinging Biden for ‘deep hole’ he left Dems in
Kamala Harris's campaign senior adviser David Plouffe deleted his X account on Thursday after dinging President Biden for the "deep hole" he left the Democrats in.
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