Day: March 24, 2024

3/24: Sunday Morning(Empowerment)

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[ad_1] 3/24: Sunday Morning Watch CBS News Hosted by Jane Pauley. Seth Doane reports on the heartbreaking ordeal of Alsu Kurmasheva, a journalist detained in Russia, while Lesley Stahl looks into efforts to free Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich, who has spent nearly a year in a Moscow prison. Also: Tracy Smith sits down with comedian Steve Martin, who is now the subject of an Apple TV+ documentary; Robert Costa profiles historian Doris Kearns Goodwin; Martha Teichner talks with author Percival Everett about his new novel, “James”; Kelefa Sanneh…

Ben Stern, Who Opposed a Nazi Rally in Illinois, Dies at 102

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[ad_1] When a band of Nazis proposed to exercise their right to free speech by staging a rally in Skokie, Ill., in 1977, Ben Stern was incensed. A survivor of nine concentration camps, he did not understand why acolytes of Hitler could demonstrate in the United States, let alone in his predominantly Jewish adopted hometown, where many Holocaust survivors lived. The idea of a Nazi gathering in Skokie, a suburb of Chicago, was like “being put back into the concentration camp,” Mr. Stern told a local television station at the…

5 Shocking Revelations from Face The Nation with Warnock, Montoya-Galvez, and Vinograd!

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[ad_1] Watch CBS News   Missed the second half of the show? The latest on…Sen. Raphael Warnock tells “Face the Nation” that he believes that “Georgia voters are going to do for Joe Biden what they did for me” and go blue again in 2020, in an exclusive interview with CBS News’ Camilo Montoya-Galvez, U.S. Border Patrol chief Jason Owens said the situation at the southern border is a “national security threat”, and Samantha Vinograd, a CBS News contributor and former counterterrorism official for the Department of Homeland Security in…

5 Power Strategies to Survive Brutal Blizzard Conditions in the Plains States and Midwest!

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[ad_1] A developing storm in the Plains and Upper Midwest is expected to deliver heavy snow and gusty winds across several states into Tuesday, with blizzard conditions possible in some areas. The National Weather Service warned that travel in some areas would be hazardous and “near impossible at times” because of the forceful storm, and said that power outages were possible. Winter storm warnings were in effect on Sunday in Minnesota, eastern Montana, North Dakota, northwestern Nebraska, South Dakota, Wisconsin and parts of Colorado. There is a high chance that…

As Trump's $454 million fraud judgment deadline looms, son Eric gripes 'they want to bankrupt him'

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[ad_1] Former U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to the media after voting at a polling station setup in the Morton and Barbara Mandel Recreation Center on March 19, 2024, in Palm Beach, Florida.  Joe Raedle | Getty Images Donald Trump faces the severe risk that New York‘s attorney general will begin trying to collect a $454 million civil business fraud judgment against him on Monday unless an appeals court gives the former president a last-minute reprieve. Trump’s son Eric, a co-defendant in the fraud case, accused Attorney General Letitia James…

140,000 Migrants Slip Past U.S. Border Patrol: A Dire “National Security threat” Unfolds

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[ad_1] Washington — In an exclusive interview with CBS News, U.S. Border Patrol chief Jason Owens called the situation at the southern border a “national security threat,” expressing concern about tens of thousands of migrants who have evaded apprehension and entered the country surreptitiously over the past five months.  Owens said Border Patrol is “closing in” on recording one million apprehensions of migrants in between ports of entry along the U.S.-Mexico border in the 2024 fiscal year, which started in October. For the third consecutive year, his agency is on…

Consumer advocates — and even some Realtors — hail NAR settlement: 'We've opened up the entire industry to competition'

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[ad_1] The process of buying a home has seemingly never been simpler: Find a property on a listings website like Zillow, Redfin or Trulia; reach out to the listing agent; tour the property; and make an offer. But for years behind the scenes, experts say, consumers have not been fully aware of the ultimate cost — and potential conflicts of interest — when searching for a home. Now, a landmark settlement with the National Association of Realtors is poised to upend this model. According to consumer advocates, and even some Realtors, it’s…

Amgen wants in on the booming weight loss drug market — and it's taking a different approach

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[ad_1] The Amgen logo is displayed outside Amgen headquarters on May 17, 2023 in Thousand Oaks, California. Mario Tama | Getty Images Amgen is taking a new approach as it tries to stand out in a crowded field of drugmakers racing to develop the next blockbuster weight loss drug. The biotech company is testing an injectable treatment that helps people lose weight differently from the existing injections from Novo Nordisk and Eli Lilly, and other obesity medicines in development. Amgen’s treatment, called MariTide, also appears to help patients keep weight…

Storm Brings Heavy Snow to Northern New York and Vermont

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[ad_1] A storm system on Saturday brought heavy rain to the Northeast and heavy snow to parts of New England and Northern New York in a sign that winter was not quite ready to exit. In Central Park, 3.63 inches of rain had fallen as of 5 p.m. Saturday, said David Stark, a meteorologist with the Weather Service Office in New York. Philadelphia had 3.06 inches of rain, the wettest calendar day ever recorded in March in the official observing station since 1872, according to the National Weather Service office…