Britney Spears voluntarily checks into rehab after California DUI arrest in March

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Pop star Britney Spears has voluntarily checked into rehab following her DUI arrest in Southern California in March, a representative for the singer told CBS LA. The news comes more than a month after Spears was taken into custody on March 4 by California Highway Patrol officers in Ventura County. At the time, officers said … Read more

At 100 days rally, Mamdani celebrates and charts a course toward city-run grocery stores

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NEW YORK — New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani rallied Sunday to celebrate 100 days in office, touting his early accomplishments and charting future goals as he pledged to lead with a relentless focus on the city’s working class. In front of a crowd just days after reaching an early milestone of his first term, … Read more

Mississippi reveals its full history for America’s anniversary year, a contrast to federal efforts

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JACKSON, Miss. — The glass panels of the Lynching Victims Monolith are simple, etched with the names of more than 600 victims of documented racial killings in Mississippi, along with the attackers’ motives. One man, Malcolm Wright, was beaten to death in front of his family in 1949. His offense? “Hogging the road.” Further research … Read more

Commercial salmon fishing to open in California for the first time since 2022 as population rebounds

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SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Federal fishery managers voted Sunday to open waters off the coast of California to commercial salmon fishing for the first time since 2022, with the population rebounding after wet winters ended a long drought. The decision by the Pacific Fishery Management Council to allow limited commercial and recreational salmon fishing off the … Read more

Police say 1 person killed and 6 injured in shooting at a Chick-fil-A in New Jersey

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UNION, N.J. — Police say one person was shot and killed and six others were injured in what they call a mass shooting at a Chick-fil-A in Union, New Jersey. Investigators do not believe the attack at about 9 p.m. Saturday was random, according to a press release issued Sunday from the Union County Prosecutor’s … Read more

Already under financial pressure, Midwest soybean farmers are squeezed further by tariffs, Iran war

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WAHOO, NE — Strong winds whipped around Doug Bartek, a fifth-generation farmer, as he headed into a grain bin to shovel soybeans onto a conveyor chute. The 60-year-old was anxious at the onset of the spring planting season, rattling off the long list of issues affecting his family’s livelihood at their 2,000-acre farm near Wahoo, … Read more

Election loss for Hungarian PM Orbán has ripple effects for Trump, US conservatives

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WASHINGTON — The big election over the weekend was in a small European country nearly half a world away from Washington, but the defeat of Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has significant reverberations in the United States. That’s because President Donald Trump and many U.S. conservatives have long embraced Orbán, who has become an icon … Read more