Empty seats on World Cup’s opening day renew ticket price concerns

“Our entry price, which is $60, is the lowest entry price of any of the American sports in the playoff phases,” Infantino said. But some supporter groups have challenged this position. Football Supporters Europe filed a complaint to the European Commission in March, accusing FIFA of shutting ordinary fans out of the tournament by imposing … Read more

Empty federal buildings are a growing problem – and an opportunity

In a prime section of downtown Chicago, sandwiched between a federal courthouse and Bank of America, pedestrians must walk under scaffolding to avoid chunks of terra cotta siding falling from a building that locals say is suffering “demolition by neglect.” The building at 202 S. State Street was acquired by the federal government in the … Read more

Trump promised to hold 30,000 migrants at Guantanamo. A year later, it’s mostly empty.

Just eight days after returning to the White House last year, President Trump announced plans to turn the U.S. military base in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, into a massive detention center to hold 30,000 detainees facing deportation as part of his aggressive crackdown on illegal immigration.  But a CBS News review of internal government documents and … Read more

State Department fires back at accusations of ‘empty planes’ rescuing Americans from conflict zones

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The State Department’s account of its evacuation efforts is at odds with on-the-ground reports from private rescue teams who helped extract U.S. citizens from conflict zones during the opening days of the U.S.-Iran conflict. Bryan Stern, founder and CEO of Grey Bull Rescue, a nonprofit evacuation service, … Read more

Cocaine worth over $1.1M seized from ’empty’ truck at Texas border

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! FIRST ON FOX: U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers busted a massive drug smuggling attempt in Texas, resulting in more than $1.1 million in cocaine being seized at the southern border. Fox News Digital learned that U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers at the Pharr International … Read more

Bronx early childhood center remains empty for 3 years despite city paying rent

A newly built early childhood center in the Highbridge neighborhood of the Bronx has been ready to open its doors since 2023, but the facility remains unused despite New York City paying thousands of dollars in rent each month. It’s not the only center to sit empty. CBS News’ Jared Ochacher has more. Source link

Steve Hartman, Joshua Seftel on what “All the Empty Rooms” Oscar win meant to victims’ families

“All the Empty Rooms,” which follows CBS News’ Steve Hartman and photographer Lou Bopp as they document the empty bedrooms of children killed in school shootings, won an Oscar for Best Documentary Short Film. Hartman and the film’s director, Joshua Seftel, talk about what that moment meant to the families of the victims and having … Read more

“All the Empty Rooms” wins Oscar for Steve Hartman’s project memorializing children killed in school shootings

The documentary “All the Empty Rooms,” which memorialized children killed in school shootings through a look at the bedrooms they never returned to, took home the Oscar for Best Documentary Short at the 98th Academy Awards on Sunday. The film follows CBS News correspondent Steve Hartman and photographer Lou Bopp along their seven-year journey to document the toll … Read more