8 states, including California and New York, sue to block $6.2B Nexstar-Tegna merger

California, New York and six other states filed a lawsuit late Wednesday seeking to block television station owner Nexstar’s proposed $6.2 billion takeover of rival company Tegna, arguing the tie-up violates federal antitrust laws. “When broadcast media is owned by a handful of companies, we get fewer voices, less competition, and communities lose the critical … Read more

Judge blocks parts of RFK Jr’s vaccine agenda, including new childhood vaccine schedule

A federal judge blocked a set of changes to the childhood vaccine schedule recommended by allies of Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, dealing a setback to the Trump administration’s efforts to overhaul federal vaccine policy. In an opinion issued Monday, U.S. District Judge Brian Murphy of Boston sided with the American Academy … Read more

2 dead, including teen girl, after boats carrying students capsize near site of new U.S. military base in Japan

Two boats carrying 21 people capsized Monday off Henoko, a controversial relocation site for a U.S. military base off Japan’s southern island of Okinawa, throwing all into the water and leaving two of them dead, officials said. The Japan Coast Guard said 18 of them were students from a Kyoto high school on two boats, … Read more

Attack that killed US service members in Kuwait left dozens with serious injuries including burns, brain trauma and shrapnel wounds, sources say

An Iranian drone attack in Kuwait that killed six U.S. service members in the early hours of the war with Iran was more severe than has previously been revealed, with dozens suffering brain injuries, shrapnel trauma and burns, multiple sources told CBS News. At least one required the amputation of a limb.  Sources described a … Read more

Bombing at nightclub in Peru injures 33, including minors, authorities say

A bombing at a nightclub in Peru has injured 33 people, including minors, authorities said Saturday. The explosion happened in the pre-dawn hours at the Dali nightclub in the province of Trujillo along Peru’s northern coast, according to a statement from the local Emergency Operations Center. It’s a region that has recently been plagued by … Read more

Russian strike on apartment building kills at least 8 in Ukraine, including mothers and young children

At least eight people, including two children, were killed and 10 others were wounded on Saturday by a Russian missile that hit a five-story residential building in Ukraine’s second-largest city, Kharkiv, officials said. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy condemned the attack and called for an international response. He said that Russia struck Ukraine overnight with 29 missiles … Read more

U.S. satellites helped rescue 300 people last year, including 5 on a jet that crashed in water. Here’s how.

A global network of satellites helped save 300 people from life-threatening situations in the United States and its surrounding waters in 2025, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, which operates the system.   Of the rescues conducted last year, 183 people were pulled from water, including five on board a jet that crashed … Read more

FBI agents fired by Patel worked in counterintelligence, including on cases involving Iran, sources say

Most of the FBI agents fired by FBI Director Kash Patel last week worked on counterintelligence cases, including cases pertaining to Iran, multiple sources told CBS News. Approximately a dozen or so FBI employees, including agents, analysts and support staff, were abruptly terminated over a two-day period last week after Patel lashed out over the … Read more

Map shows military strike locations across Iran, including the capital and the site of a major nuclear facility

The U.S. and Israel unleashed a major attack on Iran on Saturday in what President Trump said was designed to wipe out the regime’s military capabilities and eliminate the threat of the country creating a nuclear weapon. A map created by the CBS News data team shows the strike locations across Iran, based on government … Read more