New York — CBS News has fired veteran journalist and longtime anchor Scott Pelley after a series of reported clashes with network executives over editorial direction and management protocols, according to internal sources cited in the article. The dispute, described as escalating over time, culminated earlier this week in a...
United States — Municipal governments in Casper, Madison, Charlotte, and Brown County moved this week to pause approvals of certain new facilities as officials assess land-use and infrastructure implications; Casper approved first reading of a 180-day moratorium on new simulcasting and gaming facilities on Tuesday while Madison scheduled a virtual...
WASHINGTON / TEHRAN — Iran has suspended indirect talks with United States mediators, citing Israeli military operations in Lebanon as a breach of the ceasefire that paused the 2026 Iran war. Semi-official outlets Fars and Tasnim reported that Tehran halted the exchange of messages and negotiation texts through intermediaries several...
WASHINGTON — U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin is scheduled to testify before a Senate panel on Tuesday amid mounting controversy over conditions at the Delaney Hall Detention Facility in Newark, New Jersey, and his threat to halt international travel and cargo through a major nearby airport less than two...
California voters are participating in a Tuesday primary that provides the first major test of the state’s newly redrawn congressional map. According to the Associated Press, Democrats successfully pushed for redistricting that could add as many as five U.S. House seats to offset Republican gains from Texas map changes. Under...
A senior Iranian military commander has declared a renewed, full-scale conflict with the United States "inevitable" as diplomatic efforts appear to collapse. Mohammad Jafar Assadi, deputy head of Iran’s Khatam al-Anbiya central command, accused Washington of seeking "total surrender," which he said Iran would not accept. His remarks came after...
Augusta, Maine — Graham Platner, the likely Democratic nominee for the U.S. Senate, sent sexually explicit text messages to at least six women after his 2023 marriage, disclosures reported this week by national outlets including the Wall Street Journal and New York Times. Campaign materials indicate the messages were found...
California voters on June 2 cast ballots in primary contests for U.S. House Districts 4, 7, 8, 9 and 13; election officials and local outlet KCRA reported that polls closed at 8 p.m., and live updates of vote counts were posted as returns were reported. The top-two vote-getters in each...
Los Angeles. Incumbent Mayor Karen Bass faces two principal challengers in the city’s tight mayoral race, with Election Day set for Tuesday, June 2. An LA Times/Berkeley IGS poll shows Bass at 26 percent, Nithya Raman at 25 percent and Republican Spencer Pratt at 22 percent, narrowing the field and...
Santa Fe — Voters across New Mexico went to the polls Tuesday, June 2, for the state's primary election, with polls open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. and absentee ballots due by 7 p.m. The Secretary of State reported 181,934 early and absentee ballots cast before the end of...
