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Former NFL Player Nate Burleson Joins 'CBS This Morning'
CBS News is bringing a little of the NFL to its morning show, hiring former football player Nate Burleson as one of the three cohosts of CBS This Morning.
Energy Giant Promises More Perks In New Mexico Utility Case
A top executive with global energy giant Iberdrola is promising more perks if local governments and others in New Mexico clear the way for a proposed multibilliondollar utility merger that could affect the way power is produced and distributed in the stat...
New Heat Record as Anticyclone 'Lucifer' Sweeps Italy
The blistering temperature was recorded near Syracuse, beating Italy's all-time record of 48.5 degrees, set in Sicily in 1999, and the 1977 record of 48 degrees at Eleusis in Greece.
Attorneys For School Shooter Want Pretrial Hearings Closed
Attorneys for the suspect in a 2018 Florida high school massacre told a judge Tuesday that the news media and public should be barred from all pretrial hearings, saying Nikolas Cruzs right to an impartial jury will be irrevocably harmed if certain evidenc...
Taliban Committed To Doha Negotiations, Afghan Government Demands Mediator -Al Jazeera
A spokesman for the Taliban's political office told Al Jazeera TV on Tuesday that the group is committed to the negotiation path in Doha and does not want it to collapse.
China Logs Highest Single-day Locally-transmitted Covid-19 Cases Since July
The National Health Commission (NMC) said in its daily report that the country reported 108 locally-transmitted cases, 35 imported and 38 asymptomatic infections on Monday.
Parole Allowed For Man Who Buried California Victim Alive
Gov. Gavin Newsom has allowed the release of a killer who served four decades in prison for the murder of a developmentally disabled California man who was buried alive, officials said Monday.
EU To Leave Safe Travel List Unchanged For Now, Official Says
The European Union will not change its safe travel list this week, an EU official told Reuters on Monday, allowing nonessential travel from the United States to continue for the time being despite a surge in COVID cases there.
Historic Drought Threatens California Farms Supplying Much US Food
Much of California, and of the broader US West, has suffered through years of lighter-than-usual precipitation and a particularly dry winter.
US Covid Cases Climb 6-Month High as Delta Brings 'Tragedy' in States with Lower Vaccinations
President Joe Biden, meanwhile, called the spike a “tragedy” because virtually "all of the fatalities were preventable if people had gotten vaccinated."
Blaze Ravages Evia Island on Sixth Day of Greek Wildfires
Greece has deployed the army to help battle the fires and several countries including France, Egypt, Switzerland and Spain have also sent help including firefighting aircraft.
U.S. Embassy Urges Citizens to Leave Afghanistan Immediately Using Commercial Flight Options
Since the foreign troops started leaving Afghanistan, the Taliban had been extensively fighting with the Afghan government.
Ex-Nevada Inmate Convicted In 1984 Colorado Hammer Killings
A former Nevada prison inmate was convicted Friday of firstdegree murder in the longunsolved 1984 hammer and knife slayings of three Colorado family members, including a 7yearold girl.
Panama, Colombia Agree To Restrict Flow Of Migrants
Officials of Panama and Colombia agreed Friday to restrict the growing flows of migrants, mainly Cubans and Haitians, who have been crossing the Darien Gap that marks the border between the two countries.
Trial For Ex-cop In Daunte Wright Death Won't Be Broadcast
The judge overseeing the trial of a former suburban police officer who is charged in the death of Daunte Wright has denied a request to broadcast the proceedings, saying in a ruling Thursday that the public and media will have ample space to view the tria...