Health

'A new normal': Miami faces worsening seaweed problem as piles of algae wash up on beaches

Officials have had to remove thousands of tons of sargassum from Florida’s beaches amid the climate crisis

England's ancient oak trees dying in extreme hot and dry weather

Woodland Trust says trees struggling in drought stress, with older ‘survivors’ disproportionately affected

Match Review

Online dating’s eternal bugbear reaches a horrific apotheosis in this funny, grimy and impishly directed shocker

Waves Turn review

Josephine Ahnelt’s gentle but truthful documentary has home-movie intimacy and some incredibly touching moments

Max Rocha’s recipes for confit trout salad and grilled courgette with apricot, stracciatella and roasted almonds

Two Café Cecilia stalwarts that are just the thing for the summer heat

I was abused as a child

Decades after being sexually abused, the author and doctor Frank Spinelli believed he had moved on emotionally. But alcohol destroyed his sense of security. He describes how he confronted his shame

Several homes on Hawaii's Big Island destroyed by mudslide triggered by former Hurricane Lala

Updated on: August 18, 2026 / 2:09 AM EDT / CBS News

The Lindsay Clancy trial has moved from the prosecution to the defense. Here are some key moments from court.

Updated on: August 17, 2026 / 8:05 PM EDT / CBS News

Baby with heart defect at center of surrogate dispute receives first surgery, parents' lawyer says

Updated on: August 17, 2026 / 7:05 PM EDT / CBS News

Extreme heat more dangerous for people 60 and over than previously thought

Study finds older adults could face harmful heat stress at just 1.5C of warming above preindustrial levels

School vaccination rates inch down again to record low as exemptions reach new high

U.S. kindergarten vaccination rates inched down again last year and the share of children with exemptions rose to an all-time high, according to federal data posted Monday.

Tropical storm Lala wreaks ‘devastation’ to some areas of Hawaii’s Big Island

Storm that brought heavy rains and winds left one person dead and more than 100,000 without power and damaged at least 100 homes and bridges