Health

Polish activists launch abortion pill locker to bypass near-total ban

‘AbortOmat’ in Warsaw offers novel way to challenge country’s restrictions and allow women swift, anonymous access

Star Wars actor John Boyega on the day his 10-year-old school friend Damilola Taylor was killed: ‘It kept me up at night because I was just with the guy’

The star was just eight when his friend was stabbed. Decades on, he’s ready to talk about that day – how it shaped him, and how, as he becomes a father himself, it will shape him as a dad

‘There’s a lot of silence’: have we created a new ‘Lonely Generation’?

Learning to be one human among many has always been a little lonely and discombobulating. But young people around the world are lonelier than ever. Why?

The moment I knew: As a reality TV contestant, I was allowed one 15-minute call a week. Even at 3am, Chris would always pick up

Conor Curran’s first date with Chris lasted nine hours but their relationship remained casual. Then, when Conor was at his most vulnerable, Chris was there for him

Shop clerk and son charged with selling illegal kratom after two Ole Miss students die from suspected overdoses

Aidan Hamilton and Robert Strang died after apparently ingesting kratom product last month

Gypsy Rose Blanchard’s former husband says he was ‘shocked’ by death of her ex-partner

Ryan Anderson says he reached out to Blanchard’s father to offer support after apparent overdose death of Ken Urker

Women given free cycling shorts to prevent upskirting on Oktoberfest amusement ride

Investigation revealed thousands of voyeuristic videos taken on Munich beer festival’s Teufelsrad or Devil’s Wheel

Debris found of medical plane that went missing near Nantucket with 6 on board, Coast Guard says

Updated on: October 3, 2026 / 10:12 PM EDT / CBS News

Southern California swelters as late-season heatwave smothers region

Temperatures expected to hover around 100F in downtown LA and even hotter inland, raising concerns about wildfires

‘Sadness, cynicism and deep disappointment’: the Cornell gang-rape case and the failure of #MeToo

As the university and local police defend their treatment of the alleged perpetrators, women decry a familiar story

My relationship with food was broken. Then I killed my own dinner

For years, eating was something to control, fear or regret. After I hunted my first deer, I started to see fat, hunger and my own body in a different light

Sun exposure left a woman in "insufferable pain"

Updated on: October 3, 2026 / 10:10 AM EDT / CBS News