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Reflecting Pool vandalism charges against Olympic canoeist David Hearn permanently dismissed

October 1, 2026 / 11:52 AM EDT / CBS News

Seven reasons why the Kansas Senate race will go down to the wire

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I survived a hijacking in 1972. The Flydubai crisis proves one brutal truth

The frightening events aboard a recent Flydubai flight in the Middle East brought back memories of an experience I had more than half a century ago — one that began as an ordinary airline flight and ended with a hijacker dead on the tarmac in Saigon.

Lawmakers call for action on ‘plainly illegal’ taxpayer-funded ads to promote Trump

House Democrats say officials may have illegally misused public funds to pay for president’s ‘narcissistic ego trips’

Pete Hegseth, Idea Guy

His State of the Force address was a partisan disgrace—with a few good ideas buried in it.

Singapore rolls out government-run dating app in effort to boost birth rate

Singapore is launching a government-run online matchmaking program to address its declining birth rate.

Christa Pike: what we know so far about Tennessee woman’s failed execution

Pike, sentenced to death for a 1995 murder, has survived two lethal injections and was taken to a hospital after

In Lieu of the truth: Every word is true, but the whole story is a lie

A political statement does not have to be completely false to leave voters with a false impression.

Margot Robbie changing her name to her husband’s hurts my beautiful lesbian brain. Here's why

I don’t flip a table every time this happens – but I actually do mind when it’s the default decision with no discussion

Rick Ross arrested on domestic battery and strangulation charges

The rapper was arrested in Miami Beach on Thursday, days after an ex-girlfriend accused him of physical abuse

Heroes Just Stopped a Hijacking. Mamdani Can’t Even Define Antisemitism

An Israeli-bound flight plunged toward disaster Wednesday. Passengers and crew acted to save lives. Saudi authorities helped the survivors. Meanwhile, New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani was coming off a round of sukkah visits and promoting an antisemitism strategy that avoids defining antisemitism.

Witnesses detail horror of Tennessee woman’s botched execution: ‘None of it was normal’

Witnesses in the chamber said Christa Pike was still breathing despite receiving injections intended to kill her