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Pirro drops charges against 3 more in Reflecting Pool cases after Trump rebuke

Federal prosecutors in Washington, D.C., dropped criminal charges against three remaining people accused of vandalizing the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, days after U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro’s office abandoned a felony case against former Olympic canoeist David Hearn.

Devastating LA wildfire sparked by utility company tower, long-awaited report finds

Investigators pin blame for Eaton fire, which killed 19 people and ruined thousands of homes, on ‘electrical arcing events’ at out-of-service tower

University of Maryland ‘teacher of the year’ detained by ICE in Texas

DHS said pharmacy instructor Berhanu Kibret overstayed visa and arrested him at Dallas-Fort Worth airport

Ex-Olympian weighing ‘all options’ after reflecting pool charges dropped

David Hearn has ‘number of potential remedies’ after being prosecuted in connection with pool damage, attorney says

Shocking video surfaces of Ukrainian 'hunted' by alleged Russia 'drone safari'

A video has emerged from Ukraine showing a Russian drone hunting and attempting to kill a civilian at a local market in Kherson.

Gaza holds mass funeral for 112 people in extended family recovered from wartime rubble

Updated on: August 4, 2026 / 2:46 PM EDT / CBS News

Fifa accused of using ‘blackmail’ to force support for Infantino’s re-election bid

Jordan FA president says Fifa threatened to block funds

Transgender prisoners file to keep identities concealed in high-profile case

Transgender inmates who are trying to prevent their imminent transfers to an all-male housing unit have moved to keep “sensitive” information about themselves concealed after female prisoners from a separate but related case identified the biological males imprisoned alongside them as convicted sex offenders.

Iran’s president denies threatening to resign during talks over strait of Hormuz

Masoud Pezeshkian dismisses talk of internal rift as hardline Assembly of Experts call US negotiations ‘futile’

California Democrats endorse a self-destructive 'billionaire tax'

The California Democratic Party is continuing its economic destruction of the state, driving taxpayers out while ramping up spending year after year.

Max Miller's career is over. It's just a question of now or November.

The acrimonious nature of divorce proceedings often renders the records an unreliable game of he-said-she-said, with grand accusations lobbed at one another but frequently with little evidence to back them up.

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