Nation and World
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Contractors building border wall ordered to stop drilling wells in drought-stricken New Mexico
Aug 03, 2026 7:29 pm - PHOENIX — The Trump administration has ordered construction crews on a border wall to stop drilling wells in drought-stricken New Mexico after ranchers said pumping groun...
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Former ‘60 Minutes’ correspondents Pelley, Alfonsi go from newsroom to classroom
Aug 03, 2026 7:18 pm - Sharyn Alfonsi and Scott Pelley, two of the correspondents ousted from “60 Minutes” as part of a major shakeup at the storied CBS News show, are moving from the newsroom to the classroom.
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Hundreds of migrant children are stranded in Spain’s Ceuta after mass crossing
Aug 03, 2026 7:14 pm - The teenage girl made it through the waves to Spanish territory. Her little brother did not, drowning in the Mediterranean, while their mother disappeared in the chaos when tens of thousands of people surged through the breakwater, trying to leave Morocco behind.
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Washington state fires destroy hundreds of buildings and force Spokane-area residents to evacuate
Aug 03, 2026 6:03 pm - Some residents returned to devastated neighborhoods in eastern Washington state to find their homes leveled by wildfires that erupted across a parched landscape over the weekend, covering yards in charred debris. In some cases, only chimneys were left standing.
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Man who killed top Minnesota lawmaker and her husband makes first state court appearance
Aug 03, 2026 5:53 pm - The man serving two life terms plus 40 years after pleading guilty to federal charges related to killing a top Democratic lawmaker and her husband made his initial appear...
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Authorities seek a motive in the mass shooting at an Idaho In-N-Out Burger
Aug 03, 2026 5:26 pm - A driver charging his electric taxi and a former law enforcement officer who tried to intervene were among the seven people wounded in a mass shooting at an Idaho fast food restaurant that also left three people dead, according to friends and relatives of the two men.
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US stocks rally near a record as falling oil prices ease Wall Street's worries about inflation
Aug 03, 2026 3:57 pm - NEW YORK — The U.S. stock market rallied to the edge of its all-time high on Monday after easing oil prices helped calm Wall Street’s worries that inflation could get eve...
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WestJet reaches tentative deal with flight attendants after strike snarled weekend traffic
Aug 03, 2026 3:53 pm - Canada’s second largest airline, WestJet, has agreed to a tentative agreement with flight attendants to end a strike that led to hundreds of flight cancellations and thousands of stranded passengers over the weekend.
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Tropical shark caught off Massachusetts could be sign of warming waters
Aug 03, 2026 3:28 pm - Nate Rouette and his brother Nelson went shark fishing on Cape Cod hoping for an exciting catch, but were shocked by what they reeled in -- a tropical species of shark with a reputation for eating everything it can swallow.
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Days after killing her 3 children, Lindsay Clancy told a psychologist she was ‘horrified’
Aug 03, 2026 3:09 pm - After an opening week of wrenching testimony and a jury trip to the home where Lindsay Clancy strangled her three children, her murder trial resumed Monday with more details about the killings in a coastal Massachusetts town in 2023.