Major League Baseball is investing in a new women’s professional softball league, Commissioner Robert Manfred announced Thursday on “CBS Mornings.” The partnership with the Athletes Unlimited Softball League marks MLB’s first major investment in women’s professional sports. Manfred said the timing felt right for the investment. “We’ve been very engaged …
Read More »PFAS lurking in waterways pose hidden threat to health
Songbird Farm in Maine was once brimming with life and potential, but now, it stands as a mere shell of its former self. Adam Nordell and his wife Johanna purchased the 44-acre farm in 2014 with dreams of cultivating organic produce and raising a family. Little did they know, their …
Read More »Queen Latifah will host NAACP Image Awards
The host of the 54th NAACP Image Awards was revealed live on “CBS Mornings” on Tuesday. Queen Latifah, a Grammy, Emmy and Golden Globe Award-winning actress and musician, will host the ceremony on Saturday, Feb. 25. The awards celebrate Black performers in movies, TV, theater, music and literature. “It’s an …
Read More »Idaho murders: Bodycam video shows suspect Bryan Kohberger and his dad being pulled over weeks before arrest
Watch “48 Hours: The Idaho Student Murders” — correspondent Peter Van Sant reports on CBS and streaming on Paramount+. The man accused of killing four University of Idaho students near campus is now in a county jail in Idaho. Bryan Kohberger was handed over to local authorities Wednesday after a …
Read More »Adnan Syed “incredibly grateful, incredibly happy” after dropped charges, attorney says
After Adnan Syed served more than 23 years in prison for a crime he claims he did not commit, learning of his exoneration “was a wonderful moment,” his lawyer said Wednesday. Attorney Erica Suter recalled her client needing to sit down to process the information. “He was just incredibly grateful, …
Read More »In Philadelphia, and across U.S., police say “crushing volume” of killings outruns their ability to close cases
Just before dawn on a recent Thursday, a SWAT team and detectives from Philadelphia’s homicide unit quietly snaked through the streets of the city’s Mayfair neighborhood. The overworked detectives were closing in on a possible murder suspect in the death of an immigrant Uber driver. Philadelphia saw 562 homicides in …
Read More »The Dish: The Peach Truck’s Stephen and Jessica Rose share their signature recipes
Stephen Rose spent childhood summers on a Georgia peach farm — and took the luscious delicacy for granted. But when he moved to Nashville he couldn’t find anything like the fruit he grew up with. So in 2012, he and his wife Jessica started The Peach Truck, which brings ripe …
Read More »“Dread, rage and despair” kept Colson Whitehead from visiting the school that inspired his new book
Colson Whitehead’s new book, “The Nickel Boys,” centers on two black students navigating violence, abuse and corrupt officials at a segregated reform school in the Florida panhandle. While its protagonists are fictional, the setting is inspired by the real Arthur G. Dozier School for Boys, which operated for more than a …
Read More »“Killing Eve” stars Sandra Oh and Jodie Comer on their characters’ “absolutely obsessive” relationship
The hit television series “Killing Eve” defies genre. The show is at once a psychological thriller, a cat-and-mouse spy game and a workplace comedy centering on two characters, British intelligence officer Eve Polastri, played by Sandra Oh, and the Russian assassin she’s obsessed with, Villanelle, played by Jodie Comer. Season …
Read More »Designer Isaac Mizrahi on coming out and how his mother influenced his collections
Since launching his clothing line in 1987, fashion designer Isaac Mizrahi has made clothing for high-profile women including Michelle Obama, Meryl Streep and Sarah Jessica Parker. He’s also credited with bringing designer clothing to the masses with his Target and QVC collaborations. Mizrahi’s status as a cultural icon was cemented …
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