Washington — House Speaker Kevin McCarthy on Tuesday said he doesn’t know if former President Donald Trump is the “strongest” Republican candidate for president, a rare crack in McCarthy’s robust support for the GOP front-runner. McCarthy made the remark during an interview on CNBC Tuesday morning, in response to questions …
Read More »Lawyers fined for filing bogus case law created by ChatGPT
A federal judge on Thursday imposed $5,000 fines on two lawyers and a law firm in an unprecedented instance in which ChatGPT was blamed for their submission of fictitious legal research in an aviation injury claim. Judge P. Kevin Castel said they acted in bad faith. But he credited their …
Read More »New figures reveal scope of military discrimination against LGBTQ troops, with over 29,000 denied honorable discharges
New figures shared exclusively with CBS News are offering a detailed look at the scope of decades of discrimination by the U.S. military against gay and lesbian service members, revealing that more than 29,000 individuals kicked out because of their sexuality were denied honorable discharges. There have long been estimates …
Read More »Car rams into 4 fans outside White Sox ballpark in Chicago
Four people were hurt, two critically, when a car plowed into them Tuesday evening outside Guaranteed Rate Field in Chicago as they were heading into the ballpark to watch the team take on the Texas Rangers, CBS Chicago’s Andrew Ramos reports. Four suspects in the car were caught nearby when …
Read More »Teens with severe obesity turn to surgery and new weight loss drugs, despite controversy
John Simon III was a hungry baby, a “chunky” toddler and a chubby little boy, his mother said. But by age 14, his weight had soared to 430 pounds and was a life-threatening medical condition. Nine months after weight-loss surgery that removed a portion of his stomach, John has lost …
Read More »Millions of Google search users can now claim settlement money. Here’s how.
Anyone who used Google to search and clicked on a link in its search results between Oct. 25, 2006 and Sept. 30, 2013 can now collect part of a $23 million settlement, as long as they submit a claim within the next six weeks. The settlement stems from 2013 class-action …
Read More »E. Jean Carroll can seek more damages against Trump, judge says
Author E. Jean Carroll can amend her original defamation lawsuit against former President Donald Trump to include comments he made at a CNN town hall event last month, a federal judge said Tuesday. Carroll is seeking at least $10 million in new damages after he repeated statements that, according to …
Read More »Riding student Lauren Kanarek is shot by her Olympian trainer Michael Barisone. Will he be found “not guilty by reason of insanity”?
This story originally aired on Sept. 10, 2022. It was updated on June 10, 2023. In 2019, former Olympic equestrian and trainer Michael Barisone was charged with the attempted murder of one of his students, Lauren Kanarek, and her boyfriend. At his Spring 2022 trial, Barisone’s legal team tried a …
Read More »Biden and British PM Sunak offer “unwavering” support to Ukraine
Ukraine was a major focus of British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak‘s White House visit with President Joe Biden on Thursday. The two met in the Oval Office before holding a press conference. In the Oval Office, the leaders discussed what Mr. Biden called their “unwavering” support for the people of Ukraine, as …
Read More »Tucker Carlson debuts his Twitter show: “No gatekeepers here”
Tucker Carlson on Tuesday posted the first episode of his new Twitter show since Fox News ousted him in April. The 10-minute video features the popular conservative commentator sitting in a wood-paneled room and delivering a monologue in which he skewers some of his favorite targets, including the news media. Carlson, …
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