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In our news wrap Friday, two men were pulled from a tunnel more than a week after the catastrophic deluge that barreled through Himalayan river valleys, Ukraine's president says a Russian drone struck the headquarters of the country's security service and New York police fatally shot a man wielding a knife on the city's iconic Brooklyn Bridge.

Interior Secretary Doug Burgum says "excavation work" will begin in the next two weeks, without approval from a key federal body. Veterans who sued over the arch want a judge to intervene before then.

Nazir Afzal to focus in review’s first stage on support given to professor in immediate period before his death The University of Cambridge has asked Nazir Afzal, a former chief crown prosecutor for north-west England, to lead the first part of its review into the death of the scholar Jason Arday. Arday died at his home in south London on 14 August, nine days after his resignation as a Cambridge professor amid swirling allegations of plagiarism and inconsistencies in statements about his career. Continue reading...

The Togo-sponsored resolution was backed by 164 nations - with the US as the only nation to vote against it.

Some of the highest-ranking officials in the U.S. military were subjected to polygraph tests as part of a sweeping leak probe, U.S. officials briefed on the matter told CBS News.

Parts of central and southern Europe have seen temperatures above 40C this week. As things warm up in the UK, is there a heatwave on the way?

The FBI is using artificial intelligence to fight crime as it leans into targeting cartels and transnational criminal organizations. CBS News' Anna Schecter spoke with FBI Deputy Director Christopher Raia about the new technology.

A federal judge on Friday extended her prohibition against the U.S. Postal Service implementing President Donald Trump's executive order seeking to limit mail voting during the midterms, putting another major obstacle in the way of the administration as the first states begin sending out mail ballots.

EU's Marta Kos cancels Serbia visit, condemning Ratko Mladic 'glorification' as incompatible with European values.

Thousands of Iranians have been killed and more than 750 US service members have been wounded during the ongoing conflict Sign up for US Breaking News emails President Trump threatened in a social media post on Friday to stop trade with some countries unless the US Federal Reserve moves to cut interest rates. Trump cited August’s strong jobs report as sufficient justification to lower rates, and warned that, if the central bank didn’t go along, he’d halt trade between the US and any nations with which it maintains a trade deficit. Continue reading...

The NFL is demanding that prediction markets like Kalshi and Polymarket stop offering risky bets that can be easily influenced by one person. Mark Strassman has the story.

Exclusive: Guardian investigation reveals targeting of World Central Kitchen convoy was result of widely used military tactic • Death on the road to Rafah: the night the IDF targeted World Central Kitchen aid workers Seven aid workers killed in an airstrike in Gaza were marked as targets under an Israeli military practice of establishing guilt by association, a Guardian investigation shows. A top Israeli military prosecutor announced last month that he would not pursue criminal proceedings for the April 2024 incident in which drones fired missiles at three clearly marked World Central Kitchen (WCK) cars soon after they had escorted a food aid delivery to Gaza. Three British humanitarian workers along with an Australian, a Palestinian, a Pole and a dual US-Canadian national were killed. Continue reading...

In a new report, officials with the United Nations say the world is close to crossing the global warming temperature threshold sooner than expected. Kristie Ebi, one of the lead authors, joins CBS News to discuss the findings.

Counterfeit versions of a drug which is still in clinical trials are flooding the black market.

Labor Day weekend travel is set to be disrupted by powerful storms across the country. Lana Zak reports and Rob Marciano has the forecast.

Indira Talwani’s ruling presents major setback for president as first states begin to send out mail ballots for midterms A federal judge on Friday again blocked Donald Trump’s executive order to impose sweeping restrictions on mail-in voting, the latest in a legal back-and-forth playing out less than two months before election day. US district court judge Indira Talwani initially placed a temporary order blocking the president’s mandate and has now extended that prohibition with a stronger preliminary injunction. The ruling comes hours after North Carolina became the first state to start sending out mail-in ballots for the 3 November midterm elections. Continue reading...

Democratic lawmakers poke fun at prank website, while Republicans slam 'fake news' and redirect users to real one.

The Trump administration has stalled a study that would help regulators understand which industries dump harmful forever chemicals with their wastewater, according to two former agency officials who were involved in its development.

A federal judge indefinitely extended her order to prevent the Trump administration from implementing new restrictions on mail-in ballots. The Trump plan would require states to use scannable ballot envelopes and to provide the federal government with lists of voters eligible to receive mail ballots. Liz Landers discussed more with David Becker of the Center for Election Innovation and Research.

The U.N. has backed a new map showing Africa in its true relative size, with the U.S. standing alone in opposition.

Some 400 challengers and 2,000 spectators are expected at the world stone skimming championships.

The Trump administration this week quietly released an update to a major survey on civil rights in schools that was scrubbed of all data related to nonbinary students or bullying based on gender identity.

More than 10% of Nepal's energy generation capacity was knocked out by last week's floods.

During the most recent Ice Age, researchers believe there was a "lost land bridge" between Wales and Ireland.

A report from Labor Department investigators found former Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer violated her own department's policy prohibiting harassment. She resigned in April.

The AI giant is worried about what all-powerful bots could mean for our constitutional rights.

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said it would examine whether the company’s new self-driving taxi, which has no steering wheel, meets federal auto regulations.

The companies racing to build AI factories are rethinking their plans in order to win back the trust of Americans.

A substance found in edible sea squirts appeared to reverse several signs of aging in older mice. Plasmalogen supplements improved memory and learning, strengthened connections between brain cells, reduced inflammation, and even helped the mice grow thicker, darker hair. Researchers believe the compounds may encourage brain regeneration and protect aging synapses.

Once a desperate 18th-century fight for survival, mudlarking has evolved into one of London’s most coveted viral pastimes.

The disinhibited men looking for purpose in all the wrong places

Following Ms. Steinem’s death on Wednesday, her foundation said her Upper East Side home would become a permanent space for organizing and activism.

Neither a home cook nor an enthusiastic eater, she used the dinner table as a place to forge relationships and foster change.

Harness that back-to-school energy to set some new goals.

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The woman’s symptoms limited her for years until she underwent testing to be a kidney donor.

The popularity of GLP-1s is shifting facial aesthetic trends. Plus, a fast-food chain that’s gone full MAGA and back-to-school morning routines.

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Goth Babe’s chipper electronic pop is created off the grid in between outdoor adventures.

An Australian engineer advising the effort described how two men were freed after nine days trapped in a tunnel at the Upper Trishuli 3A hydropower plant.

Severe storms swept through the Mid-Atlantic and areas around the Great Lakes ahead of the Labor Day weekend.

Experts and residents were closely watching the storm on Friday, looking for signs of its final path. “It’s too close for comfort,” one said.

Thousands are missing, and some families have lost hope of recovering their bodies. To carry out his sacred duty, a son lights the funeral pyre for a straw effigy of his father.

An exhibition at the Met Cloisters reveals the enduring fascination with hybrid beings in both Europe and the Americas, and similarities in the imaginations and concerns of vastly different cultures.

Here’s some bad news: Sometimes the coyote does win.

A spoof of the G.O.P. convention site tricked people for weeks, before redirecting them to the Justice Department’s library of Epstein files.

Some parents are at loose ends about how to occupy their children in the extra week before school starts Sept. 10 — and some camps are benefiting from their bind.

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Books from Arion Press, crafted with lead and tin, can sell for tens of thousands of dollars.

Responding to Build the Wall, an apparent copy of the retro video game, the Tetris Company said “we take copyright infringement very seriously.”

Look for a wide-ranging survey of Black abstraction at MoMA PS1, Taryn Simon’s photographic explorations in the Guggenheim Museum rotunda, Eric Carle’s colorful collages and much more.

A Thunderstorm Watch is in effect for much of the Washington, D.C., region Friday as heat and humidity persist, pushing temperatures into the 90s.

A 90-year-old bodybuilding champion in Japan, a memorial for King Harald V of Norway, a kite festival in Indonesia, a marching-band performance in Atlanta, and much more.

The Midcentury Modern house, which features MiMo design, underwent a large renovation that expanded it by more than 2,000 square feet.

The blog Krebs on Security reported on an identity theft service trying to sell scans of licenses and other documents belonging to people in Canada and the United States.

Plus, we talk to the man in the rotating refrigerator.

Millions of people were under heat warnings across the Midwest.

The artist Emma Prempeh discusses her multifaceted sense of home and the freedom she’s found with a brush.

Two squishy toy recalls warn of water beads that can expand if swallowed, posing potentially life-threatening risks to children.

The new recall involves Baby Sesame Street Elmo Silicone Teethers which were sold in stores and online between January 2025 and March 2026, according to the Consumer Product Safety Commission.

The new recall is an expansion of one issued in July with federal health officials saying the affected frozen berries were sold at Walmart stores in multiple states including Florida, Illinois, and Minnesota.

A man charged with killing a mother and daughter in a wrong-way, DUI crash on I-270 in Maryland may be in the U.S. illegally.