U.S. announces new sanctions against Nicaragua over migration, human rights abuses, ties to Russia (www.cbsnews.com)
Democrats start out ahead in Pennsylvania, Wisconsin 2024 Senate races — CBS News Battleground Tracker poll (www.cbsnews.com)
Paul McCartney's long-lost Höfner bass returned after more than 50 years (www.cbsnews.com)
The bass was recovered by three lifelong Beatles fans who started The Lost Bass Project in 2023 in order to track down the stolen guitar and return it to McCartney.
DeSantis moving toward vetoing bill that would regulate sale of cannabis products in Florida (www.cbsnews.com)
EPA announces first-ever national regulations for "forever chemicals" in drinking water (www.cbsnews.com)
London police say suspects in stabbing of Iran International journalist fled U.K. just hours after attack (www.cbsnews.com)
World Press Freedom Day: Over 100 journalists killed in Gaza (www.cbsnews.com)
“In these times of darkness and hopelessness, we wish to share a strong message of solidarity and recognition to those Palestinian journalists who are covering this crisis in such dramatic circumstances. As humanity, we have a huge debt to their courage and commitment to freedom of expression,” said Mauricio Weibel, Chair of...
Migrant border crossings dip in March, with U.S. officials crediting crackdown by Mexico (www.cbsnews.com)
Smoking pit oven leads to discovery of "bones, skin and burnt human flesh," relatives of missing Mexicans say (www.cbsnews.com)
A group of relatives searching for some of Mexico’s roughly 100,000 missing persons said it had discovered around two dozen bags containing human remains in a clandestine cemetery....
8 years and still meeting for Thanksgiving (www.cbsnews.com)
8 years ago a grandma accidentally texted a young man she didn’t know about Thanksgiving. They’ve gone from strangers to family to business partners
Candy company Mars uses cocoa harvested by kids in Ghana, CBS News investigation finds (www.cbsnews.com)
Saudi Arabia reportedly sentences man to death for criticizing government on social media (www.cbsnews.com)
Saudi Arabia has sentenced to death a government critic who denounced alleged corruption and human rights abuses on social media, his brother and others familiar with the case told AFP on Monday....
50 years of tax cuts for the rich failed to trickle down, economics study says - CBS News (www.cbsnews.com)
Massachusetts passed a millionaire's tax. Now, the revenue is paying for free public school lunches. (www.cbsnews.com)
Where did all the Sriracha go? Sauce shortage hiking prices to $70 in online markets (www.cbsnews.com)
tl;dr: sriracha is selling for ~$40-$70 a bottle due to a shortage of red jalapeño crops, caused by climate change (specifically, extremely hot, dry weather as well as landslide effects from various climate events in the previous years). huy fong says sriracha is resuming limited production but did not specify when this...
