Nearly 9,500 threats and concerning statements were made against Congress in 2024, according to U.S. Capitol Police.https://www.cbsnews.com/news/capitol-hill-politically-motivated-violence/
Court documents allege ChatGPT encouraged a 16-year-old boy to plan a "beautiful suicide" and keep it a secret from his loved ones.https://www.cbsnews.com/news/openai-changes-will-be-made-chatgpt-after-teen-suicide-lawsuit/
A judge said in an order that it was "baffling" that the woman had been "detained in the first place."https://www.cbsnews.com/news/after-federal-d-c-errors-defense-lawyer-tries-to-get-client-released-with-filing-reading-help/
President Trump's steep 50% tariff on Indian goods is now in effect. The president had initially announced a 25% tariff on India, but earlier this month he signed an executive order imposing an additional 25% tax because India buys Russian oil. CBS News business contributor Javier David has more.https://www.cbsnews.com/video/industries-impacted-trumps-tariffs-india/
Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey spoke after Wednesday's deadly school shooting, praising the city's law enforcement partners and teachers for their heroism. CBS News congressional reporter Taurean Small has more on how lawmakers are reacting to the shooting.https://www.cbsnews.com/video/clear-divide-messaging-over-minneapolis-school-shooting/
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The exodus has set off alarms among staff at the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: “My main concern is they will be replaced with puppets.”https://www.wired.com/story/centers-for-disease-control-prevention-cdc-resignations/
Results are due from retailers Dollar General and Best Buy this morninghttps://www.wsj.com/livecoverage/stock-market-today-dow-sp-500-nasdaq-08-28-2025?mod=rss_markets_main
Strong AI chip sales came up a bit short for the market’s only $4 trillion company.https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/even-nvidia-has-speed-limits-fc801b89?mod=rss_markets_main
Kim Jong Un will attend a huge military parade in China, where he can admire the weapons his regime aspires to make. With Putin’s help, he’s making progress.https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/08/28/north-korea-russia-nuclear-missile-advances/
Britain, France and Germany plan to jointly notify the U.N. Security Council that Iran is in “significant” violation of the 2015 nuclear deal.https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2025/08/27/iran-nuclear-program-snapback-sanctions/
Russia launched waves of airborne attacks across Ukraine, with the number of strikes suggesting unusual weakness in Ukrainian air defenses.https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/08/28/kyiv-attack-russia-trump-putin/
Researchers warn that rising sea levels could cause flooding that will endanger the historically significant statues, which were created by the Rapa Nui people between roughly 1300 and 1600 C.E.https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/seasonal-waves-could-reach-some-of-easter-islands-massive-moai-statues-by-2080-new-study-suggests-180987245/
Meet Neptune, an American lobster with a vibrantly colored shell that results from a genetic mutation affecting pigmentationhttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/see-the-rare-electric-blue-lobster-found-off-the-coast-of-massachusetts-180987249/
While sailing through a heavy blanket of fog, the "Frank D. Barker" went off course and ran into a limestone outcropping in October 1887https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/a-man-noticed-a-strange-shape-on-satellite-images-it-turned-out-to-be-a-138-year-old-shipwreck-in-lake-michigan-180987237/
The Library of Congress has acquired a collection of musical manuscripts and other rare artifacts connected to "The Wizard of Oz"https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/want-to-see-the-original-lyrics-for-over-the-rainbow-all-you-need-is-a-library-card-180987238/
In the conclusion of a long-awaited turn of events, the Great Plains tribe has now reclaimed cherished items stolen from their ancestors by the U.S. Armyhttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/return-plundered-heirlooms-offers-chance-healing-grieving-lakota-community-170-after-long-forgotten-massacre-180987246/
Donald McPherson shot down five planes in the Pacific theater in the final years of the war, earning him the title of "ace"https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/last-known-surviving-american-ace-pilot-from-world-war-ii-dies-at-103-180987239/
A new study of the pink birds in France finds that aging sets in later for flamingos that migrate, though they face higher mortality in early adulthoodhttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/migratory-flamingos-age-differently-from-resident-ones-offering-a-new-clue-about-getting-old-180987243/
Bees fed an enriched yeast supplement saw 15 times more of their larvae reach the developmental stage right before adulthood, according to a new studyhttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/researchers-develop-a-superfood-for-honeybees-to-fight-the-drastic-decline-of-their-colonies-180987234/