Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Russia plans to draft 300,000 more troops into the fight as the invasion drags on. On Sunday, waves of Ukrainian drones targeted Russia’s economy, hitting a massive retail warehouse outside of Moscow. Holly Williams reports. Ukraine gains momentum against Russia but faces political challenge at home #Ukraine #gains #momentum #Russia […]
Opera great Giuseppe Verdi, one of history’s most successful composers, used his fortune to create a retirement home for professional musicians “not favored by fortune.” Residents of Casa Verdi in Milan not only share their lifetimes of artistry, they also provide master classes to young musicians. Chris Livesay reports. Milan’s Casa Verdi, a rest home […]
Palestinian-American Loui Ridi said he could only watch via security cameras from his home in Ohio as Israeli settlers laid siege to his house in the village of Qusra, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, for over a week. Settlers have long illegally seized Palestinian homes in the West Bank, but the attacks have stepped up […]
At least one person died and a second one appeared to be missing after a small plane crashed into a home in northern Germany on Saturday, police said. For reasons that are still being investigated, the small plane lost altitude and crashed into the roof of a single-family home in a residential neighborhood in Ganderkesee in […]
A model scout accused of rape and trafficking with links to the late American sex offender Jeffrey Epstein was found dead in his Paris home on Monday. Daniel Siad was under investigation by Paris prosecutors for accusations of rape and organizing human trafficking. The criminal investigation into Siad was launched based on complaints from women […]
“Take Me Home, Country Roads,” a song about a longing for home (co-written by a songwriter who had never even been in West Virginia), has been embraced by the Mountain State in a big way, and has since been appropriated by singers around the world looking for their very own “place I belong.” Correspondent Conor […]
A Mexican journalist who specialized in security issues was murdered Thursday in a drive-by shooting in the central state of Puebla where he worked, the local government announced. Josue Martinez was the director of Noticias San Martin Texmelucan, covering security and major events in his area, the journalists’ advocacy group Article 19 said, calling for […]
Brenda Fricker, the Irish actor who won an Academy Award for 1989’s “My Left Foot,” played the Pigeon Lady in “Home Alone 2” and appeared in “A Time to Kill” and “So I Married an Axe Murderer,” has died, her agent confirmed to CBS News on Friday. She was 81. Fricker died Thursday night in […]
A murder investigation was launched Friday into the death of Ann Widdecombe, a former member of Parliament who was found dead in her home in southwest England, police said. A suspect was arrested Friday afternoon. The 78-year-old former Conservative lawmaker and prisons minister had “sustained serious injuries” when she was found on Thursday in Haytor, […]