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“To the people I harmed, I’m sorry,” Harold Wayne Nichols said in his final statement.
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Health officials say an infant botulism outbreak tied to ByHeart baby formula has been expanded to include all illnesses reported since the company began production in 2022.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin expressed support for Venezuela during a phone call with Nicolás Maduro, CBS News has learned. This comes after the U.S. seized an oil tanker near the South American coast. Charlie D’Agata reports, and Willie James Inman has more from the White House.
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Documents and images show luxury purchases and wire transfers to China and East Africa.
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An American special forces veteran led the operation to get María Corina Machado out of Venezuela: “The first Nobel Prize winner that we’ve ever rescued.”
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Erika Kirk has one word for Candace Owens, who has been peddling conspiracy theories about her late husband, Charlie Kirk. Watch the one-hour CBS News town hall, moderated by editor-in-chief Bari Weiss, Saturday at 8 p.m. ET/CT on CBS.
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The Senate on Thursday failed to advance competing Democratic and Republican measures to address health care costs. Follow live updates here.
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MyPillow founder and CEO Mike Lindell has announced he will run for Minnesota governor in 2026, seeking the Republican nomination to challenge DFL incumbent Gov. Tim Walz.
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The Trump administration carried out an operation near Venezuela targeting an oil tanker. Robert B. Murrett, deputy director of the Syracuse University Institute for Security Policy and Law, joined CBS News with his take on the seizure.
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Time magazine named “the architects of AI” its 2025 Person of the Year on Thursday, calling out tech industry leaders behind the rise in artificial intelligence.
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