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The Powerball jackpot is approaching the $1 billion mark for Saturday night’s drawing.It’s at an estimated $950 million after no tickets came up winners for Wednesday night’s jackpot of roughly $850 million — the game’s sixth-largest ever at the time. Those winning numbers were 9, 12, 22, 41, 61 with a Powerball of 25.The estimated cash value of Saturday night’s pot of gold is $428.9 million. Wednesday’s had an estimated cash value of $383.7 million, Powerball said.  All the totals are before taxes are taken out. Jackpots can grow as more and more tickets are gobbled up.The $950 million grand…

Classes began this week for students at the University at Buffalo, a public research university in western New York, but there were about 750 fewer international students on campus than expected. The new students who did make it gathered for a welcome from the school’s dean of students. “We know you have had to overcome hurdles to be here – especially this summer, with visas,” Tomás Aguirre told the assembled students, representing more than 100 countries. “And I just wanted you to know that we are so glad you were able to make it.” The sentiment was common among the…

Washington — Whether in Washington, D.C., or back in their home states, Democratic Rep. Hillary Scholten of Michigan and Republican Rep. Tim Burchett of Tennessee are constantly on guard. “Mr. Burchett and I are both people of strong faith, so I can say I put faith over fear every single day, and I continue to do this job,” Scholten told CBS News when asked if she feels safe.”No, I don’t feel safe. But my head is on a swivel all the time,” Burchett added. “Trust, but verify.”Nearly 9,500 threats and concerning statements were made against Congress in 2024, according to U.S.…

Jon Wiener: From The Nation magazine, this is Start Making Sense.  I’m Jon Wiener. later in the show: ‘Huckleberry Finn’ is America’s great anti-slavery novel, but there’s a secret behind it: Mark Twain wasn’t always anti-slavery and anti-racist; in fact he fought, briefly, for the Confederacy. Adam Hochschild will explain how Twain changed his mind.  But first: Trump’s strategy in sending the National Guard to Chicago – and ours.John Nichols will comment – in a minute.[BREAK]Trump is threatening to send the National Guard into Chicago soon. Of course, that’s illegal and unconstitutional, but what’s his long-term strategy here – and…

Susan Monarez, the director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, is being ousted from her role less than a month after the Senate confirmed her to lead the public health agency, a source familiar with the matter confirmed to CBS News.It’s not clear why Monarez was removed from the job. She was confirmed by the Senate in a party-line vote in late July, after previously serving as the agency’s acting head starting in January.On Monday, Monarez had to cancel an agency-wide meeting because she had been summoned to Washington, D.C., according to CDC officials.The Department of Health and Human Services later confirmed…

Authorities in Dallas arrested a 36-year old man who the Department of Homeland Security says issued bomb threats against an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facility on Monday.Shortly after 6:30 p.m. Monday, Bratton Dean Wilkinson allegedly approached security officers and showed them what he claimed to be a “detonator” on his wrist, prompting a shelter-in-place for ICE’s Dallas Field Office, according to a senior DHS official. The Dallas resident allegedly approached the entrance of the facility and claimed he had a bomb in his backpack. An officer with the Department of Homeland Security’s Federal Protective Services who was stationed outside the…

Republican Rep. Mark Alford addresses attendees at a town hall Monday in Bolivar, Mo. Charlie Riedel/AP hide caption toggle caption Charlie Riedel/AP NEVADA, Mo. — A crowd of about 50 people are already seated with omelets and biscuits and gravy at a diner in Nevada, Mo., when GOP Rep. Mark Alford walks in. He smiles as he recognizes two constituents from a town hall earlier in the day who aren’t his biggest fans. “Hey, you guys are my roadies!” he said as he stopped by their table to shake their hands. August is when Congress trades the swampy D.C. summer…

A college diploma is no longer a sure ticket to a good-paying job. Yet some workers can earn six figures in a range of occupations without a bachelor’s degree, a new study finds.Nearly 6 million full-time workers without a bachelor’s degree earned at least $100,000 in 2023, according to a report from loan marketplace Lending Tree, which analyzed the latest data from the U.S. Census Bureau’s American Community Survey. The study sheds light on the many alternative pathways to a high-paying career that don’t require a four-year degree.”This report is pretty clear proof that you don’t have to go to college…

Politics / August 27, 2025 Trans people signed up to risk death for a country they well knew would likely never return the favor. And now the government is trying to make their lives hell. Ad Policy A person holds a sign supporting transgender veterans at the Unite for Veterans rally on the National Mall in Washington, DC, Friday, June 3, 2025. (Dominic Gwinn / Middle East Images / AFP via Getty Images) Early this month, the Pentagon quietly reneged on its promise to give transgender Air Force members the retirement pay they’ve earned over nearly two decades of service.…

Washington — Kilmar Abrego Garcia, the Salvadoran man who was taken into immigration custody after he was released pending a criminal trial, has asked an immigration judge to reopen his immigration proceedings and is seeking asylum in the United States, his lawyer said during a court hearing Wednesday.Simon Sandoval-Moshenberg, Abrego Garcia’s attorney, told a federal judge overseeing a legal challenge to his immigration detention that the Salvadoran man made the request Tuesday, one day after he was taken back into custody by U.S. immigration authorities in Baltimore. Abrego Garcia had been summoned for an interview with Immigration and Customs Enforcement at…