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Then-President Joe Biden, pictured during a White House ceremony in January 2025, has been diagnosed with what his office calls an “aggressive form” of prostate cancer. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images Former President Joe Biden’s office announced Sunday that he has been diagnosed with an “aggressive” form of prostate cancer, which has spread to his bones. But it said the cancer appears to be hormone-sensitive, “which allows for effective management.” Prostate cancer is the most common cancer among men in the U.S. after skin cancer, and can often be treated successfully, according to the American…

Federal investigators looking into the Mexican navy ship that crashed into the Brooklyn Bridge over the weekend are expected to provide an update Monday afternoon in New York City. The National Transportation Safety Board is scheduled to share an update at 3 p.m. Watch streaming live on CBS News New York.NTSB investigators started collecting evidence Sunday to piece together what happened. The Coast Guard helped move the ship to safety, but commercial water traffic remains suspended in the area. Meanwhile, people have been leaving flowers and candles at Pier 36 on the Lower East Side to pay tribute to the crew members. 2 killed…

Books & the Arts / May 19, 2025 Rebuilding Los Angeles after the fires. In the aftermath of this year’s catastrophic fires, architects and urban planners begin to consider how to rebuild. Ad Policy Altadena, California, after the January 2025 fires.(Brandon Bell / Getty Images) This article appears in the June 2025 issue. After an unusually dry autumn in which fires erupted in Brooklyn’s Prospect Park, on the New Jersey–New York border, and in the Catskills—one came within 12 inches of a friend’s home—I watched from a distance as firestorms ravaged portions of greater Los Angeles and read countless accounts…

What’s next for Biden after cancer diagnosis? Understanding Biden’s prostate cancer diagnosis 02:44 Former President Joe Biden expressed his gratitude Monday for an outpouring of support after his office announced he had been diagnosed with an “aggressive form” of prostate cancer a day earlier. “Cancer touches us all,” Biden said in a social media post. “Like so many of you, Jill and I have learned that we are strongest in the broken places. Thank you for lifting us up with love and support.”Biden and his family are reviewing treatment options with his physicians after the Friday diagnosis, his office said. The former president…

Some of the National Institutes of Health’s top brain scientists received layoff notices last month, weeks before Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. testified to Congress that no working scientists had been cut from his department.While the researchers were asked to continue working for a few more weeks in the labs they run at the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, multiple sources familiar with the situation say their layoff notices have not been revoked.”Most people believe we were reinstated because we got back to the office,” one of the scientists, who spoke on the condition…

Reading interventionist Roxanne Davis works with a first grader on forming words at Mill Stream Elementary School. Greta Rybus for NPR hide caption toggle caption Greta Rybus for NPR Jonathan Moody runs a rural school district in and around Skowhegan, Maine, about 90 miles north of Portland. His office is in an old, converted farmhouse; the conference room was once a chicken coop. “I drive 30 minutes to work and I have no stoplight,” Moody says with a chuckle. Moody grew up going to rural schools nearby, and now he’s dedicated his career to leading them. But the rurality of…

During his first administration, President Trump’s top health officials gave North Carolina permission to use Medicaid money for social services not traditionally covered by health insurance. It was a first-in-the-nation experiment to funnel health care money into housing, nutrition, and other social services.Some poor and disabled Medicaid patients became eligible for benefits, including security deposits and first month’s rent for housing, rides to medical appointments, wheelchair ramps, and even prescriptions for fresh fruits and vegetables.Such experimental initiatives to improve the health of vulnerable Americans while saving taxpayers on costly medical procedures and expensive emergency room care are booming nationally. Without…

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Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., speaks during a news conference at the Capitol on May 6, 2025, in Washington. Rod Lamkey/AP hide caption toggle caption Rod Lamkey/AP WASHINGTON — Republicans advanced their massive tax cut and border security package out of a key House committee during a rare Sunday night vote as deficit hawks who had blocked the measure two days earlier allowed it to move forward, citing what they called progress in negotiations on the package’s spending cuts. Speaker Mike Johnson met with Republican lawmakers shortly before the meeting and told reporters that some changes had been…

Washington — President Trump’s domestic policy bill cleared another hurdle in the House late Sunday after conservatives rebelled Friday over concerns the legislation does not contain steep enough spending cuts. The opposition stalled the bill while negotiations with Republican leadership carried through the weekend to try to get conservatives on board, culminating with the House Budget Committee scheduling a second vote late Sunday to move it one step closer to a floor vote before the lower chamber’s self-imposed Memorial Day deadline. Four conservative holdouts — Reps. Chip Roy of Texas, Ralph Norman of South Carolina, Josh Brecheen of Oklahoma, Andrew Clyde of Georgia —…