The sweeping tax and spending package that President Donald Trump signed into law earlier this month could cause thousands of people to lose access to treatment for opioid use disorder, leading to roughly 1,000 additional overdose deaths each year, researchers estimate. Fatal overdoses have been on the decline since they reached a record high in … Read more
For many of us, summer means attending backyard barbecues, laughing with neighbors and friends, watching kids chase fireflies, and enjoying fireworks lighting up the night. But in a split second, that can all change. Your daughter trips, gashing her knee on a rock. Your dad, laughing one moment, clutches his chest the next. Suddenly, you’re … Read more
Sweeping cuts in President Donald Trump’s “One Big Beautiful Bill” targeting abortion providers threaten to drastically reduce access to a wide variety of sexual and reproductive health care services in Maine—even though the state has protected reproductive rights. Two organizations—Planned Parenthood and Maine Family Planning—that serve roughly half of the patients in Maine’s entire sexual … Read more
The funding Planned Parenthood receives for a variety of reproductive and preventive care services through Medicaid is under threat after the Supreme Court and Senate Parliamentarian both greenlit Republican efforts to strip the women’s health organization of funds. The Senate version of President Donald Trump’s “One Big Beautiful Bill” narrowly passed on Tuesday with a … Read more
Osvaldo Golijov’s beauteously strange “Ainadamar” has reached Los Angeles. The opera, one of this century’s most gratifying, portrays the 1936 political execution of the poet Federico Garcia Lorca during the Spanish Civil War through the final minutes of actress Margarita Xirgu’s life. She dies as she is about to go onstage in the Lorca play … Read more
So far, 2025 has been a terrible year for global health. The Trump Administration is slashing funding to a number of international programs; closing down USAID, the government’s major aid development arm; and withdrawing U.S. membership from the World Health Organization. But a glimmer of hope arrived on May 8, when Bill Gates, chair of … Read more
Former Patriots coach Bill Belichick says his recent interview on “CBS Sunday Morning” created “a false narrative” about his relationship with his girlfriend, 24-year-old Jordon Hudson. Belichick, 73, who is now head coach at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, sat down with CBS News’ Tony Dokoupil ahead of the release of his … Read more
Bill Bellamy talks comedy, MTV days, and his “Top Billin’ Comedy Tour” – CBS News Watch CBS News Bill Bellamy, the comedian, actor, and former MTV VJ, joins “CBS Mornings” to reflect on his iconic career, coining the term “booty call,” and bringing laughs to cities across the country with his new comedy tour. Be … Read more
“No one here is happy.” That was the message from “60 Minutes” correspondent Scott Pelley at the end of Sunday’s program, in which he paid tribute to departing executive producer Bill Owens, who resigned last week citing increasing corporate interference in the venerable show. “Bill resigned Tuesday,” Pelley said. “It was hard on him and … Read more
It’s showtime for Hollywood at the California Capitol. The state’s entertainment industry has spent months begging for help from Sacramento to stem the decline of film and TV production and save thousands of jobs. This week, after months of speeches and promises from public officials, two bills meant to boost the beleaguered business cleared their … Read more
