Scientists have identified what could be the oldest rocks on Earth from a rock formation in Canada. The Nuvvuagittuq Greenstone Belt has long been known for its ancient rocks – plains of streaked gray stone on the eastern shore of Hudson Bay in Quebec. But researchers disagree on exactly how …

Killer whales have been caught on video breaking off pieces of seaweed to rub and groom each other, scientists announced Monday, in what they said is the first evidence of marine mammals making their own tools. Humans are far from being the only member of the animal kingdom that has …

U.S. Steel and Nippon Steel announced Wednesday that they have finalized their long-awaited partnership.  Under the announced agreement, U.S. Steel will retain its name and headquarters in Pittsburgh. The steel will continue to be “mined, melted and made” in the United States, the companies said. The partnership is expected to …

Residents in Spain and several other popular destinations in Europe protested against mass tourism Sunday, saying a flood of summer visitors is driving up housing costs in their cities and pushing out locals. Some of the protesters in Barcelona and on the Spanish island of Mallorca sprayed tourists with water …

Surveillance camera footage from the lobby of a building down the street from the U.S. Capitol provided a break in the three-year search for the person who was extorting a young man from Buffalo, New York.  Cross Cole, a 21-year-old citizen of Ghana, who is linked to a 2022 stay …

Columbia University student activist Mahmoud Khalil can remain in federal detention on allegations he lied on his green card application, a federal judge ruled Friday. U.S. District Judge Michael Farbiarz said days earlier the Trump administration cannot detain or deport Khalil based on Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s determination that …

The Republicans’ “big beautiful” budget package is aimed at ushering in “a new golden age in America” through a combination of tax and spending cuts, according to House Speaker Mike Johnson. But a new analysis from the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office finds that the bill may prove less golden for some Americans. …

Washington — A lawyer for Kilmar Abrego Garcia, the mistakenly deported man who was recently brought back from El Salvador to face charges in the U.S., said his case is bigger than one individual.  Chris Newman, who represents Abrego Garcia’s family, told CBS News’ Major Garrett in an interview that …

A riot in a prison northeast of Nashville was contained overnight, officials say, and all prisoners returned to their cells after officers deployed chemical agents into the prison yard. The Trousdale County Sheriff’s Department says it got word just after 10 p.m. Sunday of the trouble at the Trousdale Turner …

Police in the southern Mexican state of Chiapas and federal forces killed four suspected criminals on Sunday during a chase in an area bordering Guatemala, the local government said. The incident unfolded just days after five police officers were killed in an ambush by an armed group in the same …