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The full impact of the Supreme Court’s June 2023 ruling that colleges can’t consider race in admissions may not be known for years. But a CBS News analysis of enrollment records shows the first class of freshmen since the high court’s order is a little less diverse than the class …

A 12-year-old girl has been charged in connection with an acid attack against another child in a Detroit park.  The girl, who has not been identified, has been charged with one count of assault with intent to do great bodily harm and felonious assault, according to the Wayne County Prosecutor’s …

Police are investigating after a man who served as an interpreter for U.S. Special Forces in Afghanistan was shot and killed in Washington, D.C. earlier this week.   The man, whom Washington, D.C. police identified as 31-year-old Nasrat Ahmad Yar, was found inside of a vehicle on the 400 Block of …

Seven U.S. state attorneys general sent a letter to Target on Wednesday warning that clothes and merchandise sold as part of the company’s Pride month campaigns might violate their state’s child protection laws. Republican attorneys general from Indiana, Arkansas, Idaho, Kentucky, Mississippi, Missouri and South Carolina signed the letter, writing …

A former business partner of Hunter and James Biden, who worked directly with them on a 2017 China energy deal, was never asked to testify to a Delaware grand jury investigating Hunter Biden, two sources familiar with the discussions tell CBS News. Tony Bobulinski, the former business partner, was open …

The man charged with killing his mother at sea in an alleged attempt to inherit millions has died while awaiting trial, authorities said Thursday. The cause of Nathan Carman‘s death wasn’t immediately clear, and one of his attorneys said Carman apparently wrote a note to his lawyers before he died. …

Tom Holland said he’s taking off a “year off” after filming the new Apple+ TV series, “The Crowded Room.”  The “Spider-Man” star, who also served as an executive producer on the psychological drama, told Extra this week that he enjoyed playing both acting and producing in it, but acknowledged that it …

Steve Bannon had harsh words Thursday for one of former President Donald Trump’s rivals for the Republican presidential nomination. As Bannon was leaving court following the latest hearing in his New York State felony money laundering case, CBS News asked him about Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ presidential campaign announcement, a …

A suspect accused in multiple killings was re-captured by authorities in Philadelphia on Wednesday morning, almost 10 days after he escaped from a prison in the area. Eighteen-year-old Ameen Hurst, who is charged in the shooting deaths of four people between December 2020 and March 2021, broke out of the …

Mattress giant Tempur Sealy announced Tuesday it is acquiring Mattress Firm, the nation’s largest mattress retailer, for approximately $4 billion in cash and stocks. According to Tempur Sealy, the deal is expected to close in the second half of 2024. Mattress Firm will operate as a separate business unit within …