Inflation around the U.S. reached a new 40-year high in February, with consumer prices jumping 7.9% from a year ago — the fastest annual rate since the Reagan administration. Rising costs of energy, housing and food drove the increase, the Labor Department said on Thursday. The price of energy has …

Singer Grimes sat down for a cover story with Vanity Fair, and the interview uncovered that she had another – secret – baby with Elon Musk.  Writer Devin Gordon went to Grimes’ house for the interview and while talking to the pop star, whose real name is Claire Boucher, a baby …

Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds delivered the Republican response to President Biden’s State of the Union address on Tuesday evening, criticizing the Biden administration on crime, inflation, and Russia’s place in the world, saying it feels like the U.S. has reverted to the late 70s and early 80s.  Reynolds said she’s “worried …

Jupiter, Florida — Major League Baseball extended its deadline for reaching a labor deal to Tuesday at 5 p.m. for salvaging Opening Day as scheduled on March 31. Locked-out players and team owners engaged in a series of intense negotiations that began Monday and stretched into early Tuesday morning as …

A sailor accused of starting the fire that destroyed the USS Bonhomme Richard will face a court martial for arson, according to charges filed Friday. Ryan Mays faces two counts in military court for the July 2020 blaze that injured dozens of personnel aboard the amphibious assault ship as the …

NEW YORK — Calls for the removal of three appointees to Mayor Eric Adams‘ administration are getting louder. The men are being criticized for what’s being called their past homophobic comments. However, as CBS2’s Aundrea Cline-Thomas reported Wednesday, the mayor says he is not budging. “I have a rigorous selection process …

Google said Wednesday that it will restrict advertisers’ ability to track users of Android phones and other devices. It joins Apple in taking steps to strengthen privacy for U.S. consumers, a sea change for the digital ad industry.  Anthony Chavez, vice president of product management for Android Security & Privacy, …

The Dallas District Attorney’s Office issued arrest warrants Wednesday for two police officers who allegedly injured people during the 2020 protests against police brutality. The officers were expected to turn themselves in to the Dallas County Sheriff’s Department, according to police.  Senior Corporal Ryan Mabry is charged with three counts of aggravated assault …

The House has passed a bill extending government funding through March 11. The final vote was 272 – 162.  Congressman Josh Gottheimer of New Jersey was the only Democrat to oppose the bill, known as a continuing resolution. The bill, if passed by the Senate and signed by President Biden, …

Senator Ben Ray Luján, who suffered a stroke last week and remains hospitalized, is expected to return to Washington and be back at work in four to six weeks. In the meantime, Senate Democrats will not have enough votes to pass legislation on their own, since they cannot afford to lose a …