[ad_1] To dispel the idea that the American Revolution refers only to a war, we’re going to start our look at Ken Burns’ latest epic, “The American Revolution,” at the end, after the war is won. In a 1787 address, founding father Benjamin Rush said, “The American war is over: but this is far from…
[ad_1] A powerful 6.3-magnitude earthquake struck northern Afghanistan early Monday morning local time, according to the USGS and local authorities, sparking fears of mass casualties and the need for a response. “Based on initial information, the magnitude of the earthquake was more than 6, and the epicenter was in the Nakhchir district of Samangan province,”…
[ad_1] Tuesday is Election Day in Virginia, New Jersey, New York and California. The races will be early tests of how voters are feeling about President Trump and Democrats fighting his agenda. CBS News senior White House and political correspondent Ed O’Keefe has the highlights. [ad_2] Source link
[ad_1] British police arrest 32-year-old man in train stabbing attack – CBS News Watch CBS News A mass stabbing on a train rolling toward London injured 10 people. Leigh Kiniry is at CBS News’ London bureau with the latest details. [ad_2] Source link
[ad_1] Auctioneer Aurel Bacs knows what makes watch enthusiasts tick, as he puts exquisite, rare and vintage timepieces on the auction block. For 30 years, Bacs (whose love of watches began as a teenager in Zurich) has sold luxury timepieces at the world’s most celebrated auction houses. Over the past decade, he and his wife,…
[ad_1] President Trump slammed Democrats as “crazed lunatics” who have “lost their way,” blaming them for a government shutdown poised to become the longest in history with no deal in sight. But he offered no immediate plan to address health care costs, a sticking point for Democrats who want Republicans to agree to extend government…
[ad_1] Knopf We may receive an affiliate commission from anything you buy from this article. A National Book Award finalist, Megha Majumdar’s “A Guardian and a Thief” (Knopf) is set in India in a climate-ravaged near-future, in which mother preparing to move her family to America awakens to discover that a starving young man has stolen…
[ad_1] For some, the high cost of child care in the U.S. is a higher expense than rents and mortgages, or even in-state college tuition, and has pushed tens of thousands of women out of the workforce this year alone. Tracy Smith talks with Reshma Saujani, CEO and founder of Moms First, who says Americans…
[ad_1] One of the monkeys that escaped last week after a truck overturned on a Mississippi roadway was shot and killed early Sunday by a woman who says she feared for the safety of her children. Jessica Bond Ferguson said she was alerted early Sunday by her 16-year-old son who said he thought he had…
[ad_1] Pegasus We may receive an affiliate commission from anything you buy from this article. Caroline Lea, the author of “The Glass Woman,” returns with a reimagining of how young Mary Shelley created her classic horror novel. “Love, Sex, and Frankenstein” (Pegasus) brings to life that dark summer on Lake Geneva with Lord Byron and…
