Dealing with the crushing costs of child care

[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…

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CBS News poll finds few feel shutdown is worth it; low marks for Republicans, Democrats, Trump’s handling

[ad_1] For many Americans, across party lines, concern over the government shutdown means concern about its potential impact on the economy, among other things.  Therefore, many don’t think either party’s position is worth having a shutdown over. Given that, no one is looking especially good politically at the moment. President Trump, congressional Democrats, and Republicans…

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French President Macron says recognition of Palestinian state is necessary to combat Hamas

[ad_1] French President Emmanuel Macron pushed back on Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s criticism of France’s decision to recognize a Palestinian state, telling CBS News that doing so is necessary to combat Hamas.  Macron plans to formalize his country’s decision at the United Nations General Assembly next week in New York. Macron’s decision puts France…

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“Portrait of a Lady,” Italian painting looted by Nazis and recently seen in real estate listing, recovered in Argentina

[ad_1] An Argentine federal court announced Wednesday that authorities had recovered the long-lost “Portrait of a Lady,” an 18th-century work by the Italian painter Giuseppe Ghislandi that was looted by the Nazis in World War II and rediscovered when it appeared in an online real estate listing last month. Before the presentation of the giant…

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Helicopter crashes on Sacramento freeway; at least 3 critically injured, officials say

[ad_1] Sacramento medical helicopter crash results in multiple victims Sacramento medical helicopter crash results in multiple victims 12:15 Officials are investigating after a medical helicopter crashed on a Sacramento freeway Monday evening. The Sacramento Fire Department said a REACH medical helicopter went down shortly after 7 p.m. on eastbound Highway 50 near 59th Street. Eastbound…

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Kentucky attorney general sues Roblox alleging a “playground for predators”

[ad_1] Kentucky has sued Roblox, alleging that children are accessing violent simulation games on the popular gaming platform, including depictions of the assassination of Charlie Kirk, just weeks after the conservative activist’s killing. In the 68-page complaint filed Tuesday in Madison Circuit Court in Madison County, the state Attorney General’s Office alleges that it is…

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