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Tuesday, May 12, 2026 11:36 PM ET

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Sons of Kouri Richins say they'd feel unsafe if she wasn't in prison -- Prosecutors said Kouri Richins laced her husband's cocktail with five times the lethal dose of fentanyl in 2022.

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Exclusive - Parents sue OpenAI over teen's death after he used ChatGPT to get drug info - A Texas couple is filing a lawsuit accusing the AI company of guiding their teenage son in using drugs, resulting in a fatal overdose. 11H ago

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Jason Collins, the NBA's first openly gay player, dies at 47 from brain cancer -- Jason Collins, the NBA's first openly gay player, who went on to become a pioneer for inclusion and an ambassador for the league, has died, his family announced Tuesday.

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Will Trump seek investment to join China in a "dark factory" future? -- A Chinese manufacturing giant tells CBS News how its sprawling factory runs with a fraction of the human workforce previously required.

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Florida's "Alligator Alcatraz" could close in June, sources say -- The closure comes amid escalating operating costs for the facility, which are now estimated to total nearly $1 billion.

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Trump on "the only thing that matters" in dealing with Iran -- President Trump said Americans' financial situation isn't motivating him to make a deal, "Not even a little bit," and that he is only focused on preventing Iran from getting nuclear weapons.

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Businesses starting to receive their IEEPA tariff refunds -- "I'd been checking the status feverishly to see if anything was in my bank account," one small business owner said.

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Searing U.S. energy prices are driving the hottest inflation in years -- CPI gas price index has surged 28% from a year ago, while overall energy costs are up nearly 18%, new inflation data shows.

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Brandon Clarke of the Memphis Grizzlies dies at age 29 -- Memphis Grizzlies forward Brandon Clarke has died at the age of 29, the team announced.

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Social Security's cost-of-living adjustment could reach nearly 4% in 2027 -- A larger COLA would boost monthly checks for retirees, but also strain Social Security's already depleted trust funds.

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Senate confirms Kevin Warsh as Fed governor, clearing path to become chair -- The Senate has confirmed Kevin Warsh to the Federal Reserve's Board of Governors, a crucial step in President Trump's push to make Warsh the central bank's leader, replacing Jerome Powell.

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Data reveals 42% drop in Canadian visits to U.S. last year -- University of Toronto researchers say cellphone data shows a major drop not only in Canadian tourists visiting the U.S., "but also in business-related travel."

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Justice Department defends subpoenas of Wall Street Journal reporters -- The Justice Department defended itself after the Wall Street Journal revealed​ it has received subpoenas in connection with a leak investigation.

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Canvas' parent company strikes deal with hackers to delete stolen data -- A hacking group named ShinyHunters claimed responsibility for the Canvas breach and threatened to leak data involving 275 million individuals if schools did not pay a ransom.

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Feds charge ship operator in Baltimore's Key Bridge collapse -- The operator of the Dali, a container ship that lost power and slammed into Baltimore's Francis Scott Key Bridge in 2024, killing six people, is facing federal charges.

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