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Thursday, September 17, 2026 7:32 AM ET

CBS News - US News

2 adults and child found dead after flooding inundates New Mexico -- Navajo Nation President Buu Nygren thanked first responders for working through the night in difficult and dangerous conditions as they searched for the people.

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Investigation -- There are more trucks on highways. But the government is inspecting them less. -- A CBS News investigation finds that nearly 600 people have died in crashes since 2024 with trucks operated by companies that had never been subjected to a roadside safety inspection.

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Millionaires are everywhere in the U.S., new book says -- Getting rich in the U.S. is still possible, but the most common path to wealth doesn't involve working for other people, according to a new book.

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5 missing women are linked to Olney home in Philadelphia. Here's what we know. -- Inside the home, owned by Eugene Horsch and connected to his father, R.C. Horsch, authorities have found a trove of digital images, a so-called laboratory of chemicals and a small marijuana grow operation.

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NASA spacecraft discovers moon crater bigger than Roman Colosseum -- Scientists have discovered a crater on the moon that's bigger than the Roman Colosseum, the result of a powerful impact two years ago.

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Virginia fines a Microsoft data center for emissions violations -- As part of the settlement with Microsoft, the tech giant has agreed to invest $2.4 million toward an environmental project underway in Loudoun County.

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AI doesn't have rights or feelings, Microsoft's AI chief says -- Microsoft's Mustafa Suleyman said in an essay that trying to develop AI consciousness would be "catastrophic" for humanity.

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Senate Democrats meet with El-Sayed, rallying around Michigan nominee -- Michigan Democratic Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed met with Senate Democrats as they look to rally around his candidacy in the final sprint to November's election.

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House votes to hold Leon Black in contempt of Congress in Epstein probe -- The committee accused Black of defying subpoenas as part of its investigation into the late Jeffrey Epstein.

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First on CBS -- White House chief of staff Susie Wiles says she's cancer-free -- White House chief of staff Susie Wiles had a medical procedure at the Mayo Clinic earlier this week, CBS News first reported.

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House cutting week short before adjourning until after midterms -- House Speaker Mike Johnson canceled votes in the chamber that were planned for Thursday ahead of a six-week recess.

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First on CBS -- White House chief of staff Susie Wiles had medical procedure at Mayo Clinic -- White House chief of staff Susie Wiles was diagnosed with breast cancer in March.

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Federal Reserve raises interest rates for the first time since 2023 -- The Fed increased its benchmark rate by 0.25 percentage points to battle resurgent inflation driven by soaring energy prices.

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AI is making it easier for adversaries to target U.S. military, experts say -- An Iran-linked adversary used Claude AI to try to target U.S. naval forces, Anthropic revealed in a recent report.

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Maye Musk says son Elon "just wants to do good" but steps "on a lot of toes" -- Maye Musk has described her son Elon as a genius even as a child, and said his efforts have led to insults and unfair treatment from the public.

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