Amazon is extending the benefits of a Prime subscription to online stores beyond its own site, a move geared toward boosting revenue from merchant fees and expanding its logistics footprint. The company said Thursday the new service called “Buy with Prime,” will initially be available by invitation for merchants who …
Read More »This week on “Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan,” April 17, 2022: Coons, Kuleba, Beasley, Hodges, Pimentel
“Face the Nation” Guest Lineup Senator Chris Coons – (D) Delaware Dmytro Kuleba – Ukrainian Foreign Minister David Beasley – Executive Director of the United Nations World Food Programme, Former Republican Governor of South Carolina Lieutenant General Ben Hodges – Former commander for U.S. Army forces in Europe Sister Norma …
Read More »Transcript: Cleveland Fed chief Loretta Mester on “Face the Nation,” April 10, 2022
The following is a transcript of an interview with Loretta Mester, president and CEO of the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland, that aired Sunday, April 10, 2022, on “Face the Nation.” MARGARET BRENNAN: A new CBS poll shows a bit of a difference in how Americans are experiencing the economy. Although …
Read More »Cash App says data breach could affect millions of users
More than 8 million users of mobile payments service Cash App could be affected in a data breach involving a former employee who took records containing customer names and account numbers. While account user names and passwords were not affected, the mobile payments app is now notifying customers of the …
Read More »Biden plans to tap oil reserve to control gas prices
President Biden is preparing to order the release of up to 1 million barrels of oil per day from the nation’s strategic petroleum reserve, according to two people familiar with the decision. It’s a bid to control energy prices that have spiked as the U.S. and allies have imposed steep …
Read More »Why Ginni Thomas’ texts with Mark Meadows could be “a tricky area” for congressional investigators
There could be more text messages between Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas’ wife, Virginia “Ginni” Thomas, and Trump White House chief of staff Mark Meadows, CBS News chief election and campaign correspondent Robert Costa told “CBS Mornings.” “There might very well be texts we have not seen. Twenty-nine were provided …
Read More »DNA leads to arrest of Washington man two decades after rapes of women
An eastern Washington man has been arrested in the rapes of women in Pullman two decades ago after authorities say DNA linked him to the crimes. Kenneth Downing, 47, was arrested Thursday at a construction site where he was working in Spokane after Pullman police say his DNA matched evidence …
Read More »Father of Sarah Lawrence student coerced his daughter’s college friends for sex and money, prosecutor says: “He took over their lives”
A prosecutor cast an ex-convict Thursday as a mobster-like figure who coerced his daughter’s college friends to join his “family” as he accumulated power, sex and money, forcing one woman into a sex work enterprise so lucrative that she gave him $1 million in a single year. A defense lawyer, …
Read More »BMW recalls 900,000 vehicles, most for 3rd time, over risk of engine fires
BMW is recalling more than 917,000 older cars and SUVs in the U.S. — most for a third time — to fix a problem that can cause engine compartment fires. The recall covers many 3 Series, 5 Series, 1 Series, X5, X3, and Z4 vehicles from the 2006 through 2013 …
Read More »“Reading Rainbow” to return this weekend as an interactive streaming program: “I think it’s been a long time coming”
With a reboot of “Reading Rainbow,” children’s programming is about to get a lot more colorful. This weekend, the classic television show — which went off the air more than a decade ago — returns as an interactive streaming program called “Reading Rainbow Live.” CBS News’ Vladimir Duthiers was invited to …
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