Career officials at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention responsible for overseeing the agency’s committee of outside vaccine experts have been removed from their role in the process, multiple CDC officials tell CBS News.  News of their removal comes the same week Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. …

A New Jersey grand jury on Tuesday indicted Democratic Rep. LaMonica McIver of New Jersey on three charges of assaulting federal law enforcement officers during a clash last month outside of a Newark ICE detention center, interim New Jersey U.S. Attorney Alina Habba announced on X.  In May, Habba announced …

Defending champion Carlos Alcaraz won his second-straight French Open men’s title after a thrilling five-set match against Jannik Sinner on Sunday. Alcaraz, who won his fifth Grand Slam tournament in as many finals, produced one of the greatest comebacks in the history of the clay-court tournament. “I’m just proud. I’m …

San Francisco — One day in May, Reily was the latest unhoused person in San Francisco to be caught up in the city’s year-long aggressive enforcement tactics.  Involved in the arrest was San Francisco police Sgt. Dennis Hoang, the department’s homeless unit supervisor. “I asked Reily how many times they’ve …

A World War II pilot who was remembered for helping fellow servicemembers survive the plane crash that killed him has been accounted for, military officials said this week.  Army Air Forces 1st Lt. Charles W. McCook, 23, of Georgetown, Texas, was a member of the 22nd Bombardment Squadron (Medium), 341st …

A passenger smuggling dozens of venomous vipers was stopped after flying into the financial capital Mumbai, India, from Thailand, Indian customs officials said. The snakes, which included 44 Indonesian pit vipers, were “concealed in checked-in baggage,” Mumbai Customs said in a statement late Sunday. “An Indian national arriving from Thailand …

Washington — President Trump’s administration asked the Supreme Court on Monday to allow it to move forward with its plans to lay off thousands of federal workers at nearly two dozen agencies while a legal battle over the president’s plans to drastically cut the size of the government moves forward. …

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has updated its warning about the risk of contracting measles while traveling, after the agency tallied dozens of cases so far this year in travelers who were infectious while flying on airplanes within the U.S. “Travelers can catch measles in many travel settings …

Philadelphia’s mayor honored actor and producer Quinta Brunson with a key to the city Wednesday in a ceremony dedicating a separate mural at Brunson’s alma mater, which inspired her show Abbott Elementary. The producer, writer and comedian gazed at the shiny key handed to her by Mayor Cherelle Parker and quipped: …

The Massachusetts Institute of Technology closed its DEI office last week, following an 18-month assessment of the department’s work.  The school confirmed that it closed its Institute Community and Equity Office, known as the ICEO, which described its mission online as “stewarding MIT’s values and their interconnections.” MIT will also …