The United States is providing $12 million in “immediate humanitarian assistance” for Afghanistan following multiple devastating earthquakes that killed nearly 1,200 people and leveled villages. Source
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Pres. Biden on possible American hostages in Gaza | Sunday on 60 Minutes
President Biden’s message to militants potentially holding American hostages in Gaza: “We’re going to do everything in our power to find them… We’re workin’ like hell on it.” More from the president’s conversation with Scott Pelley, Sunday on 60 Minutes. Source
How Egypt is responding to the Israel-Hamas war
Egypt controls the only exit from the southern Gaza Strip, the Rafah crossing. Mirette F. Mabrouk, the director of the Egypt and Horn of Africa Programme at the Middle East Institute, joins CBS News with more on how Egypt is responding to the war. Source
Best Buy set to stop selling DVD and Blu-ray discs
Best Buy joins Netflix in recently lowering the curtain on sales of DVDs and Blu-rays, with the retailer saying the move will save space. Source
Moderate House Democrats propose expanding temporary speaker’s powers
Democratic members of the moderate House Problem Solvers Caucus suggested Speaker Pro Tempore Patrick McHenry should be given expanded powers while the House is without an elected speaker. Source
Dollar General fired cashier because she was pregnant, regulators say
Some 20% of women reported experiencing workplace discrimination while pregnant, according to one survey conducted last year. Source
“Premium for presidential property” was floated to inflate Trump’s worth
Testimony in Trump’s civil fraud trial in New York revealed a scramble to justify allegedly inflated valuations. Source
Jim Jordan nominated for House speaker by Republicans as divisions remain
House Republicans on Friday selected Rep. Jim Jordan of Ohio as their nominee for speaker of the House, in the latest attempt to unite the party behind a candidate to fill the role that’s been vacant since Rep. Kevin McCarthy’s unprecedented ouster last week. CBS News congressional correspondent Nikole Killion has more. Source
Denver Chicano Movement explored in “The Border Crossed Us”
CBS News Colorado Michelle Griego explores the meaning of “The Border Crossed Us” in a special report that focuses on the Denver Chicano Movement. Source
Biden speaks with families of Americans missing in Israel after Hamas attacks
“I think they have to know that the president of the United States of America cares deeply about what’s happened to them,” President Biden said. Source