The Screen Actors Guild and Hollywood studios resumed bargaining talks on Wednesday. It’s a sign of progress as the strike nears the three-month mark. CBS News correspondent Elise Preston reports. Source

Hannie Ricardo found a flight and flew to the war-torn nation soon as she heard that 26-year-old Oriya was missing. Source

Seventeen Americans remain unaccounted for, with the numbers expected to increase, said John Kirby, a National Security Council spokesperson. Source

The family of a 24-year-old woman who was killed by Hamas militants at a music festival in southern Israel Saturday went online and asked if 10 people would attend her funeral, because the family had just moved to Israel and didn’t know many people. About 10,000 Israelis showed up. Source

Darryl George has been told he will be removed from his Texas high school and sent to a disciplinary alternative education program. Source

House Majority Leader Steve Scalise, selected by his party to be House speaker, can only afford to lose four Republican votes in the House floor election. Source

Following Rep. Kevin McCarthy’s historic ouster last week as House speaker, House Republicans on Wednesday nominated House Majority Leader Steve Scalise to replace him. However, Scalise still needs enough votes from the full House to secure the position. Source

Dust samples collected from the Bennu asteroid about three years ago, and returned to Earth last month by a space capsule, showed evidence of water and carbon, NASA said Wednesday. The material analyzed was collected outside the main sample container, which has not yet been opened. Source

The White House maintains there is no direct link between the surprise invasion of Israel by Gaza’s Hamas militants this weekend, and Iran, even though Iran has provided weapons and money to Hamas for decades. However, President Biden Wednesday issued a warning to the Iranian regime to “be careful.” Ed O’Keefe has details. Source

Israel has massed tanks and soldiers on its northern border with Lebanon following four consecutive days of incoming rocket attacks and gunfire exchanges with Iranian-backed militant Hezbollah forces and other armed Palestinian militant groups in southern Lebanon. Imtiaz Tyab reports. Source