Aaron Navarro is a CBS News digital reporter. He covered the 2024 elections and was previously an associate producer for the CBS News political unit in the 2021 and 2022 election cycles. Washington — ...

Illinois Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias joined a chorus of state and suburban leaders Wednesday warning the public of a deluge of text scams that arrive on targets’ phones disguised as official ...

A venerable IRS program called Free File allows 70% of taxpayers to file their taxes for free, just as the name implies. Only 2% of taxpayers used the service in 2024. That is the finding of a ...

PCWorld reports that Microsoft is developing Copilot Tasks, an agentic AI tool designed to automate personal and professional to-do list management. The tool can handle recurring tasks like weekly ...

A newly discovered virus hiding inside common gut bacteria may be linked to colorectal cancer, according to new research. Scientists in Denmark found that colorectal cancer patients were about twice ...

What do Elvis Presley, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Donald Trump, Jill Biden, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., and Marilyn Monroe have in common? This reads like one of those old bubble-gum-wrapper riddles, but it ...

Today marks a special day for all the skywatchers as we are set to see the first-ever solar eclipse of 2026. For those who are unaware, the solar eclipse of February 17, 2026, will be visible only in ...

The Justice Department has sent Congress a six-page letter defending the redactions it made in the newly released Jeffrey Epstein files — and included a list of “all government officials and ...

We are, as a species, especially fond of caffeine. Tea is the second-most commonly consumed beverage globally, after water, and most adults in the United States begin their day with coffee. And ...

Well, if you watched that wacky TurboTax Super Bowl ad on Sunday, you might be wondering what it was all about and if TurboTax is actually free. We were too! So, we did a little digging to find out ...

The Opening Ceremony for the 2026 Milan Cortina Olympics may not be until Friday, but many events actually start before then, with competition kicking off Wednesday. "This is the biggest winter games ...

Spammers and malicious actors inundate us with a steady stream of text messages—often purporting to be from legitimate institutions or companies. Stanching this flow isn’t easy. Just as the unwanted ...