Argentina’s far-right candidate Javier Milei claimed victory in the country’s presidential election with a promise to sharply cut government spending to tackle the country’s worst economic crisis in decades. CBS News’ Ed O’Keefe has more. Source
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Elon Musk faces backlash from lawmakers, companies over endorsement of antisemitic X post
Elon Musk denies claims he is antisemitic despite endorsing an antisemitic post on his social media platform X. Major companies are pulling their ads on the platform as lawmakers in Washington, D.C., condemn Musk. CBS News’ Scott MacFarlane reports. Source
Could Brightline be a model for high-speed rail in U.S.?
A rail line linking two popular Thanksgiving destinations, Miami and Orlando, is giving Florida it’s first taste of the potential for how high-speed rail could change holiday travel. CBS News’ Kris Van Cleave took a ride inside Brightline, the first privately-owned, multi-city railroad in the country. Source
OpenAI board fires CEO Sam Altman in shake-up that surprises Silicon Valley, investors
There was a big shake-up at the company that created the popular and well-known AI system ChatGPT. The board of directors at OpenAI, a leading artificial intelligence company that has major investments from Microsoft, fired it’s co-founder and CEO Sam Altman on Friday. CBS News’ Jo Ling Kent reports. Source
Babies evacuated from Al-Shifa Hospital as Israel releases video it says shows Hamas tunnel
Newborn and premature babies were evacuated Sunday from Al-Shifa Hospital, which Israeli forces claim served as a command center for Hamas. The Israeli military, under intense international pressure to justify its operations at the hospital, has released video of what it says is a Hamas tunnel under the hospital complex. CBS News’ Lilia Luciano reports. Source
Biden to send immigration officials to Panama to help screen migrants
Nearly 500,000 migrants, half of them women and children, have crossed into Panama this year through the notorious Darién jungle. Many of them have sought to reach the U.S. Source
Key L.A. freeway hit by arson fire reopens weeks earlier than expected
Interstate 10 wound up only being closed for several days, a way shorter time than originally estimated. Source
Remains found in Arizona desert in 1992 ID’d as missing 15-year-old girl
Police said that advancements in DNA testing helped them make the discovery 31 years after Melody Harrison’s disappearance in June 1992. Source
Dogs seen eating human body parts at possible clandestine burial site
Guadalajara has long been plagued by turf battles between factions of the Jalisco cartel, and hundreds of bodies have been dumped at clandestine sites there. Source
Appeals court to consider Trump gag order in D.C. 2020 election case
Trump’s legal team and federal prosecutors are facing off over a ruling last month that limited aspects of Trump’s speech ahead of his D.C. criminal trial. Source