More than 75,000 Kaiser Permanente workers walked off the job Wednesday in several states. Their demands include an increase in wages and better staffing levels to handle the workload. CBS News senior business and technology correspondent Jo Ling Kent reports. Source

The Biden administration on Tuesday sanctioned 25 Chinese individuals and entities for their alleged involvement in manufacturing and selling fentanyl. The Justice Department also indicted eight Chinese companies and 12 executives. Demetri Sevastopulo, U.S.-China correspondent for the Financial Times, joins CBS News to unpack the crackdown. Source

Republican Reps. Jim Jordan and Steve Scalise announced Wednesday they will run to succeed Rep. Kevin McCarthy as House speaker following his historic ouster. CBS News congressional correspondent Scott MacFarlane has the latest from Capitol Hill. Source

The American team of Simone Biles, Shilese Jones, Skye Blakely and Leanne Wong won a seventh consecutive title at the gymnastics world championships on Wednesday night. Source

Simone Biles led the U.S. women’s gymnastics team to its seventh straight team title Wednesday at the gymnastics world championships in Belgium. The remarkable accomplishment sets a record for the most consecutive team titles among men or women in the sport. Source

Two of three people aboard a small plane were killed when the aircraft crashed into the roof of a home in Newberg, a suburb of Portland, Oregon, on Tuesday night. No one inside the home or on the ground was injured. Source

Apple on Wednesday released a software update designed to address reports that the new iPhone 15 experiences overheating. Apple had said the overheating issue was possibly linked to the use of certain apps, including Uber and Instagram. Source

A 26-year-old man was arrested Wednesday in connection with a cell phone video taken Sunday which showed a biker smashing the back windshield of a woman’s car and then assaulting her in front of her children in Philadelphia. Source

After the Vatican published a bombshell letter from Pope Francis earlier this week in which he opened the door for priests to bless same-sex unions, the pope on Wednesday kicked off an important three-week-long meeting of Catholic bishops by saying “everyone, everyone, everyone, everyone” must be allowed in. Chris Livesay reports. Source

In the past three years, more than $90 billion in battery investments have been announced in the U.S., creating an estimated 70,000 manufacturing jobs, much of it in a stretch from Michigan to Georgia being called the “battery belt.” Ben Tracy has more. Source