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 A mysterious object discovered near a remote Pacific island is not the wreckage of Amelia Earhart's missing plane, researchers said after an expedition to the site, dealing another setback to efforts to solve one of aviation's greatest mysteries nearly 90 years after the pilot disappeared.

"Evidence gathered at the Taraia Peninsula on Nikumaroro confirmed that the visual anomaly first seen in satellite imagery in 2020 was likely a collection of large trees deposited along the peninsula's sandspit," the researchers said.  Click here for the full story.  

Click here to see a video as  ABC is aboard the USS George Washington aircraft carrier with rare front line access for the American public and the world as President Donald Trump weighs expanding operations against Iran and Iran-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen.  

Multiple relatives of Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar received grand jury subpoenas, as part of the ongoing criminal investigation into her family's history for evidence of possible fraud and false statements in their immigration paperwork, sources familiar with the matter told CBS News.  Click here for the full story as the investigation into her real birth date continues.   

Click here to read about how for nearly a year, U.S. President Donald Trump has been trying to persuade voters not to get riled up over rising prices.  rump has brushed off concerns about affordability as a "con job by Democrats," insisted consumer prices had fallen during his term when they'd actually risen, and repeatedly claimed the costs of gas and diesel — up sharply after he launched the war against Iran — would start falling soon. Numerous polls suggest voters aren't buying Trump's sales pitch, with respondents giving him low marks on the cost of living.

For two of the survivors of the Fort Hood shooting, the news that the execution of the gunman who attempted to take their lives nearly 17 years ago will be livestreamed for the public to see has unearthed complicated emotions.  Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth confirmed Thursday that the execution of Nidal Hasan, a former army psychiatrist who killed 13 people and wounded 32 others in the November 2009 mass shooting, will be open to the public and livestreamed online.  Click here for more.

President Trump campaigned in 2024 on promises to lower Americans' cost of living, vowing to push gasoline prices below $2 a gallon and to deliver 2% mortgage rates. Two years later, consumers face sharply higher costs for many of the necessities he pledged to make more affordable.  Less than a month before the midterm elections, the gap between Mr. Trump's promises and the financial realities facing many Americans is fueling voter frustration over the economy.  Click here for on this story.

These cameras are run by a company called Flock Safety and this sabotage, which happened in late July, is a signal of growing concern over the nationwide spread of sophisticated AI-powered surveillance systems. Similar vandalism incidents have occurred in Minnesota, California, and Georgia.  Click here for more on this story.