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Updated July 28, 2026 at 4:06 PM MDT BANGOR, Maine — It didn't take long after Graham Platner announced his run for U.S. Senate last summer before Dustin Cyr started seeing signs pop up everywhere. "Even in areas of the state that would be more conservative, I think they were rooting for a hometown guy," he said. Cyr lives in Bangor, a Democratic-leaning city, but travels for work into more central areas of the state that voted for President Trump.

Updated July 28, 2026 at 3:16 PM MDT Attendance for a WNBA All-Star Game hit an historic high in 2026, as fans flocked to Chicago, Illinois to watch their favorite stars play against one another. The women played at Chicago's United Center — a large arena, typically reserved for the NBA — and drew in a staggering 19,783 fans, according to the WNBA. As the WNBA reaches unprecedented heights of popularity, fans are eager to follow the lives of their favorite players on and off the court.

The artist Betye Saar has died. Saar made three-dimensional art with found objects, tackling stereotypes about Black identity and women. Her longtime gallery, Roberts Projects in Los Angeles, said she died in her sleep in Los Angeles on Sunday — just days shy of her 100th birthday. Saar was already in her mid-40s and the mother of three daughters when she created the artwork that put her on the map.

Crews are still battling wildfires that broke out last week and have burned nearly 200,000 acres across Spain. The country is bracing for another round of extreme heat, with temperatures expected to top 100 degrees Fahrenheit starting Wednesday.

LIMA, Peru — Conservative leader Keiko Fujimori was sworn in as Peru's president on Tuesday after winning the June presidential runoff by a margin of fewer than 50,000 votes, a victory that confirmed a regional shift in South America toward the conservative wing. With the ceremony, Fujimori, a four-time presidential candidate and leader of Peru's largest political party, officially takes office as the country's ninth president in a decade.

Record high housing costs have pushed the wealth gap between renters and owners wider than ever. It's been a boon for owners even as many others are priced out.

Funeral services for Lindsey Graham took place across Washington today. Family, friends and colleagues gathered to honor the South Carolina Republican's legacy.

Updated July 28, 2026 at 2:12 PM MDT President Trump heralded the late Sen. Lindsey Graham as a "legend" and "giant of the U.S. Senate" during a funeral service at the Washington National Cathedral on Tuesday. Trump's remarks came on the first of two days of remembrances for Graham, who died earlier this month at the age of 71. Trump expressed fondness for the man who once had harsh words for him when the pair competed for the GOP presidential nomination in 2016.

Updated July 28, 2026 at 2:10 PM MDT KYIV — When Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine on Feb. 24, 2022, Sergiy Kyslytsya was in New York serving as Ukraine's ambassador to the United Nations. That day, Kyslytsyaleaned into his microphone at the U.N. and looked straight at his Russian counterpart Vasily Nebenzya. Kyslytsya did not hold back. "There is no purgatory for war criminals," he said.

A federal agent wears an Immigration and Customs Enforcement badge at the immigration court at Jacob K. Javits Federal Building in New York, on Monday, June 9, 2025. (Yuki Iwamura/AP) How might immigration and customs enforcement agents be gearing up for a surge in deportations as Temporary Protected Status ends for Haitians and Syrians? They could begin deportations at any time. Host Indira Lakshmanan gets the latest from CBS News immigration reporter Camilo Montoya-Galvez.