Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Tuesday that the U.S. operation guiding vessels through the Strait of Hormuz off the Iranian coast is a "temporary solution" after the standoff resulted in the exchange of fire one day earlier.

"Iran cannot be allowed to block innocent countries and their goods from an international waterway," Hegseth said at a news conference Tuesday at the Pentagon.

Hegseth later clarified that "the ceasefire is not over" even though Iranian vessels on Monday fired on U.S. ships guiding vessels through the Strait of Hormuz, resulting in the U.S. sinking several small Iranian boats.

Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Dan Caine said Iran had attacked the U.S. "more than 10 times" since the April 8 ceasefire, but it "fell below the threshold of restarting major combat operations."

Hegseth noted that Project Freedom, the U.S....More

Spirit Airlines said it has reimbursed most customers with flight tickets after the budget carrier ceased operations.

The airline is still processing a "small percentage" of customer refunds, Spirit told CBS News.

Spirit announced early Saturday that it had "started an orderly wind-down of operations" after efforts to obtain a $500 million federal bailout failed. The airline pledged to automatically process refunds for any flight purchased with a credit or debit card.

Who is eligible for a refund?
Under federal law, consumers are entitled to refunds when a business fails to deliver a purchased service, Eric Rosen, director of travel content at The Points Guy, explained. By contrast, he said Spirit customers who paid cash for a ticket or used airline loyalty points are not eligible for a refund, noting that such points can't be transferred to another airline's rewards...More

Two dropped points for City mean Arsenal are in full control of the Premier League title race in the final month


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Everton held Manchester City to a surprise 3-3 draw on Monday, handing the advantage back to Arsenal in a Premier League title race that has become a back-and-forth affair in recent weeks.

City took the lead in the 43rd minute thanks to Jeremy Doku, who was persistent in his efforts to find the game's opening goal. He made his way around the penalty area but slipped, unable to create a shot that would trouble the Toffees. The ball recycled back into play, though, and Doku did not miss the second time as he took a strike from the edge of the penalty area.

The visitors, though, did not do much with their lead and slowly but surely let Everton back into the game. After a sustained period of pressure,...More

Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni have reached a settlement in their legal battle over the production of their 2024 film "It Ends With Us."

The settlement announced Monday came two weeks before they were to go to trial in New York on Lively's claims that Baldoni conspired with publicists to preemptively destroy her reputation after she privately accused him of sexually harassing her on the movie set.

"Raising awareness, and making a meaningful impact in the lives of domestic violence survivors - and all survivors - is a goal that we stand behind," Lively and Baldoni said in a joint statement issued through their lawyers.

"It is our sincere hope that this brings closure and allows all involved to move forward constructively and in peace, including a respectful environment online," the joint statement reads.

The terms of the settlement were not disclosed.

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Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer, center, and Chief Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis, second from right, sit alongside Rabbi Yehuda Black (fourth from left) during a visit to Kenton United Synagogue, which was the target of an attempted arson on April 23, 2026.
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British counter-terror police have launched a probe into the latest arson attack targeting the capital's Jewish community after a fire was started at a former east London synagogue early Tuesday, the Metropolitan police said in a statement.

Surveillance video shows that "the fire was started intentionally … and the incident is being treated as arson," the statement read. There were no injuries and no one has been arrested.

The incident came as British Prime Minister Keir Starmer met with community groups, government ministers and police chiefs...More

One of the two American service members missing in Morocco jumped into the water to try to save the other missing soldier, defense officials told CBS News on Monday.

Search and rescue efforts were still underway as of Monday after the two U.S. Army soldiers went missing in the waters of the Atlantic Ocean off Morocco's southern coast over the weekend. The soldiers were part of an annual training exercise known as African Lion, although the incident is not believed to be related to the exercise.

According to a preliminary report, a group of service members was on a hike to watch the sunset when a soldier fell into the water. A defense official previously told CBS News the soldiers were last seen near ocean cliffs near the Cap Draa Training Area.

When the first soldier fell into the water, the nearby service members attempted a rescue by forming a human chain...More

The Federal Communications Commission would face major obstacles in stripping Disney of broadcast licenses for its ABC television stations, according to legal experts.

The FCC on Tuesday ordered an early review of the ABC licenses, saying it is investigating the network as part of its ongoing probe into Disney's diversity, equity and inclusion practices. ABC owns eight TV stations, including WABC-TV in New York and KABC-TV in Los Angeles.

The timing of the expedited review is drawing scrutiny, as it occurred the day after President Trump called for Jimmy Kimmel's firing. This followed a joke Kimmel made on his late-night ABC talk show that angered Mr. Trump and his wife, Melania Trump.

"This is a way to put pressure on Disney and ABC to achieve different programming and to get them to fire Jimmy Kimmel," Katie Fallow, deputy litigation director of Columbia University's Knight First Amendment Institute,...More

Spain has agreed to welcome the cruise ship at the center of a rare hantavirus outbreak, with three people now dead after coming down with the illness, according to the World Health Organization.

The ship, with nearly 150 people aboard, had been awaiting help off the coast of Cape Verde in the Atlantic Ocean after the African island refused to let it dock over public health concerns.

Besides the three fatalities — two of whom died on board and a third who died shortly after disembarking — there are four other suspected or confirmed cases of the virus, one of whom is a British national who was evacuated from the boat and is now in intensive care in South Africa, according to the WHO.

Hantavirus is typically spread by rodents, but the WHO says it suspects there has been some human-to-human transmission on the stricken ship, where passengers have been told to...More