Washington — Democratic Sen. Mark Warner of Virginia announced on Monday that his daughter Madison has died following a lengthy battle with juvenile diabetes and other health issues. She was 36.

“We are heartbroken beyond words by the passing of our beloved daughter, Madison,” Warner and his wife, Lisa Collis, wrote in a statement on social media. “She filled our lives with love and laughter, and her absence leaves an immeasurable void.”

The couple said they are “grateful for the loving support of friends and family during this difficult time” and asked for privacy as they “navigate this profound loss.”

Warner has been in the Senate since 2009, after serving as governor of Virginia. He and his wife live in Alexandria, Virginia, and have two other daughters — Gillian and Eliza.

Warner has been an advocate for diabetes research in the Senate, often citing his own family’s experience having a daughter with Type 1 diabetes. He’s spoken out about making and sponsored legislation to increase access to more broadly.

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Washington — American taxpayers will help fund the construction of President Trump’s in Arlington, Virginia, according to the spending plan for the National Endowment for the Humanities released by the administration this week. 

According to the endowment’s approved by the Office of Management and Budget in September, $2 million in special initiative funds and $13 million in matching funds “are reserved for the arch.” The National Endowment for the Humanities, an independent federal agency, often funds projects through a combination of federal dollars and matching private contributions.  first reported that taxpayer funds are expected to be used for the arch. 

It’s not yet clear what private funds may go toward Independence Arch, though the president previously indicated that leftover private funds from his White House ballroom addition could be used. The White House has not yet disclosed an estimated cost for the arch. The president has said the massive he’s building at the White House at a cost of $300 million to $400 million will be funded entirely by , in contrast to the arch.

OMB and NEH did not immediately respond to a request for comment. 

The president says the arch will commemorate the nation’s 250th anniversary, and he’s previously displayed a model in the Oval Office. The renderings and model show an arc resembling France’s Arc de Triomphe sitting across from the Lincoln Memorial on the Virginia side of the Potomac River by Washington, D.C. The president said he wants the arch to be the “biggest one of all” in the world, even though the proposed site is situated along a flight path for nearby Reagan National Airport. 

“It’s the only city in the world that’s of great importance that doesn’t have a triumphal arc,” the president said in December. “… And this one is going to blow them all away. The one that people know mostly is the Arc de Triomphe in Paris, France. And we’re going to top it by I think a lot.”

When CBS News’ Ed O’Keefe asked the president in October whom the arch is for, he , “Me. Going to be beautiful.” After the president said the arch was for him, some nicknamed it the “Arc de Trump.” 

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The  attended the traditional Easter service at Windsor on Sunday. It was their first appearance together since the in February.

King Charles III and his wife Camilla arrived at St. George’s Chapel within the grounds of Windsor Castle.

They were joined by Prince William, his wife, Catherine, the Princess of Wales, and their children, Prince George, Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis. The family did not attend the service for the past two years because Catherine, commonly known as Princess Kate, . They waived at well-wishers outside the chapel on Sunday.

Also in attendance were the king’s brother, Prince Edward, and his son. The king’s sister, Princess Anne, and her husband were there, too.

Andrew, the king’s brother and former prince, his ex-wife Sarah Ferguson and their daughters, Princesses Beatrice and Eugenie, were absent after attending last year.

The princesses received agreement from the king to make alternative plans amid the fallout of Andrew’s association with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, CBS News partner BBC reported.

The king stripped Andrew of his royal title, and he after his arrest on suspicion of misconduct in public office. The former prince has denied any wrongdoing in his connections with Epstein.

Charles, 77, is set to make a . He is expected to address a on April 28.

It will be Charles’ first state visit to the U.S. as king, though he visited the U.S. 19 times before being crowned, when he was the Prince of Wales.

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President Donald Trump warned Iran that the nation has 48 hours to reopen the or face devastating consequences.

“Remember when I gave Iran 10 days to MAKE A DEAL or OPEN UP THE HORMUZ STRAIT,” Mr. Trump wrote on . “Time is running out — 48 hours before all Hell will reign down on them. Glory be to GOD!”

The president’s comments on Saturday come days after telling the American people in a that “we’ve beat and completely decimated Iran.”

“They are decimated both militarily and economically and in every other way,” Mr. Trump said, adding: “Their radar is 100% annihilated. We are unstoppable as a military force.”

Iran’s central military command later rejected Mr. Trump’s threat, Agence France-Presse reports. Gen. Ali Abdollahi Aliabadi, in a statement from the Khatam al-Anbiya Central Headquarters, said Mr. Trump’s threat was “a helpless, nervous, unbalanced and stupid action,” according to AFP.

And, echoing the religious language of Mr. Trump’s , Aliabadi warned that “the simple meaning of this message is that the gates of hell will open for you.”

The war, which began with joint U.S.- Israel strikes on Feb. 28, has killed thousands, shaken global markets, cut off key shipping routes and spiked fuel prices. A total of 365 American service members have been injured as part of U.S. operations against Iran, according to newly released .

The war shows no signs of slowing as Iran responds to airstrikes with attacks across the region.

Mr. Trump had initially threatened on March 21 to “obliterate” Iran’s power plants, beginning with the country’s biggest, “if Iran doesn’t FULLY OPEN, WITHOUT THREAT, the Strait of Hormuz, within 48 HOURS.”

Two days later, however, he said “very good and productive conversations” were being held with Iranian authorities, and that he had on power plants for five days.

Mr. Trump then pushed the deadline back to April 6.

Mediators from Pakistan, Turkey and Egypt are working to bring the U.S. and Iran back to the negotiating table in Pakistan, two regional officials told The Associated Press. They said that they were working on a compromise to bridge the gap between the two sides’ demands to stop the war and reopen the Strait of Hormuz.

Iran’s foreign minister, Abbas Araghchi, on Saturday signaled his country is willing to join talks.

Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham praised Mr. Trump’s ultimatum Saturday, saying a “massive military operation awaits Iran if they choose poorly.”

“This regime has been severely crippled through Operation Epic Fury. Their reign of terror against the region and the world needs to come to an end, hopefully through a peace deal,” the Republican wrote in a , adding: “If it’s not clear to Iran and others by now that President Donald Trump means what he says then I don’t know when it will ever be. Choose wisely.”

The president’s comment also came as the U.S. races to find a missing crew member of an F-15F fighter jet by Iran on Friday. One crew member of the two-person crew was rescued by American forces.

It was the first time the U.S. lost an aircraft in Iranian territory during the war.

Iranian state media also said a U.S. A-10 attack aircraft crashed after being hit by Iranian defense forces.

The last time a U.S. fighter jet was shot down in combat was an A-10 Thunderbolt II during the 2003 U.S. invasion of Iraq, retired Air Force Brig. Gen. Houston Cantwell, a former F-16 fighter pilot, told the AP.

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The changes are most likely to affect Associate Attorney General Stanley Woodward, the No. 3 official at the Justice Department and Harmeet Dhillon, the Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Rights Division.

Senior officials have discussed promoting Dhillon to one of the top department roles, while demoting Woodward, the sources added. It was unclear if final decisions had been made yet.

The discussions of a possible promotion for Dhillon come shortly after Mr. Trump earlier this week, after frustrations that she had not aggressively pursued criminal charges against his political enemies.

A Justice Department spokesperson declined to comment on personnel matters.

Mr. Trump named Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche as acting attorney general earlier this week. It is unclear whether he will eventually be the permanent replacement. Other front-runners include Lee Zeldin, a former congressman who currently leads the Environmental Protection Agency, CBS previously .

Woodward previously served as a defense attorney representing many prominent Trump allies in the past, including White House adviser Peter Navarro, FBI Director Kash Patel and Walt Nauta, who was charged by Special Counsel Jack Smith in the classified documents case.

He also represented Kelly Meggs, one of the Oath Keepers who was convicted for seditious conspiracy in connection with the Jan. 6 Capitol attack, before Mr. Trump later commuted his sentence.

He has come under attack from some of Mr. Trump’s allies, notably far-right influencer Laura Loomer, over his wife’s support for progressive causes.

The Associate Attorney General position oversees the Civil Rights Division, the Antitrust Division, the Civil Division, and the Environment and Natural Resources Division, as well as the department’s grant-making offices and the trustee program.

Dhillon currently serves as Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Rights Division and is known as a staunch loyalist to the president.

The Civil Rights Division has undergone a major shift under Dhillon’s leadership. More than 75% of its attorneys left over the past year, with most of them accepting buy-outs or early retirements, some due to concerns over new mission statements she issued for the office.

Dhillon has hewed closely to Mr. Trump’s policy directives, taking actions that have included launching investigations into diversity, equity and inclusion policies at universities, filing lawsuits to prohibit transgender athletes from playing on girls’ and women’s sports teams, and litigating against dozens of states in an effort to access unredacted copies of their voter registration lists.

She also created a new section within the division that is focused on gun rights. Last year, she upended efforts to reach consent decrees with police departments in Minneapolis and Louisville, after previous Biden-era investigations found both departments were engaged in systemic constitutional abuses.

In an open letter last year, more than 200 former Civil Rights Division attorneys alleged Dhillon was destroying the Civil Rights Division, an office created by the 1957 Civil Rights Act. The law was originally enacted to help undo discriminatory Jim Crow racial segregation and protect the voting rights of Black people.

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Washington — Maryland Gov. Wes Moore fears the United States is “lurching again into another forever war” paid for by the American people — yet with no clear articulation from President Trump as to what success in the looks like.

In an interview with CBS News’ Ed O’Keefe on Friday, Moore, a Democrat, likened the ongoing war with Iran to the war in Afghanistan, where the governor served as a member of the Army’s 82nd Airborne Division.

“I feel like we are lurching into another one of these forever wars that we’re asking the American people to pay for… but the president of the United States and the commander-in-chief has still yet to articulate what exactly it is that we’re doing,” he said.

Moore said that while Mr. Trump often touts the military success of Operation Epic Fury, the name given to the military campaign in Iran, he fails to acknowledge “the fact of the long road ahead.” The president, he continued, has not clearly addressed what the U.S. is doing in Iran or what success looks like.

The war in Afghanistan lasted roughly 20 years, while the U.S. operation against Iran is in its fifth week. U.S. officials confirmed to CBS News that an American F-15E fighter jet was on Friday, and one crew member has been rescued. The fighter jet is flown by a two-member crew and a search-and-rescue operation is ongoing, the sources said. U.S. officials told CBS News the plane was shot down by Iranian forces.

The downing of the jet comes after U.S. Central Command Commander Adm. Brad Cooker said Thursday that the military is “making undeniable progress” in Iran. Mr. Trump said to the nation Wednesday that the U.S. would complete its mission “very shortly,” and predicted Iran would be hit “extremely hard” over the next two to three weeks.

Citing the destruction of Iran’s navy and its degraded ability to launch missiles and drones, the president said in his speech that the operation’s “strategic objectives are nearing completion.” The other objectives and senior members of his administration include destroying Iran’s defense industrial base, preventing Tehran from obtaining a nuclear weapon, and protecting allies in the Middle East, including Israel, Saudi Arabia and Qatar.

Since military operations from the U.S. and Israel , at least 16 MQ-9 Reaper drones have also been lost over Iran, CBS News reported earlier this week. Three American F-15 fighter jets were in a “friendly fire incident,” but all crew were safe. have been killed since the war began.

Asked about Mr. Trump’s expectation that the war would be over in two to three weeks, Moore said that timeline “is sitting horribly with me.”

“I’m thinking about the families of our service members, who right now are afraid to pick up the phone because they’re afraid to hear what is on the other end of the line,” he said.

Moore said he is praying for the families of the crew of the downed F-15 jet, as well as “some clarity from the White House.”

Watch more of O’Keefe’s interview with Moore on “Face the Nation” on Sunday.

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A key senator is demanding the Transportation Security Administration reverse its decision to let travelers keep their shoes on their feet while passing through airport screening, a controversial policy at the center of a classified security warning — escalating pressure on the agency following months of scrutiny over airport security vulnerabilities.

In a letter obtained exclusively by CBS News, Sen. Tammy Duckworth demanded that TSA immediately rescind its “shoes-on” policy, calling it a “reckless act” that may be placing the flying public at risk.

The Illinois Democrat, who serves as ranking member of the Senate subcommittee overseeing aviation, warned that the policy was likely implemented “without meaningful consultation with TSA.” She cited an investigation by the Department of Homeland Security’s internal watchdog that found it created a new security vulnerability in airport screening systems.

An “outrageous” danger to the flying public

Duckworth’s demand marks the first direct call from a lawmaker to reverse the policy, following CBS News’ reporting on a classified inspector general audit that used covert “red team” testing to identify serious vulnerabilities in TSA screening nationwide.

The classified watchdog report found that , . But those findings were , according to previous reporting by CBS News.

Duckworth writes that the inspector general flagged the issue as urgent in a rare “Seven-Day Letter” to then-Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem — but no corrective action was taken.

She called that failure “outrageous, unacceptable and dangerous to the flying public.”

“Allowing a potentially catastrophic security deficiency to remain in place for seven months and counting betrays TSA’s mission,” wrote Duckworth. “At a minimum, TSA’s failure to swiftly implement corrective action warrants the immediate withdrawal of Secretary Noem’s reckless and dangerous policy that increases the risk of a terrorist smuggling a dangerous item onto a flight.”

Did the TSA violate federal law?

In her letter to acting TSA Administrator Nguyen McNeill, dated April 3, the Illinois senator argues that TSA’s lack of response may actually violate federal law. She wrote that the agency missed a legally required 90-day deadline to outline corrective actions after receiving the watchdog’s findings — a lapse she says undermines both oversight and safety.

“Such inaction violates Federal law, Office of Management and Budget (OMB) guidance and DHS’s own directives,” Duckworth wrote.

A policy dating back to the “Shoe Bomber” plot

The rule requiring passengers to remove shoes was implemented several years after the 2001 “shoe bomber” plot, when a passenger attempted to detonate explosives hidden in his footwear aboard a U.S.-bound flight.

DHS lifted that rule and implemented a “shoes-on” policy on July 8, 2025, under Noem.

At the time, the agency would “increase hospitality for travelers and streamline the TSA security checkpoint process, leading to lower wait times.” DHS argued the decision would not impact security standards due to “our cutting-edge technological advancements and multi-layered security approach.”

CBS News’ reporting found the agency has yet to issue a required response to the inspector general’s findings months later, leaving recommended fixes “open and unresolved” and raising broader questions about whether known security gaps are being addressed.

Duckworth argues that abandoning that safeguard without ensuring screening technology can compensate introduces a known vulnerability back into the system.

The letter also takes direct aim at Noem, who and was replaced by DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin, accusing her of prioritizing politics over security. Duckworth wrote that Noem’s decision reflected a “willingness to gamble the American people’s security” and calls it a “stunning failure of leadership.”

CBS News has reached out to DHS and TSA for comment.

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Easter brings a rush of customers to the business. On the Thursday before Easter Sunday, employees like Ava Buddenbohn were hard at work at the Bel Air store.

“It’s crazy. Absolutely crazy. There’s people in all day, you don’t really get a break, but that’s the fun of it,” said Buddenbohn.

Family-owned candy business

Log Cabin makes chocolate bunnies, Easter eggs, jelly beans and more. The business has been creating sugary treats at its location on Bel Air Road in Fallston for 66 years.

“It’s a tradition. It connects people to their elders and their traditions of their Easters and their holidays,” said owner Allison Borcella.

That’s what Borcella said she loves most about running her family business, which started in 1920 in Baltimore. It’s not just tradition for her family, but for other families too.

“I grew up coming here,” said Anne Phair. “We’d have our Christmas candy here, our Easter candy here. For family reunions, my aunt would get the huge, the biggest rabbit, and when we were all little, she would put it on the dining room table, and we would all crack the Easter bunny.”

For Phair, learning that this year will be Log Cabin’s last was devastating.

“That’s why I’m here today. Wanted to come one last time,” said Phair.

Plans for a new location

It was at the end of last year that Borcella learned her uncle, who owns the building, decided not to renew her lease on the building that her grandparents built in 1960.

“Very emotional, very emotional for sure. We all know my grandmother is here somewhere and just all the memories,” said Borcella.

She cherishes those memories every day, which is why she’s determined to continue on, even if it means moving to a new location, so future generations can have memories here to cherish as well.

“I sure will. I sure will,” said Phair when asked if she would follow the business to its new location.

“I have no doubt that they’re going to follow us wherever we go,” said Buddenbohn.

“This business isn’t about the building. It’s about moving it forward,” said Borcella.

They’re still working to secure a new location, but Borcella says she hopes to be up and running in their new location by next Easter.

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A former FBI agent who was prosecuted for his alleged role in the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol and later hired by the Trump-era Justice Department has left his government post, he announced Thursday.

In a , Jared Wise said he came to the Justice Department hoping to expose alleged abuses by prosecutors and agents who investigated the Jan. 6, 2021, riot, but he now believes it’s not possible to complete that mission from his role at the department.

“I returned to Washington to fully expose the abuses by the FBI and DOJ against J6 defendants, but it became clear that this will only happen from outside of government. So I left and will do so,” Wise wrote in his social media post.

Wise served as an FBI agent and a supervisory agent from 2004 to 2017. After leaving the bureau, he was charged in connection with Jan. 6, facing felony charges of civil disorder and assaulting, resisting, or impeding certain officers, as well as four misdemeanor counts. Prosecutors that Wise encouraged the crowd outside the Capitol to hurt law enforcement officers, yelling: “Yeah, kill ’em!” They also accused him of entering the Capitol building.

Wise was pardoned by President Trump on the first day of his second term in office, along with nearly 1,600 other alleged rioters. Wise was at the time.

Wise served as a counselor to Ed Martin, the Justice Department’s pardon attorney who previously presided over the agency’s Weaponization Working Group until he was ousted from that role at the beginning of the year.

In his role at the department, Wise was involved in drafting a report that was focused on the prosecutions of Jan. 6 rioters, sources previously told CBS News. No public report has ever been issued, and it was unclear whether one will be made public in the future.

Wise announced his resignation the same day that Mr. Trump ousted Attorney General Pam Bondi and installed Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche as acting attorney general.

Martin and staffers in Blanche’s office sometimes clashed, in part amid frustrations over what Blanche’s staff perceived as a lack of progress by Martin on the work of the Weaponization Working Group, according to several sources familiar with the dynamics.

Wise’s role at the Justice Department drew criticism from congressional Democrats. Sen. Dick Durbin of Illinois “a slap in the face to law enforcement everywhere.”

CBS News has reached out to the Justice Department for comment.

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Fighter jets were scrambled and deployed flares over Palm Beach Sunday after a civilian plane breached restricted airspace near President Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort, U.S. military officials said.

The North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) that F-16 fighter jets intercepted an aircraft that entered a  zone at about 1:15 p.m.  That restriction is typically imposed when the president is in the area.

Mr. Trump was at his West Palm Beach golf club at the time of the breach, according to . Air Force One remained secure on the tarmac at the Palm Beach airport throughout the incident.

While NORAD has reported in the area in recent months, Sunday’s intercept gained traction online after a video from a Delta Airlines flight began circulating on social media, CBS affiliate . In the video, informing passengers of a ground stop due to a potential security breach.

“They’re not sure what it was, but apparently there was a drone that came in too close to the airport,” the pilot is heard saying over the intercom. “They had to scramble some helicopters to go and investigate that.”

However, NORAD later confirmed the security breach was the civilian aircraft.

During the incident, the fighter jets deployed flares, officials confirmed. “The flares were used to draw attention from or communicate with the pilot. Flares are employed with the highest regard for safety, burn out quickly and completely, and pose no danger to people on the ground,” NORAD said.

The civilian aircraft was safely escorted out of the restricted area once communication was re-established.

The interception comes after a  to impose a 24/7, year-round flight restriction around Mar-a-Lago, WPEC reported. Mr. Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate is located in Palm Beach, and his golf club is in West Palm Beach.

Back in 2017, during Mr. Trump’s first term, a pair of F-15 fighter jets were scrambled to intercept an unresponsive aircraft near Mar-a-Lago. Officials said the military action created  the sound created by planes traveling at supersonic speeds through the air, which alarmed nearby residents. 

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A body was found during a search for an who disappeared during a layover in Medellin, Colombia, the city’s mayor said Friday.

Eric Fernado Gutierrez Molina, 32, a U.S. citizen and North Texas resident, went missing Saturday evening after a night out with a fellow flight attendant. The two flight attendants visited a bar in Medellin’s El Poblado neighborhood, popular with international tourists, according to family and friends as well as Colombian officials.

Gutierrez Molina was set to work on a return flight from Medellín to Miami on Sunday. His longtime partner, Ernesto Carranza, told CBS News that he .

Fico Gutierrez, the mayor of Medellin, said on Friday that a “lifeless body” was found between the municipalities of Jerico and Puente Iglesias during the search for Gutierrez Molina.

“There is a very high probability that it is this person,” he said in a , adding that the body is being taken to the coroner’s office in Medellin for identification. “We express our solidarity to his family and friends. I have just personally delivered the painful news to his father, who is in Medellin.”

Fico Gutierrez said an investigation is underway. Additional details were not immediately available.

In an internal memo sent to American Airlines flight attendants Saturday, the airline said it was “heartbroken to share the news” of Gutierrez Molina’s death, although there was no explanation of whether it had received confirmation from Colombian authorities that the body found was his. The airline said it was “actively engaged” with Colombian authorities as the investigation continues.

“We are also doing everything we can to support his family as they mourn the loss of their son and brother and return him home to be laid to rest,” the airline said. “Our thoughts are with our colleague, his loved ones, and the entire flight attendant team during this very difficult time.”

Carranza told CBS News that, after not being able to reach him, Gutierrez Molina’s phone appeared to be pinging to two locations in Medellin that were not near his hotel.

“Both locations were nowhere near where he was supposed to sleep for the night,” Carranza said.

Adding to the mystery was that the other flight attendant who went out with Gutierrez Molina on Saturday said she could not remember parts of the night, his friend, Sharom Gil, told CBS News.

In a statement provided to CBS News Texas, American Airlines said it was “actively engaged with local law enforcement officials in their investigation and doing all we can to support our team member’s family during this time.”

When reached by CBS News Texas, the U.S. Embassy in Colombia said it was “restricted from speaking about most individual cases due to federal privacy laws.”

The State Department also said in its own statement to CBS News Texas that it was “aware” of “reports” of Gutierrez Molina’s disappearance and was “closely tracking the situation.”

“The Trump Administration has no greater priority than the safety and security of Americans, and the State Department stands ready to provide all consular assistance to Americans in need abroad,” the State Department said Thursday.

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An American-born Israeli soldier was killed in combat in southern Lebanon, Israeli officials said Sunday.

Sgt. Moshe Yitzchak Hacohen Katz, 22, was born in New Haven, Connecticut, from the Israel Defense Forces. He was posthumously promoted from corporal to sergeant, the military said.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu Katz enlisted in the IDF’s Paratroopers Brigade after moving to Israel. He did not specify how long Katz had been serving. The IDF said that Katz was a member of its 890th Battalion.

“On behalf of all citizens of Israel, we embrace the family of the late Moshe in their difficult time and wish a speedy and complete recovery to our soldiers who were injured in that incident,” Netanyahu said in a statement. “May his memory be blessed.”

Rabbi Yehoshua Hecht, Katz’s great-uncle, told Israel’s Army Radio station that his great-nephew was a “very special young man” who “enjoyed every moment of life,” . Hecht described Katz as religious and a good student.

The military did not specify how or where Katz died except to say that it was in combat in southern Lebanon, where Israel has been fighting a second front parallel to its joint operation in Iran with the United States. Israel has engaged in combat with the Iran-backed militant group Hezbollah.

The United Nations’ refugee agency has warned that Lebanon is facing a humanitarian crisis that may become a “catastrophe.” One in five residents of the country, or a million people, have fled their homes, according to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees. Israel has told civilians in dozens of towns and villages across southern Lebanon to flee as it attacks alleged Hezbollah sites.

According to the independent  in Israel, at least 1,116 people have been killed during the Israeli attacks in Lebanon since the war in Iran began.

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Brendon’s family said in an Friday night that he died “in his sleep of natural causes.”

“Most people know Nicky for his work as an actor and for the characters he brought to life over the years. In recent years Nicky has found his passion in painting and art,” the family wrote in the post. “Nicky loved to share his enthusiastic talent with his family, friends and fans. He was passionate, sensitive, and endlessly driven to create.”

Born in Los Angeles in 1971, Brendon originally wanted to become a professional baseball player, but pursued acting in his 20s to help manage his stutter. He later became a spokesperson for the Stuttering Foundation of America.

In 1997, at age 25, Brendon began his role as Xander Harris in “Buffy the Vampire Slayer,” which he starred in across all seven seasons.

Following the end of “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” in 2003, Brendon was featured in the TV adaptation of Anthony Bourdain’s “Kitchen Confidential.” He also had recurring roles in “Criminal Minds” from 2007 to 2014, “Private Practice” from 2010 to 2011, and “Faking It” from 2014 to 2015.

Brendon also starred in films such as “Demon Island” in 2002 and “Unholy” in 2007.

In 2022, Brendon was rushed to the hospital for tachycardia, a condition that makes the heart beat abnormally fast. A year prior, Brendon received two spinal surgeries.

Starting in 2010, the actor was  on allegations including domestic violence, , , battery against a peace officer and vandalism.

Brendon was also open about his struggles with substance abuse, alcoholism and depression. He appeared twice on the “Dr. Phil” show in 2015 to talk about his battle with alcoholism.

“While it’s no secret that Nicholas had struggles in the past, he was on medications and treatment to manage his diagnosis and he was optimistic about the future at the time of his passing,” his family wrote on Instagram.

“Our family asks for privacy during this time as we grieve his loss and celebrate the life of a man who lived with intensity, imagination, and heart. Thank you to everyone who has shown love and support.”

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An asteroid weighing about 7 tons and traveling at 45,000 miles per hour zoomed over multiple states and lit up the sky as a meteor Tuesday morning, causing a loud boom that some residents mistook for an explosion, officials said.   

NASA said eyewitnesses from 10 states, Washington, D.C., and the Canadian province of Ontario reported seeing the “bright fireball” moments before 9 a.m. ET. The National Â鶹¹ÙÍø Service office in Pittsburgh  of the meteor arcing across the sky. 

Witnesses in Ohio, New York and Pennsylvania also reported hearing a loud boom or explosion sound, according to CBS affiliate WOIO. One person told the station that the boom shook their whole house.  

NASA said the sound occurred when the asteroid fragmented, “resulting in a pressure wave” that reached the ground. The chunk of space rock unleashed an amount of energy equivalent to 250 tons of TNT when it fragmented, NASA said. The space agency confirmed the boom would have been loud enough to shake some homes. 

The National Â鶹¹ÙÍø Service identified the item as a meteor earlier Tuesday. Any small space object that enters Earth’s atmosphere is described as a meteor. A weather service instrument called a geostationary lightning mapper identified the meteor. The device detects quick flashes in the atmosphere and is usually used to continuously map lightning strikes,  National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. It can also identify meteors, which are bright and flash similarly to lightning. 

The NWS shared a photo of the instrument detecting a green flash over Cleveland. 

Data analysis shows that the asteroid would have first been seen about 50 miles above Lake Erie, off the coast of Lorain, Ohio, NASA said. It would have then moved east of south at 45,000 miles per hour, traveling over 34 miles through the upper atmosphere before fragmenting over Valley City, Ohio. 

NASA said fragments from the meteor would have scattered around Medina County, Ohio. 

“Some fragments, some tiny pieces of it, actually made it to the ground,” Bill Cooke, the head of NASA’s Meteoroid Environments Office, told CBS News.

Cooke, who charts plummeting space objects for NASA when they’re big enough, said the meteor was about 6 feet in diameter, and it was too small to track. 

“This could just be a small asteroid that hung out in the belt and eventually migrated, or it could be a fragment from a larger one. We really don’t know,” Cooke said.

Other meteors have been seen in Ohio’s skies in recent weeks. In mid-February, one was spotted on a doorbell camera around 11:30 p.m., according to . Another fireball was caught on camera on March 15, . 

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Alleged Latin American narco trafficker Sebastian Marset made his first appearance in a U.S. court on Monday after being handed over to American authorities.

Marset, who eluded police for years, was last week and transferred to U.S. custody. The 34-year-old Uruguayan national faces money laundering conspiracy charges connected with his alleged cocaine trafficking organization.

Marset is the most notorious drug baron in the southern part of South America and had a $2 million U.S. bounty on his head for alleged money laundering. An indictment  alleges Marset “leads a large-scale drug trafficking organization that is believed to be responsible for moving tons of cocaine from South America to Europe, while generating tens of millions in cash and proceeds,” .

The he made an initial appearance on Monday in a federal district court in Virginia.

Marset is accused of leading a large-scale drug trafficking organization that distributed thousands of pounds of cocaine to Europe. According to , Marset’s drug trafficking organization allegedly traffics cocaine in Bolivia, Paraguay, Uruguay, Brazil, Belgium, the Netherlands, Portugal and elsewhere.

The soccer-loving Marset allegedly laundered the proceeds of his drug enterprise by purchasing and sponsoring lower-level professional soccer teams across Latin America and Europe — and even put himself in the starting lineups.

He was imprisoned in his native Uruguay for drug trafficking between 2013 and 2018 and later moved around South America, living for a time in Bolivia and Paraguay.

The Bolivian authorities announced on Monday the seizure of some $15 million in assets from Marset, including 16 planes, five houses and firearms.

Federico Ezequiel Santoro Vassallo, a close associate of Marset, was sentenced to 15 years in prison by a U.S. court in July after pleading guilty to money laundering.

“Santoro and, allegedly, Marset threatened violence to protect their drug-trafficking and money laundering activities,” federal prosecutors .

Marset could face up to 20 years in prison if convicted of money laundering conspiracy.

Imitating soccer stars

A Washington Post profile from 2024 said Marset paid $10,000 in cash to wear the number 10 jersey worn by football icons Pele, Maradona and Messi during his teams’ games.

He stamped his drug shipments “The King of the South,” the Post added, and gave orders for cocaine to be stashed in shipments of cookies and soybeans.

He had been on the run since July 2023, when fled his home in Santa Cruz, on the eve of a massive police operation to capture him.

Bolivia’s center-right President Rodrigo Paz thanked “international organizations from various neighboring countries and the continent” on Friday for their cooperation in his capture.

Paz has sought to boost ties with the United States since winning office last year in elections that ended two decades of socialist rule begun under Indigenous coca farmer Evo Morales.

Bolivia’s is the world’s third largest producer of cocaine, which is made from coca leaves.

Marset’s arrest came just weeks after notorious cartel leader Nemesio Rubén Oseguera Cervantes, also  was killed during an operation in Mexico. He had a  U.S. bounty on his head and was .

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