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The welcome sign at the Berkshire Hathaway Annual Shareholders Meeting in Omaha, Nebraska on May 2, 2025.David A. Grogen | CNBCOMAHA, Nebraska — Berkshire Hathaway shareholders are getting more bang for their buck at this year’s meeting with the annual shopping event more interactive than ever.The conglomerate’s yearly convention kicked off Friday with a shareholder-only shopping event, called the “Berkshire Bazaar of Bargains.” With over 20,000 square feet of showroom space at the CHI Health Center in downtown Omaha, the exhibit hall is offering goods from a myriad of the conglomerate’s holdings, including Warren Buffett-themed apparel from Brooks Sports and…

Former Prime Minister Ali Larayedh and the opposition Ennahdha party have denounced the trial as politically motivated.A Tunisian court has sentenced former Prime Minister Ali Larayedh to 34 years in prison over accusations he facilitated the departure of fighters to Syria – a charge the opposition figure strongly denies. “I was neither sympathetic, nor complicit, nor neutral, nor lenient towards violence, terrorism,” Larayedh told the judge on Friday, rejecting what he and his Ennahdha party have called a politically motivated prosecution. The ruling is the latest blow to the Ennahdha party, a major opposition force to President Kais Saied. Larayedh,…

Why this CEO supports Trump’s 25% steel tariff – CBS News Watch CBS News While many businesses are steeling themselves for trade war losses, the American steel industry has a brighter outlook. Elaine Quijano reports. Be the first to know Get browser notifications for breaking news, live events, and exclusive reporting. Not Now Turn On

The Environmental Protection Agency said on Friday that it would disperse scientists from its independent research office to other divisions where they among other things will be tasked with approving the use of new chemicals.Administrator Lee Zeldin announced the changes to the E.P.A. in a video, saying the agency was “shifting its scientific expertise” to focus on issues he described as “mission essential.”Most of the immediate changes will affect the Office of Research and Development, the E.P.A.’s main research arm that conducts studies on things like the health and environmental risks of “forever chemicals” in drinking water and the best…

The family of 23-year-old Alfred Okyere are hoping to get answers into his death soon, but are frustrated with continued delays into his accused killer’s court proceedings. “It’s always adjournment [after] adjournment,” said Augustine Farley, Okyere’s brother-in law. “Up until now, we don’t know why it happened, still unanswered questions…Family members are concerned from back home, friends and relatives keep asking; absolutely nothing.”Okyere was found by police at a business on the corner of Millar Avenue and 70th Street back on Jan. 20. When they arrived, police found Okyere suffering from stab wounds. He was taken to hospital where he…

Kevin De Bruyne scored the only goal to give Manchester City a crucial but barely deserved 1-0 win over Wolverhampton Wanderers and lift them into third place in the Premier League.The Belgian is leaving City at the end of the season and still providing good memories thanks to his goal against a team that had won their past six league encounters.With three games left, City are firm favourites to take one of the Champions League places.Slightly against the run of play, De Bruyne side-footed home a cut-back from Jeremy Doku 10 minutes before halftime in his second-to-last appearance at Etihad…

Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the nation’s health secretary, has said that tackling a chronic disease “epidemic” would be a cornerstone of his Make America Healthy Again agenda, often invoking alarming statistics as an urgent reason for reforming public health in this country.On Friday, President Trump released a proposed budget that called for cutting the funding of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention by almost half. Its chronic disease center was slated for elimination entirely, a proposal that came as a shock to many state and city health officials.“Most Americans have some sort of ailment that could be considered chronic,”…

Mike Peters, the frontman of the Welsh post-punk band the Alarm, which in the 1980s drew comparisons to U2 for its storm-the-barricades passion and its clarion-call anthems like “Sixty Eight Guns” and “Blaze of Glory,” has died. He was 66, having battled cancer over three decades and been a prominent campaigner against it.His death was confirmed in social media posts by his wife, Jules Jones Peters, who did not say where or when he died or specify the cause.Mr. Peters was diagnosed with non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma in 1995 and twice with chronic lymphocytic leukemia, in 2005 and again in 2015. Both…

Here Comes The Sun: A dynamic director and the legacy of Lucy – CBS News Watch CBS News It takes a special kind of screenwriter and director to get audiences laughing at a story of impending planetary doom. Adam McKay did just that with his latest film, “Don’t Look Up.” We also have a story on the enduring popularity of “I Love Lucy.” “Here Comes The Sun” is a closer look at some of the people, places and things we bring you every week on “CBS Sunday Morning.” Be the first to know Get browser notifications for breaking news, live…

Prime Minister Mark Carney of Canada said on Friday that he would travel next week to meet with President Trump for a high-stakes encounter between the two leaders of countries whose once-close friendship has collapsed amid a trade war and Mr. Trump’s threats to Canada’s sovereignty.Mr. Carney also announced that King Charles III would visit Canada later this month, his first trip to the country since Charles’s coronation two years ago. The news of the trip, which was also announced by Buckingham Palace, is seen by analysts as a clear rebuke to calls by Mr. Trump to make Canada the…