Is it better to pay off collections or let them go?
Paying off collections debt isn’t always the clear win it looks like. Here’s how to decide what path to take.
“My brother is, and always will be, my hero,” Alex Pretti’s sister says
In a new statement, Alex Pretti’s sister says the man federal agents killed in Minneapolis “always wanted to make a difference in this world.”
BSB: Warriors Picked Sixth in Preseason Poll

Courtesy of Midland Athletics SIOUX CITY, Iowa – The Great Plains Athletic Conference (GPAC) has announced its 2026 Preseason Coaches’ Poll. Concordia University is the preseason coaches’ selection to win the 2026 GPAC Baseball Championship, while Midland
Wobken seeks re-election to Logan View Board of Education

Brandon T. Wobken, the vice-president of the Logan View Board of Education, has filed the necessary paperwork seeking re-election. Wobken filed on Thursday at the Dodge County Clerk’s office.
Amy DuBois Barnett on new book about ambition, identity and power
Author and former media executive Amy DuBois Barnett joined CBS News with more on her experience at Ebony and Teen People, and her new novel “If I Ruled The World.”
Bill to provide workers’ comp for firefighter cancer diagnoses passed over

After about five hours of general file debate, a bill that would provide workers’ compensation benefits to firefighters who develop certain cancers was passed over Friday at the request of the introducer. LB400, sponsored by Fremont Sen.
“Doomsday Clock” moves to closest point yet to catastrophe
The “Doomsday Clock” is a metaphor for how close humanity is to self-annihilation.
Here’s what to expect at the Fed’s first interest rate meeting of 2026
Jerome Powell will announce the central bank’s next interest rate decision on Jan. 28 amid political and legal turmoil involving the Fed.
Here’s what to expect at the Fed’s first interest rate meeting of 2026
Jerome Powell will announce the central bank’s next interest rate decision on Jan. 28 amid political and legal turmoil involving the Fed.
Former special envoy for combating antisemitism on Holocaust Remembrance Day
Noa Tishby, Israel’s former special envoy for combating antisemitism and delegitimization, joined CBS News with her take on the rise of antisemitism and conflict in the Middle East as the world marks Holocaust Remembrance Day.