SpaceX launched its huge Super Heavy-Starship mega rocket on its seventh test flight Thursday but lost its new-generation Starship upper stage spacecraft in the process, which apparently broke up as it was reaching space. Falling debris from the destroyed Starship briefly delayed airline traffic out of Miami, Florida, federal officials said. SpaceX successfully caught the first stage booster back at its firing stand. Footage shot and shared Dean Olson, who said he took it while on vacation in Turks and Caicos, purports to show debris falling over the Caribbean. #news #space #spacex

Pam Bondi, President-elect Donald Trump's pick for U.S. attorney general, engaged in a heated exchange about election interference and birthright citizenship with California Sen. Alex Padilla on Wednesday during her confirmation hearing. Bondi is a former Florida attorney general, and represented Trump during his first impeachment. #news #PamBondi #AlexPadilla #California #Pennsylvania #Washington #attorneygeneral #Trump #politics

"Is that a joke?" President Biden said to a reporter who asked if he or President-elect Donald Trump get credit for the Israel-Hamas deal announced Wednesday. #news #politics #biden #ceasefire #israel #gaza

Los Angeles fire chief Kristin Crowley was pressed by CBS News' Jonathan Vigliotti on how many fire engines were in one of the first neighborhoods to catch fire during the devastating #California blaze. #news #wildfires #losangeles #firefighter #LAFD #fire

Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, a New Hampshire Democrat, questioned Pete Hegseth, President-elect Donald Trump's pick for defense secretary, over his view that women should not serve in combat roles, which he has attempted to walk back in recent weeks. "Women in our military, as I have said publicly, have and continue to make amazing contributions across all aspects of our battlefield," Hegseth said. "I appreciate your eleventh hour conversion," Shaheen said after she pressed him further. #news #politics #congress #newhampshire