U.S. Air Force is bringing back an overgrown airfield on a small island in the Pacific .

The North Field airfield is being brought back to life under an Air Force operational concept called Agile Combat Employment .

The goal is to have the rejuvenated runway serve as a "power projection platform" The project's precise completion date is unknown.

Planning must account for China 's long-range ballistic missiles, which can reach U.S. military sites throughout the region.

The survival of American air and naval power is crucial to any plan to intervene in a Chinese amphibious invasion of Taiwan .

China 's Rocket Force possesses a variety of conventional and nuclear-armed missiles with a range of up to 3,400 miles .

Tinian is 1,500-1,700 miles from the Taiwan Strait and the contested East and South China seas.

The Air Force is likely to use Tinian as an alternate site for bomber flights currently operating out of Guam .

In 2018 , a pair of B-2 Spirit stealth bombers flew to Wake Island for hot-pit refueling training.

The remote coral atoll is some 2,500 miles southwest of Hawaii and 1,500 .

The glass ceiling that stymied Hillary Clinton's presidential bid in 2016 is still sturdy at other levels of political office across the country.

Authors: Having more women in elected offices might matter especially at the local level.

They say women are less likely to express an interest in politics or run for office.

Writers: The important policies that local governments make might not fully represent the wishes of the people.

Monument features names of 551 Iraqi and foreign journalists, in alphabetical order under the year in which they were killed.

Among the names are two of CBS News' own heroes, James Brolan and Paul Douglas .

"It is an attempt to preserve and keep their names, their memories, alive. They are our heroes," a Kurdish official says.

Women in the Workplace report is marking its 10th year of publication.

A new study from consulting firm McKinsey and advocacy group Lean In finds a lack of progress on a number of fronts.

Women under 30 were just as likely to have experienced sexual harassment as women over 30 , the study found.

American gymnast Jordan Chiles takes bid to have Olympic bronze restored to the Swiss Supreme Court .

Chiles filed the appeal on Monday , a little over a month after CAS voided an on-floor appeal by Chiles’ coach Cecile Landi .

CAS ruled Landi 's appeal came 4 seconds beyond the 1-minute time limit for scoring inquiries.

The International Olympic Committee awarded bronze to Romanian Ana Barbosu .

Antimicrobial resistance ( AMR ) in which bacteria evolve so that the drugs usually used to fight them no longer work up from 1.14 million in 2021 .

AMR will play some role in 8.2 million deaths annually , up from 4.71 million .

Trend reflects rapidly ageing populations, with older people particularly at risk.

Global leaders will meet in New York this month to discuss antimicrobial resistance.

Blackwell School in Marfa , Texas , is the newest national site dedicated to modern Latino history.

It was built in 1909 and closed 11 years after the landmark 1954 court decision, Brown v. Board of Education .

Latino students were segregated from Anglos by law and practice just as whites and Blacks were separated in the South .

From 1920 to 1947 , Principal Jesse Blackwell transformed the school by creating an interscholastic league specifically for “ Mexican schools” Alumni have held on to memories of teachers, friends, small gestures and laughter.

“I think at Blackwell , they just cared so much for us, even though some of us were tough to handle.”.

Vice President Kamala Harris and talk show host Oprah Winfrey will participate in a virtual rally.

Winfrey : "What is essential to me is getting people motivated to vote" The event will take place 47 days before the Nov. 5 election, in which Harris and Donald Trump are competing for votes.

The Indra Jatra festival marks the end of the monsoon and rice farming season and signals the dawn of fall.

Families gathered for feasts and lit incense for the dead at shrines.

Men and boys in colorful masks and gowns representing Hindu deities danced to traditional music and drums.

Kumari , a young girl who is revered by both Hindus and Buddhists in Nepal as a living goddess, left her temple palace.

More than $46.2 million in grants will conserve or restore 91,425 acres of wetland and associated upland habitats for waterfowl, shorebirds and other birds in 17 states.

More than half of Endangered Species Act listed species rely on wetlands for essential habitat.

Migratory Bird Conservation Fund will conserve 3,268 acres for seven national wildlife refuges.

Duck Stamps help preserve some of the most diverse and important wildlife habitats in our nation.

Nearly all the proceeds are used to conserve habitat for birds and other wildlife.

Additional information about North American wetlands and migratory bird conservation can be found on the Service’s webpage.