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Mayor Eric Adams heads to Latin America as New York City migrant crisis grows
New York City mayor Eric Adams wants to give a “true picture” of conditions migrants will face in the U.S. during his trip to Mexico, Ecuador and Colombia. CBS News contributor Enrique Acevedo has more….
A man was tasered in his own driveway, but cops weren’t finished with him
Surveillance footage reveals police assaulting an unarmed man on his own property. While the use of force in the video is shocking on its own, what’s even more shocking is the fact that the state…
High costs still making consumers angry and dissatisfied
People across the country remain “deeply dissatisfied” with the state of the economy even as the rate of inflation declines. Amara Omeokwe, an economics reporter with The Wall Street Journal, shares her latest reporting on…
UPDATE: Department Names Her Deputy Of The Month, But Grand Jury Indicts Her On Multiple Felonies
Link to the department that gave her a verbal warning and a deputy of the month award for allegedly committing multiple felonies. They disabled comments on their FB page when the initial beating occured over…
Care workers have gone through hell for us—will we show up for them?
The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has thrown America’s deeply dysfunctional system of caregiving into sharp relief: overcrowded and understaffed nursing homes account for a third of all COVID-19 deaths in the US. ICUs have been stretched…
CDC to recommend antibiotic after sex for some to prevent STIs
The CDC is planning to recommend an antibiotic pill for some to take after sex to prevent the spread of sexually transmitted infections. The move comes after recent studies found some people who took doxycycline…
The Texas abortion ban is even more extreme than you think
Texas just enacted the strictest anti-abortion law in the country. Senate Bill 8, which went into effect at midnight on Sept. 1, effectively bans abortions after six weeks into a pregnancy, before most people who…
Search for new House speaker, Biden addresses McCarthy’s ouster, more | America Decides
“America Decides” reports on who could replace Kevin McCarthy as the next House speaker, President Biden’s reaction to the dysfunction in the House and other top political stories. #news #politics #kevinmccarthy CBS News Streaming Network…
A region scarred by coal production now faces fracking threats
In her documentary “Hard Road of Hope,†independent filmmaker Eleanor Goldfield details the history and contemporary struggles of West Virginians living and dying in coal country. As part of our coverage commemorating the Battle of…
The industrial working class is not dead
It’s a common refrain that “we just don’t make things in the US anymore.†Implied in this refrain is the notion that practically all manufacturing jobs have been outsourced overseas as we’ve transitioned to a…
Biden to deliver “major speech” on Ukraine funding
President Biden told reporters on Wednesday that he plans to give a “major speech” on U.S. aid to Ukraine following the ouster of Rep. Kevin McCarthy as House speaker. CBS News chief White House correspondent…
Body camera shows cops in this town are out of control. How will the city respond?
A 73-year-old grandmother with dementia is thrown to the ground and arrested, and the arresting officers are caught laughing while reviewing their bodycam footage. In this episode of PAR, we examine how this case, a…
Author Michael Lewis on the rise and fall of Sam Bankman-Fried
Lawyers for Sam Bankman-Fried delivered opening statements in his criminal trial Wednesday. Prosecutors have accused the former FTX CEO of misusing billions of dollars in customer funds. Author Michael Lewis joins CBS News to discuss…
Richard Wolff: Capitalism is holding “all of us hostage”
The COVID-19 pandemic has changed the nature of work and the lives of working people in drastic ways. Millions of workers lost their jobs over the past year and a half, millions more saw their…
Top Washington DC official arrested over domestic violence incident with wife
A top official in the Washington, D.C., mayor’s office was arrested for an alleged domestic assault towards his wife, police say.Police say that Dr. Christopher Rodriguez, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser’s assistant city administrator and acting…
Factory farming is pushing independent farmers to the edge of extinction
A proposed concentrated animal feeding operation (CAFO) in Burnett County, Wisconsin, is slated to house 26,000 hogs and produce millions of gallons of liquid manure every year. Residents fear the irreparable damage a facility of…
Jordan and Scalise join speaker race, Biden promises “major” Ukraine speech, more | America Decides
Standstill follows House speaker chaos; Who voted to oust, keep Rep. Kevin McCarthy as speaker and why. #news #politics #congress CBS News Streaming Network is the premier 24/7 anchored streaming news service from CBS News…
Rashida Tlaib defends phrase antisemitism watchdog defined as ‘code for eradicating’ Israel
Rep. Rashida Tlaib, D-Mich., on Friday defended a controversial phrase being used by anti-Israel protesters across the country, which one antisemitism watchdog defined as “code for eradicating” the largely Jewish nation.”From the river to the…
Factory farms pose an ‘existential threat’ for rural Wisconsin communities
The rural landscape in the US is changing drastically: The days of the independent family farm have increasingly given way to industrial agriculture and factory animal farms. In states around the country, from Iowa and…
House at a standstill until members pick next speaker
The House stands in recess to allow the Republican conference and Democratic caucus to “meet and discuss the path forward” after Rep. Kevin McCarthy’s historic ouster, interim Speaker Patrick McHenry announced Tuesday night. CBS News…
Cops hate citizen journalists, but they’re not the only ones
Citizen journalists continue to play a critical role in holding police accountable, which is why they face increasing pushback from the underlying system that bolsters bad cops. PAR speaks to cop watchers Laura Shark and…
Judge orders new primary election after seeing video showing possible ballot-stuffing
A Connecticut judge has dismissed the results of a Democratic mayoral primary election in the state’s largest city and ordered a new election be held after video surveillance captured people placing multiple absentee ballots into…
1998 mass shooter still used to justify life sentences for juveniles
Kip Kinkel was publicly reviled when, suffering from undiagnosed paranoid schizophrenia, he shot and killed his mother and father before killing two of his classmates and wounding 25 others in a mass shooting at Thurston…
Margaret Brennan assesses fallout of Kevin McCarthy’s “Face the Nation” interview
At a caucus meeting Tuesday morning, California Rep. Pete Aguilar played a clip from Kevin McCarthy’s interview Sunday with “Face the Nation” moderator Margaret Brennan, in which he blamed Democrats for nearly shutting down the…
Republican National Committee announces location, criteria for fourth GOP presidential debate
The Republican National Committee (RNC) has announced the date and location of the fourth GOP presidential debate, as well as the criteria each of the candidates must meet to qualify.In a Friday press release the…
Cops destroyed her family with a suspicious drug bust. 47 years later she’s breaking her silence
The nation’s endless war on mind-altering substances has many casualties, some who refuse to be forgotten. That’s why Catherine Freeman is coming forward after 47 years to describe how her family was set up by…
Jeffries vows Democrats will ‘support each other’ as groups threaten to primary anti-Israel progressives
House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., indicated his caucus would defend its progressive members even as pro-Israel outside groups threaten to recruit and back primary opponents against those that have been critical of the U.S.’s…
