This Morning from CBS News, Feb. 18, 2016
A sitting president hasn't done it since Calvin Coolidge in 1928, but President Obama will be visiting Cuba in coming weeks, CBS New has confirmed. The word comes some 14 months after Mr. Obama began normalizing relations with Havana.
CBS News just released a poll on whether President Obama should nominate a replacement for late Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, on feelings about Mr. Obama's job performance, and on the economy. Some findings may surprise you.
There's no change at the top in the latest CBS News poll on the Republican presidential hopefuls. But the jockeying for spots beneath No. 1 is raising some eyebrows.
Donald Trump says there's one key issue any prospective high court nominee would have to concur with him on to even be considered for the nod should he win the White House.
The U.S. is enlisting a new recruit in the fight against ISIS: Hollywood. Along those lines, Secretary of State John Kerry met yesterday in L.A. with about a dozen studio execs and other Hollywood insiders.
The plunge in gas prices in recent months has had a corollary effect: With prices at the pump dipping below $2 per gallon in some parts of the country, Americans in the market for a vehicle are increasingly opting for SUVs and pickups. Is the gas guzzler back?
After a historically poor run since the start of the year, U.S. stocks are bouncing back, with the Dow industrials notching three straight 200-plus point gains for the first time ever. We look at what's powering the surge--and whether it can continue.
Missouri lawmakers have filed an official complaint against University of Missouri Communications Professor Melissa Click. She was caught on tape asking for "muscle" to keep a student journalist away from a campus protest and, separately, was seen cursing at police. But in an interview seen only on "CBS This Morning," the embattled Click admitted she was in the wrong.
One of the hottest trends in the toy market is a wave of smart, high-tech games, robots and apps that children can learn to program themselves. It's a way to get youngsters engaged and excited about computer science -- skills that could pay off years later when it's time for them join the competitive high-tech workforce.
History maker Becca Pizzi, of Massachusetts, recently became the first American woman to complete one of the most grueling tests of human endurance -- the World Marathon Challenge, running seven marathons on seven continents in seven days. She's only the second woman on the planet to accomplish the feat. "CBS This Morning" fatured her on its "Pushing the Limits" series.
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Politics
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World
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Business
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Health
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Couple fights to change law preventing IVF coverage for vets
Thousands of hospital patients urged to get tested for HIV, hepatitis
Science and Tech
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Entertainment
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