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Police in Birmingham, Alabama, are searching for the suspects and a motive in Saturday night's mass shooting. Four people were killed and more than a dozen others were wounded in the targeted attack. CBS News correspondent Cristian Benavides has the latest.
Trump suspect may face another charge
A federal judge on Monday ordered the suspect in an apparent assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump to remain jailed until trial. Ryan Wesley Routh, 58, faces federal firearm charges related to the incident at Trump's golf club in Florida on Sept. 15, but prosecutors said they want to bring another charge. CBS News national correspondent Manuel Bojorquez reports.
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Federal prosecutors signaled Monday that they're planning to hit Ryan Routh with a new charge of attempting to assassinate former President Donald Trump on a Florida golf course. Routh is being held without bail until trial after prosecutors released a letter in which he allegedly admitted to targeting Trump. Scott MacFarlane has more.
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California sued ExxonMobil on Monday, accusing the oil company of misleading the public about plastic recycling. According to the lawsuit, ExxonMobil promoted recycling as a solution for consumers worried about buying more plastic products, while knowing that only about 5% of plastics get recycled. CBS News senior national and environmental correspondent Ben Tracy spoke with California Attorney General Robert Bonta about the lawsuit and what he calls Exxon's "decades-long deception."
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Police in Birmingham, Alabama, are searching for the suspects and a motive in Saturday night's mass shooting. Four people were killed and more than a dozen others were wounded in the targeted attack. CBS News correspondent Cristian Benavides has the latest.