How TikTok became a global social media mega power
TikTok has grown from a niche teen app into a global trendsetter and, according to U.S. officials, a security threat.
TikTok has grown from a niche teen app into a global trendsetter and, according to U.S. officials, a security threat.
Lawmakers argue the Chinese government can use the widely popular video-sharing app as a spy tool and to covertly influence the U.S. public.
The House Saturday approved a bipartisan package of four bills that would provide a combined $94 billion in foreign military aid to Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan. House Speaker Mike Johnson helped shepherd the package through despite threats from some members of his caucus that they may move to oust him after passage. Natalie Brand reports from Capitol Hill.
Democrats who led probes into Trump's role in Jan. 6 Capitol riot expect to face arrest if he wins: "Anybody who has testified against him...should be worried."
Biden said Friday the government was "going to move heaven and earth to rebuild this bridge as rapidly as humanly possible."
Nearly a month after the March primary, the race for the 16th Congressional District in Silicon Valley took another unexpected turn Tuesday, with both second-place candidates tied.
Ukrainian troops are rationing ammunition and salvaging parts in order to keep up the fight against Russia. Ammunition stocks are dangerously low on the eastern frontlines, along with other crucial supplies needed to keep the war effort moving. Charlie D'Agata reports from Ukraine.
The measure delays a partial government shutdown for at least another week while Congress tries to agree on long-term funding.
Congress is trying to beat a Friday night deadline to fund the government.
Two years on from Russia's full-scale invasion, Ukraine is still under attack, and again against the ropes. At an airfield outside of Kyiv Saturday, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy issued a rallying cry reminiscent of that defiant selfie on the streets of the capital in the first days of the invasion. Charlie D'Agata has the latest.
Two years into Russia's full-scale invasion, President Biden says Ukrainians "continue to fight with tremendous courage," but they need America's help.
Sources in the room for Fauci's two-day interview told CBS News the meeting was cordial, but also revealed the intense and fractious political divide over his legacy and work.
The agreement is central to avoiding a government shutdown later this month.
At least three members of Congress reported being the victims of "swatting incidents" over the holiday week, according to a review by CBS News.
CBS News has learned the White House is open to supporting new and tougher border policies in talks with lawmakers, but some progressives are pushing back on those possible changes. Ed O'Keefe reports.
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said the chamber will return Monday, cutting into a scheduled holiday recess, to give negotiators more time to reach a deal on foreign aid and border security. CBS News congressional correspondent Scott MacFarlane has the latest.
The move comes as President Biden's request for a nearly $106 billion aid package for Ukraine, Israel and other national security is languishing in Congress.
"I have decided to depart the House at the end of this year to serve America in new ways," McCarthy wrote in an op-ed for the Wall Street Journal.
Rep. George Santos is just the sixth House member in U.S. history to be expelled and the first in more than 20 years.
"People are lying a lot," says Rep. Ken Buck, a Colorado Republican. "And when you call out the lies, you're the bad guy."
The bill will fund the government at current levels until mid-January.
Republicans have selected Rep. Jim Jordan to be their nominee to be the next speaker.
President Biden issued several stark warnings about threats to American democracy Thursday in Arizona. CBS News election law expert and political contributor David Becker discusses what stood out from the president's speech.
The Department of Homeland Security said nearly 72% of its workforce, or about 185,000 employees, would be kept on the job with their pay delayed.
The House advanced four spending bills that have no chance of passing in the Senate, as Speaker Kevin McCarthy seeks to appease conservatives.
San Francisco Unified School District is providing a lifeline to its teachers and educators by providing affordable housing.
A landmark study just kicked off with the goal of answering why Black women have a much higher mortality rate when it comes to cancer. It just launched last week and they need volunteers in California to help.
With commencement ceremonies looming, a pro-Palestinian encampment on the University of San Francisco defied a deadline to leave Tuesday.
The move comes days after the U.S. withheld shipments of certain munitions to Israel over concerns about a ground offensive in the Gaza city of Rafah.
Two people were arrested, including a juvenile, following the robberies of two United States Postal Service mail carriers on the Peninsula over the weekend, authorities said.
San Francisco Unified School District is providing a lifeline to its teachers and educators by providing affordable housing.
With commencement ceremonies looming, a pro-Palestinian encampment on the University of San Francisco defied a deadline to leave Tuesday.
The move comes days after the U.S. withheld shipments of certain munitions to Israel over concerns about a ground offensive in the Gaza city of Rafah.
Two people were arrested, including a juvenile, following the robberies of two United States Postal Service mail carriers on the Peninsula over the weekend, authorities said.
San Francisco Mayor Breed pulled out of the TogetherSF debate, saying the debate was "unduly influenced" by a candidate's campaign.
San Francisco Unified School District is providing a lifeline to its teachers and educators by providing affordable housing.
With commencement ceremonies looming, a pro-Palestinian encampment on the University of San Francisco defied a deadline to leave Tuesday.
Two people were arrested, including a juvenile, following the robberies of two United States Postal Service mail carriers on the Peninsula over the weekend, authorities said.
San Francisco Mayor Breed pulled out of the TogetherSF debate, saying the debate was "unduly influenced" by a candidate's campaign.
San Francisco police said two robbery suspects crashed into an occupied vehicle after being pursued by officers on Tuesday morning.
A Concord man who struck and killed an 86-year-old man on Thanksgiving Day 2023 was sentenced to more than 12 years in prison.
A Tracy man has been federally sentenced for accessing the computer network of the Discovery Bay Water Treatment Facility and shutting it down in 2021, the U.S. Department of Justice said Monday.
Bay Area cities that are still struggling to recover continue to try and find ways to get people into downtown areas during the day, as the permanence of hybrid work remains a major challenge.
The man accused in the grisly killing of a Pleasanton woman was found guilty Monday, the Alameda County District Attorney's office said.
Alex Bregman homered twice and had a season-high four RBIs to lead the Houston Astros to a 9-2 win over the Oakland Athletics on Monday night.
Dozens of pro-Palestinian protesters rallied outside the annual Google I/O 2024 developer conference at Shoreline Amphitheater in Mountain View on Tuesday.
A man who was shot at a homeless encampment in San Jose last week has died of his injuries, police said Tuesday.
Police in San Jose are searching for a man suspected of sexually assaulting a girl underneath a freeway as she was walking home from school last month.
The project to build a 40-unit housing complex for retired farm workers in Half Moon Bay has become a source of frustration.
Even as driverless cars become more common throughout San Francisco, people still tend to stop and stare. But soon, spotting something at an intersection with nobody at the wheel could become a more regular occurance beyond city limits.
The remains of a U.S. Army soldier from Northern California who died as a prisoner of war in the Philippines during World War II have been accounted for, the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) announced Tuesday.
The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation is searching for an inmate who escaped from a minimum-security facility in Solano County Monday morning.
Vallejo police arrested five people Sunday for an alleged arm robbery during which a suspect struck a store employee with a gun.
A woman was killed in a head-on collision caused by a suspected DUI driver early Monday morning near Santa Rosa.
Police in Santa Rosa arrested a 19-year-old after allegedly finding a loaded machine gun during a traffic stop over the weekend.
As the National Football League prepares to release the 2024 season schedule, the league announced the San Francisco 49ers would be starting the season with a primetime matchup.
The San Francisco Bay Area's new WNBA team is called the Golden State Valkyries, a brand identity the team announced on Tuesday.
The WNBA is poised to tip off its 28th season with the Las Vegas Aces seeking a three-peat, Caitlin Clark debuting and the league growing faster than ever.
Will Smith hit a two-run double in the 10th inning to lead the Los Angeles Dodgers a 6-4 win over the San Francisco Giants for their fourth straight victory this season over their rivals.
The San Francisco Giants placed outfielder Jung Hoo Lee on the 10-day injured list with a dislocated left shoulder and are still awaiting word on the severity of the injury.
Two people were arrested, including a juvenile, following the robberies of two United States Postal Service mail carriers on the Peninsula over the weekend, authorities said.
San Francisco police said two robbery suspects crashed into an occupied vehicle after being pursued by officers on Tuesday morning.
A man who was shot at a homeless encampment in San Jose last week has died of his injuries, police said Tuesday.
Police in San Jose are searching for a man suspected of sexually assaulting a girl underneath a freeway as she was walking home from school last month.
A Concord man who struck and killed an 86-year-old man on Thanksgiving Day 2023 was sentenced to more than 12 years in prison.
Dozens of pro-Palestinian protesters rallied outside the annual Google I/O 2024 developer conference at Shoreline Amphitheater in Mountain View on Tuesday.
A Tracy man has been federally sentenced for accessing the computer network of the Discovery Bay Water Treatment Facility and shutting it down in 2021, the U.S. Department of Justice said Monday.
Federal safety investigators are probing dozens of crashes and other incidents involving Waymo's self-driving vehicles.
Even as driverless cars become more common throughout San Francisco, people still tend to stop and stare. But soon, spotting something at an intersection with nobody at the wheel could become a more regular occurance beyond city limits.
General Motors' troubled Cruise autonomous vehicle unit says it will start testing robotaxis in Arizona this week with human safety drivers on board.
A landmark study just kicked off with the goal of answering why Black women have a much higher mortality rate when it comes to cancer. It just launched last week and they need volunteers in California to help.
A Bay Area-based study finds that 80% of Asian American women with lung cancer never smoked and researchers are trying to figure out why.
San Francisco public health nurses will hold a strike authorization vote next week over what they say are inadequate and unsafe staffing levels at the city's hospitals and clinics.
Maker of insulin pump urges customers to update an app because of glitch that causes the devices to unexpectedly shut down.
Elon Musk's Neuralink finds a brain-computer interface device captured less data a month after implant surgery.
With commencement ceremonies looming, a pro-Palestinian encampment on the University of San Francisco defied a deadline to leave Tuesday.
The move comes days after the U.S. withheld shipments of certain munitions to Israel over concerns about a ground offensive in the Gaza city of Rafah.
San Francisco Mayor Breed pulled out of the TogetherSF debate, saying the debate was "unduly influenced" by a candidate's campaign.
Former President Donald Trump's attorneys got their first chance to question Michael Cohen on his second day of testimony and took aim at his credibility.
And these officials, a CBS News investigation finds, are charged with certifying election results for the presidential election and other races.
Two prominent Bay Area political figures died Friday night when the pickup they were in collided with a car in rural San Diego County.
A Northern California school district is being sued by the state over allegations the district failed to carry out corrective actions in a controversial gender notification policy adopted last summer.
More than a third of LGBTQ young people seriously considered suicide in the past year, the survey found.
One of San Francisco's oldest LGBTQ bars, on Saturday the Stud re-opened it's doors for the first time in four years at a new location.
A California judge has tentatively sided with state Attorney General Rob Bonta in a dispute over the title of a proposed ballot measure that would require school staff to notify parents if their child asks to change gender identification at schools.
The WNBA is poised to tip off its 28th season with the Las Vegas Aces seeking a three-peat, Caitlin Clark debuting and the league growing faster than ever.
A young San Francisco artist's exhibit at the Museum of African Diaspora explores the issues surrounding beauty and skin color within the Black community.
Steve Buscemi was allegedly punched in the face in Manhattan's Kips Bay neighborhood last week.
Aussie psych-rock outfit and Tame Impala affiliates Pond return to the Bay Area for this show at the New Parish Wednesday night.
Nemo beat Croatia's Baby Lasagna to the title by winning the most points from a combination of national juries and viewers around the world.
Ever since the COVID-19 pandemic, the Oakland Unified School District has seen an alarming spike in the number of unhoused students in the school system who deal with a host of challenges far beyond what most children face.
Meteorologist and CBS News Bay Area's resident pilot Lt. Jessica Burch got a treat during Fleet Week, taking to the skies with one of the Blue Angels.
A Bay Area man discovered his devastating loss left him with a new opportunity to rethink how he lives -- follow his journey in virtual reality, 360-degree video.
A groundbreaking medical study involving the UCSF Medical Center has shown some colorectal cancer patients can safely skip radiation treatment and enjoy a potentially higher quality of life.
Every day, San Francisco bar pilot Captain Zach Kellerman goes through what might just be the world's most dangerous commute.
Lauren Toms reports on the fight to combat social isolation. Website: http://kpix.com/ YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/CBSSanFrancisco Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CBSSanFrancisco Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kpixtv/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/KPIXtv
Team coverage of the new ways the government can intervene in mental health crises, and why the governor singled out San Mateo County for praise. (5/14/2024)
Skyler Henry reports on the new tariffs on China's electric vehicle industry announced by President Biden. (5/14/2024)
Sara Donchey reports on an Oakland business that experienced a break-in six weeks after the first one. Website: http://kpix.com/ YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/CBSSanFrancisco Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CBSSanFrancisco Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kpixtv/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/KPIXtv
Len Ramirez reports on the criticism San Jose mayor Matt Mahan is receiving for his perceived overreliance on short term housing solutions. (5/14/2024)
A Pacifica woman is being recognized for leading an annual ocean education program at a coastal school for over 30 years.
A San Francisco native is helping keep alive the city's historic Japantown, one of only three left in the U.S.
A Redwood City man changed his career path - from running Stanford's Digital Language Lab to going to beauty school - so he could serve his community in a way that's more meaningful to him.
A San Francisco-based nonprofit created by this week's Jefferson Award winner helps low income and unsheltered people stay healthy and feel good about themselves.
A trio who's led the way in keeping San Mateo County beaches clean is launching a whale of an idea for Earth Day.
It's hard enough to graduate from one of the most prestigious schools in the country when you're the first in your family to go to college. Imagine doing that while you're also trying to protect your parents from being deported?
Some students who are the first in their families to go to college face the challenge of balancing a rigorous academic load while still working to help support their family back home.
A onetime pupil has now become a student advisor, giving back after years of mentorship led him to success.
Police departments all over the country are having a hard time finding new officers, but one Bay Area student is criss-crossing the world while preparing for a career in law enforcement here at home.
When most people graduate from college, they tend to focus on one job. But this month's Students Rising Above scholar is currently juggling multiple workplace assignments.