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CDC urges indoor mask use amid COVID-19 surge; Santa adjusts to new normal amid coronavirus pandemic
CDC urges against holiday travel as U.S. sees 170,000 daily cases; COVID-19 patient thanks medical staff by playing violin
Millions stick to Thanksgiving travel plans despite urgent COVID-19 warnings; Grandmother and young man celebrate Thanksgiving together again after 2016 accidental text
The U.S. is sequencing 80,000 positive PCR tests per week to test for variants and learn how fast the variant is spreading — and how infectious it is.
CDC advisers vote health workers and nursing homes should get COVID-19 vaccine first; Charity provides blankets to children who are struggling
Nations ban travel with Britain over more infectious COVID strain; "Season of Giving": Kindness becomes contagious among Minnesota strangers
The White House is blaming a campaign of deliberate misinformation on the part of Central American smugglers for the recent rush of illegal immigrants to American borders; and, As part of our continuing series "On the Road," Steve Hartman meets photographer Richard Renaldi, who started a project titled "Touching Strangers," where he pairs strangers off the street in tender portraits.
Despite claims from the Israeli army that they are only targeting terrorists with their rocket attacks, scores of wounded Palestinian civilians are being caught in the crossfire; and, A month after suffering a severe spinal injury that has rendered her a paraplegic, former Olympic swimmer Amy Van Dyken isn't letting her accident slow her down.
President Obama has asked Congress for emergency funding of $3.7 billion, with $1.8 billion going to housing, food and health care for tens of thousands of unaccompanied minors; and, Chip Reid got a rare look at artwork that has not been seen in decades, as the stone carvers work to repair Washington National Cathedral.
NFL commissioner Roger Goodell says the NFL "assumed" there was more to the Ray Rice tape, but he had not seen it before Monday; and, according to the CDC, 20 people are victims of violence by a partner or spouse every minute.
37 children dead from worst flu season in nearly a decade; Admired whistler finds harmony in Washington, D.C.
Justice Department accusing California for interfering with immigration crackdown in lawsuit; How President Tyler, born in 1790, still has two living grandsons
Authorities find wreckage of downed helicopter in Hawaii; School surprises bus driver with new car and raise
Health officials weigh in on airline travel risks; Man dies years after young girl's friendship saved him.
New York suffers single deadliest day of coronavirus fatalities; Chicago theater brings viewers into virtual experience right from their couch
More than 22 million unemployment claims filed in last 4 weeks during pandemic; Celebrities and CEOs offer help to those struggling to pay rent.
Trump defends taking hydroxychloroquine; Teacher infected with coronavirus continues her remote class
Whistleblower says Trump administration ignored warnings about coronavirus; 5-year-old aspiring teacher takes over kindergarten class
CDC guidelines push to reopen schools with social distancing; Man's grocery service continues to be a lifeline
Florida counties impose curfews as coronavirus cases spike; New York man paints portraits of frontline workers as tribute.
Hospitals overwhelmed as Florida reports record virus deaths; Lost dog tag returned to family of deceased Marine
President Trump says there will be enough vaccine available by April ; How a fish chair tattoo inspired a Facebook group's 300-mile journey
Coronavirus cases are rising in more than 30 states ahead of Thanksgiving. It comes as the White House reports about 3 million Americans received a third dose over the weekend following the FDA's authorization of both Moderna and Pfizer's booster for all adults. Vice Dean of Johns Hopkins University's Bloomberg School of Public Health Dr. Joshua Sharfstein joined CBSN's Elaine Quijano to discuss.
The CDC has signed off on COVID-19 booster shots for all adults. Those 18 and older can now get an additional dose of either the Pfizer or Moderna vaccine. David Begnaud has more.
Moderna has formally requested the FDA authorize expansion of its COVID-19 booster shot to all adults. Federal health officials are expected to authorize expansion of Pfizer's booster this week. It comes as cases continue to rise across the U.S. Emergency medicine physician Dr. Owais Durrani joins CBSN's Lana Zak to discuss.
Four former presidents are at the World Trade Center memorial site for 9/11 commemorations, while President Trump spoke at the Pentagon.
The trial of Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and three other alleged 9/11 plotters is scheduled to begin in June 2028.
An in-depth look at how 9/11 has changed Lower Manhattan and beyond, 25 years after the World Trade Center attacks.
A mistrial was declared in the murder trial of Lindsay Clancy after jurors could not reach a unanimous decision. One of the jurors shares details on their deliberations in an interview with Gayle King.
Diesel prices in the U.S. have hit a painful new milestone, $6 a gallon as, reports said, Houthi rebels in Yemen took key territory along the Red Sea.
An American Airlines reservations agent who took Betty Ong's historic 9/11 call recalls the flight attendant's bravery.
CBS News Texas political reporter Jack Fink spoke with President Trump for an exclusive interview during the president's visit to North Texas.
The official 2027 COLA will be announced on Oct. 14, but some senior citizens' groups are already forecasting the benefits bump retirees can expect.
21 Afghan girls, bravely defying the Taliban by continuing to study, handed CBS News letters containing their stifled, often humble dreams "for an ordinary life."
The wildfire, which has torn through Palo Pinto and Jack counties, forced evacuations, closed roads and disrupted schools.
The official 2027 COLA will be announced on Oct. 14, but some senior citizens' groups are already forecasting the benefits bump retirees can expect.
An Afghan permanent resident living in Texas has been deported after the Justice Department accused her of being an "alien terrorist," in the first such case of its kind.
A mistrial was declared in the murder trial of Lindsay Clancy after jurors could not reach a unanimous decision. One of the jurors shares details on their deliberations in an interview with Gayle King.
The report comes at a pivotal moment for the Federal Reserve, which is scheduled to meet next week to decide whether to hike interest rates.
The official 2027 COLA will be announced on Oct. 14, but some senior citizens' groups are already forecasting the benefits bump retirees can expect.
The report comes at a pivotal moment for the Federal Reserve, which is scheduled to meet next week to decide whether to hike interest rates.
One Canadian whiskey maker has found a workaround to Trump's Canadian alcohol ban.
The development of AI "doesn't look that different from say, 'Terminator,' or from science fiction films," Jacob Coxon said.
The price of diesel has soared more than 60% over the last year, a surge energy experts say is likely to continue. Here's why.
An Afghan permanent resident living in Texas has been deported after the Justice Department accused her of being an "alien terrorist," in the first such case of its kind.
One Canadian whiskey maker has found a workaround to Trump's Canadian alcohol ban.
The trial of Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and three other alleged 9/11 plotters is scheduled to begin in June 2028.
Four former presidents are at the World Trade Center memorial site for 9/11 commemorations, while President Trump spoke at the Pentagon.
According to a financial disclosure, the Pennsylvania lawmaker holds investments in companies positioned to benefit from the data center industry's continued growth.
Neither infant was old enough to be vaccinated. The first dose of the measles vaccine is typically given at around 1 year of age.
Amid a national blood supply crisis, Dr. Courtney Lawrence sat down with Norah O'Donnell to talk about donating blood, health myths and more.
Children in immigrant families are facing multiple health threats from President Trump's policies.
New York City officials released thousands of previously unseen documents questioning the air quality at Ground Zero following the 9/11 attacks.
Experts discuss the symptoms, diagnosis and stigma surrounding postpartum psychosis (not to be confused with postpartum depression), a psychiatric emergency with symptoms that can be extreme and dangerous, as testified in the trial of Lindsay Clancy.
Once shunned over its extremist roots, the Sweden Democrats could enter government for the first time as voters weigh immigration, crime and Sweden's political transformation.
One of the women told police that she took the job for the money and because "I was attracted by the fact I could go to Japan for free," Nippon TV reported.
Diesel prices in the U.S. have hit a painful new milestone, $6 a gallon as, reports said, Houthi rebels in Yemen took key territory along the Red Sea.
Anthropic said it blocked scientists who used its Claude AI models "in ways that could support biological weapons development."
Spain's national intelligence agency issued multiple warnings about a potential mass crossing of migrants from Morocco into the Spanish exclave of Ceuta, declassified documents show.
Dolly Parton's younger sister sat down with Gayle King for a conversation that included Dolly's makeup routine and her decades-long love affair with her husband Carl.
Sandra Bullock and Lee Pace sat down with Adriana Diaz to discuss "Practical Magic 2," which premieres Friday.
Stella Parton gives insight into her sister Dolly Parton's marriage, makeup habits and views on death in an exclusive CBS News interview.
Dolly Parton's sister, Stella, sits down with Gayle King for her first interview since Dolly's death to discuss her sister's legendary life. Stella Parton says the country star was "definitely prepared" and at peace when she died last month.
Fashion designer Romeo Hunte joins "The Daily Report" to discuss pieces in his new collection as New York Fashion Week kicks off.
Some tech insiders are sounding the alarm on the dangers of artificial intelligence, which could be used to disable critical infrastructure or create biological weapons. Dr. Céline Gounder weighs in.
Two tech insiders are sounding the alarm on artificial intelligence. Former Anthropic researcher Jacob Coxon warns that AI could "kill us all," and now former Google DeepMind researcher Alex Turner warns that society is "just not prepared."
From labor shortages to environmental impacts, farmers are looking to AI to help revolutionize the agriculture industry. One California startup, Farm-ng, is tapping into the power of AI and robotics to perform a wide range of tasks, including seeding, weeding and harvesting.
The development of AI "doesn't look that different from say, 'Terminator,' or from science fiction films," Jacob Coxon said.
Public concerns over the threat of "superintelligence" are on the rise following comments from a former Anthropic researcher that the technology could kill off humanity. J.B Branch, director of federal AI governance and technology policy at Public Citizen, joins "The Daily Report" to discuss.
Paleontologists have identified the first known trackway made by a full-grown Tyrannosaurus rex, and the discovery was made in the North Dakota badlands.
Ten research teams were honored at a satirical science awards ceremony that was hosted outside the U.S. for the first time due to travel concerns. A study of cockroach milk was among the winners.
Marmots, not bears, are the largest "true" hibernating mammal, UCLA marmot researchers Katie Adler and Emily Renkey say. The two share more fun facts about these cute creatures and explain how to vote for the fattest marmot.
NASA's new telescope could change the way we see space. With a wide-field camera that will reveal an area up to 200 times larger than the Hubble Space Telescope, and an orbit a million miles from Earth, the Nancy Grace Roman telescope is expected to find tens of thousands of unknown exoplanets.
The Great Smoky Mountains National Park told visitors Tuesday that invasive Joro spiders "may be hanging in a web near you."
One of the women told police that she took the job for the money and because "I was attracted by the fact I could go to Japan for free," Nippon TV reported.
A juror in Lindsay Clancy's murder trial joined "CBS Mornings" to talk about the makeup of the jury, revealing the holdout juror was a Black man. She described her thought process during deliberations and revealed details of what happened behind closed doors.
The trial of Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and three other alleged 9/11 plotters is scheduled to begin in June 2028.
"Daughters of 9/11," a new documentary airing on CBS on Friday, follows two women who lost their fathers in the attacks and are demanding alleged mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed be held accountable. Their journey leads them to Retired FBI Special Agent Frank Pellegrino, who spent more than a decade hunting for Mohammed and eventually questioned him. Pellegrino joins "The Takeout" to discuss.
Lindsay Clancy's defense attorney, Kevin Reddington, filed a motion Thursday to throw out last week's mistrial and acquit Clancy. Clancy admitted to killing her three children, but pled not guilty to murder charges, arguing she was suffering from postpartum psychosis.
NASA's Roman Space Telescope launched shortly after daybreak from Kennedy Space Center and blazed toward an observation point 1 million miles away.
The $4.3 billion telescope is expected to discover tens of thousands of exoplanets while probing the nature of mysterious dark matter and energy.
President Trump plans to award the Congressional Space Medal of Honor to the crew of NASA's Artemis II mission in a ceremony Aug. 28.
The mission to save NASA's sinking space telescope has been called off, dooming the telescope to a fiery reentry later this year.
A NASA spacecraft circling the moon is providing the sharpest views yet of the crater carved by a crashing SpaceX rocket.
A look back at the esteemed personalities who've left us this year, who'd touched us with their innovation, creativity and humanity.
Dolly Parton, the country music legend who became a feminist icon, has died at the age of 80. Here is a look back at her life in pictures.
Sylvie Cachay was found dead in an overflowing bathtub at the exclusive Soho House in New York City on Dec. 9, 2010. A water leak at the hotel gave away a timeline that may have revealed her killer.
Summer is the time to enjoy live music, indoors and out. Scroll through our gallery of some of 2026's leading musical acts, featuring images by CBS News photojournalist Jake Barlow and photographers Ed Spinelli and Kirstine Walton.
The Obama Presidential Center, museum and library opens in Chicago with a star-studded grand opening ceremony and public watch party on Midway Plaisance.
The passengers aboard United Airlines Flight 93 made 37 phone calls to loved ones minutes before their plane crashed in Shanksville, Pennsylvania, on September 11, 2001. Those aboard the plane made the decision to launch a counterattack on the hijackers, possibly preventing another massive strike against the U.S.
Will Jimeno, a rookie Port Authority police officer, rushed to the World Trade Center to help save lives on Sept. 11, 2001. He was found after being buried alive under 30 feet of rubble when the South Tower suddenly began to collapse above him.
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Gen. Dan Caine, remembers being an Air Force major on Sep. 11, 2001, and being one of four pilots ordered to shoot down any plane that may threaten Washington, D.C.
Joseph Pfeifer was the first FDNY chief to enter the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001, where he set up a command post after terror struck. Pfeifer remembers seeing his fire lieutenant brother, Kevin Pfiefer, for the last time before he joined 343 other firefighters who lost their lives during their rescue missions.
Ron Fazio Sr. was last seen holding the door for others escaping the World Trade Center on Sept. 11, 2001. Now his son honors his memory with Hold the Door for Others, a nonprofit that helps people grow and grieve after trauma, crisis and loss.