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On Friday, Attorney General William Barr urged the public to report coronavirus-related scams, many of which have been popping up online to take advantage of public fear and misinformation. The DOJ has recommended that each U.S. attorney’s office establish a coronavirus fraud coordinator. Catherine Herridge joins “CBS This Morning: Saturday” to talk about her ongoing investigation into this new form of cybercrime.
Italy reported 627 coronavirus deaths in one day, making it not only the deadliest for the country, but the deadliest day worldwide since the pandemic began. In the United Kingdom, 65,000 retired nurses and doctors were asked to report for duty to help handle the oncoming wave of cases as the country’s famous pubs have all be ordered to close. Ian Lee speaks to Londoners to see how they are handling the change to everyday life.
The Dow and NASDAQ’s Friday closing numbers marked the end of U.S. markets’ worst week since the 2008 financial crisis. The economic fallout has also lead to massive layoffs and predictions of an unprecedented slowdown. Jill Schlesinger joins “CBS This Morning: Saturday” to break down the latest financial information.
Dr. David Agus joins “CBS This Morning: Saturday” as millions of Americans are ordered to stay in their homes as much as possible amid the coronavirus pandemic. He breaks down the latest information regarding medical supply shortages, testing and possible treatments for the disease.
While people over 80 appear to be at greatest risk from COVID-19, some at the opposite end of the age spectrum are also vulnerable. Hospitalized children with compromised immune systems have medical staff worried amid the pandemic, leading some medical centers to limit the contact these young patients have with their families, which can be traumatic. Mireya Villarreal reports on how the kids and the professionals caring for them are dealing with the new threat.
The coronavirus crisis has upended the restaurant industry’s hopeful projections for a record $900 billion year. With massive layoffs and widespread closures, the extent of the damage that will be done by the pandemic’s end is unclear. CBS News contributor and staff writer at The Atlantic, Derek Thompson, joins “CBS This Morning: Saturday” to discuss the impact restaurants’ struggled will have on the economy.
" While all sporting events have been canceled in the United States amid the coronavirus outbreak, questions surround the viability of the Tokyo Olympics. The Summer games, set to begin July 24, have been canceled only three times in their history: in 1916, 1940 and 1944, each time because of war. Jeff Glor breaks down the history behind the global event, and what factors played into them being called off."
The COVID-19 pandemic has created tremendous economic uncertainty. In this web exclusive CBS News business analyst Jill Schlesinger talks with Michael Goodman, president of the investment management firm Wealthstream Advisors, about how people should strategize when considering dipping into their retirement savings.
In this web exclusive CBS News business analyst Jill Schlesinger talks with Nobel Prize-winning Columbia University professor Joseph Sitglitz about how efficiencies in our economy, aimed at increasing short-term profit, have made us more vulnerable in the crisis we face today with the COVID-19 pandemic.
At the White House Coronavirus Task Force meeting, Vice President Mike Pence said he and his wife would be tested for coronavirus after a staffer in his office tested positive. Watch Pence's remarks about the latest on the White House's response.
President Trump and top administration officials insisted Saturday that they're moving quickly to provide critical supplies to health care workers as they struggle to fight off surging coronavirus cases. On Capitol Hill, lawmakers are working to approve a major relief package by early next week. Ed O'Keefe reports.
New confirmed coronavirus cases are skyrocketing in New York as the state ramps up testing. New York has conducted roughly 45,000 tests so far — more than any other state — and Governor Andrew Cuomo maintains that as testing increases, so will the number of infections. Michael George reports.
California is in shutdown mode in an effort to slow the spread of coronavirus. Governor Gavin Newsom enacted a stay at home order after official estimates predicted more than half of the state's 22 million residents could contract the rapidly spreading virus. Danya Bacchus reports.
The coronavirus continues to devastate Europe, with Italy suffering the most cases. In the past 24 hours, 627 people have died in Italy, while thousands more are being treated in overcrowded hospitals. Ian Lee reports.
Hope Breakfast Bar in St. Paul, Minnesota, is living up to its name by offering free meals to those quarantined by or financially incapacitated from the coronavirus. The restaurant dining room is closed, but delivery continues for those in need. Jamie Yuccas reports.
A volunteer with the prayer bear program at Cook Children's Hospital in Fort Worth, Texas, refuses to quit, despite the coronavirus risk. Most of the volunteers are over 60, and have been asked to stay home. Mireya Villarreal reports.
The annual National Cherry Blossom Festival is one of many activities on the growing list of event cancellations across the nation due to coronavirus. But the National Park Service sought a way to keep the festivities going by livestreaming the blossoms through a "bloom cam." Nikole Killion reports.
While stress and anxiety can drive us to take healthy precautions in trying circumstances (like a pandemic), our irrational fear can become dangerous when it goes off the rails. David Pogue talks to psychologists and researchers about how emotion, in contrast to facts, can steer our response to danger and the unknown.
As the coronavirus pandemic expands across the country, CBS News chief medical correspondent Dr. Jon LaPook discusses the part we must all play to reduce our exposure to the virus and minimize its spread to others, in order to protect the viability of our health care system.
As the global economy enters an unprecedented shutdown during the coronavirus outbreak, CBS News business analyst Jill Schlesinger talks with Nobel Prize-winning economics expert Joseph Stiglitz; Michael Goodman, president of the investment management firm Wealthstream Advisors; and Jake Dell, owner of New York City's venerable Katz's Delicatessen, about weathering the economic storm. She also talks with improv actor Ed Herbstman, whose Magnet Theater - shuttered by the pandemic - is now being forced to improvise.
CBS News foreign correspondent Seth Doane is currently under quarantine at his home in Rome after being diagnosed with COVID-19. He talks about how life has drastically changed in a country hard-hit by the virus, and how he and others struggle to maintain normalcy in an abnormal time.
As COVID-19 cases increase, hospitals are preparing for a situation in which the number of patients far exceeds doctors' supply of medical equipment needed to keep them alive. Senior contributor Ted Koppel looks at the agonizing life-and-death choices hospitals soon may be facing.
Critic David Edelstein on the new streaming reality for the forcibly homebound, offering increased opportunities to see cinematic works of art, both first-run and classic, as we practice social-distancing.
Chef, restaurateur and Food Network star Bobby Flay describes the fallout from the coronavirus pandemic on the food service industry, and how food becomes a familiar retreat in unsettling times.
The comedian, who has been in quarantine with his family, describes life in the new normal.
More than 1,000 people, including many Americans, are still missing along the Nepal-China border after deadly floods and mudflows likely triggered by a glacial collapse.
A federal judge on Thursday temporarily blocked the U.S. Postal Service from enforcing its new requirements for mail voting for the November midterm elections.
As U.S. economic pressure bites, Iran touts a plan with Oman to get ships moving through the Strait of Hormuz and suggests the next move is Trump's.
Lindsay Clancy, 36, has pleaded not guilty to first-degree murder in the deaths of her three children and said she was suffering form postpartum psychosis. A jury is deliberating.
A judge barred the Trump administration from enforcing a set of rules aimed at cutting off Anthropic from the federal government, ruling the administration had unconstitutionally punished the AI company for protected speech.
The plaintiffs say the Trump administration is trying to fire them as a part of its "extraordinary censorship efforts."
The U.S. military this week used a laser to shoot down three drones along the U.S.-Mexico border that were allegedly operated by drug cartels, the Pentagon said.
The executive order directs the Interior Department to update the Geographic Names Information System, changing the name of Lake Ontario to Lake America.
ICE has granted a $16.7 million no-bid contract for 6,000 gloves that can deliver electric shocks, a new use-of-force tool that the agency claims will help officers control resisting detainees.
The U.S. military this week used a laser to shoot down three drones along the U.S.-Mexico border that were allegedly operated by drug cartels, the Pentagon said.
Abdul El-Sayed, the Democratic nominee in Michigan's U.S. Senate race, says now is the time for Democrats to work together ahead of the 2026 midterm election.
U.S. officials have confirmed cases of a parasitic illness tied to lettuce in three more states: Georgia, Tennessee and Texas.
Both sides have rested in the murder trial of Duane "Keffe D" Davis, who prosecutors allege orchestrated the 1996 murder of Tupac Shakur.
The NTSB said tower recordings show controllers never heard Marine One's Aug. 4 calls warning it was preparing to take off, though separate recordings confirm the calls were made.
Hospitals, technology firms and other companies could soon be at risk from AI-enabled cyberattacks, according to a new open letter from more than 100 signatories.
The latest GTA game is scheduled to drop on Nov. 19, more than 13 years after the last installment was released.
A lawyer for Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook said she "has never committed mortgage fraud or any intentional wrongdoing."
President Trump has accused oil companies like Chevron and ExxonMobil of "making too much money." He owns shares of both.
In a nearly 6,000-word essay, Gates argues that artificial intelligence poses a mounting threat to U.S. workers.
The U.S. military this week used a laser to shoot down three drones along the U.S.-Mexico border that were allegedly operated by drug cartels, the Pentagon said.
A judge barred the Trump administration from enforcing a set of rules aimed at cutting off Anthropic from the federal government, ruling the administration had unconstitutionally punished the AI company for protected speech.
A federal judge on Thursday temporarily blocked the U.S. Postal Service from enforcing its new requirements for mail voting for the November midterm elections.
Abdul El-Sayed, the Democratic nominee in Michigan's U.S. Senate race, says now is the time for Democrats to work together ahead of the 2026 midterm election.
ICE has granted a $16.7 million no-bid contract for 6,000 gloves that can deliver electric shocks, a new use-of-force tool that the agency claims will help officers control resisting detainees.
U.S. officials have confirmed cases of a parasitic illness tied to lettuce in three more states: Georgia, Tennessee and Texas.
Patients taking the first-of-a-kind pill, called daraxonrasib, lived for a median of 13.2 months compared with 6.7 months for chemotherapy recipients, studies showed.
Dr. Laura Cox, an assistant professor at Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, explains how our dietary patterns play a significant role in our gut and long-term brain health.
Pennsylvania has recorded its first two deaths connected to measles in 35 years.
The rate is much higher than is seen in the general population. CTE is a brain disease linked to repeated blows to the head.
Toronto Mayor Olivia Chow told CBS News that around 5,000 jobs in Toronto's textile, clothing and leather manufacturing industries could be affected, which "means the price of Americans buying things, the cost will go up."
The deadly flash flood in Nepal was likely caused by a huge chunk of a glacier that broke off and temporarily dammed a river, according to preliminary investigations by scientists.
UEFA said it is preparing a criminal complaint in Swiss courts against FIFA's Gianni Infantino over possible financial mismanagement related to his failed plan to sell future World Cup profits to private investors.
The Bosnian Serb general oversaw atrocities in Bosnia in the 1990s. He was sentenced to life in prison in 2017.
The treasure was discovered in 1963 by archaeologist Jose Maria Soler in a vessel sunk in a dried-out riverbed in Villena.
Netflix is sharing a look at the highly anticipated video game Grand Theft Auto VI, set to be released in November. Jordan Minor, a gaming writer at PCMag and author of "Video Game of the Year," joins "The Daily Report."
Nashville historian David Ewing joins "The Daily Report" to break down how Dolly Parton used her royalties from Whitney Houston's rendition of "I Will Always Love You" to uplift the Black community in the city.
Both sides have rested in the murder trial of Duane "Keffe D" Davis, who prosecutors allege orchestrated the 1996 murder of Tupac Shakur.
"She told me recently that if there was no hope for her, she would still allow her medical team to try experimental drugs in the hope of helping others in the future," Stella Parton said in a Facebook post.
The latest GTA game is scheduled to drop on Nov. 19, more than 13 years after the last installment was released.
Hospitals, technology firms and other companies could soon be at risk from AI-enabled cyberattacks, according to a new open letter from more than 100 signatories.
Microsoft founder and computer pioneer Bill Gates changed the world forever with his technological innovation. Now, Gates is warning that the development of artificial intelligence without strong oversight and regulation could threaten society as we know it. MIT professor Max Tegmark shares his concerns.
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.
A series of lawsuits accused tech giant Meta of purposefully designing social media apps to entice users and cause social media addiction. Meta will pay out $17 billion in a landmark settlement. CBS News' Jarred Hill reports.
Meta's multi-billion dollar settlement with 47 states over social media addiction could result in some major changes to social media rules, especially for children. Nicholas Thompson, CEO of The Atlantic, joins with more.
The Great Smoky Mountains National Park told visitors Tuesday that invasive Joro spiders "may be hanging in a web near you."
July was the hottest month ever in the Lower 48 States – another escalation of our world into a hotter, more dangerous planet, where extreme weather events – such as heat waves, wildfires and hurricanes – will become more common and more extreme.
July was the hottest month ever in the Lower 48 States, breaking a record last set during the Dust Bowl – just another step in the escalation of our world into a hotter, more dangerous planet. Correspondent Jonathan Vigliotti talks with climate journalist Jeff Goodell and atmospheric scientist Maria Molina about how changes in Earth's climate are increasing the likelihood that extreme weather events – such as heat waves, wildfires and hurricanes – will become more common and more extreme.
A total solar eclipse was visible in parts of Europe for the first time since 1912. Rob Marciano reports.
A total solar eclipse turned day into night across a slice of Europe and North America on Wednesday, and put millions in unique contact with the heavens above. Meteorologist Rob Marciano reports from Spain.
Jurors began deliberations in Lindsay Clancy's murder trial on Thursday after the prosecution and defense wrapped closing arguments. Boston criminal defense attorney and legal analyst Elyse Hershon joins CBS News to discuss.
The judge in Lindsay Clancy's trial directed jurors to consider lesser criminal charges in addition to first-degree murder as deliberations began on Thursday. CBS News legal contributor Jessica Levinson has more.
What started with the theft of a luxury sailboat near the foot of Manhattan ended with a deadly police shootout in Rhode Island. Tom Hanson has the details.
Both sides have rested in the murder trial of Duane "Keffe D" Davis, who prosecutors allege orchestrated the 1996 murder of Tupac Shakur.
Lawyers made their closing arguments in Lindsay Clancy's trial on Thursday. The prosecution argued that she not only killed her three young children, but planned the murder and knew it was wrong. The defense called Clancy a woman who lived for her children and had been crying out for help that never came. Shanelle Kaul has more from the Massachusetts courthouse and Caroline Polisi breaks it down.
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.
The newly discovered object looks like a star the size of our solar system, but produces 100 billion times more energy than any star.
The only total solar eclipse of 2026 crossed the Northern Hemisphere Wednesday, with a path of totality across parts of Greenland, Iceland and northern Spain. See photos and video from the best viewing locations.
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.
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.
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.
Family seeks answers in death of newlywed who disappeared in 2005 while on Mediterranean honeymoon cruise.
The Kennedy Center Board, made up of President Trump and his allies, is again fighting to display Mr. Trump's name on the building's facade. CBS News Justice Department reporter Jake Rosen has the latest on Thursday's court hearing.
Jurors began deliberations in Lindsay Clancy's murder trial on Thursday after the prosecution and defense wrapped closing arguments. Boston criminal defense attorney and legal analyst Elyse Hershon joins CBS News to discuss.
Tyler Dragon, an NFL reporter at USA Today, joins "The Daily Report" to break down what to expect from the upcoming football season.
Netflix is sharing a look at the highly anticipated video game Grand Theft Auto VI, set to be released in November. Jordan Minor, a gaming writer at PCMag and author of "Video Game of the Year," joins "The Daily Report."
The judge in Lindsay Clancy's trial directed jurors to consider lesser criminal charges in addition to first-degree murder as deliberations began on Thursday. CBS News legal contributor Jessica Levinson has more.