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FAA chief Michael Huerta says his agency is concerned with the growing number of drones. He pointed to recent incidents during wildfires as evidence for the need to crack down on individuals who operate the aircraft in dangerous ways. CBS News' Kris Van Cleave reports.
The FAA is investigating an airline drama over North Dakota. An Allegiant jet from Las Vegas nearly ran out of fuel as it approached Fargo, but Hector International Airport tried to keep the plane from landing. Kris Van Cleave reports on the confrontation and how it's raising new concerns about the airline.
The FAA is taking a closer look at mid-air plane collisions with birds. Founder of TravelPulse.com Mark Murphy joins CBSN with more on how the agency wants to know whether airlines and manufacturers need added gear to prevent them.
The FAA and police are investigating whether a drone equipped to fire a gun is in violation of federal regulations.CBSN's Jeff Glor reports.
The FAA says 11 commercial airliners spotted a potentially blinding green laser light hitting their planes Wednesday night as they flew over New Jersey. Several of the flights were headed for Newark, an airport that's seen at least 23 other cases of laser strikes this year. Kris Van Cleave reports.
A news helicopter crew captured remarkable video of a drone flying dangerously close to another chopper near Seattle. The camera operator estimates it got within 50 feet of a news chopper. Charlie Rose reports.
Former FAA Assistant Administrator Scott Brenner offers insight on the Delta plane that skidded off the runway in New York City.
On the heels of releasing new proposed rules on drones, CBS News has learned that the Federal Aviation Administration is concerned about a dramatic increase in the number of unmanned aircraft flying near planes and helicopters. Jeff Pegues reports with a story you'll see only on "CBS This Morning."
The new rules would apply to commercial drones. Julianna Goldman reports that the government wants to make sure drones can safely share the skies with planes and helicopters.
America's antiquated air traffic control system is getting an upgrade, with an overhaul through the FAA's NextGen designed to keep up with increasing air travel and the push for on-time flights. As Ben Tracy shows, however, parts of the country are paying a steep price for progress.
As ride-sharing services like Uber and Lyft gain in popularity, a start-up called Flytenow wants to take that same concept to the skies. But the Federal Aviation Administration has stepped in and shut it down over concerns about regulations. Don Dahler reports.
A JetBlue plane nearly collided with a Caribbean Airlines flight on Saturday as the two planes took off from JFK Airport. JetBlue saw the collision coming and hit the brakes when the Caribbean flight didn't respond. Jeff Pegues reports.
As sales of drones soar, the FAA is worried about the safety problems they'll cause. Bob Orr reports on how the agency is trying to keep the airspace safe.
The government is getting a surge of complaints of drones interfering with larger aircraft. The Federal Aviation Administration tells CBS News it is receiving 25 reports a month from pilots who have seen drones or model planes near their aircraft. Jeff Pegues reports.
A new ruling by the NTSB is rattling America's fledgling drone industry. While the Federal Aviation Administration is still considering how to regulate the commercial use of drones, NTSB is calling them aircraft, which could set a precedent. Jeff Pegues reports.
Hundreds of flights in Chicago airports were cancelled Sunday, three days after an employee allegedly set fire to an FAA communication center in Aurora, Illinois. Officials say it may take two weeks to return operations to normal. Jeff Pegues reports from Chicago.
Crews responded to an alarm at a FAA facility in Aurora, a Chicago suburb. O'Hare and Midway Airports are both affected.
Regulators issued an emergency waiver and lifted tough drone regulations in Texas. 23-year-old Christina Morris went missing on August 30. Anna Werner reports.
FAA rules allow children under two years old to sit in an adult's lap on airplanes. But are they safe? Former NTSB director Deborah Hersman and CBS News travel editor Peter Greenberg join "CBS This Morning" to discuss the dispute.
Wedding photographers are using drones to capture the bride and groom's special moment, but regulations say using a wedding drone without permission from the FAA is illegal. Adriana Diaz reports.
The Federal Aviation Administration says Southwest put planes in the skies that were not FAA approved, and the company now faces the second largest proposed fine to date for an airline. Jeff Pegues reports from Washington Dulles International Airport.
The Federal Aviation Administration says Southwest failed to make repairs on some of its Boeing 737 jets and will pay $12 million in fines. Also, a new study says one out of three Americans is in debt. Jill Wagner reports on the day's top MoneyWatch headlines.
The Federal Aviation Authority proposed a $12 million fine for safety violations committed by Southwest Airlines. The FAA claims that Southwest allowed 44 of their 737s to return to the air without getting FAA approval. Jeff Pegues reports.
After assessing Ben Gurion Airport's security measures, the FAA lifted its ban. The ban angered many Israelis, while Hamas declared the ban a victory. Don Dahler reports from Ben Gurion Airport.
In President Trump's speech Wednesday night, he touted new military bonuses, his tariffs and economic policies.
The House has passed a GOP health care bill that does not include an extension of Affordable Care Act tax credits.
As the search entered its fifth day, authorities have so far been unable to identify a person of interest in the shooting that killed two students and wounded nine others over the weekend.
President Trump is expected to sign an order that would reschedule marijuana to a lower drug classification, according to two sources, in one of the most significant changes to drug policy in decades.
The U.S. military says it has conducted 26 strikes on alleged drug-trafficking vessels in the Eastern Pacific or Caribbean since early September, killing at least 99 people.
A filing states that the crew of the Army Black Hawk helicopter failed to establish and maintain proper and safe visual separation with a regional American Eagle flight that was approaching Reagan National Airport near Washington, D.C.
FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino will be leaving his role in January, he announced in a social media post on Wednesday.
Jake and Romy Reiner released a statement on Wednesday, remembering their parents, Rob Reiner and Michele Singer Reiner, as their best friends.
The Powerball jackpot leaped to an estimated $1.5 billion after no one won Wednesday night's pot of gold of approximately $1.25 billion.
Peter Arnett, the Pulitzer Prize-winning correspondent who covered the Vietnam and Gulf wars, has died. He was 91.
The Powerball jackpot leaped to an estimated $1.5 billion after no one won Wednesday night's pot of gold of approximately $1.25 billion.
A filing states that the crew of the Army Black Hawk helicopter failed to establish and maintain proper and safe visual separation with a regional American Eagle flight that was approaching Reagan National Airport near Washington, D.C.
President Trump's speech Wednesday night looked back on his first year and ahead to the next three. He touted new military bonuses, his tariffs and economic policies in a brief address.
Rob Reiner and Michele Singer Reiner died of "multiple sharp force injuries," the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner's Office said Wednesday.
Onions used to make the salad dressings could contain "black plastic planting material," according to food regulators.
Negative views of the nation's economy persist as 2025 draws to a close.
The recall affects So Delicious Dairy Free's Salted Caramel Cluster ice cream with best by dates of Aug. 8, 2027.
The Oscars ceremony is moving to YouTube starting in 2029, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced on Wednesday.
Wall Street analysts expect another strong year in stocks in 2026, propelled by continued AI sector gains and additional Fed interest-rate cuts.
The U.S. military says it has conducted 26 strikes on alleged drug-trafficking vessels in the Eastern Pacific or Caribbean since early September, killing at least 99 people.
President Trump's speech Wednesday night looked back on his first year and ahead to the next three. He touted new military bonuses, his tariffs and economic policies in a brief address.
Ghislaine Maxwell asked a federal judge on Wednesday to vacate her 2021 conviction on sex trafficking charges, just two days before the federal government is expected to release a massive trove of documents on Jeffrey Epstein.
A federal judge temporarily blocked a Trump administration policy that sought to require members of Congress to submit requests a week before visiting ICE detention facilities.
A Second Amendment clash has erupted between the federal government and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
Nationally, the measles case count is nearing 2,000 for a disease that has been considered eliminated in the U.S. since 2000, a result of routine childhood vaccinations.
Kevin Murray was his family's health watchdog. His vigilance helped his brothers "avoid a real catastrophe."
"I don't know how I'm going to pay for this," said one person with an Affordable Care Act plan that will cost her $1,100 a month starting in January.
Clinicians and epidemiologists warn the decision could unravel decades of progress and expose newborns to a deadly, preventable disease.
Health officials say an infant botulism outbreak tied to ByHeart baby formula has been expanded to include all illnesses reported since the company began production in 2022.
The U.S. military says it has conducted 26 strikes on alleged drug-trafficking vessels in the Eastern Pacific or Caribbean since early September, killing at least 99 people.
A Second Amendment clash has erupted between the federal government and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
The votes follow a monthslong military campaign against alleged drug smuggling boats in the Caribbean Sea and eastern Pacific Ocean.
After Bondi Beach attack, Britain's two biggest police forces indicate they will arrest people who use "phrases causing fear in Jewish communities."
Temperatures in the Arctic continue to follow a long-term warming trend, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
Rob Reiner and Michele Singer Reiner died of "multiple sharp force injuries," the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner's Office said Wednesday.
Meg Ryan starred in Rob Reiner's "When Harry Met Sally...," a breakout role that catapulted her career in romantic comedies.
The special features interviews with Kathy Bates, Annette Bening, Albert Brooks, Michael Douglas, Kiefer Sutherland, Jerry O'Connell and Mandy Patinkin.
Jake and Romy Reiner released a statement on Wednesday, remembering their parents, Rob Reiner and Michele Singer Reiner, as their best friends.
The Oscars ceremony is moving to YouTube starting in 2029, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced on Wednesday.
In 2025, the integration of artificial intelligence into the U.S. economy and people's everyday lives grew to historic levels. CBS News senior business and technology correspondent Jo Ling Kent joins to recap how the transformative technology expanded over the past year, and what we can expect in 2026.
OpenAI, the developer for ChatGPT, and Amazon are in talks over a possible $10 billion investment. Mark DeCambre, editor-in-chief for MarketWatch, joins with more.
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 frenzy of development to support the artificial intelligence boom is prompting pushback from communities who say they don't want data centers in their backyards. Technology journalist Jacob Ward joins CBS News to discuss.
Global internet traffic rose 19% this year as people rely more on tech for daily communication and entertainment, a new report finds.
The Trump administration intends to dismantle one of the world's leading climate research institutions, in Boulder, Colorado, over what it said were concerns about "climate alarmism."
The footage of a bear caring for an adopted cub was captured during the annual polar bear migration along the Western Hudson Bay in Churchill, Manitoba.
Most of the footprints are elongated and made by bipeds. The best-preserved ones bear traces of at least four toes.
NASA continues to aim its space telescopes at the visiting ice ball, estimated to be up to 3.5 miles in size.
Paleontologists have discovered and documented 16,600 footprints left by theropods, the dinosaur group that includes the Tyrannosaurus rex.
The manhunt for the gunman who killed two students and wounded nine others at Brown University last weekend is now in its fifth day. CBS News legal reporter Katrina Kaufman has the latest from Providence, Rhode Island.
Rob Reiner and Michele Singer Reiner died of "multiple sharp force injuries," the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner's Office said Wednesday.
Nick Reiner made his first court appearance on Wednesday since being arrested for the killings of his parents, Rob and Michele. CBS News correspondent Adam Yamaguchi has more.
Investigators remain stymied in the hunt for the Brown University gunman. CBS News legal reporter Katrina Kaufman has the latest.
Officials gave an update Wednesday on the investigation into the Brown University shooting. CBS News' Katrina Kaufman and Anna Schecter have the latest.
President Trump withdrew Isaacman's nomination for NASA administrator in April, before nominating him again in November.
NASA continues to aim its space telescopes at the visiting ice ball, estimated to be up to 3.5 miles in size.
Super-Earth TOI-561b is about 40 times closer to its host star than Mercury is to the sun.
NASA has lost contact with a spacecraft that's been orbiting Mars for more than a decade.
The European Space Agency said that the black hole inside the spiral galaxy NGC 3783 has the mass of 30 million suns.
A look back at the esteemed personalities who've left us this year, who'd touched us with their innovation, creativity and humanity.
Christy Salters-Martin dominated in the boxing ring but faced her toughest challenger at home.
Family seeks answers in death of newlywed who disappeared in 2005 while on Mediterranean honeymoon cruise.
Meet the tattooed beauty charged in the death of Google executive Forrest Hayes.
Calling himself the "Son of Sam" in a letter left at one of the crime scenes, David Berkowitz claimed voices were ordering him to kill -- starting in the summer of 1976, he went on a 13-month spree of impulse killings in New York City that left six dead and seven injured
Visit a Uyghur restaurant in Southern California, where culture is shared and the food is made with love. Plus, a man who wanted to save his friends life by donating a kidney ends up saving his own life.
President Trump addressed the nation from the White House on Wednesday night in a speech looking back on the first 11 months of his second term. Political strategists Joel Payne and Kevin Sheridan join with analysis. Then, CBS News chief White House correspondent Nancy Cordes joins to unpack Mr. Trump's remarks further.
President Trump delivered remarks Wednesday night looking back at his first year back in office. Nancy Cordes reports.
President Trump delivered a prime-time address from the White House on Wednesday night, touting the administration's actions during the first 11 months of his second term and outlining his goals for the next three years. CBS News' Norah O'Donnell anchors a special report.
A measles outbreak in South Carolina is worsening with 138 cases reported in the state. CBS News' Skyler Henry and Dr. Céline Gounder have more.