Murphy gives update on NJ Transit strike
New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy spoke Friday morning hours after New Jersey Transit engineers went on strike for the first time in decades. "It did not have to come to this," Murphy said about the strike.
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Government shutdown looms as House fails to pass Trump-backed spending bill; Thousands of Amazon workers on strike ahead of holidays.
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Hollywood actors go on strike; India launches rocket on moon mission.
Dockworkers and port operators strike labor deal, again dodging strike
Automation was at the center of a long-running labor dispute that threatened to close East and Gulf Coast ports.
Another potential port strike is looming. Here's what to know.
After reaching a tentative deal that suspended a short strike in October, unionized dockworkers and port operators face another crucial test.
Starbucks workers expand strike
Starbucks baristas in 12 cities are on strike, demanding higher wages and better working conditions.The walkouts come just days before Christmas, with workers speaking out against the company's proposed pay increases as inadequate.
Starbucks strike expands to more cities just days before Christmas
Starbucks baristas and Amazon delivery drivers are on strike in handful of U.S. cities as they seek wage increases.
Why Starbucks and Amazon workers are striking
Employees at Starbucks stores started a five-day strike in several U.S. cities, including Chicago and Los Angeles. Meanwhile, workers are on strike at more than a half dozen Amazon facilities, with more locations expected to join. Carter Evans has details.
Starbucks baristas launch 5-day strike
Thousands of Starbucks baristas are expected to begin a five-day strike Friday in a push for better wages and working conditions. Hundreds of stores in Los Angeles, Chicago, and Seattle will be impacted.
Will Amazon strikes impact holiday shipping?
Amazon workers backed by the International Brotherhood of Teamsters went on strike Thursday morning at seven facilities, the Teamsters say. CBS News MoneyWatch correspondent Kelly O'Grady has more.
Amazon workers strike at peak season
Amazon workers in several cities are striking to protest wages in the U.S. Jason Miller, a supply chain management professor at Michigan State University, joins CBS News with more on the demands.
Amazon workers, led by Teamsters, on strike in multiple cities
Teamsters union says Amazon workers at seven warehouses plan to walk off the job Thursday morning in multiple states.
Why Amazon workers are striking
Amazon workers in multiple cities are on a strike led by the Teamsters union. This comes during the Christmas holiday rush on package deliveries. Paul Clark, a labor and employment relations professor at Penn State University, joins CBS News with more details.
Teamsters set to strike against Amazon at New York City warehouse
The Teamsters union is launching a strike against Amazon at numerous locations across the country, including in Maspeth, Queens.
Thanksgiving travel surge expected
This Thanksgiving travel week is expected to set records, from the roads to the rails to the skies. According to AAA, nearly 80 million Americans are expected to travel at least 50 miles from home between Tuesday and the Monday after the holiday. CBS News senior transportation correspondent Kris Van Cleave has more from New Jersey's Newark Liberty International Airport.
Charlotte airport workers strike at start of busy holiday travel week
Service workers at Charlotte Douglas International Airport have gone on strike at the start of a busy week of Thanksgiving travel to protest what they say are unlivable wages.
Thanksgiving travel rush begins
AAA is forecasting record-breaking travel numbers for this year's Thanksgiving holiday with 80 million Americans expected to hit the roads and skies. In Charlotte, some airport service workers are hitting the picket lines ahead of the travel rush in a work stoppage over what they say are unlivable wages. CBS News senior transportation correspondent Kris Van Cleave has more on what to expect at America's airports this week and CBS News Philadelphia meteorologist Kate Bilo has a look at the weather.
Culinary strike stretches on in Las Vegas
The Culinary Workers Union strike against Virgin Hotels in Las Vegas is stretching on with no end in sight as workers continue their push for a five-year contract with better wages and benefits. Virgin has hired hundreds of temporary workers to keep the resort running. CBS News reporter Andres Gutierrez has more.
Why are Las Vegas hotel workers on strike?
Around 700 Las Vegas hospitality workers went on strike Friday morning. Members of the Culinary Workers Union are calling for "24/7 picket lines" around Virgin Hotels. CBS News reporter Andres Gutierrez has more.
Las Vegas Virgin Hotel workers go on strike
Hundreds of hospitality workers walked off the job and onto the picket line Friday in Las Vegas after the Culinary Workers Union and Virgin Hotels failed to reach a contract agreement. CBS News correspondent Andres Gutierrez has more.
Boeing workers end strike, take new contract
33,000 Boeing workers could be back on the job as soon as Wednesday after they voted to accept the planemaker's latest contract offer, ending a 7-week strike. The new deal includes a 38% wage increase over four years, but it does not include a reinstated pension, which had been a key sticking point for the union.
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Harris, Trump campaigns take final sprint; Union vote on latest Boeing contract offer could end the ongoing machinists strike.
Boeing machinists reject new contract, continuing costly walkout
The vote comes more than a month after 33,000 union members overwhelmingly rejected a negotiated offer and walked off the job on Sept. 13.
Pension a sticking point for Boeing machinists
The union representing Boeing machinists has voted to reject the company's latest contract offer, extending a costly, weeks-long strike. CBS News' Kris Van Cleave and Kelly O'Grady explain what happens next.
Why Boeing workers rejected offer
Striking Boeing workers rejected a contract offer that would have provided a pay raise and some improvements to benefits because it did not include a pension, a deal-breaker for many. CBS News' Kris Van Cleave reports.
At least 10 FBI staffers who worked on Mar-a-Lago case are fired, sources say
At least 10 FBI employees who worked on former Special Counsel Jack Smith's investigation into President Trump's retention of classified records were fired.
Cuba says speedboat from Florida was carrying weapons for "terrorist purposes"
Cuba's Interior Ministry said Wednesday night that the boat was carrying 10 people armed with assault rifles, handguns and Molotov cocktails.
Judge rules Trump policy for "third-country" deportations is unlawful
U.S. District Judge Brian Murphy ruled that the Trump administration's policy for swiftly deporting migrants to third countries violates federal immigration law and the Constitution.
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ICE arrested 261 DACA recipients over 10 months last year, document shows
Federal immigration agents arrested 261 DACA recipients during the first 10 months of the second Trump administration, according to statistics shared with Congress.
FBI raids home of Los Angeles schools chief Alberto Carvalho
Along with Alberto Carvalho's L.A. home, search warrants were also executed at LAUSD headquarters and a home in South Florida, according to the FBI.
What to know about Trump's new plan to help people save for retirement
About 50 million workers lack access to employer-sponsored retirement plans, a hurdle to setting aside money for old age.
U.S. women's hockey star reiterates team missed SOTU over logistical challenges
"I know, like, later on, there'll be a full invite for all Team USA athletes to go to the White House like there has been in the past," decorated U.S. women's hockey veteran Kelly Pannek told CBS News.
FBI's head of congressional affairs stepping down, sources say
Marshall Yates also served on a "weaponization" working group tasked with carrying out Trump's quest for retribution.
Fact checking Trump's 2026 State of the Union address and Democratic response
CBS News fact checked President Trump's 2026 State of the Union address, and Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger's Democratic response.
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Maduro's lawyer says U.S. blocking Venezuelan government from paying his legal fees
The lawyer for Nicolas Maduro says the U.S. is blocking Venezuela's government from paying for the cost of his legal defense against drug trafficking charges.
Mayor touts Baltimore as a changed city despite Trump's criticisms
Since 2019, when Baltimore's murder rate hit an all-time high, something has changed, and data points to the city showing major improvement.
U.S. women's hockey star reiterates team missed SOTU over logistical challenges
"I know, like, later on, there'll be a full invite for all Team USA athletes to go to the White House like there has been in the past," decorated U.S. women's hockey veteran Kelly Pannek told CBS News.
FBI's head of congressional affairs stepping down, sources say
Marshall Yates also served on a "weaponization" working group tasked with carrying out Trump's quest for retribution.
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ICE arrested 261 DACA recipients over 10 months last year, document shows
Federal immigration agents arrested 261 DACA recipients during the first 10 months of the second Trump administration, according to statistics shared with Congress.
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What's behind the Anthropic-Pentagon feud
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth gave the AI company Anthropic an ultimatum about the military's use of its technology, known as Claude.
Kalshi fines and suspends MrBeast employee for insider trading
The prediction market said it suspended Artem Kaptur, an employee of the popular YouTuber MrBeast, for insider trading.
Will banning big home investors lower prices? Experts are skeptical.
The president reiterated a plan to ban big investors from buying single-family homes, but some experts say bigger remedies are needed.
Subscribing to digital apps has gotten a lot pricier, new data shows
Consumers today can easily spend more than $1,000 a year for streaming TV, music and other widely used apps, new analysis finds.
Bill Gates apologizes to foundation staff over Epstein ties
Microsoft co-founder and billionaire philanthropist Bill Gates has apologized to staff of his foundation over his ties to Jeffrey Epstein.
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Maduro's lawyer says U.S. blocking Venezuelan government from paying his legal fees
The lawyer for Nicolas Maduro says the U.S. is blocking Venezuela's government from paying for the cost of his legal defense against drug trafficking charges.
Mayor touts Baltimore as a changed city despite Trump's criticisms
Since 2019, when Baltimore's murder rate hit an all-time high, something has changed, and data points to the city showing major improvement.
At least 10 FBI staffers who worked on Mar-a-Lago case are fired, sources say
At least 10 FBI employees who worked on former Special Counsel Jack Smith's investigation into President Trump's retention of classified records were fired Wednesday, multiple sources said.
What's behind the Anthropic-Pentagon feud
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth gave the AI company Anthropic an ultimatum about the military's use of its technology, known as Claude.
FBI's head of congressional affairs stepping down, sources say
Marshall Yates also served on a "weaponization" working group tasked with carrying out Trump's quest for retribution.
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Could "kidulting" be the way to take the work out of your workout?
A British gym chain is offering classes in "kidulting," luring adults into fitness with classes built around playground and PE class classics.
Novo Nordisk to slash Wegovy and Ozempic prices starting in 2027
Starting in 2027, the Danish pharma firm will sell its weight-loss and diabetes drugs for $675 per month.
As more Americans embrace anxiety treatment, RFK Jr. derides medications
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has criticized the broadening use of anxiety medications, but doctors and researchers say the MAHA movement is misrepresenting drugs that have been proven to help.
How safe is America from polio?
After decades of American children routinely receiving polio vaccines, the virus that had doomed many to paralysis was nearly eliminated in the United States. But vaccine avoidance today may allow the crippling disease to return.
How safe is America from polio?
After decades of American children routinely receiving polio vaccines, the virus that had doomed many to paralysis was nearly eliminated in the United States. But vaccine avoidance today may allow the crippling disease to return. CBS News chief medical correspondent Dr. Jonathan LaPook talks with David Oshinsky, author of "Polio: An American Story," and with violin virtuoso Itzhak Perlman, who contracted polio as a child, about how parents opting out of vaccinations for their children could affect polio rates here.
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Maduro's lawyer says U.S. blocking Venezuelan government from paying his legal fees
The lawyer for Nicolas Maduro says the U.S. is blocking Venezuela's government from paying for the cost of his legal defense against drug trafficking charges.
Cuba says speedboat from Florida was carrying weapons for "terrorist purposes"
Cuba's Interior Ministry said Wednesday night that the boat was carrying 10 people armed with assault rifles, handguns and Molotov cocktails.
German police arrest suspect in American woman's 1994 murder
The body of 24-year-old tourist Amy Lopez was found by children in 1994 near the historic Ehrenbreitstein Fortress, located on the Rhine river.
Could "kidulting" be the way to take the work out of your workout?
A British gym chain is offering classes in "kidulting," luring adults into fitness with classes built around playground and PE class classics.
85-year-old kidnapped, murdered in apparent case of mistaken identity
Australian detectives arrested two men over the alleged kidnapping and murder of an elderly grandfather in a suspected case of mistaken identity.
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Deon Cole on NAACP Image Awards
Actor and comedian Deon Cole is back to host the NAACP Image Awards. Cole joins CBS News with more on what to expect.
First look at "Survivor 50"
"Survivor" returns Wednesday for its 50th season, featuring fan-favorite contestants over the past 25 years. "CBS Mornings" has a preview of the historic season.
Martin Short grieves death of his daughter
Actor and comedian Martin Short has postponed upcoming dates of his comedy tour with longtime friend Steve Martin as he grieves the sudden death of his 42-year-old daughter, Katherine. Vladimir Duthiers reports.
Rock & Roll Hall of Fame nominees revealed
The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame announced 17 nominees for its class of 2026, including Phil Collins, Mariah Carey, Iron Maiden and Luther Vandross. The new members will be revealed in April.
Rock & Roll Hall of Fame unveils "diverse list" of 2026 nominees
The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame has announced its 2026 list of nominees, including Phil Collins, Mariah Carey, Wu-Tang Clan and more.
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iPhone feature helps save skiers after avalanche
When a deadly avalanche struck outside Lake Tahoe, California, an iPhone feature allowed the surviving skiers to get the help they needed. Tim Werth, tech editor at Mashable, joins CBS News to explain.
What's behind the Anthropic-Pentagon feud
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth gave the AI company Anthropic an ultimatum about the military's use of its technology, known as Claude.
How AI powered robots are helping small farms
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.
Anthropic narrows AI safety pledge
Anthropic, the maker of the chatbot Claude, is narrowing its signature pledge on artificial intelligence safety. The abrupt changes come amid a tense standoff between the company and the Pentagon over the use of its AI model. New York Times reporter Sheera Frenkel joins to discuss.
Subscribing to digital apps has gotten a lot pricier, new data shows
Consumers today can easily spend more than $1,000 a year for streaming TV, music and other widely used apps, new analysis finds.
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What scientists will be looking for when government UFO files are released
Documents might help scientists shed light on unexplained phenomena and government secrets, experts said.
In a first, shark seen on camera in Antarctica waters, surprising researchers
A large shark was caught on camera for the first time in Antarctica's waters, surprising researchers. "There's a general rule of thumb that you don't get sharks in Antarctica," one said.
How Washington's crossing of the Delaware presaged a changing world
On the evening of Christmas 1776, Gen. George Washington surprised the King's forces by leading the Continental Army in a surprise crossing of a near-frozen Delaware River - a watershed military maneuver that dramatized a changing America, and a changing climate.
These United States: George Washington and climate change
On the evening of Christmas 1776, Gen. George Washington surprised the King's forces by leading the Continental Army in an unanticipated crossing of a near-frozen Delaware River. Environmental correspondent David Schechter looks at how Washington's watershed military maneuver dramatized both a changing America, and a changing climate.
Impact of climate change on Winter Olympics
The Winter Olympics in Milan need artificial snow due to climate change and warmer weather. Athletes say man-made snow makes terrain more difficult and unpredictable. Rob Marciano reports on its impact.
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Inside the Kouri Richins Trial | "48 Hours" Podcast
Grief children's book author Kouri Richins is on trial in Utah, accused of fatally poisoning her husband, Eric Richins, with a fentanyl-laced Moscow mule in 2022. Prosecutors say she killed him for financial gain, while also engaging in an extramarital affair. The defense argues his death was an accidental overdose. In a special episode, "48 Hours" correspondent Natalie Morales speaks with CBS News chief correspondent Matt Gutman about the key evidence, the prosecution's motive theory, and what to watch as the Utah murder trial unfolds.
Colin Gray jury hears interrogation recording
The trial of the father of the accused Apalachee High School shooter resumed in Georgia on Wednesday. CBS News correspondent Skyler Henry reports.
German police arrest suspect in American woman's 1994 murder
The body of 24-year-old tourist Amy Lopez was found by children in 1994 near the historic Ehrenbreitstein Fortress, located on the Rhine river.
Reports of missing Epstein files
Reports are emerging about documents potentially missing from the Epstein files released by the Justice Department that may be linked to President Trump. CBS News' Scott MacFarlane reports.
FBI raids home of Los Angeles schools chief Alberto Carvalho
Along with Alberto Carvalho's L.A. home, search warrants were also executed at LAUSD headquarters and a home in South Florida, according to the FBI.
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NASA rolls Artemis II back for repairs
NASA is rolling back the Artemis II moon rocket from its launch pad at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. It is expected to take up to 12 hours to move the 322-foot rocket, with the journey spanning four miles back to its hangar for repairs. CBS News space consultant Bill Harwood has more.
Artemis II moon rocket hauled off launch pad for repairs
Fixing the Space Launch System rocket's helium pressurization problem has pushed the Artemis II launch to at least April 1.
Mike Fincke reveals he was the astronaut who had medical issue on the ISS
NASA astronaut Mike Fincke said he was the crew member whose medical issue required a group of space station fliers to return to Earth earlier than planned last month.
What scientists will be looking for when government UFO files are released
Documents might help scientists shed light on unexplained phenomena and government secrets, experts said.
NASA to start slow-moving process returning moon rocket to hangar this week
The space agency said Sunday it's targeting Tuesday for the slow, four-mile trek across Kennedy Space Center, weather permitting.
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Marco Rubio addresses Cuba situation
Cuban authorities said Wednesday the country's coast guard killed four people on a speedboat that was registered in Florida. The people on the boat first fired at Cuban border guard troops when they tried to approach the boat for identification, Cuba's interior ministry said. CBS News correspondent Cristian Benavides reports.
College students react to Trump's 2026 SOTU
President Trump delivered the longest State of the Union address in history on Tuesday night. CBS News correspondent Lana Zak watched the speech with college students and got their reactions in real time.
Moving crew helps rescue abducted toddler
Quick-thinking movers stepped in to block a truck at a convenience store in Arizona after spotting an abducted child from an Amber alert. Tony Dokoupil has the story.
iPhone feature helps save skiers after avalanche
When a deadly avalanche struck outside Lake Tahoe, California, an iPhone feature allowed the surviving skiers to get the help they needed. Tim Werth, tech editor at Mashable, joins CBS News to explain.
Baltimore mayor on crime reduction, city cleanup
In 2019, Baltimore's murder rate hit an all-time high and ranked among the worst in the nation, but since then, something has changed. Murders hit a nearly 50-year low in 2024 and the population is growing. Tony Dokoupil spoke to Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott about the comeback.