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Alex Sundby

Alex Sundby is a senior editor at CBSNews.com. Based in New York, Alex has a master's degree from the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism and a bachelor's degree in journalism and political science from the University of Washington in Seattle. He started his journalism career as an education reporter for a weekly newspaper in northern New Mexico. Before coming to CBS News in 2009, he worked as a freelance journalist in New York City, reporting throughout the five boroughs for the New York Post's metro section.

Close encounter with great white shark caught on video

Fishing boat's captain likened great white shark encounter to the movie "Jaws"

Jun 19, 2019

Follow the Petals takes the lead before collapsing during a race at Laurel Park in Laurel, Maryland, and dying June 16, 2019.

Horse collapses and dies during race just after taking the lead

5-year-old mare is at least 12th racehorse to die this year in Maryland

Jun 18, 2019

Crews work the scene after the U.S. Customs and Border Protection agency discovered three bodies in a storm drain in El Paso, Texas, on June 10, 2019.

3 bodies found in storm drain near U.S.-Mexico border

Three bodies were recovered from storm drain in El Paso, Texas, near U.S.-Mexico border

Jun 10, 2019

How to watch the Tony Awards

"The Late Late Show" host James Corden will helm the Tony Awards for a second time Sunday night on CBS

Jun 9, 2019

The numbers "2109" are seen along the trailing edge of the rudder of a shipwreck discovered on the bottom of the Gulf of Mexico on May 16, 2019.

Shipwreck found by accident on the bottom of the Gulf of Mexico

U.S. government exploration vessel stumbles across wreck of ship built nearly 200 years ago

May 31, 2019

Kealia Ohai and J.J. Watt attend the NFL Honors at the University of Minnesota on Feb. 3, 2018, in Minneapolis.

J.J. Watt gets engaged to Houston soccer player

Texans defensive end J.J. Watt proposes to girlfriend Kealia Ohai, captain of the Houston Dash soccer team

May 27, 2019

3 veterans kill themselves at VA facilities within 5 days

Lawmaker says 6 veterans have died by suicide on Veterans Affairs property this year

Apr 15, 2019

Ozzy Osbourne postpones 2019 shows as he recovers from injury

Ozzy Osbourne fell at his home in Los Angeles while "dealing with" a recent bout of pneumonia

Apr 5, 2019

A suspect in a series of slashings in and around Los Angeles is seen in an image released by the Los Angeles Police Department.

Man on bike slashing people's faces as he rides by, police say

Investigators tell CBS Los Angeles eight people have been attacked within the past two weeks

Apr 3, 2019

Actors Nicolas Cage, center, and Linus Roache of "Mandy" look on at the IMDb Studio at the Sundance Film Festival on Jan. 19, 2018, in Park City, Utah.

Nicolas Cage reportedly seeks annulment 4 days after marriage

Nicolas Cage secretly married Erika Koike, his girlfriend for nearly a year, "Entertainment Tonight" reports

Mar 29, 2019

San Francisco Giants CEO suspended over altercation with wife

San Francisco Giants President and CEO Larry Baer will be suspended without pay through July 1

Mar 26, 2019

Marjory Stoneman Douglas Principal Ty Thompson leaves the funeral services for slain student Carmen Schentrup Feb. 20, 2018, at St. Andrews Catholic Church in Coral Springs, Florida.

Florida school district investigating Stoneman Douglas principal

Ty Thompson will continue to have a role on Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School's campus

Mar 22, 2019

Machelle Hobson is seen in a police booking photo provided by Pinal County Sheriff's Office in Arizona.

Mom accused of abusing kids who starred in YouTube videos

Machelle Hobson has been accused of abusing her seven adopted children who starred in her YouTube videos

Mar 21, 2019

Actress Felicity Huffman and playwright David Mamet are seen backstage after the opening night performance of "November" at the Center Theatre Group/Mark Taper Forum on Sept. 7, 2012, in Los Angeles, California.

Oscar nominee defends TV star charged in college bribery scheme

Playwright David Mamet says longtime friend Felicity Huffman should get a slap on the wrist

Mar 13, 2019

Baseball coach and wife fatally electrocuted at school's field

Florida high school's baseball coach, his wife killed by electrocution while trying to install scoreboard

Mar 11, 2019

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