Pilot reports possible burn injuries after passenger's laptop catches fire on American Airlines flight
CBS Newsby Kierra Frazier·22 Aug 2026
A passenger's laptop caught fire on an American Airlines flight Friday, with the pilot reporting that some passengers may have been burned, according to air traffic control audio.
Men from Cuba and other countries describe being deported by the U.S. to a dangerous African nation: "We cannot leave"
CBS Newsby Camilo Montoya-Galvez·22 Aug 2026
Last year, Cuban immigrant Yasmany Moreno de Armas was working and living in Florida. He's now in the , after the Trump administration sent him and dozens of deportees to the deeply impoverished...
Trump threatens defamation suit against left-leaning think tank
CBS Newsby Arden Farhi; Jacob Rosen·22 Aug 2026
President Trump's legal team is threatening to sue left-leaning think tank Center for American Progress for defamation over a report it issued in July that found "no evidence that National Guard...
Trump campaigns with Darline Graham ahead of runoff: "Say that I'm on the ballot one more time"
CBS Newsby Caitlin Yilek·22 Aug 2026
Washington — President Trump campaigned with Republican Sen. Darline Graham on Friday in South Carolina ahead of Tuesday's special primary runoff, urging supporters to "pretend, please, that I'm on...
NFL storylines as preseason hits Week 2
CBS News·22 Aug 2026
Jacob Robinson, staff writer for the Athletic, joins CBS News to discuss the biggest headlines in the NFL as the league gears up for the regular season.
Some "third country" U.S. deportees refused to get off plane in Liberia
CBS News·22 Aug 2026
Some "third country" U.S. deportees refused to get off plane in Liberia The western African nation of Liberia has received the first round of "third country" deportees from the United States.
Psychiatrist who helped get Andrea Yates acquitted testifies in Clancy trial
CBS News·22 Aug 2026
Psychiatrist who helped get Andrea Yates acquitted testifies in Clancy trial Dr. Phillip Resnick, whose testimony contributed to an acquittal in another high-profile child-killing case in 2001...
The roller coaster popularity of plastic surgery
CBS News·22 Aug 2026
A new piece in The Free Press looks at the roller coaster popularity of plastic surgery. Freya India, author of the report and contributing writer for the Free Press, joins CBS News to discuss.
Another child's room now a silent memorial to the toll of school shootings
CBS Newsby Steve Hartman·22 Aug 2026
In south Minneapolis, a second-floor bedroom remains much as it was. A boy's life — frozen in time. The room belonged to 8-year-old Fletcher Merkel.
Inside the bedroom of a little boy killed in the Minneapolis Annunciation church shooting
CBS News·21 Aug 2026
Inside the bedroom of a little boy killed in the Minneapolis Annunciation church shooting It's been a year since a shooting at Annunciation Catholic Church in Minneapolis killed two children and...
Hayden Panettiere was given Narcan after being found unconcious, witness says
CBS News·21 Aug 2026
Hayden Panettiere was given Narcan after being found unconcious, witness says New details in Hayden Panettiere's sudden death have emerged as her on-and-off boyfriend's brother, who was present...
Russian drone strike kills 15 people at shopping mall in Zelenskyy's hometown, Ukraine officials say
CBS News·21 Aug 2026
Russian drones struck a shopping mall in the city of Kryvyi Rih in central Ukraine on Friday, killing at least 15 people and wounding scores more, authorities said.
Pentagon moves to fire publisher and editor of Stars and Stripes
CBS Newsby Jennifer Jacobs; Kathryn Watson·21 Aug 2026
Washington — The Pentagon on Friday moved to fire the publisher and the editor in chief of Stars and Stripes, the U.S.
Reports of sexual assault in the military declined for third straight year, Pentagon says
CBS Newsby Eleanor Watson·21 Aug 2026
Official reports of sexual assault and the estimated number of sexual assaults in the military both decreased in fiscal year 2025, according to the Pentagon's annual review of sexual assault...
Alfalfa sprouts recalled after E. coli, salmonella outbreak sickens dozens in 15 states
CBS Newsby Faris Tanyos·21 Aug 2026
An outbreak of E. coli and salmonella that has sickened dozens of people across 15 states to an alfalfa grower in Minnesota, federal health officials said Friday.
Body of New York grandmother who went missing in Las Vegas found, sister says
CBS Newsby Riley Rourke; Alice Gainer·21 Aug 2026
The body of a New York grandmother while visiting Las Vegas earlier this month has been found, her sister told CBS News New York.
Supreme Court temporarily allows White House ballroom construction to continue
CBS Newsby Jacob Rosen; Melissa Quinn·21 Aug 2026
Washington — The Supreme Court on Friday temporarily allowed construction of the White House ballroom to continue, freezing for now a lower court decision that would have halted above-ground work...
Nearly 25% of U.S. workers are "functionally unemployed," economic analysis finds
CBS Newsby Megan Cerullo·21 Aug 2026
The U.S. job market is less robust than it looks, according to a new analysis. The nation's in July, well within the range economists consider healthy.
A pregnant woman had 2 signs her life was about to be in danger: "Everything kept getting worse"
CBS Newsby Kerry Breen·15 Aug 2026
Candice Davis had been pleasantly surprised by the ease of her first pregnancy. Her checkups were always clear, and she had few symptoms — until June 14, 2025, 11 days before her due date.
Journalist targeted by Iran reacts to U.K.'s crackdown on IRGC: "The happiest day of my life since I was stabbed"
CBS Newsby Kamal Afzali·17 Jul 2026
When British Iranian journalist Pouria Zeraati first heard of the U.K.'s formal plans to ban support of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps early this week, it gave him a sense of relief he...
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