Nancy Kassebaum Baker, former U.S. senator from Kansas, dies at 94
CBS Newsby April Alexander39m ago
Nancy Kassebaum Baker, a Kansas governor's daughter who became the first woman elected to the U.S.
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top 83%Sword attack at Swedish school kills 17-year-old girl, injures 3 others, police say
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An 18-year-old with a sword attack at a school Friday in central Sweden, killing a 17-year-old and wounding three others, two of them severely, authorities said.
European wildfires expose, detonate buried bombs and mines from past wars
CBS Newsby AFP5h ago
The wildfires burning across Europe this summer have exposed a potentially deadly threat lurking beneath the blackened landscape: rusty bombs and mines from that threaten crews responding to the...
A teen found "a sense of control" as she fought cancer. Then, it came back: "I knew it was cancer again."
CBS Newsby Kerry Breen6h ago
Alayna Riozzi-Bodine had expected the summer before her senior year of high school to be tiring. She was a lifeguard at her local New Jersey beach and training for a triathlon, all while preparing...
The Uplift: The Shatners
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William Sahtner and his daughter Melanie Shatner-Gretsch open up about their individual cancer battles that led to a strengthened bond between them. Plus, more heartwarming news
U.S.-Iran Live Updates: Iran declares it has won the war as U.S. turns to economic warfare
CBS Newsby Tucker Reals; Khaled Wassef; Duarte Dias; The Associated Press; Ahmed Shawkat; AFP; Faris Tanyos; Emma Nicholson; Seyed Rahim Bathaei; Mark Osborne; Emmet Lyons; Eleanor Watson; Charlie D'Agata; Jorda8h ago
What to know about the Iran war today: - Iran's President Masoud Pezeshkian said Friday the world had "approved" the country's victory over the U.S. and the war should therefore end.
Russian attack kills at least 2 in Ukraine, a day after deadly mall attack
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At least two people were killed in Russian strikes on Ukraine, local authorities said, a day after a deadly attack on a busy shopping center.
U.S. set to impose 50% tariffs on Canada after failed talks; Canada to match them "dollar for dollar"
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The U.S. was set to impose 50% tariffs on $20 billion worth of Canadian products early Saturday failed to resolve the latest strain in already tense relations between the historic allies.
Drastic water cuts issued for California, Nevada and Arizona from drought-stricken Colorado River
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Federal officials announced sharp water cuts for the next two years on Friday for three Western states that rely on the imperiled Colorado River.
She was a California comeback story, serving juvenile probation in a UC Davis dorm for killing a teen, when arrested again
CBS Newsby Julie Watts15h ago
She was 15 when she was placed on juvenile probation for killing in Sacramento County. Nearly five years later, she was arrested again — accused of dealing drugs from the UC Davis dorm room where...
Pilot reports possible burn injuries after passenger's laptop catches fire on American Airlines flight
CBS Newsby Kierra Frazier16h ago
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-Galvez16h ago
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 Rosen17h ago
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 Yilek17h ago
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
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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
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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
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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
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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 Hartman18h ago
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
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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...