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LAS VEGAS — Former first lady Michelle Obama held a campaign-style rally Sunday in Las Vegas to urge Nevadans to register to vote and cast ballots this fall, warning them that sitting out means someone else will make decisions for them. The event was the first of two rallies the former first lady is scheduled to headline for the nonpartisan, nonprofit organization she co-chairs, When We All Vote. “We get the leaders we vote for….

LAS VEGAS — Former first lady Michelle Obama held a campaign-style rally Sunday in Las Vegas to urge Nevadans to register to vote and cast ballots this fall, warning them that sitting out means someone else will make decisions for them. The event was the first of two rallies the former first lady is scheduled to headline for the nonpartisan, nonprofit organization she co-chairs, When We All Vote. “We get the leaders we vote for….

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — Youth activists including Parkland shooting survivor David Hogg will be speaking at Harvard University about how to engage young voters. Harvard’s Kennedy School is slated to host the panel Monday as part of a series of forums at its Institute of Politics. Hogg will be joined by Jessica Browning, co-chair of the College Republican National Committee, and Bria Smith, a representative of the Milwaukee Youth Council, among others. The event is being called…

BALTIMORE — A Baltimore Police Department officer was injured and the suspect was killed during a shootout Sunday evening, CBS Baltimore reports. Police say the officers were in a west Baltimore neighborhood for a “crime suppression initiative,” which police are running in several areas of Baltimore. Police are not yet sure what led up to the shooting, but the officer and suspect exchanged gunfire. They believe the male officer, a veteran of the force, suffered…

UNITED NATIONS — It doesn’t take a rocket scientist to understand why K-pop boy band is at the U.N., a senior diplomat told me: “The development goals are set to be completed in 2030 and most Heads of State coming to the General Assembly are 60-plus years old. We need the next generation to follow through.” The U.N. needs youth and K-pop boy band dominates the 15-25 age global community. “The change in demographics the…

Last Updated Sep 23, 2018 9:47 PM EDT Another woman has accused Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh of sexual misconduct, according to a new report. According to The New Yorker, 53-year-old Deborah Ramirez alleges Kavanaugh exposed himself to her at a party when they were both students at Yale University in the 1980s. The newest allegation published Sunday night comes as another Kavanaugh accuser, Christine Blasey Ford, is expected to testify Thursday before the Senate Judiciary…

Tonight we are going to take you into the wild with a remarkable photographer who’s spent his life on the trail of elusive and endangered animals. His name is Tom Mangelsen, and at 72 he still travels to remote and inhospitable places. As we first showed you last spring, what he brings back, are some of the most spectacular pictures of wild animals you’ll ever see. Tom Mangelsen with correspondent Anderson Cooper CBS News On…

Tiger Woods went from not knowing if he would ever play golf again to winning the Tour Championship on Sunday, marking his first win in more than five years. The 42-year-old Woods delivered the perfect ending to his amazing return from four back surgeries on Sunday with a performance that felt like old times. He left the competition feeling hopeless as he built a five-shot lead early and hung on to win the championship. Woods…

Tiger Woods has gone from not knowing if he would ever play golf again to winning the Tour Championship on Sunday. It marks his first win in more than five years. Woods started out with a three-shot lead Sunday in the Tour Championship, and it took only four holes for him to stretch the lead to five over Justin Rose. “It was just a grind out there, I loved every bit of it,” Woods said…

Tiffany Haddish became the latest celebrity to air out her beef against Uncle Sam on social media Friday, when the actress joined the likes of Cardi B and openly complained about taxes chewing up their paychecks. The “Night School” star began a video on Instagram by thanking the Internal Revenue Service and California’s Franchise Tax Board for scooping up her money. She then riffed about how she never gets a gesture of appreciation back, even as she…