NEW YORK — A 22-count indictment has been returned charging a man in the slayings of eight people during a truck attack on a bike path in New York City. Sayfullo Saipov was indicted Tuesday in Manhattan federal court. He did not appear in court on Tuesday. He was arrested after […]
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Sexual assault survivors on how they’re coping amid daily allegations
Sexual assault in the U.S. is epidemic. It happens, on average, every 98 seconds. Most attackers are not well known. But often, they are known to their victims. CBS News’ Jericka Duncan spoke to survivors at the Cleveland Rape Crisis Center. Duncan started by asking how many of the panelists […]
Surviving your Thanksgiving road trip
Getty Images/iStockphoto For most Americans, Thanksgiving means sharing a decadent feast and quality time with close family and friends. But for many, in order to get to that gathering, it also means braving a family road trip. This year AAA projects nearly 51 million Americans will hit the road for […]
Top 13 subscription boxes for gift giving
There’s a simple idea behind each subscription box: to curate and deliver exclusive or unusual items to consumers with a passion. Yet picking a subscription box isn’t that simple, given there are more than 2,000 offerings that focus on everything from vegan snack foods to comic book heroes. In the […]
Parasite from Vietnam may be killing vets, VA study says
HERALD, W.Va. — A half a century after serving in Vietnam, hundreds of veterans have a new reason to believe they may be dying from a silent bullet — test results show some men may have been infected by a slow-killing parasite while fighting in the jungles of Southeast Asia. The […]
An island you have to see to believe
The island off the Scottish Coast is unique, you could say a one-of-a-kind place. There’s one grocery store. One pub. There’s one taxi, that drives down a tiny one lane road. And there’s one doctor, but he’s only there one day a week. Welcome to the Isle of Eigg. Steve […]
Report: Gwyneth Paltrow and Brad Falchuk are engaged
Gwyneth Paltrow and beau Brad Falchuk have reportedly been engaged for a year. A source told ET that the two have kept their engagement under wraps. Paltrow has been quietly sporting several rings on her left hand, including one on her ring finger. “She’s had the ring a long time,” […]
Lawyer: Ex-student charged in body fluids case isn’t racist
HARTFORD, Conn. — The lawyer for a former Connecticut college student accused of smearing body fluids on her roommate’s belongings said Tuesday that he doesn’t expect authorities to file hate crime charges. Attorney Tom Stevens’ comments came after former University of Hartford student Brianna Brochu appeared before a state judge in […]
“This Is Us” star Justin Hartley on playing an addict
Justin Hartley may have left daytime television behind, but he’s keeping the drama going as heartthrob Kevin Pearson in NBC’s hit show “This Is Us.” The 40-year-old actor, who got his big break on the soap opera “Passions” in 2002, is using his platform on the show to tackle real […]
How Americans are feeling about this shopping weekend
As the year’s biggest shopping weekend approaches, a third of Americans say they plan to do some holiday shopping over Thanksgiving weekend. But while many look forward to shopping for the holidays, about 4 in 10 dread it, according to a CBS News poll. Younger Americans are more likely than […]