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CBS News has learned one of the four American soldiers killed in the ambush in Niger may have been kidnapped by Islamic militants who opened fire on a group of U.S. and Nigerien troops in early October. The Pentagon has not said how Sgt. La David Johnson became separated from the […]

NEW YORK — New York City police are moving closer to an arrest of movie producer Harvey Weinstein. They say rape allegations made by an actress are credible — and they are putting together evidence for a judge to issue a warrant, CBS News’ Jericka Duncan reports.  “We have an […]

ORLANDO — In Karen Espino’s classroom at Lake Nona Middle School, new students are still raw from fleeing storm-ravaged Puerto Rico.     “These children are not saying, ‘Wow, now I have TV.’ No, these students are telling you, ‘We have now access to food, we feel safe,” Espino said.  In […]

MOORE, Texas — Even in Texas, a horse only gets you so far, which is why 15-year-old Justin Rozier has been thinking lately about a car. Specifically, he told his mom, Jessica, he would love to have a car — any car — that his dad once owned.  “I mean, […]

KEOKUK, Iowa — A man has been found guilty of first-degree murder in the shooting death of a gender-fluid Iowa teenager. The Des Moines Register reports that a jury Friday found 23-year-old Jorge Sanders-Galvez guilty in the death of 16-year-old Kedarie Johnson. At trial, prosecutors described Johnson as a high […]

CLEVELAND – The man accused of killing his future mother-in-law says there was a struggle and he acted in self-defense, reports CBS affiliate WOIO. Melinda Pleskovic, 49, was found shot and stabbed to death on Oct. 23. Her future son-in-law, Jeffrey Scullin, Jr. was arrested a week later. Scullin, 20, […]

The Sidney Lumet movie “Murder on the Orient Express” was a huge hit back in 1974. This morning, with Seth Doane as conductor, we have a ticket to a remake: Whether it’s the baby grand piano, white table-cloths and fine china, or the art-deco details, it’s clear this is no […]

Lt. Gen. Todd Semonite, the head of the Army Corps of Engineers, predicts it will be two or three months before most Puerto Ricans regain power in their homes. The vast majority of people in the U.S. territory have gone without it for over six weeks since Hurricane Maria directly […]

NEW YORK — An actress’ rape allegations against movie mogul Harvey Weinstein are credible, and investigators are gathering evidence for a criminal case, New York City police said Friday.  Chief of Detectives Robert Boyce said Friday that investigators have interviewed actress Paz de la Huerta. In an interview with CBS […]

And now a page from our “Sunday Morning” Almanac: November 5, 1893, 124 years ago today — Day One for the man called “The Father of Streamlining.” For that was the day Raymond Loewy was born in Paris. An award-winning model airplane designer while still a boy, Loewy moved to […]