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BOSTON — Monday is the Boston Marathon, a tradition that goes back to 1897. Five years ago, two bombs went off near the finish line, killing three people, and injuring more than 250, including the couple you’re about to meet — and their special friend It’s a special day for […]

NEW YORK — New York City police say two men mugged a Danish tourist at knifepoint for his Make America Great Again hat. Jannich Andersen, 18, was entering a Manhattan subway station on Thursday when a stranger confronted him over the hat. “He asked if I knew what it symbolized, and […]

MOUNTAINBURG, Arkansas — Parts of the central U.S. are dealing with severe weather this weekend — everything from fire and ice — to blizzards and a tornado. People across the South had gotten a warning. And that’s what sent Jimmy Bates, his wife and their four grandkids into this storm […]

MOUNTAINBURG, Arkansas — Parts of the central U.S. are dealing with severe weather this weekend — everything from fire and ice — to blizzards and a tornado. People across the South had gotten a warning. And that’s what sent Jimmy Bates, his wife and their four grandkids into this storm […]

DAMASCUS, Syria — One of the targets of U.S.-led coalition airstrikes in Syria was still smoldering late Saturday afternoon, reports CBS News’ Seth Doane, the only American network correspondent inside Syria. The U.S. military says the Barzeh complex in Damascus was a “center for the research, development, production and testing […]

Curing your child’s disease at any cost is a promise not a lot of parents are in a position to make. Tracy Smith introduces us to a couple who are determined to give it their all: From the looks of it, the McDowell family has it made. They have a […]

PHILADELPHIA — The chief executive of Starbucks has apologized after a video of two black men being arrested at a Philadelphia location went viral. Starbucks’ CEO Kevin Johnson issued a statement saying the situation had a “reprehensible outcome.” He promised the company has “immediately begun a thorough investigation of our practices.”  […]

PHILADELPHIA — Philadelphia’s police commissioner is defending his officers’ decision to arrest two black men at a Starbucks that prompted social media users to call the incident “racist.” Videos posted online show officers handcuffing the men in the downtown establishment Thursday. Commissioner Richard Ross said Starbucks employees called police to say […]

Technology is changing the kinds and number of jobs we have in this economy, so there’s a push to give people who lose out a guaranteed minimum income. How big would that check be? And who would it come from? Questions for Lee Cowan to answer in our Cover Story: […]

SRINAGAR, India — The girl, just 8 years old, was grazing her family’s ponies on a chilly January day in the forests of the Himalayan foothills when she was kidnapped. Her raped and mutilated body was found in the woods a week later. In 2012, the fatal gang rape of a […]