Last Updated Dec 14, 2017 3:24 PM EST Mimi O’Donnell, partner of Philip Seymour Hoffman for 15 years and mother of his three children, opened up about her relationship with the late actor and his struggles with addiction. O’Donnell, who is a director and producer, spoke about Hoffman in a […]
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Holiday gift ideas from Techno Claus
It’s that time of year! David Pogue, disguised as a jolly man in red, emerges from the fireplace to deliver some gift suggestions for those on your list who love gadgets: Hello there! I’m Techno Claus, bringing good cheerIf ever we needed some, this was the year!The scandals, […]
Mom accused of faking son’s illness after 13 “major” surgeries
DALLAS – An 8-year-old Dallas boy may have endured more than 300 unnecessary doctor visits, gone through more than a dozen pointless surgeries and suffered life-threatening medical complications after police and child protective officials say his mother faked multiple illnesses beginning when he was a newborn. Kaylene Bowen-Wright is charged with […]
Why NFL star Chris Long is playing for free this season
Our ongoing series “A More Perfect Union” aims to show that what unites us as Americans is far greater than what divides us. In this installment, we introduce you to an unassuming NFL star who has spent much of his life putting his time, heart, and money into helping kids […]
CBS News/YouGov poll: Safe or scary, free or dangerous?
By Anthony Salvanto, Jennifer De Pinto, Kabir Khanna and Fred Backus On the anniversary of the Sandy Hook mass shooting, divisions over guns in America run deeper than policy differences. To most gun owners, guns are “part of what makes America great” (53 percent). They also say guns make America […]
Industry-leading men weigh in on #MeToo
CBS News’ Alex Wagner recently sat down with a group of powerful women for a discussion about sexual harassment. A group of five accomplished men across various industries took up the issue in this conversation with Wagner. The men she spoke with are leaders in their fields and in positions […]
Asian nation’s top court rejects bid to make gay sex illegal
JAKARTA, Indonesia — Indonesia’s top court on Thursday ruled against petitioners seeking to make gay sex and sex outside marriage illegal in a victory for the country’s besieged LGBT minority. The 5-to-4 decision by the nine-judge panel of the Constitutional Court rejected the arguments of a conservative group, the Family […]
3 space station fliers back on Earth; replacements slated to go up Sunday
A Russian Soyuz spacecraft carrying three space station crew members hurtled back to Earth Thursday, completing a fiery plunge back through the atmosphere before settling to a frigid touchdown on the snowy steppe of Kazakhstan to close out a 139-day mission. With Soyuz MS-05 commander Sergey Ryazanskiy at the controls […]
What we learned about grief from Sandy Hook parents
Thursday marks the five-year anniversary of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting, one of the deadliest school shootings in American history that propelled a small Connecticut town into the national debate on gun control. Earlier this year, correspondent Scott Pelley revisited that small town and found that while the victims’ […]
Florida jury finds mom guilty in “Baby Lollipops” murder trial
MIAMI — The jury deliberated for just under four hours in the trial of a mother accused of murdering her 3-year-old son decades ago, CBS Miami reports. Ana Maria Cardona, on trial for the third time, was found guilty for a third time. Cardona is accused of killing her son […]