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 […]
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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 […]
Farenthold ex-staffer alleges culture of harassment, bullying
A former senior aide to Rep. Blake Farenthold who has come forward to the House Ethics Committee described the Texas Republican’s behavior as sexually demeaning and abusive in an interview with CNN. Michael Rekola worked as Farenthold’s communications director in 2015, and in that time he said the congressman’s sexual […]
Ex-Farenthold staffer alleges culture of harassment, bullying
A former senior aide to Rep. Blake Farenthold who has come forward to the House Ethics Committee described the Texas Republican’s behavior as sexually demeaning and abusive in an interview with CNN. Michael Rekola worked as Farenthold’s communications director in 2015, and in that time he said the congressman’s sexual […]
How did Republicans react to Doug Jones’ victory?
Democrats across the country are savoring a huge victory in Alabama with the election of Doug Jones to the U.S. Senate. In an upset, he narrowly defeated Republican Roy Moore — by about 1.5 points. Moore still hasn’t conceded. When Jones takes office next month, the Republican advantage in the […]
Trump thanks Omarosa, “Apprentice” star escorted from White House
Last Updated Dec 13, 2017 7:42 PM EST Former “Apprentice” reality star Omarosa Manigault Newman was escorted from the White House after she protested the terms of her firing from Chief of Staff John Kelly, eventually proceeded to the White House residence and tripped alarms, CBS News Chief White House Correspondent […]