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In a year filled with discomfiting news, it’s surprising perhaps that many of 2017’s best films were documentaries — movies that tried to better frame and understand current events, politics, social history or family traumas. Coming to grips with reality was the theme of the year, inside and outside of […]

The parents of Academy Award-nominated actor James Franco initially thought his dream to become an actor was foolish, he tells Tony Dokoupil in an interview to air on CBS’ “Sunday Morning” December 31. He didn’t listen, and today Franco is garnering great reviews for his work in “The Disaster Artist,” […]

Can ice cream ever be healthy? A company called Halo Top Creamery is attracting more ice cream lovers with a promise of lower calories and less guilt. Time magazine named it one of the best inventions of the year. Over the summer, it also became the best-selling pint of ice […]

NEW YORK – A lawyer accused of helping pharmaceutical entrepreneur Martin Shkreli cover up a financial fraud was convicted on Wednesday, a result a prosecutor said should send a “powerful message” through the legal profession. After an 11-week trial, Evan Greebel was convicted by a federal jury in Brooklyn of […]

TROY, N.Y. — Members of an upstate New York community shocked by the brutal killings of a family gathered Wednesday night around four candles — one each for the victims, two children, their mother and her domestic partner, reports CBS affiliate WRGB. “It’s just horrible. I don’t know what kind of a […]

SEATTLE — Whimpering in pain, bleeding from head injuries and dazed by the enormity of the crash, victims in the Amtrak train derailment south of Seattle begged 911 dispatchers for help and said “tons of people” had been hurt. Dozens of emergency recordings released Wednesday by South Sound 911 Dispatch […]

Since the days of dial-up modems, the internet has been a never-ending source of movies, music, electronic books and television programs. The problem is that most of that content is actually owned by someone, and downloading it without paying for it makes you a pirate. Besides being illegal — consequences […]

They made us laugh. Or think. Or wonder. Most made our world a better place; a few did just the opposite. Still, for better or for worse they touched our lives, and so we say … HAIL AND FAREWELL, presented by Jane Pauley:         We begin with Mary […]

In our ongoing series, “A More Perfect Union,” we aim to show that what unites us as Americans is far greater than what divides us.  DES MOINES, Iowa — Gabby Clutter is like any other senior vocal performance major at Drake University – except when she leaves campus and heads […]

ATLANTA — Veteran Atlanta television news anchor Amanda Davis has died after a massive stroke. CBS affiliate WGCL-TV reports that Davis, the station’s morning news anchor, died Wednesday night. The station says she had a stroke Tuesday while waiting for a flight at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport and was rushed […]