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With the price of eggs rising and shortages being reported at grocery stores around the U.S., hungry consumers may need to look outside the box, or shell, for alternatives. The average price of a dozen large, grade-A eggs came to about $4.15 in December, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, and prices are expected…
An Alabama inmate convicted of murdering a woman after breaking into her apartment as she slept was put to death Thursday evening in the nation’s fourth execution using nitrogen gas. Demetrius Frazier, 52, was pronounced dead at 6:36 p.m. CST at a south Alabama prison for his murder conviction in the 1991 rape and killing…
Altadena, California — More than 9,000 homes and businesses were burned to the ground in the deadly Eaton Fire, which tore through the Los Angeles County community of Altadena last month. The Environmental Protection Agency on Thursday allowed CBS News to accompany an EPA team sifting through the ash searching for toxic debris. “We look for…
Washington — The FBI’s investigation into the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection, the largest criminal investigation in the agency’s history, has given way to potentially its largest crisis. Last week, Trump allies at the Justice Department ordered the FBI to send a questionnaire nationwide to identify personnel who investigated Jan. 6 and make a list for…
The Emmy Award-winning “CBS News Sunday Morning” is broadcast on CBS Sundays beginning at 9:00 a.m. ET. “Sunday Morning” also streams on the CBS News app beginning at 11:00 a.m. ET. (Download it here.) Hosted by Jane Pauley. COVER STORY: Pitch perfect: Commercial spokespeople talk about their TV fameYou know them at Flo, the…
The NCAA announced Thursday that its board voted to update the association’s participation policy for transgender student-athletes following President Trump’s executive order banning transgender girls and women from competing on sports teams that match their gender identity. Mr. Trump signed the order Wednesday stating that the federal law against sex discrimination in schools, Title IX, be interpreted…
Top officials at the Federal Aviation Administration, including then-Administrator Michael Whitaker, pushed last summer to close one of three runways at Washington’s Reagan National Airport following two close calls between airliners still on the ground, multiple sources told CBS News. Whitaker, who resigned as FAA administrator ahead of the transition to the Trump administration, and…
Washington — Speaker Mike Johnson urged his Senate GOP colleagues to wait for the House to “do its work” to advance President Trump’s agenda. He and House Republicans met with Mr. Trump for several hours Thursday to discuss the budget reconciliation process central to approving key components of the measure, which is expected, among other…
Washington — U.S. government officials are moving rapidly to fulfill President Trump’s orders to turn the American naval base at Guantanamo Bay into a massive immigration detention complex, making plans to send daily flights there with migrant detainees, two U.S. officials familiar with the deliberations told CBS News Thursday. So far, two U.S. military flights…
Surge in flu cases reported across U.S. as cases peak for a second time – CBS News Watch CBS News Cases are peaking for a second time this flu season. At least 41 states are reporting high or very high levels of the flu. Dr. Rabia De Latour, a gastroenterologist at NYU Langone Health, discusses…