How teenagers, McDonalds and a cellphone added up to a life-changing moment – CBS News Watch CBS News Three South Florida teenagers helped a 65-year-old having a heart attack. Matt Gutman has the story.
With less than a week to go before the GOP Georgia Senate primary, an Atlanta-Journal Constitution poll has the majority of voters undecided, making a runoff race in June increasingly likely. One of the candidates, Rep. Buddy Carter, joins “The Takeout” to discuss the state of the race.
South Carolina’s Republican Gov. Henry McMaster has called for a special legislative session centered on redrawing the state’s congressional map ahead of the November midterm elections. The legislature is expected to pass a map that could impact the state’s only Democratic district. CBS News’ Fin Gómez has more on how redistricting efforts across the country …
When Douglas Edwards began presenting the CBS Television News in 1947, he made history as the first anchor of an American TV news show. Although he left the role in 1962, Edwards remained at CBS, doing considerable TV and radio work, until 1988. Major Garrett introduces Edwards’ final radio broadcast.
The number of people being monitored for hantavirus in the United States has grown to 41, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Thursday, as new details emerge about potential flight exposures and the conditions of passengers in quarantine from the affected M/V Hondius cruise ship. Eighteen repatriated passengers from the cruise are being …
The U.S. is taking steps to indict Raúl Castro, the 94-year-old former president of Cuba and brother of Fidel, in connection with the downing of planes 30 years ago, according to U.S. officials familiar with the matter. The potential indictment — which would need to be approved by a grand jury — is expected to …
A bipartisan group of U.S. lawmakers unveiled a draft bill on Thursday to help civilians, including law enforcement agents, receive workers’ compensation for illnesses like cancer that are often associated with toxic exposure to burn pits. The Kenya Merritt Renewing Our Promise to Address Toxicity Act — named for FBI Special Agent Kenya Merritt, who …
CBS News’ Anna Schecter went to Flushing, Queens, to ask Chinese Americans for their thoughts on the Trump-Xi summit. Schecter joins “The Takeout” to relay what she heard.
Taiwan, the Iran war and trade loomed over President Trump’s meeting with China’s Xi Jinping on Thursday. Democratic Sen. Elissa Slotkin of Michigan joins “The Takeout” to weigh in. Then, Lanhee Chen, fellow at the Hoover Institution, joins with analysis.
Jake Rosmarin, a travel influencer who was on the M/V Hondius as it suffered a hantavirus outbreak, is one of 16 Americans quarantining at the University of Nebraska Medical Center. Rosmarin spoke with CBS News about how a five-week trip is now stretching into 12 weeks away from home.