Barranquilla, Colombia — A flamboyant U.S.-backed lawyer who has never held public office narrowly won Colombia’s polarizing presidential runoff Sunday, swinging the country hard right and sparking violent protests. With almost all the ballots counted, Abelardo de la Espriella held 49.66 percent of the vote versus left-wing Senator Ivan Cepeda’s 48.70 percent. The 47-year-old’s slender …
Americans taking up the art of Ikebana, Japanese flower arrangement – CBS News Watch CBS News A hobby celebrating nature that dates back hundreds of years is finding new life in the United States. Michael George reports on why more and more people are giving Japanese flower arranging a try.
New recommendations to prevent child drownings from American Academy of Pediatrics – CBS News Watch CBS News Drowning remains the number one cause of death for children ages 1-4 in the United States. Now, the American Academy of Pediatrics is updating its recommendations on drowning prevention. Jarred Hill reports.
How the World Cup ball has changed over 96 years – CBS News Watch CBS News The World Cup has been held for 96 years. The sport of soccer has changed a lot over the last century, and so has the ball. Michael George reports.
The U.S. military has conducted another strike against a boat accused of smuggling drugs in the eastern Pacific Ocean on Sunday, immediately killing two people and leaving six survivors, the Defense Department said, amid an ongoing campaign against alleged traffickers in Latin America. The latest attack — which now number more than 60 — brings …
6/21: CBS Weekend News – CBS News Watch CBS News Trump threatens new attacks as U.S. and Iranian negotiators meet; at least 70 major fires burning in western U.S.
Rikers Island inmates get Father’s Day trip to museum with their kids – CBS News Watch CBS News Bradley Blackburn reports on a one-of-a-kind partnership, reuniting incarcerated fathers with their children.
In late April 1945, as World War II neared its end in Europe, three newborn babies and their mothers arrived at the notorious Mauthausen concentration camp in Austria. The women, Jewish prisoners who had endured months of forced labor, had hidden their pregnancies from their Nazi captors. Their survival to that point was extraordinary; what …
On the edge of the greatest collapse in U.S. Open history, Wyndham Clark held his nerve against a charge by Sam Burns and a Shinnecock Hills gallery that never gave him much love Sunday until he captured his second Open title in four years. Six shots ahead at the start of the final round, Clark’s …
Voters in the San Francisco Bay Area on Tuesday advanced state Sen. Aisha Wahab and Melissa Hernandez in the special primary election that will decide who will fill the remainder of former Rep. Eric Swalwell’s congressional seat. The highest-profile contenders in the special primary for California’s 14th Congressional District were Wahab and another Democrat, Bay …