While the three astronauts of Apollo 11 received the bulk of the attention for landing on the moon in 1969, 400,000 people worked behind the scenes to make it happen. Randall Pinkston reported on one of those important people back in 2009. Source link
An Australia woman registered a one-in-fifteen-million achievement, giving birth to identical, naturally conceived quadruplets. Mark Strassmann has the story. Source link
Quinn Brown, a 19-year-old with a passion for selling items online, hit the jackpot when he purchased an original 1972 NBA warm-up jacket worn by Wilt Chamberlain at a Goodwill store for just over $3. Tony Dokoupil has the story. Source link
Washington — The House on Tuesday approved a short-term extension to fund the government until Dec. 4, hoping to punt the annual funding fight past the November midterm elections. The funding patch, known as a continuing resolution, passed in a 220 to 205 vote. Six Democrats voted with all but one Republican in favor. “The…
Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. made his first public comment on the growing cyclosporiasis outbreak on Tuesday, declaring it under control and denying that cutbacks to monitoring activities have hurt U.S. food safety. Carter Evans reports. Source link
Jenitar Na’amoana and her husband, Jortham, thought their family was complete after welcoming four children. Then came an unexpected surprise: four naturally conceived, identical daughters. Na’amoana, 34, gave birth to Emily, Harriet, Catherine and Alexa last week. “The fact that we’ve got four beautiful, healthy babies born at 28 weeks and four days is…
Sergeant Michael Swinton, 30, was identified Tuesday as the soldier who died in Iraq during a controlled explosion of an Iranian drone. Weijia Jiang reports. Source link
7/21: The Takeout with Major Garrett – CBS News Watch CBS News Trump eyes attacks on Iran’s Pickaxe Mountain as Pentagon seeks more funding; former FDA commissioner unpacks state of cyclospora outbreak. Source link
Storms rocked the most populated area of the country on Tuesday, causing widespread flash flooding from Ohio to New England and beyond in what the National Weather Service called a “dangerous and life-threatening situation.” Rob Marciano has the forecast. Source link
A federal judge in Texas this week temporarily barred immigration authorities from deporting one of the witnesses in the fatal shooting of Mexican immigrant Lorenzo Salgado Araujo by Immigration and Customs Enforcement earlier this month in Houston. U.S. District Judge Keith Ellison issued an order Monday blocking ICE from deporting Jose Trinidad Rojas Pliego without…
