Washington — Sen. John Fetterman has appeared uninterested in performing constituent service duties, according to text messages between the Pennsylvania Democrat and his staffers that were obtained by CBS News. The Wall Street Journal was the first to publish the text messages, and reported that Fetterman has routinely dismissed and at times refused to do core aspects…
Washington — Some of the highest-ranking officials in the U.S. military were subjected to polygraph tests as part of a sweeping leak probe after highly sensitive classified details about the nation’s stockpiles of sophisticated weapons were reported in the media, U.S. officials briefed on the matter told CBS News. President Trump was furious about the leaks,…
Two people are dead and at least five others were injured, including three officers, after a shooting near 15 East Grant Street Wednesday afternoon in downtown Minneapolis, according to police. The suspected shooter is also dead. Officers were dispatched to the scene at 4:36 p.m., and arrived to find one person shot at a high…
Michael Sanft, the defense attorney for Duane “Keffe D” Davis, who was convicted of first-degree murder for the 1996 shooting death of Tupac Shakur on Monday, accused the jury of harboring “preconceived notions” about his client. “I’m surprised. With the amount of evidence that should have been considered by the jury, I don’t believe that…
Kathmandu, Nepal — Five days after a rocky mountainside and the glacier it supported collapsed near Nepal’s border with Tibet, unleashing torrents of flash floodwater, mud and debris on the valleys below that swept away everything in their path, rescuers were still searching Monday for reasons to hope. Over the weekend, a 6-year-old girl was miraculously…
Philadelphia architect Frank Furness, a former Army captain during the Civil War, translated his fearlessness into the designs of about 1,000 buildings – elaborate structures whose oversized arches, asymmetrical facades and eccentric decorations broke free from the polite Victorian era-style. “Sunday Morning” national correspondent Robert Costa takes a tour of Furness’ Philadelphia with Wall Street…
Perhaps only Dolly Parton could dress like a flag – and still be taken seriously by a ship full of sailors. Only Dolly. Singer-songwriter Dolly Parton in 1992. Paul Natkin/Getty Images Tributes poured in from everywhere this past week for the singer-songwriter, hailed as the queen of country music, who died Tuesday at the age…
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.) “Sunday Morning” presents a rebroadcast of its annual edition touching on all aspects of design, hosted by Jane Pauley. Jane Pauley at Ardrossan…
The death toll from Wednesday’s devastating flash floods in Nepal and along the border with China has risen above 600, with around 3,000 people still missing, as rescue operations entered their fourth day. Poor weather is currently hampering aerial rescue operations for the workers and military personnel who have been working around the clock since…
Federal Reserve Chairman Kevin Warsh reaffirmed the central bank’s commitment to lowering consumer prices, acknowledging that inflation remains too high in a highly anticipated speech in Jackson Hole, Wyoming. During remarks at the Fed’s annual conference, Warsh said that recent government data shows inflation has cooled, but “they do not tell me that underlying trends…
