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Rescue workers in Western Europe are desperately searching for survivors after floods tore through homes and demolished businessses. More than 170 people have died, and hundreds are still missing. Imtiaz Tyab has more.
The European Union announced new proposals to tackle climate change over the next few decades. The "Fit for 55" plan aims to reduce carbon emissions throughout the EU by 55% by 2030. If achieved, this would make Europe the "world's first carbon-neutral continent" by 2050. New York Times international climate reporter Somini Sengupta joined CBSN's Lana Zak to discuss.
As the floodwaters begin to recede, the scale of the disaster is laid bare.
The death toll from historic floods in Europe is rising and hundreds are unaccounted for. The BBC's Jenny Hill reports.
Entire neighborhoods lay in ruins after the worst deluge to hit the region in more than 200 years sent torrents of floodwater careening through towns and villages.
Some of the worst flooding in recent memory has devastated parts of Europe, killing dozens in Germany and forcing thousands in other countries to evacuate. Imtiaz Tyab takes a look at the links these extreme weather events have to climate change.
Biden maps future of U.S. relations with Germany; Texas files suit against Biden administration over border wall
On Thursday, President Biden hosted German Chancellor Angela Merkel for what's likely to be her last visit to the White House as the leader of Germany. CBS News correspondent Skyler Henry reports on what the two leaders discussed, then CBSN anchor Lana Zak and CBSN political contributor Sean Sullivan discuss how the two leaders reaffirmed the relationship between their nations, and America's newly enhanced child tax credit.
Dozens are dead and missing as historic floods rage through Europe. Germany, Belgium and the Netherlands are among the hardest hit.
President Biden met at the White House with German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Thursday as he seeks to reaffirm the U.S. relationship with European allies. CBSN Washington reporter Caitlin Huey-Burns, NPR's White House correspondent Tamara Keith, and Axios' political reporter Sarah Mucha join "Red and Blue" anchor Elaine Quijano to discuss the day's political headlines, including a meeting between House Republican leader Kevin McCarthy and former President Donald Trump.
Heavy storms have caused deadly flooding in Germany and Belgium. The U.S. prepares to evacuate Afghan interpreters who aided American troops. Cuba temporarily lifts restrictions on food and medicine imports following civil unrest. CBS News reporter Haley Ott joins "CBSN AM" with these and other headlines from around the world.
At least 60 confirmed dead in Germany and Belgium as soldiers are brought in to help find and rescue dozens more from towns cut off by floodwaters.
In global headlines, Pope Francis is released from the hospital after undergoing surgery to remove half of his colon; more than 15 people were killed in a hotel collapse in China; and protests continue in Cuba. CBS News reporter Haley Ott joins "CBSN AM" with a roundup.
We're following several international headlines, including a deadly ferry accident near Bali, Germany withdrawing all of its troops from Afghanistan, rare comments from Kim Jong Un over COVID-19 in North Korea, and new local lockdowns in Australia. CBS News foreign correspondent Chris Livesay joins "CBSN AM" with the roundup.
Defense chief pulls entire infantry unit out of Lithuania over claims of "misconduct" at a booze-fueled hotel party.
Munich wanted to light up its sports stadium with a rainbow in support of LGBTQ+ people, right after Hungary passed a law banning "promotion" of homosexuality to minors.
Greenpeace has apologized for the stunt gone awry, which left two people injured after their pilot lost control of his paraglider. But at least the police snipers didn't kill him.
In addition to accepting the atrocities committed a century ago were genocide, Germany will also spend about $1.3 billion in the country on "reconstruction and development."
The Ritchie Boys were responsible for uncovering more than half the combat intelligence on the Western Front during World War II. For the many German-born Jews in their ranks, defeating the Nazis was heartbreakingly personal. Jon Wertheim reports.
The Ritchie Boys were responsible for uncovering more than half the combat intelligence on the Western Front during World War II. For the many German-born Jews in their ranks, defeating the Nazis was heartbreakingly personal.
Perseverance rover, Ingenuity helicopter, and the search for ancient life on Mars; Then, stories from members of the Ritchie Boys, a secret U.S. WWII intelligence unit bolstered by German-born Jews.
One church said they will hang a banner at their entrance that reads: "You love each other? We bless you!"
Thunberg's new documentary series, titled "Greta Thunberg: A Year to Change the World," premieres Thursday night on PBS.
CBS News senior foreign correspondent Liz Palmer reports from London on the global impacts of the coronavirus.
Brazil's government is shaken up after the country's top military officials resigned. The president of Honduras' brother is being sentenced for drug trafficking. Germany is suspending use of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine for people under 60. CBS News foreign correspondent Ian Lee joins CBSN AM with those and other headlines from around the world.
The University of Austin, or UATX, is teaching its inaugural class of 92 college students. The school, with its focus on free speech, has been labeled by some as "anti-woke."
Democrats say they're concerned or scared Trump will threaten their rights, but fewer than half feel motivated to oppose him.
A DHL cargo plane crash landed in Lithuania, killing one crew member, but authorities say it's too soon to link it to suspected Russian sabotage operations.
Forecasters have warned of another round of winter weather that could complicate travel around the Thanksgiving holiday.
Service workers at Charlotte Douglas International Airport have gone on strike at the start of a busy week of Thanksgiving travel to protest what they say are unlivable wages.
Democratic Sen. Tammy Duckworth said that Pete Hegseth is "flat-out wrong" in his view that women should not serve in the military in combat roles.
The death of music star Liam Payne has thrust "pink cocaine," sometimes also called Tusi, into the national spotlight. The National Drug Early Warning System predicted its rise back in 2023.
Helene ransacked western North Carolina on Sept. 27, leaving a path of devastation, death and an economic calamity from which the state will need years to recover.
Health officials in California are alerting consumers of a voluntary recall of a batch of cream top, whole milk that was produced by Raw Farms, LLC, in Fresno County after bird flu was detected in a sample.
The death of music star Liam Payne has thrust "pink cocaine," sometimes also called Tusi, into the national spotlight. The National Drug Early Warning System predicted its rise back in 2023.
A couple from Connecticut is charged with allegedly orchestrating a retail theft operation that may have cost Lululemon as much as $1 million.
Lt. Gen. H.R. McMaster said that Russia and Ukraine are both incentivized to make "as many gains on the battlefield as they can before the new Trump administration comes in."
On this "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan" broadcast, Sen. Rand Paul and Tammy Duckworth join Margaret Brennan.
Chuck Woolery was inducted into the American TV Game Show Hall of Fame in 2007 and earned a daytime Emmy nomination in 1978.
Service workers at Charlotte Douglas International Airport have gone on strike at the start of a busy week of Thanksgiving travel to protest what they say are unlivable wages.
Car dealers will inspect and replace the control unit and a fuse if needed, as well as update software.
If confirmed, Bessent would runn the department that manages the nation's finances as well as its tax agency, the Internal Revenue Service.
Scott Bessent, the founder of the Connecticut-based hedge fund Key Square Group, had been making a full-court press for the post.
A jury ruled that Walmart must pay a former employee almost $35 million after finding that the retailer defamed him.
Helene ransacked western North Carolina on Sept. 27, leaving a path of devastation, death and an economic calamity from which the state will need years to recover.
Lt. Gen. H.R. McMaster said that Russia and Ukraine are both incentivized to make "as many gains on the battlefield as they can before the new Trump administration comes in."
On this "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan" broadcast, Sen. Rand Paul and Tammy Duckworth join Margaret Brennan.
Democratic Sen. Tammy Duckworth said that Pete Hegseth is "flat-out wrong" in his view that women should not serve in the military in combat roles.
The following is a transcript of an interview with Rep.-elect Sarah McBride, Democrat of Delaware, on "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan" that aired on Nov. 24, 2024.
When it comes to eating healthy, all of us respond to foods differently. The National Institutes of Health's new nutrition study hopes to finally provide Americans a personalized answer to the question: "What should I eat?"
From the four food groups to the Food Pyramid, the U.S. government has long offered guidance to Americans hoping to eat a healthier diet. But there's growing scientific consensus that when it comes to eating healthy, all of us respond to foods differently. And to prove it, the National Institutes of Health has embarked on the most ambitious nutrition study ever, hoping to finally provide Americans a personalized answer to the question: "What should I eat?" Correspondent Lee Cowan reports.
Glioblastoma typically kills within 18 months, but a new type of treatment has kept Nadya El-Afandi's scans clear 17 months after diagnosis.
Laboratory findings show that Yu-Shang Food ready-to-eat meat and poultry products were making people sick, the CDC said.
More than half of the cases involve students, parents and guests of Rockwood Summit High School who attended events where food from Andre's Banquets and Catering was served.
The head of the Phichit province monastery told a local TV station that the use of corpses was part of a "meditation technique" he developed.
A DHL cargo plane crash landed in Lithuania, killing one crew member, but authorities say it's too soon to link it to suspected Russian sabotage operations.
The only truce in the ongoing Israel-Hamas war on Nov. 24, 2023 – fewer than two months after fighting began – led to the release of 80 Israelis held by militants in Gaza.
The shooting took place in the coastal province of Tabasco, which is struggling with a recent increase in violence.
Israeli strikes have killed over 40 Lebanese troops since the start of the war between Israel and Hezbollah, even as Lebanon's military has largely kept to the sidelines.
Chuck Woolery was inducted into the American TV Game Show Hall of Fame in 2007 and earned a daytime Emmy nomination in 1978.
There are very few American inventions more American than the martini – a classic cocktail of gin and vermouth, garnished with lemon. But today, a martini's ingredients may be up for debate.
Last year's horrific wildfires turned Lahaina into a disaster zone, and destroyed the Fleetwood Mac founder's club, Fleetwood's on Front Street. Today, Mick Fleetwood is determined to rebuild, saying, "There has to be music."
As a young man, Fleetwood Mac founder Mick Fleetwood dreamed of a place – a club – where he could get his friends together. Twelve years ago, he made it happen in the west Maui city of Lahaina: Fleetwood's on Front Street. But last year's horrific wildfires turned Lahaina into a disaster zone, and destroyed his treasured club. Today, Fleetwood says he's determined to rebuild. Correspondent Tracy Smith reports.
Every week on his blog, "Sandwiches of History," Barry Enderwick rescues sandwich recipes from the dustbin of history. He's now collected some of the unlikeliest (and even amazing) historical recipes in a cookbook.
At a Price Chopper outside Kansas City, shoppers are test driving the new Caper Cart, featuring digital screens, GPS, cameras equipped with artificial intelligence, and packaging scanners that spit out coupons. Correspondent Jonathan Vigliotti looks at the technology used to "reinvent the wheel" of the shopping cart.
Black Friday is almost here, but some of the hottest tech items are already on sale. CNET senior editor Lisa Eadicicco joins CBS News to discuss high-demand gifts and what retailers offer the best prices.
From labor shortages to environmental impacts, farmers are looking to AI to help revolutionize the agriculture industry. One California startup, Farm-ng, is tapping into the power of AI and robotics to perform a wide range of tasks, including seeding, weeding and harvesting.
Daisy's mission is two-fold: To waste scammers' time so they can't speak to real people and to draw attention to fraud by warning consumers to be vigilant.
Australian legislators introduced a landmark bill Thursday to ban social media for children under 16. CBS News London's Leigh Kiniry reports on what this could mean for social media companies.
At the Johnson Space Food Systems Laboratory in Houston, NASA scientists develop dishes – freeze-dried, heat-stabilized, or irradiated – to serve on the International Space Station. Correspondent David Pogue checks out what's on the menu in Earth orbit.
This winter, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration predicted above-average temperatures throughout the U.S. because of a "slowly developing" La Niña pattern. CBS News Sacramento meteorologist Tracy Humphrey reports on the changing winter conditions.
The only emperor penguin known to have swum from Antarctica to Australia was released at sea 20 days after he waddled ashore on a popular tourist beach.
A volcano erupted in southern Iceland, near the town of Grindavík and the Blue Lagoon spa, marking the region's seventh eruption in a year.
Conservationists are teaming up with the U.S. Forest Service and logging companies to clear scorched land and make room for new reforestation projects.
There is growing concern among the police over an increase in Venezuelan gang activity across New York City.
Law enforcement is raising alarm bells over a drug called pink cocaine. It doesn't actually contain cocaine, but is instead a combination of other substances. Tom Hanson has more on the spread of the potentially deadly drug.
A couple from Connecticut is charged with allegedly orchestrating a retail theft operation that may have cost Lululemon as much as $1 million.
When cyclist Anna Moriah "Mo" Wilson was murdered in Texas, U.S. Marshals assigned to the case used a unique tactic to track down her suspected killer in Costa Rica and bring the fugitive to justice.
Teresa Gomez, 45, was fatally shot in 2023 after a Las Cruces police officer on a bicycle approached her while she sat in a parked car with another person, authorities said.
Marc and Sharon Hagle, both making their second space flight, were among the passengers for the NS-28 mission.
The ninth Blue Origin space tourism flight launched from West Texas Friday morning. CBS News space consultant Bill Harwood and space expert Scott Heidler offered analysis of the flight.
President-elect Donald Trump attended SpaceX's sixth flight test of its Super Heavy-Starship on Tuesday with CEO Elon Musk. The burgeoning friendship between the two men played a key role in Trump's reelection, with Musk now set to run a government efficiency agency in the coming months. CBS News political reporter Jake Rosen and Politico aviation reporter Oriana Pawlyk join "America Decides" with more.
President-elect Donald Trump was on hand with Elon Musk for the sixth test flight of SpaceX's huge Super Heavy-Starship rocket.
Researchers analyzed lunar soil brought back by China's Chang'e-6, the first spacecraft to return with a haul of rocks and dirt from the little-explored far side.
A look back at the esteemed personalities who've left us this year, who'd touched us with their innovation, creativity and humanity.
See some of convicted serial killer Rodney Alcala's photographs that were discovered by detectives in a Seattle storage locker.
The seesaw marriage between the former ballerina and her much older husband only lasted four years, until she shot him on Sept. 27, 2020.
A look at the evidence in "The Dexter Killer" case; plus, newly revealed letters from the man police say wanted to be like fictional serial killer Dexter Morgan.
Live performances are in full swing this summer. Scroll through our concert gallery, featuring pictures by CBS News photojournalist Jake Barlow and photographers Ed Spinelli and Kirstine Walton.
Sen. Joe Manchin joins "The Takeout" to discuss his political career and the state of American politics in 2024. Manchin provides insight on his disagreements with Democrats during Biden's presidency, why he left the party and how it can move forward after falling short this past election.
Next Sunday, 60 Minutes returns to the Cathedral of Notre Dame in Paris, bringing viewers a unique first look at the rebirth of one of the world’s great treasures.
Houston's Flying Saucer Pie Company has a devoted following, with people camping out overnight and lines up to half a mile long to get dessert for Thanksgiving. Janet Shamlian takes a look at what makes this shop so special.
Law enforcement is raising alarm bells over a drug called pink cocaine. It doesn't actually contain cocaine, but is instead a combination of other substances. Tom Hanson has more on the spread of the potentially deadly drug.
Some people are already getting a headstart on their Thanksgiving travel this weekend, as airports are expected to be packed as the week progresses. More than 70 million people are also expected to drive to their holiday destinations. Shanelle Kaul reports.