Fla. school shooting among America's deadliest
Three of the top 10 deadliest mass shootings in modern U.S. history took place within the last 12 months.
Three of the top 10 deadliest mass shootings in modern U.S. history took place within the last 12 months.
The president said that he is making plans to visit Parkland, Florida to meet with families and local officials and to continue coordinating the federal response
Attorney General Jeff Sessions spoke at a sheriffs conference in Washington Thursday, a day after the deadliest school shooting in the U.S. in five years. "We've got to confront the problem. There's no doubt about it," he said, adding, "We've got to reverse these trends that we are seeing in the shootings."
Ben Bennight tells CBS News' Jeff Pegues he spoke with the FBI last year after an alarming comment was posted on one of his YouTube videos
Sessions called the Florida shooting a tragedy while delivering remarks a sheriffs conference in D.C.
Mississippi man Ben Bennight tells CBS News' Jeff Pegues that he warned the FBI last September about a troubling YouTube comment allegedly posted by Florida school shooting suspect Nikolas Cruz.
The president said neighbors knew the school shooter was a "big problem"
Nikolas Cruz had been bouncing around between homes following the death of his adoptive mother in November
"This evening, our school district in is a state of grief, sorrow," said Broward County School Superintendent Robert Runcie. Runcie, along with Broward County Sheriff Scott Israel and Fla. Gov. Rick Scott gave an update on the deadly school shooting.
"At some point, the American people are going to say 'enough is enough,'" Florida Democratic Sen. Bill Nelson told CBS Miami. Watch the full interview here.
Jim Gard, a teacher at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, said he was in math class with his students when the fire alarm went off and started to evacuate before they heard a Code Red -- and then gunshots. He spoke to CBS Miami while he was still inside the building.
Speaker of the House Paul Ryan spoke about gun laws and mental illness the day after the deadly shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Florida.
Florida Republican Sen. Marco Rubio told CBS Miami that "we don't know" how the suspected gunman came into possession of the weapon he used. Rubio said gun violence is an "ongoing part of the conversation" in Washington.
Broward County School Superintendent Robert Runcie said the suspect, Nikolas Cruz, was a former student of Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School
A law enforcement source briefed on the shooting said the suspect appears to have pulled the school fire alarm, causing chaos
At least 17 dead in Florida high school shooting; House Committee investigating Porter scandal
Broward County Sheriff Scott Israel called the Florida school shooting on Wednesday an "unbelievably catastrophic day." Manuel Bojorquez has the latest.
Areeb Siddiqi, a senior at the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, who witnessed the attack that left 17 people killed. He joined us to describe what he saw.
Suspect Nikolas Cruz, 19, is in custody after a shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida that left at least 17 people dead. Broward County Sheriff Steve Israel gave an update on the investigation.
Wednesday’s attack in south Florida is the type of tragedy we have seen too many times before. So far in 2018, there have already been 18 school shootings. There were seven by February in 2017, and since 2013, the number of school shootings has steadily risen. Don Dahler reports.
The suspect in the deadly shooting at a high school in Parkland, Florida, has been identified as 19-year-old Nikolas Cruz, a former student. Police took Cruz into custody and are beginning to look into his background. CBS News justice and homeland security correspondent Jeff Pegues reports.
Nick Hayman is a senior at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, where 17 people were killed in a deadly shooting. Heyman knows the suspect, 19-year-old former student Nikolas Cruz. He spoke to us over the phone.
What started out as an ordinary day at a south Florida high school ended in gunfire and death in Parkland, Florida - about 20 miles northwest of Fort Lauderdale at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School attended by about three thousand students. The Broward County sheriff reports multiple deaths. The exact number is not known yet. At least 14 victims were taken to the hospital and a suspect was taken into custody a few miles from the scene. Manuel Bojorquez reports.
17 killed in Florida school shooting; Fla. sheriff describes school shooting as "unbelievably catastrophic day."
Caesar Figueroa, whose daughter remains barricaded in a closet, said his daughter "heard guns fired" and "the window blow" in the school
Helene has left at least 105 people dead, CBS News has confirmed, and caused widespread destruction and knocked out power to several million people.
President Biden said a regional conflict in the Middle East "has to be avoided."
Sen. JD Vance and Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz will face off on Tuesday in the first and only vice presidential debate of the cycle.
FEMA Administrator Deanne Criswell called the storm "a true multi-state event" that's had "significant impacts" across five states.
Gov. Gavin Newsom on Sunday vetoed a landmark bill aimed at establishing first-in-the-nation safety measures for large artificial intelligence models.
After some initial confusion, Vance was permitted to enter and encouraged people to support a small business.
The popular Republican governor, who served from 2015 to 2023, has Trump's endorsement. But Hogan said he won't be voting for the former president.
A SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft caught up with the International Space Station and moved in for docking Sunday.
Throughout his 50-year career in show business, John Ashton appeared in nearly 100 movies.
People in the northern part of Rockdale County were ordered to evacuate and others were told to shelter in place with windows and doors closed.
Sen. JD Vance and Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz will face off on Tuesday in the first and only vice presidential debate of the cycle.
More than 40,000 people reported outages with the music platform on downdetector.com.
On this "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan" broadcast, FEMA administrator Deanne Criswell and former Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan join Robert Costa.
The popular Republican governor, who served from 2015 to 2023, has Trump's endorsement. But Hogan said he won't be voting for the former president.
More than 40,000 people reported outages with the music platform on downdetector.com.
Bigger bins and premium-priced seating with added legroom are just some of the changes the carrier is betting will win over customers.
Rising Florida home insurance rates, which surged 45% from 2017 to 2022, are likely to keep climbing along with the mercury, experts say.
Loophole in law means potentially deadly furniture is still being sold by major retailers, advocacy group cautions.
Grocery costs barely rose last month, according to Friday's report, and energy costs dropped 0.8%, led by cheaper gasoline.
Gov. Gavin Newsom on Sunday vetoed a landmark bill aimed at establishing first-in-the-nation safety measures for large artificial intelligence models.
Sen. JD Vance and Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz will face off on Tuesday in the first and only vice presidential debate of the cycle.
On this "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan" broadcast, FEMA administrator Deanne Criswell and former Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan join Robert Costa.
The popular Republican governor, who served from 2015 to 2023, has Trump's endorsement. But Hogan said he won't be voting for the former president.
The following is a transcript of an interview with Larry Hogan, former Maryland governor, on "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan" that aired on Sept. 29, 2024.
The Senate approved a resolution on Wednesday that was intended to hold Ralph de la Torre in criminal contempt for failing to testify before a committee.
Tyler Theroux was born with a brachial plexus injury that would eventually leave him depressed and in extreme pain. A complex surgery finally provided relief.
Loophole in law means potentially deadly furniture is still being sold by major retailers, advocacy group cautions.
Officials claim the changes "had no bearing" on Boar's Head's now-shuttered plant.
Many Americans are unaware of the connection between drinking and cancer risk, despite growing research that points to the negative health impacts of alcohol.
A projection for ORF public television, based on counting of more than half the votes, put support for the Freedom Party at 29.2% and Chancellor Karl Nehammer's Austrian People's Party at 26.3%.
Pope Francis, who didn't mention Israel by name and said he was speaking in general terms, said that "the defense must always be proportional to that attack."
The record was broken in deafening fashion at Eden Park rugby stadium in Auckland.
U.S. Central Command said two of the dead were senior militants affiliated with the extremist Islamic State group and an al-Qaeda-linked group in Syria.
Israel said it killed Nabil Kaouk, the deputy head of Hezbollah's Central County, in an airstrike Saturday. President Biden said a regional conflict "has to be avoided."
Throughout his 50-year career in show business, John Ashton appeared in nearly 100 movies.
Bestselling author Malcolm Gladwell's latest, "Revenge of the Tipping Point," builds on a familiar idea from his books: You may think you know how the world works, but you're wrong! The provocative Gladwell talks with correspondent David Pogue about why he's refused to change his approach, his work ethic, or his contrarianism.
During a stop on their "Music of the Spheres" global tour, which Billboard calls "the biggest rock tour of all time," Chris Martin, Will Champion, Guy Berryman and Jonny Buckland talk about their new album, the songwriting process, and their future playing together.
Twenty-five years after their first hit record, Coldplay's current world tour, which Billboard calls "the biggest rock tour of all time," has earned more than a billion dollars and sold more than 10 million tickets. During a stop in Dublin, correspondent Anthony Mason catches up with Chris Martin, Will Champion, Guy Berryman and Jonny Buckland to talk about "Moon Music" (the band's tenth studio album), the songwriting process, and their future playing together.
Ina Garten was working an economic policy job at the White House when, at age 30, she changed direction, buying a small specialty food store called the Barefoot Contessa in West Hampton Beach, New York. It started her on a career as an entrepreneur, cookbook author and culinary TV host. Garten, whose new memoir is "Be Ready When the Luck Happens," talks with correspondent Rita Braver about her painful childhood; her marriage; and what she thinks about the prospect of retiring.
Gov. Gavin Newsom on Sunday vetoed a landmark bill aimed at establishing first-in-the-nation safety measures for large artificial intelligence models.
Being able to identify hoaxes, avoid scams, and debunk propaganda is a civic skill required in today's information society. That's why the curriculum of students in Finland includes media literacy lessons, aimed at safeguarding a precious resource: the truth. Correspondent Chris Livesay reports.
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.
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket blasted off from Cape Canaveral, Florida, on Saturday with a NASA astronaut and a Russian cosmonaut aboard a Crew Dragon capsule that normally carries four. That is because the Crew Dragon's two empty seats will be used to give two Boeing Starliner astronauts a ride back to Earth next February. Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams were part of Boeing's first crewed test flight of its Starliner, and though it got them to the International Space Station back in June, problems with its propulsion system prompted NASA to look for another ride. Manuel Bojorquez reports.
Top U.S. artificial intelligence startup OpenAI took a hit Thursday after three of its top executives exited the company. The departures come as CEO Sam Altman is reportedly preparing to turn OpenAI into a traditional for-profit company. Connie Guglielmo, senior vice president focused on AI edit strategy for CNET, joins CBS News to examine the future of the startup.
In this episode of "Climate Watch: Protecting the Planet," CBS News senior environmental correspondent Ben Tracy speaks to scientists and experts about the growing number of critically endangered plants and animals and how humans can help.
The author revisits his 2000 bestseller "The Tipping Point," to examine the flip side of that earlier book's lessons about studying social change. Among the topics he covers: Cheetah reproduction.
The Viking burial ground, used during the 9th and 10th centuries, was discovered on the southern outskirts of the village of Åsum.
Nine years after it was negotiated, the Paris Climate Agreement continues to serve as a blueprint for global environmental goals. Todd Stern, the top U.S. negotiator for the deal, outlines the years-long process it took to reach the landmark agreement in his new book, "Landing the Paris Climate Agreement: How It Happened, Why It Matters and What Comes Next." Stern joins CBS News to look back at the talks.
Florida is bracing for the wrath of Hurricane Helene. A common question that scientists face during natural disasters like this is: Has climate change impacted their severity? CBS News Miami investigative reporter Jim Defede and CBS News Texas investigative reporter Brian New break down how lawmakers and residents in their states view climate change amid natural disasters.
Kendy Howard, a 48-year-old wife and mother, was found dead in her bathtub with a gunshot wound to the head. Evidence at the scene led investigators to take a hard look at her husband, a former Idaho state trooper. Did he have the know-how to get away with murder?
Lyle Menendez tells "48 Hours" contributor Natalie Morales, "There's just never been a case of guilt or innocence. It was always about why it happened."
Kendy Howard was found dead in her bathtub. While dispatched as a suicide, clues at the scene made Kootenai County authorities suspicious.
Darien Urban, 21, and Shalene Ehlers, 20, the baby's parents were arrested after they allegedly tried to sell their 2-month-old baby because having three dogs and an infant was "not working."
A search was underway for the suspects, national police spokesperson Brig. Athlenda Mathe said in a statement regarding the two mass shootings in South Africa.
A SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft caught up with the International Space Station and moved in for docking Sunday.
Crew Dragon's two astronauts will join two Starliner fliers for a five-month tour of duty aboard the International Space Station.
Later today, the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft is set to launch a crewed mission to the International Space Station. The craft is also set to bring back the two astronauts who have been waiting for a ride home since June.
A NASA astronaut and a Russian cosmonaut will join the Starliner astronauts for a normal tour of duty
The Soyuz landing in Kazakhstan sets the stage for launch of a SpaceX Crew Dragon flight to the space station Thursday.
A look back at the esteemed personalities who've left us this year, who'd touched us with their innovation, creativity and humanity.
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.
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.
A teenager's murder in Lowell, Massachusetts, goes unsolved for more than 40 years -- were the clues there all along?
Maryland's former Republican governor, Larry Hogan, who has been backed by former President Donald Trump in the race for U.S. Senate, tells "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan" that he isn't backing the former president in the 2024 race. "Neither one of the two candidates has earned my vote, and the voters in the country are going to be able to make that decision," he said.
Ret. Gen. H.R. McMaster, who served as national security adviser in the Trump administration" tells "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan" that "I don't really buy it" that the former president could broker a settlement to the war in Ukraine, as Trump has claimed.
Ret. Gen. Stanley McChrystal has backed Vice President Kamala Harris in the 2024 presidential race, telling "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan" that "character is very important, and so I'm voting for character. I'm voting for Kamala Harris."
Israel's military said Saturday that it had killed Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah, and a cousin of his is already emerging as his replacement who could rule the terrorist organization in a similar fashion, Imtiaz Tyab reports from Tel Aviv.
Amid historic flooding in North Carolina from the remnants from Hurricane Helene, FEMA administrator Deanne Criswell tells "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan" that "I don't know that anybody could be fully prepared for the amount of flooding and landslides that they are experiencing right now."