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American man killed by avalanche in Japanese mountains
Police in Japan say an American man in his 30s was killed by an avalanche in a backcountry area of Mt. Mitahara.
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Police in Japan say an American man in his 30s was killed by an avalanche in a backcountry area of Mt. Mitahara.
A wild boar emerged out of the woods and lunged at two unsuspecting snowboarders at a resort in Japan.
While much of the country has experienced some wild winter weather in recent months, parts of the Northeast have gone without snow this season. That's made some people unhappy, and left businesses that depend on ice and snow feeling the heat. Nancy Chen reports.
White finished in fourth place as he fell on the final run of a career that's seen the American star win three Olympic titles.
Before you hit the slopes this spring season, make sure to have these essentials packed.
Snowboarder Lindsey Jacobellis won the first gold medal for Team USA at the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics. But star skier Mikaela Shiffrin suffered another stunning setback. CBS News' Anne-Marie Green and Vladimir Duthiers have the day's highlights.
American snowboarder Brenna Huckaby will be competing in the 2022 Paralympic Games in Beijing after all. She spoke with CBS News last month to share her story after the International Paralympic Committee excluded her disability class from participating. Four-time world snowboarding champion and two-time Paralympic gold medalist Brenna Huckaby joins CBS News once again to discuss her fight against the IPC and how a German court's intervention is allowing her to defend her titles in Beijing.
The three-time gold medalist made it clear that not only will the Beijing Games be his last Olympics — they'll mark his final contest, too.
American snowboarder Brenna Huckaby won two gold medals at the 2018 Paralympic Games in Pyeongchang, but the International Paralympic Committee excluded her disability class from the 2022 competition in Beijing. The four-time world snowboarding champion joins CBSN to discuss her fight to defend her medals.
More than 20 years after the International Olympic Committee added snowboarding to the Winter Olympics, now it's introducing summer events that seem pulled from the X Games playbook. Analysts say this is about creating a whole new generation of Olympic fans. Jamie Yuccas reports.
Brenna Huckaby, gold medal snowboarder and advocate, spoke about the power of sports at 2020 Reykjavík Global Forum - Women Leaders.
Some young people in Afghanistan are hoping to snowboard their way into a brighter future and change perceptions of the war-torn country. This comes as peace talks resume between the U.S. and the Taliban. CBSN's Vladimir Duthiers has more.
When skaters, skiers and snowboarders push themselves to the limit, sometimes things go wrong
Some crashes at this year's Winter Olympics are raising questions about whether the Games are becoming too dangerous. Dana Jacobson reports from Pyeongchang, South Korea.
Team USA is winning gold at the Olympics, but not without a bit of controversy. From Shaun White's comments on his sexual misconduct allegations, to crashes in the women's slopestyle events, snowboarding has been making a lot of headlines. CBS Sports' Bill Reiter joined CBSN with details.
White claimed his third gold medal of all time in day 5 of the Games and Team USA now has its 100th gold medal of all time in the Winter Olympics
Chloe won gold in the country her father immigrated from in the 1980s
3 dead in Grand Canyon helicopter crash; Food for the heart and soul: The ramen noodle chef redefining cafeteria cuisine
One of the rare, fluffy-looking cats strolled nonchalantly across the Purgatory resort in southwestern Colorado last week
A battle between skiers and snowboarders is off the slopes and in the courtroom. Federal judges are considering whether Alta Ski Area is violating snowboarders’ constitutional rights by banning them from riding on the mountain. David Begnaud reports.
A teenager from Southern California has become the youngest person ever to win at the Winter X Games. As CBSN's Vladimir Duthiers and Elaine Quijano report, 14-year-old Chloe Kim took home the gold in a snowboarding event.
Costume-wearing competitors faced off for the Slush Cup at the spring carnival in Alaska on April 12th 2014. Fifty competitors, dressed-up as daredevils, showed off their skills by skiing and snowboarding down a snowy slope and attempting to glide across the icy, 90-ft. pond at the bottom of the hill.
Snowboarder Jeremy Jones is upping the ante as he takes his board to some of the most remote mountain ranges on the planet
Nick Dietz compiles some of the week's best viral videos, including a girl versus Japanese rabbits, snowboarding in New York City and “Eye of the Tiger” on a dot matrix printer. Plus, drunken Russians taking take their buddy home and more! To see these videos in their entirety, click HERE.
“Face the Nation” host Bob Schieffer says the complicated new extreme sports in the Olympics make him long for a time when he was still trying to figure out curling.
The meeting was held amid concerns over the president's debate performance last week.
After lashing Jamaica, Hurricane Beryl eyed the Cayman Islands, where it was expected to bring strong winds, dangerous storm surge and damaging waves.
As the case enters a new phase, experts remain skeptical that former President Donald Trump's 11th-hour effort to overturn his conviction will be successful.
"Let me say this as clearly as I possibly can and as simply and straightforward as I can: I am running. I'm the nominee of the Democratic Party. No one's pushing me out," the president told campaign staffers.
The president honored Philip Shadrach and George Wilson for their "gallantry and intrepidity" during the "Great Locomotive Chase" of 1862.
A case of H5 influenza, also known as bird flu or avian influenza, has been confirmed in a man who was working at a dairy farm in northeastern Colorado.
Evacuation orders and warnings went out in part of Butte County near Oroville due to the Thompson Fire on Tuesday.
The jury reached its verdict after deliberating for just one day.
Many of the victims and the families of those who were attacked in the Jan. 6, 2021, siege of the Capitol are sharing their frustration and anger with the Supreme Court.
The Washington Aqueduct is sourced from the Potomac River and serves as the public water supply for the D.C. area, Arlington County and other portions of Northern Virginia.
The Veterans Affairs program provides care for over 700 veterans from approximately 500 caregivers.
There's an adorable new face at an Ohio zoo, a baby western lowland gorilla.
Jurors are expected to have the case by the end of next week.
A case of H5 influenza, also known as bird flu or avian influenza, has been confirmed in a man who was working at a dairy farm in northeastern Colorado.
General Motors will also retire millions of credits it received for complying with federal regulations.
Across much of the U.S., owning a home now requires spending more for housing than experts generally recommend.
Trader Joe's says a seasonal scented favorite should be discarded or returned due to an "unexpected burn pattern."
A number of lawsuits claim CDK was negligent in protecting customer data from cybercriminals.
United says it's using AI to power the effort to keep customers apprised of factors affecting flight status.
Jurors are expected to have the case by the end of next week.
The president honored Philip Shadrach and George Wilson for their "gallantry and intrepidity" during the "Great Locomotive Chase" of 1862.
As the case enters a new phase, experts remain skeptical that former President Donald Trump's 11th-hour effort to overturn his conviction will be successful.
Many of the victims and the families of those who were attacked in the Jan. 6, 2021, siege of the Capitol are sharing their frustration and anger with the Supreme Court.
Organizers with Arizona for Abortion Access said they submitted more than 823,000 signatures supporting a ballot initiative that would enshrine abortion rights in the state constitution.
A case of H5 influenza, also known as bird flu or avian influenza, has been confirmed in a man who was working at a dairy farm in northeastern Colorado.
Your body cools itself through the skin. Dunking your forearms, which represent 10% of the skin's surface area, in ice cold water turbo-charges the cooling process.
Trader Joe's says a seasonal scented favorite should be discarded or returned due to an "unexpected burn pattern."
The FDA found even some products that claimed to be "sterile" were contaminated.
Brominated vegetable oil will no longer be allowed in food and beverages in the U.S., 50 years after chemical banned in U.K.
Scientists have revealed fossils of a giant salamander-like beast with sharp fangs that ruled waters before the first dinosaurs arrived.
The rampant destruction comes as experts warn "it only takes one landfalling hurricane to set back decades of development" on island nations.
An Italian appeals court reduced the sentences of Finnegan Lee Elder and Gabriele Natale-Hjorth, but upheld their 2019 convictions.
Emergency services were immediately deployed, but the operation entered a "recovery phase" on Wednesday, officials said.
The attack prompted President Zelensky to call on allies to help bolster air defences and provide more long-range weapons to thwart Russia
Broadway performer Robert Hartwell joins "CBS Mornings" to talk about his new show, "Breaking New Ground," which chronicles his two-year journey to renovate a 200-year-old home in Massachusetts.
Attorneys for Alec Baldwin's "Rust" said the incentive would have been used to pay a settlement to cinematographer Halyna Hutchins' family.
Through his friendships with Warren Beatty and Jack Nicholson, he wrote or co-wrote some of the signature films of an era when artists held an unusual level of creative control.
Ann Wilson, lead singer of rock band Heart, says she has cancer.
Beyond his comeback in "Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F," Eddie Murphy gets candid with "CBS Mornings" co-host Gayle King about fatherhood, his passion for music and what a return to the stage could look like
More than half of U.S. car dealerships are still struggling with a cyberattack that crippled a key software system, hampering their ability to sell cars. J.D. Power estimates the attack may have caused June retail sales to drop more than 5% compared to last year.
American car dealers could lose nearly $1 billion due to an ongoing cyberattack on software provider CDK Global. Charles Carmakal, chief technology officer of Mandiant Consulting, the security consulting organization of Google Cloud, joins CBS News to discuss how the hack is crippling operations, and what can be done to prevent similar incidents from happening again.
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.
The meme-stock investor bought more than 9 million shares of the online pet supply company, causing its stock to surge.
This week marks 50 years since the debut of the barcode, those machine-readable black stripes that have changed many aspects of modern life. Bradley Blackburn looks back at its history.
Scientists have revealed fossils of a giant salamander-like beast with sharp fangs that ruled waters before the first dinosaurs arrived.
A global shift in the way the world produces energy has started. According to the International Energy Agency, the world will spend twice as much on clean energy in 2024, including solar, wind and nuclear, as it will on fossil fuels. John Dickerson explains.
The U.S. Army is searching for ways to keep soldiers cool as they face dangerously high temperatures in the field. CBS News national environmental correspondent David Schechter caught up with the solutions being tested.
The United States is now the world's leading exporter of liquified natural gas, or LNG, after the country tripled its output in the past six years, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration. Some environmentalists say this is defeating the Biden administration's goals of weaning us off fossil fuels to avert climate change-driven catastrophe in the future.
Called 2024 MK, the space rock will make its closest approach to Earth on Saturday.
Earlier this year, CBS News teamed up with independent newsrooms "The Trace" and "Reveal," and found law enforcement agencies routinely sell their guns when they upgrade their arsenal. Between 2006 and 2022, more than 52,000 weapons once used by police were connected to crimes. CBS News correspondent Stephen Stock has more on how one department is changing its policy.
Jurors are expected to have the case by the end of next week.
An Italian appeals court reduced the sentences of Finnegan Lee Elder and Gabriele Natale-Hjorth, but upheld their 2019 convictions.
Marianne Smyth was arrested in Maine and is accused of stealing more than $170,000 from victims in Northern Ireland.
Judge Juan Merchan has delayed the sentencing in Donald Trump's New York criminal case until September after the former president's lawyers argued his conviction should be overturned based on the Supreme Court's ruling on presidential immunity. CBS News investigative reporter Graham Kates has more.
Boeing Starliner commander Barry "Butch" Wilmore and co-pilot Sunita Williams will remain aboard the International Space Station as NASA awaits more technical results before the capsule returns to Earth. CBS News space Analyst Bill Harwood reports.
The problem for NASA and Boeing is that the Starliner's service module is discarded before re-entry and burns up in the atmosphere.
The latest GOES satellite will play a critical role in tracking hurricanes and other dangerous storms across North America.
China's Chang'e 6 is the first craft ever to collect soil and rock samples from the side of the moon that faces away from Earth into space.
NASA has again postponed the troubled Boeing Starliner's trip home from the International Space Station as crews assess a series of helium leaks. Those leaks had also delayed the first crewed launch of the ship multiple times. Mark Strassmann reports.
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.
A look back at the esteemed personalities who've left us this year, who'd touched us with their innovation, creativity and humanity.
A teenager's murder in Lowell, Massachusetts, goes unsolved for more than 40 years -- were the clues there all along?
The actor, recipient of a lifetime achievement Academy Award, was renowned for such films as "MASH," "Klute," "Don't Look Now," "Ordinary People," and "The Hunger Games."
The Illinois mom wrote, "If something ever happens to me, please make sure the number one person of interest is Tim." Take a look at the evidence that led to Tim Bliefnick's arrest.
Some Democratic governors spoke Wednesday night after meeting with President Biden at the White House, reaffirming their support for him amid calls for him to drop out of the 2024 race following his debate performance. Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, Maryland Gov. Wes Moore and New York Gov. Kathy Hochul said they had a good conversation with the president, and that they would all stand with him.
More than a decade after Detroit filed for bankruptcy, the city has seen the first increase in population since 1957, and with it a slew of new businesses. Axios Detroit reporter Annalise Frank joins to discuss.
Earlier this year, CBS News teamed up with independent newsrooms "The Trace" and "Reveal," and found law enforcement agencies routinely sell their guns when they upgrade their arsenal. Between 2006 and 2022, more than 52,000 weapons once used by police were connected to crimes. CBS News correspondent Stephen Stock has more on how one department is changing its policy.
The Supreme Court handles the tough cases, so every term is notable, but this one in particular reshaped vast parts of the American system of government and touched some of the most sensitive cultural issues of our time. New York Times reporter Adam Liptak joins to break down some of the key decisions.
Russian President Vladimir Putin and China's Xi Jinping met Wednesday for the second time in two months. Markus Garlauskas, director of the Atlantic Council's Indo-Pacific Security Initiative, joins to discuss.