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Iran denies role in deadly drone attack on U.S. troops in Jordan
Iran denies any role in the deadly attack on U.S. troops in Jordan, but an Iranian proxy group says it targeted U.S. troops nearby.
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Iran denies any role in the deadly attack on U.S. troops in Jordan, but an Iranian proxy group says it targeted U.S. troops nearby.
Three American troops were killed and dozens more were injured in a drone attack on a base in Jordan, U.S. officials said Sunday. President Biden blamed the attack on Iranian-backed militias. David Martin has the latest.
The U.S. launched strikes against three facilities used by Iranian-backed militias in Iraq, U.S. officials said Tuesday. The strikes were retaliation for repeated attacks on U.S. troops in Iraq. Charlie D'Agata has the latest.
The U.S. and U.K. led another round of strikes on Houthi militias in Yemen on Monday. The strikes, in response to attacks on ships in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden, continue to raise fears that the Israel-Hamas war will spill over into a regional conflict. Charlie D'Agata has more.
The U.S. on Wednesday launched yet another series of airstrikes targeting military sites controlled by Houthi rebels in Yemen. The latest strikes come on the same day that Houthi rebels struck a U.S. owned and operated commercial vessel with a drone in the Gulf of Aden. There were no reports of damage or injury from that attack.
U.S. service members alleged that 3M's combat earplugs were defective, leaving them with hearing loss and tinnitus.
Newly obtained audio from the 911 call for Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin is shedding light on his hospitalization, which has been the subject of criticism over the Pentagon's apparent failure to disclose the hospitalization in a timely manner. The caller said they were "trying to remain a little subtle." Weijia Jiang reports.
U.S. Air Force 2nd Lt. Madison Marsh is the first active-duty service member to win the Miss America competition.
The U.S. says anti-ship missiles fired by Yemen's Houthi rebels have flown toward a U.S.-owned cargo ship and a U.S warship in the Red Sea despite airstrikes against the group.
Three U.S. destroyers, U.S. fighter jets and a British warship Tuesday took part in repelling the latest barrage of drones and missiles fired by Iran-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen toward commercial vessels in the Red Sea. There were no reports of injuries or damage. However, Secretary of State Antony Blinken warned Wednesday there would be "consequences" if the attacks continue. Charlie D'Agata reports.
The Biden administration announced an additional $250 million in military aid for Ukraine on Wednesday. CBS News correspondent Skyler Henry explains where the money is coming from and how it will help the nation in its war with Russia.
The Pentagon is reviewing discharge papers of veterans who were kicked out of the military over their sexual orientation. Jim Axelrod spoke with one veteran who says his life has changed for the better now that the military is righting these past wrongs.
There have been more than 100 strikes targeting U.S. forces in Iraq and Syria in 2023, according to the Pentagon. Raphael Cohen, senior political scientist at the RAND Corporation, joins CBS News to discuss why attacks against the U.S. have been increasing.
Overnight, the U.S. launched retaliatory strikes against an Iran-backed militia group based in Iraq following a Christmas Day drone attack that injured three U.S. service members. CBS News national security correspondent David Martin has the latest from the Pentagon.
Two wars overseas and growing tensions with Russia and China are prompting top U.S. military contractors to boost production. Bill Hartung, senior research fellow at the Quincy Institute, joins CBS News to discuss the state of the U.S. military-industrial complex.
The Gary Sinise Foundation throws a massive party each December to give families of fallen military heroes a reason to celebrate together.
The U.S. said it would conduct joint military flight drills in Guyana on Thursday amid rising tensions with Venezuela over a disputed Guyanese territory that's rich in oil.
Two years ago, a CBS News report uncovered gaps in how the U.S. military handles claims of domestic violence. The report prompted assurances things would change, but survivors say they are still waiting for justice, even after military officials were given video and audio evidence of their assaults. "CBS Evening News" anchor and managing editor Norah O'Donnell has the story.
Two years after a CBS News investigation exposed the military's failure to protect victims of domestic violence, survivors are still waiting for justice.
The clock is ticking for lawmakers to pass the White House's aid plan for Ukraine and Israel. House Speaker Mike Johnson is among the Republicans demanding that any national security package begins with securing the southern border. Connecticut Democratic Sen. Chris Murphy, who is a part of bipartisan border security negotiations, joins "America Decides" to discuss where talks stand.
The White House is not commenting on a New York Times report that says Israel obtained a battle plan for the Oct. 7 Hamas terror attack more than a year before it happened. Ret. Army Maj. Mike Lyons joins CBS News to unpack the report's implications.
An internal investigation is underway after a refrigerator containing beer and hard liquor was found in an office of the Peterson Space Force Base in Colorado, which serves as the headquarters of U.S. Northern Command and NORAD. Catherine Herridge reports.
The top general at U.S. Northern Command has launched an internal investigation following allegations of alcohol consumption in the workplace. CBS News senior investigative correspondent Catherine Herridge reports.
The House is set to vote on expelling Rep. George Santos as soon as this week. CBS News congressional correspondent Scott MacFarlane reports on Speaker Mike Johnson's response to the efforts.
The head of NORAD and U.S. NORTHCOM began an internal probe after a small number of alcohol containers were found in a classified workspace at U.S. Northern Command.
Former President Donald Trump looked on Tuesday night as his onetime rivals for the nomination lined up to support him.
Rep. Adam Schiff became the highest-profile Democrat to urge the president to step aside.
The FBI is investigating whether the shooter was a politically motivated homegrown domestic violent extremist, and investigators are combing through his background.
"He was millimeters away from having his life expunged ... I'm sure the ear doesn't feel well," Eric Trump told "CBS Mornings" co-host Tony Dokoupil.
Terrell Davis and his wife, Tamiko, discussed the moment the former Denver Broncos star was handcuffed in front of his children and other passengers on a United Airlines flight.
Secretary of the Navy Carlos Del Toro said the 50 sailors' court martial contained "significant legal errors that rendered them fundamentally unfair."
Nominations for the 76th annual Emmy Awards were announced Wednesday, with "Shōgun," "The Bear," "Hacks" and "Baby Reindeer" all earning multiple major nods. See the full list of nominees for the 2024 ceremony here.
Naomi Pomeroy, an award-winning chef who helped put Portland on the map as a culinary destination, was 49 years old.
JD Vance's 2016 memoir "Hillbilly Elegy" is getting a sales bump after the Ohio senator was picked to run alongside former President Donald Trump.
The dinosaur fossil of a Stegosaurus nicknamed Apex fetched 10 times its estimate at a Sotheby's auction on Wednesday.
The U.S. Secret Service is facing mounting questions about the security flaws that allowed the shooter to fire from a rooftop near the rally.
Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle have expressed increased alarm about how the gunman was able to get within a few hundred feet of the former president.
Rep. Adam Schiff became the highest-profile Democrat to urge the president to step aside.
Jack Black said he has put all future creative plans on hold after Tenacious D bandmate Kyle Gass made a controversial comment about the Trump rally shooting.
The dinosaur fossil of a Stegosaurus nicknamed Apex fetched 10 times its estimate at a Sotheby's auction on Wednesday.
JD Vance's 2016 memoir "Hillbilly Elegy" is getting a sales bump after the Ohio senator was picked to run alongside former President Donald Trump.
Here's how much EssilorLuxottica is paying for Supreme, the skate brand with a cult following.
Growing share of Americans say they have skipped medical care or getting prescription drugs because of the cost.
Caitlyn Mai underwent cochlear implant surgery with her insurer's approval, expecting it would be covered in full. Then she started getting the bills.
The U.S. Secret Service is facing mounting questions about the security flaws that allowed the shooter to fire from a rooftop near the rally.
Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle have expressed increased alarm about how the gunman was able to get within a few hundred feet of the former president.
Rep. Adam Schiff became the highest-profile Democrat to urge the president to step aside.
Over bratwurst, a couple of beers and a whole lot of Wisconsin cheese, "CBS Mornings" co-host Tony Dokoupil set out to answer a few bedrock questions about the 2024 presidential election.
"He was millimeters away from having his life expunged ... I'm sure the ear doesn't feel well," Eric Trump told "CBS Mornings" co-host Tony Dokoupil.
At least 36 have been hospitalized after eating the mushroom "edibles."
A workout that mindlessly tones your arms while getting some cardio in? If it sounds too good to be true, that's because it may be. Here's what experts say.
Growing share of Americans say they have skipped medical care or getting prescription drugs because of the cost.
Caitlyn Mai underwent cochlear implant surgery with her insurer's approval, expecting it would be covered in full. Then she started getting the bills.
Amazon's Prime Day, which generated $12.7 billion in sales in 2023, can also lead to more worker injuries, a Senate probe finds.
Jack Black said he has put all future creative plans on hold after Tenacious D bandmate Kyle Gass made a controversial comment about the Trump rally shooting.
Residents of a Toronto suburb tell CBS News they're worried a U.S. company may be emitting a cancer-causing gas in their community.
Britain's King Charles III donned a ceremonial crown and robe to give a speech opening the U.K.'s first left-leaning parliament in 14 years.
President Santiago Peña said the record discovery, code-named "Operation Sweetness," added to a string of "very sad episodes" in Paraguay.
Mayor Anne Hidalgo declared the Seine river "exquisite" after taking a long-promised dip to show its water is safe for the Paris Olympics.
Nominations for the 76th annual Emmy Awards were announced Wednesday, with "Shōgun," "The Bear," "Hacks" and "Baby Reindeer" all earning multiple major nods. See the full list of nominees for the 2024 ceremony here.
The armorer on Alec Baldwin movie "Rust" filed to have her involuntary manslaughter conviction overturned, days after Baldwin's trial over a fatal on-set shooting collapsed due to withheld evidence.
Rain already falls on Venus, but it took more than 14 minutes for Missy Elliott's The Rain (Supa Dupa Fly)" to reach the planet.
After many people criticized Andress' rendition of the National Anthem online, comparing her with Fergie, the singer says she's going to rehab.
Season 26 of the CBS reality TV show "Big Brother" premieres on Wednesday. Sixteen new house guests will compete and strategize to evict one of their own each week to try and be the last person standing. The prize is $750,000. "Entertainment Tonight" host Nischelle Turner visited the house and even entered a one-day competition.
Tech mogul Elon Musk said Tuesday afternoon that he would be moving the headquarters of both his social media company X and SpaceX to Texas in response to a new California law signed by Gov. Gavin Newsom.
Apple users can now download an early version of a new iPhone operating system that will be officially released this fall.
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.
AT&T on Friday disclosed that hackers had accessed records of calls and texts of "nearly all" its cellular customers for a six-month period between May 1, 2022, and Oct. 31, 2022. Jo Ling Kent reports.
AT&T disclosed yet another major data breach on Friday. The company said a third party illegally downloaded call and text records for nearly all its 109 million customers with accounts between May and October 2022. CBS News senior business and technology correspondent Jo Ling Kent is following this story.
The melting of glaciers and polar ice sheets causes water to move closer to the equator, fattening the planet and slowing its rotation, according to a recent study.
Spade-toothed whales are the world's rarest, with no live sightings ever recorded. Until, perhaps, now. One may have washed up onto a New Zealand beach.
Symptoms among the new bird flu cases included "fever, chills, coughing and sore throat/runny nose," alongside pink eye and eye tearing, a CDC spokesperson confirmed Monday.
The image released Friday depicts two merging galaxies, nicknamed "the Penguin and the Egg," that are about 100,000 light years apart, a surprisingly close distance in astronomical terms.
The 2024 Atlantic hurricane season got off to a deadly start as Hurricane Beryl tore across the Caribbean, Mexico and eventually the U.S.
Nearly 17 pounds total of fentanyl, heroin and cocaine were found in the car. More than 1,610 pounds of illegal drugs were seized in the region last week, according to Customs and Border Protection.
A young gas station operator in Wisconsin was stabbed to death on June 12. Authorities have never named a suspect in the murder until now.
President Santiago Peña said the record discovery, code-named "Operation Sweetness," added to a string of "very sad episodes" in Paraguay.
The armorer on Alec Baldwin movie "Rust" filed to have her involuntary manslaughter conviction overturned, days after Baldwin's trial over a fatal on-set shooting collapsed due to withheld evidence.
Officials say traces of cyanide were found on 6 people found dead in a Bangkok hotel, with one suspected of murdering the others.
Rain already falls on Venus, but it took more than 14 minutes for Missy Elliott's The Rain (Supa Dupa Fly)" to reach the planet.
It has been two years since NASA's James Webb telescope gave us a stunning first look at the depth of our universe. To commemorate the achievement, NASA has released new images showing two distant galaxies interacting with each other. Jane Rigby, astrophysicist and a senior project scientist for the Webb telescope at NASA, joins CBS News to discuss.
The image released Friday depicts two merging galaxies, nicknamed "the Penguin and the Egg," that are about 100,000 light years apart, a surprisingly close distance in astronomical terms.
SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket suffered a catastrophic engine failure as it launched a batch of Starlink satellites into orbit Thursday night, the first time in nearly a decade the rocket has failed. CBS News space consultant Bill Harwood has more on that and the latest images from the James Webb Space Telescope.
The engine failure blamed for stranding 20 Starlink satellites in a low, non-survivable orbit was caused by a liquid oxygen leak.
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.
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.
Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo took a dip in the Seine on Wednesday, fulfilling a promise to show that the long-polluted river is now clean enough to host open water swimming events during the 2024 Olympics. A vast engineering project costing $1.5 billion has been spent on efforts since 2015 to clean up the river and stanch the flow of sewage and industrial waste.
The Paris Olympics are a week away and there are still worries the Seine is too polluted for swimmers to compete in the events slated for the river's waters. Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo tried to alleviate those fears with a swim in the river Wednesday morning. CBS News correspondent Elaine Cobbe has more.
Did a Florida man hire a look-alike to kill his wife? A GPS leads police right to the hit man’s door. "48 Hours" correspondent Erin Moriarty reports Saturday, July 20 at 10/9c on CBS and streaming on Paramount+.
The Democratic National Committee will hold a virtual roll call vote to formally nominate President Biden as the party's 2024 presidential candidate in August before the convention in Chicago, according to a letter sent Wednesday by the heads of the convention rules committee. CBS News senior White House correspondent Weijia Jiang has more.
A woman is dead and identical twin brothers are the suspects. Did studying TV crime shows help them come close to pulling off the perfect crime? "48 Hours" correspondent Erin Moriarty reports Saturday, July 20 at 9 /8c on CBS and and streaming on Paramount+.