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Alex Sundby

Alex Sundby is a senior editor at CBSNews.com. Based in New York, Alex has a master's degree from the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism and a bachelor's degree in journalism and political science from the University of Washington in Seattle. He started his journalism career as an education reporter for a weekly newspaper in northern New Mexico. Before coming to CBS News in 2009, he worked as a freelance journalist in New York City, reporting throughout the five boroughs for the New York Post's metro section.

Facebook's fight against the phrase "data breach"

Political consulting firm Cambridge Analytica obtained personal data on more than 50 million Facebook users without their permission

Mar 19, 2018

CDC disputes information released about missing worker

CDC worker Timothy Cunningham mysteriously disappeared a month ago after leaving work early

Mar 12, 2018

Shana Elliott looks at a liquor bottle recovered from her car as she testifies in San Marcos, Texas, on March 8, 2018.

Admitted drunk driver speaks out on crash that killed man, unborn baby

Shana Elliott takes witness stand as Texas jury deliberates her punishment

Mar 9, 2018

Mathematics teacher Jim Gard speaks with reporters at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, Feb. 23, 2018.

Teacher responds to accusations of locking students out during massacre

Jim Gard says no one was around when he locked his classroom door during Florida school shooting

Mar 5, 2018

Stephanie Peterson, 26, is seen in a police booking photo released by the Volusia County Sheriff's Office in Florida after she was arrested on Feb. 28, 2018.

Female teacher accused of sexual relationship with 14-year-old boy

Stephanie Peterson also accused of sending nude photos to teenager

Mar 2, 2018

Businessman Amer Adi Othman, known as Al Adi, second from left, stands with his daughters in Youngstown, Ohio, Jan. 2, 2018.

Daughter of deported Ohio man accuses authorities of tricking him

Amer Adi Othman was suddenly deported to native Jordan after living in U.S. for nearly four decades

Feb 7, 2018

Sand tunnel collapse buries man alive on Florida beach

Father of three dug sand tunnel into Florida dune; family from Texas was on their way to Disney World

Jan 30, 2018

Which group committed most extremist killings in 2017?

Anti-Defamation League says 34 extremist-related killings were committed in 2017

Jan 19, 2018

Dr. Theodore Gerstle is arrested on a charge of public intoxication in Lexington, Kentucky, on Jan. 15, 2018.

Surgeon arrested after report of showing up possibly intoxicated

Police arrest plastic surgeon after hospital received report that he showed up for surgery possibly intoxicated

Jan 17, 2018

Dramatic video shows firefighter saving child from blaze

Helmet camera captures Georgia firefighter catching child dropped from apartment fire

Jan 15, 2018

Ngoc Truong served in the U.S. Navy for four years before he left the service in 2017.

Navy vet's mom denied visa to attend son's funeral in U.S.

U.S. Navy veteran's mom twice denied visa to attend son's funeral in Arkansas around Christmas

Jan 15, 2018

A member of Manuel De La Cruz's family cries during a press conference about a lawsuit stemming from his death.

Family outraged over patient's death after altercation in ER

Family alleges confrontation with police involved use of excessive force

Jan 11, 2018

A tray of Japanese rice cakes called mochi is carried out of a work room where women are forming cooked and pounded rice into small cakes, Dec. 14, 2003, at the Buddhist Temple in San Diego, California.

Traditional New Year's treat blamed for more deaths

Authorities annually warn people to cut mochi rice cakes into smaller pieces because of choking hazard

Jan 2, 2018

In this handout provided by NASA on Aug. 5, 2015, a satellite image shows the far side of the moon as it crosses between the DSCOVR spacecraft and the Earth at one million miles away.

"Potentially hazardous" asteroid to fly by Earth

NASA says 3200 Phaethon is third-largest "potentially hazardous" asteroid to pass by Earth

Nov 29, 2017

Brazilian military police Sgt. Rafael Souza points his gun while holding his young son during an attempted armed robbery at a pharmacy in Campo Limpo Paulista, Brazil, outside Sao Paulo on Nov. 18, 2017.

Cop shoots armed robbers to death while holding baby

Off-duty military police officer's trip to pharmacy with family turns into deadly shootout

Nov 20, 2017

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