Migrants influx continues as U.S. political debate intensifies
CBS News spoke to one smuggler, who said that even with the risk of being deported, they still want to try.
Biden administration to open emergency shelters amid border surge
The Biden administration is now directing shelters to fast-track the release of unaccompanied minors.
Growing number of scammers claim to have COVID vaccines for sale
The bottom line: There is no legitimate vaccine for sale, according to the Department of Homeland Security.
U.S. COVID-19 death toll tops 400,000
Just over a month has passed since America's death toll hit 300,000, and health experts expect COVID-19 to kill half a million people in the U.S. by sometime in February.
FDA considers cutting vaccine doses to stretch supply
So far, more than 4.5 million COVID shots have been given out — a fraction of the 20 million initially expected by the end of 2020.
Sally leaves Gulf Coast with severe flooding; at least 2 dead
Hurricane Sally battered the Gulf Coast of Alabama and the Florida Panhandle on Wednesday with 100 mph winds, two and a half feet of rain and a surge of seawater.
Hurricane Sally threatens the Gulf Coast
More than 17 million people are in the path of the hurricane, and hundreds of miles of coastline are under storm watches and warnings.
More than 1,500 students and staff quarantined as schools reopen
More than 1,500 students in seven states were quarantined following positive coronavirus cases in schools that had just reopened their doors.
COVID model projects U.S. death toll could hit 300,000 by December
Nowhere in the U.S. is there more of a life and death struggle than on the Texas border, where doctors say they are desperate for help and hospital beds.
Federal "red zone" of severe outbreaks expands to 21 states
Cases continue to rise throughout the U.S. and attempted starts and restarts of professional sports are put in jeopardy.
Mask mandates continue to spark outrage as virus vaccine trials ramp up
While Planet Fitness joined the number of companies now requiring face coverings, nationwide the controversy won't go away.
Florida counties impose curfews as coronavirus cases spike
Officials on Friday announced an 8 p.m. curfew along South Beach, as Florida topped 10,000 single-day cases for the tenth time.
Florida, Texas and California fuel surge of new COVID-19 infections
With infections spiking in 41 states, hospitals are facing a crisis with ICU beds, along with doctors and nurses in short supply.
Coronavirus cases surging in Florida and Texas amid reopening
The trends there are part of a larger picture: The U.S. is seeing a dangerous increase in COVID-19 cases across the South and West.
"Truly helpless": Farmers devastated by coronavirus pandemic
Dairy farmers in Pennsylvania are pouring milk down the drain because of dried-up demand from closed restaurants and schools, while others stand by helplessly as their crops rot in the field.