CBS News chief medical correspondent Dr. Jon LaPook gave the keynote address to Harvard's School of Public Health graduates who finished their studies during the pandemic. He told graduates that no matter what credentials they hold, kindness matters most: “Empathy is your superpower.”
The Roman historian Suetonius says that Caligula wanted to be treated as a god, and connected his palace in the Roman Forum to a major temple. https://cbsn.ws/3lSjbfA
This heart-stopping video shows two young people coming within a foot of serious injury or death while trespassing on a rail bridge in Canada. The transport agency published the footage with a warning about the dangers of walking on railways.
A North Carolina man who won a $10 million lottery prize in 2017 has been sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole in the 2020 fatal shooting of his girlfriend.
More than 430 cases of monkeypox have been identified worldwide since the beginning of the month.
Jeannie Lockwood’s family has been ranching since 1889. Now, her ranch is one of 11 that work together to drive 7,000 cows on the Green River Drift. Today’s ranchers go home after each day’s drive and in the morning return to where they left the cattle. https://cbsn.ws/3PMQs9S
Rescuers searching a mountainside in Nepal have recovered the bodies of 21 of the 22 people who were onboard a plane that crashed a day earlier.
A plane crash in Nepal killed at least 21 people on their way to a popular pilgrimage site.
In a speech at Arlington National Cemetery on Memorial Day 2022, President Biden paid tribute to those who "dared all, risked all, and gave all to preserve and defend an idea unlike any other in human history: the idea of the United States of America." Watch his remarks.
President Biden honored America's fallen service members by laying a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at Arlington National Cemetery.
The U.S. Justice Department will review the delayed law enforcement response during the deadly shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas. Funerals for the victims are beginning to be held this week. CBS News correspondent Omar Villafranca reports, and correspondent Lilia Luciano joins Ali Bauman to discuss the latest in the investigation.
The recent mass shootings in Buffalo, New York, and Uvalde, Texas, have once again reignited debate over gun laws in the U.S. The Supreme Court is set to release an opinion on a New York gun law case that could make it easier for people to carry concealed weapons. Darrell Miller, the Melvin G. Shimm Professor of Law at Duke Law School and co-faculty director of the Duke Center for Firearms Law, joined CBS News to discuss the impact of the highly anticipated decision.
Organic strawberries linked to hepatitis A outbreak were sold at HEB, Trader Joe's and other food stores.
In 2017, 26 were murdered with an AR-15 in a Texas church. “Ninety percent of the people were unrecognizable,” says first responder Rusty Duncan, adding the blood “covered them from head to toe.” https://cbsn.ws/3wRb1sZ
A bipartisan group of Senators is expected to meet this week to discuss a path forward on gun legislation in the wake of the Texas school shooting that left 19 children and 2 teachers dead. The measures under discussion include red-flag laws, background checks and gun storage requirements. CBS News congressional correspondent Scott MacFarlane discusses the latest from Capitol Hill.
National average gas prices reached a new record high on Memorial Day at over $4.61 per gallon. In order to budget for higher prices at the pump, many Americans are cutting back on other spending. Bank of America Institute's senior economist David Tinsley explains the relationship between gas prices and consumer spending and which groups are making the biggest cutbacks.
A quick-thinking mother scoops up her toddler after the child excitedly started chasing a black bear in their backyard.
Honoring the Fallen: This mom performs ""Taps"" on the trumpet with her flag-bearing daughters on Memorial Day.
The nationwide shortage of baby formula has made it increasingly hard for Black and Hispanic families to feed their children. Andrea Freeman, author of "Skimmed: Breastfeeding, Race, and Injustice," joins CBS News to discuss why these families have been hit especially hard by the ongoing crisis.
Visitors posted that a man disguised himself as an elderly lady in a wheelchair, then stood up and smeared cream cake over the painting, which is protected behind bulletproof glass.
Connecticut Senator Chris Murphy is leading a bipartisan group of senators discussing possible gun reform proposals.
In 5 years, Rishi Sharma said he has interviewed 1,400 World War II veterans.
Archaeologists tell CBS News the finds bring the number of 2,500-year-old, decorated, sealed coffins from the "Cemetery of Sacred Animals" to more than 450.
"Ansol never lived to see any justice," said Janie Clark, whose husband died last year from a rare blood cancer.
Find out which U.S. metropolis took the top spot on Orkin's latest "Rattiest Cities" list.
