NASA investigators said Wednesday that engineers quickly dismissed a leak in Italian astronaut Luca Parmitano's spacesuit a week before he almost drowned when water entered his helmet during a spacewalk. Administrator Charles Bolden warned against putting mission needs ahead of safety. Bob Orr reports.
CBS News elections director Anthony Salvanto sits down with Fred Backus of the CBS News polling unit to discuss the upcoming midterm elections and share insight into newly released polling information.
Ukraine’s opposition leaders chose Independence Square to introduce the country’s new government, but for some in the crowd, there were too many familiar faces on stage. In the country's south, clashes broke out amid fears of Russian interference. Clarissa Ward reports.
President Obama warns that the U.S. must step up its spending on infrastructure if it hopes to remain economically competitive.
Vinita Nair meets a mother of four who moved her family from Missouri to Illinois in search of work. Instead, Faith Keating says the bitter cold has made it difficult to get back on her feet. Vinita Nair reports.
Residents of Glendora, located at the base of a mountainous region of California, are hoping sandbags and concrete barricades will stop or redirect mudslides in the area that can be caused by a downpour. The recent drought and wildfires have left the area susceptible to the dangerous event. Randy Paige reports.
Recently released police video footage shows Justin Bieber going through processing in a Miami jail holding area after his arrest for DUI. The teen pop sensation is seen talking with police, and attempting to walk a straight line in the hours following his arrest. Bieber is currently free on $2,500 bail.
NASA's issued a report on the errors that led to an astronaut's near drowning during a space walk last July. NASA also says the incident was preventable. CBS News' Craig Boswell reports.
Few traffic jams have been as bad as the trucking tie-ups around the ports of New Jersey this winter. As CBS News' Alex Christoforus reports, those traffic delays are backing up product deliveries for major retailers.
Bob Williams and Mitchell Gold are the co-founders of Mitchell Gold + Bob Williams, a $100 million a year home furnishings business. CBS News' Michelle Miller explains how enriching their employee's lives has made them so successful.
President Obama designated Chicago and Canton, Mich., as new high-tech manufacturing hubs that bring together the resources of government, business and universities to maximize innovation the field.
Consumer Reports released its list of the best cars for 2014. CBS News’ Jericka Duncan visited the test-driving facility in Colchester, Conn., to take a spin in their top pick.
Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered a military drill in Western and Central Russia to test the combat readiness of local forces. Norah O'Donnell reports.
A California family stumbled across a hoard of 1,400 mint-condition gold coins from the 19th century that had been buried in their backyard. Some of the coins are so rare, they could be worth $1 million apiece. Scott Pelley reports.
The FDA began two days of meetings about a controversial procedure that removes a mother's nucleus from her egg, leaving behind defective genes, and places it in a donor egg. The procedure aims to prevent children from inheriting diseases, but as Dr. Jon LaPook reports, critics have raised concerns.
Engineering students in Nevada are preparing for jobs in a high-tech industry that has just begun to get off the ground -- drones. Bigad Shaban visits a student who will soon get one of the first "drone degrees" at his university.
Lawyers for an Oklahoma man who died in police custody released cellphone video of police restraining him to the ground as his wife looks on. Luis Rodriguez was beaten to death by cops after an altercation with his daughter outside of a movie theater.
Actor Seth Rogen tells a Senate panel about his family's struggle to manage his mother-in-law's Alzheimer's disease.
While the 2016 presidential election may be two years away, some prospective contenders have been getting a bit of media attention. Anthony Salvanto and Fred Backus discuss the CBS News/New York Times Poll which asked the public whether they would like to see some of these figures, as well as other party leaders, run for president in 2016.
President Obama told Afghan President Karzai if he doesn't sign security pact, US will pullout all troops from Afghanistan by the end of the year. Leigh Munsil, Defense Reporter for POLITICO, explains what this could mean for the future.
Facebook stock hit a record price as CEO Mark Zuckerberg appeared at the world's largest mobile tech gathering in Spain, in his first major appearance since buying WhatsApp for $19 billion. Scott Stein, senior editor at CNET, talks about the deal with the "CBS This Morning" co-hosts.
Oregon Health & Science University's Dr. Shoukhrat Mitalipov is going before the FDA to seek approval for a new fertilization technique that would create babies from the DNA of three different parents. The controversial method would prevent the passing on of genetic diseases. KOIN's Lisa Balick reports.
Dr. Holly Phillips, CBS News Medical Contributor, discusses a polio-like illness in California that's left some children paralyzed.
Former President Bill Clinton made his first stop on the 2014 campaign trail in Louisville, Ky., to raise money for Alison Lundergan Grimes, the Democrat challenging the most powerful Republican in the Senate.
A time lapse filmed from the International Space Station from Malaysia to the North Pacific Ocean reveals the stunning contrast between North and South Korea at night.