In an article for The Atlantic, Graeme Wood writes: ""the Islamic State is no mere collection of psychopaths. It is a religious group with carefully considered beliefs."" Graeme's piece tracks the origins of what we now know as ISIS.
More than 100 patients from the Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center may be at risk over a potentially deadly superbug.
Reality star and former rapper Vanilla Ice, whose real name is Robert Van Winkle, was arrested for allegedly stealing furniture, a pool heater and other household items in Lantana, Florida.
Inside al Qaeda: Living and working with terrorists; Reforming solitary confinement at infamous California prison; then, billionaire Koch brother's crusade against counterfeit wine.
The Duke of Cambridge has posted a video message to the people of China wishing them a happy new year. Prince William is set to visit China next month, and he's clearly been brushing up on his Mandarin.
The success of the film "American Sniper" - a depiction of the life of Navy SEAL Chris Kyle - has put new focus on the military's snipers. David Martin went to Quantico, Virginia, to see first hand how snipers are trained to become deadly, precise, and invisible.
Former acting director of the CIA Michael Morell and CBS News correspondent Holly Williams provide analysis on America's fight against ISIS.
A survey by Bankrate.com shows what Americans are worried about most when it comes to retirement. As Anthony Mason reports, affording health insurance is a major concern.
Although the cold temperatures have been a pain for millions of Americans, they've also created beautiful scenery by freezing places like Niagara Falls.
Temperatures in Minneapolis struggled to crack zero and windchills hit 31 below. In Kentucky, two people were rescued after they fell in a pond while trying to save their dog. Jamie Yuccas of WCCO reports on the cold weather.
The town built by railroad magnate George Pullman will be designated as a national monument by President Barack Obama on Thursday. Dean Reynolds takes a look at Pullman's legacy and how the community he built helped to create the American middle class.
Former Florida Governor Jeb Bush delivered a speech on foreign policy in Chicago Wednesday. As a likely candidate to run for president in 2016, Bush acknowledged his family's political legacy but tried to distance himself from some of its policies. Nancy Cordes reports.
Extremely cold temperatures are expected Thursday for much of the country. Eric Fisher, chief meteorologist at CBS station WBZ-TV, has the forecast.
"We are not at war with Islam," President Obama said at a White House summit on countering violent extremism.
CBS News Homeland Security Correspondent Jeff Pegues and CBS News Senior National Security Analyst Juan Zarate discuss what the Obama administration can achieve with a summit focused on countering groups like ISIS.
Health and Human Services Secretary Sylvia Burwell discusses Obamacare tax penalties and Supreme Court challenges to the ACA.
CBS News national security correspondent David Martin joins CBSN to preview his upcoming story about the difficulty of becoming a sniper, specifically learning the art of stalking.
CBSN gets behind the science of the munchies. Dr. Tamas Horvath, a professor at the Yale School of Medicine and the lead author of a paper titled "Mulling the Marijuana Munchies: How The Brain Flips The Hunger Switch," explains.
Congress is putting pressure on social media sites to shut down accounts used by terror groups.
Hank Green, of "Vlogbrothers" YouTube fame, talks to CBSN about his approach to explaining science to his viewers.
An unlikely match-maker uses dogs to help heal veterans.
Jeb Bush has released a list of foreign policy advisers, many of them mainstays from his brother's and father's administrations. But the prospective GOP presidential candidate insists that he has to be "his own man."
Video released by Lane County's Sheriff's Office in Oregon shows man hitting himself multiple times in the face
A blast was reported at the ExxonMobil refinery in Torrance, California. The cause of the explosion is under investigation.
Cortez Bufford claims police used excessive force against him during a 2014 traffic stop. Dashcam video records some of the incident, but not all of it. Officers at the scene turned it off during the confrontation.