When Zully Broussard donated her kidney to a stranger, a relative of that stranger gave a kidney to another stranger, leading to six transplants. Broussard tells CBS News about her decision, and what it was like to meet the man whose life she changed.
President Joe Biden unveiled his $2 trillion infrastructure bill, which will include funding for public transit, roads, utilities and efforts to fight climate change. Heather Boushey of the Council of Economic Advisers joined CBSN to break down how the White House is proposing to pay for the measure.
Iran's foreign minister said fighting in Yemen will only worsen the crisis in the country and that these are "dangerous steps" for the Saudi-led airstrikes against Shiite Muslim rebels. The strikes targeted military installations in Yemen held by Houthi rebels.
Indiana Governor Mike Pence authorized a short-term needle exchange program in an effort to help contain an HIV outbreak in the state.
New York City's Mayor Bill de Blasio said a building fire in Manhattan's East Village may have been caused by a gas-related leak. The gas lead to an explosion that engulfed an entire building in flames. CBS News' Jericka Dunca reports on the latest details from the scene.
North Carolina Basketball Coach Dean Smith, who died last February, sent a letter to former players along with a $200 check, offering a complimentary dinner on him.
Testimony continued for the fourth day in the murder trial of former police officer Derek Chauvin as witnesses offered often emotional testimony on the death of George Floyd. Alan Jenkins, a professor of practice at Harvard Law School, joins CBSN with more on how this case could change accountability for police officers.
The NCAA, based in Indianapolis, could soon find itself in the middle of a major political battle. Indiana Gov. Mike Pence signed a new law that opponents say give businesses a license to discriminate against gay people.
Prosecutors revealed that it was the co-pilot of Germanwings Flight 9525, Andreas Lubitz, who deliberately drove the plane into the ground in southern France; and, a Justice Department watchdog report claims DEA agents participated in sex parties with prostitutes in Colombia over several years between 2005 and 2008.
Prosecutors revealed that it was the co-pilot of Germanwings Flight 9525, Andreas Lubitz, who deliberately drove the plane into the ground in southern France. The evidence comes from the battered but still readable cockpit voice recorder recovered from among the wreckage of the plane. Mark Phillips reports.
Investigators say 28-year-old Andreas Lubitz deliberately drove Germanwings Flight 9525 into the ground, killing himself and 149 others. Information about his background and training are now surfacing and paint a picture of a qualified pilot with no concerning history. Allen Pizzey reports.
President Biden announced that five cabinet secretaries would represent him in efforts to get the plan through Congress.
U.S. Department of Agriculture said it is abandoning efforts to tighten work requirements for food stamps.
Major League Baseball is opening its 2021 season today. Many teams are allowing a limited number of fans into the stadium for the first time since the pandemic began. CBS Sports' Matt Snyder joins CBSN for a closer look at the season ahead.
In a preview of an upcoming "60 Minutes" report, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad tells CBS News' Charlie Rose that he is "open" to a dialogue with the U.S. Assad's comment was in response to a recent statement made by Secretary of State John Kerry.
"One would never normally in flight set an altitude of 100 feet,” says Captain Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger in his analysis of the final moments inside the cockpit of Germanwings Flight 9525.
The intentional crash of the Germanwings plane at the hands of co-pilot Andreas Lubitz has raised questions about how pilots are screened before being allowed to fly commercial flights. CBS News correspondent Jeff Pegues spoke with an aviation medical examiner who detailed the process U.S. pilots go through.
A family murdered, the husband’s on the run posing as a New York Times reporter. He’s playing cat and mouse with the real reporter. Maureen Maher has the true story behind a new Hollywood movie, Saturday, March 28 at 10 p.m. ET/PT on CBS.
Emergency crews respond to 7-alarm-fire in the East Village neighborhood of New York City. CBSN floor director Ryan Black was at the scene.
A non-Facebook user claimed that automated notifications he received and couldn't disable violated a federal ban on robocalls.
A five-alarm fire broke out at an apartment building in New York City's Lower East Side after an explosion.
Recent shooting has raised concerns about the violent nature surrounding the grupera music scene, particularly around narcocorridos, ballads that glorify drug cartels. CBS Radio’s Adrienne Bard reports.
A Department of Justice report claims that several agents from the Drug Enforcement Agency engaged in sex parties with prostitutes paid for by Colombian drug cartels.
A sharp drop in tourism because of the coronavirus has led the Holy See to cut pay for cardinals, priests and nuns.
Bowe Bergdahl has been charged with desertion for abandoning his post in Afghanistan in 2009 before ending up as a Taliban prisoner. A medic who served with Bergdahl in the same platoon joins CBSN with thoughts on his alleged desertion.