Secret Service director Joseph Clancy appeared before lawmakers for a third time Tuesday answering questions about an incident where agents were allegedly driving drunk when they bumped into a crime scene barrier near the White House. Bill Plante reports on the bipartisan outrage.
Kraft Foods Group and H.J. Heinz announced a merger to create North America's third-largest food and beverage company. The deal is reportedly worth at least $40 billion. CBS News business analyst Jill Schlesinger joins "CBS This Morning" to discuss how it could affect the way Americans shop.
A stunned German town is mourning 16 students who were aboard Germanwings Flight 9525; they were on their way home after a class trip to Spain. The church bells tolled Tuesday for the small town of Haltern's lost sons and daughters. Holly Williams reports from Germany.
So what could have prevented the pilots from making a distress call? Aviation and safety expert Capt. Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger speaks with CBS News about the possible reasons.
Investigators are going through the damaged cockpit voice recorder from the Germanwings jet that crashed Tuesday in the French Alps. The impact shattered the plane and sent wreckage over a huge area, and all 150 people aboard are believed dead. Mark Phillips reports from near the crash site in Seyne-les-Alpes.
According to the IRS, people who work for the federal government owe more than $3 billion in back taxes. Also, Google hired Morgan Stanley CFO Ruth Porat to the same position, making her the highest ranking woman at the company. Jill Wagner reports on the day's top MoneyWatch headlines.
A six-episode event of "X-Files" is in development, and will star the original cast members David Duchovny and Gillian Anderson. Also, Will Ferrell gets his star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Suzanne Marques reports on the day's top health stories.
Boston has experienced the most snow on record this winter, and all of that powder has made training for the Boston Marathon more difficult. CBS Boston's David Wade reports.
Although stocks have been on a record run, some sectors may be getting overstretched, warns CBS MoneyWatch contributor Anthony Mirhaydari.
CBS News Correspondent Wyatt Andrews talks to Dr. Reisa Sperling of Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston about groundbreaking clinical trials for a drug to help stop the memory loss that comes with Alzheimer's disease.
Just a few weeks before opening day, the New York Yankees paid homage to the classic baseball film, "The Sandlot."
Captain Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger is best known for successfully landing an airbus A320 in New York's Hudson River. CBSN sat down with the veteran pilot and asked him to describe what it's like to be inside a cockpit during an emergency.
The home where Adam Lanza, the gunman behind the 2012 Sandy Hook elementary school shooting, and his mother lived has been demolished.
The San Diego Zoo is celebrating a bundle of joy: a new baby hipo was born on Monday. Zookeepers say so far, both mother and baby are doing well.
BBC has fired Jeremy Clarkson, presenter of popular talk show “Top Gear,” after an internal investigation found that he assaulted a producer over steak and chips.
"The X-Files" will be revived by Fox after 13 years. Both stars of the show, which originally aired in 1993, will return for the six-episode run.
The University of Virginia fraternity at the center of an alleged gang rape claim in a 2014 Rolling Stone story says it is considering legal action against the magazine.
In a history of armed conflict around the world, some of America's wars have lasted for years.
"There are no pieces anymore, there is nothing," said a man who saw the debris from Germanwings Flight 9525.The plane crashed Tuesday in southern France after departing Barcelona for Dusseldorf, Germany; and, there's a movement underway to give the $20 bill a makeover.
"For the first time I think we have a chance to really change the course of Alzheimer's disease," says Dr. Reisa Sperling. She's leading a clinical trial testing whether a drug called Solanezumab can slow down or even prevent Alzheimer's disease. Wyatt Andrews reports.
Joshua Hunsucker, awaiting trial on suspicion of poisoning and killing his wife with eyedrops, is now accused of setting a fire inside a helicopter while in flight.
There's a movement underway to give the $20 bill a makeover. The group wants to replace President Andrew Jackson's face with a woman's. There are 15 candidates to choose from, including Rosa Parks, Harriet Tubman and Eleanor Roosevelt. Chip Reid reports.
President Obama announced today that the nearly 10,000 U.S. troops in Afghanistan will come home more slowly than originally planned. Major Garrett reports on the change in policy.
Members of the House Oversight Committee delivered a bipartisan dressing down to Secret Service Director Joseph Clancy for the agency's handling of an incident near the White House. New video shows a car pulling up outside an entrance to the White House grounds as a woman dropped off a package and then sped off. As Bill Plante reports, questions were raised regarding the Secret Service's response to the incident.
Captain Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger provides analysis on the crash of Germanwings Flight 9525. The jet's crew never issued a distress call during a gradual 8-minute descent into the ground. Sullenberger explains what scenarios may have led to the descent and why no distress signal was transmitted.