Arts Dec 30 WATCH: Aretha Franklin brings Obama to tears with rousing performance of ‘Natural Woman’ Among the performances Tuesday night at the 38th Annual Kennedy Center Honors in Washington, D.C., there was one that brought President Barack Obama to tears.
Nation Dec 30 Death toll rises to 20 as severe floods threaten Midwest Widespread flooding in the South and Midwest has killed at least 20 people, while the winter storm continues to swell waterways along the Mississippi River to heights nearing the records of the disastrous flood of 1993.
Health Dec 18 Deaths from drug overdoses reach record-high levels in 2014 Nearly 50,000 people died from drug overdoses in the U.S. in 2014, a new record driven by the deaths of heroin addicts and people misusing prescription painkillers, new federal statistics showed.
Nation Dec 16 Judge declares mistrial in first Freddie Gray officer case After nine hours of deliberation over the past two days, jurors were dismissed after a deadlock Tuesday in the trial of one of six police officers charged with the death of Freddie Gray, the 25-year-old black man who sustained a…
Nation Dec 04 FBI investigating San Bernardino shooting as ‘act of terrorism’ One of the two shooters accused of fatally shooting 14 people at a holiday party San Bernardino, California, on Wednesday posted online messages that pledged allegiance to the Islamic State group, a U.S. law enforcement offical told the Associated Press.
Nation Dec 03 VIDEO: San Francisco police shoot and kill stabbing suspect Five San Francisco police officers fatally shot a man Wednesday, a scene that was apparently captured by an eyewitness and uploaded to Instagram, the San Francisco Examiner reported.
Nation Dec 02 Here’s a map of all the mass shootings in 2015 The NewsHour has updated its map that documents all the U.S. mass shootings in 2015 alone. As details surrounding the San Bernardino, California, shooting gradually emerged Wednesday evening, President Barack Obama told CBS News that the U.S. has “a pattern…
World Dec 02 British lawmakers vote to back airstrikes against ISIS in Syria After debating the issue for more than 10 hours Wednesday, British lawmakers voted to authorize airstrikes against Islamic State militants in Syria.
Nation Dec 02 14 dead in San Bernardino shooting; two suspects dead Gunman opened fire at a social services agency in San Bernardino, California, Wednesday morning. Fourteen people are dead and 17 wounded. Two suspects, one man and one woman, are dead, both had assault-style weapons. Another suspect is in custody.
Nation Dec 01 Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel fires police superintendent A week after a video of a white Chicago police officer shooting a black teenager 16 times was released to the public, Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel fired the city’s police chief Tuesday.