Category: CBS News
Finding purpose | The Uplift
A widower finds a new purpose — in a Publix — after losing his wife. Then, volunteers in Southern California gather to work at a [more…]
Drive-thru food pantry feeds thousands in California food desert
Born in a crucial time of need at the start of the pandemic, this organization began with a scrappy operation. Four million meals later, the [more…]
Soft jobs report shows hiring slowdown for first time in months
Employment data released in April showed that less jobs were added during the month than analysts expected, and showed that the nation’s unemployment rate had [more…]
Longtime Trump aide Hope Hicks takes the stand in New York trial
Hope Hicks, a longtime close aide of former President Donald Trump, took the stand Friday to testify in his New York hush money trial. Hicks [more…]
Biden awards Presidential Medal of Freedom to 19 people
President Joe Biden awarded the nation’s highest civilian honor to 19 people on Saturday. Recipients included Ellen Ochoa, the first Hispanic woman in space, and [more…]
Texas braces for severe flooding amid storms
Millions of Americans are bracing for slow-moving storms this weekend. Parts of Texas are expecting giant hail, damaging wind gusts and catastrophic flood conditions. In [more…]
Meet the American craftsman helping rebuild France’s Notre Dame cathedral
It’s been five years since a fire nearly destroyed France’s iconic Notre Dame cathedral, but rebuilding work on the historic landmark is almost completed, thanks [more…]
CIA director William Burns in Egypt for hostage negotiations between Israel and Hamas
In a sign of a potential breakthrough in the Israel-Hamas war, CIA director William Burns is now in Cairo for ceasefire talks. Burns’ arrival in [more…]
New book studies undocumented migrants and human smugglers
Jason de Leon has spent years studying undocumented migration and border concerns, trying to understand why people would leave their homes in search of new [more…]
Chef Andrew Carmellini finally adds his name to restaurant empire
Andrew Carmellini has risen to the top of the culinary world, opening a bevy of restaurants in New York City over the past two decades. [more…]