More than a week after President-elect Joe Biden was projected to win the 2020 election, Democratic lawmakers are still pushing the federal government to provide resources, office space and funding to his transition team. Congressman Gerry Connolly, a Virginia Democrat who chairs the House Subcommittee on Government Operations, told CBSN the head of the government’s General Services Administration hasn’t responded ... Read More »
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Ben Watkins, “MasterChef Junior” contestant, has died at 14
Watkins, who lost both of his parents in 2017, "suffered more than his share in his fourteen years on this Earth," his family said. Read More »
Titans Activate RB Senorise Perry from Injured Reserve
Behind starter Derrick Henry, running backs D’Onta Foreman, Jeremy McNichols and running back/fullback Khari Blasingame are all on the 53-man roster as Perry joins the group. Source Read More »
Thai lawmakers reject reforms as pro-democracy protests turn violent
More than 50 protesters were injured in clashes with police, but demonstrators are undeterred in their demands for change in the military-backed government. Source Read More »
Judge says border agents can’t use COVID-19 order to expel migrant kids
The Trump administration has expelled more than 9,000 unaccompanied migrant children from the southern border during the pandemic. Source Read More »
Trump fires election security official who disputed fraud claims
President Trump tweeted on Tuesday evening the firing of Christopher Krebs, the director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency. Krebs has publicly defended the integrity of the November elections. Weijia Jiang reports. Source Read More »
FAA lifts grounding order on Boeing 737 Max
The Boeing 737 Max jet can take to the skies for the first time since a design flaw led to two deadly crashes in 2019. CBS News transportation correspondent Kris Van Cleave reports on what changes Boeing says it made to the model, and how one family of a crash victim is reacting. Source Read More »
South Dakota city’s mask mandate slammed as “weak and ineffectual”
The state’s largest physicians’ organization supports the mandate but one city councilor warned that the ordinance would be an empty gesture. Source Read More »
Michael B. Jordan is People magazine’s 2020 Sexiest Man Alive
Actor is 35th celeb to get the honor since the magazine started naming them in 1985. Read More »
Ta-Nehisi Coates and Yara Shahidi on HBO’S “Between the World and Me,” Black Lives Matter
New York Times best-selling author Ta-Nehisi Coates and actress Yara Shahidi discuss the HBO adaptation of Coates' acclaimed book "Between the World and Me," which was written as a letter to his son about growing up Black in America. They discuss why the words are still relevant today, the impact of the Black Lives Matter movement and their hopes for this country. Read More »