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Twitter backtracks on banning political and other issue ads

Bowing to public pressure, Twitter has softened its earlier plan to ban all advertisements related to social and political issues. The social media company released details of its ban on political ads on Friday. Under the policy, paid political content…

Mother gets kidney from daughter's teacher

Tracy Shearin-Drayton, a preschool teacher and mom from Greensboro, North Carolina, thought she'd have to wait five to eight years to get a kidney transplant. Shearin-Drayton was diagnosed with Lupus in 2009, and in August, she made public plea for…

FDA: Dollar Tree sells "potentially unsafe drugs"

Dollar Tree is selling "potentially unsafe drugs" and cosmetics at its more than 15,000 discount stores, according to federal regulators. The  U.S. Food and Drug Administration sent a warning letter to the company this week outlining "multiple violations of current good manufacturing…

Roger Stone found guilty on all counts

Washington — President Trump's former campaign adviser, Roger Stone, was found guilty by a jury on Friday of all seven charges that he faced. He was charged with lying to Congress, witness tampering and obstruction. He faces up to 50…

Despite lawsuits, RNC will hold winter meetings at a Trump hotel

Washington — The Republican National Committee confirmed Thursday it would hold its winter meetings at Trump National Doral, bringing business to one of the president's struggling properties. The news comes weeks after President Trump canceled plans to host next year's…

A dog crashed wedding and helped solve his master's murder

Correspondent Peter Van Sant and "48 Hours" investigate the murder of a Pennsylvania man shot dead after a bitter divorce, arsons at his mother's home and his girlfriend's home and countless threats of harm in "Maria Spencer's Vow to Kill,"  airing…

Amazon accused of pressuring drivers to meet deadlines

An ongoing investigation by ProPublica and BuzzFeed News found Amazon delivery drivers have been involved in more than 60 crashes causing injuries or death since June 2015. That joint investigation found that drivers reported feeling tremendous pressure to meet deadlines…

Astronauts tackle one of the most complex spacewalks ever

After four years of brainstorming, custom tool development and training, two astronauts plan to venture outside the International Space Station Friday for the first of four spacewalks to repair a $2 billion cosmic ray detector. The excursions are considered the…

Cigarette smoking among adults hits all-time low in U.S.

Cigarette smoking dropped to an all-time low among American adults in 2018, according to a Center for Disease Control (CDC) report released Thursday. According to the report, 13.7% of U.S. adults smoked a cigarette in 2018. Since the first Surgeon…

Manhunt intensifies for Marine deserter accused of murder

Last Updated Nov 14, 2019 6:48 PM EST Roanoke, Virginia — A manhunt is intensifying for a Marine deserter charged with homicide. The search for 22-year-old U.S. Marine Michael Alexander Brown prompted schools and some businesses to close in Roanoke,…

Walmart moves Black Friday to Wednesday

Attention holiday shoppers: Walmart's Black Friday will officially start on Wednesday this year. The nation's largest retailer announced its main holiday-shopping event will kick off online at 10:00 p.m. Eastern Time on Wednesday, November 27, followed by an in-store deals…

Police respond to shooting at high school in California

[cbsn] UPDATE - 11:43 a.m. - (AP) The Los Angeles County Fire Department says now there are three confirmed injuries following a shooting at Saugus High School in the city of Santa Clarita. Department spokesman Christopher Thomas says initial accounts…

Deval Patrick announces he is running for president

Deval Patrick, the former governor of Massachusetts, has announced he is running for president in the 2020 race. Patrick made it official in an online video posted early Thursday morning. A CBS News contributor since September, Patrick will no longer serve…

14-year-old baker gives cupcakes homeless

Out of a home bakery in Bowie, Maryland, a young entrepreneur creates treats that are as delicious as they are helpful. For each cupcake this baker sells, he gives one away to someone in need. Behind the operation is 14-year-old…

Marine vet wrongfully held by ICE will get $190,000

Grand Rapids will pay a $190,000 settlement to a Latino American war veteran who was wrongfully detained by federal immigration officials. The City Commission unanimously approved the payment to Jilmar Ramos-Gomez on Tuesday to resolve a Michigan Department of Civil…

Ex-TV medical correspondent charged with asking girl for racy photos

Pacific Palisades, California — Former television medical correspondent Dr. Bruce Hensel was charged Wednesday with asking a 9-year-old girl to send him sexually suggestive pictures, reports CBS Los Angeles. The Los Angeles Police Department said detectives began a child sexual exploitation…

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