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Biden reveals healthcare plan piggybacking on ACA

In the debate over how to best ensure optimal healthcare for Americans, former Vice President Joe Biden is rooted on not allowing the Affordable Care Act (ACA) to be whittled away in the courts by the Trump Administration. Biden instead…

Beware these scams on Amazon Prime Day

Amazon will parade 48 hours of deals for Prime Day 2019, but all that internet traffic will also attract scammers looking to steal shoppers' information. Consumers on the hunt for a bargain should check whether emails they purportedly received from…

CBP chief: ICE raids not designed to separate families

President Trump's top official at Customs and Border Protection (CBP) tried to quell fears by immigrant advocates and Democratic lawmakers that the expected roundups of undocumented families in major cities across the country will separate parents from their children, saying…

50 years later, Apollo 11 remains a defining moment

Watch coverage of the Apollo 11 50th anniversary Tuesday on "CBS This Morning,""CBS Evening News with Norah O'Donnell," and streaming on CBSN. A CBS News prime-time special, "Man on the Moon," airs Tuesday night at 10/9c. In a culture steeped in…

Simona Halep defeats Serena Williams in Wimbledon final

Simona Halep celebrates on July 13, 2019 in London. Getty Simona Halep won her first Wimbledon title and kept Serena Williams from winning her eighth on Saturday. Halep defeated Williams 6-2, 6-2 on Centre Court for her second major title.…

Labor Secretary Alexander Acosta announces resignation

Embattled Labor Secretary Alexander Acosta has announced he is resigning. Acosta made the announcement himself, accompanying the president out of the White House residence before the president's departure for a trip to Milwaukee. "As I look forward, I do not…

Google Assistant's human workers listen to customer recordings

Google contractors regularly listen to and review some recordings of what customers say to artificial-intelligence system Google Assistant, via their phone or through smart speakers such as the Google Home. The issue raises privacy concerns about digital assistants, which are…

Inside Earth's largest collection of moon rocks

Fifty years ago next week, Apollo 11 blasted off for the moon. Over the course of the Apollo program, a dozen astronauts made the 240,000-mile journey to the moon's surface, scooping up hundreds of pounds of rocks and soil. "CBS…

Volkswagen marks end of an era with last Beetle

"CBS Evening News with Norah O'Donnell" debuts July 15 at 6:30 p.m. ET. It wasn't just any car that rolled off the assembly line in Puebla, Mexico Wednesday; It was the last of its kind. The Beetle is an unlikely…

Flooding hits New Orleans as possible hurricane looms

A storm swamped New Orleans streets and paralyzed traffic Wednesday as concerns grew that even worse weather was on the way: a possible hurricane that could strike the Gulf Coast and raise the Mississippi River to the brim of the…

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