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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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