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1 week ago | 
cbsnews.com | Elise Preston |CBS Mornings
Homelessness in America has been steadily ticking up in recent years. In 2024, the United States saw an 18% increase in the homeless population from the year before — and those providing essential services like health care and housing assistance say they're most concerned about the aging population. More than 140,000 Americans who are 55 or older are experiencing homelessness on any given day, and that number is estimated to nearly triple by 2030, according to a 2019 report.
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3 weeks ago | 
cbsnews.com | Imtiaz Tyab |CBS Mornings
Kabul — Dr. Najmussama Shefajo is probably Afghanistan's best known and most experienced OB-GYN. She became a household name from her regular appearances on Afghan television, where she talked openly about women's reproductive health, a subject still considered taboo in Afghanistan. Over the past decade, CBS News has made several visits to her private clinic in central Kabul, but it has never looked as busy as it does now.
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1 month ago | 
cbsnews.com | Elise Preston |CBS Mornings |Nicole Brown Chau
A dramatic standoff with two young boys who had a loaded handgun in the backyard of an Albuquerque, New Mexico, home was de-escalated by deputies with the help of a drone. Recently released video footage of the incident, which happened in February, shows Bernalillo County sheriff's deputies responding to the home, where a 9-year-old and a 7-year-old boy could be seen holding a loaded gun. "I literally have my hand on the trigger," one of the boys is heard saying. "Let's not do that.
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2 months ago | 
cbsnews.com | Elise Preston |CBS Mornings
988 launch prompts demand for mental health care It has been nearly three years since the launch of the 988 National Suicide Prevention Lifeline, and since then, millions seeking help have used the call center as a life-saving resource. But understaffing and underfunding threaten to upend the hotline's mission. The nation's 988 hotline works like 911, bringing critical access to care for those battling mental health emergencies.
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2 months ago | 
cbsnews.com | Margaret Brennan |Nicole Sganga |CBS Mornings
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency is facing significant cuts amid the administration's broader effort to pare down the federal workforce, CBS News has learned. As many as 1,300 agency employees could be pushed out or incentivized to leave, three sources familiar with the plans said. CISA employed nearly 3,400 people as of the most recent data.
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2 months ago | 
cbsnews.com | Nicole Sganga |CBS Mornings
How Trump administration is targeting visa holders A British-Gambian student at New York's Cornell University whose visa was revoked over his involvement in last year's pro-Palestinian protests chose to self-deport, an official with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security confirmed Tuesday. Momodou Taal, 31, announced Monday he had left the United States voluntarily days after a judge declined to temporarily block the government from taking steps to deport him.
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Mar 27, 2025 | 
cbsnews.com | Nicole Sganga |CBS Mornings
It's not a stretch to say that members of the Coast Guard like P.O. Tyler McGuiness could go an entire career without ever deploying to a catastrophe like last month's midair collision between an American Airlines jet and an Army helicopter over the Potomac River. But McGuinness and dozens more, including P.O. Seth Kowsky, have now seen that kind of disaster not once, but twice in the last 12 months — the D.C. collision in the Potomac and the collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge last March.
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Mar 25, 2025 | 
cbsnews.com | Camilo Montoya-Galvez |Nicole Sganga |CBS Mornings
Washington — The Trump administration has quietly paused the processing of green card applications filed by certain individuals, including approved refugees, as part of a broader effort to more aggressively vet immigrants, multiple sources familiar with the move told CBS News.
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Mar 25, 2025 | 
cbsnews.com | Nicole Sganga |CBS Mornings
Tesla showroom attacked in Texas Trump administration officials are promising to crack down on what they say are coordinated attacks on Tesla electric vehicles nationwide, although U.S. intelligence suggests lone actors are behind them. Since January 2025, incidents targeting Tesla EVs have occurred in at least nine states, according to a joint intelligence bulletin issued by the Department of Homeland Security and FBI and obtained by CBS News.
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Mar 24, 2025 | 
cbsnews.com | Nicole Sganga |CBS Mornings
Tugboat captain details bridge collapse One year after the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore was hit by a massive cargo ship and collapsed, the first tugboat captain to respond to the scene is sharing what happened. The deadly collapse killed six construction workers on March 26, 2024. "As we got there, we … we realized there was no bridge left. The bridge had fallen," said David Jurs, a tugboat captain.
