Why Gettysburg still resonates

"It permeates our society. It lives with us," the writer and director of the movie "Gettysburg," Ron Maxwell, tells Major Garrett on "The Takeout" podcast this week

August 23, 2019 at 11:59AM via Live, breaking news today: Latest national headlines, world news and more from CBSNews.com and watch the CBSN live news stream 24x7

Buttigieg unveils plan to improve mental health care and fight addiction

The plan would expand mental health care services and fight addiction, with the goal of preventing 1 million deaths over the next nine years

August 23, 2019 at 12:02PM via Live, breaking news today: Latest national headlines, world news and more from CBSNews.com and watch the CBSN live news stream 24x7

Your Friday Briefing

Amazon Rain Forest, Overstock, Taylor Swift: Here’s what you need to know.

August 23, 2019 at 11:40AMBreaking News, World News & Multimedia - The New York Times

YouTube shuts more than 200 channels spreading disinformation on Hong Kong protests

The decision follows the suspension​ of hundreds of thousands of Twitter and Facebook accounts tied to the Chinese government

August 23, 2019 at 10:03AM via Live, breaking news today: Latest national headlines, world news and more from CBSNews.com and watch the CBSN live news stream 24x7

Phone carriers say they'll block some robocalls and crack down on spoofed numbers

AT&T, Sprint, T-Mobile and Verizon will start offering blocking software and move to halt fake caller ID numbers

August 23, 2019 at 03:49AM via Live, breaking news today: Latest national headlines, world news and more from CBSNews.com and watch the CBSN live news stream 24x7

A Hong Kong ‘Troublemaker’ With a Clean Conscience

Jimmy Lai, alone among the territory’s elite, supports the protests and refuses to pay even token obeisance to Beijing, which calls him a “black hand” and a C.I.A. agent.

August 23, 2019 at 06:05AMBreaking News, World News & Multimedia - The New York Times

Florida executes man who preyed on gay men during 8-month killing spree

Gary Ray Bowles received the death penalty for the 1994 murder of a man, who was his sixth and final known victim

August 23, 2019 at 05:52AM via Live, breaking news today: Latest national headlines, world news and more from CBSNews.com and watch the CBSN live news stream 24x7

What you can do to help the burning Amazon rainforest

The Amazon is the largest rainforest in the world and vital to combating climate change — and it's on fire with no end in sight

August 23, 2019 at 05:23AM via Live, breaking news today: Latest national headlines, world news and more from CBSNews.com and watch the CBSN live news stream 24x7

Humans are to blame for the burning Amazon, not wind and heat, environmental group says

The rainforest protection group Amazon Watch says farmers, emboldened by the government, intentionally set the forest ablaze

August 23, 2019 at 01:08AM via Live, breaking news today: Latest national headlines, world news and more from CBSNews.com and watch the CBSN live news stream 24x7

Bei Bei the giant panda celebrates last birthday at National Zoo before China move

Bei Bei is the product of a breeding agreement between the Smithsonian and China

August 23, 2019 at 04:21AM via Live, breaking news today: Latest national headlines, world news and more from CBSNews.com and watch the CBSN live news stream 24x7

Pakistan calls on UNICEF to drop actress Priyanka Chopra as an ambassador

Pakistan has demanded that Indian actress Priyanka Chopra be stripped of her UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador role, saying that her "support for war" and the Indian government amid heightened tensions in the disputed region of Kashmir make a "mockery" of the position.

August 23, 2019 at 03:52AM via CNN International - Breaking News, US News, World News and Video

Remember when governors used to win the presidency?

In the presidential elections since 2008, governors have made early departures from both Democratic and Republican primaries. Why is this happening?

August 23, 2019 at 04:10AM via Live, breaking news today: Latest national headlines, world news and more from CBSNews.com and watch the CBSN live news stream 24x7

Electoral College Members Can Defy Voters’ Wishes, Court Rules

A federal appeals court declared that members of the Electoral College could choose whomever they wanted regardless of a state’s popular vote winner.

August 23, 2019 at 02:55AMBreaking News, World News & Multimedia - The New York Times

3 young men arrested for threatening mass shootings against Planned Parenthood this month

Jacob Cooper, 20, was the third man arrest this month for threatening extremely violence against a Planned Parenthood

August 23, 2019 at 02:46AM via Live, breaking news today: Latest national headlines, world news and more from CBSNews.com and watch the CBSN live news stream 24x7

DNC rejects resolution calling for climate change debate

A party committee rejected a resolution that would have allowed candidates to participate in a climate-focused debate

August 23, 2019 at 02:36AM via Live, breaking news today: Latest national headlines, world news and more from CBSNews.com and watch the CBSN live news stream 24x7

Kodak Black pleads guilty to federal weapons charges

The 22-year-old in Miami was arrested before a scheduled concert performance in May that was marred by several violent incidents

August 23, 2019 at 02:50AM via Live, breaking news today: Latest national headlines, world news and more from CBSNews.com and watch the CBSN live news stream 24x7

Opinion | From Voodoo Economics to Evil-Eye Economics

Are Democrats hexing the Trump boom with bad thoughts?

August 23, 2019 at 01:56AMBreaking News, World News & Multimedia - The New York Times

Opinion | Democrats Are Getting Very Serious About the Native American Vote

At a forum for presidential candidates, “everyone counts” sounded like both a moral and an electoral imperative.

August 23, 2019 at 01:56AMBreaking News, World News & Multimedia - The New York Times

Opinion | Japan, South Korea and a Rupture on the Pacific Rim

The United States could help resolve the rift between two critical allies. But it has shown little interest.

August 23, 2019 at 01:56AMBreaking News, World News & Multimedia - The New York Times

New images reveal Ryugu is an oddly dust-free asteroid

A lander on the surface of Ryugu, a near-Earth asteroid, has shared new photos of the dark and rocky surface while highlighting new findings.

August 22, 2019 at 09:27PM via CNN International - Breaking News, US News, World News and Video

Woman finds 3.72-carat yellow diamond while learning how to find diamonds

A Texas woman was sitting in the shade at Crater of Diamonds State Park in Arkansas, watching a YouTube video on how to find diamonds. Then she found one right where she was sitting.

August 22, 2019 at 10:58PM via CNN International - Breaking News, US News, World News and Video

California man planned mass shooting, police say

Long Beach, California, police arrested a man they say was planning a mass shooting, the police chief said.

August 22, 2019 at 12:09AM via CNN International - Breaking News, US News, World News and Video

When window washer's rig breaks he hangs 53 stories up - CNN Video

August 21, 2019 at 02:07PM via CNN International - Breaking News, US News, World News and Video

Coast Guard rescues two after plane crashes into California Bay - CNN Video

August 21, 2019 at 03:50PM via CNN International - Breaking News, US News, World News and Video

Microplastics in drinking water 'don't appear to pose health risk,' WHO says

It may be in our oceans, rivers and ice but there's little evidence to suggest that microplastics in the water we drink pose a risk to our health, the World Health Organization says

August 22, 2019 at 02:04AM via CNN International - Breaking News, US News, World News and Video

Is a recession coming? Here's how to tell

Warning bells are going off about a possible recession in America, perhaps in time for the 2020 election. The key to whether the US economy keeps growing or stalls rests largely on consumers, and whether or not they keep spending.

August 21, 2019 at 01:51PM via CNN International - Breaking News, US News, World News and Video