Archives: 2018

Scientists will be able to visit Titanic wreckage for about $100,000 next summer

Starting next summer, scientists will be able to visit the wreckage of the Titanic for about $100,000. A company called OceanGate successfully reached more than 13,000 feet underwater using a privately built submersible. That’s the depth of the Titanic. The team spent six months perfecting the deep dive off the coast of the Bahamas. Categories: National, US & World News

Felicity Jones on spending time with Ruth Bader Ginsburg for “On the Basis of Sex”

Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has become a cultural icon. Her early career is highlighted in the new film, “On the Basis of Sex,” starring Oscar nominee Felicity Jones. Part of it follows her struggle to take a milestone gender discrimination case to the Supreme Court. Jones joins “CBS This Morning” to discuss what she learned about Ginsburg while…

Will banning homework decrease anxiety for students?

Some schools across the country are starting to ban homework. The National Institute of Mental Health says more than 30 percent of teenagers experience some kind of anxiety, and homework is a major contributing factor. Darby Fox, a child and adolescent family therapist, joins “CBS This Morning” to discuss the appropriate amounts of homework for various age groups. Categories: National,…

“48 Hours” investigates decades-old missing news anchor case

New information may help investigators solve a high-profile missing person case from more than two decades ago. Jodi Huisentruit was a television anchor at CBS affiliate KIMT in Mason City, Iowa. She was a beloved rising star until she disappeared on her way to work in 1995. Police discovered signs of a struggle outside her apartment building, but her body…

TSA finds 4,000+ guns in carry-on bags so far this year, a record

The TSA has topped last year’s record number of guns found at airport checkpoints. Screeners spotted more than 4,000 firearms in carry-on bags so far this year – nearly 300 in Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport alone. Last year, the TSA saw the numbers jump 17 percent. Kris Van Cleave reports. Categories: National, US & World News

Trump was in the room during Cohen’s hush money discussions, CBS News confirms

New information ties President Trump to his campaign’s efforts to silence women who claim they had sex with him more than a decade ago. CBS News sources confirm the president was in the room when his then-attorney Michael Cohen and National Enquirer publisher David Pecker discussed paying hush money in August of 2015. Cohen pleaded guilty to breaking campaign finance…

Eye Opener: Trump blames it all on Cohen as details emerge

CBS News confirms President Trump was present for a 2015 meeting when his longtime fixer, Michael Cohen, discussed hush money to cover up Mr. Trump’s alleged affairs to help his campaign. Also, federal investigators are trying to figure out who made a wave of bomb threats across the U.S. and parts of Canada. All that and all that matters in…

Legal impact of Trump being in the room during hush money talks

CBS News sources confirm the president was in the room when his then-attorney Michael Cohen and National Enquirer publisher David Pecker discussed paying hush money in August of 2015. If Donald Trump wasn’t president of the United States, could he have been indicted alongside his former attorney, Michael Cohen? Paula Reid joins “CBS This Morning” to break down the legal…