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The veteran senator from Mississippi was forced into a primary runoff against state Sen. Chris McDaniel, but the six-term Republican narrowly defeated his tea party challenger.
It's the Republican establishment vs. the tea party, Round 2, in Mississippi as voting gets underway in the primary runoff between Sen. Thad Cochran and Chris McDaniel. CBS News Elections Director Anthony Salvanto discusses the keys to victory for both sides.
The relentless flooding that has already saturated the upper Midwest is expected to continue. WCCO meteorologist Lauren Casey discusses the dangerous weather that lies ahead.
As floodwaters and landslides continue to pound the Midwest, Minnesota is expected to ask for federal aid. The Army Corp of engineers has opened locks on the Mississippi River to reduce the risk of flooding. Jamie Yuccas reports.
CBSNews.com Executive Washington Editor Steve Chaggaris and RealClearPolitics Political Reporter Caitlin Huey-Burns assess the chances of six-term Republican Sen. Thad Cochran in the June 24 Mississippi runoff primary election against upstart Chris McDaniel.
KFC says it's investigating claims that one of its workers told a 3-year-old girl recovering from a pit bull attack to leave because of her scars. Norah O'Donnell reports.
The Central Plains and the Mississippi Valley are bracing for severe storms. Parts of Northern Colorado have seen a funnel cloud touch down, and portions of Kansas have already seen significant hail and a tornado. Vinita Nair reports.
Mississippi Republican Thad Cochran's reelection race is too close to call, but Tea Party-backed Chris McDaniel holds a narrow lead. Norah O'Donnell reports.
Research says these extreme outbreaks are becoming more likely and shifting location because of a warming climate.
Two hours after being pronounced dead of natural causes, 78-year-old Walter "Snowball" Williams came back to life. WJTV's Brad Soroka reports.
The month of March is known for its extremely volatile weather, as warm spring conditions battle to replace the cold of winter. When and where the collision between the two meet, severe weather and tornadoes are bound to emerge. CBS News meteorologist and climate specialist Jeff Berardelli joins CBSN's Elaine Quijano with the forecast.
An unlikely Grammys Award nominee doesn't read or write music. He was tricked by a friend into recording an album.
The Human Rights Campaign criticized the governor's "endorsement of transphobia."
Jackson, Mississippi, is still recovering from the winter storm that hit the South last month. Many residents were without water for weeks, and the crisis was so bad the National Guard was called in to help with water distribution. Jackson Mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba joined CBSN's Tanya Rivero to discuss the crisis and the governor's decision to lift a statewide mask mandate.
There are new calls for governors to hold off on lifting coronavirus restrictions after Arizona joined Texas, Mississippi and Connecticut in announcing plans to cut or relax COVID-19 safety guidelines. Members of President Biden's coronavirus task force say new variants of the virus, combined with reduced regulations, could lead to another spike in cases. Michael George reports.
Grocery giant Albertsons says its front-line workers in Texas have not yet had full access to the COVID vaccine.
On the same day the governors of Texas and Mississippi announced they were lifting their states' mask mandates and other COVID-19 restrictions, CDC officials warned states against rolling back mitigation measures too soon. Dr. Neeta Ogden joins CBSN's Anne-Marie Green and Vladimir Duthiers to discuss the risks, especially as more contagious variants of the virus keep spreading.
President Biden criticized the governors of Texas and Mississippi after they lifted their states’ mask mandates and other coronavirus restrictions. Health experts are warning "now is not the time" to ease restrictions as new variants continue to spread. Dr. Amesh Adalja, an infectious disease expert and senior scholar at Johns Hopkins University's Bloomberg School of Public Health, joins CBSN to discuss the latest.
Fewer people may end up receiving another stimulus check after a handful of moderate Democrats in the Senate argued the $1,400 checks were going to people who earned too much. CBS News chief White House correspondent Nancy Cordes joined CBSN to discuss who will be affected by the move and a new initiative that aims to boost COVID-19 vaccinations among the nation's most vulnerable communities.
The Human Rights Campaign said the bill makes Mississippi the "first state in the nation to pass an explicitly anti-trans bill in 2021."
Governors in Texas and Mississippi are reversing their mask mandates before high-risk groups are fully vaccinated.
Mississippi's largest city is still without full access to water after sub-zero temperatures severely damaged its aging infrastructure. Jackson, a city of mostly Black residents, is the only city in the state still having issues. Janet Shamlian has more on the growing frustration.
Residents in Jackson, Mississippi, have been without clean drinking water since a mid-February storm. Thousands more have no water at all. Janet Shamlian reports.
Mayor Chokwe Lumumba didn't give a timeline for when water would be completely restored, but called the storm an "act of God."
A doctor in Central Mississippi has made it his mission to prevent patients from losing their legs and feet to peripheral artery disease and diabetes. Dr. Foluso Fakorede spoke with Anne-Marie Green and Vladimir Duthiers about the diseases' impact on the Black community and the bill introduced in Congress to help reduce the number of amputations.
Apparent Russian drones and missiles have entered NATO members' airspace several times during Russia's war in Ukraine but no NATO country has ever tried to shoot them down.
President Trump said Tuesday he's "very unhappy" after Israel's military targeted members of Hamas in Qatar's capital of Doha.
President Trump has said he is firing Cook from her role over allegations she made false representations on mortgage agreements several years ago.
Democrat James Walkinshaw will defeat Republican Stewart Whitson in a Northern Virginia special House election to pick Rep. Gerry Connolly's successor, the Associated Press projects.
President Trump ordered the FDA to enforce rules on direct-to-consumer drug ads, after HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. released a report on the administration's approach to healthy outcomes for children and families.
In August, the Pentagon offered full military funeral honors to Jan. 6 rioter Ashli Babbitt, after denying her family's request for the honor in 2021.
The Supreme Court on Tuesday said it will decide whether President Trump can impose his most sweeping tariffs.
The Justice Department charged the suspect, Decarlos Brown Jr., with one count of committing an act causing death on a mass transportation system.
President Trump's administration asked the Supreme Court on Monday to allow it to freeze billions of dollars in foreign aid funding.