Can U.S. roads withstand increasingly extreme weather?
One expert told CBS News that roads and highways "are not built" to handle extreme weather events.
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One expert told CBS News that roads and highways "are not built" to handle extreme weather events.
The lawsuit has remained active and has yet to go to trial.
Heavy downpours have been flooding homes and washing away roads and bridges in parts of the Northeast. Water rescue teams rushed to Vermont on Monday after the rain made some towns unreachable by road. CBS News national correspondent Errol Barnett has the latest from Rockland County, New York, which saw a summer's worth of rain on Sunday.
Additional downpours in the region raised the potential for flash flooding as rainfall in certain parts of Vermont exceeded 7 inches.
Officials said Michael Burham escaped by hoisting himself up onto the jail's exercise equipment, and then used bedsheets that he had tied together to climb down from the roof.
A massive downpour wiped out roads and put millions in the path of dangerous flood conditions across parts of the Northeast Sunday. One woman was killed by the flooding in New York state and officials say there are others still unaccounted for. CBS News correspondent Errol Barnett has more.
An 86-year-old man was killed and at least three others were wounded by a man on a scooter who police say was shooting randomly at cars in Queens on Saturday.
A fire which broke out Wednesday aboard a cargo ship docked at New Jersey's Port Newark was still burning on Friday. Two firefighters were killed battling the flames. Errol Barnett has more.
Lifeguards on New York's Long Island beaches are on high alert after at least five people were bitten by sharks in the area since Monday. Meg Oliver has more.
"That's nature and maybe we are taking over their domain and they don't like it," 90-year-old Diana Fratello told CBS New York.
Yusef Salaam, a member of the "Exonerated Five," was 15 years old when he was wrongfully convicted of rape of a jogger in Central Park in New York City in 1989. Salaam joins "CBS Mornings" to discuss his first run for office as he is on track to join the New York City Council.
New York Republican Congressman George Santos returned to court Friday for the first time since pleading not guilty to federal charges that include wire fraud and money laundering. In the short hearing, the judge set his next appearance for September. CBS News congressional correspondent Scott MacFarlane has more.
The oldest shop in New York City's Chinatown nearly closed its doors in 2016. In a bid to save her family's shop and others like it, Mei Lum turned down a spot at an Ivy League university to become its fifth-generation owner. Vlad Duthiers has the story.
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in upstate New York is suing a cleaning firm for $1 million, accusing one of its janitors of ruining 20 years of potentially groundbreaking research. CBS News' Meg Oliver has more.
The bolt hit the baby girl in the upper torso and exited near an armpit before striking her mom in the chest, authorities say.
One man in London recently was burned and blistered so badly from the plants that he "couldn't even walk": "I got out of bed in the morning for work and I collapsed under my own weight."
The law specifically aims to protect New York doctors who use telehealth systems to prescribe abortion pills for patients in states where abortion is banned.
Raffetto's is one of the oldest pasta shops in the country. The New York institution first opened its doors in 1906, and 117 years later is still thriving. It supplies some of the best restaurants in New York City. Now the fourth generation of Raffetto's is moving into a new future with personalized private dinners called Petite Pasta Joint.
Stretching more than 1.5 miles over New York City, the iconic High Line elevated park is now connected to Penn Station. This new life for the formerly abandoned railroad tracks puts a whole new spin on a public park. Jill Schlesinger has more.
Michael McMahon, 55, faces up to 20 years in prison.
Four people were killed and two were critically injured when a fire broke out at an e-bike repair shop in New York City. Fire officials blamed lithium-ion batteries, which have caused 108 fires resulting in 13 deaths in New York City in 2023 alone. Elaine Quijano reports.
Pop star Bebe Rexha said she is okay after being hit in the face with a cell phone during a show Sunday in New York City. A 27-year-old man is facing assault charges for allegedly throwing the phone.
Parades, concerts and art festivals are among the broad range of programs and events happening nationwide to honor Juneteenth, or Freedom Day.
The U.S. is marking Juneteenth Monday, commemorating the end of slavery in America. And a big part of any holiday or celebration is food. CBS News spoke with Fanerra and Hasson Dupree, the husband-and-wife duo behind Black Nile Seafood and Soul Food in Brooklyn, about soul food and how it is uniquely American.
We leave you this Sunday Morning with Mute Swans out for a Father's Day splash in the marshes of Lake Ontario, near Rochester, New York. Videographer: Carl Mrozek.
A Ukrainian boy went out with his mother to buy clothes for a school picture. A Russian missile detonated above their bus, killing 35. Survivors, including the boy and his mother, recount the experience.
Those prioritizing economy say Trump is not spending enough time on it, as ratings of economy, his handling of inflation slip.
The proposed trip is part of President Trump's push to get an agreement on Ukraine by Thanksgiving, U.S. and Ukrainian officials said.
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene refuted reports that she's planning to run for president, days after she announced plans to leave Congress amid a break with President Trump.
A proposal in Congress earlier this year to sell public land has Montanans fighting to defend their frontier.
Sen. Mark Kelly criticized President Trump for his recent comments accusing a group of Democratic lawmakers of "seditious behavior."
Secretary of State Marco Rubio described the first session of high-stakes talks in Geneva as "probably the most productive and meaningful meeting" since the start of the second Trump administration.
Amid a wave of departures from the Justice Department, some of its former officials are curating a public online display of the farewell messages of ousted employees.
Morgan Geyser has been living in a group home after she was released earlier this year from Winnebago Mental Health Institute.