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The trigger for Tuesday's violence in the Ukrainian capitol of Kiev was a refusal by some lawmakers to debate changes to the constitution that would have restricted the powers of President Yanukovich; and, a sharp decline in Minnesota's moose population has left scientists baffled.
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Donald Trump has clinched the Republican nomination with help from members of North Dakota's GOP convention delegation; Skellig Michael is an island seven miles off the coast of Ireland with a history dating back to the dawn of civilization. But that's not what has tourists flocking to the island these days
President Obama will become the first sitting U.S. president to visit Hiroshima Friday. Around 140,000 lives were lost when an atomic bomb was dropped on the city near the end of World War II, and some of them were American. Margaret Brennan has the story of one.
Qatar has agreed to extend the travel ban on five men released from Guantanamo Bay last year. Referred to as the Taliban 5, the five men were exchanged for American POW Bowe Bergdahl. The ban was set to expire at midnight and limits the men to the country of Qatar.
During WWII, Army Intelligence interrogated high-ranking prisoners-of-war at a secret installation in Alexandria, Va., dubbed "P.O. Box 1142." Seth Doane reports on this little-known piece of history that took place just a few miles from the nation's capital.
Former U.S. prisoner of war Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl plans to leave the Army and go to college after the investigation into his disappearance is over. Norah O'Donnell reports.
Laid to rest at Arlington National Cemetery, Denton is remembered, among other things, for blinking "T.O.R.T.U.R.E." in Morse code during a broadcast propaganda interview while a POW in Vietnam.
Former military prosecutor Eugene Fidell is now representing Bergdahl and speaking on his behalf. Fidell urges people not to rush to judgement as the investigation into Bergdahl's capture and release ensues. Michelle Miller reports.
The deal to bring home army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl was brokered by Qatar, an American ally in the Middle East. Margaret Brennan reports what it took to strike a deal with Taliban leadership.
Retired Air Force Col. Lee Ellis was a prisoner of war held by North Vietnam for over five years. He speaks with the "CBS This Morning" co-hosts about the challenges of reintegration and what lies ahead Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, who was recently freed from Taliban captivity.
Former George W. Bush security aide and CBS News national security analyst Juan Zarate joins the "CBS This Morning" co-hosts to discuss the intricacies of the Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl prisoner swap including the five Taliban fighters being released from Guantanamo Bay.
More specifics are beginning to come to light from the mission that brought Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl back into U.S. hands. A small team of U.S. special operators, backed up by a cadre of helicopter gunships and surveillance aircraft, led the operation to free the American P.O.W. David Martin reports.
CBS News National Security Analyst Juan Zarate says the deal helps U.S. relations with the Taliban, but undermines the Afghan government
During World War II, Lou Tirado served as a B-17 gunner. When his plane was shot down over Germany, he became a prisoner of war. Tirado tells Lesley Stahl how he was freed not by the U.S., but by the Russians.
Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel announced a reorganization of how the Pentagon accounts for its missing war dead. One man tells Chip Reid the Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command had documents showing where his cousin was buried but refused to bring him home.
JPAC’s efforts to identify the remains of America’s war dead have been criticized as slow and ineffective. Now, one family fed up with the Pentagon agency’s supposed incompetence is suing with the hope of bringing change. Chip Reid reports.
Jeremiah Denton, a former POW who became a U.S. senator, died Friday of heart disease. Denton was held by the North Vietnamese for more than seven years, and when they forced him to appear in a propaganda film, he blinked the word "torture" in Morse code. Scott Pelley reports.
"Without their return: no deal with Iran," Xiyue Wang said.
"If there's a hell on Earth, I was there," one said as he recalled serving and being held captive during the Korean War.
One diver says it's clear the USS Grenadier's crew went through "quite an ordeal," and he hopes finding the wreck will let them "have some closure."
CBS News' Ed O'Keefe reports on the latest on the election 2020 trail.
Chip Reid investigates the practices of the Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command, the Pentagon agency tasked with finding and identifying the remains of 83,000 missing American servicemen and women. Last year, the Government Accountability Office said the missing persons mission "is being undermined by longstanding leadership weakness."
Ten of the 20 countries involved in this week’s G20 Summit in Japan were also involved in the Korean War. Fighting in Korea ended in 1953, but no peace treaty was ever signed. Over 7,600 Americans remain missing in action in Korea -- but this January, when the U.S. government identified the remains of George Schipani, that number was reduced by one. That story is the first in the "CBS This Morning Saturday" series “Who We Are.” Jeff Glor reports.
Peter Fantasia was captured and spent six months as a prisoner of war in 1944 while serving as an Army medic in France,
Nick Reiner, a son of director Rob Reiner and his wife Michele, has been arrested on murder charges following their deaths, police said.
Police on Monday renewed their search for the gunman who killed two Brown University students and wounded nine others.
Attorney General Pam Bondi said the FBI and Justice Department thwarted "what would have been a massive and horrific terror plot" in Southern California.
President Trump signed an order designating illicit fentanyl as a weapon of mass destruction, directing agencies to do more to combat the drug.
A jury has found Massachusetts man Brian Walshe guilty of first-degree murder in the death of his wife Ana Walshe.
The two people who were killed in a shooting at Brown University on Saturday have been identified as students Ella Cook and Mukhammad Aziz Umurzokov.
Sheina Gutnick's dad came to Australia to escape persecution for his Jewish faith, and his murder in Bondi has left her feeling "betrayed by the government."
Known as a popular Hollywood director, Rob Reiner also had a lengthy record of political and civic activism, especially in California.
Erika Kirk recalls the emotional fog of Charlie Kirk's assassination, addresses conspiracy theories and takes questions during a CBS News town hall hosted by Bari Weiss.