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They were fathers, husbands and “hard-working” men. Here’s what we know so far about the construction workers presumed dead in the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse in Baltimore. For more, head to the link in our bio.
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“We are not broken people in a normal world. We are normal people in a broken world.” - Erin Compton, 19 years old. Stream a new CBS Reports doc, “No Place Like Home,” now.
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Don Saunders, a former parliamentarian and the deputy chairman of the Free National Movement Party in the Bahamas, was fatally shot on Wednesday during an armed robbery, police said. Click the link in bio for the full story.
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Authorities have announced the largest cocaine shipment seizure of the year in the Caribbean Sea off Colombia after military ships and planes chased down a speedboat holding almost four tons of the drug worth more than $113 million.⁠ ⁠ Read more about the bust at the link in our bio.
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“This country, quite literally, has been built by waves of immigration,” @camiloreports says, as the workers who died in the Baltimore bridge collapse were all immigrants. “These jobs are essential, but they’re also perilous...but many immigrants do them because they want to provide for their families.” Tap the link in bio to watch @camiloreports ’ interview with the brother of a victim from the bridge collapse.
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Of the 16,000 people with developmental disabilities in state-operated institutions, half are in five states. Activists have been fighting to permit them to live at home. Stream a new CBS Reports doc, “No Place Like Home,” now.
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Australia's grassland earless dragon is no bigger than a pinkie when it emerges from its shell, but the little lizard faces an enormous challenge in the years ahead: avoiding extinction. As recently as 2019, scientists in Canberra counted hundreds of grassland earless dragons in the wild. This year, they found just 11.⁠ ⁠ Read more about the lizard's fight for survival at the link in our bio.
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The Baltimore community continues mourning the six construction workers killed in the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse. CBS News has learned the crew had completed their work and were in their cars on break, waiting for concrete to dry before tragedy struck.
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In a CBS News exclusive, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy tells @charliedagatacbs that Ukraine is in desperate need of additional U.S. military aid as Russia escalates attacks.
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President Biden is expected to raise more than $25 million at a high-profile fundraiser in New York City on Thursday, featuring former Democratic Presidents Obama and Clinton. The Biden campaign has $71 million in the bank, compared to the Trump campaign’s nearly $34 million.
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Officials say four people were killed and several others were wounded when a 22-year-old man went on a stabbing spree in Rockford, Illinois – forcibly entering homes and attacking random people. He faces multiple felony charges, including first-degree murder.
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Former cryptocurrency billionaire Sam Bankman-Fried was sentenced to 25 years for his role in perpetrating one of the largest financial crimes in U.S. history. The 32-year-old was found guilty in November of seven counts, including conspiracy, fraud and money laundering.
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