UnitedHealth CEO Andrew Witty issued an apology while testifying before a House committee Wednesday about the cyberattack against subsidiary Change Healthcare that paralyzed insurance payments to hospitals, pharmacies and medical practices nationwide. Nicole Sganga has details. Source Read More »
How abortion access is changing in Florida
Thousands of Floridians lost access to abortion care Wednesday as the state’s ban took effect after months of failed legal challenges to block it. CBS News political correspondent Caitlin Huey-Burns has the details. Source Read More »
Fed chair says interest rate hike unlikely
The Federal Reserve announced Wednesday it is leaving interest rates unchanged. Rates are the highest they’ve been in more than twenty years. CBS News senior business and technology correspondent Jo Ling Kent joins to discuss. Source Read More »
Columbia University faces aftermath of police raid on protesters
Columbia University asked police Tuesday night to enter campus and clear out a building that protesters had overtaken and barricaded. CBS News correspondent Michael George has the latest on the fallout from the raid. Source Read More »
Blinken opposes Netanyahu’s plan for Rafah invasion
In a visit to Israel on Wednesday, Secretary of State Antony Blinken indicated the U.S. does not support Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s plan for a ground invasion of the southern Gaza city of Rafah. Ramy Inocencio reports from Tel Aviv. Source Read More »
Florida 6-week abortion ban takes effect as Arizona lawmakers repeal 1864 ban
A ban on nearly all abortions after six weeks of pregnancy took effect in Florida on Wednesday, while on the same day in Arizona, state lawmakers overturned a highly-restrictive 1864 abortion law that was slated to take effect this summer after the state supreme court gave it the green light. Caitlin Huey-Burns reports. Source Read More »
Shooter threat “neutralized” near Wisconsin school, officials say
There were no reported injuries after an active shooter near a middle school outside of Madison, Wisconsin, was “neutralized,” officials said. Charlie De Mar has the latest. Source Read More »
“CBS Evening News” headlines for Wednesday, May 1, 2024
Here’s a look at the top stories making headlines on the “CBS Evening News” with James Brown. Source Read More »
Several college protests turn violent; police called in to clear encampments
Violence erupted between protesters and counter-protesters at UCLA late Tuesday night, just hours after the NYPD moved in and arrested dozens of protesters who had occupied a building on the Columbia University campus. Lilia Luciano has the latest on the pro-Palestinian campus protests that have overwhelmed universities nationwide. Source Read More »
Examining the humanitarian toll on asylum seekers at the southern border
While the debate over handling the influx of migrants rages on in Washington, D.C., CBS News immigration reporter Camilo Montoya-Galvez traveled to Juarez, Mexico, to look at the humanitarian impact south of the border. Source Read More »