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An Israeli airstrike killed at least 21 people in a designated humanitarian encampment in southern Gaza on Wednesday, according to a nearby hospital head. Meanwhile, Palestinians are struggling to find food in Gaza. CBS News foreign correspondent Debora Patta reports.
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Here’s a look at the top stories making headlines on the “CBS Evening News with Norah O’Donnell.”
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A Russian national who snuck aboard a flight from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Paris last week without a boarding pass appeared before a federal judge in New York after being returned to the U.S.
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Military veteran and former Fox News personality Pete Hegseth took part Thursday in a fourth day of door-to-door visits with senators who will decide whether to confirm him as secretary of defense once President-elect Donald Trump takes office. Hegseth has denied allegations that he committed sexual assault, struggled with alcohol and mismanaged two nonprofit groups. Scott MacFarlane has the latest.
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The price of Bitcoin, the world’s largest cryptocurrency, surged above $100,000 for the first time ever on Wednesday night. Faryar Shirzad, the chief policy officer at Coinbase, the largest platform for buying and selling cryptocurrency, joins “The Daily Report” to discuss.
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Across the U.S., at least 7,000 pharmacies have closed since 2019. Of those, roughly half were independent drugstores.
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Many Americans consider 65 to be the right age to retire. But according to the Trans-America Center for Retirement Studies, the median retirement age is 62 years old. Dan Geltrude, the founder of the accounting firm Geltrude & Company, joins “The Daily Report” to discuss why and how to plan for retirement.
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Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is in the mix to be President-elect Donald Trump’s next defense secretary pick should Pete Hegseth withdraw. Political strategists Mariel Sáez and Erin Perrine join “America Decides” with analysis.
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A woman who conspired to kill her two children is competent to stand trial in the Arizona death of her estranged husband as well.
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President Biden is weighing giving preemptive pardons to perceived enemies of President-elect Donald Trump to shield them from possible “retribution.”
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