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A new Harvard study is checking in on how the U.S. is doing on economic mobility across race and class and examining which factors best predict success. The researchers discovered that earnings increased for white children in affluent families, but fell for those in poorer families. Benjamin Goldman, one of the study’s authors, joins CBS News to unpack the findings.
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In a statement provided to CBS New York, Justin Timberlake’s attorney claimed police made “a number of very significant errors in this case” and “we are confident that this charge will be dismissed.”
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During a 2019 classical music concert at Symphony Hall in Boston, a 9-year-old boy shouted “wow” at the conclusion of Mozart’s Masonic Funeral Music. Five years later, his response still resonates. Steve Hartman has more.
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A coordinated arson attack disrupted France’s high-speed train system just hours before the 2024 Paris Olympics opening ceremony on Friday. BBC correspondent Hugh Schofield has more on the incident.
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CBS News’ Leah Mishkin reports on a display in central London honoring the hundreds of Ukrainian athletes who’ve died in the war with Russia, as their country sends its smallest team ever to compete in the 2024 Paris Olympics.
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Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Friday in Florida. The meeting took place just one day after the Israeli leader met with President Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris separately at the White House. Jon Alterman, senior vice president and director of the Middle East Program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, joins to examine how the high-stakes talks could shape American foreign policy in the Middle East.
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Lana Zak reports on former President Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyhu’s meeting in Florida, the wildfires in California and San Diego’s Comic-Con.
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Here’s a look at the top stories making headlines on the “CBS Evening News” with Major Garrett.
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In an interview with CBS News’ Major Garrett, independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. claimed that President Biden “tarred” his “reputation and that career over the past year by refusing to let go of power.” He also addressed his meeting with former President Donald Trump at the Republican National Convention.
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An autopsy report released Friday confirms Sonya Massey, the Illinois woman who was fatally shot inside her home earlier this month by a sheriff’s deputy, died from a gunshot wound to the head. CBS News correspondent Roxana Saberi has the latest from Chicago.
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