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James Craig is accused of poisoning Angela Craig’s protein shakes nearly two years ago, but his trial has been delayed.
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The U.S. is heading toward a demographic cliff. Over the next decade, there will be fewer 18-year-olds available to fill the nation’s universities. An analysis of census data projects by 2039, the pool will drop by 15% every year thereafter. Jeff Strohl, director of Georgetown University’s Center on Education and the Workforce, explains what it means for America’s future.
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President Trump has ramped up his global trade war, introducing a plan to increase tariffs on foreign goods to match the tax rates that other countries put on American goods. Kelly O’Grady visited a manufacturer in the Pittsburgh area to see the impact of the president’s plan.
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The federal government is the nation’s largest employer, yet the size of its workforce hasn’t kept up with U.S. population growth, experts say.
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An atmospheric river is bearing down on California, bringing with it heavy rains, evacuation orders and flash flood warnings. It’s building up to another severe weather setback for an area still reeling from devastating wildfires. Carter Evans has the latest.
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Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who was sworn in Thursday as secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, has pledged to address America’s chronic diseases, poor diets and environmental toxins — a message that’s appealing to moms across the political spectrum. Elaine Quijano reports.
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Texas has executed a man convicted of killing two men as part of a 2004 dispute with his boss at a strip club.
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El Salvador’s president is offering to take in deportees and U.S. criminals at its prisons, including American citizens. CBS News correspondent Lilia Luciano got a rare first-hand look inside one of its mega prisons.
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A judicial race in North Carolina remains undecided more than three months after Election Day. The Republican candidate for the state’s supreme court, Judge Jefferson Griffin, is trailing his opponent by 734 votes after multiple recounts and is seeking to invalidate more than 60,000 ballots cast during the election. Anderson Clayton, chair of the North Carolina Democratic Party, joins “America Decides” to share her perspective on the legal battle.
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President Trump signed a memo on Thursday setting up reciprocal tariffs against any country that applies higher tariffs on American products. Those potential tariffs could impact countries like India. CBS News MoneyWatch correspondent Kelly O’Grady has more on the tariffs.
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