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Employees walk out as job unhappiness soars
Fed up and frustrated, Amazon workers walked off the job, calling for a raise and safer conditions at a California facility. Thousands of health care workers are on strike. It's the latest in a number of walkouts and strikes amid a Gallup poll showing worker stress is at an all-time high. Elise Preston has the details.
17th August 2022 06:45Volunteers supply homeless students with backpacks
The average family spends nearly $900 each year in back-to-school shopping, but not everyone can afford it. A group of volunteers is helping distribute backpacks to homeless students. Meg Oliver shares more.
17th August 2022 06:41CBS Evening News, August 16, 2022
Historic shortage forces new water cuts in Southwest; Volunteers supply homeless students with backpacks
17th August 2022 05:15Judge sets Thursday hearing to consider unsealing DOJ affidavit
A federal judge has set a hearing for Thursday to hear the case calling for the unsealing of the Justice Department affidavit used as justification for the FBI search of former President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago home. Catherine Herridge reports.
17th August 2022 05:02Liz Cheney tries to hold on in GOP primary shaped by Trump
Republican Rep. Liz Cheney's political career could be nearing an end after becoming one of former President Donald Trump's fiercest critics. She tells Robert Costa what's at stake in her primary.
17th August 2022 05:00"CBS Evening News" headlines for Tuesday, August 16, 2022
Here's a look at the top stories making headlines on the "CBS Evening News with Norah O'Donnell."
17th August 2022 04:57NASA rmoves SLS moon rocket rollout back to launch pad
The maiden flight of the SLS moon rocket is intended to clear the way for the Artemis program's first piloted flight in 2024.
17th August 2022 04:57FDA clears path for over-the-counter hearing aids
The Food and Drug Administration will make hearing aids available without a prescription as soon as mid-October. The agency estimates it could save consumers nearly $3,000 on a pair of hearing aids.
17th August 2022 04:55Liz Cheney says "it's the beginning the battle" ahead of Republican primary loss
CBS News caught up with Cheney soon after she voted in the Wyoming primary, which she went on to lose Tuesday night.
17th August 2022 04:45Mom goes viral for conducting school shooting drills with 5-year-old son
The video shows her son crouching in a corner of his bedroom, demonstrating how he would hide in his classroom and use his bulletproof Spider-Man backpack as a shield.
17th August 2022 03:42Football player Manti Te'o discusses high-profile catfishing scandal
Manti Te'o is speaking out about the 2012 catfishing incident in order to heal from it, he told "CBS Mornings."
17th August 2022 03:39American Airlines places big bet on supersonic travel
It's been nearly 20 years since the Concorde flew for the last time. Will high-speed air travel take off this time?
17th August 2022 03:28NBA won't hold games on Election Day in effort to encourage fans to vote
As part of what the league is calling a "civic engagement night," all 30 teams will instead play the night before the election.
17th August 2022 02:36Biden signs Inflation Reduction Act, sealing major victory for domestic agenda
"Let me say from the start, with this law, the American people won and the special interests lost," Mr. Biden told the crowd assembled at the White House.
17th August 2022 02:34FBI returns Trump passports seized in search of Mar-a-Lago
The FBI said in a statement it "follows search and seizure procedures ordered by courts, then returns items that we do not need to be retained for law enforcement purposes."
17th August 2022 02:34NTSB: Co-pilot was "visibly upset" before he exited plane in mid-air
The NTSB has released a preliminary report which offers some insight into what may have prompted a 23-year-old co-pilot to exit a damaged plane in mid-air, prior to an emergency landing.
17th August 2022 01:55"We've been to hell and back": Employees walk out as job unhappiness soars
A new Gallup poll that found half of workers are stressed, and one in five battles anger or sadness during the day.
17th August 2022 01:38FDA to allow buying of hearing aids without a prescription
U.S. regulators have finalized a long-awaited rule that's expected to allow millions of Americans to buy hearing aids without a prescription.
17th August 2022 01:19Wolfgang Peterson, "Das Boot" and "Air Force One" director, dies at age 81
Heralded as an antiwar masterpiece, "Das Boot" was nominated for six Oscars, including for Petersen's direction.
17th August 2022 01:18Dodge is discontinuing muscle cars Charger and Challenger
Calling it the end of an era in automotive history, car maker says it plans to refocus the brand on electric vehicles.
17th August 2022 01:12Drought-stricken Arizona and Nevada to get less water from Colorado River
The move came as officials predict levels at Lake Mead, the largest U.S. reservoir, will plummet even further.
17th August 2022 01:048-year-old Highland Park shooting victim "in constant pain" amid rehab, family says
"It is very hard to convince Cooper that he will be happy again. Of course, we are beyond grateful for his survival, and we know others weren't as fortunate, but we want people to know his path/our path will be a very long and hard road," Cooper's family said.
17th August 2022 01:03Pennsylvania order protects LGBTQIA+ community from conversion therapy
The order directs commonwealth agencies to "do everything in their power to discourage conversion therapy."
17th August 2022 00:35Feds charge ex-congressman with 28 counts for alleged fraud schemes
The California Democrat faces federal charges for were multiple alleged fraud schemes, the Justice Department announced.
17th August 2022 00:28Little League World Series player hospitalized after falling off bunk bed
An Instagram page that has been providing updates on his condition said the boy had suffered a fractured skull and epidural hematoma.
17th August 2022 00:13Black farmers say Inflation Reduction Act reneges on promises
"This is just like the 40 acres and a mule," one farmer said. "You get promises, but you never actually get it."
16th August 2022 23:59Dr. Seuss' $19M estate hits market for first time in more than 50 years
Southern California compound once owned by children's book author Theodor Seuss Geisel is up for sale.
16th August 2022 23:55Inflation bill could be "game-changing" for millions of seniors
The bill would help many older Americans with high drug costs save thousands of dollars per year, experts say.
16th August 2022 23:52"One-in-2 million" blue lobster captured by father, son in Maine
The discovery is a one-in-2 million find, according to the New England Aquarium.
16th August 2022 23:19Some Capri Sun juice pouches recalled over possible cleaning solution contamination
"Diluted cleaning solution, which is used on food processing equipment, was inadvertently introduced into a production line at one of our factories," Kraft Heinz said.
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