American Karl Deisseroth, a neuroscientist and psychiatrist, has won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, along with two German scientists. Their discoveries in optogenetics could reshape how we study the brain and understand how it processes information. Dr. Heather Berlin, an associate professor of psychiatry and neuroscience at Mount Sinai, joins CBS News to discuss.
Wanying "Heather" Zhang, an Irvine, California, realtor, was arrested on a charge of acting as an unregistered agent of a foreign government.
CBS News was first to report that the FBI arrested Wanying "Heather" Zhang on Sunday at Los Angeles International Airport before she boarded a flight to Shanghai, China.
The Supreme Court's new term kicked off on Monday and the justices are expected to weigh in on issues from voting rights to gun control. The first case of this term examines whether federal law prevents state and local governments from holding oil companies liable in climate disputes. CBS News legal reporter Kartina Kaufman has a preview of the biggest cases.
The Trump administration has approved a plan to execute former Army Maj. Nidal Hasan — who killed 13 people in a 2009 shooting at Fort Hood — by firing squad, the Pentagon said.
The latest CBS News and YouGov polling shows that Republican incumbent Sen. Susan Collins and Democratic challenger Troy Jackson are running virtually neck-and-neck in Maine's highly-watched Senate race. CBS News congressional correspondent Nikole Killion reports.
Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito told CBS News he thinks criticism of the Supreme Court from political leaders can be "quite damaging." CBS News legal contributor Jessica Levinson shares her thoughts on the interview and the upcoming docket for the high court as it begins a new term.
In an extended interview with 60 Minutes correspondent Ross Douthat, Sen. Thom Tillis details why he considers some in President Trump's inner circle "sycophants," and also discusses the Iran war and what awaits the Republican party in the midterms and 2028.
CBS News medical correspondent Dr. Céline Gounder shares her thoughts and breaks down what we know about a reported plague lab death in Russia.
The "Hawkeye Wave" happens at every Iowa Hawkeyes home football game, where the entire stadium turns away and waves at the kids in the windows of the neighboring children's hospital. Tony Dokoupil has the story.
