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Pete Buttigieg faces off with residents in tense town hall

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"CBS Evening News with Norah O'Donnell" to debut July 15

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Kamala Harris: Concerns about my prosecutorial record "overblown"

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Officials identify 7 motorcyclists killed in New Hampshire crash

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Oregon Republicans leave state Senate over climate change bill

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Man in Wisconsin charged in death of 5-year-old who found gun

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Joe Sestak becomes 25th Democrat running for president

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GOP lawmaker says U.S. should cripple Iranian economy

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2 Texas airports halted flights over temporary communications issue

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Technology - Mars beckons - Mankind has never been closer to setting foot on Mars. NASA is completing construction of its new Mars rover, in readiness for launching next summer, while SpaceX is firing prototypes of its Mars rocket engines, getting ready for short test flights in late 2020. David Pogue reports on the prognosis for manned exploration of the Red Planet, and how human endurance is being tested in a habitat constructed on the slopes of a Hawaiian volcano. 19H ago - 09:49

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Seeing red: Mankind gets closer to Mars -- NASA and SpaceX are both readying unmanned missions to the Red Planet, with the goal of putting human-filled boots on the ground

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"Deepfakes" spark concerns over misinformation -- There's a mounting effort to unmask deepfakes. The altered videos shared widely on social networks are proving to be an extraordinary political weapon that are difficult to defuse. Jonathan Vigliotti reports.

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Iranian hackers wage cyber campaign amid tensions with US -- Hackers believed to be working for the Iranian government have targeted U.S. government agencies, as well as sectors of the economy -- Jun 22

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Preview: Mission to Mars -- NASA's Mars 2020 mission, which launches for the Red Planet next summer, will feature not just a rover, but also a tiny helicopter that will detach and hover above the Martian surface. David Pogue talked with Mimi Aung, project manager at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, in this preview of Pogue's report for "Sunday Morning" June 23. -- Jun 22

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What makes Facebook's Libra different? -- Facebook announced plans this week to launch Libra, a global digital currency. With backing from PayPal, Uber, Visa and Mastercard, Libra would allow users without bank accounts or credit cards to shop online. But the plan comes as Facebook finds itself under intense scrutiny for its privacy practices. C-NET Senior Managing Editor Dan Ackerman joins "CBS This Morning Saturday" to discuss how Libra will differ from other cryptocurrencies.

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For Apple, scaling back in China is easier said than done -- Although the tech giant is eager to avoid tariffs, shifting some of its production out of China could take years -- Jun 21

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Making "The Jetsons" a reality: The first flying, self-driving cars are coming -- "A lot of us grew up watching 'The Jetsons' and thought that was far-fetched. The reality is here today" -- Jun 21

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Facebook moderators endure horrific conditions -- Casey Newton, a Silicon Valley editor for The Verge, joins CBSN's Reena Ninan to discuss his new article on the horrific work conditions faced by Facebook's content moderators who work as contractors. (Warning: This video contains content some may deem graphic and violent). -- Jun 21

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New Harry Potter augmented reality game released -- Wands at the ready! The new Harry Potter augmented reality game is here early -- Jun 21

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Shares in workplace software phenom Slack soar 50% in first day of trading -- "I'll Slack you" is a common phrase in certain workplaces - and many are betting it will become dominant form of workplace collaboration -- Jun 20

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City pays $600,000 to hackers who seized its computer system -- Cyberattack blocked 911 dispatchers from logging calls, as a growing number of U.S. municipalities are taken hostage -- Jun 20

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Why YouTube "could be a lot safer" for kids -- CBS News has confirmed that YouTube is under federal investigation, and is accused of illegally collecting data on children. The platform has also been accused of exposing children to inappropriate content and failing to police videos featuring minors. Both YouTube and the FTC declined to comment when we asked about the FTC investigation. Wired reported in February about pedophiles using YouTube comment sections to guide other predators to videos of children. The magazine's editor-in-chief, Nick Thompson, joins "CBS This Morning" to discuss how YouTube "could be a lot safer." -- Jun 20

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Bitcoin price hits 1-year high on boost from Facebook's Libra plan -- Cryptocurrency enthusiasts see Facebook's move into digital money as "the catalyst everyone's been looking for" -- Jun 19

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Instagram accounts exploiting Sudan crisis -- As the political crisis in Sudan worsens, global humanitarian organizations have turned to social media to raise both awareness and money. It turns out, some of those accounts are actually fake. In her latest piece for The Atlantic, Taylor Lorenz highlights how some Instagram accounts claim to be helping people in Sudan, when they're actually just a ploy to gain more followers. She joins CBSN's Tanya Rivero. -- Jun 18

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South Carolina Democratic voters urge unity -- This offered some refuge to Joe Biden, who landed here after facing a torrent of criticism from his 2020 rivals for his comments about his ability to work with known segregationists

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2020 Sunday Trail Markers: What to know about the Democratic debates -- "It's too early for candidates to be attacking each other, so they will be tripping all over themselves to attack Trump," veteran Republican strategist Todd Harris told CBS News

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Crime - Buttigieg pledges to take racist officers off the force - South Bend mayor and 2020 Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg faced his constituents at a tense town hall Sunday afternoon following the fatal shooting one week ago of Eric Logan, an African American man, by South Bend Police Sgt. Ryan O'Neill, a white police officer. 6H ago - 01:50

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Was the fatal shooting of a college football player justified? -- "48 Hours" goes inside a family's mission to restore their student-athlete son's reputation seven years after he was fatally shot by a police officer -- Jun 22

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Sacramento police say bodycam footage shows officer ambushed -- The department has faced criticism because it took 45 minutes to transport rookie Officer Tara O'Sullivan to a hospital -- Jun 22

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Space - NASA discovery could signal life on Mars - NASA scientists say its Curiosity rover discovered high amounts of methane gas on Mars. On Earth, the gas is typically produced by living things. CBS News space consultant Bill Harwood joins CBSN to discuss if this observation could mean there's life on Mars. 12H ago - 05:16

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Apollo 11 50th anniversary: 50 photos from the moon - 50 photos to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the moon landing - Jun 21 - 50 photos

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NASA to land 1st woman on moon as part of Artemis mission -- NASA's project aims to bring human beings back to the moon by 2024 -- Jun 16

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NASA spots "Star Trek" Starfleet logo on Mars -- Hopefully, it finds some aliens sporting Vulcan salutes next -- Jun 14

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Popular - Bodies of 7 climbers recovered in Himalayas - Indian paramilitary soldiers have reached the bodies of seven people from an eight-member team of international climbers believed to have been killed on a notoriously dangerous Himalayan mountain, an official said Sunday. The team, including two Americans, had been missing on Nanda Devi East for nearly a month. 4H ago - 00:20

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The inventor turning plant life into biofuel -- Marshall Medoff unveils to "60 Minutes" his innovative method of turning plant life into fuel and other useful products. Lesley Stahl reports.

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Kamala Harris defends her record on crime -- Critics say Kamala Harris didn't do enough to advance the rights of defendants and protect those in low-income communities when she was a prosecutor in California. The presidential candidate defends her record in an interview with CBS News political correspondent Ed O'Keefe.

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Inside the corruption allegations plaguing Malta -- The smallest nation in the European Union is earning an unsavory reputation, with a series of scandals involving allegations of bribery, cronyism and money laundering. Jon Wertheim reports.

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