About 900 employees of real estate company Better.com were asked to attend a Zoom call on Wednesday. But rather than offering a holiday message to workers, CEO Vishal Garg delivered a 3-minute speech informing attendees they were “terminated effectively immediately.” Videos of the Zoom call have been posted on social …

Investigators are trying to determine why a 15-year-old student opened fire inside a Michigan high school on Tuesday, killing three people and wounding eight others. Local law enforcement and the FBI worked throughout the night at Oxford High School, going through social media posts and surveillance video to search for any …

Stephen Sondheim, the songwriter who reshaped the American musical theater with his intelligent, intricately rhymed lyrics, has died, his representative confirmed to CBS News. He was 91. Sondheim influenced several generations of theater songwriters, particularly with such landmark musicals as “Company,” “Follies” and “Sweeney Todd,” which are considered among his …

The following is a transcript of an interview with New York Senator Kirsten Gillibrand that aired Sunday, November 21, 2021, on “Face the Nation.” MARGARET BRENNAN: And joining us now is Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, good morning to you. Senator, thank you for being here.  SENATOR KIRSTEN GILLIBRAND (D-NY): Good morning.  …

Jurors in the Kyle Rittenhouse trial spent all day Tuesday deliberating without returning a verdict, and have informed the court they will return Wednesday morning to continue reviewing the case.  The jury began deliberations Tuesday morning, after prosecutors and defense attorneys presented their closing arguments on Monday. Rittenhouse, 18, is charged with …

Medicare’s “Part B” outpatient premium will jump by $21.60 a month in 2022, one of the largest increases ever. Officials said Friday a new Alzheimer’s drug is responsible for about half of that. The increase guarantees that health care will gobble up a big chunk of the recently announced Social …

The uneven job recovery — namely a shortage of workers — is a direct result of the pandemic, Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen told “Face the Nation” moderator Margaret Brennan in an exclusive interview Friday.  “When we really get control of the pandemic, I think labor supply will go back to …

Washington — Democratic Senator Tim Kaine of Virginia said Sunday that congressional Democrats “blew the timing” of passing the $1.2 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill and broader social policy and climate package, to the detriment of Democrat Terry McAuliffe in his failed race for the Virginia governor’s mansion against Republican Glenn …

The COVID-19 pandemic has driven even more consumers to do their shopping online, particularly around the holidays, in order to avoid in-store contact. But making purchases over the internet can be risky, too. Take Aaron Muderick, founder of Crazy Aarons magnetic putty, who on Tuesday told a Senate committee that …

“Sunday Morning” correspondent Mo Rocca is making his Off-Broadway acting debut, in the new play, “Fairycakes,” at the Greenwich House Theater in New York City. Playwright and director Douglas Carter Beane (whose credits include “The Little Dog Laughed,” “Xanadu,” “Sister Act,” “Rodgers + Hammerstein’s Cinderella” and “The Nance”) describes the …