Jim Axelrod
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NCAA president Charlie Baker blasts "prop bets," citing risk to game integrity in college sports
Sports betting has quickly turned into a financial behemoth, with $93 billion wagered in 2022. NCAA president Charlie Baker is worried about the impact on college athletes. → Read More
Unsafe streets: The dangers facing pedestrians
More than 7,500 pedestrians were killed by a vehicle in 2022, the highest number in 40 years. But experts say, more than the design of vehicles, the design of the roads themselves is to blame for the alarming rise in pedestrian fatalities. → Read More
IRS whistleblower in Hunter Biden probe says he was stopped from pursuing investigative leads into "dad" or the "big guy"
"I documented exactly what happened. And it doesn't seem to match what the attorney general or the U.S. attorney are saying today," Gary Shapley said. → Read More
How a secret Delaware garden suddenly reemerged during the pandemic
"There's no other post-industrial site reimagined in this way," the garden's custodian told CBS News. → Read More
Hunter Biden to appear in court in Delaware in July
President Biden's son, Hunter Biden, has agreed to plead guilty to two misdemeanor tax charges and also admit to a gun charge. → Read More
Hunter Biden reaches deal to plead guilty to tax charges following federal investigation
Hunter Biden would also admit to a gun charge, which can be dismissed if he stays clean and out of trouble. → Read More
"Love is something that never dies": Completing her father's bucket list
When Laura Carney's dad was killed in a car crash at just 54 years old, he left behind a bucket list of items mostly unfulfilled. So, Carney set out to live her father's unfinished life – and began a healing process. → Read More
Sister of Saudi aid worker jailed over Twitter account speaks out as Saudi cultural investment expands with PGA Tour merger
When CBS News asked Twitter if Saudi agents inside the tech company unmasked the aid worker, resulting in his imprisonment and torture, Twitter replied with a poop emoji. → Read More
IRS whistleblower speaks: DOJ "slow-walked" tax probe said to involve Hunter Biden
The whistleblower connected to the Hunter Biden tax investigation said he became so concerned about prosecutors' handling of the investigation, he felt duty-bound to report it. → Read More
Donna Ongsiako, left for dead, survived a violent home invasion: "There's no earthly reason why I'm alive. None."
After being stabbed in the face, neck and chest, Donna Ongsiako mustered the strength to climb up a staircase, call 911 and describe her unlikely attacker for investigators. → Read More
Bruce Springsteen on "Nebraska," and the emergence of Springsteen the poet
An album of dark songs recorded in a bedroom at his rented farmhouse in 1982, reflecting the upheaval in his life in-between "The River" and "Born in the U.S.A.," helped solidify Springsteen's status as one of music's most soulful voices. → Read More
Navy veteran discharged over her sexual orientation 33 years ago can't clear her record
As LGBTQ vets face obstacles, a U.S. senator says "if [the Pentagon] wanted this done, it would be done." → Read More
White House vows to "reevaluate" process for LGBTQ veterans seeking upgrades to discriminatory discharges
A CBS News investigation found many of those kicked out for their sexual orientation are still struggling to get their honorable discharge status. → Read More
"The Nazi Conspiracy": The World War II plot to kill FDR, Churchill and Stalin
In their latest bestseller, Brad Meltzer and Josh Mensch write of an assassination plot aimed at Allied leaders attending a 1943 summit in Tehran – a conspiracy that, if successful, could have changed the outcome of the war. → Read More
Pamela Anderson on surviving abuse, paparazzi, and the infamous sex tape
In a new memoir, "Love, Pamela," and Netflix documentary, the "Baywatch" icon reveals details about traumas she suffered as a child and a life lived in the harsh spotlight of the tabloids, and what she gained returning to her Pacific Northwest hometown. → Read More
Dr. David Fowler testified on behalf of George Floyd's killer. Now his decisions as Maryland medical examiner are being reviewed.
Maryland attorney general is reviewing 100 cases of people who died in state custody after being physically restrained. → Read More
"Everything went wrong": After water crisis, Mississippi official looks back critically at Jackson's deal with global titan Siemens
Heavy rainfall and flooding led to problems at the deteriorating O.B. Curtis Water Plant and a drop in water pressure citywide for seven days. → Read More
The Baltimore task force trying to solve the crisis of unsolved murder
Officials from more than 20 agencies are working together in a nondescript warehouse, investigating Baltimore's most brazen drug syndicates. → Read More
Unsolved murders and the mothers of Jackson, Mississippi
Mothers being asked to investigate the murders of their sons has become a reality in Jackson. → Read More
In Philadelphia, and across U.S., police say "crushing volume" of killings outruns their ability to close cases
CBS News analyzed decades of unsolved murders across the country, and found stark racial disparities in the clearance rates — the share of cases each year that are solved. → Read More