Asia-Pacific markets open higher as Wall Street extends declines to 2025

Economic data on tap appeared thin on Friday, while investors in Asia will continue to assess the political uncertainty in South Korea.

Twin New Year’s attacks mark grim start to 2025

The deadly New Year’s attack in New Orleans and the Cybertruck blast in Las Vegas just hours later marked a grim and uneasy start to 2025. Jim Axelrod takes a…

How the New Orleans attack was “part of the ISIS playbook,” former CIA official says

New Orleans’ Bourbon Street has reopened less than two days after a terrorist attack killed at least 14 people in the early hours of the new year. CBS News’ Kati…

“CBS Evening News” headlines for Thursday, Jan. 2, 2024

Here’s a look at the top stories making headlines on the “CBS Evening News” with Major Garrett.

Driver in Las Vegas Cybertruck explosion identified as U.S. Army soldier, officials say

Authorities say the body found inside the Cybertruck that exploded in Las Vegas was burned beyond recognition the coroner made a positive identification, and the military ID and passport recovered…

Biden awards Presidential Citizens Medal to Jan. 6 committee leaders and other Americans

President Biden awarded the nation’s second-highest civilian honor to 20 Americans on Thursday, including House Jan. 6 committee leaders Rep. Bennie Thompson and former Rep. Liz Cheney. CBS News political…

Cybertruck driver died by suicide before Las Vegas explosion, authorities say

Authorities say the 37-year-old former Green Beret suspected of detonating a Cybertruck outside a Trump hotel in Las Vegas died by suicide before the blast. Andres Gutierrez has the latest…

New details emerge in investigation into Bourbon Street truck attack in New Orleans

Authorities are still piecing together clues about the deadly truck attack on Bourbon Street in New Orleans that left 14 people dead just hours into the new year. Investigators now…

Security ramped up at Sugar Bowl in New Orleans after Bourbon Street attack

The postponed Sugar Bowl kicked off Thursday night in the New Orleans Superdome, about a mile from the deadly attack on Bourbon Street. Michelle Miller takes a look at the…

FBI releases new video and evidence in Jan. 6 pipe bomb case

Monday will mark four years since the 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol, but federal investigators still haven’t identified the person who planted pipe bombs the night before the Jan.…