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The suspect in the brutal murders of four University of Idaho students appeared in court today for a pivotal pretrial hearing. Defense attorneys for Bryan Kohberger are focusing on the DNA evidence at the center of the case. The massive storm packing 130-mile-an-hour winds is expected to weaken as it moves closer to land, but could become the first tropical storm to make landfall in California in...

New questions and growing anger on what could have been done to prevent the deadliest wildfire in the U.S. In more than a century. The death toll is rising, and it is possible more than 1,000 people are still unaccounted for. Tonight, FEMA is telling CBS news that many people died in their homes, and it may take years to identify all the remains. Officials say just 40% of the impacted area has bee...

We learn Maui's emergency chief had no disaster experience. What sources are telling us about the failed government response, as the road to Lahaina opens for the first time, and the death toll surpasses 100. Help arrives in Maui to find the missing and identify remains, as survivors get a first look at what's next.

A special edition of the "CBS evening news" from here on Maui. The new details as recovery crews are in a race against time before a potential new storm rolls in. With only a third of the search complete, the governor warning the death toll could double, as we learn the identities of some of the victims. Plus, what we are learning about the fourth indictment against former president Donald Trump.

The Lahaina Wildfire is now America's deadliest in more than a century. As the death toll grows, so does the anger. The new questions about what happened and why the threat is not over. We speak with survivors as a community waits for news about their loved ones.

The Maui War Memorial Gymnasium has been set up as one of the many shelters across the island for evacuees who have lost everything. Volunteers are handing out food, water, diapers, and other much-needed supplies. Thousands are stranded at the airport as they try to escape the chaos and return to the mainland. Plea negotiations with Hunter Biden were at an impasse, and the government now believes...

A grand jury in New York City has indicted a 17-year-old suspect on a hate crime charge. After a brutal confrontation at a gas pump in Brooklyn resulted in the death of O'Shae Sibley, a 28-year-old gay black man. New economic data showing consumer prices rose in July, while inflation has fallen in some areas, the summer heat is keeping some costs white-hot.

Wildfires in Hawaii that have people fleeing for their lives. The fast-spreading flames and engulfed entire towns on the island of Maui, ripping through historic tourist destinations, burning everything in sight. A Utah man was shot and killed earlier this morning during an FBI raid on his home. The agents were attempting to serve an arrest warrant after the man allegedly threatened to kill presid...

New details on the violent river front dock brawl in Montgomery, Alabama, that went viral and has drawn nationwide attention. Police say arrest warrants have been issued for three individuals on assault charges. Damage from the mayhem in New York City's union square last Friday is estimated at $200,000 according to CBS New York. Chaos broke out when thousands of teenagers showed up for a giveaway...

The Security Service of Ukraine says it has detained a woman accused of helping Russia plot an attack on President Volodymyr Zelenskyy during a visit to a flood-hit region. Threats of severe weather from dangerous heat in the south to thunderstorms and possible tornado stretching from the great Lakes to the east coast. Storms have already created havoc for air travelers with 6,000 flights delayed...

The agency that manages Texas' power grid has issued a watch for next week, when we are expecting more temperatures in the triple digits and demand to be up. Now, they say so far the power grid has held up even after setting seven new peak demand records just this summer.

The former president accused of trying to defraud the nation he once led and arriving back in Washington to a crowd gathered, not at the white house, but at a federal courthouse. The four-count indictment details Donald Trump's alleged criminal plot to hold onto power and overturn the 2020 presidential election. Security was tight around the courthouse in D.C., just blocks from the U.S. Capitol.

A man is in federal custody after investigators say he kidnapped a woman and trapped her in a makeshift cinder block cell after posing as a police officer. Details about the victims brutal escape and how she may have helped other women. The former President Donald Trump returns here to the nation's capital to make his first appearance on charges of going after the bedrock of American democracy, a...

A third indictment of former President Donald Trump, this time for his alleged efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election. And from Russia, several drones hit a college and sports complex in Kharkiv near Ukraine's northeast border. And Russian shelling blew the roof off this hospital in Kherson on the southeast front line, killing a doctor on his first day at work and injuring five colleag...

Lori Daybell is sentenced in the zombie murders of her kids. What she said in court about communicating with their spirits. A potential mass shooting that was prevented at a Jewish school in Memphis.

the new Criminal charges against Former President Donald Trump, who continues his bid for The White House. The special counsel's office filed three new felony charges in it's investigation of the former presidents alleged mishandling of classified documents.

Former President Trump is facing additional charges, The special counsel brings new charges against Donald Trump in the Mar-a-Lago classified document case as prosecutors alleged the former President's aides attempted to delete surveillance Video.

The Stunning collapse of the proposed plea agreement between Hunter Biden and the department of justice. The federal judge overseeing the case put the deal on hold after raising concerns about the scope of the agreement.

Concerns over whether Bronny James, one of the most recognizable basketball recruits ever, will still be able to play after being rushed to the hospital and admitted to the ICU. A family spokesperson saying Bronny is now out of intensive care and in stable condition.

The department of justice has sued governor Greg Abbott after the state refused to remove buoys in the Rio Grande, installed in an effort to block migrants from crossing. The federal government says the barriers are dangerous and unlawful, while there governor said he had a right to defend the state's border.

Extreme heat causes more deaths each year than any other weather event, and health officials from California to Florida are seeing a surge in heat-related visits to emergency rooms. A disturbing new report from the centers for disease control on the rise of e-cigarette use. More than 10% of young adults in the U.S. Are now vaping, a dramatic increase since the start of the pandemic.

Stunning new details in the Gilgo Beach murders on New York's Long Island. The investigation has spread to at least four states, including New York, New Jersey, South Carolina, and Nevada. Police are trying to determine if the suspect, 59-year-old Rex Heuermann, is connected to any additional unsolved murders, including a wave of killings in Atlantic City in 2006.

Emotional testimony for women suing Texas, who believe the state's abortion ban puts their lives at risk. The target letter Smith sent to trump cites several possible charges, including conspiracy to defraud the U.S., deprivation of rights under a color of law, which applies when someone uses power to deny constitutional rights, and witness tampering and obstruction of an official proceeding, the...

For the second time in just two months, former President Donald Trump receiving a target letter from special counsel Jack Smith, signaling another possible indictment. All this about the aftermath of the 2020 election the former president confirmed the development on social media, lashing out at the special counsel, calling him deranged. Witnesses from trump's inner circle have testified that trum...

Thousands of acres across the state look like this. The state has gotten off to a slow start with wildfire season, but officials say with all of this heat and now all of this dry vegetation.