Japan plans to spend $50 billion on defense next year in response to threats from North Korea. Lucy Craft from CBS News in Tokyo, Japan, tells us more on what this means and why Japan is concerned.

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WARNING GRAPHIC CONTENT: Video shows what appears to be a plane that crashed shortly after takeoff from the Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan killing all 7 people aboard. The U.S. led military coalition says the cause of the crash was being investigated by emergency crews that rushed to the site, but there was no sign of insurgent activity in the area at the time. CBS News believe

Russian President Vladimir Putin is ramping up his aggression against the West and so-called "national traitors." Former KGB agent and author of "Deep Undercover: My Secret Life and Tangled Allegiances as a KGB Spy in America" Jack Barksy joins CBS News to discuss Putin's motives and greatest threats as the invasion of Ukraine moves forward.

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America has a new and growing class of homeless. In cities across the country, rents are spiking, while wages lag behind. Now long-time residents are being suddenly priced out of their homes and pushed out onto the street. Many end up struggling to survive in the shadows, sleeping in their cars, hidden from plain view and defying the conventional stereotypes of homelessness.

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Observatories in Washington, Louisiana, and Italy have all detected gravitational waves from the collision of two black holes. That collision, almost 2 billion light-years from Earth, can now be triangulated by astronomers. CBS News science and futurism contributor Dr. Michio Kaku joins CBSN to break down the significance of this discovery and the science behind it.

A train engineer intentionally drove a speeding locomotive off a track at the Port of Los Angeles because he was suspicious about the presence of a Navy hospital ship docked there to help during the coronovirus crisis, federal prosecutors said Wednesday. KCBS reports Eduardo Moreno, 44, was charged with one federal count of train wrecking, which carries a potential sentence of up to 20 years in federal prison.

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Former Navy SEAL Robert O'Neill says he fired the fatal shots that killed Osama bin Laden, the mastermind of the 9/11 attacks, during a raid in 2011. O'Neill tells CBSN's Vladimir Duthiers what took place that night and what it took for the United States to find the notorious terrorist leader.

Physicists at CERN are working to determine why the equal amounts of matter and antimatter in the universe haven't annihilated each other. CBS News science and futurist contributor and theoretical physicist Michio Kaku joins CBSN to discuss this discovery.

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The FBI is warning consumers that smart TVs can be used by hackers to spy on users. CNET senior producer Dan Patterson joined CBSN to discuss.

NASA and the European Space Agency launched the $10 billion James Webb Space Telescope on Christmas morning. The most powerful space telescope ever built, it's designed to shed light on the earliest stars and galaxies. Watch the liftoff here.

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Though many restaurants remain closed during the pandemic, dining and dashing still remains a problem, and even forced one Los Angeles restaurant owner to close up shop. The Korean Fusion Café "Spoon by H" was forced to close after losing thousands. CBS Los Angeles' Sara Donchey reports.

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During a press conference in Moscow to promote their latest R-rated comedy, Justin Timberlake and Mila Kunis encountered one Russian reporter who had a very pointed question for the Sexy Back singer-turned-actor, and one that seemed to infuriate Kunis.

Kyle Alwood, 9, is accused of intentionally setting his Illinois home on fire, which killed five relatives. Alwood appeared in Illinois court Monday to face multiple charges. A pre-trial hearing is set for November. CBS News correspondent Errol Barnett reports.

Robin Williams joins "CBS This Morning" to discuss his return to television after 30 years in the CBS comedy "The Crazy Ones."

The popular PBS series "Downton Abbey" has taken the U.S. by storm. But there's a real story behind the castle where the TV show is filmed. Martha Teichner visits Highclere Castle.

This year, due to the coronavirus pandemic, the pair celebrated a little differently — and there was an empty seat at the table. CBS affiliate KPHO-TV's Briana Whitney reports.

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Following a campaign speech to Cedar Rapids, Iowa, on Tuesday, President Obama stopped by a local ice cream shop and deli, where he mingled with customers and ordered a mint chocolate chip ice cream cone.

This 13-year-old Oregon boy told a judge how happy he was to get adopted, and it brought his mom to tears. His sweet words about his family will melt your heart.

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Tata Marharian, a member of Ukraine's volunteer medical battalion, discusses treating victims of Russia's attack. #CNN #News

Former NATO Supreme Allied Commander Gen. Wesley Clark and CNN National Security Analyst Shawn Turner review the current state of affairs in Ukraine, evaluate whether Russian forces are achieving their military goals, and look at what Putin may do next as the war enters its third week. #CNN #News

After Volodomyr Zelensky's US Congress address, President Joe Biden announced an additional $800 million in in new security aid for Ukraine. CNN's Fred Pleitgen looks as how the Ukrainian army is using US arms to hold up against the Russian invasion. #CNN #News

North Korea's top diplomat in Italy, Jo Song Gil, has been missing for weeks, a South Korean lawmaker said, raising suspicions that he may have defected. #CNN #News

CNN's Chris Cuomo talks to Sean Cahil, retired US Navy Chief Master-at-Arms, and Christopher Mellon, former Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Intelligence, about the forthcoming government report on UFO sightings.
#CNN #News

Ethan Williams filmed what happened when a flight from Hong Kong to Los Angeles had to make an emergency landing in Alaska.

Chuck Grassley has served as Iowa’s senator for a whopping seven terms, but new polling shows this tenure could be in jeopardy. In the latest episode of The Point, CNN’s Chris Cillizza digs into whether the Hawkeye State will actually part ways with its longstanding senator.  

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As Grassley weighs his future, Republicans eye his seat
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Fugitive and former auto magnate Carlos Ghosn tells CNN Business about his escape from Japan and his quest to "clear his name." #CNNBusiness

Before Nikolas Cruz killed 17 people at his former high school in Florida on February 14, law enforcement officials received several calls from people concerned about the young man's guns and violent behavior. One caller said Cruz planned "to shoot up" an unnamed school.

Grammy-nominated rapper Nipsey Hussle died after a shooting in Los Angeles near a clothing store he owned, according to a high-ranking law enforcement official with the Los Angeles Police Department. CNN's Brooke Baldwin discusses with DJ HeadKrack. #CNN #News

Osama bin Laden began life as the son of billionaire and turned to terror after the Soviets invaded Afghanistan in 1979.

Russian forces are setting their sights on the capital city of Kyiv, advancing to the doorstep of the city. Satellite images show Russian artillery bombarding Kyiv as fierce fighting continues in many other parts of the country. Cities in eastern and southern Ukraine are under a sustained Russian onslaught.
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CNN’s Fareed Zakaria discusses the immigrant experience in America and how groups of minorities differ from each other. #CNN #News

US National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan says the deadly Russian airstrike on a large military base near Lviv, Ukraine, which was only miles from the Polish border, shows that Vladimir Putin is frustrated with his forces' progress.

#CNN #News

These two women share a gut-wrenching story: their parents have bought into QAnon's lies, and it's tearing their families apart. Hear their stories.

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For 70 years, it's been a local legend. Now, two men claim they've found tons of gold, gems and guns all packed on a Nazi train. Wolf Blitzer reports.

Mary Trump, President Donald Trump's niece, tells CNN's Chris Cuomo that bigoted feelings ran in her uncle's family, and she also reveals her biggest concern about the President staying in office.

#MaryTrump #CNN #News

Former Wells Fargo bankers tell CNNMoney's Cristina Alesci how they tricked customers and opened fraudulent accounts.

CNN's Brianna Keilar rolls the tape on all the times President Trump has embraced violence and the way Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) has tried to rewrite his past support of Trump since the riot at the Capitol.

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Documentarian Ken Burns compares the current crises in the US to World War II, the Great Depression and the Civil War during a podcast with actor Will Arnett. #CNN #News

CNN's David Culver reports on the partnership between Russia and China amid the ongoing Russian invasion of Ukraine.

#CNN #News

As Sean Hannity, Laura Ingraham and Brian Kilmeade were frantically texting Trump chief of staff Mark Meadows on the day of the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection, CNN's John Berman shows how the Fox News anchors were reporting the event publicly.
#CNN #News

Sharon Bass joins New Day to discuss how she helped save a Ukrainian refugee family that helped her grandmother during the Holocaust decades prior. #CNN #News

Professors and scientists are among the North Korean elite treated to a variety of perks, paid for by Kim Jong Un's regime. CNN's Will Ripley reports.

Jimmy Hill was among dozens of civilians killed by the Russian onslaught in Chernihiv. Ukrainian police said he died during artillery fire.#CNN #News

CNN's Daniel Dale fact-checks recent false claims made by President Trump about Osama Bin Laden and crying farmers.

#CNN #News

A federal judge ruled that Ferguson police violated the Constitution when they told protesters they couldn't stand still.

Speaking to CNN's Fareed Zakaria, Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said Hong Kong is "part of China and this is a big psychological change which is not easy for the population to get used to."
#CNN #News

Businessman and Democratic 2020 hopeful Andrew Yang said he supports "Medicare for All" but would keep the option of private insurance. CNN's Dana Bash speaks with Yang on the specifics of his plan during the first joint interview with his wife Evelyn. #CNN #News

CNN's Anderson Cooper reports that Fox correspondent Benjamin Hall was injured while on assignment in Ukraine. His injury comes a day after journalist Brent Renaud was killed in Irpin, Ukraine. Jeff Newton, a friend and colleague of Renaud, shares his memories of the award-winning journalist with CNN's Alisyn Camerota. #cnn #news

CNN's Anderson Cooper and Randi Kaye discuss family members who took their own life.

David Glosser, the uncle of White House senior adviser Stephen Miller, says if his family had not immigrated to the United States when they did then none of them would be here today.

CNN's Don Lemon talks to Charles Graham, a North Carolina Congressional candidate whose campaign ad telling a story about the KKK coming to town went viral. #CNN #News