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There are currently about 2,500 U.S. troops in Iraq supporting the Iraqis' fight against ISIS.
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A recent CBS News Investigation into contract cheating found that American college students are support a thriving business in Kenya that profits from completing essays and other assignments on their behalf. CBS News correspondent Debora Patta traveled to Nairobi, Kenya, to speak to some of the writers, and verified their claims.
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Dressel, who's been hailed as the successor to Michael Phelps, got started on his quest for six gold medals in swimming.
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After years of chasing the American, Australia's Titmus took the gold — and her coach went wild.
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House Speaker Nancy Pelosi appointed GOP Congressman Adam Kinzinger of Illinois to serve on the select committee investigating the January 6 assault on the U.S. Capitol. He's the second Republican Pelosi has added to the committee. Christina Ruffini has the details.
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Horrified by the violence of the January 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol, police veteran Thomas Manger was compelled to come out of retirement and lead the U.S. Capitol Police. Nikole Killion spoke with Manger about his plans for the future of the Capitol Police force.
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Rushed to a Massachusetts ER four years ago, Jacob Haendel exhibited signs of stroke. Doctors thought he was in a vegetative state and would soon die, but he was very much awake and conscious, suffering from locked-in syndrome — a purgatory between life and death.
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Jackie Mason came from a long line of Rabbis but traded it for the limelight and turned being Jewish into comedy gold. Tom Hanson takes a look back at Mr. Manson's life.
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A crew of old high school buddies at Life's a Beach Shoreline Services have helped clean Lake Minnetonka of seaweed for years and claim this year is off the charts. The crew brings the weeds to a local mulch store where they're composted and re-used. Erin Hassanzadeh has the story.
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"I just want the country to be proud of me, to share this flood of emotions," she said.
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