BRIAN WILLIAMS

When the drums vanished from enslaved Africans’ hands, the beat leaped into the body — and into American culture.

Celebrate the reopenings of two D.C. museums, watch professional women's hockey or get an early start on St. Patrick's Day.

The UTRGV baseball team completed a two-game sweep of the Texas Southern Tigers with a 1-0 win on Saturday at Schroeder Park on the campus of the University of Houston. The Vaqueros are now 5-0 for the first time since 2017, when the team started the season with an 8-0 record. That made a winner of right-handed pitcher Max Balderrama Jr. (1-0), who threw 1.1 innings of scoreless relief to close the game. Junior Colten Davis started for the Vaqueros and pitched a career-high tying six scoreless innings, striking out a career-high seven with no walks and allowing just two hits. Tigers (6-3) starter Brian Williams was equal to the task, pitching seven scoreless innings, scattering three hits and three walks, while striking out five.

CNN's parent company says its investigation into circumstances surrounding the firing of anchor Chris Cuomo and ouster of network chief Jeff Zucker is complete.

The trucking industry estimates it needs 80,000 new drivers for some of the supply chains' toughest jobs. Next week, new federal regulations will add another hurdle. Wilson Walker from CBS San Francisco station KPIX has the story.

The U.S. and its allies in Europe are engaged in some high-stakes diplomacy. Christina Ruffini reports from the White House.

Some of the most recent videos that show the impact of the bomb cyclone that hit the Northeast.

The number of new COVID-19 patients admitted to hospitals is down 11% from last week.

Hamburg's historic fish market is under water as the northern European storm Malik, known as Nadia in Germany, has caused the Elbe river to burst its banks. One person died and two others were injured as violent winds uprooted trees and caused travel chaos.

Colombian-French politician Ingrid Betancourt, who was held hostage by then FARC rebels from 2002 to 2008, announces that she will leave the Centro Esperanza coalition and run for the Colombian presidency as an independent candidate.

The major winter storm that swept through New England caused significant erosion along the coast. Storm chaser Reed Timmer was in Truro, Massachusetts, where a house is at risk of falling on Jan. 30.

When Axios broke the news Wednesday night that MSNBC was extending "Morning Joe" by an hour and replacing Brian Williams at the 11 p.m. ET hour with Stephanie Ruhle, even top producers were caught off guard. Network executives weren't planning to announce lineup changes for another few weeks in February. Negotiations were ongoing. Why it matters: The leak sent leaders at MSNBC scrambling to address questions internally about what a fourth hour of "Morning Joe" would look like, including which pr

Stephanie Ruhle is replacing Brian Williams on the weeknight MSNBC broadcast ‘The 11th Hour,’ and the show ‘Morning Joe’ will expand to four hours.

People are sitting out college in droves. During the pandemic, undergraduate enrollment has dropped nearly 7%. The long-term effects of this decline could have a dramatic impact on the economy.

The metrics are ugly for many television, digital and print news organizations: after record-setting engagement numbers in 2020, many people are cutting back on news consumption.

Wallace said he's ready to start "a new adventure."

Popular reality stars of the groundbreaking 90s and 2000s reality shows, “The Real World” and “Road Rules,” go head-to-head in “The Challenge: All Stars,” a spinoff of MTV’s flagship reality series “The Challenge.” “The Challenge: All Stars” premieres Thursday, Nov. 11 on Paramount+. (Nov. 10)

"This is the end of a chapter and the beginning of another," Williams wrote in a note to colleagues. "There are many things I want to do, and I'll pop up again somewhere."

Williams said in a note to colleagues that "following much reflection," he had decided to exit when his contract ends in December.

Williams said in a note to colleagues that "following much reflection," he had decided to exit when his contract ends in December.

Brian Williams says he's leaving NBC News at the end of the year.

Media outlets that often spend hours each day exploring the country's differences paused to mark the 20th anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks by recalling almost wistfully the sense of common purpose that united Americans in the aftermath.

Millions of Americans were guided through the horror of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks by one of three men on television news — Tom Brokaw, Peter Jennings and Dan Rather.

Former CIA analyst Matt Zeller slammed President Joe Biden's speech on the Afghanistan crisis, snapping back at MSNBC's Brian Williams for supporting the president's remarks on Monday.

Missouri Gov. Mike Parson on Wednesday signed bills that would increase police accountability, limit the use of officer chokeholds and, critics say, shield police while ramping up penalties for protesters. The other limits police use of chokeholds, the technique used by former Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin to kill George Floyd last year. The chokehold provision was spearheaded by Democratic Sen. Brian Williams, of University City, who said it would “save Black lives.”

A new podcast series revisits how broadcast journalists covered some of the biggest stories, and tells some fascinating behind-the-scenes details.

MSNBC anchor Brian Williams urged viewers to sympathize for President Joe Biden ahead of his joint congressional address Wednesday because he was 'robbed of so much of the majesty and pomp' typically attached to the office due to the pandemic.

LAST YEAR WAS SUPPOSED TO BE AN EXCITING SPRING FOR GOOSE CREEK CISD BASEBALL AND SOFTBALL TEAMS ALIKE.

This Spring the VYPE Media team visited the campus of Goose Creek Memorial for our annual Spring media day! We had the pleasure of sitting down with the talented athletes and coaches at GCM. Enjoy the player pics and interview with Goose Creek Memorial Baseball Coach Brian Williams.

FILE - "NBC Nightly News" anchor Tom Brokaw delivers his closing remarks during his final broadcast, in New York on Dec. 1, 2004. Brokaw says he is retiring from NBC News after working at the network for 55 years. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)(AP) – Longtime NBC News anchor Tom Brokaw, once television news' most popular broadcaster as he told viewers about the biggest events of that late 20th Century, said Friday that he's retiring from television. In 2013, Brokaw was diagnosed with multiple myeloma, an incurable blood cancer that affects the bone marrow. Brokaw said the coronavirus pandemic, which has killed more than 400,000 Americans in the past year, was the country's greatest test since the Civil War.

Some unemployed Americans are being asked to return their jobless benefits months after they received the money. An investigation by CBS affiliate KMOV4 in St. Louis found that Missouri authorities are asking thousands of unemployment recipients to give back the weekly state payments or face potential consequences. Officials say they incorrectly paid thousands of people, to the tune of tens of millions of taxpayer dollars. Missouri residents like Rieker aren't the only ones around the U.S. who have been asked to return jobless aid after they were mistakenly overpaid by their state unemployment offices. Soon after, state officials called Rieker to tell her she wouldn't have to pay back the money.

Some unemployed Americans are being asked to return their jobless benefits months after they received the money. An investigation by CBS affiliate KMOV4 in St. Louis found that Missouri authorities are asking thousands of unemployment recipients to give back the weekly state payments or face potential consequences. Officials say they incorrectly paid thousands of people, to the tune of tens of millions of taxpayer dollars. Missouri residents like Rieker aren't the only ones around the U.S. who have been asked to return jobless aid after they were mistakenly overpaid by their state unemployment offices. Soon after, state officials called Rieker to tell her she wouldn't have to pay back the money.

NEW YORK – ABC, CBS and NBC all cut away from President Donald Trump on Thursday as he spoke from the White House to make an unfounded accusation that the presidential election was being stolen from him. Trump was more subdued Thursday, yet offered a litany of complaints about “suppression” polls, mail-in voting and fraud that he never specified. Cordes said there is no indication of a substantive number of illegal votes cast, and said Trump's reference to votes arriving late was “another falsehood.”MSNBC cut away from Trump to anchor Brian Williams. “There are no illegal votes that we know of, there has been no Trump victory that we know of.”After ABC ended its coverage, the network’s White House correspondent, Jonathan Karl, also said there was no evidence of illegal votes. But especially in this election.”While CNN kept Trump on the air, a chyron displayed under him said, “Without any evidence, Trump says he's being cheated.”Anchor Jake Tapper looked weary when it was over.

Democratic Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, who has drawn attention for her scrapes with President Trump over the federal governments coronavirus response, is on Joe Bidens list of potential vice presidential candidates, Biden said in an interview Tuesday. The former vice president made the remarks during an appearance on MSNBC, after host Brian Williams asked whether Whitmer had lengthened Bidens shortlist due to her performance during the pandemic. The former vice president joins us for an in-depth conversation tonight at 11PM ET. Biden said during the most recent Democratic debate with Sanders this month that he would pick a woman to be his vice president should he win the nomination.

Parkland Memorial Hospital is where seven wounded Dallas police officers were taken in last Thursday's ambush. Drs. Alexander Eastman and Brian Williams are trauma surgeons at the hospital who helped save lives. Eastman, who is also a lieutenant in the Dallas police department, and Williams join "CBS This Morning" from Dallas with an emotional reaction to the tragedy.

Allison Williams defends dad Brian Williams Allison Williams, daughter of embattled NBC anchor Brian Williams, defended her dad during an interview at New York's 92nd Street Y with Seth Meyers. CBSN's Nancy Cordes and Elaine Quijano show us what she said about her father's scandal.

Brian Williams backs out of appearance on the "Late Show with David Letterman" Brian Williams is canceling his appearance on CBS's "Late Show With David Letterman" following controversy surrounding an apparently tall tale he told repeatedly over the years. CBSN's Elaine Quijano and Michelle Miller report.

Brian Williams to take temporary leave from NBC newscast "NBC Nightly News" anchor Brian Williams announced he will be taking a leave of absence amid questions about his memories of war coverage in Iraq. Jim Axelrod reports.

Why do people tell tall tales? NBC is launching an internal investigation into Brian Williams' exaggerations that his helicopter in Iraq was hit in 2003. In light of this controversy, psychology professor Dan Ariely joins CBSN with more on why people tell tall tales.

NBC News' Brian Williams under scrutiny for false claims NBC "Nightly News" anchor Brian Wlliams is facing an internal NBC probe over making false claims about his experience in Iraq. Williams had claimed he was in a helicopter hit by enemy fire. He admitted this week that was not true. Now, more stories from Williams' past reports are getting scrutinized.

NBC anchor Brian Williams' apology fails to silence critics "NBC Nightly News" anchor Brian Williams is fighting for his reputation after apologizing for saying his helicopter in Iraq was hit by a rocket-propelled grenade in 2003. That never happened, and it's an account that changed over the years. Jeff Glor reports.

Brian Williams makes on-air apology for Iraq story Brian Williams makes a public on-air apology for a war story he now says is not true. CBSN's Elaine Quijano has more.