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Storms rocked the most populated area of the country on Tuesday, causing widespread flash flooding from Ohio to New England and beyond in what the National Weather Service called a "dangerous and life-threatening situation." Rob Marciano has the forecast. Tropical Storm Bertha is on its way to the Gulf Coast as New Orleans and beyond brace for multiple feet of rainfall. Lana Zak reports. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. made his first public comment on the growing cyclosporiasis outbreak on Tuesday, declaring it under control and denying that cutbacks to monitoring activities have hurt U.S. food safety. Carter Evans reports. New footage obtained by TMZ appears to show the back of Nolan Wells' head as he partied on a boat shortly before his July Fourth disappearance. Skyler Henry reports. Sergeant Michael Swinton, 30, was identified Tuesday as the soldier who died in Iraq during a controlled explosion of an Iranian drone. Weijia Jiang reports. An Australia woman registered a one-in-fifteen-million achievement, giving birth to identical, naturally conceived quadruplets. Mark Strassmann has the story. Quinn Brown, a 19-year-old with a passion for selling items online, hit the jackpot when he purchased an original 1972 NBA warm-up jacket worn by Wilt Chamberlain at a Goodwill store for just over $3. Tony Dokoupil has the story. While the three astronauts of Apollo 11 received the bulk of the attention for landing on the moon in 1969, 400,000 people worked behind the scenes to make it happen. Randall Pinkston reported on one of those important people back in 2009. 

Florida police fired a barrage of bullets at a vehicle belonging to a man wanted for the murder of a mother of four after he led them on a wild car chase. The suspect was taken into custody. Cristian Benavides has more. A Delta Airlines pilot coming in to land a flight with more than 100 people on board faced terrifying moments over LaGuardia Airport on Tuesday night after an anonymous caller falsely reported a rocket launcher on the ground. Tom Hanson has the story. President Trump on Wednesday oversaw the dignified transfer of the remains of four U.S. soldiers killed in the war on Iran. The U.S. launched another round of strikes on Iran Wednesday night. Weijia Jiang reports. The U.S. and Saudi Arabia signed a new nuclear agreement Wednesday that could help the Middle Eastern country diverisify its energy sources. Margaret Brennan has more. A pastor in Florida is suing OpenAI after he used ChatGPT for medical advice and received suggestions that he claims caused him to delay necessary treatment. Jo Ling Kent reports. Bear encounters are rising across the U.S. as the animals enter human spaces looking for food, often getting caught on tape. Mark Strassmann has the story. The New Bedford Whaling Museum was hit with a Google review calling it the "worst aquarium ever." Then it turned it into marketing gold. Tony Dokoupil has the story. CBS News correspondent Richard Roth and photographer Derek Williams were detained by Chinese authorities during the Tiananmen Square massacre in June 1989. They would eventually be released, relatively unharmed. These were the reports they filed through the chaos. 

A day after an officer shot and killed a man in Madison, Wisconsin, police say the man had fled from officers, then pulled a fixed-blade knife, injuring one officer, who tried a taser before firing three shots. Protests developed almost immediately, and on Thursday, demonstrators took the microphone in a police press conference. Jonah Kaplan reports. Two men were stabbed on Thursday near Central Park in New York City, just blocks apart. The victims are Asian and Jewish, and the attacks are being investigated as a possible hate crime. Tom Hanson reports. U.S. health officials said they are investigating an additional outbreak of cyclospora, but do not know its source. Plus, Taylor Farms has reportedly shut down the plant where lettuce is suspected to have started the initial outbreak that has sickened thousands in at least 41 states. Carter Evans reports. A father-son duo in Idaho is on a mission to play catch every single day for a year, no matter the weather, and they're nearing the finish line. Tony Dokoupil reports. 

In Washington state, a plane skimmed over the water before slamming into a rocky island off the coast on Thursday. All 11 on board survived, and Carter Evans has the details. Nearly two years after a school shooting at Georgia's Apalachee High School, a 16-year-old pleaded guilty to killing two fellow students, two teachers and wounding nine other people in Georgia. Jericka Duncan reports. The White House Correspondents' Dinner will have a redo in Washington, D.C., on Friday night, after the original event was interrupted in April when a gunman stormed in. It'll be a scaled-down event with scaled-up security. Nicole Sganga reports. The Pentagon came under fire this week after its tally of the number of troops killed in the Iran war suddenly dropped from 18 to 14. Charlie D'Agata has more details on the discrepancy. During a time when Americans are mostly divided on the issues this election year, many are united around opposition to new data centers. Tony Dokoupil has "The Big Question." LeBron James, one of the greatest players in NBA history, announced he is leaving the Los Angeles Lakers for the Philadelphia 76ers, a team that hasn't won a championship since 1983. Mark Strassmann reports.