CBS Evening News, 08/18/2026

STRASSMANN PANETTIERE DEAD: Actress Hayden Panettiere dead at age 36VALDES MISSING WOMAN: Search for retiree who disappeared in Las VegasTHE GOOD STUFF: MLB rookie makes historic debut with three homeruns 

HANSON MANGIONE PLEA: Luigi Mangione pleads guilty to federal charges.VIGLIOTTI ART THEFT: More than $10m in stolen art recovered.ON THE ROAD: An embarrassing high school initiation ritual that freshmen hate... But their mothers love. 

Rachel Scott has the latest on the potential deal to end the longest government shutdown in U.S. history after eight Senate Democrats broke ranks to vote with Republicans; Over 90 million from the Deep South to New England are on alert as the first winter storm of the season take ...  Show more

The Trump administration is pushing out thousands of probationary workers at federal agencies today. We have the latest from the National Transportation Safety Board on the deadly mid-air collision between a passenger jet and a military helicopter. Authorities have accused an Ind ...  Show more

Trump to be indicted again, an American soldier defects to North Korea, historic heat, and the New York Times makes an admission. Plus, Bill’s Message of the Day, the sate of the 2024 race. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices 

Former President Donald Trump is expected in court today, as Nikki Haley trims his lead in the polls. The world came dangerously close to a key temperature target last year. Israel's president says his country will defend itself at a genocide trial this week. Another US citizen h ...  Show more