CBS Evening News, 08/21/2026

OLIVER NYS CAPITOL PLOT: Federal agents stop alleged ISIS inspired bomb plot in Albany, New YorkSTRASSMANN PANETTIERE INVESTIGATION: New details emerge in the death of Hayden PanettiereTHE GOOD STUFF: A guy who rates benches on social media and why he gave one bench a perfect ten 

TYAB KENYA PLANE CRASH: Five Americans killed in tourist helicopter crash in AfricaLUCIANO MASSACHUSETTS MANHUNT: Search underway for 'armed and dangerous' woman who killed her husband, who was a police officerTHE GOOD STUFF: 47-year-old dad plays for local college football team 

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

There are reports that more than 100 people have been killed in Gaza while they waited for food from aid trucks. Both President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump are making trips to the US Southern border today. Texas' weather could further fuel massive wildfires this w ...  Show more