Jim Axelrod

Iowa credit union becomes unlikely warrior fighting overseas scams

In the intractable fight against America's online scam epidemic, there is one unlikely place where e...

us | 3 weeks ago

What led former ballerina Ashley Benefield to fatally shoot her husband?

After nearly four years, the trial of Ashley Benefield, the former ballerina charged with second-deg...

us | 1 month ago

Bruce Springsteen on the poetry of his classic album "Nebraska"

"I lived in this house exactly half a lifetime ago," said Bruce Springsteen. It may not look like mu...

entertainment | 2 months ago

Nonprofit seeks to bridge the political divide through meaningful conversation

Richmond, Virginia — Recent polling confirms what so many Americans feel, that the current political...

us | 2 months ago

U.S. Army officer resigns in protest over U.S. support for Israel

Maj. Harrison Mann, a Jewish American working for the Defense Intelligence Agency, has resigned from...

us | 4 months ago

How a woman, left for dead, survived a violent home invasion: "There's no earthly reason why I'm alive. None."

This story originally aired on May 20, 2023. Tiny Colts Neck, New Jersey, sits just 50 miles from Ne...

us | 5 months ago

150th "Run for the Roses": The history and spectacle of the Kentucky Derby

Every year the Kentucky Derby is one of America's great pageants, as a horse-loving, hat-wearing, ju...

us | 5 months ago

Match Group CEO Bernard Kim on romance scams: "Things happen in life"

The CEO of the nation's largest online dating company told CBS News that his company cares deeply ab...

us | 5 months ago

As romance scammers turn dating apps into "hunting grounds," critics look to Match Group to do more

When the Federal Trade Commission began investigating problems related to romance scams five years a...

us | 5 months ago

Romance scammers turn victims into "money mules," creating a legal minefield for investigators

In the first months of her online relationship with a man calling himself Frank Borg, Laura Kowal wa...

us | 5 months ago

When her mother went missing, an Illinois woman ventured into the dark corners of America's romance scam epidemic

When Laura Kowal decided to date again after losing her husband of 24 years, the 57-year-old retired...

us | 5 months ago

In one woman's mysterious drowning, signs of a national romance scam epidemic

The scammer who drained Laura Kowal of her $1.5 million nest egg and sent the widowed healthcare exe...

us | 5 months ago