here are tonight s headlines. the once a day oral contraceptive will be available with no prescription or age restrictions. officials have not yet provided a price or timeline. the secret service has now closed its investigation into cocaine found at the white house. officials were not able to identify a suspect in the inquiry. norah: extreme weather from coast-to-coast. the area around chicago is cleaning up from a series of tornadoes that left a trail of damage. >another near o hare and international airport forced hundreds of people there to take shelter. there is no end in sight to a dangerous heat wave. at your own risk. norah: beachgoers at the northeast warned to stay out of the water due to high level of bacteria. with the changing climate we are going to continue to see these types of closures. the union representing 160,000 hollywood actors announced they will be going on strike at midnight. if we don t stand tall right now,
the once-a-day oral contraceptive will be available with no prescription or age restrictions. officials have not yet provided a price or timeline. the secret service has now closed its investigation into white house. officials were not able to identify a suspect in the inquiry. norah: extreme weather from coast-to-coast. the area around chicago is cleaning up from a series of tornadoes that left a trail of damage. another near o hare international airport forced hundreds of people there to take shelter. there is no end in sight to a dangerous heat wave. please swim at your own risk. norah: beachgoers across the northeast warned to stay out of the water due to high levels of bacteria. with the changing climate, we are going to continue to see these types of closures. the union representing 160,000 hollywood actors announced they will be going on strike at midnight. if we don t stand tall right now, we are all going to be in trouble.
brought against him by writer e. jean carroll. now i guess we are going to see, is this number enough or potentially do we go through this again? nancy: the cbs evening news starts now. good evening. i m nancy cordes in for norah. thank you for being with us. we are going to have more on that massive payout donald trump was ordered to make to e. jean carroll in a moment. also tonight, though, big news from the border, where migrant crossings hit a new record in december. hundreds of thousands of them, and countered by border agents. plus, boeing 737 max 9 is returning to the skies. cbsnews is there as the first flight takes off from seattle after the planes were grounded for three weeks following that terrifying midair incident. but we want to begin tonight a jury found he acted maliciously, out of hatred, ill will, or spite in his ongoing verbal attacks on the former elle magazine columnist. they concluded he should pay $83.3 million in damages. a previous ju
more than 75 million americans from the south to the midwest. norah: the airport chaos ahead of the holiday weekend. and a scary landing for a delta flight. a wave of fatal drownings in the u.s. how to protect yourself from dangerous rip currents. it will take their lives when you are not used to that type of conditions. norah: new reporting tonight, a senior russian general knew in advance of the armed revolt in russia. what it means for the war in ukraine. breaking news. pop icon madonna rushed to the hospital. new details about her condition. crews have recovered debris from the titan vessel that was headed to the site of the titanic. it is expected to help investigators understand what happened. norah: the dire shortage of life-saving cancer drugs, as it leads to delays in chemo for patients. do you know if the drugs will be available for the rest of your treatment? there is no guarantee. norah: and simone biles to return to gymna
right now. good evening. i m norah o donnell, and thank you for being with us on this wednesday night. we are going to have more on that deadly winter storm in just a second, but first, the health scares facing the royal family. we learned today that the princess of wales, kate middleton, who is 42 years old, will be in the hospital for two weeks following abdominal surgery. and just hours later, king charles announced he too would be hospitalized for treatment for an enlarged prostate, so we are going to talk to our chief medical correspondent, dr. jon lapook, about their prognosis. plus, the big health headline here at home: colon cancer is killing more young men and women than ever before. plus, our alarming reporting about sextortion and the safety of our kids online. children as young as nine years old being targeted and sexually exploited. we are going to talk to the fbi, and we have a new safety warning that every parent should know about. but we do want to begin w