‘My target was just to take the gun’: wounded hero Ahmed al-Ahmed speaks of saving lives at Bondi beach

‘I know I saved lots, but I feel sorry for the lost,’ Ahmed tells CBS News of those who died in Sydney attack on 14 December

My big night out: I woke up on a llama farm in Germany

At 20, I went on a European road trip for the summer, where a chance encounter in Cologne taught me the importance of friendship

Full transcript of "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan," Dec. 28, 2025

Updated on: December 28, 2025 / 2:28 PM EST / CBS News

The Missing Kayaker

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I was trained from childhood to be a stickybeak. My dad’s philosophy was ‘always follow your curious nose’

Debra Oswald’s father taught her to be inquisitive about the world. As an adult she discovered that curiosity can help us endure whatever is happening

Munich’s surfers foiled again after city thwarts effort to restart river wave

Authorities remove beam placed on Christmas Day to recreate Eisbach wave, which vanished in October