The launch aboard a SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft will mark the first such flight from U.S. soil since the shuttle’s retirement in 2011. Source
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Some Florida coastal residents refuse to leave homes ahead of Hurricane Dorian
More than four million people on Florida’s Atlantic coast are under mandatory orders to evacuate. But the reality is that many of them will stay put, despite Dorian’s threat. That worries emergency responders, who have no way of enforcing the orders. Mark Strassmann reports. Source
At least 25 dead in California boat fire: “You can only imagine the horror”
More bodies were pulled from the waters off the California coast overnight, where a dive boat burst into flames and sank. The U.S. Coast Guard says the death toll is at least 25, and nine people are still unaccounted for. Five crew members among the 39 people on board escaped. Jonathan Vigliotti reports. Source
Odessa gunman “was on a long spiral of going down” before shooting, officials say
The gunman who went on a shooting rampage in West Texas called police before and during the massacre. Authorities say the attack happened after the gunman had been fired from his job, and that he “was on a long spiral of going down” before the shooting. Mireya Villareal reports. Source
Apple and Google clash with health officials on COVID-19 contact tracing
A COVID-19 tracing app developed by the two tech giants is of little use, according to health officials. Source
Trump says he’ll stop taking hydroxychloroquine in “a day or two”
The president said he will be finished with the preventative course by then. Source
Trump returns to battleground Michigan amid pandemic
Although his visit violates an executive order requiring manufacturing facilities to “suspend all non-essential in-person visits, including tours,” Gov. Gretchen Whitmer has no plans to stop the trip. Source
Search for victims continues after Hurricane Dorian’s wrath
A week after Hurricane Dorian devastated the Bahamas, the official death toll is 45 — but that number is expected to skyrocket. Errol Barnett is in the Bahamas, where the search for victims continues. Source
NOAA chief scientist slams agency’s “political” response to Trump’s Dorian map
Craig McLean, NOAA’s acting chief scientist, says he’s looking into possible violations of scientific integrity after the agency issued a statement backing President Trump’s claim that Hurricane Dorian could threaten Alabama – contradicting their own meteorologists. CBSN’s Elaine Quijano has the latest developments on “Red and Blue.” Source
Search warrants served in California boat fire that killed 34 people
U.S. authorities are conducting a criminal investigation into the fiery dive boat disaster that killed 34 people off the coast of California. The FBI, Coast Guard and U.S. attorney in Los Angeles are overseeing the investigation. CBS Los Angeles’ Kandiss Crone reports. Source