After his government initially rejected $20 million in aid from G-7, President Bolsonaro said his government will now accept foreign money Source
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Feds investigating 10 more deaths at VA hospital
A patient at a Veterans Affairs hospital in West Virginia died after being given a drug he did not need. His death has been ruled a homicide and now there are allegations other patients may have died the same way. Jeff Pegues reports. Source
Purdue Pharma offers opioid settlement
CBS News has learned Purdue Pharma, the maker of OxyContin, has offered $5-6 billion to settle thousands of claims. It is unclear how much Purdue’s owners, the Sackler family, would have to pay. Source
Pressure ramping up on Capitol Hill to address gun violence
CBS News’ Natalie Brand joins CBSN’s “Red and Blue” to report that a major union representing teachers and families of shooting victims is calling on Congress to take up gun violence prevention legislation. Source
Ex-Google engineer charged with theft
An indictment filed in Silicon Valley reads like a Cold War spy thriller. A former engineer at Google is accused of acting as a secret agent for Uber, in a high-stakes tech war. Jamie Yuccas has the story. Source
St. Louis shaken after deaths of 12 children since April
Families in St. Louis have been devastated by a wave of child killings. At least a dozen kids have been killed in the city since this past spring. Dean Reynolds reports. Source
Epstein accusers give emotional testimony in court
Financier Jeffrey Epstein had been charged with sex trafficking before his apparent suicide. But the judge allowed Epstein’s alleged victims to tell their stories. Mola Lenghi reports. Source
Polls show Biden, Sanders and Warren at top of 2020 Democratic field
One new poll shows former Vice President Joe Biden with a 13-point lead over his next closest competitors, Senators Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders, but another poll shows the three nearly tied. Elizabeth Landers, a Washington correspondent for “Vice News Tonight,” and CBS News campaign reporters Zak Hudak and Cara Korte spoke to CBSN’s Elaine Quijano about the current state of the race. Source
“CBS Evening News” headlines for Tuesday, August 27, 2019
Here’s a look at the top stories making headlines on the “CBS Evening News” Source
At least 12 kids lost to gun violence in St. Louis since April
“I can’t be here knowing this is the city that my 8-year-old daughter was murdered” Source