CBS Evening News, 04/15/26
CBS Evening News
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🗓️ 15 April 2026
⏱️ 22 minutes
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Summary
A New York jury ruled on Wednesday that Live Nation and its Ticketmaster unit operated as an illegal monopoly, handing dozens of states an important legal win against the ticketing giant.
More than 50 million Americans under alert tonight as severe storms slam the central U.S., leaving a trail of destruction.
Two NYPD detectives are under investigation after a video showing them violently arresting a man inside a Brooklyn liquor store during an undercover drug sting.
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| 0:00.0 | Good to be with you. I'm Tony DeCopal from the nation's capital tonight. The breaking news right now. |
| 0:06.6 | Music Monopoly. The verdict is in for Ticketmaster's parent company, what it means for those sky high prices. |
| 0:13.3 | Welcome to the Ares Tour. And what role a Taylor Swift ticket debacle played in this major shakeup of the concert industry. |
| 0:23.6 | Wow. Big time tornado. Also developing more than 50 million Americans under alert tonight as severe storm slammed |
| 0:28.7 | the central U.S. leaving a trail of destruction. |
| 0:32.1 | Where they're headed next. |
| 0:33.1 | Why are you punching me? |
| 0:35.2 | Two New York City police officers caught on camera punching a man they say was resisting arrest. |
| 0:41.3 | The city officials say they got the wrong guy. |
| 0:44.3 | Now he's speaking out exclusively to CBS News. |
| 0:47.3 | Welcome home. |
| 0:49.3 | And NASA responding to new questions about that heat shield that protected the crew of Artemis 2 from temperatures of nearly 5,000 degrees. |
| 0:57.8 | After people noticed something that looks off, the man behind Santa Khan facing federal charges tied to those jolly annual barcrawls for charity, |
| 1:07.5 | what the FBI says he did with the money he raised for others. |
| 1:10.9 | I'm you doing. |
| 1:12.9 | And the good stuff tonight, what it means to go home again. |
| 1:19.4 | This is the CBS Evening News with Tony DeCopal, reporting tonight from Washington, D.C. |
| 1:32.5 | Good evening for years, music fans have argued that Live Nation and Ticketmaster dominate the multi-billion dollar concert industry in ways that have been costly for customers. |
| 1:37.8 | And today, in a potentially landmark case, a New York City jury agreed. |
| 1:42.8 | Finding that the combined company has run a harmful and illegal monopoly over big venues and ticketing, |
| 1:49.0 | a moment of major vindication for millions of fans who have complained about sky-high prices and a faulty system. |
| 1:55.0 | Back in 2022, fans of Taylor Swift sued after being shut out of her errors tour and more lawsuits followed, |
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