CBS Evening News, 05/12/26
CBS Evening News
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🗓️ 12 May 2026
⏱️ 22 minutes
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Summary
The cost of living here in the US is rising faster than pay for the first time in years.
As President Trump is in the air to China for a high-stakes summit with Xi Jinping, a California mayor is pleading guilty to acting as an illegal, foreign agent for the Chinese government.
And, the gunman who opened fire on cars outside of Boston yesterday had just been released from a psychiatric hospital just days earlier. What he told his parole officer moments before the shooting.
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| 0:00.0 | From the trusted team behind 48 hours, welcome to case-by-case. |
| 0:04.0 | Your weekly update on the biggest true crime stories unfolding right now. |
| 0:08.0 | Nick Ryder remains in custody without bail. |
| 0:11.0 | Luigi Mangione accused of stalking and gunning down United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson. |
| 0:16.0 | From high-profile trials and stunning evidence to major breaks in cold cases. We'll follow it all |
| 0:23.1 | case by case. Follow and listen to 48 hours case by case wherever you get your podcasts. |
| 0:30.2 | Good evening. I'm Matt Gutman in tonight for Tony DeCopal. We have a lot to get to this Tuesday |
| 0:35.4 | night. The cost of living in the U.S. is now rising faster than pay for the first time in years. |
| 0:42.3 | Spikes in the cost of gas, rent, groceries, forcing working-class Americans to make tough choices. |
| 0:48.3 | And also tonight as President Trump is in the air on his way to China for a high-stakes summit with |
| 0:54.6 | Xi Jinping, a California mayor, is pleading guilty to acting as an illegal agent for |
| 0:59.9 | the Chinese government. |
| 1:01.3 | What we're learning about Beijing's spying and propaganda campaign. |
| 1:06.2 | Rescued at sea, a small plane crashes 50 miles off the Florida coast, the Coast Guard swooping into |
| 1:12.2 | Saved area. Also, we have just learned that the gunmen who opened fire on cars outside of |
| 1:19.8 | Boston yesterday had been released from a psychiatric hospital just days earlier, what he told |
| 1:25.3 | his parole officer moments before the shootings. |
| 1:29.0 | And new video tonight of a plane making a beeline for a family in a pickup truck on Mother's Day. |
| 1:35.2 | What happened next? |
| 1:36.8 | And the good stuff, the beloved school custodian known as Papa Duck. |
| 1:42.8 | From CBS News headquarters in New York, this is the CBS Evening News with Tony DeCopold. |
| 1:52.0 | Good evening. Tony DiCopo is on assignment. Glad to be with you. |
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