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CBS News and 60 Minutes are facing scrutiny after the network's management abruptly pulled a piece Sunday night that was reporting on the Trump administration's deportation policies and conditions at a notorious prison in El Salvador.

The correspondent on the piece, Sharon Alfonsi, in an email to colleagues called the decision an editorial decision rather than a political one.

NPR's David Fulkenfrick reports.

CBS's new editor-in-chief, Barry Weiss, is defending the decision, insisting she says the story was not ready to air.

Danish and European officials are outraged that President Trump has appointed Louisiana's Governor Jeff Landry to be the special envoy for Greenland.

Landry supports making the semi-autonomous Danish territory part of the U.S.

Terry Schultz reports.

The Palestinian Authority says more than 460 Palestinian structures and buildings have been demolished by Israel in the Jerusalem governorate this year.

NPR's Hadiyah Lashashi reports.

At least five people were killed Monday when a small Mexican Navy plane crashed near Galveston, Texas.

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Singer Chris Rhea died Monday after a brief illness.

His biggest American hit, Fool If You Think It's Over, peaked to number 12 on the Billboard charts back in 1978.

Chris Rhea was age 74.

Legendary entertainer Barry Manilow says he has early-stage lung cancer and will undergo surgery to remove a cancerous spot, he says, on his lung.

He will reschedule his January concerts as a result of that surgery.

Manilow said he had been recently battling a persistent case of bronchitis, and during an MRI, doctors found a cancerous growth that can be treated with surgery.

Manilow, who has been performing since the late 1960s, is a multiple or Grammy award-winning singer.

Arizona's Attorney General Chris Mays' office is dropping charges against one of the state's fake electors.