Maurice DuBois, the longtime New York and network news anchor, has not had any publicly reported accident or scandal; the main recent development is that he decided to leave the CBS Evening News anchor desk in late 2025.

Quick Scoop

  • Maurice DuBois is a veteran TV journalist who spent about 21 years with CBS, including many years at WCBS in New York and then as co-anchor of the CBS Evening News.
  • In December 2025 he announced that he was ā€œmoving onā€ from the CBS Evening News, with his final broadcast set for December 18, 2025.
  • CBS executives and colleagues publicly praised his work and said his departure is part of a broader revamp of CBSā€™s evening newscast, not the result of any reported personal crisis or controversy.

So what actually happened?

  • DuBois posted on social media that he was leaving the co-anchor role he had only taken on in August 2024, describing the job as the ā€œhonor of a lifetimeā€ and saying he was simply moving on to his next chapter.
  • CBS confirmed that he would exit the CBS Evening News in December 2025 as the program undergoes a major overhaul, following the earlier departure announcement of his co-anchor John Dickerson.

Health and past issues

  • Years before this, in 2016, DuBois publicly discussed being diagnosed with Bellā€™s palsy, which temporarily paralyzed part of his face but from which he recovered enough to return to anchoring.
  • As of the latest public reports tied to his 2025 departure from CBS Evening News, there is no indication that a new health emergency or similar event is behind his decision to leave the show.

What he might do next

  • Neither DuBois nor CBS has laid out a detailed public plan for his next role, only that he is ā€œmoving on,ā€ which often means a mix of new media projects, speaking, or other journalism work for anchors at his level.
  • Given his long reputation and the positive tone of CBSā€™s statements, industry observers expect he will stay active in media or public-facing work rather than retire completely.

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