Virginia gas station explosion kills 3 Authorities recovered a third set of human remains just a day after a gas station explosion rocked a small town in Virginia, authorities said Saturday. State police responded to the explosion at the South…
Five men were shot and wounded, one critically, after being ambushed by three teenagers in north Philadelphia, authorities said. The shooting took place Friday afternoon, CBS Philadelphia reported. Surveillance video shows three male teenagers firing at the group, police said.…
CHATTANOOGA, Tennessee (WDEF)- Chattanooga Police are investigating a crash in Alton Park Friday night. Chattanooga Police dispatch confirmed it happened at the 3400 block of Alton Park Boulevard, and that officers were responding to a crash with an entrapment. Our…
Havana — The Cuban government announced Friday it is launching widespread rationing of chicken, eggs, rice, beans, soap and other basic products in the face of a grave economic crisis. Commerce Minister Betsy Díaz Velázquez told the state-run Cuban News…
NEWTON, Iowa (AP) — Beto O’Rourke barreled into the 2020 presidential race with breakneck energy and a fly-by-the-seat-of-his-pants campaign style that saw him leap atop tables to address overflow crowds with the organic, off-the-cuff candor that had made him a…
PRETORIA, South Africa (AP) — South Africa’s ruling African National Congress on Saturday was preparing to celebrate its win in national elections, with the formal announcement of final results coming later in the day. With all votes counted, the ANC…
Mission control might never have witnessed Neil Armstrong take his first steps on the moon if it weren't for the vision of men like Eugene Shoemaker. Geologists Ivo Luccitta and Jerry Schaber say Shoemaker, who was their boss and a…
Inside "Game of Thrones" A girl has a name — and now, so do a lot of other girls. "Game of Thrones" baby names are surging in popularity, and new data from the Social Security Administration published Friday, shows they are…
Washington -- President Trump has heightened tensions with China by boosting tariffs on $200 billion worth of Chinese goods from 10 percent to 25 percent. And his administration is threatening to again raise tariffs. U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer said Friday that…
The White House asked former White House counsel Don McGahn to publicly state President Trump did not obstruct justice, CBS News has confirmed. A source familiar with the matter told CBS News that White House lawyer Emmet Flood made the…
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Oversight battle between White House, Congress The White House asked former White House counsel Don McGahn to publicly state President Trump did not obstruct justice, CBS News has confirmed. A source familiar with the matter told CBS News that White…
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Billionaire Richard Branson is moving Virgin Galactic’s winged passenger rocket and more than 100 employees from California to a remote commercial launch and landing facility in southern New Mexico, bringing his space-tourism dream a step…
One of the founding members of the 1990s hip-hop group the Fugees has been charged in a campaign finance conspiracy that took place during the 2012 presidential election, the Justice Department said Friday. A four-count indictment accuses Prakazrel "Pras" Michel…
Swarthmore frats disband over leaked documents Swarthmore, Pa. – Fraternities and sororities will no longer be allowed at Swarthmore College following outrage over years-old documents allegedly written by one fraternity that contain derogatory comments about women and the LGBTQ community,…
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. and China have gone through rough patches before. The American public recoiled — and the U.S. government imposed sanctions — after the People’s Liberation Army slaughtered hundreds of civilians in the streets of Beijing in…
The 21 candidates who make up the sprawling 2020 Democratic presidential field range in age from 37 to 77 and include liberals and moderates; senators, governors and mayors; and an unprecedented number of women and minorities. Democrats view the upcoming…
BEIJING (AP) — Animal rights groups on Saturday cheered the release of 37 spotted seal pups rescued from traffickers into the wild in northern China in a small victory for efforts to save the country’s endangered species. Humane Society International…
WASHINGTON (AP) — Acting Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan is making his second trip to the U.S.-Mexican border to highlight what President Donald Trump calls a national emergency, after freeing up $1.5 billion more in Pentagon money to support wall construction.…
Judith Clark, a radical leftist who was convicted of being the getaway driver in the deadly 1981 Brink's truck robbery in upstate New York, was released on parole Friday at the age of 69. Two police officers, Sgt. Edward O'Grady…
A tug pushing two barges collided with an oil tanker in the Houston Ship Channel, causing one barge to capsize and the other is damaged, the U.S. Coast Guard said in a statement. The barges were transporting gasoline blend stock…
An Illinois mother and father have pleaded not guilty to murder charges in the beating death of their 5-year-old son amid increasing scrutiny of the state's child welfare agency, which had a long history of contact with the family. JoAnn…
largest expansion in park history
The Harrison Elementary School is scheduled for completion around fall 20-20.