When it was announced that Georgetown University students voted overwhelmingly Thursday in favor of a fee to benefit descendants of slaves, senior Kendell Long and others who attended a party to watch results roll in "were screaming for at least…
The National Weather Service's Storm Prediction Center has issued a moderate threat for severe weather Saturday. Moderate does not nearly convey the actual threat. On a scale of one to five, it's a four. This is the kind of day…
It's the best time of the year for pro-hoops fans as the 2019 NBA Playoffs kick off this weekend. There's no shortage of storylines as LeBron James misses his first postseason since 2005. His move to the West means a…
Melissa Etheridge sounds very much herself on her latest record, "The Medicine Show." As she told "CBS This Morning: Saturday" co-host Anthony Mason, that's exactly what she wanted. It's been 25 years since Etheridge released "Yes, I Am," the album…
Seamus Hughes was doing what he does, reading a federal court document, when he noticed something strange: a reference to Julian Assange being secretly charged with a crime. But Hughes didn't think much of it when he tweeted out an…
In downtown San Francisco, on any given block, signs of a supersonic tech economy share streets with people who are all but forgotten. Though it's unlikely they have much in common, the goodwill of a few are bringing them together…
WASHINGTON (AP) — A top House Democrat on Saturday ratcheted up his demand for access to President Donald Trump’s tax returns, telling the IRS that the law clearly gives Congress a right to them. The government’s failure to respond by…
DALLAS (AP) — Southwest Airlines customers relaxing on Thursday evening got an email that may mean their summer vacation could be more stressful and expensive than they planned. Southwest, the biggest operator of Boeing jets, is removing the grounded 737…
LONDON (AP) — As a symbol of the woes of Britain’s Brexit-era democracy, it could hardly be bettered. Lawmakers had to be sent home in mid-debate last week when water from a burst pipe began gushing into the House of…
PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said he is open to a third summit with President Donald Trump, but set the year’s end as a deadline for Washington to offer mutually acceptable terms for an…
New York -- A mother is fighting a parking ticket she got after she pulled over to breastfeed her baby in New York City, CBS New York reports. Guillermina Rodriguez, a mother of four, was driving through midtown Manhattan Thursday with…
Democratic presidential hopeful Cory Booker will launch a national campaign tour Saturday with a major rally in the New Jersey city where he served as mayor, as he looks to break out of a crowded 2020 field of more than…
New details about Mar-a-Lago intruder A Chinese woman who was arrested after talking her way into Mar-a-Lago last month has been formally indicted, CBS Miami reports. Yujing Zhang, 32, is charged with lying to a federal agent and entering restricted property…
President Donald Trump has weighed in on the most recent controversy involving Rep. Ilhan Omar, tweeting video edited to suggest that the Minnesota Democrat was dismissive of the significance of the Sept. 11 attacks. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said the…
A dramatic shootout between Florida police and a suspect who allegedly stole a pickup truck at gunpoint was captured Thursday by bodycam video from just about every angle. The wild scene, from the car chase to the takedown, played out…
The Federal Aviation Association held a meeting at its headquarters Friday with the three commercial airlines that grounded the Boeing 737 Max in March -- American Airlines, Southwest Airlines and United Airlines, and their pilot unions -- in order to…
WASHINGTON (AP) — The newly pictured supermassive black hole is a beast with no name, at least not an official one. And what happens next could be cosmically confusing. The team of astronomers who created the image of the black…
The Los Angeles City Council adjourned its regular meeting Friday in memory of Nipsey Hussle after approving a motion to rename the South L.A. intersection of Slauson Avenue and Crenshaw Boulevard in honor of slain rapper Nipsey Hussle. The motion…
Several 2020 Democratic hopefuls and other prominent Democrats criticized President Trump after he tweeted a video showing part of Rep. Ilhan Omar's recent comments about the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks and television of the terrorist attacks. Several prominent conservatives and the…
San Diego -- A federal appeals court put a judge's order on hold Friday shortly before it would have stopped the Trump administration from forcing asylum seekers to wait in Mexico while their cases move through U.S. courts. The 9th…
A security guard nearly caused Tiger Woods to fall over at the 14th hole at the Masters tournament on Friday when the guard slipped on the rain-soaked grass and slid right into Woods' ankle. Woods tripped and did not fall,…
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) - The Game of Thrones final season starts this weekend and it has a lot of people buzzing. One local bar is sure in the spirit. Flying Squirrel is throwing a Game of Thrones costume party on…
ATLANTA (AP) - The new director of Georgia's state ethics commission says he plans to subpoena bank records from Democrat Stacey Abrams' nationally watched but unsuccessful 2018 campaign for governor. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports David Emadi said Thursday that he…
Here are the details of the double murder 25 years ago that got him the death sentence.
