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In our Pushing the Limits series, we look how the U.S. Marine Corps is preparing for modern warfare using some of the same tools and technology the enemy does – tools you can buy online and rig up in the…

Ex-cop sentenced in Laquan McDonald death The Illinois Supreme Court has denied a rare bid from prosecutors to lengthen the sentence of ex-Chicago cop Jason Van Dyke in the fatal shooting of black teen Laquan McDonald. Attorney General Kwame Raoul…

Trending today: "Super Blue Blood Moon" The night sky will be a little brighter starting on Tuesday with the third and final supermoon of 2019. Supermoons occur when the moon is full or nearly full and also at its closest…

Two dead in charter bus crash in Virginia Two people are dead and multiple others are injured following a charter bus crash Tuesday in Virginia, according to police. The bus was heading north on Interstate 95, traveling from Florida to…

Sanders questioned on Trump payments to Cohen A search warrant and supporting affidavits that led to the search of former Trump attorney and personal fixer Michael Cohen's home and office have been released on Tuesday. CBS News' Paula Reid reports…

States across the country are preparing for a possible day when Roe v. Wade is overturned. Roe, the 1973 Supreme Court decision, specifies that a woman has a right to an abortion, and states are not allowed to interfere with…

The SEC said Tesla CEO Elon Musk has tweeted in a manner that violates a court order Regulators told the court that Musk's defense of the tweet "borders on the ridiculous" Musk's lawyers argue that the tweet in question revealed…

A rare phenomenon attracted so many visitors to a Southern California town that officials declared a public safety emergency.  The "super bloom," as it's called, has drawn tens of thousands of people to Lake Elsinore. The town briefly cut off…

The National Enquirer's publisher paid $200,000 for the intimate texts, The Wall Street Journal reports The texts were provided by the brother of Jeff Bezos's mistress The payment for Bezos's texts is higher than what the tabloid usually pays sources,…

Patrick Flaherty has spent nearly half his life in prison with an equally long stretch still ahead of him. While the Missouri man did commit the crimes for which he was convicted, he makes the case that he received an…

Hawaii would be the first state in the U.S. to ban most plastics at restaurants under legislation that aims to cut down on waste that pollutes the ocean. Dozens of cities across the country have banned plastic foam containers, but…

Sanders questioned on Trump payments to Cohen A search warrant and supporting affidavits that led to the search of former Trump attorney and personal fixer Michael Cohen's home and office are expected to be released on Tuesday, according to Cohen…

Attention, taxpayers: If you haven't filed a tax return for 2015, your time to claim money owed you is running out. The Internal Revenue Service said as many as 1.2 million Americans who haven't claimed a tax refund for that…

Biloxi, Miss. -- A former Mississippi Gulf Coast police officer told a judge Monday that she had sex with her supervisor and then fell asleep while her 3-year-old daughter was dying inside an overheated patrol car. Cassie Barker pleaded guilty…

After finding similarities in two deadly crashes in less than five months, federal investigators are looking into how the FAA approved Boeing's 737 Max jet. Boeing CEO Dennis Muilenburg offered his condolences to victims of recent crashes involving the company's…

East St. Louis, Illinois -- Two Head Start teachers in East St. Louis are on paid administrative leave after allegations that preschoolers were forced to strip off all their clothes as part of punishment for misbehaving, reports CBS St. Louis…

Vice President Mike Pence will visit Nebraska Tuesday to survey the damage caused by historic flooding responsible for killing at least three people. The Midwest is bracing for more flooding as rivers in 40 locations have risen to historic levels.…

Toms River, N.J. -- The man charged with killing the reputed boss of the Gambino crime family wrote pro-Donald Trump slogans on his hand and flashed them to journalists before a court hearing Monday. Anthony Comello, 24, was arrested Saturday…

Sen. Elizabeth Warren is calling for an end to the Electoral College as a way to guarantee that "every vote matters." Her comments came at a CNN town hall in Jackson, Mississippi, in response to a question about voter disenfranchisement.…