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Months after it passed, President Trump is holding a celebratory event at the White House Monday to champion the bipartisan criminal justice reform bill Congress approved in December. In the East Room, the president championed the "bipartisan" nature of the…

Student stabs 2 Hartford classmates A 21-year-old University of Hartford student accused of stabbing two fellow students in Connecticut was acting out a scene for a school assignment, according to Hartford Police. Jack Wascher of San Diego, California, was arrested…

Pete Buttigieg may be on the path to a White House bid, having just announced a $7 million campaign fundraising haul for the first quarter of the year, but on Monday, he took some time away from presidential pursuits to fulfill…

A 21-year-old Yale graduate duped 11 individuals into investing $1.7 million in an unregistered hedge fund he operated while he was an undergraduate student, according to the Securities and Exchange Commission. Omar Zaki, 21, misled investors with prospectuses that contained…

Lyft IPO lifted by service's popularity Lyft hit a nasty pothole in its first full day as a public company. Shares in the ride-hailing service, which on Friday staged one of the biggest technology initial public offerings in recent years,…

The U.S. highway safety agency is investigating noncrash fires involving Hyundai and Kia vehicles  More than 3,100 fires were reported from both consumer complaints and automaker data   Of the more than 100 injuries were reported, one death occurred involving…

Washington -- The Supreme Court is rejecting an appeal from an anti-abortion group that surreptitiously recorded Planned Parenthood employees. The justices joined lower courts Monday in allowing Planned Parenthood's racketeering and other claims against the Center for Medical Progress to…

Members of Hollywood's elite have banded together to urge Georgia Governor Brian Kemp to veto the state's controversial "heartbeat bill," a piece of legislation that would effectively prohibit women from seeking an abortion after six weeks of pregnancy. Meanwhile, the…

Four-year-old Declan Thorsen loves his stuffed animal Grover. The electric blue "Sesame Street" character goes everywhere with him, his mom, Jennifer Thorsen told CBS Denver. "Grover is my son's absolute favorite stuffed animal," Thorsen said. "He actually calls Grover his…

Grandma gives birth to granddaughter A 61-year-old woman from Nebraska recently gave birth to her own granddaughter. Cecile Eledge embarked on this special journey so her son and his husband could have a baby of their own. Eledge served as…

Police responding to a medical call at a North Dakota business on Monday found "several" bodies, authorities said. The Mandan Police Department said officers were called to the scene at 7:30 a.m. and found "several people who were deceased inside"…

Burger King is testing meatless burgers in 59 restaurants in Missouri The fast-food chain is developing the product with California's Impossible Burger, which provides meatless burger for Red Robin, White Castle and many other restaurants Other fast-food companies, including KFC,…

The three U.S. astronauts aboard the International Space Station said Monday they're ready to sign up for a trip to the moon if NASA can meet the Trump administration's newly stated goal of returning Americans to the lunar surface within…

Measles outbreak spreads Measles cases in the U.S. through March of this year have already exceeded the entire number of cases nationwide in 2018. The new data comes on the heels of major outbreaks in Rockland County, New York and…

While the dangers of children accidentally ingesting batteries and laundry detergent pods are well known, doctors are sounding the alarm on the risks of another common household item: tiny, high-powered magnets. Federal safety officials tried to ban them several years…

Raw pet food makers are finding themselves under increased U.S. regulatory scrutiny after a long-running outbreak of drug-resistant salmonella tied to raw turkey products also showed up in some pet food offerings. Given growing demand in the U.S. for feeding raw food…

Kellogg announced Monday that it is selling Keebler, Famous Amos and other snack brands for $1.3 billion cash to chocolate confectioner Ferrero. Ferrero is best known in the U.S. as the maker of Nutella. Known for its cereals, crackers, salty…