A longtime police officer forced women to have sex with him under the guise of an arrest, pressured others to help cover up crimes, and lied to federal investigators when he said he'd never had sex with prostitutes, according to…
Brothers "regret" involvement with Smollett Cameras will be allowed at Thursday's hearing in the criminal trial of "Empire" actor Jussie Smollett, a judge ruled Tuesday. Smollett has been accused of staging a hate crime against himself and was indicted last…
Washington — The Justice Department launched a multi-state search Tuesday for firearms and firearms parts stolen from a Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) facility, sources familiar with the situation told CBS News. The chief concern, the sources…
Lumber Liquidators has agreed to pay $33 million in fines for misleading investors about dangerous levels of formaldehyde in its Chinese-made laminate flooring, federal officials said Tuesday. The probe and settlement with the company -- one of the largest biggest…
Joe Biden has not definitively said he will be running for president in 2020 but many expect him to announce soon. Former Arizona Republican senator and CBS News contributor Jeff Flake said on Tuesday that the idea of Biden running…
U.S. immigration officials have sent 240 asylum seekers back to Mexico to await their court hearings as part of the Trump administration's new "Migrant Protection Protocol" initiative. Department of Homeland Security officials shared the update on a call with reporters…
House Democrats are split on Speaker Nancy Pelosi's pronouncement that she opposed impeachment because it is too divisive, and that President Trump is "not worth" the effort. "I'm not for impeachment. This is news. I'm going to give you some…
The crash of Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302 on Sunday — five months after the Lion Air crash of the same type of plane in Indonesia — has raised many questions about the Boeing 737 Max 8 aircraft. There are currently…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - The Public Education Foundation will honor the educators who made the biggest impact to our area over the last year on April 10th. Today, they announced the finalists in each category. One winner from each category will…
Charles Henry Skibbe from Catoosa County arrested in Dunlap.
the bill aims to protect faith-based organizations from possible lawsuits when they refuse to place children due to religious beliefs.
Gov. Kay Ivey proposed the 10-cent-a-gallon gas tax increase to fund road and bridge construction.
Police say a Missouri woman killed her boyfriend in a gun accident while re-enacting a movie scene, reports CBS affiliate KRCG. 37-year-old Kalesha Peterson told police she was drinking alcohol and watching a movie with her boyfriend David Dalton at…
Actresses Lori Loughlin and Felicity Huffman are among 50 people indicted Tuesday in a widespread alleged college admission bribery scheme. The racketeering conspiracy case includes the parents of applicants, as well coaches at universities including Yale, Stanford, Georgetown and the…
Fox News host Tucker Carlson made past derogatory comments about women in an interview with radio shock jock "Bubba the Love Sponge," according to a liberal media watchdog Transcripts of other interviews also have Carlson questioning Barack Obama's race and…
Verizon on Tuesday said service has been restored to "a ton of customers" affected by a texting outage on the East Coast. "We experienced an issue impacting texting services for some customers this morning. Our engineers were able to identify…
President Trump bemoaned the complexity of modern airplane technology on Tuesday, after a second deadly crash of a Boeing 737 Max 8 over the weekend left no survivors. Another plane of the same model crashed five months ago. Mr. Trump did…
Fast facts: More than 12,000 cases of the recalled flour was sold at groceries including Publix nationwide Winn-Dixie has also sold the potentially affected flour The Food and Drug Administration has tweeted a warning to consumers: "Do not eat" Pillsbury…
Oklahoma City Thunder star Russell Westbrook threatened a Utah Jazz fan during the team's 98-89 win in Salt Lake City Monday night. Westbrook, who has complained about Jazz fans in the past, said that after the game that he was…
Washington — House Democrats on Tuesday reintroduced the latest version of their nearly two-decades-long but elusive DREAM Act legislative effort to put millions of young undocumented immigrants and immigrants with temporary protections on a pathway to U.S. citizenship. The Dream and…
A representative in the Georgia Statehouse is drafting a rather blunt response to legislation that would dictate when a woman could get an abortion. It's called the "Testicular Bill of Rights," and state Rep. Dar'shun Kendrick said her legislative package…
A growing number of airlines grounded their Boeing 737 Max 8 jets following the crash of an Ethiopian Airlines plane that killed 157 people on Sunday. That disaster came just five months after a similar Indonesian Lion Air jet plunged…
When his father's donut shop in Texas didn't have a successful grand opening, Billy By tweeted about how sad it made him. That simple social media post had a sweet reaction – and drew a line around the block. "My…
A federal law that gives preference to Native American families in foster care and adoption proceedings involving Native American children is facing the most significant legal challenge since it was enacted more than 40 years ago. A federal judge in…