Addis Ababa, Ethiopia -- An Ethiopian Airlines flight with 157 people thought to be on board crashed shortly after takeoff Sunday morning from Ethiopia's capital headed to Nairobi, the airline said. The airline's statement said 149 passengers and eight crew members…
WAYNESVILLE, Mo. (AP) — Five minutes late, Darrell Todd Maurina sweeps into a meeting room and plugs in his laptop computer. He places a Wi-Fi hotspot on the table and turns on a digital recorder. The earplug in his left…
WASHINGTON (AP) — The federal budget deficit is ballooning on President Donald Trump’s watch and few in Washington seem to care. And even if they did, the political dynamics that enabled bipartisan deficit-cutting deals decades ago has disappeared, replaced by…
Arcadia, Calif. -- Santa Anita will reopen its main dirt track for limited training Monday nearly a week after the historic racetrack was closed to training and racing in the wake of 21 horses dying since Deb. 26. Racing is…
Family survives Colorado avalanche Two more avalanches were reported in Colorado's high country Saturday morning along minor roadways. No vehicles were caught in the slides and no one was hurt, the Associated Press reports. One avalanche, which forced Pitkin County…
Imagine a loved one brutally murdered in a foreign country -- allegedly by another American. Correspondent Peter Van Sant and his team have investigated the disturbing 1988 murder of Carolyn Abel, an American teacher in South Korea, and the loophole…
Produced by Chris Young Ritzen [This story previously aired on March 31, 2018. It was updated on March 9, 2019.] According to the FBI, sex trafficking of children in this country has become a nationwide problem. And traffickers target troubled…
Thirty-two people suffered non-life-threatening injuries due to heavy turbulence on a flight that landed Saturday at New York's JFK Airport, the Fire Department of New York tweeted. The majority of the people injured were treated and released at the scene,…
Sacramento, Calif. -- California legislators are exploring ways to make police liable for deaths related to the use of lethal force.This comes after investagators concluded that the officers who shot and killed Stephon Clark last year did not commit a…
Sen. Elizabeth Warren said in an interview with CBS News at the tech conference South by Southwest that Amazon is an example of why major tech companies should be broken up, while Warren's fellow 2020 contender Sen. Amy Klobuchar said…
Recordings of several 911 calls made after a series of deadly package bombings in Austin last year show the chaos and panic that gripped the city. In one 911 call after the first bomb detonated March 2, 2018, relatives, neighbors…
Seattle police said they rescued 26 women after a three-and-a-half-year human trafficking investigation into massage parlors across the city. After receiving dozens of complaints, police investigated 11 businesses and arrested six people for promoting prostitution and money laundering. Police said…
San Francisco — Ernest Quintana's family knew he was dying of chronic lung disease when he was taken by ambulance to a hospital, unable to breathe. But they were devastated when a machine rolled into his room in the intensive…
When this bull market was born 10 years ago, just one of the most valuable companies in the market was a technology stock. Now, it's four out of five. Back in March 2009, the biggest companies were familiar names with…
The Tyrannosaurus rex – the most fearsome dinosaur of them all – is taking center stage at a blockbuster new exhibition opening this week at the American Museum of Natural History in New York City. Typically viewed as fierce, scaly…
Schultz: "I think I can beat the system" Former Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz, who is considering an independent bid for president, said a far-left Democrat could alienate much of the country and help to re-elect President Trump. He pushed back…
Alyssa Beck was a 15-year-old Jacksonville, Fla., runaway looking for a way out of her family home. She ran right into the hands of a violent sex trafficking group. Beck reveals her fight for survival and the horrors she faced…
Chattanooga, TN (WDEF) – Early Saturday morning, emergency personnel treated a male victim suffering from burns on 50% of his body. Firefighters with Walden’s Ridge Emergency Services responded to a vehicle and porch fire, located at 2806 Suck Creek Road.…
Spindleruv Mlyn, Czech Republic -- Mikaela Shiffrin won a women's World Cup slalom on Saturday for a record 15th victory of the season. No other skier, male or female, has won more than 14 races in a single campaign in…
The glamour days of plane travel may be long gone, but some airlines are putting a focus back on comfort. Alaska Airlines, which became the nation's fifth-largest carrier after buying out Virgin America, is now unveiling a brand new look…
The annual South by Southwest (SXSW) conference in Austin, Texas, is known for launching cutting-edge tech companies like Twitter and Foursquare, and introducing new music and critically acclaimed films. In its 33-year tenure, the festival has also become a mecca…
Jussie Smollett indicted in Chicago Chicago -- Mark Geragos, an attorney for Jussie Smollett, said a 16-count indictment against the "Empire" actor is "vindictive" and that Smollett "maintains his innocence." Geragos said in a statement he did not expect a…
JERUSALEM (AP) — When Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has run into political trouble in the past, he has lashed out at the media, the political opposition and Israel’s Arab minority with incendiary and divisive language to galvanize his nationalist base.…
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump will be making a significant request for border wall funds and seeking money to stand up Space Force as a new branch of the military in the White House budget being released next week,…