The death toll has increased to 23 from a tornado that tore through Lee County in eastern Alabama Sunday, Coroner Bill Harris says. Sheriff Jay Jones described damage as "catastrophic" based on the destruction of homes in the area, CBS…
An Oregon man and his dog became trapped on a forest service road when his vehicle got stuck in the snow. Miraculously, he survived for five days — on a diet of taco sauce packets — before rescuers found him,…
Protests erupted in Sacramento on Sunday after the city's district attorney announced her office would not pursue criminal charges against police officers involved in last year's deadly shooting of Stephon Clark, a 22-year-old unarmed black man. The demonstrations forced the…
Authorities said they have recovered the flight data recorder from the Boeing 767 cargo jet that crashed into a bay east of Houston more than a week ago. The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) tweeted two images of the so-called "black box"…
Two young sisters missing from their Northern California home since Friday have been found alive, authorities said Sunday. Leia Carrico, 8, and Caroline Carrico, 5, were found "safe and sound" on Sunday morning by a fire captain and firefighter who…
An Atlanta woman completes her goal of 50 marathons in 50 states, with the Erlanger Chattanooga Marathon.
Police suspect a driver was impaired when he killed two people and injured seven others in New Orleans on Saturday. Most of the victims were riding bikes on a busy thoroughfare as large crowds gathered in the city for Mardi…
Sen. Doug Jones, the first Democrat to represent Alabama in the Senate in 25 years, urged his congressional colleagues to "put some teeth back" in the landmark Voting Rights Act of 1965, saying he believes Republican lawmakers across the country…
New York Democratic Rep. Jerry Nadler, the chairman of House Judiciary Committee, said will issue requests for documents to dozens of individuals as part of his committee's investigation into President Trump, who he said he believes obstructed justice. "It's very…
The theater of the summit almost overshadowed the seriousness of the issues. On the streets of Hanoi, T-shirts with quirky images of President Trump and Kim Jong Un were sold as souvenirs. A local bar served up a kimchi-flavored beer…
Melita Kimbrough's father Benjamin Costoso Perez died in early July 2018. His body is still inside a refrigerator in the backlog-ridden morgue in Puerto Rico's capital. For about seven months, Kimbrough, who lives in Nevada, has been trying to claim her…
Democratic Rep. Adam Schiff of California said the House Intelligence Committee is investigating President Trump's pursuit of a Trump Tower in Moscow and potential money laundering by the Trump Organization on behalf of Russia. "The Moscow Trump Tower deal, for…
I was on a crowded bus recently, standing because I'd just surrendered my seat. I'm not tooting my horn – you don't get extra credit for doing what's right. The only real joy in giving up your seat is lording…
In the new movie "Saint Judy," the true story of a crusading immigration lawyer who used the courts to help make it easier for women to seek asylum, Golden Globe-nominated actress Michelle Monaghan – who has steamed up the screen…
Here's a look at the week ahead on our "Sunday Morning" Calendar: On Monday pretrial hearings begin in a Nantucket, Massachusetts courtroom in actor Kevin Spacey's sexual assault trial. Accused of groping an 18-year-old, Spacey isn't required to attend. Tuesday…
The force of nuclear weapons has to be seen to be believed. Now, thanks to a project headed by Gregg Spriggs at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in California, the public can see the destructive power of atomic blasts as never…
White House national security adviser John Bolton said North Korea should provide a "full explanation" of what exactly transpired in the case of American student Otto Warmbier, who died after being released from North Korean captivity. "The president's been very…
This cheesy story takes place in the cheesiest state in the union, Wisconsin, and it begins in the town of Thorp, where you can't miss the Penterman Farm. Marieke and Rolf Penterman's dream farm is where their five children run…
On March 3, 1882, one-hundred-and-thirty-seven years ago today, the founding father of financial hijinks, Charles Ponzi, was born in Parma, Italy. Ponzi emigrated to the United States in 1903. He arrived in Boston at age 21 with $2.50 in his…
President Trump walked away from his second summit with North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un in Vietnam without a firm agreement in hand, failing to secure a deal to get the North to give up its nuclear program. But John…
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — College basketball teams are trying to get fans to keep coming to games in the age of smartphones by making those phones an integral part of the experience. That’s evident every time cellphones in the stands…
OXON HILL, Md. (AP) — In a slashing speech packed with braggadocio and grievance, President Donald Trump denounced Democrats as the party of “the socialist nightmare,” relitigated his crowd sizes back to the inauguration and took on “sick,” ″lunatic” and…
In 2015, a team of "48 Hours" producers were filming in Charleston, South Carolina, on another case when they met a mother who told them a story they couldn't stop thinking about – a mystery that has haunted the small…
A massive alligator was found in southwest Georgia last weekend and due to its size, the viral images of the giant gator initially generated speculation online as to whether the animal was actually real. Brent Howze, a Wildlife Biologist with…