2 workmen injured putting up vinyl siding in Sale Creek
Their scaffolding collapsed at the construction site.
Investigators solve 1970s cold cases with emerging DNA technique
El Dorado County, California — Investigators in El Dorado County, California, have identified the same man as the killer of a young woman in 1977 and a teen girl in 1979 using an emerging DNA technique that relies on genealogy.…
R. Kelly posts bail; expected to be released from jail
Chicago — R. Kelly has posted bail after spending the weekend in a Chicago jail on sex abuse charges, authorities said Monday. Cook County Sheriff's Office spokeswoman Sophia Ansari told CBS News around 4 p.m. Central Time that he was expected to…
Rosenstein: Barr will do "the right thing" with Mueller report
Deputy attorney general Rod Rosenstein believes special counsel Robert Mueller's final report on the investigation into Russian meddling during the 2016 presidential election will be handled appropriately by the new attorney general, William Barr. Asked Monday about the report's highly-anticipated…
Tom Steyer: Public deserves to see Mueller report
Liberal billionaire activist Tom Steyer argues that special counsel Robert Mueller's final report should be released to the American public because the far-reaching Russia investigation has been funded indirectly by taxpayers. "I think in all of this the question is going…
U.S. citizen freed 18 months after abduction in Yemen, Trump says
An American citizen who had been held captive by Yemeni rebels has been freed after a year and a half in captivity, President Trump announced Monday. Danny Burch was "recovered and reunited with his wife and children," the president tweeted.…
Facebook vows improvements after moderators claim PTSD
Facebook is vowing to improve its system for reviewing and screening out violent and disturbing content after a report said some of its moderators are low-paid contractors who develop PTSD-like symptoms from the grueling work. The social media giant said…
The world's healthiest countries, ranked
Spain just surpassed Italy as the world's healthiest nation. That's according to this year's edition of the Bloomberg Healthiest Country Index, which ranks 169 countries on factors that contribute to overall health. Six of the top 10 countries were in…
Howard High School stadium
Howard High School is looking towards the future, as a brand new stadium is being built for sporting events.
Nike’s Serena Williams ad encourages girls to "dream crazier"
Nike unveiled a new 90-second commercial that tackles the gender bias women face at work and in life, featuring several prominent female athletes. Tennis star Serena Williams narrates the "Dream Crazier" ad, which debuted during Sunday night's Academy Awards. The…
Consumer group finds traces of weed killer in beer and wine
As more lawsuits claiming a link between Roundup and cancer move forward, a new report claims the main ingredient found in the weed killer is showing up in organic beer and wine. U.S. PIRG tested samples of popular beer and wine…
Robert Kraft paid for sex act before AFC Championship: police
New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft visited a Florida massage parlor for sex acts on the morning of the AFC Championship Game, which he attended in Kansas City later that day, authorities said Monday. It was his second visit to…
U.S. stocks climb as investors cheer U.S.-China trade talks
Stocks marched higher on Wall Street Monday after President Donald Trump agreed to hold off on raising tariffs on Chinese goods, which would have escalated a damaging trade war between the world's two largest economies. Investors had been growing increasingly…
Officer Galinger to be laid to rest Friday in Ohio
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) - Officer Nicholas Galinger to be laid to rest Friday in Ohio. His family sent out affiliate in Ohio this: "It is with a heavy heart that we say farewell to Chattanooga, TN. P.D. Officer Nicholas Galinger, who was…
Deputies charge driver but release his passenger after chase
They say Dustin Draughon had a car theft warrant and was in a stolen vehicle when he ran.
Woman accused of leaving caged pets to drown in river flood
Dana Marie Head fled the flooding Chattooga River in Cherokee County, Alabama.
The Latest: Flooded towns imposing curfews in Alabama
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) - The Latest on violent weather and flooding in the Southeast (all times local): 1:40 p.m. Two Alabama towns are imposing curfews because of flooding caused by days of rain that drenched the Southeast. City officials are…
Spring City set up GoFundMe for recovery after weekend flooding
Gas tanks have been recovered that were swept away by the Piney River over the weekend.
86 tons of Boston Market meals recalled over glass, plastic
Boston Market frozen meal recall More than 86 tons of frozen Boston Market dinners are being recalled from retailers across the U.S., as well as from a Defense Department facility, after consumers reported that some items contained pieces of glass…
After personal tragedy, U.S. couple makes skiing history
Imagine climbing to the top of a peak more than five miles high, an elevation mountaineers call the "death zone." The air has about one-third of the oxygen it does at sea level and the human body literally starts shutting…
The second Trump-Kim summit: Where the U.S. stands on North Korea
Trump and Kim Jong Un to meet in Vietnam As President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un prepare this week for their second summit, recent CBS News polling has found that few Americans believe North Korea has…
The average tax refund is down more than $500 this year
What's behind lower tax refunds? Three weeks into tax season, Americans' tax refunds are shrinking. The average refund issued through Feb. 15 was 16 percent smaller than this time last year, according to data released by the Internal Revenue Service.…
"Surviving R. Kelly" executive producer reacts to singer's charges
R&B singer R. Kelly's arrest on Friday on 10 sexual abuse charges came just weeks after the series "Surviving R. Kelly" debuted on Lifetime. Three of the alleged victims are minors. Kelly, who has denied the charges, appeared in a…
Deadly tornado destroys church, but can't stop baptism
Columbus, Miss. — Weekend storms raked parts of the Southeast, leaving deaths and injuries in their wake as a tornado smashed into a commercial district in a small Mississippi city and drenching rains fed a rising flood threat. The twister destroyed…