WASHINGTON — U.S. officials are confident that al Qaeda's chief bomb maker Ibrahim al-Asiri has been killed by an American drone strike in Yemen. After Osama bin Laden was killed in 2011, al-Asiri might well have been the single most dangerous terrorist…
Pope Francis became the first pope to directly write to the world's Catholics about the church's sexual abuse scandal. In a letter published Monday, the pope said the church had abandoned its children, begged victims for forgiveness and said the…
Celeste Ayala, a police officer in Argentina, was praised by her colleagues and on social media after she breastfed a baby who was malnourished. Marcos Heredia/Facebook A police officer in Argentina performed a "gesture of love" after she heard a…
Bizarre case: it was an "accident" that someone went to great lengths to cover up.
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First Lady Melania Trump is planning her first big solo international swing with a trip through several African countries in October, CBS News has confirmed. The first lady first told The Associated Press in a written statement Monday that she's…
The Tennessee Aquarium is hosting a (throw)back-to-school party.
Some students who graduated from high school during the summer got recognized at the Howard School.
Michael David McElrath charged with Criminal Homicide.
SEOUL, South Korea — The 92-year-old South Korean woman wept and stroked the wrinkled cheeks of her 71-year-old North Korean son on Monday. It was their first meeting since they were driven apart during the turmoil of the 1950-53 Korean…
The looks are different, but police say it's the same man.
Blackburn still considering the offer.
Governor says Alabama could lose a member of Congress in the next census count.
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Police identify suspect arrested for pushing woman in front of subway, witnesses say he was acting violently towards others.
A child receives the MMR vaccine against measles, mumps and rubella in Lyon, France. BSIP/UIG via Getty Images The World Health Organization says the number of measles cases in Europe jumped sharply during the first six months of 2018. At…
File photo: Members of Malaysian policeman are shown in Kuala Lumpur on May 16, 2018 Getty Images Malaysian police are hunting for an industrial device containing radioactive material that went missing from the back of a pick-up truck earlier this…
SNELLVILLE, Ga. (AP) - Authorities in Georgia say an argument between a woman and a male driver outside a Walmart in Snellville lead to a fatal shooting.
Special police forces prepare to raid the apartment building of a man who tried to attack a police station in Cornella near the northeastern Spanish city of Barcelona on August 20, 2018. Getty Images BARCELONA, Spain -- A man pleaded…
ATLANTA (AP) - Police say an Atlanta gas station store's cappuccino maker housed an unusual ingredient: drugs.
A new project is documenting the history of LGBTQ people in the Deep South, a region that once all but forced gays, lesbians and others to live in hiding. The nonprofit Invisible Histories Project has gathered volumes of information about…
In this photo dated Aug. 19, 2018, provided by the Croatian Defense Ministry, a woman who identified herself as Kay from England, age 46, climbs aboard a Croatian Coast Guard ship some 90 kilometers (60 miles) from the Croatian coast.…
LONDON -- Pope Francis on Monday published a scathing letter condemning the cover-up of sexual abuse within the Catholic Church. The letter specifically referred to a Pennsylvania grand jury report, released last week, which said that more than 300 priests…
File photo: Afghan security personnel keep watch during fighting between Taliban militants and Afghan forces in Kunduz on May 10, 2017. Getty Images KABUL, Afghanistan -- The Taliban ambushed a convoy of buses Monday on a road in northern Afghanistan…