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Terelle Pryor recovering after being stabbed

Free agent NFL wide receiver Terelle Pryor is in stable condition after being stabbed in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, overnight, CBS Sports reports. Terelle was stabbed in the shoulder and chest, according to ESPN's Adam Schefter. "Former NFL WR Terrelle Pryor underwent…

California bar to reopen after 2018 mass shooting

The owners of Borderline Bar & Grill in Thousand Oaks announced on Thanksgiving that they will be reopening the bar, more than one year after a gunman opened fire and killed multiple people. "It's gonna take a little while," said…

Worker who survived New Orleans hotel collapse deported

A construction worker hurt in last month's collapse of the Hard Rock Hotel construction site in New Orleans has been deported to his native Honduras on Friday.  The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement spokesman Bryan Cox said Delmer Joel Ramirez…

Record 12 sets of newborns twins born in Missouri

A hospital in Kansas City spent the holiday weekend caring for 12 sets of newborns twins — all born premature and all doing well. Fraternal twins Callie and Camden Riley are nestled in their mother Whitney's arms. "He's still on…

Storm that slammed West Coast moves across country

A powerful new storm is about to take a swipe at a big part of the country. It's already piling up snow in the west. As it moves east, millions of others could experience blizzard-like conditions. In Southern California, intense…

Ohio wildlife park fire kills 10 animals

A devastating fire at an Ohio wildlife park broke out on Thanksgiving night, leaving at least 10 animals dead. The African Safari Wildlife Park in Port Clinton, Ohio, said the fire destroyed a barn where the animals were housed. Three…

Trump makes surprise Thanksgiving visit to Afghanistan

President Trump showed up in Afghanistan on Thursday for a surprise Thanksgiving visit with troops engaged in America's longest-ever military conflict. Mr. Trump arrived at Bagram Air Field shortly after 8:30 p.m. local time and spent more than two-and-a-half hours on…

American jobs are getting worse, a new index shows

Although the U.S. is on a record streak for job-creation, many Americans still feel like they can't get ahead — it's not their imagination. The last three decades have seen the economy churn out more and more jobs that offer…

"Cave Fire" forces thousands to flee homes in California

A wind-driven brush fire that erupted in the Southern California mountains Monday quickly burned more than 4,000 acres by early Tuesday, fire officials said. The "Cave Fire" jumped a highway near the Santa Barbara city limits, CBS Los Angeles reports, in…

Ocean reef that inspired a movement is now at risk

Savannah, Georgia — From the surface, these 22 square miles of water are unexceptional. But dip beneath the surface — go down 60 or 70 feet — and you'll find a spectacular seascape. Sponges, barnacles and tube worms cover rocky ledges…

Democrats release 2 more impeachment inquiry transcripts

Washington — The three House committees that led the first phase of the impeachment inquiry released transcripts of closed-door testimony from two more witnesses on Wednesday. Philip Reeker, an assistant secretary of state in the Bureau of European and Eurasian…

Trump passes animal cruelty bill

President Trump signed a bipartisan bill into law Monday, making animal cruelty a federal crime. The Preventing Animal Cruelty and Torture Act, or PACT Act, bans abusive behavior including crushing, burning, drowning, suffocating, impaling and other bodily injury toward any non-human…

Trump expected to sign women's suffrage bill

Women's suffrage's "Great Fight" President Trump, who is facing the possibility of impeachment, is expected to sign a bill on Monday that celebrates women. The divided Congress has been unable to agree on much throughout Mr. Trump's presidency, especially since…

Trump to pass animal cruelty bill

President Trump is set to sign a bipartisan bill into law Monday, making animal cruelty a federal crime, the Humane Rescue Alliance confirmed to CBS News. The Preventing Animal Cruelty and Torture Act, or PACT Act, bans abusive behavior including crushing,…

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