More than 125 million Americans were in the path of a powerful, deadly storm system that's been slamming parts of the country for days with heavy snow and freezing rain. Winter storm warnings stretched across 15 states early Monday morning.…
After prepping their patient — a $2 billion cosmic ray detector — during two earlier spacewalks, two astronauts are set to operate during a third outing Monday, performing what amounts to transplant surgery by installing replacement coolant pumps. The work…
Nashville authorities are searching for four teens who escaped from a downtown juvenile detention facility on Saturday, police said. A 16-year-old and a 17-year-old in the group have been accused in two separate slayings, while two other escapees, ages 15…
Several individuals connected with a family massacre in northern Mexico were detained in an early Sunday operation. Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador's office confirmed to CBS News that three suspects were captured Sunday in a joint operation by the…
New Orleans — New Orleans police say 11 people were shot in an early morning shooting on the edge of the city's famed French Quarter. A police release says two people are in critical condition and no arrests have been…
A plane crash in South Dakota on Saturday claimed the lives of at least nine people, including the pilot and two children. The remaining three passengers on the Idaho-bound flight have been transported to medical facilities in Sioux Falls and…
Two children are dead and another is still missing after the vehicle they were traveling in was swept away in floodwaters in Arizona's Tonto Basin, the Gila Count Sheriff's Office said Saturday. The Gila County Sheriff's Office told CBS Phoenix affiliate…
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…
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…
A man and woman died Friday morning while hiking in a popular area of Arches National Park in Utah. A man in his 30s was also found with injuries and flown to a local hospital, CBS Salt Lake City affiliate…
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…
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…
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…
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…
"48 Hours" and correspondent Peter Van Sant report on the unusual way the murder of a college student was finally solved in "Mandy Stavik: The Case No One Could Forget," airing Saturday at 10:01 p.m. ET/PT on CBS. On a…
A photo from the Facebook page of Brad Gobright shows the Californian free solo climber scaling a sheer rock face. Gobright died in a fall off a Mexican peak on November 27, 2019, according to Mexican authorities. Brad Gobright/Facebook Mexico…
A former talk radio show host who promoted fringe theories and suggested dropping nukes on Afghanistan might have been a way to deal with the country is now a top official at the State Department's Bureau of Arms Control. Frank…
November 28, 2019 / 4:51 PM / CBS News The oldest living American has died at the age of 114, CBS New York reports. Alelia Murphy was born in North Carolina in 1905 and moved to New York in 1926…
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…
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…
Portland, Oregon — A U.S. judge in Oregon on Tuesday granted a preliminary injunction blocking a Trump administration proclamation that would require immigrants to show proof of health insurance to get a visa. U.S. District Court Judge Michael Simon said…
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…
Denver — Just hours before millions of Americans head home for Thanksgiving, back-to-back storms may be ruining their plans. Two out of three people will feel the impact from heavy snow and rain to hurricane force finds. Snow is flying…
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…