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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,…

82-year-old female bodybuilder beats down home intruder

Rochester, New York, resident Willie Murphy is not your average 82-year-old. When a man decided to break into her home Thursday night, the award-winning bodybuilder used her strength to repel the intruder with the help of a table, baby shampoo…

Alabama sheriff shot and killed while responding to call

An Alabama sheriff was shot and killed Saturday, authorities told CBS affiliate WKRG-TV. Lowndes County Sheriff "Big John" Williams was responding to a call at a convenience store and gas station when he was fatally shot. Details on the shooting…

Ruth Bader Ginsburg "home and doing well" after hospitalization

Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg was released from the hospital Sunday, two days after being hospitalized for experiencing chills and fever. The 86-year-old justice received treatment at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, Maryland. "Justice Ginsburg has been discharged from…

Bloomberg launching 2020 campaign with multimillion-dollar ad blitz

Bloomberg apologizes for stop-and-frisk Washington — Former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg is running for president, launching a multimillion dollar ad campaign Sunday to launch his bid for the Democratic presidential nomination. A minute-long advertisement began airing Sunday in certain markets across…

Ruth Bader Ginsburg hospitalized for "chills and fever"

Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg was hospitalized on Friday after experiencing "chills and fever" earlier in the day. The 86-year-old justice received treatment at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, Maryland. Ginsburg was initially brought to Sibley Memorial Hospital in…

New documents show contacts between Giuliani and Pompeo

Hill: "Burisma was code for the Bidens" Documents released late Friday show President Trump's personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani was in contact with Secretary of State Mike Pompeo in the months before the U.S. ambassador to Ukraine was abruptly recalled. The…

U.S. begins deporting migrants to Guatemala under asylum deal

Washington — The Trump administration on Thursday began deporting migrants who sought refuge in the U.S. to Guatemala, the first step in the implementation of a controversial agreement with the Guatemalan government aimed at requiring asylum-seekers from other countries to…

U.S. Secret Service spent $254K at Trump properties

The U.S. Secret Service spent more than $250,000 at properties owned by President Trump in the first five months of his presidency, according to new documents. Obtained by the government watchdog group Property of the People through the Freedom of…

Police seize 976 pounds of marijuana in North Texas

Law enforcement officials in North Texas seized 976 pounds of marijuana and 2,000 dosage units of THC concentrate vaping cartridges during a traffic stop earlier this week, CBS Dallas/Fort Worth reports. While speaking with the driver, a North Texas Sheriff's…

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