Climate change threatens Madagascar's lemurs A California teenager was sentenced Monday to three months in federal prison on for breaking into a zoo and stealing an endangered lemur, according to a release from the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Central District…
House to vote on impeachment process Washington — A White House official and decorated Army officer who listened to President Trump's now-infamous call with the Ukrainian president was so alarmed by what he heard that he reported it to a top…
Authorities in Texas have made an arrest in a shooting at an off-campus college party in Greenville over the weekend that left two dead and a dozen injured. Hunt County Sheriff Randy Meeks said tips led to the arrest of…
Alphabet on Monday reported third-quarter earnings of $7.07 billion. On a per-share basis, the Mountain View, California-based company said it had net income of $10.12. The results fell short of Wall Street expectations. The average estimate of 11 analysts surveyed by…
Washington — In a rare concession, the Trump administration announced Monday it has agreed to extend work permits to tens of thousands of Salvadorans who have been working and living in the U.S. for years under an immigration protection the…
The full House is expected to vote on a resolution that will formalize the impeachment inquiry of President Trump and define the procedures for the next phase of the inquiry: the open hearings. The resolution will also affirm the "ongoing,…
Although more than 100,000 California residents harmed by last year's devastating wildfires are entitled to compensation by the utility company blamed for the blazes, less than half have filed claims, a court hearing revealed last week. That's prompting criticism that the…
Kay Hagan, a former bank executive who rose from a budget writer in the North Carolina Legislature to a seat in the U.S. Senate, died Monday following a prolonged illness. She was 66. Hagan died at her home in Greensboro,…
Arcadia, Calif. — A 2-year-old filly injured her right front leg less than a half-mile from the finish line in a race at Santa Anita and was euthanized. The horse's death brings the total number of horse deaths at the Southern…
Mylan Pharmaceuticals is pulling one lot of Xanax from pharmacy shelves nationwide because of what the company said is "the potential presence of a foreign substance" in the popular prescription anti-anxiety drug. The drug manufacturer cited a small chance of…
Mandatory evacuations as wildfire breaks out near LA's Getty CenterA dangerous wildfire that broke out early Monday in Los Angeles was threatening hundreds of homes near the world-famous Getty Center. Strong winds were spreading the fast-growing fire that was burning…
A North Carolina man was on the way to his last round of chemotherapy treatment on Tuesday when he said he stopped for a scratch-off lottery ticket on the way to the hospital. After scratching it off, he realized he…
Two people are dead and a dozen injured in a mass shooting early Sunday at a college homecoming party in Greenville, Texas. Police said that in the chaos, "the suspect — or suspects — were able to flee the scene"…
Representative Katie Hill of California announced Sunday she is resigning from Congress amid allegations of sexual relationships with a member of her congressional staff and a campaign staffer. "This is the hardest thing I have ever had to do, but…
Two Los Angeles men face drug charges in Connecticut after troopers pulled over a rental truck filled with marijuana. Police say the U-Haul truck was stopped on Interstate 95 in Darien on Friday afternoon for a traffic violation. When troopers…
NASA wants to explore the moon's mysterious South Pole, and it's sending a new rover to do it. The VIPER will land in 2022 in search of water on the lunar surface. The Volatiles Investigating Polar Exploration Rover — or…
Bolton could cooperate with impeachment inquiry Philip Reeker, the acting assistant secretary of European and Eurasian affairs, will testify before the House committees conducting the impeachment inquiry in a closed deposition on Saturday. Reeker is the latest in a line…
A Southwest Airlines flight attendant alleges in a lawsuit that two pilots streamed airplane bathroom video to the cockpit in February 2017. CBS affiliate KPHO-TV reports that Renee Steinaker said she was working on a flight from Phoenix to Pittsburgh…
October 26, 2019 / 7:43 AM / CBS/AP Fla. woman rescued from submerged car Officials say two men were able to rescue an elderly woman from a partially submerged car near a boat ramp in Florida. The Sarasota Herald Tribune…
Starting in December, the U.S. will ban flights to all major airports in Cuba, except for the one located in Havana. The decision, according to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, comes in response to Cuba's support for Venezuelan leader Nicolás…
High wind warning issued in California California's largest utility announced Friday that 850,000 customers could lose power this weekend as a preventative response to hot, dry, windy conditions that the utility fears could spark additional fires. The announcement came after…
A new tropical storm formed Friday in the Gulf of Mexico and is expected to merge with a cold front in Louisiana, causing gale-force winds and dumping several inches of rain in the southeast. Tropical Storm Olga had maximum sustained…
GM strike: Workers reach tentative deal The United Auto Workers on Friday called an end to a six-week strike against General Motors after union members voted to ratify a four-year contract, ending the longest nationwide walkout against the automaker since…
Judge: DOJ must turn over Mueller documents A district court judge on Friday granted the House Judiciary Committee's request to obtain secret grand jury materials from special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation. U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia Chief…